2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres explained

The men's 100 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 and 11 July.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Adam Gemili
Silver	Aaron Ernest United States
Bronze	Odean Skeen Jamaica

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record		10.01	Paris, France	24 August 2003
			Eugene, United States	28 June 2008
Championship Record		10.09	Kingston, Jamaica	17 July 2002
World Junior Leading		10.08	Regensburg, Germany	2 June 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Championship Record & World Junior Leading		10.05	Barcelona, Spain	11 July 2012

Results

Heats

Qualification: The first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	5			10.37	Q
2	5	2			10.37	Q
3	7	7			10.39	Q
4	4	4			10.43	Q, PB
5	8	9			10.45	Q
6	4	9			10.48	Q
7	7	9			10.48	Q
8	3	3			10.50	Q
9	9	5			10.50	Q
10	6	4			10.50	Q
11	7	8			10.52	q
12	8	5			10.56	Q
13	6	9			10.57	Q
14	9	9			10.57	Q, PB
15	1	3			10.58	Q
16	3	2			10.59	Q
17	9	2			10.59	q
18	1	9			10.60	Q
19	1	7	Siphelo Ngquboza		10.60	Q
20	6	2			10.62	q
21	9	4			10.64	q
22	8	8			10.65	q
23	1	5			10.67
24	2	4			10.68	Q
25	5	3			10.68	Q
26	4	5			10.68
27	4	8			10.68
28	2	2			10.70
29	9	6			10.70
30	5	9			10.71
31	5	5			10.72
32	6	3			10.73
33	8	7			10.73
34	2	9			10.76
35	1	4			10.78
36	7	6			10.78
37	9	8			10.78
38	8	6			10.78
39	3	4			10.80
40	6	6			10.80	NJR
41	6	5			10.81
42	7	5			10.83
43	4	3			10.84
44	8	3			10.84
45	5	7			10.86
46	7	3			10.87
47	3	7			10.88
48	1	2			10.95
49	6	8			10.97
50	2	8			10.99
51	2	1			10.99
52	3	9			11.00
53	1	6			11.02	SB
54	5	8			11.02
55	7	1			11.05
56	3	5			11.07	PB
57	9	7			11.11
58	5	4			11.18
59	6	7			11.24
60	2	6			11.32
61	7	4			11.41	PB
62	9	3			11.46	PB
63	4	6			11.48	PB
64	3	6			11.49	PB
65	5	6			11.76	PB
66	7	2			11.76	PB
67	2	3			11.78	PB
68	8	2			11.90	PB
69	2	7			11.96	PB
70	1	8			12.02	PB
71	8	4			13.31	SB
–	3	8			–	DNS
–	4	2			–	DNS
–	4	7			–	DNS

Semifinal

Qualification: The first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	2	5			10.18	Q
2	3	6			10.21	Q
3	1	5			10.25	Q
4	1	6			10.25	Q, PB
5	1	4			10.40	q, PB
6	3	5			10.42	Q, PB
7	3	7			10.43	q
8	1	7			10.44
9	3	4			10.46
10	1	9	Siphelo Ngquboza		10.47
11	3	8			10.48	PB
12	2	9			10.54	Q
13	1	3			10.55
14	2	4			10.55
15	2	6			10.55
16	2	7			10.56
17	2	2			10.56	PB
18	3	9			10.57	PB
19	1	7			10.63
20	2	8			10.65
21	3	3			10.65
22	2	3			10.68
23	3	2			10.69
24	1	2			10.73

Final

Wind: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	6			10.05	WJL, CR
	7			10.17	PB
	3			10.28	PB
4	4			10.29
5	5			10.29
6	2			10.39	PB
7	9			10.41	PB
8	8			10.59

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 71 athletes from 55 countries participated in the event.

External links

• WJC12 100 metres schedule

Notes and References

1. Web site: iaaf.org - International Association of Athletics Federations. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120405041558/http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=100/combCode=hash/timetable.html. 2012-04-05.