2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue	National Stadium
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	13 September (preliminary rounds & heats) 14 September (semi-finals & final)
Competitors	77 from 52 nations
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The men's 100 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships will be held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 13 and 14 September 2025. ^[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Usain Bolt  (JAM)	9.58	Berlin, Germany	16 August 2009
Championship record
World Leading	Kishane Thompson  (JAM)	9.75	Kingston, Jamaica	27 June 2025
African Record	Ferdinand Omanyala  (KEN)	9.77	Nairobi, Kenya	18 September 2021
Asian Record	Su Bingtian  (CHN)	9.83	Tokyo, Japan	1 August 2021
European Record	Marcell Jacobs  (ITA)	9.80
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Usain Bolt  (JAM)	9.58	Berlin, Germany	16 August 2009
Oceanian record	Patrick Johnson  (AUS)	9.93	Mito, Japan	5 May 2003
South American Record	Erik Cardoso  (BRA)	9.93	São Paulo, Brazil	31 July 2025

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 10.00. ^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), is as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
19 September	11:23	Preliminary round
	20:35	Heats
20 September	20:43	Semi-finals
	22:20	Final

References

1. "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Men 100 Metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
2. "100 Metres Men − Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
3. "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.