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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| Events at the 2015 World Championships  | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | women | ||
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
| Demonstration events | ||||
| Masters 400 m | women | |||
| Masters 800 m | men | |||
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]
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]
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[5]
| World record |  Usain Bolt (JAM) |
9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
| Championship record | ||||
| World Leading |  Justin Gatlin (USA) |
9.74 | Doha, Qatar | 15 May 2015 |
| African Record |  Olusoji Fasuba (NGR) |
9.85 | Doha, Qatar | 12 May 2006 |
| Asian Record |  Femi Ogunode (QAT) |
9.91 | Wuhan, China | 4 June 2015 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Usain Bolt (JAM) |
9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
| South American Record |  Robson da Silva (BRA) |
10.00A | Mexico City, Mexico | 22 July 1988 |
| European Record |  Francis Obikwelu (POR) |
9.86 | Athens, Greece | 22 August 2004 |
 Jimmy Vicaut (FRA) |
Saint-Denis, France | 4 July 2015 | ||
| Oceanian record |  Patrick Johnson (AUS) |
9.93 | Mito, Japan | 5 May 2003 |
Qualification standards
| Entry standards[6] |
|---|
| 10.16 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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
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
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
Final
The final was started at 21:15.[10]
Wind: −0.5 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 5 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica (JAM) | 9.79 | SB |
 | 7 | Justin Gatlin | United States (USA) | 9.80 | |
 | 3 | Trayvon Bromell | United States (USA) | 9.92 | |
| | 9 | Andre De Grasse |  Canada (CAN) | 9.92 | PB |
| 5 | 4 | Mike Rodgers | United States (USA) | 9.94 | |
| 6 | 6 | Tyson Gay | United States (USA) | 10.00 | |
| 7 | 8 | Asafa Powell | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.00 | |
| 8 | 1 | Jimmy Vicaut | France (FRA) | 10.00 | |
| 9 | 2 | Su Bingtian |  China (CHN) | 10.06 |
References
- ↑ "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. 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. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ↑ "Usain Bolt beats Justin Gatlin to win world 100m title". BBC Sport. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ↑ "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