100 metres at the World Athletics Championships explained

Event:100 metres
Gender:Men and women
Firstyearmen:1983
Lastyearmen:2022
Firstyearwomen:1983
Lastyearwomen:2022
Crmen:9.58 Usain Bolt (2009)
Crwomen:10.65 Sha'Carri Richardson (2023)

The 100 metres at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. It is the second most prestigious 100 m title after the 100 metres at the Olympics. The competition format typically has two or three qualifying rounds leading to a final between eight athletes. Since 2011 a preliminary round has been held, where athletes who have not achieved the qualifying standard time compete to enter the first round proper.

The championship records for the event are 9.58 seconds for men, set by Usain Bolt in 2009, and 10.65 seconds for women, set by Sha'Carri Richardson in 2023. The men's world record has been broken or equalled at the competition three times: by Carl Lewis in 1987 and 1991, and by Usain Bolt in 2009.[1] Ben Johnson beat Lewis in the 1987 final, but his win and record were subsequently rescinded after his admission to long-term steroid use.[2] Lewis's mark, which equalled the standing record at the time, was never officially ratified by the IAAF as a world record. The women's world record has not yet been beaten at the championships.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is the most successful athlete of the event as the only person, male or female to win five titles, she also has the most medals with six. Carl Lewis, Maurice Greene and Usain Bolt are the most successful male athletes of the event, having each won three titles. Justin Gatlin has the most medals for a male with 5, 2 gold and 3 silver. Merlene Ottey and Carmelita Jeter are the only other athletes to have claimed four medals in the history of the World Championships event.

The United States is the most successful nation in the discipline, having won fifteen gold medals. Jamaica are a clear second with six gold medals. East Germany, with two, is the only other nation to have won multiple titles.

Age records

DistinctionMaleFemale
AthleteAgeDateAthleteAgeDate
Youngest champion21 years, 245 days28 Aug 201121 years, 278 days27 Aug 1991
Youngest medalist18 years, 318 days25 Aug 200321 years, 278 days27 Aug 1991
Youngest finalist18 years, 318 days25 Aug 200319 years, 72 days16 Aug 1993
Youngest participant15 years, 153 days5 Aug 199514 years, 5 days26 Aug 1991
Oldest champion5 Aug 201717 Aug 2022
Oldest medalist28 Sep 201920 Aug 2023
Oldest finalist28 Sep 201937 years, 339 days17 Aug 2009
Oldest participant39 years, 218 days22 Aug 201547 years, 108 days26 Aug 2007

Doping

Canada's Ben Johnson and Angella Taylor-Issajenko were both disqualified from the 1987 World Championships in Athletics for doping. Johnson was stripped of his 100 m gold, elevating Carl Lewis to world champion, while Taylor-Issajenko finished fifth in the women's 100 m final.

At the following edition in 1991, Irina Slyusar of the Soviet Union (a women's semi-finalist) was disqualified for doping. Eight years passed without incident in the 100 m before the double Nigerian doping disqualification of Innocent Asonze and Davidson Ezinwa in 1999.

Tim Montgomery became the 100 m second medalist to be disqualified, losing his silver medal from the 2001 World Championships in Athletics. From the same event, Marion Jones later lost her silver medal for doping infractions, becoming the first female medalist to be stripped of a 100 m medal. Venolyn Clarke and Kelli White (a women's finalist) were also disqualified that year. The results of Dwain Chambers and Montgomery, fourth and fifth in 2003, were removed for doping. Two women's medalists were stripped of their honours for doping Kelli White lost the world title while Zhanna Block had her bronze medal removed. Block's times from the 2005 edition were also annulled. These disqualifications were a result of the BALCO scandal, which included many 100 m runners.

No doping offences were recorded at the 2007 World Championships 100 metres, but bans shortly returned, with Ruqaya Al-Ghasra being banned from the 2009 edition and a female trio of Inna Eftimova, Semoy Hackett and Norjannah Hafiszah Jamaludin being disqualified in 2011. The 2013 World Championships saw one elimination in Masoud Azizi.[4]

Among the men's world champions, only Donovan Bailey, Usain Bolt, Fred Kerley and Noah Lyles have not been implicated in doping during their careers; three-time champion Maurice Greene never failed a drug test, but admitted purchasing drugs on other athletes behalf.[5]

Medalists

Men

Multiple medalists

RankAthleteNationChampionshipsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 2009–2017 3 0 1 4
2 1983–1991 3 0 0 3
1997–2001 3 0 0 3
4 2005–2019 2 3 0 5
5 2017–2019 1 1 0 2
1995–1997 1 1 0 2
2007–2009 1 1 0 2
8 2003–2011 1 0 2 3
9 1987–1993 1 0 1 2
10 1995–1999 0 2 0 2
11 1991–1993 0 0 2 2
1995–2001 0 0 2 2
2007–2009 0 0 2 2
2015–2019 0 0 2 2
2015-2022 0 0 2 2

Women

Multiple medalists

RankAthleteNationChampionshipsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 2009–2023 5 0 1 6
2 1997–1999 2 0 0 2
3 2005–2011 1 2 0 3
4 1991–1995 1 1 1 3
5 1997–2001 1 1 0 2
2005–2007 1 1 0 2
7 2007–2013 1 0 3 4
8 2015–2017 1 0 1 2
9 1987–1995 0 2 2 4
10 2022–2023 0 2 0 2
11 1999–2003 0 1 2 3
12 2001–2003 0 1 1 2
2015–2017 0 1 1 2
2017–2019 0 1 1 2

Championship record progression

Men

Men's 100 metres World Championships record progression[6]
TimeAthleteNationYearRoundDate
10.64 Heats 1983-08-07
10.38 Heats 1983-08-07
10.34 Heats 1983-08-07
10.31 Heats 1983-08-07
10.30 Heats 1983-08-07
10.24 Heats 1983-08-07
10.20 Quarter-finals 1983-08-07
10.07 Final 1983-08-08
10.03 Semi-finals 1987-08-30
9.83 Final 1987-08-30
9.93 = Final 1987-08-30
9.93 Semi-finals 1991-08-25
9.86 Final 1991-08-25
9.86 Final 1997-08-03
9.80 Final 1999-08-22
9.58 Final 2009-08-16

Women

Women's 100 metres World Championships record progression[7]
TimeAthleteNationYearRoundDate
11.26 Heats 1983-08-07
11.24 Heats 1983-08-07
11.23 Heats 1983-08-07
11.15 Heats 1983-08-07
11.11 Quarter-finals 1983-08-07
11.05 Semi-finals 1983-08-08
10.99 Semi-finals 1983-08-08
10.97 Final 1983-08-08
10.95 Semi-finals 1987-08-30
10.90 Semi-finals 1987-08-30
10.87 Semi-finals 1993-08-16
10.87 Semi-finals 1993-08-16
10.82 Final 1993-08-16
10.82 Final 1993-08-16
10.76 Quarter-finals 1999-08-21
10.70 Final 1999-08-22
10.67 Final 2022-07-17
10.65 Final 2023-08-21

Finishing times

Top ten fastest World Championship times

Fastest men's times at the World Championships[8]
RankTime (sec)AthleteNationGamesDate
1 9.58 2009-08-16
2 9.71 2009-08-16
3 9.76 2019-09-28
49.77 2013-08-11
2015SF2015-08-23
6 9.79 2015-08-23
2022H 2022-07-15
89.80 1999-08-22
2015-08-23
10 9.82 2001-08-05
Fastest women's times at the World Championships[9]
RankTime (sec)AthleteNationGamesDate
1 10.65 2023-08-21
2 10.67 2022-07-17
3 10.70 1999-08-22
410.71 2013-08-12
2019-09-29
6 10.72 2023-08-21
710.73 2009-08-17
2022-07-17
910.75 2009-08-17
1010.76 1999QF 1999-08-21
2015-08-24

Best time for place

Fastest Men's times for place in a World Championship final
PlaceTimeAthleteNationGamesDate
1 9.58 2009-08-16
2 9.71 2009-08-16
3 9.84 2009-08-16
4 9.88 2023-08-20
5 9.92 2023-08-20
6 9.96 1991-08-25
7= 10.00 2009-08-16
7= 10.00 2015-08-23
8 10.00 2015-08-23
9 10.06 2015-08-23
Fastest women's times for place in a World Championship final
PlaceTimeAthleteNationGamesDate
1 10.65 2023-08-21
2 10.72 2023-08-21
3 10.77 2023-08-21
4 10.812023-08-21
5 10.912022-07-17
6 10.92 2022-07-17
7 10.93 2022-07-17
8 11.00 Great Britain & N.I.2023-08-21
9 11.03 2023-08-21

References

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Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/06/10/33/61033_PDF_English.pdf IAAF World Championships: IAAF Statistics Handbook Daegu 2011
  2. Thomsen, Ian (1997-08-09). Kipketer Glides to Victory. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2015-07-06.
  3. World Athletics Championships - Budapest 23 Statistical Booklet . . 42-45.
  4. http://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/more-than-1900-blood-samples-collected-mosc More than 1900 blood samples collected – Moscow 2013
  5. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/17/sports/othersports/17track.html?ref=othersports I.A.A.F. Seeks an Explanation From Greene About Drug Allegations
  6. http://trackfield.brinkster.net/RecProgression.asp?RecCode=WC&EventCode=MA1&P=F Main > Men, 100 m > World Championships Records Progression
  7. http://trackfield.brinkster.net/RecProgression.asp?RecCode=WC&EventCode=WA1&P=F Main > Women, 100 m > World Championships Records Progression
  8. Web site: Men's 100m.
  9. Web site: Women's 100m.

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