2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres explained

Event:Men's 100 metres
Competition:2015 World Championships
Venue:Beijing National Stadium
Dates:22 August (preliminary round & heats)
23 August (semifinal & final)
Competitors:69
Nations:51
Win Value:9.79
Gold:Usain Bolt
Goldnoc:JAM
Silver:Justin Gatlin
Silvernoc:USA
Bronzenoc:USA
Bronze2:Andre De Grasse
Bronzenoc2:CAN
Prev:2013
Next:2017

The men's 100 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 23 August.[1] [2]

For only the second time in the World Athletics Championships, the winning margin in the men's 100 metres was 0.01 seconds. The first time this happened was in 2003.

Summary

Justin Gatlin had the world leading time in 2015. Gatlin ran 9.83 s in the heats and 9.77 s in the semi-final. Reigning champion Usain Bolt ran times of 9.96 s in both rounds. Jimmy Vicaut and Su Bingtian qualified for the final with tied fastest loser times of 9.986 s, so there were 9 competitors in the final.

In the final, Bolt finished one hundredth of a second ahead of Gatlin in a time of 9.79 s.[3] There was a tie for third place, with Andre De Grasse and Trayvon Bromell both finishing in 9.911 s, and two bronze medals were awarded.[4]

At 39 years, 139 days old, Kim Collins became the oldest ever competitor for the men's 100 m.[5]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[6]

World record9.58Berlin, Germany16 August 2009
Championship record
World Leading9.74Doha, Qatar15 May 2015
African Record9.85Doha, Qatar12 May 2006
Asian Record9.91Wuhan, China4 June 2015
North, Central American and Caribbean record9.58Berlin, Germany16 August 2009
South American Record10.00Mexico City, Mexico22 July 1988
European Record9.86Athens, Greece22 August 2004
Saint-Denis, France4 July 2015
Oceanian record9.93Mito, Japan5 May 2003

Schedule

DateTimeRound
22 August 2015 12:40 Preliminary round
22 August 2015 19:20 Heats
23 August 2015 19:10 Semifinals
23 August 2015 21:15 Final

Results

Preliminary round

Qualification: Best 3 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.[7]

Wind:

Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: -0.3 m/s, Heat 3: -0.6 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 10.31
2 1 10.50
3 3 10.55
4 1 10.56
5 3 10.58 ,
6 2 10.71 ,
7 1 10.73
8 3 10.76
9 1 10.84
10 3 10.85
11 3 10.92 ,
12 2 10.94
13 1 11.07
14 1 11.08
15 3 11.10
16 1 11.11
17 3 11.13
18 2 11.17
19 2 11.29
20 3 11.30
21 1 11.31
22 3 11.58
23 2 11.72
24 1 Dagiero Dagiero 11.81
25 2 11.98
26 2 12.15
2

Heats

Qualification: Best 3 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.[8]

Wind:

Heat 1: −0.1 m/s, Heat 2: −1.4 m/s, Heat 3: −0.3 m/s, Heat 4: +0.5 m/s, Heat 5: +0.3 m/s, Heat 6: +2.1 m/s, Heat 7: −0.2 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 9.83
2 4 9.91
3 5 9.92
4 1 9.95
5 7 9.96
6 7 9.97
7 5 9.99
8 3 9.99
9 3 10.02 ,
10 1 10.03
11 6 10.03
12 5 10.04
13 4 10.05
14 3 10.05 , =
15 7 10.06 ,
16 6 10.07
17 1 10.09
18 6 10.10
19 2 10.11
20 3 10.12
21 7 10.12
22 3 10.13
23 5 10.13
24 4 10.14
25 1 10.15
26 6 10.16
27 2 10.19
28 7 10.19
29 1 10.20
30 6 10.22
31 4 10.23
32 2 10.24
33 4 10.24
34 7 10.25
35 5 10.29
36 6 10.29
37 2 10.31
38 2 10.32
39 5 10.40
40 1 10.41
41 5 10.41
42 7 10.42
43 1 10.48
44 3 10.57
45 1 10.65
46 2 10.68
47 2 10.72
48 7 10.72
49 3 10.74
50 3 10.75
51 4 10.87
52 6 10.92
53 5 11.31
2
4
4

Semifinals

Qualification: Best 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.[9]

Wind:

Heat 1: −0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: −0.4 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 9.77
2 2 9.86 ,
3 1 9.96
3 1 9.96
3 3 9.96
6 3 9.97
7 3 9.99
7 1 9.99
7 1 9.99, =
10 2 10.00
11 2 10.02
12 3 10.04
13 2 10.05
14 2 10.06
15 1 10.08
16 3 10.09
17 2 10.15
18 3 10.17
19 2 10.19
20 1 10.20
20 3 10.20
20 3 10.20
23 1 10.21
24 1 10.28

Final

The final was started at 21:15.[10]

Wind: −0.5 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
5 9.79
7 9.80
3 9.92
9 9.92
5 4 9.94
6 6 10.00
7 8 10.00
8 1 10.00
9 2 10.06

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beijing 2015: Timetable . https://web.archive.org/web/20141201205133/http://www.iaafbeijing2015.com/special/iaaf_sch_en/ . dead . 1 December 2014 . 10 August 2015 . 10 August 2015 . Beijing 2015 .
  2. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-100-M-pr----.SL2.pdf Start list
  3. Web site: Usain Bolt beats Justin Gatlin by one hundredth of a second in 100m World Championship final. https://web.archive.org/web/20150823235952/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/11819155/Usain-Bolt-beats-Justin-Gatlin-by-one-hundredth-of-a-second-in-100m-World-Championship-final.html. dead. 23 August 2015. 23 August 2015. Daily Telegraph. 24 August 2015.
  4. Web site: Usain Bolt beats Justin Gatlin to win world 100m title. 23 August 2015. BBC Sport. 24 August 2015.
  5. . World Championship Statistics Handbook . . 2017-08-03.
  6. Web site: Records & Lists – 100 meters. IAAF. 17 August 2015.
  7. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-100-M-pr----.RS6.pdf Preliminary round results
  8. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-100-M-h----.RS6.pdf Heats results
  9. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-100-M-sf----.RS4.pdf Semifinals results
  10. http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-100-M-f----.RS6.pdf Final results

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