2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres


The men's 100 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and August 28. The event was won by Yohan Blake of Jamaica, who became the youngest ever world champion in the 100 metres at. The highly favored defending champion and world record holder Usain Bolt was disqualified from the final for making a false start. Seventy four athletes started the competition, with 61 nations being represented. 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 and Steve Mullings had been banned for doping offences, while Tyson Gay and 2011 world leader Asafa Powell could not compete due to injuries.
A preliminary round was introduced, 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 was disqualified in this round for a false start. Abdouraim Haroun was the fastest preliminary runner, Keiron Rogers broke the Anguillian record, while the slowest of the round was Sogelau Tuvalu, although his time of 15.66 seconds was a personal best for the shot put specialist.
Usain Bolt had the fastest time of the first day while his Jamaican compatriots won three of the other seven [|heats]. Christophe Lemaitre, Kim Collins and Walter Dix were the other winners. In the first of the semi-finals, Yohan Blake became the first man under ten seconds. Bolt won the second race as the second-fastest qualifier and Collins won the third to become the oldest ever 100 m finalist. Frenchman Jimmy Vicaut became only the second junior athlete ever to qualify for the 100 m final, after Darrel Brown in 2003. The most prominent eliminations were Olympic silver medallist Richard Thompson and 2004 Olympic champion Justin Gatlin. Dwain Chambers false-started, while sub-9.9 sec runners Michael Frater and Ngonidzashe Makusha 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 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

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record9.58Berlin, Germany16 August 2009
Championship record9.58Berlin, Germany16 August 2009
World Leading9.78Lausanne, Switzerland30 June 2011
African Record9.85Doha, Qatar12 May 2006
Asian Record9.99Amman, Jordan26 July 2007
North, Central American and Caribbean record9.58Berlin, Germany16 August 2009
South American Record10.00Mexico, Mexico22 July 1988
European Record9.86Athens, Greece22 August 2004
Oceanian record9.93Mito, Japan5 May 2003

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Preliminary Round

Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 1 fastest 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
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Abdouraim Haroun10.44Q, NR
22Chi Ho Tsui10.45Q
31Keiron Rogers10.55Q, NR
43Gérard Kobéané10.64Q
52Mohamed Fadlin10.70Q
63Geronimo Goeloe10.73Q, SB
73Foo Ee Yeo10.76Q
84Mohammad Noor Imran A Hadi10.77Q
91Jurgen Themen10.84Q
103Delivert Arsene Kimbembe10.85q
114Dmitrii Ilin10.86Q
122Tilak Ram Tharu11.00Q, PB
134Moudjib Toyb11.07Q
144Karl Farrugia11.21
154Francis Manioru11.28SB
162Rodman Teltull11.31PB
171George Pine11.34SB
181Kitavanah Kountavong11.42PB
184Federico Gorrieri11.42
201Joshua Jeremiah11.44PB
213Joseph Andy Lui11.48
223Bledee Jarry11.49PB
232Mohamed Ghassem Ahmed Taled11.50PB
241Okilani Tinilau11.58
251Christopher Lima Da Costa11.61PB
262Massoud Azizi11.64SB
272John Howard11.71SB
283Ah Chong Sam Chong12.36PB
293Orrin Ogumoro Pharmin12.60PB
304Sogelau Tuvalu15.66PB
2Kim Kuk-Young

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 3 fastest advance to the [|semifinals].
Wind:
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
competing in Daegu
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
16Usain Bolt10.10Q
24Yohan Blake10.12Q
31Kim Collins10.13Q
43Christophe Lemaitre10.14Q
52Walter Dix10.25Q
54Jimmy Vicaut10.25Q
75Nesta Carter10.26Q
77Michael Frater10.26Q
92Harry Aikines-Aryeetey10.28Q
96Dwain Chambers10.28Q
113Justin Gatlin10.31Q
114Ngonidzashe Makusha10.31Q
131Trell Kimmons10.32Q
132Keston Bledman10.32Q
133Churandy Martina10.32Q
164Justyn Warner10.33q
167Jaysuma Saidy Ndure10.33Q
181Richard Thompson10.34Q
185Daniel Bailey10.34Q
183Marlon Devonish10.34q
217Dariusz Kuć10.36Q
226Ángel David Rodríguez10.37Q
232Andrew Hinds10.41q
245Aziz Ouhadi10.42Q
245Rytis Sakalauskas10.42
244Ramon Gittens10.42
277Reto Schenkel10.44
284Ben Youssef Meité10.45
297Aaron Armstrong10.48
301Suwaibou Sanneh10.50
311Ronalds Arājs10.52
325Marek Niit10.53
326Simon Magakwe10.53
346Nilson André10.54
355Aziz Zakari10.55
362Jason Smyth10.57
362Ogho-Oghene Egwero10.57
381Peter Emelieze10.58
394Gérard Kobéané10.59
406Gerald Phiri10.60
413Carlos Jorge10.62
417Álvaro Gómez10.62
433Gabriel Mvumvure10.63
447Chi Ho Tsui10.65
456Abdouraim Haroun10.72
465Mohammad Noor Imran A Hadi10.75
472Geronimo Goeloe10.84
485Foo Ee Yeo10.85
491Delivert Arsene Kimbembe10.94
494Jurgen Themen10.94
513Keiron Rogers10.96
522Mohamed Fadlin11.00
523Dmitrii Ilin11.00
546Moudjib Toyb11.12
557Tilak Ram Tharu11.32
1Adrian Griffith

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat and the next 2 fastest advance to the [|Final].
Wind:
Heat 1: −0.4 m/s, Heat 2: −1.0 m/s, Heat 3: −0.8 m/s
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Yohan BlakeQ, SB
21Walter Dix10.05Q
22Usain Bolt10.05Q
43Kim Collins10.08Q
51Jimmy Vicaut10.10q
62Christophe Lemaitre10.11Q
71Daniel Bailey10.14q
81Keston Bledman10.14
93Nesta Carter10.16Q
102Richard Thompson10.20
112Trell Kimmons10.21
112Jaysuma Saidy Ndure10.21
132Michael Frater10.23
133Harry Aikines-Aryeetey10.23
133Justin Gatlin10.23
162Marlon Devonish10.25
173Ngonidzashe Makusha10.27
183Churandy Martina10.29
191Andrew Hinds10.32
203Aziz Ouhadi10.45
213Justyn Warner10.47
221Ángel David Rodríguez10.49
232Dariusz Kuć10.51
1Dwain Chambers

Final

Wind: −1.4 m/s
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
6Yohan BlakeSB
4Walter Dix10.08
3Kim Collins10.09
48Christophe Lemaitre10.19
52Daniel Bailey10.26
61Jimmy Vicaut10.27
77Nesta Carter10.95
5Usain Bolt