2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

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The men's 100 metres

100 metres

The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

2011 World Championships in Athletics

The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011....

was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and August 28. The event was won by Yohan Blake

Yohan Blake

Yohan Blake is a Jamaican sprinter and the current 100 metre World Champion. He holds the national junior record for the 100 metres, and tied Seun Ogunkoya as the youngest sprinter to have broken the 10-second barrier...

of 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...

, who became the youngest ever world champion in the 100 metres at . The highly favored defending champion and world record holder Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt

The Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. , is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay...

was disqualified from the final for making a false start

False start

In sports, a false start is a movement by a participant before being signaled or otherwise permitted by the rules to start...

. Seventy four athletes started the competition, with 61 nations being represented (18 of them in the preliminaries only). It was the first global final to be held following the introduction of the no-false start rule.

The four fastest 100-metre runners of 2011 were absent: Mike Rodgers (9.85 sec) and Steve Mullings

Steve Mullings

Steve Mullings was a sprint athlete who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres events.Mullings began his international athletics career with a bronze medal win in the 100 m at the Pan American Junior Championships...

(9.80 sec) had been banned for doping offences, while Tyson Gay

Tyson Gay

Tyson Gay is an American track and field sprinter. His primary events are the 100 meters and 200 meters. His personal bests establish him as the second fastest athlete in the 100 meters and the fifth fastest athlete in the history of the 200 meters, with times of 9.69 and...

(9.79 sec) and 2011 world leader Asafa Powell

Asafa Powell

Asafa Powell C.D is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He held the 100 m world record between June 2005 and May 2008, with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds respectively. Powell has consistently broken the 10-second barrier in competition, with his personal best of...

(9.78 sec) could not compete due to injuries.

A preliminary round was introduced for the first time, where those entrants who had not obtained the 100 m qualification standard had to compete in a further qualifying stage before making it into the first round proper. This reduced the event to a three-round competition, as opposed to the traditional four, for qualified runners. Kim Kuk-Young (the host nation's sole entrant) was disqualified in this round for a false start. Abdouraim Haroun was the fastest preliminary runner, Keiron Rogers broke the Anguillian record

Anguillian records in athletics

The following are the national records in athletics in Anguilla maintained by its national athletics federation: Anguilla Amateur Athletic Association .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratified by IAAF-External links:* *...

, while the slowest of the round was Sogelau Tuvalu, although his time of 15.66 seconds was a personal best for the shot put

Shot put

The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....

specialist.

Usain Bolt had the fastest time of the first day (10.10) while his Jamaican compatriots won three of the other seven heats. Christophe Lemaitre

Christophe Lemaitre

Christophe Lemaitre is a French sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He is the French 100 m and 200 m record holder with a time of 9.92 seconds and 19.80 seconds as well as being the first caucasian to break the 10-second barrier in an officially timed event.At...

, Kim Collins

Kim Collins

Kim Collins is a track and field sprinter from the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 m. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on four occasions, from 1996 to 2008, and was the country's first athlete to ever reach an event...

and Walter Dix

Walter Dix

Walter Dix is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the fourth fastest 200 m runner ever with a best of 19.53 seconds, and has broken the 10-second barrier in the 100 m with a best of 9.88 seconds.Dix was a highly successful amateur...

were the other winners. In the first of the semi-finals, Yohan Blake

Yohan Blake

became the first man under ten seconds. Bolt won the second race as the second-fastest qualifier (10.05) and Collins won the third to become the oldest ever 100 m finalist. Frenchman 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...

became only the second junior athlete ever to qualify for the 100 m final, after Darrel Brown

Darrel Brown

Darrel Brown is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 100 metres.In the beginning of his career he performed well in World Youth and Junior Championships. At the 2000 World Junior Championships he finished fourth in both 100 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay...

in 2003. The most prominent eliminations were Olympic silver medallist Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson (athlete)

Richard "Torpedo" Thompson is a sprinter from Cascade, Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 100 metres. He was the silver medalist in the event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, running a personal best of 9.89 seconds....

(the fastest entrant that year with 9.85 sec) and 2004 Olympic champion Justin Gatlin

Justin Gatlin

Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...

. Dwain Chambers

Dwain Chambers

Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English sprinter of Afro-Caribbean descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres sprint, in which he has the second...

(a 2009 finalist) false-started, while sub-9.9 sec runners Michael Frater

Michael Frater

Michael Frater O.D is a sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres event. He won a silver medal at the 2005 World Championships and a gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games for the event....

and Ngonidzashe Makusha

Ngonidzashe Makusha

Ngonidzashe Makusha is a Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper. He is the national record holder over 100m and Long Jump for Zimbabwe with 9.89s and 8.40m respectively. Both performances achieved during the 2011 NCAA Division I Championships in Des Moines, Iowa where he completed the 100m long...

also failed to progress.

In the 100 m final defending champion Usain Bolt caused an upset by false starting – Yohan Blake had made a slight movement but Bolt was the one who left his blocks, being immediately disqualified. In his absence, it was quick starter Kim Collins who led for the first half of the race. However, Blake was strongest in the second half, taking the lead and sprinting to win the gold medal

Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...

with a time of 9.92 seconds into the −1.4 m/s headwind. Walter Dix made up ground on Collins, with the American edging into the silver medal position at the line by a margin of 0.01 seconds. At old, bronze medallist Collins became the oldest ever world medallist for the men's 100 m.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Yohan Blake Yohan Blake Yohan Blake is a Jamaican sprinter and the current 100 metre World Champion. He holds the national junior record for the 100 metres, and tied Seun Ogunkoya as the youngest sprinter to have broken the 10-second barrier... '	Walter Dix Walter Dix Walter Dix is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the fourth fastest 200 m runner ever with a best of 19.53 seconds, and has broken the 10-second barrier in the 100 m with a best of 9.88 seconds.Dix was a highly successful amateur... '	Kim Collins Kim Collins Kim Collins is a track and field sprinter from the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 m. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on four occasions, from 1996 to 2008, and was the country's first athlete to ever reach an event... '

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record	9.58	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... , 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...	16 August 2009
Championship record	9.58		16 August 2009
World Leading	9.78	Lausanne Lausanne Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	30 June 2011
African Record	9.85	Doha Doha Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar... , Qatar Qatar Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...	12 May 2006
Asian Record	9.99	Amman Amman Amman is the capital of Jordan. It is the country's political, cultural and commercial centre and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629 as of 2010. The population of Amman is expected to jump from 2.8 million to almost... , Jordan Jordan Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...	26 July 2007
North, Central American and Caribbean record	9.58	Berlin, Germany	16 August 2009
South American Record	10.00	Mexico Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole... , Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...	22 July 1988
European Record	9.86	Athens Athens Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state... , Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....	22 August 2004
Oceanian record	9.93	Mito Mito, Ibaraki is the capital of Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan and has a central location, moderately offset towards the coast in that prefecture. As of 2005, the city has an estimated population of 263,748 and a total area is 217.45 km², giving a population density of 1,212.91 persons per km²... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	5 May 2003

Qualification standards

A time	B time
10.18	10.25

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 27, 2011	12:55	Preliminary Round
August 27, 2011	21:45	Heats
August 28, 2011	18:30	Semifinals
August 28, 2011	20:45	Final

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Preliminary Round

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

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.7 m/s, Heat 2: +1.2 m/s, Heat 3: -1.3 m/s, Heat 4: -0.9 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
1	1	Abdouraim Haroun	10.44	Q, NR Chadian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Chad maintained by Chad's national athletics federation: Federation Tchadienne d'Athletisme .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing-External links:...
2	2	Chi Ho Tsui	10.45	Q
3	1	Keiron Rogers	10.55	Q, NR Anguillian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Anguilla maintained by its national athletics federation: Anguilla Amateur Athletic Association .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratified by IAAF-External links:* *...
4	3	Gérard Kobéané	10.64	Q
5	2	Mohamed Fadlin	10.70	Q
6	3	Geronimo Goeloe Geronimo Goeloe Geronimo Goeloe is a sprinter, specializing in the 100 and 200 metres. He currently represents Aruba.Goeloe finished sixth in 4×100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships, together with teammates Charlton Rafaela, Jairo Duzant and Churandy Martina.On the individual level he won a bronze...	10.73	Q, SB
7	3	Foo Ee Yeo	10.76	Q
8	4	Mohammad Noor Imran A Hadi	10.77	Q
9	1	Jurgen Themen Jurgen Themen Jurgen Themen is a Surinamese sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He competed at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without progressing to the second round....	10.84	Q
10	3	Delivert Arsene Kimbembe	10.85	q
11	4	Dmitrii Ilin	10.86	Q
12	2	Tilak Ram Tharu	11.00	Q, PB
13	4	Moudjib Toyb	11.07	Q
14	4	Karl Farrugia	11.21
15	4	Francis Manioru Francis Manioru Francis Manioru is a sprinter from the Solomon Islands who specializes in the 100 metres.His personal best time is 11.05 seconds, achieved in the heats at the 2004 Olympic Games. Four years later, at the 2008 Summer Olympics he finished in eighth and last position in his heat with a time of 11.09...	11.28	SB
16	2	Rodman Teltull	11.31	PB
17	1	George Pine	11.34	SB
18	1	Kitavanah Kountavong	11.42	PB
18	4	Federico Gorrieri	11.42
20	1	Joshua Jeremiah	11.44	PB
21	3	Joseph Andy Lui	11.48
22	3	Bledee Jarry	11.49	PB
23	2	Mohamed Ghassem Ahmed Taled	11.50	PB
24	1	Okilani Tinilau Okilani Tinilau Okilani Tinilau is a Tuvaluan sprinter and footballer.He represented Tuvalu at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, during the country's first ever participation in the Olympic Games...	11.58
25	1	Christopher Lima Da Costa	11.61	PB
26	2	Massoud Azizi	11.64	SB
27	2	John Howard	11.71	SB
28	3	Ah Chong Sam Chong	12.36	PB
29	3	Orrin Ogumoro Pharmin	12.60	PB
30	4	Sogelau Tuvalu	15.66	PB
	2	Kim Kuk-Young

Heats

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

Wind

Wind assistance

Wind assistance is a term in track and field, which refers to the wind level during a race or event as registered by a wind gauge. Wind is one of many forms of weather which can affect sport....

:
Heat 1: −1.7 m/s, Heat 2: −1.7 m/s, Heat 3: −1.0 m/s, Heat 4: −1.3 m/s, Heat 5: −1.2 m/s, Heat 6: −0.7 m/s, Heat 7: −1.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
1	6	Usain Bolt Usain Bolt The Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. , is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay...	10.10	Q
2	4	Yohan Blake Yohan Blake Yohan Blake is a Jamaican sprinter and the current 100 metre World Champion. He holds the national junior record for the 100 metres, and tied Seun Ogunkoya as the youngest sprinter to have broken the 10-second barrier...	10.12	Q
3	1	Kim Collins Kim Collins Kim Collins is a track and field sprinter from the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 m. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on four occasions, from 1996 to 2008, and was the country's first athlete to ever reach an event...	10.13	Q
4	3	Christophe Lemaitre Christophe Lemaitre Christophe Lemaitre is a French sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He is the French 100 m and 200 m record holder with a time of 9.92 seconds and 19.80 seconds as well as being the first caucasian to break the 10-second barrier in an officially timed event.At...	10.14	Q
5	2	Walter Dix Walter Dix Walter Dix is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the fourth fastest 200 m runner ever with a best of 19.53 seconds, and has broken the 10-second barrier in the 100 m with a best of 9.88 seconds.Dix was a highly successful amateur...	10.25	Q
5	4	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...	10.25	Q
7	5	Nesta Carter Nesta Carter Nesta Carter O.D is a Jamaican sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres event. In August 2010 he became only the fifth sprinter to ever run the 100 metres in less than 9.8 seconds....	10.26	Q
7	7	Michael Frater Michael Frater Michael Frater O.D is a sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres event. He won a silver medal at the 2005 World Championships and a gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games for the event....	10.26	Q
9	2	Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Harry Leslie Aikines-Aryeetey is an English sprinter. In 2005 he was named as the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year and the IAAF's Rising Star of the Year after becoming the first athlete to win gold medals at both 100 metres and 200 metres at the World Youth Championships.Aikines-Aryeetey...	10.28	Q
9	6	Dwain Chambers Dwain Chambers Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English sprinter of Afro-Caribbean descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres sprint, in which he has the second...	10.28	Q
11	3	Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...	10.31	Q
11	4	Ngonidzashe Makusha Ngonidzashe Makusha Ngonidzashe Makusha is a Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper. He is the national record holder over 100m and Long Jump for Zimbabwe with 9.89s and 8.40m respectively. Both performances achieved during the 2011 NCAA Division I Championships in Des Moines, Iowa where he completed the 100m long...	10.31	Q
13	1	Trell Kimmons Trell Kimmons David "Trell" Kimmons is an American sprinter.At the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Kimmons was part of a Gold medal winning 4×100 metres relay squad that established a junior world record with 38.66 seconds...	10.32	Q
13	2	Keston Bledman Keston Bledman Keston Bledman is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago.On July 7, 2007, at the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in São Paulo, Brazil, he upset the Jamaican Yohan Blake in the 100 meters, finishing in 10.32 seconds .Bledman...	10.32	Q
13	3	Churandy Martina Churandy Martina Churandy Martina is a sprinter from Curaçao, currently representing the Netherlands. His personal best time over 100 metres is 9.93 seconds, a national record, achieved in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games final...	10.32	Q
16	4	Justyn Warner Justyn Warner Justyn Warner, is a Canadian track athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He is the current Canadian Junior record holder at that distance in 10.26, coached by Desai Williams & Anthony McCleary....	10.33	q
16	7	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Jaysuma Saidy Ndure is a Gambian-Norwegian sprinter. Having changed nationality from Gambia to Norway in 2006, he holds both the Gambian and Norwegian records in both the 100 and 200 metres, and is the seventh and fourth fastest European of all times on the two distances...	10.33	Q
18	1	Richard Thompson Richard Thompson (athlete) Richard "Torpedo" Thompson is a sprinter from Cascade, Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 100 metres. He was the silver medalist in the event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, running a personal best of 9.89 seconds....	10.34	Q
18	5	Daniel Bailey Daniel Bailey Daniel Everton Bailey is a male sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda who specialises in the 100 metres. He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics and was a 100 m semi-finalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.He came to prominence in 2009 with a...	10.34	Q
18	3	Marlon Devonish Marlon Devonish Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...	10.34	q
21	7	Dariusz Kuć Dariusz Kuc Dariusz Kuć is a Polish sprint athlete. His personal best time over 100 metres is 10.15 seconds, achieved in June 2011 in Kraków....	10.36	Q
22	6	Ángel David Rodríguez Ángel David Rodríguez Ángel David Rodríguez García is a Spanish sprinter. He specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.14 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Salamanca, and 20.61 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Barcelona.Rodríguez finished eighth in 100 m and 4×100...	10.37	Q
23	2	Andrew Hinds Andrew Hinds Andrew Hinds is a Barbadian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.03 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in Bridgetown, and 20.38 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in Bridgetown....	10.41	q
24	5	Aziz Ouhadi Aziz Ouhadi Aziz Ouhadi is a Morrocan track and field athlete who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. His 100 m personal best of 10.09 seconds is the Moroccan national record...	10.42	Q
24	5	Rytis Sakalauskas Rytis Sakalauskas Rytis Sakalauskas is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Lithuania.In 2010 he reached world record in alternative indoor 150 m running event....	10.42
24	4	Ramon Gittens	10.42
27	7	Reto Schenkel Reto Schenkel Reto Schenkel is a Swiss sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He competed in both 100 and 200 metres at the 2006 World Junior Championships. He finished fifth in the 100 metres at the 2007 European Junior Championships...	10.44
28	4	Ben Youssef Meité	10.45
29	7	Aaron Armstrong Aaron Armstrong Aaron Nigel Armstrong is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago.Armstrong attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he ran for the Florida Gators track and field team in NCAA competition...	10.48
30	1	Suwaibou Sanneh Suwaibou Sanneh Suwaibou Sanneh is a Gambian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He was born in Brikama. His personal best time is 10.43 seconds, achieved at the 2008 African Championships in Addis Ababa....	10.50
31	1	Ronalds Arājs Ronalds Arajs Ronalds Arājs is a Latvian athlete. Arājs is the current Latvian record holder in 100 metres, having a personal best of 10.18 seconds. His personal record in the 200 metres is 20.75 seconds....	10.52
32	5	Marek Niit Marek Niit Marek Niit is a male sprinter from Estonia who won gold medal at the 200 metres at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China...	10.53
32	6	Simon Magakwe Simon Magakwe Simon Petrus Magakwe is a sprinter from South Africa. In 2010 he competed at the 2010 African Championships in Nairobi and won the bronze medal in both the 100 metres and the 200 metres.-References:...	10.53
34	6	Nilson André Nilson André Nilson de Oliveira André is a Brazilian track and field athlete who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres events. He is the reigning South American champion in the 100 m and the 4×100 metres relay. He also won medals at the Military World Games in 2011.Born in Duque de Caxias, Rio de...	10.54
35	5	Aziz Zakari Aziz Zakari Aziz Zakari is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He was born in Accra, Ghana.Participating in the 2000 Summer Olympics, he made it to the final of the 100 metres, but failed to finish after becoming injured at about the 35m mark.Also participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he...	10.55
36	2	Jason Smyth Jason Smyth Jason Smyth is a visually impaired Irish Paralympian. His central vision is affected by Stargardt's disease. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Mormon...	10.57
36	2	Ogho-Oghene Egwero Ogho-Oghene Egwero Ogho-Oghene Omano Egwero is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He competed at the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final....	10.57
38	1	Peter Emelieze Peter Emelieze Peter Emelieze is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He was born in Lagos. He reached the semi-final in 60 metres at the 2010 World Indoor Championships....	10.58
39	4	Gérard Kobéané	10.59
40	6	Gerald Phiri	10.60
41	3	Carlos Jorge	10.62
41	7	Álvaro Gómez	10.62
43	3	Gabriel Mvumvure	10.63
44	7	Chi Ho Tsui	10.65
45	6	Abdouraim Haroun	10.72
46	5	Mohammad Noor Imran A Hadi	10.75
47	2	Geronimo Goeloe Geronimo Goeloe Geronimo Goeloe is a sprinter, specializing in the 100 and 200 metres. He currently represents Aruba.Goeloe finished sixth in 4×100 metres relay at the 2005 World Championships, together with teammates Charlton Rafaela, Jairo Duzant and Churandy Martina.On the individual level he won a bronze...	10.84
48	5	Foo Ee Yeo	10.85
49	1	Delivert Arsene Kimbembe	10.94
49	4	Jurgen Themen Jurgen Themen Jurgen Themen is a Surinamese sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He competed at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without progressing to the second round....	10.94
51	3	Keiron Rogers	10.96
52	2	Mohamed Fadlin	11.00
52	3	Dmitrii Ilin	11.00
54	6	Moudjib Toyb	11.12
55	7	Tilak Ram Tharu	11.32
	1	Adrian Griffith Adrian Griffith (athlete) Adrian Griffith is a Bahamian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.He competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final...

Semifinals

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

Wind:
Heat 1: −0.4 m/s, Heat 2: −1.0 m/s, Heat 3: −0.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
1	1	Yohan Blake Yohan Blake Yohan Blake is a Jamaican sprinter and the current 100 metre World Champion. He holds the national junior record for the 100 metres, and tied Seun Ogunkoya as the youngest sprinter to have broken the 10-second barrier...		Q, SB
2	1	Walter Dix Walter Dix Walter Dix is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the fourth fastest 200 m runner ever with a best of 19.53 seconds, and has broken the 10-second barrier in the 100 m with a best of 9.88 seconds.Dix was a highly successful amateur...	10.05	Q
2	2	Usain Bolt Usain Bolt The Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. , is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay...	10.05	Q
4	3	Kim Collins Kim Collins Kim Collins is a track and field sprinter from the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 m. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on four occasions, from 1996 to 2008, and was the country's first athlete to ever reach an event...	10.08	Q
5	1	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...	10.10	q
6	2	Christophe Lemaitre Christophe Lemaitre Christophe Lemaitre is a French sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He is the French 100 m and 200 m record holder with a time of 9.92 seconds and 19.80 seconds as well as being the first caucasian to break the 10-second barrier in an officially timed event.At...	10.11	Q
7	1	Daniel Bailey Daniel Bailey Daniel Everton Bailey is a male sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda who specialises in the 100 metres. He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics and was a 100 m semi-finalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.He came to prominence in 2009 with a...	10.14	q
7	1	Keston Bledman Keston Bledman Keston Bledman is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago.On July 7, 2007, at the 2007 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in São Paulo, Brazil, he upset the Jamaican Yohan Blake in the 100 meters, finishing in 10.32 seconds .Bledman...	10.14
9	3	Nesta Carter Nesta Carter Nesta Carter O.D is a Jamaican sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres event. In August 2010 he became only the fifth sprinter to ever run the 100 metres in less than 9.8 seconds....	10.16	Q
10	2	Richard Thompson Richard Thompson (athlete) Richard "Torpedo" Thompson is a sprinter from Cascade, Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 100 metres. He was the silver medalist in the event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, running a personal best of 9.89 seconds....	10.20
11	2	Trell Kimmons Trell Kimmons David "Trell" Kimmons is an American sprinter.At the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Kimmons was part of a Gold medal winning 4×100 metres relay squad that established a junior world record with 38.66 seconds...	10.21
11	2	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Jaysuma Saidy Ndure Jaysuma Saidy Ndure is a Gambian-Norwegian sprinter. Having changed nationality from Gambia to Norway in 2006, he holds both the Gambian and Norwegian records in both the 100 and 200 metres, and is the seventh and fourth fastest European of all times on the two distances...	10.21
13	2	Michael Frater Michael Frater Michael Frater O.D is a sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres event. He won a silver medal at the 2005 World Championships and a gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games for the event....	10.23
13	3	Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Harry Leslie Aikines-Aryeetey is an English sprinter. In 2005 he was named as the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year and the IAAF's Rising Star of the Year after becoming the first athlete to win gold medals at both 100 metres and 200 metres at the World Youth Championships.Aikines-Aryeetey...	10.23
13	3	Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended...	10.23
16	2	Marlon Devonish Marlon Devonish Marlon Ronald Devonish, MBE is an English sprint athlete.He is a member of the Coventry Godiva Harriers athletics club and is coached by Tony Lester. Early in his career he was successful at both 100 and 200 metre distances, winning English Schools and European Junior titles at both, but in recent...	10.25
17	3	Ngonidzashe Makusha Ngonidzashe Makusha Ngonidzashe Makusha is a Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper. He is the national record holder over 100m and Long Jump for Zimbabwe with 9.89s and 8.40m respectively. Both performances achieved during the 2011 NCAA Division I Championships in Des Moines, Iowa where he completed the 100m long...	10.27
18	3	Churandy Martina Churandy Martina Churandy Martina is a sprinter from Curaçao, currently representing the Netherlands. His personal best time over 100 metres is 9.93 seconds, a national record, achieved in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games final...	10.29
19	1	Andrew Hinds Andrew Hinds Andrew Hinds is a Barbadian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.03 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in Bridgetown, and 20.38 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in Bridgetown....	10.32
20	3	Aziz Ouhadi Aziz Ouhadi Aziz Ouhadi is a Morrocan track and field athlete who competes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. His 100 m personal best of 10.09 seconds is the Moroccan national record...	10.45
21	3	Justyn Warner Justyn Warner Justyn Warner, is a Canadian track athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He is the current Canadian Junior record holder at that distance in 10.26, coached by Desai Williams & Anthony McCleary....	10.47
22	1	Ángel David Rodríguez Ángel David Rodríguez Ángel David Rodríguez García is a Spanish sprinter. He specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.14 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Salamanca, and 20.61 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Barcelona.Rodríguez finished eighth in 100 m and 4×100...	10.49
23	2	Dariusz Kuć Dariusz Kuc Dariusz Kuć is a Polish sprint athlete. His personal best time over 100 metres is 10.15 seconds, achieved in June 2011 in Kraków....	10.51

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Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
	6	Yohan Blake Yohan Blake Yohan Blake is a Jamaican sprinter and the current 100 metre World Champion. He holds the national junior record for the 100 metres, and tied Seun Ogunkoya as the youngest sprinter to have broken the 10-second barrier...		SB
	4	Walter Dix Walter Dix Walter Dix is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the fourth fastest 200 m runner ever with a best of 19.53 seconds, and has broken the 10-second barrier in the 100 m with a best of 9.88 seconds.Dix was a highly successful amateur...	10.08
	3	Kim Collins Kim Collins Kim Collins is a track and field sprinter from the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 m. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on four occasions, from 1996 to 2008, and was the country's first athlete to ever reach an event...	10.09
4	8	Christophe Lemaitre Christophe Lemaitre Christophe Lemaitre is a French sprinter, who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. He is the French 100 m and 200 m record holder with a time of 9.92 seconds and 19.80 seconds as well as being the first caucasian to break the 10-second barrier in an officially timed event.At...	10.19
5	2	Daniel Bailey Daniel Bailey Daniel Everton Bailey is a male sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda who specialises in the 100 metres. He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics and was a 100 m semi-finalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.He came to prominence in 2009 with a...	10.26
6	1	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...	10.27
7	7	Nesta Carter Nesta Carter Nesta Carter O.D is a Jamaican sprinter, who specialises in the 100 metres event. In August 2010 he became only the fifth sprinter to ever run the 100 metres in less than 9.8 seconds....	10.95
	5	Usain Bolt Usain Bolt The Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. , is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay...

External links

100 metres results at IAAF website

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