2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' 100 metres explained

The Boys' 100 metres at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Brixen-Bressanone Sport Arena on 8 and 9 July.^[1] The event was won by Prezel Hardy of the United States.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Prezel Hardy	Aaron Brown	Giovanni Galbieri

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best		10.23	Indianapolis, USA	21 June 2007
Championship Record		10.31	Debrecen, Hungary	13 July 2001
World Youth Leading		10.34	Waco, United States	22 May 2009
			Nara, Japan	19 June 2009

No new records were set during the competition.

Heats

Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

Semifinals

Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6			10.38	Q
2	5			10.61	Q
3	4			10.62	Q
4	3			10.71	Q
5	7			10.73
6	2			10.84
7	1			10.88
	8			DNS

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Wind: 1.1 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6			10.49	Q
2	8			10.56	Q
3	3			10.59	Q
4	5			10.61	Q
5	4			10.62
6	7			10.66
7	2			10.72
8	1			10.91

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Wind: 1.3 m/s

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6			10.57
	5			10.74
	7			10.79
	4			10.80
	8			10.83
	1			10.88
	3			10.89
	2			10.94

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Wind: −1.2 m/s

References

• World Youth Championships 2009

Notes and References

1. http://www.iaaf.org/wyc09/results/eventCode=4141/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=100/combCode=hash/timetable.html iaaf.org - International Association of Athletics Federations