2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
Men's 100 metres at the 2015 World Championships | |||||||||||||
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![]() 100 m final moment | |||||||||||||
Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 22 August (preliminary round & heats) 23 August (semifinal & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 69 from 51 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 9.79 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[6]
World record | ![]() |
9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
Championship record | ||||
World Leading | ![]() |
9.74 | Doha, Qatar | 15 May 2015 |
African Record | ![]() |
9.85 | Doha, Qatar | 12 May 2006 |
Asian Record | ![]() |
9.91 | Wuhan, China | 4 June 2015 |
North, Central American and Caribbean record | ![]() |
9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
South American Record | ![]() |
10.00A | Mexico City, Mexico | 22 July 1988 |
European Record | ![]() |
9.86 | Athens, Greece | 22 August 2004 |
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Saint-Denis, France | 4 July 2015 | ||
Oceanian record | ![]() |
9.93 | Mito, Japan | 5 May 2003 |
Qualification standards
[edit]Entry standards[7] |
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10.16 |
Schedule
[edit]Date | Time | Round |
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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 |
All times are local times (UTC+8)
Results
[edit]Preliminary round
[edit]Qualification: Best 3 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.[8]
Wind:
Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: -0.3 m/s, Heat 3: -0.6 m/s
Heats
[edit]Qualification: Best 3 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.[9]
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
Semifinals
[edit]Qualification: Best 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.[10]
Wind:
Heat 1: −0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: −0.4 m/s
Final
[edit]The final was started at 21:15.[11]
Wind: −0.5 m/s
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Usain Bolt | ![]() |
9.79 | SB |
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7 | Justin Gatlin | ![]() |
9.80 | |
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3 | Trayvon Bromell | ![]() |
9.92 | |
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9 | Andre De Grasse | ![]() |
9.92 | PB |
5 | 4 | Mike Rodgers | ![]() |
9.94 | |
6 | 6 | Tyson Gay | ![]() |
10.00 | |
7 | 8 | Asafa Powell | ![]() |
10.00 | |
8 | 1 | Jimmy Vicaut | ![]() |
10.00 | |
9 | 2 | Su Bingtian | ![]() |
10.06 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ Start list
- ^ "Usain Bolt beats Justin Gatlin by one hundredth of a second in 100m World Championship final". Daily Telegraph. 23 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Usain Bolt beats Justin Gatlin to win world 100m title". BBC Sport. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ^ "World Championship Statistics Handbook" (Press release). IAAF. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ "Records & Lists – 100 meters". IAAF. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ^ IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 17 August 2015
- ^ Preliminary round results
- ^ Heats results
- ^ Semifinals results
- ^ Final results