World Athletics Championships 2001/100 m men

8th World Athletics Championships
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	77 athletes from 60 countries
venue	Edmonton
Competition location	Commonwealth Stadium
Competition phase	August 5th (preliminary / quarter finals) August 6th (semifinals / finals)
Medalist Maurice Greene ( USA )   Bernard Williams ( USA )   Ato Boldon ( TRI )

The Commonwealth Stadium by Edmonton in 2005

The 100-meter race of the men at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics was on 5 and 6 August 2001 Commonwealth Stadium the Canadian city of Edmonton held.

In this competition, the US sprinters scored a double victory.
His third World Cup -Titel in a row won the Olympic champion in 2000 and world record holder Maurice Greene , who also in 1999 about 200 meters was world champion and the 4 x 100-meter relay his country's 1999 World Cup had won -Gold and 2000 Olympic gold. Bernard Williams , who, like Maurice Greene, was a member of the US sprint relay that had won the Olympic Games the year before, came
second . Bronze went to the World Cup third in 1995 , Olympic third in 1996 and Olympic second in 2000 Ato Boldon from Trinidad and Tobago , who was also world champion over 200 meters in 1997 and Olympic third in 1996 and 2000. Here in Edmonton he won the silver medal on the final day with the 4 x 100 meter relay of his country.

Existing records

World record	9.79 s	Maurice Greene	Athens , Greece	June 16, 1999
World championship record	9.80 s		1999 World Cup in Seville , Spain	August 22, 1999

The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.

A world best and a national record were recorded:

• World best: 9.82 s - Maurice Greene ( USA ), final on August 5th with a headwind of 0.2 m / s
• National record: 10.78 s - Mohd Roache ( Samoa ), advance on August 4th with no wind

doping

In 2008, the multiple medalist, world champion and Olympic champion confessed to long-term use of banned substances such as testosterone and somatropin while in prison where he was for check fraud and money laundering . His affected results were all canceled, here at these world championships his races over 100 meters with the silver medal he had initially won and the victory in his country's 4 x 100 meter relay .

Four sprinters were primarily affected :

• Ato Boldon , Trinidad and Tobago - He received his bronze medal a long time late and was unable to attend the award ceremony.
• Uchenna Emedolu , Nigeria - He was denied the final from his fourth place in the second semi-final run.
• Aham Okeke , Norway - He should have made it to the semi-finals through his quarter-finals.
• Akihiro Yasui , Japan - He should have started in the quarterfinals via the time rule.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in eleven runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the seven fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.

Forward 1

August 4, 2001, 10:36 am

Wind: -0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Kim Collins	St. Kitts and Nevis	10.30
2	Fabrice Calligny	France	10.32
3	Kenneth Andam	Ghana	10.40
4th	Morné nail	South Africa	10.49
5	Chiang Wai Hung	Hong Kong	10.85
6th	Diego Ferreira	Paraguay	10.97
7th	Philam Garcia	Guam	11.12
8th	Trevor Misapeka	American Samoa	14.28

Forward 2

August 4, 2001, 10:36 am

Wind: -0.9 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	10.26
2	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	10.35
3	Llewelyn Bredwood	Jamaica	10.43
4th	Anthony Ferro	Belgium	10.53
5	Idrissa Sanou	Burkina Faso	10.60
6th	Matarr Njie	Gambia	10.95
7th	Dylan Menzies	Norfolk Island	11.57
DNS	Mahbub Alam	Bangladesh

Forward 3

August 4, 2001, 10:42 am

Wind: -0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Matthew Shirvington	Australia	10.29
2	Jamal Abdullah Al-Saffar	Saudi Arabia	10.31
3	Chinedu Oriala	Nigeria	10.32
4th	Lindel Frater	Jamaica	10.57
5	Sherwin James	Dominica	10.76
6th	Gian Nicola Berardi	San Marino	10.76
7th	Asif Hameed	Pakistan	10.84
DNS	Roman Cress	Marshall Islands

Forward 4

August 4, 2001, 10:48 a.m.

Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Bernard Williams	United States	10.20
2	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	10.24
3	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	10.32
4th	David Patros	France	10.38
5	Ricardo Alves	Portugal	10.55
6th	Vahagn Javakhyan	Armenia	10.92
7th	Rommel Espera	Northern Mariana Islands	12.21

Forward 5

August 4, 2001, 10:54 am

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Maurice Greene	United States	10.33
2	Serge Bengono	Cameroon	10.36
3	Antoine Boussombo	Gabon	10.38
4th	Reanchai Seerhawong	Thailand	10.53
5	Francesco Scuderi	Italy	10.53
6th	Gibrilla Pato Bangura	Sierra Leone	10.86
7th	Zakaria Messaiké	Lebanon	10.96

Forward 6

August 4, 2001, 11:00 a.m.

Wind: −0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Nobuharu Asahara	Japan	10.25
2	John Ertzgaard	Norway	10.42
3	Mathew Quinn	South Africa	10.43
4th	Eric Pacome N'Dri	Ivory Coast	10.47
5	Jacey Harper	Trinidad and Tobago	10.48
6th	Deodato Freitas	Sao Tome and Principe	11.09
7th	Bourgnasit Chanthachack	Laos	11.58
DNS	Arman HJ Sanip	Brunei

Forward 7

August 4, 2001, 11:06 am

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Bruny Surin	Canada	10.28
2	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	10.30
3	Ibrahim Meité	Ivory Coast	10.45
4th	Sayon Cooper	Liberia	10.62
5	Rachid Chouhal	Malta	10.71
6th	Ruslan Rusidze	Georgia	10.83
7th	Sani Biao	Togo	11.00
DSQ	Freddy Mayola	Cuba	IAAF Rule 162.8 - false start

Forward 8

August 4, 2001, 11:12 am

Wind: +0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Mark Lewis-Francis	Great Britain	10.21
2	Gennadiy Chernovol	Kazakhstan	10.34
3	Salem Mubarak Al-Yami	Saudi Arabia	10.34
4th	Akihiro Yasui	Japan	10.51 actually qualified for the quarter-finals
5	Denis Daniel Gutiérrez	Nicaragua	10.99
DNS	Dam Phirum	Cambodia
	Curtis Johnson	United States
	Justino Sampaio	Guinea-Bissau

Forward 9

August 4, 2001, 11:18 am

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	10.18
2	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	10.27
3	Aham Okeke	Norway	10.35
4th	Tim Goebel	Germany	10.42
5	Tsai Meng-Lin	Chinese Taipei	10.57
6th	Mohd Roache	Samoa	10.78 NO
7th	John Howard	Micronesia	11.05
8th	Sesi Salt	Tonga	11.85

Forward 10

August 4, 2001, 11:24 am

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Cláudio Roberto Souza	Brazil	10.41
2	Nicolas Macrozonaris	Canada	10.43
3	Piotr Balcerzak	Poland	10.45
4th	Hiroyasu Tsuchie	Japan	10.54
5	Philemon Roy	Vanuatu	11.41
6th	David Lightbourne	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.53
DOP	Tim Montgomery	United States	admitted to the quarter-finals

Forward 11

August 4, 2001, 11:30 a.m.

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	10.13
2	Donovan Bailey	Canada	10.20
3	Alexandr Porchomovsky	Israel	10.42
4th	Oumar Loum	Senegal	10.50
5	Andrew Konai	Solomon Islands	11.10
6th	Harmon Harmon	Cook Islands	11.37
DNS	Elly Ollarves	Venezuela

Quarter finals

From the five quarter-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the fastest runner - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Due to a failure of the wind measurement device, no wind information is available for the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals 1

John Ertzgaard retired with 10.25 s in the quarterfinals

August 4, 2001, 4:05 p.m. / NWI

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Kim Collins	St. Kitts and Nevis	10.00
2	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	10.06
3	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	10.09
4th	Morné nail	South Africa	10.20
5	John Ertzgaard	Norway	10.25
6th	Nicolas Macrozonaris	Canada	10.29
7th	Alexandr Porchomovsky	Israel	10.28
DOP	Tim Montgomery	United States	admitted to the semifinals

Quarter-finals 2

August 4, 2001, 4:11 p.m. / NWI

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Maurice Greene	United States	09.88
2	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	10.06
3	Donovan Bailey	Canada	10.11
4th	Cláudio Roberto Souza	Brazil	10.26
5	Serge Bengono	Cameroon	10.27
6th	Oumar Loum	Senegal	10.42
7th	Mathew Quinn	South Africa	10.46
DNS	Llewelyn Bredwood	Jamaica

Quarter-finals 3

August 4, 2001, 4:17 p.m. / NWI

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Mark Lewis-Francis	Great Britain	09.97
2	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	10.03
3	Bruny Surin	Canada	10.11
4th	Tommi Hartonen	Finland	10.21
5	Salem Mubarak Al-Yami	Saudi Arabia	10.21
6th	Fabrice Calligny	France	10.22
7th	Eric Pacome N'Dri	Ivory Coast	10.29
8th	Tim Goebel	Germany	10.31

Quarter-finals 4

August 4, 2001, 4:23 pm / NWI

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	09.97
2	Nobuharu Asahara	Japan	10.06
3	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	10.11
4th	Aham Okeke	Norway	10.15 actually qualified for the semi-finals
5	Jamal Abdullah Al-Saffar	Saudi Arabia	10.17
6th	Piotr Balcerzak	Poland	10.33
7th	David Patros	France	10.34
DNS	Antoine Boussombo	Gabon

Quarter-finals 5

As eighth of his quarter-finals, Ibrahim Meité did not reach the semifinals

August 4, 2001, 4:29 pm / NWI

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Bernard Williams	United States	09.95
2	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	10.09
3	Matthew Shirvington	Australia	10.14
4th	Kenneth Andam	Ghana	10.26
5	Gennadiy Chernovol	Kazakhstan	10.28
6th	Chinedu Oriala	Nigeria	10.30
7th	Jacey Harper	Trinidad and Tobago	10.45
8th	Ibrahim Meité	Ivory Coast	10.48

Semifinals

The first four athletes from each of the two semi-finals qualified for the final.

Semi-final run 1

August 5, 2001, 3:30 p.m.

Wind: −1.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Maurice Greene	United States	10.01
2	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	10.12
3	Kim Collins	St. Kitts and Nevis	10.12
4th	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	10.17
5	Mark Lewis-Francis	Great Britain	10.26
6th	Donovan Bailey	Canada	10.33
7th	Nobuharu Asahara	Japan	10.33
8th	Troy Douglas	Netherlands	10.47

Runners eliminated in the first semi-final race:

• 

  Mark Lewis-Francis
  ranked fifth in 10.26 s

• 

  Donovan Bailey finished
  sixth in 10.33 s

• 

  Nobuharu Asahara
  ranked seventh in 10.33 s

• 

  Troy Douglas
  ranked eighth in 10.47 s

Semi-final run 2

August 5, 2001, 3:37 pm

Wind: −1.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Bernard Williams	United States	10.06
2	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	10.10
3	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	10.24
4th	Uchenna Emedolu	Nigeria	10.29 actually qualified for the final
5	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	10.31
6th	Matthew Shirvington	Australia	10.32
7th	Bruny Surin	Canada	10.39
DOP	Tim Montgomery	United States	admitted to the finals

Runners eliminated in the second semi-final race:

• 

  Obadele Thompson finished
  fifth in 10.31 s

• 

  Matthew Shirvington finished
  sixth in 10.32 s

• 

  Bruny Surin
  ranked seventh in 10.39 s

final

World champion Maurice Greene with his third 100 m title in a row and his fifth world championship title

August 5, 2001, 5:35 pm

Wind: −0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Maurice Greene	United States	09.92
2	Bernard Williams	United States	09.94
3	Ato Boldon	Trinidad and Tobago	09.98
4th	Dwain Chambers	Great Britain	09.99
5	Kim Collins	St. Kitts and Nevis	10.07
6th	Christian Malcolm	Great Britain	10.11
7th	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	10.24
DOP	Tim Montgomery	United States

• 

  Bernard Williams - individual silver after winning the Olympic Games in the US sprint relay last year

• 

  Ato Boldon - the 200-m world champion of 1997 won his second World Cup -Bronzemedaille after 1995 , Olympic bronze had it for him in 2000 about 100 given and 200 meters, and he also won on the final day with the 4 × 100 Meters Relay his country's silver

• 

  The World Cup third in 1999 and vice European champion in 1998 Dwain Chambers finished fourth

• 

  Kim Collins finished fifth - four days later he won bronze over 200 meters here in Edmonton and two years later in Paris he was surprisingly world champion .

• 

  Christian Malcolm reached sixth place

Video

• 100m Final-Edmonton 2001 on youtube.com, accessed August 5, 2020

Web links

• 8th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed August 5, 2020
• Men 100m Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton (CAN) on todor66.com, accessed August 5, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 100 m, Edmonton 2001, p. 91f (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on August 5, 2020
• Fastest 100 m runner in history: Eight out of ten with a doping history , Zeit Online August 21, 2015 on zeit.de, accessed on August 4, 2020
• Doping Montgomery and Gaines blocked , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung December 14, 2005 on faz.net, accessed on August 4, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 100 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on August 5, 2020
2. ↑ Olympic champion Tim Montgomery admits doping , Die Welt / n24, November 24, 2008 on welt.de, accessed on August 5, 2020
3. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 86f (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on August 5, 2020