2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 100 metres explained

Event:	Men's 100 metres
Competition:	2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
Venue:	Kasarani Stadium
Dates:	18 August (heats and semifinals) 19 August (final)
Competitors:	46
Nations:	35
Win Value:	10.19
Gold:	Letsile Tebogo
Goldnoc:	BOT
Silver:	Benjamin Richardson
Silvernoc:	RSA
Bronze:	Shainer Reginfo
Bronzenoc:	CUB
Prev:	2018
Next:	2022

The men's 100 metres at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Kasarani Stadium on 18 and 19 August.^[1]

Records

Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships
World U20 Record		9.97	Eugene, United States	13 June 2014
Championship Record		10.05	Barcelona, Spain	11 July 2012
World U20 Leading		10.09	Clermont, United States	30 May 2021

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the 6 fastest times (q) qualified for the semifinal.^[2]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.8 m/s, Heat 2: -1.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s, Heat 4: +1.0 m/s, Heat 5: 0.0 m/s, Heat 6: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	3			10.22	,
2	4			10.28
3	1			10.35
4	2			10.40	,
5	6			10.43
6	5			10.44	,
7	4			10.45
8	5			10.46
9	3			10.48
10	6			10.51
11	2			10.51	,
12	3			10.52
13	6			10.53	,
13	2			10.53
15	1			10.54
16	4			10.55
17	4			10.57
18	6			10.59
19	5			10.59
20	3			10.60
21	1			10.60
22	4			10.62
23	5			10.63
24	5			10.66
25	1			10.66
26	6			10.66
27	6			10.67
28	4			10.67
29	2			10.69
30	4			10.72
31	2			10.75
32	1			10.75
33	1			10.77
34	1			10.79
35	2			10.79
36	3			10.79
37	5			10.87
38	4			10.95
39	2			11.00
40	6			11.20
41	3			11.23
42	5			11.37
43	2			11.37
44	3			11.50
	3
	5
	6

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified for the final.^[3]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
1	1			10.11	,
2	3			10.22
3	2			10.27	,
4	2			10.29
5	3			10.29	,
6	2			10.30
7	2			10.32	,
8	3			10.37
9	1			10.37	,
10	2			10.43
11	2			10.45
12	3			10.47
13	1			10.49
14	3			10.51
15	1			10.53
16	2			10.53
17	3			10.54
18	3			10.54
19	1			10.56
20	1			10.59
21	1			10.63
22	3			10.72
23	1			10.94
	2

Final

The final was held on 19 August at 18:27.^[4]

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	7			10.19
	3			10.28
	9			10.32
4	5			10.39
5	8			10.46
6	6			10.49
7	2			10.52
8	4			10.74

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships Nairobi Timetable. 19 August 2021. worldathletics.org.
2. Web site: 100 Metres Men − Round 1 − Summary. World Athletics. 18 August 2021. 19 August 2021.
3. Web site: 100 Metres Men − Semifinal − Summary. World Athletics. 18 August 2021. 19 August 2021.
4. Web site: 100 Metres Men − Final − Results. World Athletics. 19 August 2021. 19 August 2021.