2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres


The men's 100 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on 27 to 28 September 2019.

Summary

The semi-finals were dominated by world leader Christian Coleman, who was allowed to compete despite missing three doping tests in the year due to a technicality, and blasted a 9.88 while no other qualifiers broke 10. The last time qualifier, Filippo Tortu, made the final by.001, running 10.101 over Tyquendo Tracey's 10.102, while Aaron Brown got in by placing second behind Coleman in heat 1 with 10.12.
In the final, defending champion Justin Gatlin got a good start to gain a step on the field, except Coleman got a better start, gaining that step on Gatlin. Unlike 2017, Coleman did not give ground back, extending his lead to a dominating victory in 9.76. A new personal best, world leading time for the season, that becomes the #6 time in history, just 2 ticks behind Gatlin's best. Returning to form, Andre De Grasse closed and nearly caught Gatlin at the line in 9.90, a new wind legal personal best, though he has run as fast as 9.69 wind aided.
At 37 years old, the world M35 record holder over 100m Justin Gatlin became the oldest athlete to ever medal in 100m in the World Championships history.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
World record9.58Berlin, Germany16 August 2009
Championship record9.58Berlin, Germany16 August 2009
World Leading9.81Palo Alto, United States30 June 2019
African Record9.85Doha, Qatar12 May 2006
Asian Record9.91Wuhan, China4 June 2015
Asian Record9.91Gainesville, United States22 April 2016
Asian Record9.91Madrid, Spain22 June 2018
Asian Record9.91Paris, France30 June 2018
North, Central American and Caribbean record9.58Berlin, Germany16 August 2009
South American Record10.00Mexico City, Mexico22 July 1988
European Record9.86Athens, Greece22 August 2004
European Record9.86Saint-Denis, France4 July 2015
European Record9.86Montreuil-sous-Bois, France7 June 2016
Oceanian record9.93Mito, Japan5 May 2003

The following records were set at the competition:
RecordAthleteDate
Malawian10.72Stern Noel Liffa27 Sep 2019
Bhutanese11.64Dinesh Kumar Dhakal27 Sep 2019
World Leading9.76Christian Coleman28 Sep 2019

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 10.10.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time, was as follows:
DateTimeRound
27 September16:35Preliminary Round
27 September18:05Heats
28 September18:45Semi-finals
28 September22:15Final

Results

Preliminary round

The first athlete in each heat and the next five fastest qualified for the first round proper. The overall results were as follows:
Wind: P1:+0.1, P2:+0.4, P3:+0.3, P4:+0.0

Heats

The first 3 in each heat and the next six fastest qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:
Wind: H1:-0.3, H2:-0.8, H3:-0.8, H4:-0.3, H5:-0.3, H6:+0.1

Semi-finals

The first 2 in each heat and the next two fastest qualified for the final.
Wind: S1:-0.3, S2:-0.3, S3:+0.8
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Christian Coleman9.88Q
23Akani Simbine10.01Q
33Zharnel Hughes10.05Q
42Andre De Grasse10.07Q
52Yohan Blake10.09Q
62Justin Gatlin10.09q
73Filippo Tortu10.11q
83Tyquendo Tracey10.11
93Mike Rodgers10.12
101Aaron Brown10.12Q
111Adam Gemili10.13
121Paulo André de Oliveira10.14
132Xie Zhenye10.14
141Abdul Hakim Sani Brown10.15
153Yoshihide Kiryū10.16
163Jimmy Vicaut10.16
171Taymir Burnet10.18
182Raymond Ekevwo10.20
191Marcell Jacobs10.20
202Ojie Edoburun10.22
211Su Bingtian10.23
222Yuki Koike10.28
232Emmanuel Matadi10.28
243Arthur Cissé10.34

Final

The final was started on 28 September at 22:15.
Wind: +0.6
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Christian Coleman9.76
3Justin Gatlin9.89
6Andre De Grasse9.90
45Akani Simbine9.93
58Yohan Blake9.97
67Zharnel Hughes10.03
72Filippo Tortu10.07
89Aaron Brown10.08