2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres explained

The men's 100 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on 27 to 28 September 2019.^[1]

Summary

The semi-finals were dominated by world leader Christian Coleman, who was allowed to compete despite missing three doping tests in the year due to a technicality,^[2] and blasted a 9.88 while no other qualifiers broke 10. The last time qualifier, Filippo Tortu, made the final by .001, running 10.101 over Tyquendo Tracey's 10.102, while Aaron Brown got in by placing second behind Coleman in heat 1 with 10.12.

In the final, defending champion Justin Gatlin got a good start to gain a step on the field, except Coleman got a better start, gaining that step on Gatlin. Unlike 2017, Coleman did not give ground back, extending his lead to a dominating victory in 9.76. A new personal best, world leading time for the season, that becomes the #6 time in history, just 0.02 seconds behind Gatlin's personal best. Returning to form, Andre De Grasse closed and nearly caught Gatlin at the line in 9.90, a new wind legal personal best.

At 37 years old, the world M35 record holder over 100m Justin Gatlin became the oldest athlete to ever medal in 100m in the World Championships history.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[3]

width=25% align=center	Record	width=25% align=center	Athlete &	width=10% align=center		width=25% align=center	Location	width=15% align=center	Date
World record		9.58	Berlin, Germany	16 August 2009
Championship record
World Leading		9.81	Palo Alto, United States	30 June 2019
African Record		9.85	Doha, Qatar	12 May 2006
Asian Record		9.91	Wuhan, China	4 June 2015
		Gainesville, United States	22 April 2016
		Madrid, Spain	22 June 2018
		Paris, France	30 June 2018
North, Central American and Caribbean record		9.58	Berlin, Germany	16 August 2009
South American Record		10.00	Mexico City, Mexico	22 July 1988
European Record		9.86	Athens, Greece	22 August 2004
		Saint-Denis, France	4 July 2015
		Montreuil-sous-Bois, France	7 June 2016
Oceanian record		9.93	Mito, Japan	5 May 2003

The following records were set at the competition:

Record		Athlete		Date
Malawian	10.72	Stern Noel Liffa		27 Sep 2019
Bhutanese	11.64	Dinesh Kumar Dhakal
World Leading	9.76	Christian Coleman	United States	28 Sep 2019

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 10.10.^[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:^[5]

Date	Time	Round
27 September	16:35	Preliminary round
	18:05	Heats
28 September	18:45	Semi-finals
	22:15	Final

Results

Preliminary round

The first athlete in each heat ( 

Q ) and the next five fastest ( q ) qualified for the first round proper. The overall results were as follows:^[6]
Wind: P1:+0.1, P2:+0.4, P3:+0.3, P4:+0.0

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			10.23	Q
2	2			10.32	Q
3	3			10.35	Q
4	4			10.36	Q
5	1			10.49	q
6	4			10.56	q
7	3			10.61	q
8	1			10.64	q,
9	2			10.67	q,
10	2			10.69
11	4			10.72	NR
12	3			10.76
13	2			10.88
14	3			10.98
15	4			11.01
16	1			11.06
17	1			11.11
18	2			11.29
19	3			11.34
20	4			11.38
21	1			11.45
22	3			11.48
23	2	Tirioro Willie		11.57
24	4			11.64	NR
25	4			11.66
26	4			11.67
27	1			11.81
28	3			11.89
29	1			12.30
	2		(SUD)

Heats

The first 3 in each heat ( 

Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:^[7]
Wind: H1:-0.3, H2:-0.8, H3:-0.8, H4:-0.3, H5:-0.3, H6:+0.1

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	6			9.98	Q
2	1			10.01	Q
3	2			10.06	Q
4	4			10.07	Q
5	6			10.07	Q
6	4			10.08	Q
7	3			10.08	Q
8	6			10.09	Q
9	5			10.11	Q
10	2			10.13	Q
11	3			10.14	Q
12	5			10.14	Q
13	4			10.14	Q
14	1			10.16	Q
15	4			10.18	q
16	3			10.19	Q
16	1			10.19	Q
18	2			10.19	Q
19	5			10.20	Q
20	1			10.21	q
20	5			10.21	q
22	4			10.21	q
23	2			10.21	q
24	1			10.23	q
25	1			10.23
26	2			10.24
27	5			10.24
28	3			10.25
29	5			10.25
30	6			10.25
31	6			10.31
32	4			10.32
33	3			10.33
34	3			10.36
35	6			10.36
36	3			10.37
37	1			10.37
38	6			10.38
39	3			10.38
40	2			10.40
41	4			10.42
42	2			10.46
43	1			10.56
44	4			10.62
45	5			12.82
	5
	2
	6

Semi-finals

The first 2 in each heat ( 

Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final.^[8]
Wind: S1:-0.3, S2:-0.3, S3:+0.8

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			9.88	Q
2	3			10.01	Q
3	3			10.05	Q
4	2			10.07	Q
5	2			10.09	Q
6	2			10.09	q
7	3			10.11	q
8	3			10.11
9	3			10.12
10	1			10.12	Q
11	1			10.13
12	1			10.14
13	2			10.14
14	1			10.15
15	3			10.16
16	3			10.16
17	1			10.18
18	2			10.20
19	1			10.20
20	2			10.22
21	1			10.23
22	2			10.28
23	2			10.28
24	3			10.34

Final

The final was started on 28 September at 22:15.^[9]
Wind: +0.6

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			9.76
	3			9.89
	6			9.90
4	5			9.93
5	8			9.97
6	7			10.03
7	2			10.07
8	9			10.08

Notes and References

1. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-100-M-pr----.SL2.pdf Start list
2. Web site: Christian Coleman free to race for world gold after missed tests charge dropped. TheGuardian.com. 2 September 2019.
3. Web site: 100 Metres Men − Records. IAAF. 21 September 2019.
4. News: Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019. iaaf.org. 2 August 2019.
5. Web site: 100 Metres Men − Timetable. IAAF. 21 September 2019.
6. Web site: 100 Metres Men − Preliminary Rounds − Summary. IAAF. 27 September 2019.
7. Web site: 100 Metres Men − Heats − Summary. IAAF. 27 September 2019.
8. Web site: Semi-finals results.
9. Web site: Final results.