World Athletics Championships 2017/100 m men

2017 World Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 100-meter run
city	London
place	Olympic Stadium London
Attendees	62 athletes from 45 countries
Competition phase	August 4th, 2017 (preliminary rounds / preliminary) August 5th, 2017 (semi-finals / finals)
Medalist
gold	Justin Gatlin ( USA )
silver	Christian Coleman ( USA )
bronze	Usain Bolt ( JAM )

Justin Gatlin after his victory

The men's 100-meter race at the 2017 World Athletics Championships in London took place on August 4th and 5th, 2017.

There was a US double victory. Justin Gatlin became world champion , Christian Coleman took second place. Usain Bolt from Jamaica won the bronze medal.

Records

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

Preliminary round

In the preliminary rounds or preliminaries, only those runners started who had not reached the IAAF standard of 10.12 seconds and who also did not have a wildcard . From the four runs of the preliminary round, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and also the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for participation in the next round, the prelims.

Run 1

August 4, 2017, August 2017 7:00 p.m. local time (9:00 p.m. CEST )
Wind: +1.4 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	6th	Emmanuel Matadi	Liberia	10.27
2	3	Brendon Rodney	Canada	10.37
3	8th	Mark Otieno Odhiambo	Kenya	10.37
4th	4th	Phearath Nget	Cambodia	10.99 SB
5	8th	Masbah Ahmmed	Bangladesh	11.08
6th	2	Mohamed Lamine	Guinea	11.41 SB
7th	5	Dysard Dageago	Nauru	11.60

Run 2

August 4, 2017, August 2017 7:08 pm local time (9:08 pm CEST )
Wind: +1.1 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Emre Zafer Barnes	Turkey	10.22
2	6th	Cavaughn Walsh	Antigua and Barbuda	10.44
3	2	Hassan Saaid	Maldives	10.45
4th	7th	Dyland Sicobo	Seychelles	11.01
5	8th	Jeki Lanki	Marshall Islands	11.91 PB
6th	3	Mobera Tonana	Kiribati	11.91 SB
7th	5	Ielu Tamoa	Tuvalu	12.12 PB

Run 3

August 4, 2017, August 2017 7:16 p.m. local time (9:16 p.m. CEST )
Wind: +0.9 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	3	Ján Volko	Slovakia	10.15 NO
2	6th	Mario Burke	Barbados	10.22
3	8th	Abdullah Abkar Mohammed	Saudi Arabia	10.23 SB
4th	2	Rolando Palacios	Honduras	10.73
5	7th	Bùi Bá Hạnh	Vietnam	10.76 SB
6th	4th	Said Gilani	Afghanistan	11.13 PB
7th	5	Paul Ma'unikeni	Solomon Islands	11.31 PB

Run 4

August 4, 2017, August 2017 7:24 pm local time (9:24 pm CEST )
Wind: +0.7 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	3	Ramon Gittens	Barbados	10.25
2	5	Joseph Millar	New Zealand	10.29
3	6th	Warren Fraser	Bahamas	10.30
4th	8th	Ambdoul Karim Riffayn	Comoros	10.59
5	4th	Jean Tarcicius Batambok	Cameroon	10.71 SB
6th	2	Scott James Fiti	Micronesia	11.23 PB
7th	3	Gwynn Uehara	Palau	11.47 SB

Prelims

Ramon Gittans was eliminated from the group as fifth

The German Julian Reus was sixth in his heat and did not reach the next round

Emmanuel Callender did not reach the semi-finals with his fifth place in the second heat

Keston Bledman from Trinidad and Tobago finished fourth in his preliminary run and was eliminated

The Iranian Hassan Taftian did not make it to the semifinals with his fifth place in the sixth heat

The Canadian Brendan Rodney did not survive the preliminary round with sixth place in his preliminary round

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

Run 1

August 4, 2017, 8:20 p.m. (9:20 p.m. CEST )
Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	9	Christian Coleman	United States	10.01
2	5	Jak Ali Harvey	Turkey	10.13
3	4th	Cejhae Greene	Antigua and Barbuda	10.21
4th	3	Emmanuel Matadi	Liberia	10.24
5	6th	Ramon Gittens	Barbados	10.24
6th	7th	Julian Reus	Germany	10.25
7th	2	Senoj-Jay Givans	Jamaica	10.30
8th	8th	Jean Tarcicius Batambok	Cameroon	10.75

Run 2

August 4, 2017, 8:28 pm (9:28 pm CEST )
Wind: −0.6 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	3	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan	10.05 PB
2	9	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	10.13
3	6th	Xie Zhenye	People's Republic of China	10.13
4th	7th	Emre Zafer Barnes	Turkey	10.22
5	8th	Emmanuel Callender	Trinidad and Tobago	10.25
6th	5	Ján Volko	Slovakia	10.25
7th	4th	David Lima	Portugal	10.41
8th	2	Ambdoul Karim Riffayn	Comoros	10.72

Run 3

August 4, 2017, 8:36 p.m. (9:36 p.m. CEST )
Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Julian Forte	Jamaica	9.99 PB
2	6th	Ben Youssef Meïté	Ivory Coast	10.02
3	2	Reece Prescod	Great Britain	10.03 PB
4th	5	Akani Simbine	South Africa	10.15
5	3	Alex Wilson	Switzerland	10.24
6th	7th	Mario Burke	Barbados	10.42
7th	8th	Hassan Saaid	Maldives	10.45
DNS	9	Andre De Grasse	Canada

Run 4

August 4, 2017, 8:44 p.m. (9:44 p.m. CEST )
Wind: −0.2 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Su Bingtian	People's Republic of China	10.03 SB
2	2	Chijindu Ujah	Great Britain	10.07
3	9	Christopher Belcher	United States	10.13
4th	3	Asuka Cambridge	Japan	10.21
5	5	Joseph Millar	New Zealand	10.31
6th	8th	Mark Otieno Odhiambo	Kenya	10.37
7th	6th	Jeremy Dodson	Samoa	10.52
DSQ	7th	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	IAAF Rule 162.7 - false start

Run 5

August 4, 2017, 8:52 p.m. (9:52 p.m. CEST )
Wind: −0.9 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	5	Justin Gatlin	United States	10.05
2	7th	Andrew Fisher	Bahrain	10.19
3	3	Kim Kuk-young	South Korea	10.24
4th	2	Keston Bledman	Trinidad and Tobago	10.26
5	6th	Gavin Smellie	Canada	10.29
6th	8th	Abdullah Abkar Mohammed	Saudi Arabia	10.31
DSQ	9	Thando Roto	South Africa	IAAF Rule 162.7 - false start
DNS	4th	Chavaughn Walsh	Antigua and Barbuda

Run 6

August 4, 2017, 9:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CEST )
Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	7th	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	10.07
2	4th	James Dasaolu	Great Britain	10.13
3	3	Jimmy Vicaut	France	10.15
4th	6th	Shuhei Tada	Japan	10.19
5	9	Hassan Taftian	Iran	10.34
6th	2	Brendon Rodney	Canada	10.36
7th	8th	Warren Fraser	Bahamas	10.42
8th	5	Diego Palomeque	Colombia	10.51

Semifinals

Ben Youssef Meïté from Ivory Coast was eliminated third in his semi-final run

The Turk Jak Ali Harvey did not reach the final after finishing fourth in his semi-final race

The Briton Chijindu Ujah finished fourth in his semi-final and was eliminated

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

August 5, 2017, 7:05 p.m. (8:05 p.m. CEST )
Wind: −0.5 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	2	Akani Simbine	South Africa	10.05
2	6th	Justin Gatlin	United States	10.09
3	7th	Ben Youssef Meïté	Ivory Coast	10.12
4th	5	Julian Forte	Jamaica	10.13
5	4th	James Dasaolu	Great Britain	10.22
6th	3	Asuka Cambridge	Japan	10.25
7th	9	Xie Zhenye	People's Republic of China	10.28
8th	8th	Kim Kuk-young	South Korea	10.40

Run 2

August 5, 2017, 7:12 p.m. (8:12 p.m. CEST )
Wind: −0.2 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	10.04
2	9	Reece Prescod	Great Britain	10.05
3	6th	Su Bingtian	People's Republic of China	10.10
4th	7th	Jak Ali Harvey	Turkey	10.16
5	8th	Christopher Belcher	United States	10.20
6th	2	Emmanuel Matadi	Liberia	10.20
7th	5	Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	Japan	10.28
8th	3	Alex Wilson	Switzerland	10.30

Run 3

August 5, 2017, 7:19 p.m. (8:19 p.m. CEST )
Wind: −0.4 m / s

space	train	Surname	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Christian Coleman	United States	9.97
2	6th	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	9.98
3	8th	Jimmy Vicaut	France	10.09
4th	7th	Chijindu Ujah	Great Britain	10.12
5	2	Shuhei Tada	Japan	10.26
6th	3	Emre Zafer Barnes	Turkey	10.27
7th	5	Andrew Fisher	Bahrain	10.36
8th	9	Cejhae Greene	Antigua and Barbuda	10.64

final

August 5, 2017, 9:45 p.m. (10:45 p.m. CEST )
Wind: −0.8 m / s

During the current season, and even more so in the heats and semi-finals at these world championships, it became clear that the dominance of Usain Bolt was no longer in the form of recent years. Since 2007 , apart from 2011 - disqualification after a false start - he had won every world championship title, and he had also been Olympic champion three times in a row. But this year it didn't go as usual. Bolt was still one of the favorites, but was not without competition at this level. In particular, his compatriot Yohan Blake and the American Christian Coleman had presented themselves strongly in the semi-finals.

Coleman was in the lead right from the start, closely followed by South African Akani Simbine, who, however, was unable to maintain contact with the very front on the track. Bolt got off to a bad start as usual, and Blake and the American Justin Gatlin have already lost some ground here. On the second half of the track, Bolt got rolling, but in this final too, he wasn't quite as strong as he was used to. He worked his way closer and closer to the leading Coleman, but did not quite reach him. On the outside, Justin Gatlin also got better and better in the second fifty meters, almost unnoticed. He had the strongest finish of all sprinters and in the end prevailed with two hundredths of a second ahead of Christian Coleman. Usain Bolt won the bronze medal a hundredth of a second behind Coleman. Fourth was four hundredths of a second behind Yohan Blake, who, like the three medalists, stayed under ten seconds with 9.99 seconds. Akani Simbine came in fifth, ahead of Frenchman Jimmy Vicaut and Briton Reece Prescod. The Chinese Su Bingtian came in eighth.

World champion Justin had won the gold medal over 100 meters at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens thirteen years earlier . His career was also accompanied by multiple doping scandals. There were two longer periods of suspension that were then shortened - 2001: initially two years, then shortened to one year / 2006: initially for life, then shortened to eight, and finally to four years. Even after his victory here in London , there were renewed suspicions at the end of 2017, but these had no effect.

Final run

space	train	athlete	country	Time (s)
	8th	Justin Gatlin	United States	9.92 SB
	5	Christian Coleman	United States	9.94
	4th	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	9.95 SB
04th	7th	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	9.99
05	6th	Akani Simbine	South Africa	10.01
06th	3	Jimmy Vicaut	France	10.08
07th	9	Reece Prescod	Great Britain	10.17
08th	2	Su Bingtian	People's Republic of China	10.27

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  World Champion Justin Gatlin, USA

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  Vice World Champion Christian Coleman, USA

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  Bronze medalist Usain Bolt from Jamaica

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  Jamaican Yohan Blake finished fourth in the final

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  Fifth place for the South African Akani Simbine

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  The French Jimmy Vicaut came in sixth place

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  The Briton Reece Prescod reached seventh place

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  The Chinese Su Bingtian finished eighth in this final

Web links and sources

• Homepage for the 2017 World Championships, 100 m men on the IAAF website , accessed on November 19, 2018
• Results of the 2017 World Athletics Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 19, 2018
• Reports on the 2017 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 19, 2018

Video

• London 2017 -100m Full Final. Justin Gatlin wins this Race and beats Bolt on youtube.com, published August 5, 2017, accessed November 19, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} IAAF competition rules, page 71 (PDF), accessed on November 19, 2018
2. ↑ Justin Gatlin again generates negative attention , Neue Zürcher Zeitung, December 19, 2017, accessed on November 20, 2018
3. ↑ Justin Gatlin Denies New Doping Allegations , Zeit Online, December 19, 2017, accessed November 20, 2018