2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

Events at the 2007 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The 100 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on August 25 and August 26.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tyson Gay  United States (USA)	Derrick Atkins  Bahamas (BAH)	Asafa Powell  Jamaica (JAM)

Records

World Record	Asafa Powell (JAM)	9.77	Athens, Greece	14 June 2005
			Gateshead, England	11 June 2006
			Zurich, Switzerland	18 August 2006
Championship Record	Maurice Greene (USA)	9.80	Seville, Spain	22 August 1999

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	4	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.13	Q
2	1	1	Nobuharu Asahara	Japan (JPN)	10.14	Q, SB
3	2	3	Brendan Christian	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	10.16	Q, SB
3	8	6	Churandy Martina	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	10.16	Q
5	7	1	Nesta Carter	Jamaica (JAM)	10.17	Q
6	1	8	Tyson Gay	United States (USA)	10.19	Q
7	7	3	Naoki Tsukahara	Japan (JPN)	10.20	Q, PB
8	8	7	Mark Lewis-Francis	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.21	Q
8	3	6	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia (SLO)	10.21	Q
8	5	2	Henry Vizcaíno	Cuba (CUB)	10.21	Q
11	8	5	Marc Burns	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	10.22	Q
11	3	2	Simone Collio	Italy (ITA)	10.22	Q
13	2	6	Craig Pickering	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.24	Q
14	2	5	Derrick Atkins	Bahamas (BAH)	10.25	Q
14	7	2	Patrick Johnson	Australia (AUS)	10.25	Q
16	2	9	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria (NGR)	10.27	q
16	7	6	Rosario La Mastra	Italy (ITA)	10.27	q, PB
18	6	4	Keston Bledman	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	10.29	Q
18	4	2	Richard Thompson	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	10.29	Q
20	1	6	Sherwin Vries	South Africa (RSA)	10.30	Q
21	5	6	Clement Campbell	Jamaica (JAM)	10.31	Q
21	4	3	Anson Henry	Canada (CAN)	10.31	Q
23	1	4	Ken Collins	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	10.34	q
23	5	5	Vicente de Lima	Brazil (BRA)	10.34	Q
23	6	3	Asafa Powell	Jamaica (JAM)	10.34	Q
23	8	4	Josh Ross	Australia (AUS)	10.34	q
27	6	7	Martial Mbandjock	France (FRA)	10.36	Q
28	4	9	Ángel David Rodríguez	Spain (ESP)	10.37	Q
29	6	1	Florin Suciu	Romania (ROM)	10.38	q
30	5	9	J-Mee Samuels	United States (USA)	10.39	q
31	8	2	Dariusz Kuć	Poland (POL)	10.42	q
32	8	8	Jan Žumer	Slovenia (SLO)	10.45	q
33	1	2	José Carlos Moreira	Brazil (BRA)	10.46
34	2	2	Sandro Viana	Brazil (BRA)	10.46
35	3	5	Gibrilla Pato Bangura	Sierra Leone (SLE)	10.50
36	5	8	Wilfried Bingangoye	Gabon (GAB)	10.53
37	7	4	Sébastien Gattuso	Monaco (MON)	10.55	NR
38	3	8	Béranger Bosse	Central African Republic (CAF)	10.59
39	4	4	Idrissa Sanou	Burkina Faso (BUR)	10.61
40	5	7	Yahya Hassan I. Habeeb	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	10.65
41	6	2	Holder da Silva	Guinea-Bissau (GBS)	10.68
42	6	9	Ruslan Abbasov	Azerbaijan (AZE)	10.72
43	4	8	Franklin Nazareno	Ecuador (ECU)	10.73
44	6	5	Boris Savic	Montenegro (MNE)	10.88

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
6	7	Muammed Patoniah (INA)	10.92	PB
7	4	Tyrone Omar (NMI)	11.00
8	5	Iowane Dovumatua (FIJ)	11.09
9	3	Tim Natua (KIR)	11.51	PB

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
6	4	Darren Gilford (MLT)	10.92
7	1	Keiron Rogers (AIA)	11.05
8	8	Reginaldo Micha Ndong (GEQ)	11.59	SB
9	7	Tika Ram Tharu (NEP)	11.83	PB

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
6	9	JJ Capelle (NRU)	11.02	PB
7	7	Hin Fong Pao (MAC)	11.21	PB
–	3	Francis Obikwelu (POR)	DQ

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
6	6	Chris Walasi (SOL)	11.07	SB
7	7	Sloane Sanitoa (ASA)	12.64	PB
8	5	Mark Jelks (USA)	13.64	SB

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
7	4	Aisea Tohi (TGA)	11.10	PB
8	3	Muhammad Haziq Haji Awang (BRU)	11.22	PB

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
8	8	Moussa Camara (GUI)	11.49	PB
9	6	Odingo Gordon (MSR)	11.58	SB

Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
6	9	Jurgen Themen (SUR)	10.96	PB
7	7	Jack Howard (FSM)	11.03	SB
8	8	Dayne O'Hara (NFK)	11.86	PB
–	5	Samuel Francis (QAT)	DNF

Heat 8

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
7	3	Mounir Mahadi (CHA)	11.24
8	9	Waleed Anwari (AFG)	11.75	SB

Quarterfinals

First 4 of each Heat directly qualified (Q) for the Semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
1	7	Asafa Powell (JAM)	10.01	Q
2	8	Derrick Atkins (BAH)	10.02	Q
3	6	Matic Osovnikar (SLO)	10.13	Q, NR
4	4	Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)	10.16	Q
5	2	Rosario La Mastra (ITA)	10.32
6	3	Dariusz Kuć (POL)	10.37
7	9	Martial Mbandjock (FRA)	10.39
8	5	Richard Thompson (TRI)	10.44

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
1	4	Tyson Gay (USA)	10.06	Q
2	7	Marlon Devonish (GBR)	10.13	Q
3	9	Olusoji Fasuba (NGR)	10.24	Q
4	5	Clement Campbell (JAM)	10.28	Q
5	8	Simone Collio (ITA)	10.31
6	6	Keston Bledman (TRI)	10.33
7	3	Ángel David Rodríguez (ESP)	10.39
8	2	Jan Žumer (SLO)	10.44

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
1	4	Churandy Martina (AHO)	10.10	Q
2	7	Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR)	10.17	Q, SB
3	5	Anson Henry (CAN)	10.20	Q, SB
4	6	Nesta Carter (JAM)	10.23	Q
5	9	J-Mee Samuels (USA)	10.29
6	8	Patrick Johnson (AUS)	10.29
7	2	Sherwin Vries (RSA)	10.36
8	3	Florin Suciu (ROM)	10.41

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
1	4	Craig Pickering (GBR)	10.21	Q
2	9	Marc Burns (TRI)	10.21	Q
3	5	Brendan Christian (ATG)	10.26	Q
4	3	Kim Collins (SKN)	10.30	Q
5	7	Naoki Tsukahara (JPN)	10.31
6	2	Vicente de Lima (BRA)	10.38
7	6	Henry Vizcaíno (CUB)	10.40
8	8	Josh Ross (AUS)	10.42

Semifinals

First 4 of each Heat directly qualified (Q) for the Final.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
1	6	Derrick Atkins (BAH)	10.04	Q
2	4	Asafa Powell (JAM)	10.08	Q
3	9	Matic Osovnikar (SLO)	10.17	Q
4	5	Marc Burns (TRI)	10.21	Q
5	2	Kim Collins (SKN)	10.21	SB
6	7	Craig Pickering (GBR)	10.29
7	8	Brendan Christian (ATG)	10.29
8	3	Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)	10.36

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time (sec)	Notes
1	4	Tyson Gay (USA)	10.00	Q
2	7	Marlon Devonish (GBR)	10.12	Q
3	6	Churandy Martina (AHO)	10.15	Q
4	9	Olusoji A. Fasuba (NGR)	10.18	Q
5	5	Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR)	10.19
6	2	Anson Henry (CAN)	10.20	SB
7	3	Nesta Carter (JAM)	10.28
8	8	Clement Campbell (JAM)	10.28

Final

Final participants

Rank	Athlete	Time	Notes
	Tyson Gay (USA)	9.85
	Derrick Atkins (BAH)	9.91	NR
	Asafa Powell (JAM)	9.96
4	Olusoji Fasuba (NGR)	10.07	SB
5	Churandy Martina (AHO)	10.08
6	Marlon Devonish (GBR)	10.14
7	Matic Osovnikar (SLO)	10.23
8	Marc Burns (TRI)	10.29

References

• "Osaka 2007 - Timetable - By Event: 100 metres". IAAF. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2009-08-17.