| Men's 100 metres at the 2015 World Championships | |||||||||||||
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| 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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The men's 100 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 23 August.
For only the second time in the World Athletics Championships, the winning margin in the men's 100 metres was 0.01 seconds. The first time this happened was in 2003.
Summary
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. 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.
At 39 years, 139 days old, Kim Collins became the oldest ever competitor for the men's 100 m.
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record |  Usain Bolt (JAM)
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9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
| Championship record | ||||
| World Leading |  Justin Gatlin (USA)
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9.74 | Doha, Qatar | 15 May 2015 |
| African Record |  Olusoji Fasuba (NGR)
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9.85 | Doha, Qatar | 12 May 2006 |
| Asian Record |  Femi Ogunode (QAT)
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9.91 | Wuhan, China | 4 June 2015 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Usain Bolt (JAM)
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9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
| South American Record |  Robson da Silva (BRA)
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10.00A | Mexico City, Mexico | 22 July 1988 |
| European Record |  Francis Obikwelu (POR)
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9.86 | Athens, Greece | 22 August 2004 |
 Jimmy Vicaut (FRA)
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Saint-Denis, France | 4 July 2015 | ||
| Oceanian record |  Patrick Johnson (AUS)
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9.93 | Mito, Japan | 5 May 2003 |
Qualification standards
| Entry standards |
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| 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.
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.
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.
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.
Wind: −0.5 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | Usain Bolt |  Jamaica (JAM) |
9.79 | SB |
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7 | Justin Gatlin |  United States (USA) |
9.80 | |
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3 | Trayvon Bromell | United States (USA) |
9.92 | |
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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. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. 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. Archived from the original on 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.
- "World Championship Statistics Handbook" (Press release). IAAF. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- "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
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