The men's 100 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10 and 11 August.

Two national records were set in the preliminary round and Zhang Peimeng tied his own Chinese national record while qualifying in the heats. Zhang improved his record to 10.00 in the semifinal, but failed to advance to the final, it took 9 thousands faster as Christophe Lemaitre was the last qualifier. He was also timed officially in 10.00 in the same second heat of the semifinal round. Jamaica qualified four individuals into the final.

With his record, Usain Bolt was the favorite and with defending champion Yohan Blake injured, Justin Gatlin was Bolt's closest expected rival. Gatlin did have an early season victory against Bolt.

The final was held in a rainstorm. Gatlin got the best start, but Bolt, who overtook Gatlin, pulled away for the win. Nesta Carter chased them to finish third. Under the conditions, the medalists were the only finalists to improve upon their semifinal time in better weather earlier in the evening.

With the Russian all comers record at 10.03 coming into this meet, three competitors improved upon this mark through the heats. First Kemar Bailey-Cole improved the record to 10.02 in heat 1, which stood for less than 10 minutes when Gatlin took the record to 9.99 in heat 3 and 15 minutes later, Mike Rodgers improved it to 9.98 in heat 6. In the first semifinal, Gatlin regained the record, running 9.94, which lasted until the next semifinal when Nickel Ashmeade ran 9.90. Bolt settled the issue in the final with his 9.77.

Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record9.58 Berlin, Germany16 August 2009Championship recordWorld Leading9.75 Des Moines, IA, United States21 June 2013African Record9.85 Doha, Qatar12 May 2006Asian Record9.99 Amman, Jordan26 July 2007North, Central American and Caribbean record9.58 Berlin, Germany16 August 2009South American Record10.00A Mexico City, Mexico22 July 1988European Record9.86 Athens, Greece22 August 2004Oceanian record9.93 Mito, Japan5 May 2003

Qualification standards A timeB time 10.15 10.21

Schedule Date Time Round10 August 2013 10:10 Preliminary round10 August 2013 20:15 Heats11 August 2013 19:05 Semifinals11 August 2013 21:50 Final

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Preliminary round Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advanced to the heats.Start listPreliminary round Results

Despite being last in his heat and among the slowest runners to feature at the championships, Afghanistan's Masoud Azizi was disqualified for performance-enhancing drug use after a positive test for nandrolone.More than 1900 blood samples collected – Moscow 2013. IAAF (20 September 2013). Retrieved on 2014-02-04.

Wind:Heat 1: -0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 3: -0.5 m/s, Heat 4: -0.4 m/s Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 2 Barakat Al-Harthi 10.47 Q 2 2 2 Aleksandr Brednev 10.49 Q 3 1 5 Daniel Bailey 10.51 Q 4 2 8 Innocent Bologo 10.51 Q 5 4 2 Calvin Kang Li Loong 10.52 Q, PB 6 3 3 Ratu Banuve Tabakaucoro 10.53 Q, SB 7 3 5 Idrissa Adam 10.56 q 8 1 6 Holder da Silva 10.59 Q 9 4 7 Shernyl Burns 10.63 Q 10 4 9 Ifrish Alberg 10.70 q 11 2 4 Sapwaturrahman Sapwaturrahman 10.75 q, SB 12 4 3 Devilert Arsene Kimbembe 10.77 SB 13 2 6 Kieron Rogers 10.80 14 4 4 Mohammed Abukhousa 10.87 15 4 5 Denielsan Martins 10.92 16 4 6 Siueni Filimone 10.93 17 1 2 Riste Pandev 10.97 18 3 6 Hugues Tshiyinga Mafo 11.11 PB 19 1 7 Faresa Kapisi 11.21 PB 20 3 8 Masbah Ahmmed 11.23 21 1 8 Mikel de Sa 11.24 SB 22 3 7 Michael Alicto 11.39 PB 23 1 4 Daniel Philimon 11.53 PB 24 3 4 Okilani Tinilau 11.57 SB 25 2 3 Jesus T. Iguel 11.65 PB 26 2 9 Roman William Cress 11.65 SB 27 1 3 Christopher Lima da Costa 11.79 SB 28 2 5 Gauthier Okawe 11.83 PB 29 2 7 McCaffrey Gilmete 11.86 PB 4 8 Masoud Azizi 11.78 DQ

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.Heats Results

Wind:Heat 1: −0.2 m/s, Heat 2: −0.4 m/s, Heat 3: −0.3 m/s, Heat 4: −0.2 m/s, Heat 5: −0.1 m/s, Heat 6: −0.1 m/s, Heat 7: −0.4 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 Mike Rodgers 9.98 Q 2 3 Justin Gatlin 9.99 Q 3 3 Keston Bledman 10.02 Q 3 1 Kemar Bailey-Cole 10.02 Q 5 4 Zhang Peimeng 10.04 Q, 6 5 Jimmy Vicaut 10.06 Q 7 7 Usain Bolt 10.07 Q 8 2 Nesta Carter 10.11 Q 9 6 Nickel Ashmeade 10.12 Q 9 1 Christophe Lemaitre 10.12 Q 11 3 Dwain Chambers 10.14 Q 11 4 Richard Thompson 10.14 Q 13 5 Aaron Brown 10.15 Q 14 6 Harry Aikines-Aryeetey 10.16 Q 14 6 Su Bingtian 10.16 q 16 7 Anaso Jobodwana 10.17 Q 16 2 Churandy Martina 10.17 Q 18 3 Antoine Adams 10.18 q 19 7 Ramon Gittens 10.19 Q 19 4 Jason Rogers 10.19 Q 21 4 James Dasaolu 10.20 q 22 5 Samuel Francis 10.21 Q 22 3 Sam Effah 10.21 22 7 Ryota Yamagata 10.21 25 5 Ángel David Rodríguez 10.23 26 7 Rondel Sorrillo 10.25 27 6 Ogho-Oghene Egwero 10.26 28 4 Julian Reus 10.27 29 1 Gabriel Mvumvure 10.28 Q 30 4 Denis Dimitrov 10.29 31 1 Adam Harris 10.30 31 2 Gavin Smellie 10.30 Q 33 2 Yoshihide Kiryu 10.31 34 1 Martin Keller 10.32 35 5 Charles Silmon 10.34 36 3 Shavez Hart 10.36 37 2 Andrew Hinds 10.38 37 3 Akani Simbine 10.38 39 7 Hua Wilfried Koffi 10.40 40 6 Daniel Bailey 10.45 41 5 Reza Ghasemi 10.46 41 1 Suwaibou Sanneh 10.46 41 2 Adam Zavacký 10.46 44 2 Álex Quiñónez 10.50 45 5 Aleksandr Brednev 10.52 46 4 Barakat Al-Harthi 10.53 46 6 Banuve Tabakaucoro 10.53 48 1 Innocent Bologo 10.57 48 6 Hassan Taftian 10.57 50 1 Calvin Kang Li Loong 10.66 51 4 Shernyl Burns 10.69 52 3 Idrissa Adam 10.70 52 5 Holder da Silva 10.70 54 7 Sapwaturrahman Sapwaturrahman 10.89 2 Ifrish Alberg 7 Kemar Hyman

Semifinals Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the finals.Semifinals Results

Wind:Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 6 Nickel Ashmeade 9.90 Q, PB 2 3 5 Usain Bolt 9.92 Q 3 2 4 Kemar Bailey-Cole 9.93 Q, PB 4 3 4 Mike Rodgers 9.93 Q, SB 5 1 4 Justin Gatlin 9.94 Q 6 1 5 Nesta Carter 9.97 Q 7 2 3 James Dasaolu 9.97 q 8 2 7 Christophe Lemaitre 10.00 q 9 2 5 Zhang Peimeng 10.00 10 1 7 Jimmy Vicaut 10.01 11 3 7 Keston Bledman 10.08 12 3 9 Churandy Martina 10.09 13 3 6 Aaron Brown 10.15 14 2 9 Dwain Chambers 10.15 15 2 8 Jason Rogers 10.15 16 3 3 Antoine Adams 10.17 17 1 8 Anaso Jobodwana 10.17 18 1 6 Richard Thompson 10.19 19 1 3 Gabriel Mvumvure 10.21 20 2 2 Gavin Smellie 10.30 21 3 8 Ramon Gittens 10.31 22 1 9 Harry Aikines-Aryeetey 10.34 1 2 Su Bingtian 3 2 Samuel Francis

Final Wind: -0.3 m/sFinal Results

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Usain Bolt 9.77 WL, SB 5 Justin Gatlin 9.85 SB 8 Nesta Carter 9.95 4 7 Kemar Bailey-Cole 9.98 5 4 Nickel Ashmeade 9.98 6 9 Mike Rodgers 10.04 7 3 Christophe Lemaitre 10.06 8 2 James Dasaolu 10.21

References

External links 100 metres results at IAAF website