2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 15 and August 16. The two main contenders for the event were the reigning World Champion Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt, the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder. Gay entered the competition with a season's best of 9.77 seconds (an American record) while Bolt's season's best was 9.79 seconds. Four other competitors had broken the 10-second barrier during the last months before the World Championship: former world record holder Asafa Powell, Olympic finalist Churandy Martina and emerging sprinters Daniel Bailey and Mike Rodgers.[1]

The first day saw a number of high-profile athletes eliminated; Derrick Atkins, the 2007 silver medallist, did not pass the first round.[2] Churandy Martina, area record holders Samuel Francis and Olusoji Fasuba, Simeon Williamson, and 2003 gold medallist Kim Collins were all knocked out in the quarter finals. Also, a double false start meant disqualification for the new European junior record holder Christophe Lemaitre. Gay, Powell and Rodgers ended with the fastest times of the day, although Bolt and Bailey comfortably won heat five, exchanging smiles and glances in the process.[3][4] The semi-finals saw Bolt—typically slow out of the blocks—false start for the first time over 100 m, but he eventually finished in 9.89 seconds (the fastest ever semi-final). Six of the eight qualifying athletes broke 10 seconds, and US champion Rodgers was the biggest name not to qualify.[5]

The final, which was advertised in Berlin as "Das Duell" between Gay and Bolt,[6] proved to be historic. By the 20-metre mark, Bolt had already taken a slight lead of 0.01 seconds, and he continued to pull away from the rest of the pack until the finish.[7] He finished in a world record-breaking time of 9.58 seconds, beating Gay by some distance, even though the American had run 9.71 seconds, which was the third fastest time ever.[8] Bolt beat his own previous mark by over a tenth of a second, an achievement statisticians claimed was 20 years ahead of schedule in the long term scheme of the 100 metres world record progression.[9] So emphatic was Bolt's winning time, that both bronze medal winner Powell and sixth placed Dwain Chambers said they were happy just taking part in the fastest race in history.[8][10]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Usain Bolt
 Jamaica (JAM)
Tyson Gay
 United States (USA)
Asafa Powell
 Jamaica (JAM)

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record  Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.69 Beijing, China 16 August 2008
Championship record  Maurice Greene (USA) 9.80 Seville, Spain 22 August 1999
World Leading  Tyson Gay (USA) 9.77 Rome, Italy 10 July 2009
African record  Olusoji Fasuba (NGR) 9.85 Doha, Qatar 12 May 2006
Asian record  Samuel Francis (QAT) 9.99 Amman, Jordan 26 July 2007
North American record  Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.69 Beijing, China 16 August 2008
South American record  Robson da Silva (BRA) 10.00 Mexico, Mexico 22 July 1988
European record  Francis Obikwelu (POR) 9.86 Athens, Greece 22 August 2004
Oceanian record  Patrick Johnson (AUS) 9.93 Mito, Japan 5 May 2003

The following new world, championship and North American records were set during the competition.

DateEventAthleteTimeNotes
16 AugustFinal Usain Bolt (JAM)9.58 sWR, CR, WL

Qualification standards

A time B time
10.21 10.28

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 15, 200911:40Heats
August 15, 200918:50Quarterfinals
August 16, 200919:10Semifinals
August 16, 200921:35Final

Results

KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals.

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
111Tyson Gay United States (USA)10.16Q
24Dwain Chambers Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)10.18Q
39Usain Bolt Jamaica (JAM)10.20Q
48Samuel Francis Qatar (QAT)10.21Q
56Christophe Lemaitre France (FRA)10.23Q
68Emmanuel Callander Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)10.24Q
712Michael Rodgers United States (USA)10.25Q
85Daniel Bailey Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)10.26Q
82Darvis Patton United States (USA)10.26Q
88Churandy Martina Netherlands Antilles (AHO)10.26Q
118Daniel Grueso Colombia (COL)10.27q
123Martial Mbandjock France (FRA)10.28Q
1211Kim Collins Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)10.28Q
1212Naoki Tsukahara Japan (JPN)10.28Q
128Rolando Palacios Honduras (HON)10.28q, SB
161Michael Frater Jamaica (JAM)10.30Q
167Andrew Hinds Barbados (BAR)10.30Q
169Gerald Phiri Zambia (ZAM)10.30Q
169Egwero Ogho-Oghene Nigeria (NGR)10.30Q
204Olusoji Fasuba Nigeria (NGR)10.31Q
214Monzavous Edwards United States (USA)10.32Q
227Simeon Williamson Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)10.34Q
232Emanuele Di Gregorio Italy (ITA)10.35Q
235Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Norway (NOR)10.35Q
2312Adam Harris Guyana (GUY)10.35Q
237Ronald Pognon France (FRA)10.35Q
237Martin Keller Germany (GER)10.35q, SB
2810Richard Thompson Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)10.36Q
2811Fabio Cerutti Italy (ITA)10.36Q
305Adrian Griffith Bahamas (BAH)10.37Q
313Obinna Metu Nigeria (NGR)10.38Q
312Masashi Eriguchi Japan (JPN)10.38Q
313Asafa Powell Jamaica (JAM)10.38Q
346Marc Burns Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)10.39Q
347Ángel David Rodríguez Spain (ESP)10.39q, SB
363Aziz Ouhadi Morocco (MAR)10.40
371Arnaldo Abrantes Portugal (POR)10.41Q
372Barakat Al-Harthi Oman (OMN)10.41
374Ben Youssef Meité Ivory Coast (CIV)10.41
4010Tyrone Edgar Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)10.42Q
409Bryan Barnett Canada (CAN)10.42
405Tobias Unger Germany (GER)10.42
433Derrick Atkins Bahamas (BAH)10.44
446Dariusz Kuć Poland (POL)10.46Q
445Adrian Durant U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV)10.46
461Shintaro Kimura Japan (JPN)10.47Q
4612Ramon Gittens Barbados (BAR)10.47
481Simone Collio Italy (ITA)10.49
492Stefan Schwab Germany (GER)10.50
5012Cédric Nabe Switzerland (SUI)10.51
511Matic Osovnikar Slovenia (SLO)10.52
524Shehan Abeypitiyage Sri Lanka (SRI)10.53
5310Simon Magakwe South Africa (RSA)10.54Q
537Basílio de Moraes Júnior Brazil (BRA)10.54
559José Carlos Moreira Brazil (BRA)10.55
551Béranger Aymard Bosse Central African Republic (CAF)10.55
5710Aziz Zakari Ghana (GHA)10.57
586Ryan Moseley Austria (AUT)10.58
5911Kemar Hyman Cayman Islands (CAY)10.59
604Wilfried Bingangoye Gabon (GAB)10.62
612Liaquat Ali Pakistan (PAK)10.64
626Franklin Nazareno Ecuador (ECU)10.71
6311Carlos Jorge Dominican Republic (DOM)10.73
6410Idrissa Sanou Burkina Faso (BUR)10.74
658Fernando Lumain Indonesia (INA)10.76
666Chi Ho Tsui Hong Kong (HKG)10.77
6710Mhadjou Youssouf Comoros (COM)10.89SB
6812Danny D'Souza Seychelles (SEY)10.92
691Jack Iroga Solomon Islands (SOL)10.98SB
708Hussain Haleem Maldives (MDV)11.00NR
718Suwaibou Sanneh Gambia (GAM)11.02SB
7210Desislav Gunev Bulgaria (BUL)11.07
734Mohamed Faisal Brunei (BRU)11.12PB
742Oumar Bella Bah Guinea (GUI)11.20PB
753Ivano Bucci San Marino (SMR)11.24
755Jurgen Themen Suriname (SUR)11.24
777Denvil Ruan Anguilla (AIA)11.31PB
789Aisea Tohi Tonga (TGA)11.32
786Mohamed Masudul Karim Bangladesh (BAN)11.32SB
8011Aaron Victorian American Samoa (ASA)11.37PB
8111Tiraa Arere Cook Islands (COK)11.55
829Okilani Tinilau Tuvalu (TUV)11.57SB
833Leon Mengloi Palau (PLW)11.60PB
847Soulisack Silisavadymao Laos (LAO)11.66SB
8510Nooa Takooa Kiribati (KIR)11.74PB
866Quaski Itaia Nauru (NRU)11.76SB
875Yondan Namelo F.S. Micronesia (FSM)11.78PB
884Masoud Azizi Afghanistan (AFG)11.79SB
8912Phillip Poznanski Marshall Islands (MHL)11.97PB
9012Clayton Kenty Northern Mariana Islands (NMI)12.29PB
1Dominic Carroll Gibraltar (GIB)DNF
2Delivert Arsene Kimbembe Congo (CGO)DNS

Quarterfinals

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

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Asafa Powell Jamaica (JAM)9.95Q
24Tyson Gay United States (USA)9.98Q
32Michael Rodgers United States (USA)10.01Q
45Daniel Bailey Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)10.02Q
55Usain Bolt Jamaica (JAM)10.03Q
61Dwain Chambers Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)10.04Q, SB
73Darvis Patton United States (USA)10.05Q
81Richard Thompson Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)10.08Q
94Michael Frater Jamaica (JAM)10.09Q
102Tyrone Edgar Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)10.12Q
103Marc Burns Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)10.12Q
125Monzavous Edwards United States (USA)10.15Q
122Naoki Tsukahara Japan (JPN)10.15Q
144Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Norway (NOR)10.16Q
142Gerald Phiri Zambia (ZAM)10.16q, NR
165Churandy Martina Netherlands Antilles (AHO)10.19
162Egwero Ogho-Oghene Nigeria (NGR)10.19
183Kim Collins Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)10.20
183Samuel Francis Qatar (QAT)10.20
201Martial Mbandjock France (FRA)10.22Q
214Andrew Hinds Barbados (BAR)10.23
215Simeon Williamson Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)10.23
235Rolando Palacios Honduras (HON)10.24SB
243Olusoji Fasuba Nigeria (NGR)10.25
251Emanuele Di Gregorio Italy (ITA)10.26
265Emmanuel Callander Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)10.27
263Ronald Pognon France (FRA)10.27
284Adrian Griffith Bahamas (BAH)10.28
294Obinna Metu Nigeria (NGR)10.36
304Fabio Cerutti Italy (ITA)10.37
315Dariusz Kuć Poland (POL)10.38
321Adam Harris Guyana (GUY)10.39
324Ángel David Rodríguez Spain (ESP)10.39SB
341Arnaldo Abrantes Portugal (POR)10.40
341Martin Keller Germany (GER)10.40
361Masashi Eriguchi Japan (JPN)10.45
373Shintaro Kimura Japan (JPN)10.54
382Simon Magakwe South Africa (RSA)10.71
2Christophe Lemaitre France (FRA)DSQ
2Daniel Grueso Colombia (COL)DSQ

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal will be directly qualified(Q) for the Finals.

Semifinal 1

RankLaneNameNationalityReactTimeNotes
16Usain Bolt Jamaica (JAM)0.1359.89Q
24Daniel Bailey Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)0.1359.96Q
33Darvis Patton United States (USA)0.1529.98Q, SB
48Marc Burns Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)0.15910.01Q, SB
55Michael Rodgers United States (USA)0.15410.04
61Martial Mbandjock France (FRA)0.13810.18
72Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Norway (NOR)0.14310.20
7Tyrone Edgar Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)DSQ

Semifinal 2

RankLaneNameNationalityReactTimeNotes
15Tyson Gay United States (USA)0.1439.93Q
24Asafa Powell Jamaica (JAM)0.1339.95Q
33Richard Thompson Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)0.1329.98Q, SB
46Dwain Chambers Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)0.18210.04Q, SB
57Michael Frater Jamaica (JAM)0.15310.14
62Monzavous Edwards United States (USA)0.14610.14
71Gerald Phiri Zambia (ZAM)0.14310.19
88Naoki Tsukahara Japan (JPN)0.15210.25

Final

Usain Bolt (center right) defeating all opposition to win his first world title
RankLaneNameNationalityReactTimeNotes
4Usain Bolt Jamaica (JAM)0.1469.58WR
5Tyson Gay United States (USA)0.1449.71NR
6Asafa Powell Jamaica (JAM)0.1349.84SB
43Daniel Bailey Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)0.1299.93
58Richard Thompson Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)0.1199.93SB
61Dwain Chambers Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)0.12110.00SB
72Marc Burns Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)0.16510.00SB
87Darvis Patton United States (USA)0.14910.34

References

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