Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres explained

Event:Men's 100 metres
Games:2020 Summer
Venue:Olympic Stadium
Dates:31 July 2021
(preliminary round & heats)
1 August 2021
(semi-finals & final)
Competitors:78
Nations:59
Win Value:9.80
Gold:Marcell Jacobs
Goldnoc:ITA
Silver:Fred Kerley
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Andre De Grasse
Bronzenoc:CAN
Prev:2016
Next:2024

The men's 100 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium.[1] 84 athletes were expected to compete; 27 nations used universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 56 qualifying through standard time or ranking (23 universality places were used in 2016).[2] 78 athletes from 59 nations competed.[3] Marcell Jacobs won the gold medal, establishing twice, semifinal and final, the new European record, as well as collecting Italy's first medal in the men's 100 metres. The United States extended its podium streak in the event to six Games with Fred Kerley's silver - after he placed only third at the U.S. trials. Canadian Andre De Grasse won his second consecutive bronze medal in the 100 metres, while running a personal best. With Usain Bolt retired, Jamaica's three Games gold medal streak ended.

Summary

Former 400 metres specialist (ranked

  1. 8 of all time
) USA's Fred Kerley won the first semi-final, with defending bronze medalist Andre De Grasse from Canada qualifying as second. In the second semi-final American world leader and gold medal favourite Trayvon Bromell was pipped in a photofinish by Enoch Adegoke of Nigeria, who came in second behind Zharnel Hughes of Great Britain, the current European Champion.

In the third semi-final China's Su Bingtian got a blistering start and held off the group to improve his own Asian record by 0.08 to 9.83, concurrently setting the unofficial 60 metres world best. Two thousandths behind, Ronnie Baker from USA also improved his personal best, both men timed at 9.83 and tied for #12 on the all time list. Italy's Marcell Jacobs, who had arrived at the event as the 60 metres world leader, came in a close third and was timed at 9.84, setting the European record, improving his PB by 0.1 and equalling 1996 champion Donovan Bailey for #14. Jacobs qualified for the final on time along with the second pre-Olympics favorite, African record holder Akani Simbine of South Africa who qualified with 9.90. Bromell, having run a time of 10.00, was eliminated in what was considered a significant upset.[4]

The center lanes of the final included the three heat winners Su, Kerley and Hughes and fastest second Baker.

Hughes bolted early for a clear false start, with all runners except Jacobs sprinting from the blocks after him, and was disqualified. The second start was clean: Su could not repeat his great semi-final start, with Kerley having the fastest reaction time and leading the race until about the 70 m mark, where he was passed by a resurgent Jacobs.[5] From there, Jacobs opened up space on the group, with Kerley staying the closest as Adegoke pulled up lame, while De Grasse, after running last, accelerated and passed Baker and Simbine at the 90 metres mark to take his second bronze medal in the event. Jacobs had the clear win over Kerley and was immediately cheered by Gianmarco Tamberi, who had just won the high jump event just 13 minutes earlier. The two hugged and celebrated an iconic moment in Italian Olympic history.[6]

Jacobs was timed at 9.80 for an unexpected Olympic victory. This marked his second improvement of the European record in just a few hours, tying Steve Mullings for #10 of all time. Kerley and De Grasse both improved their wind-legal personal best results to 9.84 and 9.89 respectively.[7]

Background

This was the twenty-ninth time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nauru, the Refugee Olympic Team, Slovakia, and Tajikistan each made their men's 100 metres debut. The United States made its 28th appearance in the event, the most of any country, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's 100 metres event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period (the limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress). The qualifying standard is 10.05 seconds. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, will then be used to qualify athletes until the cap of 56 is reached.[2] [8]

The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The world rankings period start date was also changed from 1 May 2019 to 30 June 2020; athletes who had met the qualifying standard during that time were still qualified, but those using world rankings would not be able to count performances during that time. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Only outdoor meets were eligible for the sprints and short hurdles, including the 100 metres. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period.[2] [9] Races with wind above 2.0 m/s were not included.

NOCs can also use their universality place—each NOC can enter one male athlete regardless of time if they had no male athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the 100 metres.[2]

Entry number: 56 (17 from Ranking) + 27 Universality and 1 Invitational. Some sprinters, like Aaron Brown, have been withdrawn (see note #11).

Qualification standardwidth=100No. of athletesNOCNominated athletes
Entry standard – 10.053Zharnel Hughes
Reece Prescod
Chijindu Ujah
3Yohan Blake
Oblique Seville
Tyquendo Tracey
3Yuki Koike
Shuhei Tada
Ryota Yamagata[10]
3Enoch Adegoke
Usheoritse Itsekiri
Divine Oduduru
3Gift Leotlela
Shaun Maswanganyi
Akani Simbine
3Ronnie Baker
Trayvon Bromell
Fred Kerley
1Andre De Grasse
Aaron Brown
2Su Bingtian
Xie Zhenye
2Joseph Amoah
Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku
1Mark Odhiambo
Ferdinand Omurwa
1Cejhae Greene
1Rohan Browning
1Samson Colebrooke
1Mario Burke
1Paulo André de Oliveira
1Kemar Hyman
1Jimmy Vicaut
1Lalu Muhammad Zohri
1Hassan Taftian
1Marcell Jacobs
1Arthur Cissé
1Emmanuel Matadi
1Femi Ogunode
1Jason Rogers
World ranking
2Felipe Bardi dos Santos
Rodrigo do Nascimento
2Bismark Boateng
Gavin Smellie
2Silvan Wicki
Alex Wilson
2Emre Zafer Barnes
Jak Ali Harvey
1Wu Zhiqiang
1Yang Chun-han
1Kojo Musah
0Mouhamadou Fall[11]
1Filippo Tortu
1Alonso Edward
1Carlos Nascimento
1Ján Volko
1Yupun Abeykoon
Universality Places1Sha Mahmood Noor Zahi
1Aveni Miguel
1Nathan Crumpton
1Shaun Gill
1Didier Kiki
1Bruno Rojas
1Pen Sokong
1Oliver Mwimba
1Scott Fiti
1Banuve Tabakaucoro
1Guy Maganga Gorra
1Ebrima Camara
1Seco Camara
1Emanuel Archibald
1Lataisi Mwea
1Hassan Saaid
1Jonah Harris
1Yeykell Romero
1Badamassi Saguirou
1Barakat Al-Harthi
1Adrian Ililau
1Ildar Akhmadiev
1Fabrice Dabla
1Ronald Fotofili
1Karalo Maibuca
1Mohamed Alhammadi
1Ngoni Makusha
Invitational Places1Dorian Keletela
Total83[12]

Competition format

The event continued to use the preliminaries plus three main rounds format introduced in 2012. Athletes not meeting the qualification standard (that is, were entered through universality places) competed in the preliminaries; those who met the standard started in the first round.[13]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing global and area records were as follows:

Record! scope="col"
Athlete (Nation)Time (s)LocationDate
World record9.58Berlin, Germany16 August 2009
Olympic record9.63London, United Kingdom5 August 2012
World leading9.77 [14] Miramar, Florida, United States5 June 2021
+Area records before the 2020 Summer OlympicsArea
Time (s)WindAthleteNation
9.84 +1.2
9.91 +1.8
9.91+0.6
9.91 +0.2
9.91 +0.8
9.86 +0.6
9.86 +1.3
9.86 +1.8
9.58 +0.9
9.93 +1.8
10.00 +1.6

The following national records were established during the competition:

Country Athlete Round Time Notes
align=left align=left Preliminaries 11.42
Round 1 9.94
Semifinals 9.84 ,
Final 9.80 ,
Round 1 10.01
Semifinals 10.00
align=left align=left Semifinals 9.83

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time

The men's 100 metres took place over two consecutive days.[1]

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 31 July 2021 9:00
19:00		Preliminaries
Round 1
Sunday, 1 August 2021 19:00
21:50		Semifinals
Final

Results

Preliminaries

Qualification Rules: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) advance to Round 1.

Preliminary heat 1

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
17Ngoni Makusha10.32
28Fabrice Dabla10.57
36Yeykell Romero10.62
41Hassan Saaid10.70
53Shaun Gill10.88
69Pen Sokong11.02
74Sha Mahmood Noor Zahi11.04
85Lataisi Mwea11.25
92Nathan Crumpton11.27
Wind: -0.2 m/s

Preliminary heat 2

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
12Barakat Al-Harthi10.27,
29Emanuel Archibald10.30
31Mohamed Alhammadi10.59 (10.581),
5Banuve Tabakaucoro10.59 (10.581),
57Bruno Rojas10.64
64Didier Kiki10.69
73Badamassi Saguirou10.87
88Ronald Fotofili11.19
data-sort-value=9—6Aveni Migueldata-sort-value=99.99
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Preliminary heat 3

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
16Dorian Keletela10.33,
21Guy Maganga Gorra10.61
32Oliver Mwimba10.63
43Ildar Akhmadiev10.66
55Jonah Harris11.01
68Scott Fiti11.25
74Seco Camara11.33
89Adrian Ililau11.42 (11.414)
97Karalo Maibuca11.42 (11.418)
Wind: +0.9 m/s

Round 1

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

Heat 1

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
18Ronnie Baker10.03
23Jimmy Vicaut10.07,
32Usheoritse Itsekiri10.15
41Wu Zhiqiang10.18
59Yang Chun-han10.21
67Shuhei Tada10.22
75Emre Zafer Barnes10.47
86Guy Maganga Gorra10.77
data-sort-value=9—4Tyquendo Traceydata-sort-value=99.99
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 2

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
16Enoch Adegoke9.98,
23Femi Ogunode10.02
38Zharnel Hughes10.04,
47Trayvon Bromell10.05
59Felipe Bardi10.26
64Silvan Wicki10.28
75Samson Colebrooke10.33
81Dorian Keletela10.41 (10.405)
92Emanuel Archibald10.41 (10.405)
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 3

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
14Marcell Jacobs9.94,
29Oblique Seville10.04, =
31Shaun Maswanganyi10.12
47Ryota Yamagata10.15
52Xie Zhenye10.16
65Yupun Abeykoon10.32
78Carlos Nascimento10.37
86Gavin Smellie10.44
93Oliver Mwimba10.97
Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 4

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
12Gift Leotlela10.04
24Su Bingtian10.05
38Jason Rogers10.21
47Yuki Koike10.22
55Lalu Muhammad Zohri10.26
63Ebrima Camara10.33
76Kemar Hyman10.41
89Banuve Tabakaucoro10.70
data-sort-value=9—1Mark Odhiambo[15] data-sort-value=99.99
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 5

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
19Andre De Grasse9.91,
23Fred Kerley9.97
36Ferdinand Omurwa10.01, =
41Filippo Tortu10.10,
58Reece Prescod10.12,
65Jak Ali Harvey10.25
74Barakat Al-Harthi10.31
87Mohamed Alhammadi10.64
data-sort-value=9—2Divine Odudurudata-sort-value=99.99
Wind: +0.6 m/s

Heat 6

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
14Akani Simbine10.08
23Arthur Cissé10.15
36Paulo André de Oliveira10.17
41Hassan Taftian10.19
59Emmanuel Matadi10.25 (10.245)
65Cejhae Greene10.25 (10.249)
78Ngoni Makusha10.43
87Bismark Boateng10.47
data-sort-value=9—2Fabrice Dabladata-sort-value=99.99
Wind: -0.4 m/s

Heat 7

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
11Rohan Browning10.01,
25Yohan Blake10.06
36Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku10.13
42Kojo Musah10.20
57Rodrigo do Nascimento10.24
64Ján Volko10.40
79Yeykell Romero10.70
88Mario Burke15.81
—3Chijindu UjahDQ (10.08)
Wind: +0.8 m/s

Semifinals

Qualification Rules: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Semifinal 1

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
17Fred Kerley9.96
26Andre De Grasse9.98
39Ferdinand Omurwa10.00
44Gift Leotlela10.03
58Jimmy Vicaut10.11
65Yohan Blake10.14
72Usheoritse Itsekiri10.29
data-sort-value=8—3Reece Prescoddata-sort-value=99.99
Wind: -0.1 m/s

Semifinal 2

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
18Zharnel Hughes9.98,
27Enoch Adegoke10.00 (9.995)
33Trayvon Bromell10.00 (9.996)
44Oblique Seville10.09 (10.081)
56Rohan Browning10.09 (10.083)
69Shaun Maswanganyi10.10
72Filippo Tortu10.16
85Femi Ogunode10.17
Wind: -0.2 m/s

Semifinal 3

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
14Su Bingtian9.83 (9.827),
26Ronnie Baker9.83 (9.829),
35Marcell Jacobs9.84,
47Akani Simbine9.90
52Jason Rogers10.12
69Arthur Cissé10.18
73Paulo André de Oliveira10.31
—8Chijindu UjahDQ (10.11)
Wind: +0.9 m/s

Final

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
3Marcell Jacobs9.80
5Fred Kerley9.84
9Andre De Grasse9.89
42Akani Simbine9.93
57Ronnie Baker9.95
66Su Bingtian9.98
data-sort-value=7— 8Enoch Adegokedata-sort-value=88.88
data-sort-value=8—4Zharnel Hughesdata-sort-value=99.99
Wind: +0.1 m/s

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics Competition Schedule . Tokyo 2020 . 29 July 2020 .
  2. News: Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Athletics. IAAF. 31 March 2019.
  3. Web site: 100 Metres, Men . 10 August 2021 . Olympedia.
  4. News: TOKYO 2020 - HUGE SHOCK AS FAVOURITE TRAYVON BROMELL CRASHES OUT IN 100M SEMIS, GB'S ZHARNEL HUGHES MAKES FINAL. Eurosport. 1 August 2021 . 3 August 2021.
  5. News: Marcell Jacobs, l'analisi grafica dei 100 metri vinti alle Olimpiadi . it. Corriere della Sera. 2 August 2021 . 2 August 2021.
  6. Web site: Olympics: Lamont Marcell Jacobs becomes the new 100m king with glory for Italy. 1 August 2021. Guardian. 4 August 2021.
  7. Web site: Tokyo Olympics: Lamont Marcell Jacobs claims shock 100m gold. 1 August 2021. BBC Sport. 4 August 2021.
  8. News: IAAF to follow other sports with world ranking system for athletes. BBC Sport. 7 March 2018 . 2 August 2018.
  9. News: Olympic qualification period suspended until 1 December 2020. World Athletics. 6 April 2020. 9 April 2020.
  10. The results of the 2021 Japanese championships were the following: 1. Shuhei Tada 10.15, 2. 10.19, 3. Ryota Yamagata 10.27, 4. Yuki Koike (sprinter) 10.27, 5. Yoshihide Kiryu 10.28.
  11. The French sprinter will only run in the 4 × 100 m relay. The Road to Tokyo tool of World Athletics indicates two more sprinters who would have qualified by ranking as "withdrawn": Edward Osei-Nketia (NZL) and Kevin Kranz (GER). Aaron Brown (CAN) is also "withdrawn" but had qualified by entry standard.
  12. 28 athletes from Universality and Invitational at the preliminary round only.
  13. News: Athletics Explanatory Guide . Tokyo 2020 . August 2019.
  14. "Season Top Lists – Senior 2021 – 100 Metres men", World Athletics, 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  15. Doping disqualification just before his race.

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