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2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
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The men's 100 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 23 August.[1][2]
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For only the second time in the World Athletics Championships, the winning margin in the men's 100 metres was 0.01 seconds. The first time this happened was in 2003.
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Summary
Justin Gatlin had the world leading time in 2015. Gatlin ran 9.83 s in the heats and 9.77 s in the semi-final. Reigning champion Usain Bolt ran times of 9.96 s in both rounds. Jimmy Vicaut and Su Bingtian qualified for the final with tied fastest loser times of 9.986 s, so there were 9 competitors in the final.
In the final, Bolt finished one hundredth of a second ahead of Gatlin in a time of 9.79 s.[3] There was a tie for third place, with Andre De Grasse and Trayvon Bromell both finishing in 9.911 s, and two bronze medals were awarded.[4]
At 39 years, 139 days old, Kim Collins became the oldest ever competitor for the men's 100 m.[5]
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Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[6]
| World record |  Usain Bolt (JAM) |
9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
| Championship record | ||||
| World Leading |  Justin Gatlin (USA) |
9.74 | Doha, Qatar | 15 May 2015 |
| African Record |  Olusoji Fasuba (NGR) |
9.85 | Doha, Qatar | 12 May 2006 |
| Asian Record |  Femi Ogunode (QAT) |
9.91 | Wuhan, China | 4 June 2015 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Usain Bolt (JAM) |
9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
| South American Record |  Robson da Silva (BRA) |
10.00A | Mexico City, Mexico | 22 July 1988 |
| European Record |  Francis Obikwelu (POR) |
9.86 | Athens, Greece | 22 August 2004 |
 Jimmy Vicaut (FRA) |
Saint-Denis, France | 4 July 2015 | ||
| Oceanian record |  Patrick Johnson (AUS) |
9.93 | Mito, Japan | 5 May 2003 |
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Qualification standards
Schedule
All times are local times (UTC+8)
Results
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Preliminary round
Qualification: Best 3 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.[8]
Wind:
Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: -0.3 m/s, Heat 3: -0.6 m/s
Heats
Qualification: Best 3 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.[9]
Wind:
Heat 1: −0.1 m/s, Heat 2: −1.4 m/s, Heat 3: −0.3 m/s, Heat 4: +0.5 m/s, Heat 5: +0.3 m/s, Heat 6: +2.1 m/s, Heat 7: −0.2 m/s
Semifinals
Qualification: Best 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.[10]
Wind:
Heat 1: −0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: −0.4 m/s
Final
The final was started at 21:15.[11]
Wind: −0.5 m/s
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References
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