2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres explained

The men's 100 metres at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Moncton 2010 Stadium on 20 & 21 July.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Dexter Lee	Charles Silmon	Jimmy Vicaut

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record	10.01	Paris, France	24 August 2003
World Junior Record	10.01	Eugene, United States	28 June 2008
Championship Record	10.09	Kingston, Jamaica	17 July 2002
World Junior Leading	10.16	Mannheim, Germany	3 July 2010
World Junior Leading	10.16	Barcelona, Spain	9 July 2010

No new records were established during the competition.

Results

Final

21 July
Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			10.21
			10.23
	Jimmy Vicaut		10.28
			10.32
			10.48
	Jason Rogers		10.49
	Julien Watrin		10.56
	Patrick Fakiye		10.62

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

Semifinals

21 July

Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Semifinal 1

Wind: +2.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			10.51 w	Q
			10.56 w	Q
			10.62 w	q
			10.71 w	q
			10.71 w
			10.76 w
			10.86 w
			DQ	IAAF rule 162.7

Semifinal 2

Wind: +2.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			10.38 w	Q
			10.48 w	Q
			10.72 w
			10.73 w
			10.75 w
			10.77 w
			10.78 w
			DQ	IAAF rule 162.7

Semifinal 3

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			10.62	Q
			10.66	Q
			10.72
			10.81
			10.89
			10.89
			11.00
			11.05

Heats

20 July

Heat 1

Wind: +2.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Time
1	align=left	align=left	10.31 w	Q
2	align=left	align=left	10.37 w	Q
3	align=left	align=left	10.37 w	q
4	align=left	align=left	10.46 w	q
5	align=left	align=left	10.50 w	q
6	align=left	align=left	10.87 w
7	align=left	align=left	11.27 w
8	align=left	align=left	11.47 w

Heat 2

Wind: +1.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Time
1	align=left	align=left	10.38	Q
2	align=left	align=left	10.64	Q
3	align=left	align=left	10.75
4	align=left	align=left	10.77
5	align=left	align=left	10.78
6	align=left	align=left	11.09
7	align=left	align=left	11.86

Heat 3

Wind: +0.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Time
1	align=left	align=left	10.49	Q
2	align=left	align=left	10.65	Q
3	align=left	align=left	10.66
4	align=left	align=left	10.70
5	align=left	align=left	10.75
6	align=left	align=left	11.50
7	align=left	align=left	11.81

Heat 4

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Name	Time
1	align=left	align=left	10.46	Q
2	align=left	align=left	10.48	Q
3	align=left	align=left	10.54	q
4	align=left	align=left	10.61	q
5	align=left	align=left	10.96
6	align=left	align=left	11.67
7	align=left	align=left	11.95

Heat 5

Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Time
1	align=left	align=left	10.33	Q
2	align=left	align=left	10.51	Q
3	align=left	align=left	10.52	q
4	align=left	align=left	10.60	q
5	align=left	align=left	10.70
6	align=left	align=left	12.03
7	align=left	align=left	12.46

Heat 6

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Time
1	align=left	align=left	10.47	Q
2	align=left	align=left	10.60	Q
3	align=left	align=left	10.66
4	align=left	align=left	10.66
5	align=left	align=left	10.89
6	align=left	align=left	10.93
7	align=left	align=left	11.89

Heat 7

Wind: +1.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Time
1	align=left	align=left	10.52	Q
2	align=left	align=left	10.67	Q
3	align=left	align=left	10.70
4	align=left	align=left	10.73
5	align=left	align=left	10.82
6	align=left	align=left	10.84
7	align=left	align=left	10.87

Heat 8

Wind: +1.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Time
1	align=left	align=left	10.53	Q
2	align=left	align=left	10.54	Q
3	align=left	align=left	10.62	q
4	align=left	align=left	10.70
5	align=left	align=left	10.81
6	align=left	align=left	12.24
7	align=left	align=left	12.43

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 57 athletes from 46 countries participated in the event.

External links

13th IAAF World Junior Championships Facts & Figures. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.

Notes and References

News: Men's 100m Final. IAAF. Parker Morse. 20 July 2010. 2010-07-21.