The men's 100 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 23 August.Start list

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.

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. 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.

At 39 years, 139 days old, Kim Collins became the oldest ever competitor for the men's 100 m.

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

World record9.58Berlin, Germany16 August 2009Championship recordWorld Leading9.74 Doha, Qatar15 May 2015African Record9.85 Doha, Qatar12 May 2006Asian Record9.91 Wuhan, China4 June 2015North, Central American and Caribbean record9.58 Berlin, Germany16 August 2009South American Record10.00 Mexico City, Mexico22 July 1988European Record9.86 Athens, Greece22 August 2004 Saint-Denis, France4 July 2015Oceanian record9.93 Mito, Japan5 May 2003

Qualification standards Entry standards 10.16

Schedule Date Time Round22 August 2015 12:40 Preliminary round22 August 2015 19:20 Heats23 August 2015 19:10 Semifinals23 August 2015 21:15 Final

Results

Preliminary round Qualification: Best 3 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.Preliminary round results

Wind:

Heat 1: -0.8 m/s, Heat 2: -0.3 m/s, Heat 3: -0.6 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Barakat Al-Harthi 10.31 2 1 Banuve Tabakaucoro 10.50 3 3 Jeffrey Vanan 10.55 4 1 Hassan Saaid 10.56 5 3 Holder da Silva 10.58 , 6 2 Rodman Teltull 10.71 , 7 1 Mohamed Fakhri Ismail 10.73 8 3 Yendountien Tiebekabe 10.76 9 1 Mark Anderson 10.84 10 3 Yaspi Boby 10.85 11 3 Mahamat Goubaye Youssouf 10.92 , 12 2 Riste Pandev 10.94 13 1 João de Barros 11.07 14 1 La Shondra David Mosa'ati 11.08 15 3 Rossene Mpingo 11.10 16 1 Mohamed Lamine Dansoko 11.11 17 3 Masbah Ahmmed 11.13 18 2 Womel Brandy Mento 11.17 19 2 Grégory Bradai 11.29 20 3 Jidou El Moctar 11.30 21 1 Leong Wang Kuong 11.31 22 3 Claytus Taqimama 11.58 23 2 Etimoni Timuani 11.72 24 1 Dagiero Dagiero 11.81 25 2 Kimwaua Makin 11.98 26 2 Tashi Dendup 12.15 2 Béranger-Aymard Bossé

Heats Qualification: Best 3 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the next round.Heats results

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 Justin Gatlin 9.83 2 4 Trayvon Bromell 9.91 3 5 Jimmy Vicaut 9.92 4 1 Asafa Powell 9.95 5 7 Usain Bolt 9.96 6 7 Mike Rodgers 9.97 7 5 Andre De Grasse 9.99 8 3 Femi Ogunode 9.99 9 3 Ramon Gittens 10.02 , 10 1 Su Bingtian 10.03 11 6 Aaron Brown 10.03 12 5 Jak Ali Harvey 10.04 13 4 Chijindu Ujah 10.05 14 3 Ben Youssef Meïté 10.05 , = 15 7 Churandy Martina 10.06 , 16 6 Henricho Bruintjies 10.07 17 1 Akani Simbine 10.09 18 6 Hassan Taftian 10.10 19 2 Tyson Gay 10.11 20 3 Richard Kilty 10.12 21 7 Levi Cadogan 10.12 22 3 Zhang Peimeng 10.13 23 5 James Dasaolu 10.13 24 4 Julian Reus 10.14 25 1 Kei Takase 10.15 26 6 Kim Collins 10.16 27 2 Nickel Ashmeade 10.19 28 7 Yancarlos Martínez 10.19 29 1 Justyn Warner 10.20 30 6 Aziz Ouhadi 10.22 31 4 Antoine Adams 10.23 32 2 Christophe Lemaitre 10.24 33 4 Barakat Al-Harthi 10.24 34 7 Reza Ghasemi 10.25 35 5 Hua Wilfried Koffi 10.29 36 6 Yazaldes Nascimento 10.29 37 2 Sven Knipphals 10.31 38 2 Kemar Hyman 10.32 39 5 Brijesh Lawrence 10.40 40 1 Jacques Riparelli 10.41 41 5 Banuve Tabakaucoro 10.41 42 7 Hassan Saaid 10.42 43 1 Kim Kuk-young 10.48 44 3 Jeffrey Vanan 10.57 45 1 Yaspi Boby 10.65 46 2 Holder da Silva 10.68 47 2 Rodman Teltull 10.72 48 7 Mohamed Fakhri Ismail 10.72 49 3 Yendountien Tiebekabe 10.74 50 3 Keston Bledman 10.75 51 4 Mark Anderson 10.87 52 6 Mahamat Goubaye Youssouf 10.92 53 5 Riste Pandev 11.31 2 Anaso Jobodwana 4 Mosito Lehata 4 Rondel Sorrillo

Semifinals Qualification: Best 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final.Semifinals results

Wind:

Heat 1: −0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: −0.4 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Justin Gatlin 9.77 2 2 Mike Rodgers 9.86 , 3 1 Usain Bolt 9.96 3 1 Andre De Grasse 9.96 3 3 Tyson Gay 9.96 6 3 Asafa Powell 9.97 7 3 Jimmy Vicaut 9.99 7 1 Trayvon Bromell 9.99 7 1 Su Bingtian 9.99, = 10 2 Femi Ogunode 10.00 11 2 Akani Simbine 10.02 12 3 Ramon Gittens 10.04 13 2 Chijindu Ujah 10.05 14 2 Nickel Ashmeade 10.06 15 1 Jak Ali Harvey 10.08 16 3 Churandy Martina 10.09 17 2 Aaron Brown 10.15 18 3 Ben Youssef Meïté 10.17 19 2 Levi Cadogan 10.19 20 1 Christophe Lemaitre 10.20 20 3 Hassan Taftian 10.20 20 3 Richard Kilty 10.20 23 1 Henricho Bruintjies 10.21 24 1 Julian Reus 10.28

Final The final was started at 21:15.Final results

Wind: −0.5 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Usain Bolt 9.79 7 Justin Gatlin 9.80 3 Trayvon Bromell 9.92 9 Andre De Grasse 9.92 5 4 Mike Rodgers 9.94 6 6 Tyson Gay 10.00 7 8 Asafa Powell 10.00 8 1 Jimmy Vicaut 10.00 9 2 Su Bingtian 10.06

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