2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the 2007 World Championships
Tyson Gay after winning the 100 m
VenueOsaka Nagai Stadium
Dates25 August (heats and quarter-finals)
26 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors44
Winning time9.85
Medalists
gold medal Tyson Gay   United States
silver medal Derrick Atkins   Bahamas
bronze medal Asafa Powell   Jamaica
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2007 World Championships
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100 mmenwomen
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3000 m
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The 100 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on August 25 and August 26.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Tyson Gay
 United States (USA) 		Derrick Atkins
 Bahamas (BAH) 		Asafa Powell
 Jamaica (JAM)

Records

World record Asafa Powell 9.77 Athens, Greece 14 June 2005
Gateshead, England 11 June 2006
Zürich, Switzerland 18 August 2006
Championship record Maurice Greene 9.80 Seville, Spain 22 August 1999

Results

KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 4 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.13 Q
2 1 1 Nobuharu Asahara  Japan (JPN) 10.14 Q, SB
3 2 3 Brendan Christian  Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) 10.16 Q, SB
8 6 Churandy Martina  Netherlands Antilles (AHO) 10.16 Q
5 7 1 Nesta Carter  Jamaica (JAM) 10.17 Q
6 1 8 Tyson Gay  United States (USA) 10.19 Q
7 7 3 Naoki Tsukahara  Japan (JPN) 10.20 Q, PB
8 5 2 Henry Vizcaíno  Cuba (CUB) 10.21 Q
8 7 Mark Lewis-Francis  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.21 Q
3 6 Matic Osovnikar  Slovenia (SLO) 10.21 Q
11 3 2 Simone Collio  Italy (ITA) 10.22 Q
8 5 Marc Burns  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 10.22 Q
13 2 6 Craig Pickering  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.24 Q
14 7 2 Patrick Johnson  Australia (AUS) 10.25 Q
2 5 Derrick Atkins  Bahamas (BAH) 10.25 Q
16 7 6 Rosario La Mastra  Italy (ITA) 10.27 q, PB
2 9 Olusoji Fasuba  Nigeria (NGR) 10.27 q
18 6 4 Keston Bledman  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 10.29 Q
4 2 Richard Thompson  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 10.29 Q
20 1 6 Sherwin Vries  South Africa (RSA) 10.30 Q
21 4 3 Anson Henry  Canada (CAN) 10.31 Q
5 6 Clement Campbell  Jamaica (JAM) 10.31 Q
23 5 5 Vicente de Lima  Brazil (BRA) 10.34 Q
6 3 Asafa Powell  Jamaica (JAM) 10.34 Q
8 4 Josh Ross  Australia (AUS) 10.34 q
1 4 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 10.34 q
27 6 7 Martial Mbandjock  France (FRA) 10.36 Q
28 4 9 Ángel David Rodríguez  Spain (ESP) 10.37 Q
29 6 1 Florin Suciu  Romania (ROM) 10.38 q
30 5 9 J-Mee Samuels  United States (USA) 10.39 q
31 8 2 Dariusz Kuć  Poland (POL) 10.42 q
32 8 8 Jan Žumer  Slovenia (SLO) 10.45 q
33 1 2 José Carlos Moreira  Brazil (BRA) 10.46
34 2 2 Sandro Viana  Brazil (BRA) 10.46
35 3 5 Gibrilla Pato Bangura  Sierra Leone (SLE) 10.50
36 5 8 Wilfried Bingangoye  Gabon (GAB) 10.53
37 7 4 Sébastien Gattuso  Monaco (MON) 10.55 NR
38 3 8 Béranger Bosse  Central African Republic (CAF) 10.59
39 4 4 Idrissa Sanou  Burkina Faso (BUR) 10.61
40 5 7 Yahya Hassan I. Habeeb  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 10.65
41 6 2 Holder da Silva  Guinea-Bissau (GBS) 10.68
42 6 9 Ruslan Abbasov  Azerbaijan (AZE) 10.72
43 4 8 Franklin Nazareno  Ecuador (ECU) 10.73
44 6 5 Boris Savic  Montenegro (MNE) 10.88
45 1 7 Muhammed Patoniah  Indonesia (INA) 10.92 PB
2 4 Darren Gilford  Malta (MLT) 10.92
47 7 9 Jurgen Themen  Suriname (SUR) 10.96 PB
48 1 4 Tyrone Omar  Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) 11.00
49 3 9 JJ Capelle  Nauru (NRU) 11.02 PB
50 7 7 Jack Howard  Micronesia (FSM) 11.03 SB
51 2 1 Keiron Rogers  Anguilla (AIA) 11.05
52 4 6 Chris Walasi  Solomon Islands (SOL) 11.07 SB
53 1 5 Iowane Dovumatua  Fiji (FIJ) 11.09
54 5 4 Aisea Tohi  Tonga (TGA) 11.10 PB
55 3 7 Hin Fong Pao  Macau (MAC) 11.21 PB
56 5 3 Muhammad Haziq Haji Awang  Brunei (BRU) 11.22 PB
57 8 3 Mounir Mahadi  Chad (CHA) 11.24
58 6 8 Moussa Camara  Guinea (GUI) 11.49 PB
59 1 3 Tim Natua  Kiribati (KIR) 11.51 PB
60 6 6 Odingo Gordon  Montserrat (MNT) 11.58 SB
61 2 8 Reginaldo Micha Ndong  Equatorial Guinea (GEQ) 11.59 SB
62 8 9 Waleed Anwari  Afghanistan (AFG) 11.75 SB
63 2 7 Tika Ram Tharu  Nepal (NEP) 11.83 PB
64 7 8 Dayne O'Hara  Norfolk Island (NFI) 11.86 PB
65 4 7 Sloane Sanitoa  American Samoa (ASA) 12.64 PB
66 6 5 Mark Jelks  United States (USA) 13.64 SB
– 5 5 Samuel Francis  Qatar (QAT) DNF
– 3 3 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal (POR) DQ

Quarterfinals

First 4 of each Heat directly qualified (Q) for the Semifinals.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 7 Asafa Powell  Jamaica (JAM) 10.01 Q
2 1 8 Derrick Atkins  Bahamas (BAH) 10.02 Q
3 2 4 Tyson Gay  United States (USA) 10.06 Q
4 3 4 Churandy Martina  Netherlands Antilles (AHO) 10.10 Q
5 2 7 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.13 Q
1 6 Matic Osovnikar  Slovenia (SLO) 10.13 Q, NR
7 1 4 Nobuharu Asahara  Japan (JPN) 10.16 Q
8 3 7 Mark Lewis-Francis  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.17 Q, SB
9 3 5 Anson Henry  Canada (CAN) 10.20 Q, SB
10 4 4 Craig Pickering  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.21 Q
4 9 Marc Burns  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 10.21 Q
12 3 6 Nesta Carter  Jamaica (JAM) 10.23 Q
13 2 9 Olusoji Fasuba  Nigeria (NGR) 10.24 Q
14 4 5 Brendan Christian  Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) 10.26 Q
15 2 5 Clement Campbell  Jamaica (JAM) 10.28 Q
16 3 9 J-Mee Samuels  United States (USA) 10.29
3 8 Patrick Johnson  Australia (AUS) 10.29
18 4 3 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 10.30 Q
19 2 8 Simone Collio  Italy (ITA) 10.31
4 7 Naoki Tsukahara  Japan (JPN) 10.31
21 1 2 Rosario La Mastra  Italy (ITA) 10.32
22 2 6 Keston Bledman  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 10.33
23 3 2 Sherwin Vries  South Africa (RSA) 10.36
24 1 3 Dariusz Kuć  Poland (POL) 10.37
25 4 2 Vicente de Lima  Brazil (BRA) 10.38
26 1 9 Martial Mbandjock  France (FRA) 10.39
2 3 Ángel David Rodríguez  Spain (ESP) 10.39
28 4 6 Henry Vizcaíno  Cuba (CUB) 10.40
29 3 3 Florin Suciu  Romania (ROM) 10.41
30 4 8 Josh Ross  Australia (AUS) 10.42
31 2 2 Jan Žumer  Slovenia (SLO) 10.44
1 5 Richard Thompson  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 10.44

Semifinals

First 4 of each Heat directly qualified (Q) for the Final.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Tyson Gay  United States (USA) 10.00 Q
2 1 6 Derrick Atkins  Bahamas (BAH) 10.04 Q
3 1 4 Asafa Powell  Jamaica (JAM) 10.08 Q
4 2 7 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.12 Q
5 2 6 Churandy Martina  Netherlands Antilles (AHO) 10.15 Q
6 1 9 Matic Osovnikar  Slovenia (SLO) 10.17 Q
7 2 9 Olusoji Fasuba  Nigeria (NGR) 10.18 Q
8 2 5 Mark Lewis-Francis  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.19
9 2 2 Anson Henry  Canada (CAN) 10.20 SB
10 1 5 Marc Burns  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 10.21 Q
1 2 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 10.21 SB
12 2 3 Nesta Carter  Jamaica (JAM) 10.28
2 8 Clement Campbell  Jamaica (JAM) 10.28
14 1 8 Brendan Christian  Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) 10.29
1 7 Craig Pickering  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.29
16 1 3 Nobuharu Asahara  Japan (JPN) 10.36

Final

Final participants
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
Tyson Gay  United States (USA) 9.85
Derrick Atkins  Bahamas (BAH) 9.91 NR
Asafa Powell  Jamaica (JAM) 9.96
4 Olusoji Fasuba  Nigeria (NGR) 10.07 SB
5 Churandy Martina  Netherlands Antilles (AHO) 10.08
6 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.14
7 Matic Osovnikar  Slovenia (SLO) 10.23
8 Marc Burns  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 10.29

References

  • "Osaka 2007 - Timetable - By Event: 100 metres". IAAF. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2009-08-17.