World Athletics Championships 2001/100 m men
8th World Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 100 meter run | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 77 athletes from 60 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Commonwealth Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 5th (preliminary / quarter finals) August 6th (semifinals / finals) |
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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 |
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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) |
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1 | Kim Collins |
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10.30 |
2 | Fabrice Calligny |
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10.32 |
3 | Kenneth Andam |
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10.40 |
4th | Morné nail |
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10.49 |
5 | Chiang Wai Hung |
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10.85 |
6th | Diego Ferreira |
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10.97 |
7th | Philam Garcia |
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11.12 |
8th | Trevor Misapeka |
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14.28 |
Forward 2
August 4, 2001, 10:36 am
Wind: -0.9 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Aziz Zakari |
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10.26 |
2 | Troy Douglas |
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10.35 |
3 | Llewelyn Bredwood |
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10.43 |
4th | Anthony Ferro |
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10.53 |
5 | Idrissa Sanou |
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10.60 |
6th | Matarr Njie |
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10.95 |
7th | Dylan Menzies |
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11.57 |
DNS | Mahbub Alam |
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Forward 3
August 4, 2001, 10:42 am
Wind: -0.3 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Matthew Shirvington |
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10.29 |
2 | Jamal Abdullah Al-Saffar |
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10.31 |
3 | Chinedu Oriala |
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10.32 |
4th | Lindel Frater |
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10.57 |
5 | Sherwin James |
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10.76 |
6th | Gian Nicola Berardi |
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10.76 |
7th | Asif Hameed |
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10.84 |
DNS | Roman Cress |
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Forward 4
August 4, 2001, 10:48 a.m.
Wind: +0.3 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Bernard Williams |
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10.20 |
2 | Christian Malcolm |
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10.24 |
3 | Tommi Hartonen |
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10.32 |
4th | David Patros |
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10.38 |
5 | Ricardo Alves |
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10.55 |
6th | Vahagn Javakhyan |
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10.92 |
7th | Rommel Espera |
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12.21 |
Forward 5
August 4, 2001, 10:54 am
Wind: ± 0.0 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Maurice Greene |
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10.33 |
2 | Serge Bengono |
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10.36 |
3 | Antoine Boussombo |
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10.38 |
4th | Reanchai Seerhawong |
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10.53 |
5 | Francesco Scuderi |
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10.53 |
6th | Gibrilla Pato Bangura |
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10.86 |
7th | Zakaria Messaiké |
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10.96 |
Forward 6
August 4, 2001, 11:00 a.m.
Wind: −0.4 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Nobuharu Asahara |
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10.25 |
2 | John Ertzgaard |
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10.42 |
3 | Mathew Quinn |
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10.43 |
4th | Eric Pacome N'Dri |
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10.47 |
5 | Jacey Harper |
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10.48 |
6th | Deodato Freitas |
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11.09 |
7th | Bourgnasit Chanthachack |
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11.58 |
DNS | Arman HJ Sanip |
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Forward 7
August 4, 2001, 11:06 am
Wind: ± 0.0 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Bruny Surin |
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10.28 |
2 | Obadele Thompson |
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10.30 |
3 | Ibrahim Meité |
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10.45 |
4th | Sayon Cooper |
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10.62 |
5 | Rachid Chouhal |
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10.71 |
6th | Ruslan Rusidze |
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10.83 |
7th | Sani Biao |
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11.00 |
DSQ | Freddy Mayola |
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IAAF Rule 162.8 - false start |
Forward 8
August 4, 2001, 11:12 am
Wind: +0.7 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Mark Lewis-Francis |
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10.21 |
2 | Gennadiy Chernovol |
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10.34 |
3 | Salem Mubarak Al-Yami |
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10.34 |
4th | Akihiro Yasui |
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10.51 actually qualified for the quarter-finals |
5 | Denis Daniel Gutiérrez |
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10.99 |
DNS | Dam Phirum |
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Curtis Johnson |
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Justino Sampaio |
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Forward 9
August 4, 2001, 11:18 am
Wind: ± 0.0 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Uchenna Emedolu |
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10.18 |
2 | Dwain Chambers |
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10.27 |
3 | Aham Okeke |
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10.35 |
4th | Tim Goebel |
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10.42 |
5 | Tsai Meng-Lin |
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10.57 |
6th | Mohd Roache |
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10.78 NO |
7th | John Howard |
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11.05 |
8th | Sesi Salt |
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11.85 |
Forward 10
August 4, 2001, 11:24 am
Wind: ± 0.0 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Cláudio Roberto Souza |
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10.41 |
2 | Nicolas Macrozonaris |
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10.43 |
3 | Piotr Balcerzak |
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10.45 |
4th | Hiroyasu Tsuchie |
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10.54 |
5 | Philemon Roy |
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11.41 |
6th | David Lightbourne |
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11.53 |
DOP | Tim Montgomery |
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admitted to the quarter-finals |
Forward 11
August 4, 2001, 11:30 a.m.
Wind: ± 0.0 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Ato Boldon |
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10.13 |
2 | Donovan Bailey |
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10.20 |
3 | Alexandr Porchomovsky |
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10.42 |
4th | Oumar Loum |
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10.50 |
5 | Andrew Konai |
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11.10 |
6th | Harmon Harmon |
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11.37 |
DNS | Elly Ollarves |
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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
August 4, 2001, 4:05 p.m. / NWI
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Kim Collins |
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10.00 |
2 | Uchenna Emedolu |
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10.06 |
3 | Troy Douglas |
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10.09 |
4th | Morné nail |
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10.20 |
5 | John Ertzgaard |
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10.25 |
6th | Nicolas Macrozonaris |
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10.29 |
7th | Alexandr Porchomovsky |
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10.28 |
DOP | Tim Montgomery |
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admitted to the semifinals |
Quarter-finals 2
August 4, 2001, 4:11 p.m. / NWI
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Maurice Greene |
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9.88 |
2 | Ato Boldon |
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10.06 |
3 | Donovan Bailey |
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10.11 |
4th | Cláudio Roberto Souza |
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10.26 |
5 | Serge Bengono |
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10.27 |
6th | Oumar Loum |
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10.42 |
7th | Mathew Quinn |
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10.46 |
DNS | Llewelyn Bredwood |
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Quarter-finals 3
August 4, 2001, 4:17 p.m. / NWI
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Mark Lewis-Francis |
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9.97 |
2 | Obadele Thompson |
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10.03 |
3 | Bruny Surin |
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10.11 |
4th | Tommi Hartonen |
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10.21 |
5 | Salem Mubarak Al-Yami |
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10.21 |
6th | Fabrice Calligny |
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10.22 |
7th | Eric Pacome N'Dri |
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10.29 |
8th | Tim Goebel |
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10.31 |
Quarter-finals 4
August 4, 2001, 4:23 pm / NWI
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Dwain Chambers |
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9.97 |
2 | Nobuharu Asahara |
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10.06 |
3 | Aziz Zakari |
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10.11 |
4th | Aham Okeke |
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10.15 actually qualified for the semi-finals |
5 | Jamal Abdullah Al-Saffar |
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10.17 |
6th | Piotr Balcerzak |
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10.33 |
7th | David Patros |
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10.34 |
DNS | Antoine Boussombo |
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Quarter-finals 5
August 4, 2001, 4:29 pm / NWI
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Bernard Williams |
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9.95 |
2 | Christian Malcolm |
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10.09 |
3 | Matthew Shirvington |
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10.14 |
4th | Kenneth Andam |
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10.26 |
5 | Gennadiy Chernovol |
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10.28 |
6th | Chinedu Oriala |
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10.30 |
7th | Jacey Harper |
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10.45 |
8th | Ibrahim Meité |
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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) |
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1 | Maurice Greene |
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10.01 |
2 | Ato Boldon |
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10.12 |
3 | Kim Collins |
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10.12 |
4th | Aziz Zakari |
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10.17 |
5 | Mark Lewis-Francis |
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10.26 |
6th | Donovan Bailey |
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10.33 |
7th | Nobuharu Asahara |
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10.33 |
8th | Troy Douglas |
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10.47 |
Runners eliminated in the first semi-final race:
Semi-final run 2
August 5, 2001, 3:37 pm
Wind: −1.7 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Bernard Williams |
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10.06 |
2 | Dwain Chambers |
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10.10 |
3 | Christian Malcolm |
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10.24 |
4th | Uchenna Emedolu |
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10.29 actually qualified for the final |
5 | Obadele Thompson |
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10.31 |
6th | Matthew Shirvington |
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10.32 |
7th | Bruny Surin |
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10.39 |
DOP | Tim Montgomery |
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admitted to the finals |
Runners eliminated in the second semi-final race:
final
August 5, 2001, 5:35 pm
Wind: −0.2 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Maurice Greene |
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9.92 |
2 | Bernard Williams |
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9.94 |
3 | Ato Boldon |
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9.98 |
4th | Dwain Chambers |
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9.99 |
5 | Kim Collins |
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10.07 |
6th | Christian Malcolm |
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10.11 |
7th | Aziz Zakari |
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10.24 |
DOP | Tim Montgomery |
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Bernard Williams - individual silver after winning the Olympic Games in the US sprint relay last year
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 .
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
- ↑ IAAF world records. 100 m men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on August 5, 2020
- ↑ Olympic champion Tim Montgomery admits doping , Die Welt / n24, November 24, 2008 on welt.de, accessed on August 5, 2020
- ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 86f (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on August 5, 2020