2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics
2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The 13th World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes under the age of 20 which was held at the Moncton Stadium in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada from 19–25 July 2010. A total of 44 athletics events were contested at the Championships, 22 by male...

was held at the Moncton 2010 Stadium on 20 & 21 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dexter Lee Dexter Lee Dexter Lee is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He became the first athlete to win back-to-back titles at World Junior Championships in Athletics.... Jamaica	Charles Silmon Charles Silmon Charles Silmon is an American sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He won a two medals at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics... United States	Jimmy Vicaut Jimmy Vicaut Jimmy Vicaut is a French sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Moncton, Canada and promptly travelled to Barcelona to help the French men's 4×100 metres relay team to the gold medal at the 2010 European... France

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record	10.01	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	24 August 2003
World Junior Record	10.01	Eugene Eugene, Oregon Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	28 June 2008
Championship Record	10.09	Kingston Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island... , Jamaica Jamaica Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...	17 July 2002
World Junior Leading	10.16	Mannheim Mannheim Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart.... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	3 July 2010
World Junior Leading	10.16	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of... , Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	9 July 2010

No new records were established during the competition.

Semifinal 1

Name	Time	Notes
Michael Granger Mike Granger Michael Granger is an American sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He is currently in his sophomore year at the University of Mississippi. Granger finished fourth in the 100 metres at the 2010 World Junior Championships, behind Dexter Lee, Charles Silmon, and Jimmy Vicaut...	10.51	Q
Jason Rogers Jason Rogers (athlete) Jason Rogers is a Saint Kitts and Nevis sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres.Rogers helped win a bronze medal as a part of the 4×100m relay at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Cali, Colombia. He also finished sixth in the 100 metres final of the 2010 World Junior...	10.56	Q
Julien Watrin	10.62	q
Patrick Fakiye	10.71	q
Takumi Kuki	10.71
Gideon Trotter Gideon Trotter Gideon Trotter is a South African sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres.Trotter won a gold medal in the 100 metres at the in Gaborone, Botswana.-Personal best:-External links:...	10.76
Shermund Allsop	10.86
Caio Cézar dos Santos	DQ

Semifinal 2

Name	Time	Notes
Jimmy Vicaut Jimmy Vicaut Jimmy Vicaut is a French sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Moncton, Canada and promptly travelled to Barcelona to help the French men's 4×100 metres relay team to the gold medal at the 2010 European...	10.38	Q
Charles Silmon Charles Silmon Charles Silmon is an American sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He won a two medals at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics...	10.48	Q
Waide Jooste	10.72
Deji Tobais	10.73
Dario Horvat	10.75
Ryo Onabuta	10.77
Bernardo Brady	10.78
Grzegorz Zimniewicz	DQ

Semifinal 3

Name	Time	Notes
Aaron Brown Aaron Brown (track athlete) Aaron Brown is a Canadian sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 meters.Brown attended Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute until 2010, and has committed to the University of Southern California on a track scholarship....	10.62	Q
Dexter Lee Dexter Lee Dexter Lee is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He became the first athlete to win back-to-back titles at World Junior Championships in Athletics....	10.66	Q
Warren Fraser	10.72
Ayobami Oyebiyi	10.81
Hassan Taftian	10.89
Delmas Obou	10.89
Sabian Cox	11.00
Kukyoung Kim	11.05

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Dexter Lee Dexter Lee Dexter Lee is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He became the first athlete to win back-to-back titles at World Junior Championships in Athletics....		10.21
	Charles Silmon Charles Silmon Charles Silmon is an American sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He won a two medals at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics...		10.23
	Jimmy Vicaut Jimmy Vicaut Jimmy Vicaut is a French sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He won the bronze medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Moncton, Canada and promptly travelled to Barcelona to help the French men's 4×100 metres relay team to the gold medal at the 2010 European...		10.28
	Michael Granger Mike Granger Michael Granger is an American sprinter who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He is currently in his sophomore year at the University of Mississippi. Granger finished fourth in the 100 metres at the 2010 World Junior Championships, behind Dexter Lee, Charles Silmon, and Jimmy Vicaut...		10.32
	Aaron Brown Aaron Brown (track athlete) Aaron Brown is a Canadian sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 meters.Brown attended Birchmount Park Collegiate Institute until 2010, and has committed to the University of Southern California on a track scholarship....		10.48
	Jason Rogers Jason Rogers (athlete) Jason Rogers is a Saint Kitts and Nevis sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres.Rogers helped win a bronze medal as a part of the 4×100m relay at the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Cali, Colombia. He also finished sixth in the 100 metres final of the 2010 World Junior...		10.49
	Julien Watrin		10.56
	Patrick Fakiye		10.62

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Wind: −0.7 m/s

External links

13th IAAF World Junior Championships Facts & Figures. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.

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