2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres explained

Event:	Men's 100 metres
Competition:	2003 World Championships
Venue:	Stade de France
Dates:	24 August (heats and quarter-finals) 25 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors:	84
Win Value:	10.07
Gold:	Kim Collins
Goldnoc:	SKN
Silver:	Darrel Brown
Silvernoc:	TRI
Bronze:	Darren Campbell
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	2001
Next:	2005

These are the official results of the men's 100 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 79 participating athletes, with ten qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Monday 25 August 2003.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

At 18 years, 318 days old, silver medallist Darrel Brown became the youngest ever world medallist for the men's 100 m.^[5]

The winning margin was 0.01 seconds which as of 2024 remains the joint-narrowest winning margin in the men's 100 metres at these championships. The other occurrence was in 2015.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		10.07
		10.08
		10.08
4.		10.13
5.		10.21
6.		10.22
-		(10.08) DQ
-		(10.11) DQ

Semi-final

• Held on Monday 2003-08-25

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		10.11
2.		10.15
3.		10.16
4.		10.27
5.		10.39
6.		10.42
7.		10.44
-		(10.14) DQ

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		10.11
2.		10.12
3.		10.14
4.		10.19
5.		10.22
6.		10.25
7.		10.37
8.		10.41
-		(10.06) DQ

Quarter-finals

• Held on Sunday 2003-08-24

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		10.12
2.		10.18
3.		10.23
4.		10.25
5.		10.25
6.		10.28
7.		10.34
-		DQ

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		10.09
2.		10.13
3.		10.16
4.		10.23
4.		10.23
6.		10.27
-		DQ
-		DQ

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		10.01
2.		10.14
3.		10.15
4.		10.18
5.		10.25
6.		10.25
7.		10.35
8.		10.42

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		10.02
2.		10.04
3.		10.04
4.		10.14
5.		10.28
6.		10.32
7.		10.40
-		(10.03) DQ

Heats

Held on Sunday 2003-08-25

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		10.15
2.		10.17
3.		10.17
4.		10.36
5.		10.60
6.		10.96
7.		11.05
-		DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		10.19
2.		10.20
3.		10.22
4.		10.23
5.		10.46
6.		10.81
7.		11.03
-		DQ

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		10.29
2.		10.32
3.		10.33
4.		10.36
5.		10.42
-		DQ
-		DQ

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		10.18
2.		10.23
3.		10.31
4.		10.46
5.		10.63
6.		10.84
7.		11.47
8.		11.47

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		10.10
2.		10.20
3.		10.64
4.		10.67
5.		11.49
6.		11.86
-		(10.01) DQ
-		DNS

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		10.22
2.		10.30
3.		10.31
4.		10.48
5.		10.70
6.		10.87
7.		11.38
8.		11.99

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.		10.30
2.		10.37
3.		10.46
4.		10.51
5.		10.56
6.		11.08
7.		11.37
-		(10.33) DQ

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.		10.18
2.		10.18
3.		10.22
4.		10.28
5.		10.35
6.		10.78
7.		11.02
8.		11.18

RANK	HEAT 9	TIME
1.		10.05
2.		10.09
3.		10.25
4.		10.33
5.		10.38
6.		10.43
7.		10.86
8.		11.63

RANK	HEAT 10	TIME
1.		10.19
2.		10.22
3.		10.23
4.		10.26
5.		10.50
6.		10.94
7.		11.20
8.		11.43

See also

• Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games - Men's 100 metres

References

General

• Full 100 metres results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-02.

Specific

Notes and References

1. http://www.iaaf.org/history/WCH/season=2003/eventCode=2962/news/kind=108/newsid=22578.html Men 100m Heats
2. http://www.iaaf.org/history/WCH/season=2003/eventCode=2962/news/kind=108/newsid=22611.html Men 100m Quarter-finals
3. http://www.iaaf.org/history/WCH/season=2003/eventCode=2962/news/kind=108/newsid=22651.html Event Report Men 100m Semi-finals
4. http://www.iaaf.org/history/WCH/season=2003/eventCode=2962/news/kind=108/newsid=22684.html Event Report Men 100m Final
5. . World Championship Statistics Handbook . . 2017-08-03.