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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

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Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
First preliminary heat
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates31 July 2021
(preliminary round & heats)
1 August 2021
(semi-finals & final)[1]
Competitors78 from 59 nations
Winning time9.80
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marcell Jacobs  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Fred Kerley  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andre De Grasse  Canada
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The men's 100 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium.[1] 84 athletes were expected to compete; 27 nations used universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 56 qualifying through standard time or ranking (23 universality places were used in 2016).[2] 78 athletes from 59 nations competed.[3] Marcell Jacobs won the gold medal, establishing twice, semifinal and final, the new European record, as well as collecting Italy's first medal in the men's 100 metres. The United States extended its podium streak in the event to six Games with Fred Kerley's silver - after he placed only third at the U.S. trials. Canadian Andre De Grasse won his second consecutive bronze medal in the 100 metres, while running a personal best. With Usain Bolt retired, Jamaica's three Games gold medal streak ended.

Summary

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Former 400 metres specialist (ranked #8 of all time) USA's Fred Kerley won the first semi-final, with defending bronze medalist Andre De Grasse from Canada qualifying as second. In the second semi-final American world leader and gold medal favourite Trayvon Bromell was pipped in a photofinish by Enoch Adegoke of Nigeria, who came in second behind Zharnel Hughes of Great Britain, the current European Champion.

In the third semi-final China's Su Bingtian got a blistering start and held off the group to improve his own Asian record by 0.08 to 9.83, concurrently setting the unofficial 60 metres world best. Two thousandths behind, Ronnie Baker from USA also improved his personal best, both men timed at 9.83 and tied for #12 on the all time list. Italy's Marcell Jacobs, who had arrived at the event as the 60 metres world leader, came in a close third and was timed at 9.84, setting the European record, improving his PB by 0.1 and equalling 1996 champion Donovan Bailey for #14. Jacobs qualified for the final on time along with the second pre-Olympics favorite, African record holder Akani Simbine of South Africa who qualified with 9.90. Bromell, having run a time of 10.00, was eliminated in what was considered a significant upset.[4]

The center lanes of the final included the three heat winners Su, Kerley and Hughes and fastest second Baker.

Hughes bolted early for a clear false start, with all runners except Jacobs sprinting from the blocks after him, and was disqualified. The second start was clean: Su could not repeat his great semi-final start, with Kerley having the fastest reaction time and leading the race until about the 70 m mark, where he was passed by a resurgent Jacobs.[5] From there, Jacobs opened up space on the group, with Kerley staying the closest as Adegoke pulled up lame, while De Grasse, after running last, accelerated and passed Baker and Simbine at the 90 metres mark to take his second bronze medal in the event. Jacobs had the clear win over Kerley and was immediately cheered by Gianmarco Tamberi, who had just won the high jump event just 13 minutes earlier. The two hugged and celebrated an iconic moment in Italian Olympic history.[6]

Jacobs was timed at 9.80 for an unexpected Olympic victory. This marked his second improvement of the European record in just a few hours, tying Steve Mullings for #10 of all time. Kerley and De Grasse both improved their wind-legal personal best results to 9.84 and 9.89 respectively.[7]

Background

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This was the twenty-ninth time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nauru, the Refugee Olympic Team, Slovakia, and Tajikistan each made their men's 100 metres debut. The United States made its 28th appearance in the event, the most of any country, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's 100 metres event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period (the limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress). The qualifying standard is 10.05 seconds. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, will then be used to qualify athletes until the cap of 56 is reached.[2][8]

The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The world rankings period start date was also changed from 1 May 2019 to 30 June 2020; athletes who had met the qualifying standard during that time were still qualified, but those using world rankings would not be able to count performances during that time. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Only outdoor meets were eligible for the sprints and short hurdles, including the 100 metres. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period.[2][9] Races with wind above 2.0 m/s were not included.

NOCs can also use their universality place—each NOC can enter one male athlete regardless of time if they had no male athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the 100 metres.[2]

Entry number: 56 (17 from Ranking) + 27 Universality and 1 Invitational. Some sprinters, like Aaron Brown, have been withdrawn (see note #11).

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Nominated athletes
Entry standard – 10.05 3  Great Britain Zharnel Hughes
Reece Prescod
Chijindu Ujah
3  Jamaica Yohan Blake
Oblique Seville
Tyquendo Tracey
3  Japan Yuki Koike
Shuhei Tada
Ryota Yamagata[10]
3  Nigeria Enoch Adegoke
Usheoritse Itsekiri
Divine Oduduru
3  South Africa Gift Leotlela
Shaun Maswanganyi
Akani Simbine
3  United States Ronnie Baker
Trayvon Bromell
Fred Kerley
1  Canada Andre De Grasse
Aaron Brown
2  China Su Bingtian
Xie Zhenye
2  Ghana Joseph Amoah
Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku
1  Kenya Mark Odhiambo
Ferdinand Omurwa
1  Antigua and Barbuda Cejhae Greene
1  Australia Rohan Browning
1  Bahamas Samson Colebrooke
1  Barbados Mario Burke
1  Brazil Paulo André de Oliveira
1  Cayman Islands Kemar Hyman
1  France Jimmy Vicaut
1  Indonesia Lalu Muhammad Zohri
1  Iran Hassan Taftian
1  Italy Marcell Jacobs
1  Ivory Coast Arthur Cissé
1  Liberia Emmanuel Matadi
1  Qatar Femi Ogunode
1  Saint Kitts and Nevis Jason Rogers
World ranking
2  Brazil Felipe Bardi dos Santos
Rodrigo do Nascimento
2  Canada Bismark Boateng
Gavin Smellie
2  Switzerland Silvan Wicki
Alex Wilson
2  Turkey Emre Zafer Barnes
Jak Ali Harvey
1  China Wu Zhiqiang
1  Chinese Taipei Yang Chun-han
1  Denmark Kojo Musah
0  France Mouhamadou Fall[11]
1  Italy Filippo Tortu
1  Panama Alonso Edward
1  Portugal Carlos Nascimento
1  Slovakia Ján Volko
1  Sri Lanka Yupun Abeykoon
Universality Places 1  Afghanistan Sha Mahmood Noor Zahi
1  Angola Aveni Miguel
1  American Samoa Nathan Crumpton
1  Belize Shaun Gill
1  Benin Didier Kiki
1  Bolivia Bruno Rojas
1  Cambodia Pen Sokong
1  Democratic Republic of the Congo Oliver Mwimba
1  Federated States of Micronesia Scott Fiti
1  Fiji Banuve Tabakaucoro
1  Gabon Guy Maganga Gorra
1  The Gambia Ebrima Camara
1  Guinea-Bissau Seco Camara
1  Guyana Emanuel Archibald
1  Kiribati Lataisi Mwea
1  Maldives Hassan Saaid
1  Nauru Jonah Harris
1  Nicaragua Yeykell Romero
1  Niger Badamassi Saguirou
1  Oman Barakat Al-Harthi
1  Palau Adrian Ililau
1  Tajikistan Ildar Akhmadiev
1  Togo Fabrice Dabla
1  Tonga Ronald Fotofili
1  Tuvalu Karalo Maibuca
1  United Arab Emirates Mohamed Alhammadi
1  Zimbabwe Ngoni Makusha
Invitational Places 1  Refugee Olympic Team Dorian Keletela
Total 83[12]

Competition format

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The event continued to use the preliminaries plus three main rounds format introduced in 2012. Athletes not meeting the qualification standard (that is, were entered through universality places) competed in the preliminaries; those who met the standard started in the first round.[13]

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing global and area records were as follows:

Global records before the 2020 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (Nation) Time (s) Location Date
World record  Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.58 Berlin, Germany 16 August 2009
Olympic record  Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.63 London, United Kingdom 5 August 2012
World leading  Trayvon Bromell (USA) 9.77 [14] Miramar, Florida, United States 5 June 2021
Area records before the 2020 Summer Olympics
Area
Time (s) Wind Athlete Nation
Africa (records) 9.84 +1.2 Akani Simbine  South Africa
Asia (records) 9.91 +1.8 Femi Ogunode  Qatar
9.91 +0.6
9.91 +0.2 Su Bingtian  China
9.91 +0.8
Europe (records) 9.86 +0.6 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal
9.86 +1.3 Jimmy Vicaut  France
9.86 +1.8
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
9.58 WR +0.9 Usain Bolt  Jamaica
Oceania (records) 9.93 +1.8 Patrick Johnson  Australia
South America (records) 10.00[A] +1.6 Robson da Silva  Brazil

The following national records were established during the competition:

Country Athlete Round Time Notes
Tuvalu Karalo Maibuca Preliminaries 11.42
Italy Marcell Jacobs Round 1 9.94

NR

Semifinals 9.84 ER, NR
Final 9.80 ER, NR
Kenya Ferdinand Omurwa Round 1 10.01
Semifinals 10.00
China Su Bingtian Semifinals 9.83 AR

Schedule

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

The men's 100 metres took place over two consecutive days.[1]

Date Time Round
Saturday, 31 July 2021 9:00
19:00
Preliminaries
Round 1
Sunday, 1 August 2021 19:00
21:50
Semifinals
Final

Results

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Preliminaries

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Qualification Rules: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) advance to Round 1.

Preliminary heat 1

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Videos of heat 1
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 7 Ngoni Makusha  Zimbabwe 10.32 Q
2 8 Fabrice Dabla  Togo 10.57 Q
3 6 Yeykell Romero  Nicaragua 10.62 Q
4 1 Hassan Saaid  Maldives 10.70 SB
5 3 Shaun Gill  Belize 10.88
6 9 Pen Sokong  Cambodia 11.02 SB
7 4 Sha Mahmood Noor Zahi  Afghanistan 11.04 PB
8 5 Lataisi Mwea  Kiribati 11.25
9 2 Nathan Crumpton  American Samoa 11.27 PB
Wind: -0.2 m/s

Preliminary heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 2 Barakat Al-Harthi  Oman 10.27 Q, SB
2 9 Emanuel Archibald  Guyana 10.30 Q
3 1 Mohamed Alhammadi  United Arab Emirates 10.59 (10.581) Q, PB
5 Banuve Tabakaucoro  Fiji 10.59 (10.581) Q, SB
5 7 Bruno Rojas  Bolivia 10.64
6 4 Didier Kiki  Benin 10.69 PB
7 3 Badamassi Saguirou  Niger 10.87 PB
8 8 Ronald Fotofili  Tonga 11.19 SB
6 Aveni Miguel  Angola DQ TR 16.8
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Preliminary heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Dorian Keletela  Refugee Olympic Team 10.33 Q, PB
2 1 Guy Maganga Gorra  Gabon 10.61 Q
3 2 Oliver Mwimba  Democratic Republic of the Congo 10.63 Q
4 3 Ildar Akhmadiev  Tajikistan 10.66 PB
5 5 Jonah Harris  Nauru 11.01 SB
6 8 Scott Fiti  Federated States of Micronesia 11.25 SB
7 4 Seco Camara  Guinea-Bissau 11.33 PB
8 9 Adrian Ililau  Palau 11.42 (11.414) PB
9 7 Karalo Maibuca  Tuvalu 11.42 (11.418) NR
Wind: +0.9 m/s

Round 1

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

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 8 Ronnie Baker  United States 10.03 Q
2 3 Jimmy Vicaut  France 10.07 Q, SB
3 2 Usheoritse Itsekiri  Nigeria 10.15 Q
4 1 Wu Zhiqiang  China 10.18
5 9 Yang Chun-han  Chinese Taipei 10.21 SB
6 7 Shuhei Tada  Japan 10.22
7 5 Emre Zafer Barnes  Turkey 10.47
8 6 Guy Maganga Gorra  Gabon 10.77
4 Tyquendo Tracey  Jamaica DNS
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Enoch Adegoke  Nigeria 9.98 Q, PB
2 3 Femi Ogunode  Qatar 10.02 Q
3 8 Zharnel Hughes  Great Britain 10.04 Q, SB
4 7 Trayvon Bromell  United States 10.05 q
5 9 Felipe Bardi  Brazil 10.26
6 4 Silvan Wicki  Switzerland 10.28
7 5 Samson Colebrooke  Bahamas 10.33
8 1 Dorian Keletela  Refugee Olympic Team 10.41 (10.405)
9 2 Emanuel Archibald  Guyana 10.41 (10.405)
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Marcell Jacobs  Italy 9.94 Q, NR
2 9 Oblique Seville  Jamaica 10.04 Q, =PB
3 1 Shaun Maswanganyi  South Africa 10.12 Q
4 7 Ryota Yamagata  Japan 10.15
5 2 Xie Zhenye  China 10.16
6 5 Yupun Abeykoon  Sri Lanka 10.32
7 8 Carlos Nascimento  Portugal 10.37
8 6 Gavin Smellie  Canada 10.44
9 3 Oliver Mwimba  Democratic Republic of the Congo 10.97
Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 2 Gift Leotlela  South Africa 10.04 Q
2 4 Su Bingtian  China 10.05 Q
3 8 Jason Rogers  Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.21 Q
4 7 Yuki Koike  Japan 10.22
5 5 Lalu Muhammad Zohri  Indonesia 10.26 SB
6 3 Ebrima Camara  The Gambia 10.33
7 6 Kemar Hyman  Cayman Islands 10.41
8 9 Banuve Tabakaucoro  Fiji 10.70
1 Mark Odhiambo[15]  Kenya DNS
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 5

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 9 Andre De Grasse  Canada 9.91 Q, SB
2 3 Fred Kerley  United States 9.97 Q
3 6 Ferdinand Omurwa  Kenya 10.01 Q, =NR
4 1 Filippo Tortu  Italy 10.10 q, SB
5 8 Reece Prescod  Great Britain 10.12 q, SB
6 5 Jak Ali Harvey  Turkey 10.25 SB
7 4 Barakat Al-Harthi  Oman 10.31
8 7 Mohamed Alhammadi  United Arab Emirates 10.64
2 Divine Oduduru  Nigeria DQ TR 16.8
Wind: +0.6 m/s

Heat 6

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Fabrice Dabla (second right) made a false start and was disqualified
Restart of heat 6
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Akani Simbine  South Africa 10.08 Q
2 3 Arthur Cissé  Ivory Coast 10.15 Q
3 6 Paulo André de Oliveira  Brazil 10.17 Q
4 1 Hassan Taftian  Iran 10.19 SB
5 9 Emmanuel Matadi  Liberia 10.25 (10.245)
6 5 Cejhae Greene  Antigua and Barbuda 10.25 (10.249)
7 8 Ngoni Makusha  Zimbabwe 10.43
8 7 Bismark Boateng  Canada 10.47
2 Fabrice Dabla  Togo DQ TR 16.8
Wind: -0.4 m/s

Heat 7

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 1 Rohan Browning  Australia 10.01 Q, PB
2 5 Yohan Blake  Jamaica 10.06 Q
3 6 Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku  Ghana 10.13
4 2 Kojo Musah  Denmark 10.20
5 7 Rodrigo do Nascimento  Brazil 10.24
6 4 Ján Volko  Slovakia 10.40
7 9 Yeykell Romero  Nicaragua 10.70
8 8 Mario Burke  Barbados 15.81
3 Chijindu Ujah  Great Britain DQ (10.08) R 40.1
Wind: +0.8 m/s

Semifinals

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Qualification Rules: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 7 Fred Kerley  United States 9.96 Q
2 6 Andre De Grasse  Canada 9.98 Q
3 9 Ferdinand Omurwa  Kenya 10.00 NR
4 4 Gift Leotlela  South Africa 10.03
5 8 Jimmy Vicaut  France 10.11
6 5 Yohan Blake  Jamaica 10.14
7 2 Usheoritse Itsekiri  Nigeria 10.29
3 Reece Prescod  Great Britain DQ TR 16.8
Wind: -0.1 m/s

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 8 Zharnel Hughes  Great Britain 9.98 Q, SB
2 7 Enoch Adegoke  Nigeria 10.00 (9.995) Q
3 3 Trayvon Bromell  United States 10.00 (9.996)
4 4 Oblique Seville  Jamaica 10.09 (10.081)
5 6 Rohan Browning  Australia 10.09 (10.083)
6 9 Shaun Maswanganyi  South Africa 10.10
7 2 Filippo Tortu  Italy 10.16
8 5 Femi Ogunode  Qatar 10.17
Wind: -0.2 m/s

Semifinal 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Su Bingtian  China 9.83 (9.827) Q, AR
2 6 Ronnie Baker  United States 9.83 (9.829) Q, PB
3 5 Marcell Jacobs  Italy 9.84 q, AR
4 7 Akani Simbine  South Africa 9.90 q
5 2 Jason Rogers  Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.12
6 9 Arthur Cissé  Ivory Coast 10.18
7 3 Paulo André de Oliveira  Brazil 10.31
8 Chijindu Ujah  Great Britain DQ (10.11) R 40.1
Wind: +0.9 m/s

Final

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Marcell Jacobs  Italy 9.80 AR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Fred Kerley  United States 9.84 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 Andre De Grasse  Canada 9.89 PB
4 2 Akani Simbine  South Africa 9.93
5 7 Ronnie Baker  United States 9.95
6 6 Su Bingtian  China 9.98
8 Enoch Adegoke  Nigeria DNF
4 Zharnel Hughes  Great Britain DQ TR 16.8
Wind: +0.1 m/s

References

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  2. ^ a b c d "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Athletics" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. ^ "100 Metres, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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  9. ^ "Olympic qualification period suspended until 1 December 2020". World Athletics. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  10. ^ The results of the 2021 Japanese championships were the following: 1. Shuhei Tada 10.15, 2. Bruno Dede [de] 10.19, 3. Ryota Yamagata 10.27, 4. Yuki Koike (sprinter) 10.27, 5. Yoshihide Kiryu 10.28.
  11. ^ The French sprinter will only run in the 4 × 100 m relay. The Road to Tokyo tool of World Athletics indicates two more sprinters who would have qualified by ranking as "withdrawn": Edward Osei-Nketia (NZL) and Kevin Kranz (GER). Aaron Brown (CAN) is also "withdrawn" but had qualified by entry standard.
  12. ^ 28 athletes from Universality and Invitational at the preliminary round only.
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  14. ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2021 – 100 Metres men", World Athletics, 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  15. ^ Doping disqualification just before his race.