World Athletics Championships 2009/100 m men

World Athletics Championships 2009
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	91 athletes from 69 countries
venue	Berlin
Competition location	Olympiastadion Berlin
Competition phase	August 15th (prelims / quarter finals) August 16th (semifinals / finals)
Medalist Usain Bolt ( JAM )   Tyson Gay ( USA )   Asafa Powell ( JAM )

The Winner Usain Bolt (2009)

The men's 100-meter run at the 2009 World Athletics Championships took place on August 15 and 16, 2009 in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin , Germany .

91 sprinters from 69 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal went to Usain Bolt with a new world record in 9.58 s, silver went to Tyson Gay with 9.71 s and the bronze medal went to Asafa Powell with 9.84 s.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Usain Bolt	9.69 s	Beijing Olympic Games , China	August 16, 2008
Championship record	Maurice Greene	9.80 s	World Championships in Seville , Spain	August 22, 1999

Prelims

From the twelve preliminary runs, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualify for the quarter-finals.

Run 1

August 15, 2009, 11:40 a.m.
Wind: –0.4 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Michael Frater	Jamaica	10.30
2	4th	Arnaldo Abrantes	Portugal	10.41
3	2	Shintaro Kimura	Japan	10.47
4th	7th	Simone Collio	Italy	10.49
5	5	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia	10.52
6th	3	Béranger Aymard Bosse	Central African Republic	10.55
7th	8th	Jack Iroga	Solomon Islands	10.98 SB
	1	Dominic Carroll	Gibraltar	DNF

Run 2

August 15, 2009, 11:47 a.m.
Wind: –0.2 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Darvis Patton	United States	10.26
2	6th	Emanuele Di Gregorio	Italy	10.35
3	2	Masashi Eriguchi	Japan	10.38
4th	5	Barakat Al-Harthi	Oman	10.41
5	8th	Stefan Schwab	Germany	10.50
6th	1	Liaquat Ali	Pakistan	10.64
7th	3	Oumar Bella Bah	Guinea	11.20 PB
	7th	Delivert Arsene Kimbembe	Republic of the Congo	DNS

Run 3

August 15, 2009, 11:54 a.m.
Wind: –0.4 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	8th	Martial Mbandjock	France	10.28
2	6th	Obinna Metu	Nigeria	10.38
3	3	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	10.38
4th	4th	Aziz Ouhadi	Morocco	10.40
5	2	Derrick Atkins	Bahamas	10.44
6th	5	Ivano Bucci	San Marino	11.24
7th	7th	Leon Mengloi	Palau	11.60 PB

Run 4

August 15, 2009, 12:01 p.m.
Wind: –0.1 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Dwain Chambers	United Kingdom	10.18
2	1	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria	10.31
3	5	Monzavous Edwards	United States	10.32
4th	8th	Ben Youssef Meité	Ivory Coast	10.41
5	3	Shehan Abeypitiyage	Sri Lanka	10.53
6th	7th	Wilfried Bingangoye	Gabon	10.62
7th	2	Mohamed Faisal	Brunei	11.12 PB
8th	4th	Masoud Azizi	Afghanistan	11.79 SB

Run 5

August 15, 2009, 12:08 p.m.
Wind: –0.7 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Daniel Bailey	Antigua and Barbuda	10.26
2	8th	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	Norway	10.35
3	4th	Adrian Griffith	Bahamas	10.37
4th	5	Tobias Unger	Germany	10.42
5	2	Adrian Durant	American Virgin Islands	10.46
6th	7th	Jurgen topics	Suriname	11.24
7th	3	Yondan Namelo	Micronesia	11.78 PB

Run 6

August 15, 2009, 12:15 p.m.
Wind: –0.8 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Christophe Lemaitre	France	10.23
2	3	Marc Burns	Trinidad and Tobago	10.39
3	4th	Dariusz Kuć	Poland	10.46
4th	1	Ryan Moseley	Austria	10.58
5	8th	Franklin Nazareno	Ecuador	10.71
6th	5	Chi Ho Tsui	Hong Kong	10.77
7th	2	Mohamed Masudul Karim	Bangladesh	11.32 SB
8th	7th	Quaski Itaia	Nauru	11.76 SB

Run 7

August 15, 2009, 12:22 p.m.
Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Andrew Hinds	Barbados	10.30
2	8th	Simeon Williamson	United Kingdom	10.34
3	6th	Ronald Pognon	France	10.35
4th	7th	Martin Keller	Germany	10.35 SB
5	5	Ángel David Rodríguez	Spain	10.39 SB
6th	1	Basílio de Moraes	Brazil	10.54
7th	3	Denvil Ruan	Anguilla	11.31 PB
8th	2	Soulisack Silisavadymao	Laos	11.66 SB

Run 8

August 15, 2009, 12:29 p.m.
Wind: 0.0 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	5	Samuel Francis	Qatar	10.21
2	6th	Emmanuel Callender	Trinidad and Tobago	10.24
3	7th	Churandy Martina	Netherlands Antilles	10.26
4th	8th	Daniel Grueso	Colombia	10.27
5	1	Rolando Palacios	Honduras	10.28 SB
6th	3	Fernando Lumain	Indonesia	10.76
7th	4th	Hussain Haleem	Maldives	11.00 NO
8th	2	Suwaibou Sanneh	Gambia	11.02 SB

Run 9

August 15, 2009, 12:36 p.m.
Wind: –0.5 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	3	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	10.20
2	2	Gerald Phiri	Zambia	10.30
3	5	Egwero Ogho-Oghene	Nigeria	10.30
4th	8th	Bryan Barnett	Canada	10.42
5	4th	José Carlos Moreira	Brazil	10.55
6th	7th	Aisea Tohi	Tonga	11.32
7th	6th	Okilani Tinilau	Tuvalu	11.57 SB

Run 10

August 15, 2009, 12:43 p.m.
Wind: –0.3 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Richard Thompson	Trinidad and Tobago	10.36
2	1	Tyrone Edgar	United Kingdom	10.42
3	3	Simon Magakwe	South Africa	10.54
4th	7th	Aziz Zakari	Ghana	10.57
5	2	Idrissa Sanou	Burkina Faso	10.74
6th	4th	Youssouf Mhadjou	Comoros	10.89 SB
7th	8th	Desislav Gunev	Bulgaria	11.07
8th	5	Nooa Takooa	Kiribati	11.74 PB

Run 11

August 15, 2009, 12:50 p.m.
Wind: –0.2 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	8th	Tyson Gay	United States	10.16
2	6th	Kim Collins	St. Kitts and Nevis	10.27
3	3	Fabio Cerutti	Italy	10.36
4th	7th	Kemar Hyman	Cayman Islands	10.59
5	4th	Carlos Jorge	Dominican Republic	10.73
6th	2	Aaron Victorian	American Samoa	11.37 PB
7th	5	Tiraa Arere	Cook Islands	11.55

Run 12

August 15, 2009, 12:57 p.m.
Wind: –0.4 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	3	Mike Rodgers	United States	10.25
2	2	Naoki Tsukahara	Japan	10.28
3	8th	Adam Harris	Guyana	10.35
4th	4th	Ramon Gittens	Barbados	10.47
5	6th	Cédric hub	Switzerland	10.51
6th	5	Danny D'Souza	Seychelles	10.92
7th	1	Phillip Poznanski	Marshall Islands	11.97 PB
8th	7th	Clayton Kenty	Northern Mariana Islands	12.29 PB

Quarter finals

From the five quarter-finals, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and one fastest - highlighted in light green - qualify for the semifinals.

Run 1

August 15, 2009, 6:50 p.m.
Wind: –0.7 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	3	Dwain Chambers	United Kingdom	10.04 SB
2	4th	Richard Thompson	Trinidad and Tobago	10.08
3	5	Martial Mbandjock	France	10.22
4th	6th	Emanuele Di Gregorio	Italy	10.26
5	8th	Adam Harris	Guyana	10.39
6th	7th	Arnaldo Abrantes	Portugal	10.40
7th	2	Martin Keller	Germany	10.40
8th	1	Masashi Eriguchi	Japan	10.45

Run 2

August 15, 2009, 6:57 p.m.
Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Mike Rodgers	United States	10.01
2	7th	Tyrone Edgar	United Kingdom	10.12
3	4th	Naoki Tsukahara	Japan	10.15
4th	5	Gerald Phiri	Zambia	10.16 NO
5	8th	Egwero Ogho-Oghene	Nigeria	10.19
6th	1	Simon Magakwe	South Africa	10.71
7th	3	Christophe Lemaitre	France	DSQ
8th	2	Daniel Grueso	Colombia	DSQ

Run 3

August 15, 2009, 7:04 p.m.
Wind: –0.4 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	1	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	9.95
2	3	Darvis Patton	United States	10.05
3	8th	Marc Burns	Trinidad and Tobago	10.12
4th	5	Kim Collins	St. Kitts and Nevis	10.20
5	6th	Samuel Francis	Qatar	10.20
6th	4th	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria	10.25
7th	7th	Ronald Pognon	France	10.27
8th	2	Shintaro Kimura	Japan	10.54

Run 4

August 15, 2009, 7:11 p.m.
Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Tyson Gay	United States	9.98
2	5	Michael Frater	Jamaica	10.09
3	3	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	Norway	10.16
4th	4th	Andrew Hinds	Barbados	10.23
5	1	Adrian Griffith	Bahamas	10.28
6th	7th	Obinna Metu	Nigeria	10.36
7th	8th	Fabio Cerutti	Italy	10.37
8th	2	Ángel David Rodríguez	Spain	10.39 SB

Run 5

August 15, 2009, 7:18 p.m.
Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	3	Daniel Bailey	Antigua and Barbuda	10.02
2	4th	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	10.03
3	7th	Monzavous Edwards	United States	10.15
4th	8th	Churandy Martina	Netherlands Antilles	10.19
5	5	Simeon Williamson	United Kingdom	10.23
6th	2	Rolando Palacios	Honduras	10.24 SB
7th	6th	Emmanuel Callender	Trinidad and Tobago	10.27
8th	1	Dariusz Kuć	Poland	10.38

Semifinals

From the two semi-finals, the first four of each run - highlighted in light blue - qualify for the final.

Run 1

August 16, 2009, 7:10 p.m.
Wind: +0.2 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	9.89
2	4th	Daniel Bailey	Antigua and Barbuda	9.96
3	3	Darvis Patton	United States	9.98 SB
4th	8th	Marc Burns	Trinidad and Tobago	10.01 SB
5	5	Mike Rodgers	United States	10.04
6th	1	Martial Mbandjock	France	10.18
7th	2	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	Norway	10.20
8th	7th	Tyrone Edgar	United Kingdom	DSQ

Run 2

August 16, 2009, 7:18 pm
Wind: –0.2 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	5	Tyson Gay	United States	9.93
2	4th	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	9.95
3	3	Richard Thompson	Trinidad and Tobago	9.98 SB
4th	6th	Dwain Chambers	United Kingdom	10.04 SB
5	7th	Michael Frater	Jamaica	10.14
6th	2	Monzavous Edwards	United States	10.14
7th	1	Gerald Phiri	Zambia	10.19
8th	8th	Naoki Tsukahara	Japan	10.25

final

Finish

August 16, 2009, 9:35 p.m.
Wind: +0.9 m / s

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
	4th	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	9.58 WR
	5	Tyson Gay	United States	9.71 NO
	6th	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	9.84 SB
4th	3	Daniel Bailey	Antigua and Barbuda	9.93
5	8th	Richard Thompson	Trinidad and Tobago	9.93 SB
6th	1	Dwain Chambers	United Kingdom	10.00 SB
7th	2	Marc Burns	Trinidad and Tobago	10.00 SB
8th	7th	Darvis Patton	United States	10.34

Web links and sources

Commons : World Athletics Championships 2009  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Home to the World Cup in 2009 on the website of the IAAF (Engl.)
• Video: Usain Bolt (9:58) - The Fastest Man in the World , published August 16, 2009 on youtube.com, accessed September 9, 2019