2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Men
Attendees	83 athletes from 56 countries
Competition location	Estádio Nilton Santos
Competition phase	August 13th (preliminary rounds) August 14th, 2016 (semi-finals / finals)
Winning time	9.81 s
Medalist  Usain Bolt ( JAM )  Justin Gatlin ( USA )  Andre De Grasse ( CAN )
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The men's 100-meter run at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 13 and 14, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 83 athletes took part.

The Olympic champion was the Jamaican title holder Usain Bolt , who won ahead of the American Justin Gatlin . Bronze went to the Canadian Andre De Grasse .

Lucas Jakubczyk and Julian Reus started for Germany . Both were eliminated in the preliminary round.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current title holders

Olympic champion	Usain Bolt ( Jamaica )	9.63 s	London 2012
World Champion		9.79 s	Beijing 2015
European champion	Churandy Martina ( Netherlands )	10.07 s	Amsterdam 2016
North / Central America / Caribbean champions	Remontay McClain ( United States )	10.09 s	San José 2015
South America champion	Diego Palomeque ( Colombia )	10.40 s	Lima 2015
Asian champion	Femi Ogunode ( Qatar )	9.91 s	Wuhan 2015
African champions	Ben Youssef Meïté ( Ivory Coast )	9.95 s	Durban 2016
Oceania Champion	Banuve Tabakaucoro ( Fiji )	10.22 s	Cairns 2015

Existing records

World record	Usain Bolt ( Jamaica )	9.58 s	Berlin ( Germany )	August 16, 2009
Olympic record		9.63 s	London finals , Great Britain	5th August 2012

Note: All times in this article are in Rio local time ( UTC-3 ).

Preliminary round

Before the actual preliminary round, there were three elimination runs. The first two athletes per run qualified for the preliminary round. In addition, the two fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified sprinters are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Run 1

Holder da Silva from Guinea-Bissau was eliminated in fourth place in the first preliminary round

August 13, 2016, 9.30 a.m.

Wind: −0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Riste Pandev	Macedonia	10.72 s
2	Sudirman Hadi	Indonesia	10.77 s
3	Mohammed Abukhousa	Palestine	10.82 s
4th	Holder da Silva	Guinea-Bissau	10.97 s
5	Wilfried Bingangoye	Gabon	11.03 s
6th	Mohamed Lamine Dansoko	Guinea	11.05 s
7th	Abdul Wahab Zahiri	Afghanistan	11.56 s
8th	Richson Simeon	Marshall Islands	11.81 s	SB

Run 2

August 13, 2016, 9.37 a.m.

Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Hassan Saaid	Maldives	10.43 s
2	Siueni Filimone	Tonga	10.76 s
3	Luke Bezzina	Malta	11.04 s
4th	Masbah Ahmmed	Bangladesh	11.34 s
5	Isaak Silafau	American Samoa	11.51 s
6th	John Ruuka	Kiribati	11.65 s
7th	Hermenegildo Leite	Angola	11.65 s

Run 3

Seventh place for Etimoni Timuani, Tuvalu, in the third preliminary round

August 13, 2016, 9.44 a.m.

Wind: −0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Rodman Teltull	Palau	10.53 s
2	Timothee Yap Jin Wei	Singapore	10.84 s
3	Md Fakhri Ismail	Brunei	10.92 s
4th	Ismail Kamara	Sierra Leone	10.95 s
5	Kapririel Kitson	Micronesia	11.42 s
6th	Jidou el Moctar	Mauritania	11.44 s
7th	Etimoni Timuani	Tuvalu	11.81 s

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in eight runs. The first two athletes per run qualified for the semifinals. In addition, the eight fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Run 1

August 13, 2016, 12 noon

Wind: −1.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Kemarley Brown	Bahrain	10.13 s
2	Chijindu Ujah	Great Britain	10.13 s
3	Marvin Bracy	United States	10.16 s
4th	Seye Ogunlewe	Nigeria	10.26 s
5	Femi Ogunode	Qatar	10.28 s
6th	Sean Safo-Antwi	Ghana	10.43 s
7th	Reza Ghasemi	Iran	10.47 s
8th	Adrian Griffith	Bahamas	10.53 s
9	Md Fakhri Ismail	Brunei	10.95 s

Run 2

August 13, 2016, 12:07 p.m.

Wind: +0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Justin Gatlin	United States	10.01 s
2	Daniel Bailey	Antigua and Barbuda	10.20 s
3	Sorrillo roundabout	Trinidad and Tobago	10.23 s
4th	Gerald Phiri	Zambia	10.27 s
5	Lucas Jakubczyk	Germany	10.29 s
6th	Ogho-Oghene Egwero	Nigeria	10.37 s
7th	Hua Wilfried Koffi	Ivory Coast	10.37 s
8th	Rodman Teltull	Palau	10.64 s
9	Riste Pandev	Macedonia	10.71 s	SB

Run 3

August 13, 2016, 12:07 p.m.

Wind: +0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Xie Zhenye	People's Republic of China	10.08 s
2	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica	10.13 s
3	Hassan Taftian	Iran	10.17 s
4th	Kim Collins	St. Kitts and Nevis	10.18 s
5	Abdullah Abkar Mohammed	Saudi Arabia	10.26 s
6th	Aziz Ouhadi	Morocco	10.34 s
7th	Kemar Hyman	Cayman Islands	10.34 s
8th	Darrell Wesh	Haiti	10.39 s

Run 4

Finish of the fourth heat (from left to right):
Martina, Rolle, Matadi, Hadi

August 13, 2016, 12:21 p.m.

Wind: −0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Andre De Grasse	Canada	10.04 s
2	Asuka Cambridge	Japan	10.13 s
3	Su Bingtian	People's Republic of China	10.17 s
4th	Jimmy Vicaut	France	10.19 s
5	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	10.22 s
6th	Emmanuel Matadi	Liberia	10.31 s
7th	Julian Reus	Germany	10.34 s
8th	Jamial role	Bahamas	10.68 s
9	Sudirman Hadi	Indonesia	10.70 s

Run 5

Finish of the fifth heat (from left to right):
Greene, Mvumvure, Bromell, Lemaitre

August 13, 2016, 12:28 p.m.

Wind: +0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Ben Youssef Meïté	Ivory Coast	10.03 s
2	Tray from Bromell	United States	10.13 s
3	Christophe Lemaitre	France	10.16 s
4th	Cejhae Greene	Netherlands Antilles	10.20 s
5	Keston Bledman	Trinidad and Tobago	10.20 s
6th	Akeem Haynes	Canada	10.22 s
7th	Gabriel Mvumvure	Zimbabwe	10.28 s
8th	Hassan Saaid	Maldives	10.47 s
DNS	Siueni Filimone	Tonga

Run 6

Finish of the sixth heat (from left to right):
Adams, Ellington, Zhang, Blake

August 13, 2016, 12:35 p.m.

Wind: −0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	10.11 s
2	Jak Ali Harvey	Turkey	10.14 s
3	Barakat al-Harthi	Oman	10.22 s
4th	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	10.25 s
5	James Ellington	Great Britain	10.29 s
6th	Henricho Bruintjies	South Africa	10.33 s
7th	Peimeng Zhang	People's Republic of China	10.36 s
8th	Antoine Adams	St. Kitts and Nevis	10.39 s

Run 7

Finish of the seventh heat (from left to right):
Kiryū, Best, Dasaolu, Bolt, Thompson

August 13, 2016, 12.42 p.m.

Wind: −0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	10.07 s
2	Andrew Fisher	Bahrain	10.12 s
3	James Dasaolu	Great Britain	10.18 s
4th	Yoshihide Kiryu	Japan	10.23 s
5	Shavez Hart	Bahamas	10.28 s	SB
6th	Richard Thompson	Trinidad and Tobago	10.29 s
7th	Jahvid Best	St. Lucia	10.39 s
8th	Jurgen topics	Suriname	10.47 s
9	Timothee Yap Jin Wei	Singapore	10.79 s

Run 8

Finish of the eighth heat (from left to right):
Brown, Kim, Abukhousa, dos Santos, Simbine

August 13, 2016, 12:49 p.m.

Wind: −1.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Akani Simbine	South Africa	10.14 s
2	Ryota Yamagata	Japan	10.20 s
3	Aaron Brown	Canada	10.24 s
4th	Ramon Gittens	Barbados	10.25 s
5	Solomon Bockarie	Netherlands	10.36 s
6th	Vitor Hugo dos Santos	Brazil	10.36 s
7th	Kim Kuk-young	South Korea	10.37 s
8th	Brijesh Lawrence	St. Kitts and Nevis	10.55 s
9	Mohammed Abukhousa	Palestine	10.89 s

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  Femi Ogunode from Qatar was eliminated in fifth place in his preliminary run

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  The German Lucas Jakubczyk did not reach the final as fifth in his preliminary run

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  The Nigerian Ogho-Oghene Egwero was sixth in his prelim and did not reach the semifinals

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  Seventh place in his preliminary run was not enough for Hua Wilfried Koffi from Ivory Coast to reach the semi-finals

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  The Moroccan Aziz Ouhadi finished sixth in his semi-final and was eliminated

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  As eighth of his race, the Haitian Darrel Wesh was eliminated in the preliminary round

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  The German Julian Reus finished seventh in his preliminary run and was eliminated

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  Keston Bledman Trinidad and Tobago failed to finish fourth in his prelim

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  Third place was not enough for Barakat Al-Harthi from Oman to advance

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  The South African Henricho Bruintjies was eliminated in sixth place in his race in the preliminary round

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  Shavez Hart from the Bahamas finished sixth in his preliminary run and was eliminated

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  A fourth place was not enough for Ramon Gittens from Barbados to qualify for the semi-finals

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  Brijesh Lawrence from St. Kitts ans Nevis was eliminated with an eighth place in the preliminary run

Semifinals

In each of the three semi-finals, the first two athletes qualified for the final. In addition, the two fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Run 1

August 14, 2016, 9 p.m.

Wind: +0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jimmy Vicaut	France	9.95 s
2	Ben Youssef Meïté	Ivory Coast	9.97 s	NO
3	Akani Simbine	South Africa	9.98 s
4th	Jak Ali Harvey	Turkey	10.03 s
5	Nickel Ashmeade	Jamaica	10.05 s
6th	Marvin Bracy	United States	10.08 s
7th	Xie Zhenye	People's Republic of China	10.11 s
8th	Hassan Taftian	Iran	10.23 s

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  A fourth place was not enough for the Turkish Jak Ali Harvey to reach the finals

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  The Jamaican Nickel Ashmeade was eliminated in fifth place in his semi-final run

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  The American Marvin Bracy finished sixth in his semi-final run and was eliminated

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  With seventh place in his race, the Chinese Xie Zhenye failed in the semifinals

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  The Iranian Hassan Taftian did not reach the finals as eighth of his semi-finals

Run 2

August 14, 2016, 9:07 p.m.

Wind: +0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	9.86 s
2	Andre De Grasse	Canada	9.92 s
3	Tray from Bromell	United States	10.01 s
4th	Chijindu Ujah	Great Britain	10.01 s
5	Ryota Yamagata	Japan	10.05 s
6th	Kim Collins	St. Kitts and Nevis	10.12 s
7th	Cejhae Greene	Antigua and Barbuda	10.13 s
DSQ	Andrew Fisher	Bahrain	-	IAAF Rule 162.7 (false start)

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  The Brit Chijindu Ujah failed in the semifinals as fourth of his run despite a good 10.01 s

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  The world champion 2003 Kim Collins of St. Kitts and Nevis eliminated in sixth place in his semifinal run

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  Cejhae Greene from Antigua and Barbuda did not reach the final with a seventh place in his semifinal race

Run 3

August 14, 2016, 9:14 p.m.

Wind: 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Justin Gatlin	United States	9.94 s
2	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	10.01 s
3	Christophe Lemaitre	France	10.07 s
4th	Su Bingtian	People's Republic of China	10.08 s
5	Kemarley Brown	BRN	10.13 s
6th	James Dasaolu	Great Britain	10.16 s
7th	Asuka Cambridge	Japan	10.17 s
DNS	Daniel Bailey	Antigua and Barbuda

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  The Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre missed the final by one place as third of his semi-final run

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  The Chinese Su Bingtian finished third in the semifinals and was eliminated

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  The Briton James Dasaolu finished sixth in his race in the semifinals and did not reach the final

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  Daniel Bailey from Antigua and Barbuda failed as eighth of his run in the semifinals

final

Finish line: Bolt ( foreground ), Simbine ( right ), Bromell ( left )

August 14, 2016, 10:25 p.m.

Wind: +0.2 m / s

Two Jamaicans and two US athletes as well as one participant each from the Ivory Coast, France, Canada and South Africa qualified for the final.

Top favorite Usain Bolt got off to a relatively weak start and was only able to overtake US runner Justin Gatlin 30 meters from the finish. At the time, South African Akani Simbine was in third place, but shortly afterwards he was intercepted by Canadian Andre De Grasse and Bolt's compatriot Yohan Blake.

Usain Bolt won his third consecutive 100 meter gold medal after 2008 and 2012 . He is the first sprinter to have achieved this. It was the seventh gold medal so far for the Jamaican, who was fourth among the most successful athletes at the Olympic Games in terms of the number of gold medals. In terms of the total number of medals, he was seventh, but there were still two competitions left for him at these games, which should push him even further forward.

Justin Gatlin was the oldest 100 meters finalist at the Olympic Games at the age of 34 .

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	9.81 s
2	Justin Gatlin	United States	9.89 s
3	Andre De Grasse	Canada	9.91 s
4th	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	9.93 s
5	Akani Simbine	South Africa	9.94 s
6th	Ben Youssef Meïté	Ivory Coast	9.96 s
7th	Jimmy Vicaut	France	10.04 s
8th	Tray from Bromell	United States	10.06 s

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  Olympic Champion:
  Usain Bolt, Jamaica

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  Bronze medal winner:
  Andre De Grasse from Canada

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  Jamaican Yohan Blake came in fourth

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  The South African Akani Simbine finished fifth in the final

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  The Olympic sixth Ben Youssef Meïté from Ivory Coast

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  The French Jimmy Vicaut was Olympic 7th

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  The American Trayvon Bromell came in eighth

Web links

• Results Book Rio 2016, Official Report at library.olympic.org, accessed September 29, 2018
• Results on the website of the IAAF World Athletics Federation (English), accessed on September 29, 2018
• Sports-Reference, result 100 m men (English), accessed on September 29, 2018

Videos

• Usain Bolt & Yohan Blake Win 100m Heats - London 2012 Olympics on youtube.com, published August 4, 2016, accessed September 29, 2018
• Bolt, Blake & Gatlin Win 100m Semi-Finals - London 2012 Olympics on youtube.com, published August 5, 2016, accessed September 29, 2018
• 100m Men Final, Rio 2016 Replay on youtube.com, published August 21, 2012, accessed September 29, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015 page 668 , accessed on September 29, 2018
2. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 71 (PDF), accessed on September 29, 2018