2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
Men's 100 metres at the 2015 World Championships | |||||||||||||
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100 m final moment | |||||||||||||
Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 22 August (preliminary round & heats) 23 August (semifinal & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 69 from 51 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 9.79 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's 100 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 23 August.[1][2]
Summary
Justin Gatlin had the world leading time in 2015. Gatlin ran 9.83 s in the heats and 9.77 s in the semi-final. Reigning champion Usain Bolt ran times of 9.96 s in both rounds. Jimmy Vicaut and Su Bingtian qualified for the final with tied fastest loser times of 9.986 s, so there were 9 competitors in the final.
In the final, Bolt finished one hundredth of a second ahead of Gatlin in a time of 9.79 s.[3] There was a tie for third place, with Andre De Grasse and Trayvon Bromell both finishing in 9.911 s, and two bronze medals were awarded.[4]
At 39 years, 139 days old, Kim Collins became the oldest ever competitor for the men's 100 m.[5]
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[6]
World record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
Championship record | ||||
World Leading | Justin Gatlin (USA) | 9.74 | Doha, Qatar | 15 May 2015 |
African Record | Olusoji Fasuba (NGR) | 9.85 | Doha, Qatar | 12 May 2006 |
Asian Record | Femi Ogunode (QAT) | 9.91 | Wuhan, China | 4 June 2015 |
North, Central American and Caribbean record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
South American Record | Robson da Silva (BRA) | 10.00A | Mexico City, Mexico | 22 July 1988 |
European Record | Francis Obikwelu (POR) | 9.86 | Athens, Greece | 22 August 2004 |
Jimmy Vicaut (FRA) | Saint-Denis, France | 4 July 2015 | ||
Oceanian record | Patrick Johnson (AUS) | 9.93 | Mito, Japan | 5 May 2003 |
Qualification standards
Entry standards[7] |
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10.16 |
Schedule
Date | Time | Round |
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22 August 2015 | 12:40 | Preliminary round |
22 August 2015 | 19:20 | Heats |
23 August 2015 | 19:10 | Semifinals |
23 August 2015 | 21:15 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+8)
Results
Preliminary round
Qualification: Best 3 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.[8]
Wind:
Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: -0.3 m/s, Heat 3: -0.6 m/s
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Barakat Al-Harthi | Oman (OMN) | 10.31 | Q |
2 | 1 | Banuve Tabakaucoro | Fiji (FIJ) | 10.50 | Q |
3 | 3 | Jeffrey Vanan | Suriname (SUR) | 10.55 | Q |
4 | 1 | Hassan Saaid | Maldives (MDV) | 10.56 | Q |
5 | 3 | Holder da Silva | Guinea-Bissau (GBS) | 10.58 | Q, SB |
6 | 2 | Rodman Teltull | Palau (PLW) | 10.71 | Q, NR |
7 | 1 | Mohamed Fakhri Ismail | Brunei (BRU) | 10.73 | Q |
8 | 3 | Yendountien Tiebekabe | Togo (TOG) | 10.76 | Q |
9 | 1 | Mark Anderson | Belize (BIZ) | 10.84 | q |
10 | 3 | Yaspi Boby | Indonesia (INA) | 10.85 | q |
11 | 3 | Mahamat Goubaye Youssouf | Chad (CHA) | 10.92 | q, PB |
12 | 2 | Riste Pandev | Macedonia (MKD) | 10.94 | Q |
13 | 1 | João de Barros | São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) | 11.07 | |
14 | 1 | La Shondra David Mosa'ati | Tonga (TGA) | 11.08 | PB |
15 | 3 | Rossene Mpingo | DR Congo (COD) | 11.10 | PB |
16 | 1 | Mohamed Lamine Dansoko | Guinea (GUI) | 11.11 | PB |
17 | 3 | Masbah Ahmmed | Bangladesh (BAN) | 11.13 | SB |
18 | 2 | Womel Brandy Mento | Vanuatu (VAN) | 11.17 | PB |
19 | 2 | Grégory Bradai | French Polynesia (PYF) | 11.29 | PB |
20 | 3 | Jidou El Moctar | Mauritania (MTN) | 11.30 | PB |
21 | 1 | Leong Wang Kuong | Macau (MAC) | 11.31 | SB |
22 | 3 | Claytus Taqimama | Solomon Islands (SOL) | 11.58 | PB |
23 | 2 | Etimoni Timuani | Tuvalu (TUV) | 11.72 | PB |
24 | 1 | Dagiero Dagiero | Nauru (NRU) | 11.81 | PB |
25 | 2 | Kimwaua Makin | Kiribati (KIR) | 11.98 | SB |
26 | 2 | Tashi Dendup | Bhutan (BHU) | 12.15 | NR |
2 | Béranger-Aymard Bossé | Central African Republic (CAF) | DQ |
Heats
Qualification: Best 3 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.[9]
Wind:
Heat 1: −0.1 m/s, Heat 2: −1.4 m/s, Heat 3: −0.3 m/s, Heat 4: +0.5 m/s, Heat 5: +0.3 m/s, Heat 6: +2.1 m/s, Heat 7: −0.2 m/s
Semifinals
Qualification: Best 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.[10]
Wind:
Heat 1: −0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: −0.4 m/s
Final
The final was started at 21:15.[11]
Wind: −0.5 m/s
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica (JAM) | 9.79 | SB | |
7 | Justin Gatlin | United States (USA) | 9.80 | ||
3 | Trayvon Bromell | United States (USA) | 9.92 | ||
9 | Andre De Grasse | Canada (CAN) | 9.92 | PB | |
5 | 4 | Mike Rodgers | United States (USA) | 9.94 | |
6 | 6 | Tyson Gay | United States (USA) | 10.00 | |
7 | 8 | Asafa Powell | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.00 | |
8 | 1 | Jimmy Vicaut | France (FRA) | 10.00 | |
9 | 2 | Su Bingtian | China (CHN) | 10.06 |
References
- ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ Start list
- ^ "Usain Bolt beats Justin Gatlin by one hundredth of a second in 100m World Championship final". Daily Telegraph. 23 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Usain Bolt beats Justin Gatlin to win world 100m title". BBC Sport. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "World Championship Statistics Handbook" (Press release). IAAF. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ "Records & Lists – 100 meters". IAAF. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 17 August 2015
- ^ Preliminary round results
- ^ Heats results
- ^ Semifinals results
- ^ Final results