2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres explained

Event:	Men's 100 metres
Competition:	2007 World Championships
Venue:	Osaka Nagai Stadium
Dates:	25 August (heats and quarter-finals) 26 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors:	44
Win Value:	9.85
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Derrick Atkins
Silvernoc:	BAH
Bronze:	Asafa Powell
Bronzenoc:	JAM
Prev:	2005
Next:	2009

The 100 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on August 25 and August 26.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Tyson Gay	Derrick Atkins	Asafa Powell

Records

World record	Asafa Powell	9.77		14 June 2005
				11 June 2006
				18 August 2006
Championship record	Maurice Greene	9.80	Seville, Spain	22 August 1999

Results

KEY:

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q

Fastest non-qualifiers

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Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	4			10.13	Q
	1	1			10.14	Q, SB
	2	3			10.16	Q, SB
	8	6			10.16	Q
	7	1			10.17	Q
	1	8			10.19	Q
	7	3			10.20	Q, PB
	5	2			10.21	Q
	8	7			10.21	Q
	3	6			10.21	Q
	3	2			10.22	Q
	8	5			10.22	Q
	2	6			10.24	Q
	7	2			10.25	Q
	2	5			10.25	Q
	7	6			10.27	q, PB
	2	9			10.27	q
	6	4			10.29	Q
	4	2			10.29	Q
	1	6			10.30	Q
	4	3			10.31	Q
	5	6			10.31	Q
	5	5			10.34	Q
	6	3			10.34	Q
	8	4			10.34	q
	1	4			10.34	q
	6	7			10.36	Q
	4	9			10.37	Q
	6	1			10.38	q
	5	9			10.39	q
	8	2			10.42	q
	8	8			10.45	q
	1	2			10.46
	2	2			10.46
	3	5			10.50
	5	8			10.53
	7	4			10.55	NR
	3	8			10.59
	4	4			10.61
	5	7			10.65
	6	2			10.68
	6	9			10.72
	4	8			10.73
	6	5			10.88
	1	7			10.92	PB
	2	4			10.92
	7	9			10.96	PB
	1	4			11.00
	3	9			11.02	PB
	7	7			11.03	SB
	2	1			11.05
	4	6			11.07	SB
	1	5			11.09
	5	4			11.10	PB
	3	7			11.21	PB
	5	3			11.22	PB
	8	3			11.24
	6	8			11.49	PB
	1	3			11.51	PB
	6	6			11.58	SB
	2	8			11.59	SB
	8	9			11.75	SB
	2	7			11.83	PB
	7	8			11.86	PB
	4	7			12.64	PB
	6	5			13.64	SB
	5	5			DNF
	3	3			DQ

Quarterfinals

First 4 of each Heat directly qualified (Q) for the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	7			10.01	Q
	1	8			10.02	Q
	2	4			10.06	Q
	3	4			10.10	Q
	2	7			10.13	Q
	1	6			10.13	Q, NR
	1	4			10.16	Q
	3	7			10.17	Q, SB
	3	5			10.20	Q, SB
	4	4			10.21	Q
	4	9			10.21	Q
	3	6			10.23	Q
	2	9			10.24	Q
	4	5			10.26	Q
	2	5			10.28	Q
	3	9			10.29
	3	8			10.29
	4	3			10.30	Q
	2	8			10.31
	4	7			10.31
	1	2			10.32
	2	6			10.33
	3	2			10.36
	1	3			10.37
	4	2			10.38
	1	9			10.39
	2	3			10.39
	4	6			10.40
	3	3			10.41
	4	8			10.42
	2	2			10.44
	1	5			10.44

Semifinals

First 4 of each Heat directly qualified (Q) for the Final.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	4			10.00	Q
	1	6			10.04	Q
	1	4			10.08	Q
	2	7			10.12	Q
	2	6			10.15	Q
	1	9			10.17	Q
	2	9			10.18	Q
	2	5			10.19
	2	2			10.20	SB
	1	5			10.21	Q
	1	2			10.21	SB
	2	3			10.28
	2	8			10.28
	1	8			10.29
	1	7			10.29
	1	3			10.36

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
			9.85
			9.91	NR
			9.96
4			10.07	SB
5			10.08
6			10.14
7			10.23
8			10.29

References

• Web site: Osaka 2007 - Timetable - By Event: 100 metres . . 2009-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080611093459/http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/bydiscipline/index.html#disciplineType=0 . 2008-06-11 . dead .