World Athletics Championships 2015/100 m men

World Athletics Championships 2015
discipline	Men's 100-meter run
city	Beijing
place	Beijing National Stadium
Attendees	71 athletes from 50 countries
Competition phase	August 22, 2015 (preliminary round / preliminary round) August 23, 2015 (semifinals / final)
Medalist
gold	Usain Bolt ( JAM )
silver	Justin Gatlin ( USA )
bronze	Tray from Bromell ( USA )

Olympic champion Usain Bolt in his typical triumphant pose

The men's 100-meter run at the 2015 World Athletics Championships took place in Beijing , People's Republic of China , on August 22 and 23, 2015 .

Usain Bolt won the competition in 9.79 s. For him it was the third World Cup triumph in the 100-meter race after 2009 and 2013 .

Records

World record	Usain Bolt	9.58 s	Berlin , Germany	August 16, 2009
Championship record			World Cup in Berlin , Germany

Preliminary round

In the three preliminary runs, only those runners started who had not reached the IAAF norm of 10.16 seconds and who also did not have a wildcard . The first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the three fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for participation in the next round, the preliminary runs.

Run 1

August 22, 2015, 12:40 p.m. (6:40 a.m. CEST )

Wind: −0.8 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	5	Ratu Banuve tobacco aucoro	Fiji	10.50
2	6th	Hassan Saaid	Maldives	10.56
3	9	Md Fakhri Ismail	Brunei	10.73
4th	2	Mark Anderson	Belize	10.84
5	4th	João de Barros	Sao Tome and Principe	11.07
6th	8th	La Shondra David Mosa'ati	Tonga	11.08 PB
7th	3	Mohamed Lamine Dansoko	Guinea	11.11 PB
8th	7th	Wang Kuong Leong	Macau	11.31 SB
9	8th	M. Dagiero Dagiero	Nauru	11.81 PB

Run 2

August 22, 2015, 12:47 p.m. (6:47 a.m. CEST )

Wind: −0.3 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	1	Barakat al-Harthi	Oman	10.31
2	4th	Rodman Teltull	Palau	10.71 NO
3	9	Riste Pandev	North Macedonia	10.94
4th	7th	Womel Brandy Mento	Vanuatu	11.17 PB
5	5	Gregory Bradai	French Polynesia	11.29 PB
6th	8th	Etimoni Timuani	Tuvalu	11.72 PB
7th	6th	Kimwaua Makin	Kiribati	11.98 PB
8th	2	Tashi Dendup	Bhutan	12.15 NO
DSQ	3	Berenger Aymard Bosse	Central African Republic	IAAF Rule 162.7 - false start

Run 3

August 22, 2015, 12:54 p.m. (6:54 p.m. CEST )

Wind: −0.6 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	1	Jeffrey Vanan	Suriname	10.55
2	6th	Holder da Silva	Guinea-Bissau	10.58 SB
3	9	Yendountien Tiebekabe	Togo	10.76
4th	5	Yaspi Boby	Indonesia	10.85
5	8th	Mahamat Goubay Youssouf	Chad	10.92 PB
6th	2	Rossene Mpingo	Democratic Republic of Congo	11.10 PB
7th	7th	Masbah Ahmmed	Bangladesh	11.13 SB
8th	4th	Jidou El Moctar	Mauritania	11.30 NO
9	3	Claytus Taqimama	Solomon Islands	11.58 PB

Prelims

From the seven preliminary runs, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the three fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Run 1

The Japanese Kei Takase missed reaching the semi-finals by one position after finishing fourth

August 22, 2015, 7:20 p.m. (1:20 p.m. CEST )

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	2	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	09.95
2	4th	Su Bingtian	People's Republic of China	10.03
3	9	Akani Simbine	South Africa	10.09
4th	3	Kei Takase	Japan	10.15
5	8th	Justyn Warner	Canada	10.20
6th	7th	Jacques Riparelli	Italy	10.41
7th	5	Kim Kuk-young	South Korea	10.48
8th	6th	Yaspi Boby	Indonesia	10.65

Run 2

The German Sven Knipphals was eliminated after fourth place in his preliminary run

August 22, 2015, 7:27 p.m. (1:27 p.m. CEST )

Wind: −1.4 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	3	Tyson Gay	United States	10.11
2	2	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica	10.19
3	7th	Christophe Lemaitre	France	10.24
4th	6th	Sven Knipphals	Germany	10.31
5	9	Kemar Hyman	Cayman Islands	10.32
6th	4th	Holder Da Silva	Guinea-Bissau	10.68
7th	8th	Rodman Teltull	Palau	10.72
DSQ	5	Anaso Jobodwana	South Africa	IAAF Rule 162.7 - false start

Run 3

The Chinese Zhang Peimeng did not reach the semi-finals despite a good 10.13 seconds

August 22, 2015, 7:34 p.m. (1:34 p.m. CEST )

Wind: −0.3 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Femi Ogunode	Qatar	09.99
2	9	Ramon Gittens	Barbados	10.02 PB
3	7th	Ben Youssef Meïté	Ivory Coast	10.05 NO
4th	2	Richard Kilty	Great Britain	10.12
5	3	Zhang Peimeng	People's Republic of China	10.13 SB
6th	5	Jeffrey Vanan	Suriname	10.57
7th	8th	Yendountien Tiebekabe	Togo	10.76
DSQ	6th	Keston Bledman	Trinidad and Tobago

Run 4

His fourth place in the fifth round was not enough for Briton James Dasaolu to advance

August 22, 2015, 7:41 pm (1:41 pm CEST )

Wind: −0.5 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	9	Tray from Bromell	United States	09.91
2	7th	Chijindu Ujah	Great Britain	10.05
3	5	Julian Reus	Germany	10.14
4th	3	Antoine Adams	St. Kitts and Nevis	10.23
5	6th	Barakat al-Harthi	Oman	10.24 SB
6th	8th	Mark Anderson	Belize	10.87
DNS	4th	Sorrillo roundabout	Trinidad and Tobago
	2	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho

Run 5

The 2003 world champion Kim Collins from St. Kitts and Nevis was eliminated in fifth place

August 22, 2015, 7:48 p.m. (1:48 p.m. CEST )

Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	5	Jimmy Vicaut	France	09.92
2	6th	Andre De Grasse	Canada	09.99
3	7th	Jak Ali Harvey	Turkey	10.04
4th	3	James Dasaolu	Great Britain	10.13
5	4th	Hua Wilfried Koffi	Ivory Coast	10.29
6th	8th	Brijesh Lawrence	St. Kitts and Nevis	10.40
7th	2	Ratu Banuve tobacco aucoro	Fiji	10.42
8th	9	Riste Pandev	North Macedonia	11.31

Run 6

Yancarlos Martinez from the Dominican Republic did not reach fifth place in his preliminary run to reach the semi-finals

August 22, 2015, 7:55 p.m. (1:55 p.m. CEST )

Wind: +2.1 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	9	Justin Gatlin	United States	09.83
2	6th	Aaron Brown	Canada	10.03
3	8th	Henricho Bruintjies	South Africa	10.07
4th	2	Hassan Taftian	Iran	10.10
5	3	Kim Collins	St. Kitts and Nevis	10.16
6th	4th	Aziz Ouhadi	Morocco	10.22
7th	5	Yazaldes Nascimento	Portugal	10.29
8th	7th	Mahamat Goubaye Youssouf	Chad	10.92

Run 7

August 22, 2015, 8:02 p.m. (2:02 p.m. CEST )

Wind: −0.2 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	09.96
2	7th	Mike Rodgers	United States	09.97
3	8th	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	10.06 SB
4th	9	Levi Cadogan	Barbados	10.12
5	3	Yancarlos Martinez	Dominican Republic	10.19
6th	5	Reza Ghasemi	Iran	10.25
7th	2	Hassan Saaid	Maldives	10.42 NO
8th	4th	Md Fakhri Ismail	Brunei	10.72

Semifinals

From the three semi-finals, the first two of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

The Turk Jak Ali Harvey was eliminated in fifth place in his semi-final run

August 23, 2015, 7:10 p.m. (1:10 p.m. CEST )

Wind: −0.4 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	7th	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	09.96
2	5	Andre De Grasse	Canada	09.96
3	4th	Tray from Bromell	United States	09.99
4th	6th	Su Bingtian	People's Republic of China	09.99 NO
5	8th	Jak Ali Harvey	Turkey	10.08
6th	7th	Christophe Lemaitre	France	10.21
7th	9	Henricho Bruintjies	Netherlands	10.21
8th	2	Julian Reus	Germany	10.28

Run 2

Femi Ogunode did not make it to the final despite a third place in his semi-final

August 23, 2015, 7:17 p.m. (1:17 p.m. CEST )

Wind: +0.9 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	5	Justin Gatlin	United States	09.77
2	4th	Mike Rodgers	Jamaica	09.86
3	7th	Femi Ogunode	Qatar	10.00
4th	3	Akani Simbine	South Africa	10.02
5	9	Chijindu Ujah	Great Britain	10.05
6th	8th	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica	10.06
7th	6th	Aaron Brown	Canada	10.15
8th	2	Levi Cadogan	Barbados	10.19

Run 3

Churandy Martina from the Netherlands was eliminated from the semifinals in fifth place in his race

August 23, 2015, 7:24 p.m. (1:24 p.m. CEST )

Wind: −0.4 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	5	Tyson Gay	United States	09.96
2	6th	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	09.97
3	4th	Jimmy Vicaut	France	09.99
4th	7th	Ramon Gittens	Barbados	10.04
5	8th	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	10.09
6th	9	Ben Youssef Meïté	Ivory Coast	10.17
7th	2	Hassan Taftian	Iran	10.20
8th	3	Richard Kilty	Great Britain	10.20

final

August 23, 2015, 9:15 p.m. local time (3:15 p.m. CEST )

The duel between Usain Bolt and the American sprinters, who finally wanted to beat the Jamaican once again, was at these world championships. With Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay, Trayvon Bromell and Mike Rodgers, all four US runners had reached the final. Bolt's compatriot Asafa Powell, one of the strongest sprinters in recent years, was also there again, who, like the Canadian Andre De Grasse, was hoping for a medal. Frenchman Jimmy Vicaut was the only European to qualify for the 100 meter final. The Chinese Su Bingtian completed the field as ninth participant.

As almost always in previous years, Usain Bolt was the first to cross the finish line in 9.79 s. It was very tight, however. Justin Gatlin finished second by just one hundredth of a second. Twelve more hundredths of a second after him, Trayvon Bromell and Andre De Grasse came third together. So there were two bronze medals. Mike Rodgers also stayed under ten seconds in fifth with 9.94 seconds.

It was Usain Bolt's third and last world championship title in the 100 meters after 2009 and 2013 . At the 2011 World Championships , Bolt had to give way to compatriot Yohan Blake after a disqualification due to false starts . At his last World Cup appearance in 2017 , he should have to let Justin Gatlin go first. Then Usain Bolt ended his sports career.

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
	5	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	09.79 SB
	7th	Justin Gatlin	United States	09.80
	3	Tray from Bromell	United States	09.92
	9	Andre De Grasse	Canada	09.92 PB
5	4th	Mike Rodgers	United States	09.94
6th	6th	Tyson Gay	United States	10.00
7th	8th	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	10.00
8th	1	Jimmy Vicaut	France	10.00
9	2	Su Bingtian	People's Republic of China	10.06

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  World champion Usain Bolt from Jamaica after the 100 meter race

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  Vice World Champion Justin Gatlin, USA - defeated by a hundredth of a second

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  The American Trayvon Bromell took third place

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  The Canadian Andre De Grasse won the bronze medal like Bromell

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  5th place for the American Mike Rodgers

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  The 2007 world champion Tyson Gay, USA, was sixth

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  The Jamaican Asafa Powell came in seventh place

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  Frenchman Jimmy Vicaut finished eighth in the final

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  The Chinese Su Bingtian finished ninth in the final

Web links and sources

• Homepage for the 2015 World Championships, 100 m men on the IAAF website (English), accessed on October 18, 2018
• Results of the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on October 18, 2018
• Reports on the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on October 18, 2018

Video

• Usain Bolt Wins 100m Final - 9.79 Beijing World Championships 2015 on youtube.com, published August 23, 2015, accessed October 18, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} IAAF competition rules, page 71 (PDF), accessed on October 18, 2018