2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the 2001 World Championships

Venue

Commonwealth Stadium

Dates

4 August (heats and quarter-finals)
5 August (semi-finals and final)

Competitors

Winning time

9.82

Medalists

	Maurice Greene	United States
	Bernard Williams	United States
	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago

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Events at the 2001 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
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
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These are the official results of the Men's 100 metres event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 84 participating athletes, with eleven qualifying heats, five quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Sunday 5 August 2001 at 17:35h.

Medalists

Gold	Maurice Greene United States (USA)
Silver	Bernard Williams United States (USA)
Bronze	Ato Boldon Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Maurice Greene (USA)	9.79	June 16, 1999	Athens, Greece
Event Record	Maurice Greene (USA)	9.80	August 22, 1999	Seville, Spain
Season Best	Ato Boldon (TTO)	9.88	July 13, 2001	Oslo, Norway

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Maurice Greene (USA)	9.82
	Bernard Williams (USA)	9.94
	Ato Boldon (TRI)	9.98
4.	Dwain Chambers (GBR)	9.99
5.	Kim Collins (SKN)	10.07
6.	Christian Malcolm (GBR)	10.11
7.	Abdul Aziz Zakari (GHA)	10.24
—	Tim Montgomery (USA)	9.85 (DQ)

Semi-final

Held on Sunday 5 August 2001

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Maurice Greene (USA)	10.01
2.	Ato Boldon (TRI)	10.12
3.	Kim Collins (SKN)	10.12
4.	Abdul Aziz Zakari (GHA)	10.17
5.	Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR)	10.26
6.	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	10.33
7.	Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)	10.33
8.	Troy Douglas (NED)	10.47

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Bernard Williams (USA)	10.06
2.	Dwain Chambers (GBR)	10.10
3.	Christian Malcolm (GBR)	10.24
4.	Uchenna Emedolu (NGR)	10.29
5.	Obadele Thompson (BAR)	10.31
6.	Matthew Shirvington (AUS)	10.32
7.	Bruny Surin (CAN)	11.39
—	Tim Montgomery (USA)	10.07 (DQ)

Quarter-finals

Held on Saturday 4 August 2001

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Kim Collins (SKN)	10.00
2.	Uchenna Emedolu (NGR)	10.06
3.	Troy Douglas (NED)	10.09
4.	Morne Nagel (RSA)	10.20
5.	John Ertzgard (NOR)	10.25
6.	Nicolas Macrozonaris (CAN)	10.28
7.	Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy (ISR)	10.28
	Tim Montgomery (USA)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Maurice Greene (USA)	9.88
2.	Ato Boldon (TRI)	10.06
3.	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	10.11
4.	Cláudio Roberto Sousa (BRA)	10.26
5.	Serge Bengono (CMR)	10.27
6.	Oumar Loum (SEN)	10.42
7.	Mathew Quinn (RSA)	10.46
—	Llewelyn Bredwood (JAM)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR)	9.97
2.	Obadele Thompson (BAR)	10.03
3.	Bruny Surin (CAN)	10.11
4.	Tommi Hartonen (FIN)	10.21
5.	Salem Mubarak Al-Yami (KSA)	10.21
6.	Fabrice Calligny (FRA)	10.22
7.	Eric Pacome N'Dri (CIV)	10.29
8.	Tim Goebel (GER)	10.31

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Dwain Chambers (GBR)	9.97
2.	Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)	10.06
3.	Abdul Aziz Zakari (GHA)	10.11
4.	Aham Okeke (NOR)	10.15
5.	Jamal Abdullah Al-Saffar (KSA)	10.17
6.	Piotr Balcerzak (POL)	10.33
7.	David Patros (FRA)	10.34
—	Antoine Boussombo (GAB)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Bernard Williams (USA)	9.95
2.	Christian Malcolm (GBR)	10.09
3.	Matthew Shirvington (AUS)	10.14
4.	Kenneth Andam (GHA)	10.26
5.	Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ)	10.28
6.	Chinedu Oriala (NGR)	10.30
7.	Jaycey Harper (TRI)	10.45
8.	Ibrahim Meité (CIV)	10.48

Heats

Held on Saturday 4 August 2001

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Kim Collins (SKN)	10.30
2.	Fabrice Calligny (FRA)	10.32
3.	Kenneth Andam (GHA)	10.40
4.	Morne Nagel (RSA)	10.49
5.	Wai Hung Chiang (HKG)	10.85
6.	Diego Ferreira (PAR)	10.97
7.	Philam Garcia (GUM)	11.12
8.	Trevor Misipeka (ASA)	14.28

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Abdul Aziz Zakari (GHA)	10.26
2.	Troy Douglas (NED)	10.35
3.	Llewelyn Bredwood (JAM)	10.43
4.	Anthony Ferro (BEL)	10.53
5.	Idrissa Sanou (BUR)	10.60
6.	Matarr Njie (GAM)	10.95
7.	Dylan Menzies (NFK)	11.57
—	Mahbub Alam (BAN)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Matthew Shirvington (AUS)	10.29
2.	Jamal Abdullah Al-Saffar (KSA)	10.31
3.	Chinedu Oriala (NGR)	10.32
4.	Lindel Frater (JAM)	10.57
5.	Sherwin James (DMA)	10.76
6.	Gian Nicola Berardi (SMR)	10.76
7.	Asif Hameed (PAK)	10.84
—	Roman Cress (MHL)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Bernard Williams (USA)	10.20
2.	Christian Malcolm (GBR)	10.24
3.	Tommi Hartonen (FIN)	10.32
4.	David Patros (FRA)	10.38
5.	Ricardo Alves (POR)	10.55
6.	Vahagn Javakhyan (ARM)	10.92
7.	Rommel Espera (MNP)	12.21

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Maurice Greene (USA)	10.33
2.	Serge Bengono (CMR)	10.36
3.	Antoine Boussombo (GAB)	10.38
4.	Reanchai Seehawong (THA)	10.53
5.	Francesco Scuderi (ITA)	10.53
6.	Gibrilla Pato Bangura (SLE)	10.86
7.	Zakaria Messaiké (LIB)	10.96

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)	10.25
2.	John Ertzgard (NOR)	10.42
3.	Mathew Quinn (RSA)	10.43
4.	Eric Pacome N'Dri (CIV)	10.47
5.	Jaycey Harper (TRI)	10.48
6.	Deodato Freitas (STP)	11.09
7.	Bourgnasit Chanthachack (LAO)	11.59
	Arman HJ Sanip (BRU)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.	Bruny Surin (CAN)	10.28
2.	Obadele Thompson (BAR)	10.30
3.	Ibrahim Meité (CIV)	10.45
4.	Sayon Cooper (LBR)	10.62
5.	Rashid Chouhal (MLT)	10.71
6.	Ruslan Rusidze (GEO)	10.83
7.	Sani Biao (TOG)	11.00
—	Freddy Mayola (CUB)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.	Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR)	10.21
2.	Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ)	10.34
3.	Salem Mubarak Al-Yami (KSA)	10.34
4.	Akihiro Yasui (JPN)	10.51
5.	Denis Daniel Gutiérrez (NCA)	10.99
—	Dam Phirum (CAM)	DNS
—	Curtis Johnson (USA)	DNS
—	Justino Sampaio (GBS)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 9	TIME
1.	Uchenna Emedolu (NGR)	10.18
2.	Dwain Chambers (GBR)	10.27
3.	Aham Okeke (NOR)	10.35
4.	Tim Goebel (GER)	10.42
5.	Tsai Meng-Lin (TPE)	10.57
6.	Mohd Roache (SAM)	10.78
7.	John Howard (FSM)	11.05
8.	Sesi Salt (TGA)	11.85

RANK	HEAT 10	TIME
1.	Cláudio Roberto Sousa (BRA)	10.41
2.	Nicolas Macrozonaris (CAN)	10.43
3.	Piotr Balcerzak (POL)	10.45
4.	Hiroyasu Tsuchie (JPN)	10.54
5.	Philemon Roy (VAN)	11.41
6.	David Lightbourne (TCA)	11.53
—	Tim Montgomery (USA)	9.92 (DQ)

RANK	HEAT 11	TIME
1.	Ato Boldon (TRI)	10.13
2.	Donovan Bailey (CAN)	10.20
3.	Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy (ISR)	10.42
4.	Oumar Loum (SEN)	10.50
5.	Andrew Konai (SOL)	11.10
6.	Harmon Harmon (COK)	11.37
—	Hely Ollarves (VEN)	DNS

References

v t e 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships
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v t e World champions in men's 100 metres
1983: Carl Lewis (USA) 1987: Carl Lewis (USA) 1991: Carl Lewis (USA) 1993: Linford Christie (GBR) 1995: Donovan Bailey (CAN) 1997: Maurice Greene (USA) 1999: Maurice Greene (USA) 2001: Maurice Greene (USA) 2003: Kim Collins (SKN) 2005: Justin Gatlin (USA) 2007: Tyson Gay (USA) 2009: Usain Bolt (JAM) 2011: Yohan Blake (JAM) 2013: Usain Bolt (JAM) 2015: Usain Bolt (JAM) 2017: Justin Gatlin (USA) 2019: Christian Coleman (USA) 2022: Fred Kerley (USA) 2023: Noah Lyles (USA)

World champions in men's 100 metres

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