2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The 100 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on August 25 and August 26.

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    United States
silver medal    Bahamas
bronze medal    Jamaica
← 2005
2009 →

Medalists edit

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

Records edit

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 edit

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

Heats edit

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
3 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 8 7 Mark Lewis-Francis   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.21 Q
8 3 6 Matic Osovnikar   Slovenia (SLO) 10.21 Q
8 5 2 Henry Vizcaíno   Cuba (CUB) 10.21 Q
11 8 5 Marc Burns   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 10.22 Q
11 3 2 Simone Collio   Italy (ITA) 10.22 Q
13 2 6 Craig Pickering   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.24 Q
14 2 5 Derrick Atkins   Bahamas (BAH) 10.25 Q
14 7 2 Patrick Johnson   Australia (AUS) 10.25 Q
16 2 9 Olusoji Fasuba   Nigeria (NGR) 10.27 q
16 7 6 Rosario La Mastra   Italy (ITA) 10.27 q, PB
18 6 4 Keston Bledman   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 10.29 Q
18 4 2 Richard Thompson   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 10.29 Q
20 1 6 Sherwin Vries   South Africa (RSA) 10.30 Q
21 5 6 Clement Campbell   Jamaica (JAM) 10.31 Q
21 4 3 Anson Henry   Canada (CAN) 10.31 Q
23 1 4 Ken Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 10.34 q
23 5 5 Vicente de Lima   Brazil (BRA) 10.34 Q
23 6 3 Asafa Powell   Jamaica (JAM) 10.34 Q
23 8 4 Josh Ross   Australia (AUS) 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

Heat 1 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
6 7 Muammed Patoniah   Indonesia (INA) 10.92 PB
7 4 Tyrone Omar   Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) 11.00
8 5 Iowane Dovumatua   Fiji (FIJ) 11.09
9 3 Tim Natua   Kiribati (KIR) 11.51 PB

Heat 2 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
6 4 Darren Gilford   Malta (MLT) 10.92
7 1 Keiron Rogers   Anguilla (AIA) 11.05
8 8 Reginaldo Micha Ndong   Equatorial Guinea (GEQ) 11.59 SB
9 7 Tika Ram Tharu   Nepal (NEP) 11.83 PB

Heat 3 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
6 9 JJ Capelle   Nauru (NRU) 11.02 PB
7 7 Hin Fong Pao   Macau (MAC) 11.21 PB
3 Francis Obikwelu   Portugal (POR) DQ

Heat 4 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
6 6 Chris Walasi   Solomon Islands (SOL) 11.07 SB
7 7 Sloane Sanitoa   American Samoa (ASA) 12.64 PB
8 5 Mark Jelks   United States (USA) 13.64 SB

Heat 5 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
7 4 Aisea Tohi   Tonga (TGA) 11.10 PB
8 3 Muhammad Haziq Haji Awang   Brunei (BRU) 11.22 PB

Heat 6 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
8 8 Moussa Camara   Guinea (GUI) 11.49 PB
9 6 Odingo Gordon   Montserrat (MNT) 11.58 SB

Heat 7 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
6 9 Jurgen Themen   Suriname (SUR) 10.96 PB
7 7 Jack Howard   Micronesia (FSM) 11.03 SB
8 8 Dayne O'Hara   Norfolk Island (NFI) 11.86 PB
5 Samuel Francis   Qatar (QAT) DNF

Heat 8 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
7 3 Mounir Mahadi   Chad (CHA) 11.24
8 9 Waleed Anwari   Afghanistan (AFG) 11.75 SB

Quarterfinals edit

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

Heat 1 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
1 7 Asafa Powell   Jamaica (JAM) 10.01 Q
2 8 Derrick Atkins   Bahamas (BAH) 10.02 Q
3 6 Matic Osovnikar   Slovenia (SLO) 10.13 Q, NR
4 4 Nobuharu Asahara   Japan (JPN) 10.16 Q
5 2 Rosario La Mastra   Italy (ITA) 10.32
6 3 Dariusz Kuć   Poland (POL) 10.37
7 9 Martial Mbandjock   France (FRA) 10.39
8 5 Richard Thompson   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 10.44

Heat 2 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
1 4 Tyson Gay   United States (USA) 10.06 Q
2 7 Marlon Devonish   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.13 Q
3 9 Olusoji Fasuba   Nigeria (NGR) 10.24 Q
4 5 Clement Campbell   Jamaica (JAM) 10.28 Q
5 8 Simone Collio   Italy (ITA) 10.31
6 6 Keston Bledman   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 10.33
7 3 Ángel David Rodríguez   Spain (ESP) 10.39
8 2 Jan Žumer   Slovenia (SLO) 10.44

Heat 3 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
1 4 Churandy Martina   Netherlands Antilles (AHO) 10.10 Q
2 7 Mark Lewis-Francis   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.17 Q, SB
3 5 Anson Henry   Canada (CAN) 10.20 Q, SB
4 6 Nesta Carter   Jamaica (JAM) 10.23 Q
5 9 J-Mee Samuels   United States (USA) 10.29
6 8 Patrick Johnson   Australia (AUS) 10.29
7 2 Sherwin Vries   South Africa (RSA) 10.36
8 3 Florin Suciu   Romania (ROM) 10.41

Heat 4 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
1 4 Craig Pickering   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.21 Q
2 9 Marc Burns   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 10.21 Q
3 5 Brendan Christian   Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) 10.26 Q
4 3 Kim Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 10.30 Q
5 7 Naoki Tsukahara   Japan (JPN) 10.31
6 2 Vicente de Lima   Brazil (BRA) 10.38
7 6 Henry Vizcaíno   Cuba (CUB) 10.40
8 8 Josh Ross   Australia (AUS) 10.42

Semifinals edit

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

Heat 1 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
1 6 Derrick Atkins   Bahamas (BAH) 10.04 Q
2 4 Asafa Powell   Jamaica (JAM) 10.08 Q
3 9 Matic Osovnikar   Slovenia (SLO) 10.17 Q
4 5 Marc Burns   Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) 10.21 Q
5 2 Kim Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 10.21 SB
6 7 Craig Pickering   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.29
7 8 Brendan Christian   Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) 10.29
8 3 Nobuharu Asahara   Japan (JPN) 10.36

Heat 2 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (sec) Notes
1 4 Tyson Gay   United States (USA) 10.00 Q
2 7 Marlon Devonish   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.12 Q
3 6 Churandy Martina   Netherlands Antilles (AHO) 10.15 Q
4 9 Olusoji A. Fasuba   Nigeria (NGR) 10.18 Q
5 5 Mark Lewis-Francis   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.19
6 2 Anson Henry   Canada (CAN) 10.20 SB
7 3 Nesta Carter   Jamaica (JAM) 10.28
8 8 Clement Campbell   Jamaica (JAM) 10.28

Final edit

 
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 edit

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