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100 metres, Men

Date	15 – 16 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Guojia Tiyuchang, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	80 from 64 countries

Going into the 2008 season, the favorites for the title of World’s Fastest Man were Tyson Gay (USA) and Asafa Powell (JAM). Gay had won the 100 and 200 at the 2007 World Championships and Powell was a two-time world record setter. But in May 2008 Jamaica’s Usain Bolt broke Powell’s world record when he ran 9.72 at a meet in New York. Formerly considered primarily a 200 runner, he made the 100 a highly anticipated showdown between the big three sprinters. Gay won the American Olympic Trials in 9.68, but it was wind-aided and could not count for record purposes. Unfortunately, in the 200 at the Trials, he pulled up with a hamstring problem, would not be at his best in Beijing, and did not get past the semi-finals.

But that almost certainly had no effect on the outcome of the final. Usain Bolt was not known as the fastest starter but at 30 metres he was about equal to Richard Thompson (TRI), when he accelerated seemingly into another world. By 80 metres he had a huge lead and he then shut it down, turning around, dropping his arms in celebration, and costing himself some time. But he still broke the world record with 9.69, winning by 0.20 over Thompson. Estimates of his potential time, had he run thru the tape, ranged as low as 9.55 and this was with zero wind assistance. Powell was well-beaten, finishing fifth.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	2163	Usain Bolt	JAM	10.20 (1 h1)	9.92 (1 h4)	9.85 (1 h1)	9.69 (1)	Gold
2	3025	Richard Thompson	TTO	10.24 (1 h3)	9.99 (1 h2)	9.93 (2 h2)	9.89 (2)	Silver
3	3282	Walter Dix	USA	10.35 (3 h7)	10.08 (2 h5)	9.95 (2 h1)	9.91 (3)	Bronze
4	1003	Churandy Martina	AHO	10.35 (1 h10)	9.99 (1 h1)	9.94 (3 h2)	9.93 (4)
5	2142	Asafa Powell	JAM	10.16 (1 h2)	10.02 (1 h5)	9.91 (1 h2)	9.95 (5)
6	2148	Michael Frater	JAM	10.15 (1 h4)	10.09 (2 h1)	10.01 (4 h1)	9.97 (6)
7	3019	Marc Burns	TTO	10.46 (1 h9)	10.05 (1 h3)	9.97 (3 h1)	10.01 (7)
8	3215	Darvis Patton	USA	10.25 (2 h6)	10.04 (2 h4)	10.03 (4 h2)	10.03 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	2868	Kim Collins	SKN	10.17 (2 h2)	10.07 (2 h3)	10.05 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	3265	Tyson Gay	USA	10.22 (1 h5)	10.09 (2 h2)	10.05 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	1100	Derrick Atkins	BAH	10.28 (1 h8)	10.14 (3 h5)	10.13 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	2656	Francis Obikwelu	POR	10.25 (1 h7)	10.09 (3 h4)	10.10 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	1801	Tyrone Edgar	GBR	10.13 (1 h6)	10.10 (3 h3)	10.18 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	2222	Naoki Tsukahara	JPN	10.39 (2 h10)	10.23 (3 h1)	10.16 (7 h2)	–
8 h2 r3/4	1771	Martial Mbandjock	FRA	10.26 (2 h3)	10.16 (3 h2)	10.18 (8 h2)	–
4 h1 r2/4	1844	Simeon Williamson	GBR	10.42 (3 h10)	10.32 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r2/4	2507	Soji Fasuba	NGR	10.29 (2 h5)	10.21 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	1761	Ronald Pognon	FRA	10.26 (3 h6)	10.21 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r2/4	2537	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	NOR	10.37 (3 h8)	10.14 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r2/4	1024	Daniel Bailey	ANT	10.24 (2 h1)	10.23 (4 h5)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	1460	Henry Vizcaíno	CUB	10.28 (4 h1)	10.33 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	1109	Andrew Hinds	BAR	10.35 (5 h3)	10.25 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	2880	Matic Osovnikar	SLO	10.46 (2 h9)	10.24 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	1824	Craig Pickering	GBR	10.21 (3 h2)	10.18 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r2/4	1928	Abdul Aziz Zakari	GHA	10.34 (4 h3)	10.24 (5 h5)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	1308	Pierre Browne	CAN	10.22 (2 h4)	10.36 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	1231	Codó	BRA	10.29 (3 h5)	10.32 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	1900	Tobias Unger	GER	10.46 (4 h10)	10.36 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	2503	Obinna Metu	NGR	10.34 (2 h7)	10.27 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r2/4	2833	Andrey Yepishin	RUS	10.34 (2 h8)	10.25 (6 h5)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	2596	Dariusz Kuć	POL	10.44 (5 h2)	10.46 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	2092	Simone Collio	ITA	10.32 (3 h3)	10.33 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	1291	Anson Henry	CAN	10.37 (4 h7)	10.33 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r2/4	1238	Vicente Lenílson	BRA	10.26 (3 h1)	10.31 (7 h5)	–	–
8 h1 r2/4	3018	Darrel Brown	TTO	10.22 (3 h4)	10.93 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	1419	Daniel Grueso	COL	10.35 (4 h2)	10.37 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	2184	Nobuharu Asahara	JPN	10.25 (4 h4)	10.37 (7 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r2/4	1578	Ángel David Rodríguez	ESP	10.34 (4 h5)	10.35 (8 h4)	–	–
8 h5 r2/4	1355	Hu Kai	CHN	10.39 (4 h6)	10.40 (8 h5)	–	–
3 h9 r1/4	1991	Rolando Palacios	HON	10.49 (3 h9)	–	–	–
4 h8 r1/4	2520	Uchenna Emedolu	NGR	10.46 (4 h8)	–	–	–
4 h9 r1/4	1085	Ruslan Abbasov	AZE	10.58 (4 h9)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	2091	Fabio Cerutti	ITA	10.49 (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	1853	Holder da Silva	GBS	10.58 (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	1535	Lukáš Milo	CZE	10.52 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	2549	Abdullah Al-Sooli	OMA	10.53 (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	3086	Dmytro Hlushchenko	UKR	10.57 (5 h7)	–	–	–
5 h8 r1/4	1783	Su Wai'bou Sanneh	GAM	10.52 (5 h8)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	2469	Sébastien Gattuso	MON	10.70 (5 h9)	–	–	–
5 h10 r1/4	1560	Franklin Nazareno	ECU	10.60 (5 h10)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	2929	Jurgen Themen	SUR	10.61 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	1282	Béranger Bosse	CAF	10.51 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	2015	Suryo Wibowo	INA	10.46 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	1280	Idrissa Sanou	BUR	10.63 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	1431	Youssouf Mhadjou	COM	10.62 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	1275	Desislav Gunev	BUL	10.66 (6 h6)	–	–	–
6 h7 r1/4	2867	Calvin Kang	SGP	10.73 (6 h7)	–	–	–
6 h8 r1/4	1237	Sandro Viana	BRA	10.60 (6 h8)	–	–	–
6 h9 r1/4	1778	Jack Howard	FSM	11.03 (6 h9)	–	–	–
6 h10 r1/4	1780	Wilfried Bingangoye	GAB	10.87 (6 h10)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	3302	Moses Kamut	VAN	10.81 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h2 r1/4	2976	Aisea Tohi	TGA	11.17 (7 h2)	–	–	–
7 h3 r1/4	3310	Jared Lewis	VIN	11.00 (7 h3)	–	–	–
7 h4 r1/4	1319	Ghyd Olonghot	CGO	11.01 (7 h4)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	2864	Danny D'Souza	SEY	11.00 (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	2431	Ali Shareef	MDV	11.11 (7 h6)	–	–	–
7 h7 r1/4	2565	Jesse Tamangrow	PLW	11.38 (7 h7)	–	–	–
7 h8 r1/4	1989	Lai Chun Ho	HKG	10.63 (7 h8)	–	–	–
7 h9 r1/4	1414	Gordon Heather	COK	11.41 (7 h9)	–	–	–
7 h10 r1/4	1321	Moumi Sébergué	CHA	11.14 (7 h10)	–	–	–
8 h1 r1/4	2893	Francis Manioru	SOL	11.09 (8 h1)	–	–	–
8 h2 r1/4	2459	Roman Cress	MHL	11.18 (8 h2)	–	–	–
8 h3 r1/4	2296	Rabangaki Nawai	KIR	11.29 (8 h3)	–	–	–
8 h4 r1/4	1002	Masoud Azizi	AFG	11.45 (8 h4)	–	–	–
8 h5 r1/4	1040	Shanahan Sanitoa	ASA	12.60 (8 h5)	–	–	–
8 h6 r1/4	2325	Souksavanh Tonsacktheva	LAO	11.51 (8 h6)	–	–	–
8 h7 r1/4	1857	Reginaldo Ndong	GEQ	11.61 (8 h7)	–	–	–
8 h8 r1/4	1105	Mohamed Abu Abdullah	BAN	11.07 (8 h8)	–	–	–
8 h10 r1/4	3048	Okilani Tinilau	TUV	11.48 (8 h10)	–	–	–
DQ	2693	Samuel Francis	QAT	[10.40] (DQ h9)	[10.11] (DQ h3)	[10.20] (DQ h1)	–		1

Round One (15 August 2008)

Top three in each heat and next ten fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One (9:45)

Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Usain Bolt	JAM	10.20	0.186	Q
2	9	Daniel Bailey	ANT	10.24	0.198	Q
3	6	Vicente Lenílson	BRA	10.26	0.168	Q
4	2	Henry Vizcaíno	CUB	10.28	0.157	q
5	4	Fabio Cerutti	ITA	10.49	0.136		2
6	5	Jurgen Themen	SUR	10.61	0.179
7	8	Moses Kamut	VAN	10.81	0.181
8	7	Francis Manioru	SOL	11.09	0.197

Heat Two (9:53)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Asafa Powell	JAM	10.16	0.142	Q
2	3	Kim Collins	SKN	10.17	0.162	Q
3	7	Craig Pickering	GBR	10.21	0.174	Q
4	2	Daniel Grueso	COL	10.35	0.178	q
5	9	Dariusz Kuć	POL	10.44	0.144	q
6	8	Béranger Bosse	CAF	10.51	0.144
7	6	Aisea Tohi	TGA	11.17	0.159
8	4	Roman Cress	MHL	11.18	0.190

Heat Three (10:01)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	8	Richard Thompson	TTO	10.24	0.188	Q
2	5	Martial Mbandjock	FRA	10.26	0.162	Q
3	4	Simone Collio	ITA	10.32	0.140	Q	3
4	2	Abdul Aziz Zakari	GHA	10.34	0.177	q
5	6	Andrew Hinds	BAR	10.35	0.140	q
6	3	Suryo Wibowo	INA	10.46	0.175
7	7	Jared Lewis	VIN	11.00	0.123
8	9	Rabangaki Nawai	KIR	11.29	0.152

Heat Four (10:09)

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Michael Frater	JAM	10.15	0.156	Q
2	4	Pierre Browne	CAN	10.22	0.141	Q
3	6	Darrel Brown	TTO	10.22	0.139	Q
4	7	Nobuharu Asahara	JPN	10.25	0.160	q
5	9	Holder da Silva	GBS	10.58	0.184
6	2	Idrissa Sanou	BUR	10.63	0.171		4
7	8	Ghyd Olonghot	CGO	11.01	0.172
8	5	Masoud Azizi	AFG	11.45	0.160

Heat Five (10:17)

Wind	0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Tyson Gay	USA	10.22	0.148	Q
2	5	Soji Fasuba	NGR	10.29	0.156	Q
3	4	Codó	BRA	10.29	0.192	Q
4	7	Ángel David Rodríguez	ESP	10.34	0.145	q
5	9	Lukáš Milo	CZE	10.52	0.145
6	8	Youssouf Mhadjou	COM	10.62	0.170
7	3	Danny D'Souza	SEY	11.00	0.180
8	6	Shanahan Sanitoa	ASA	12.60	0.158

Heat Six (10:25)

Wind	0.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Tyrone Edgar	GBR	10.13	0.138	Q
2	6	Darvis Patton	USA	10.25	0.149	Q
3	7	Ronald Pognon	FRA	10.26	0.167	Q
4	2	Hu Kai	CHN	10.39	0.152	q
5	4	Abdullah Al-Sooli	OMA	10.53	0.153
6	8	Desislav Gunev	BUL	10.66	0.152
7	3	Ali Shareef	MDV	11.11	0.171
8	9	Souksavanh Tonsacktheva	LAO	11.51	0.183

Heat Seven (10:33)

Wind	-1.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Francis Obikwelu	POR	10.25	0.190	Q
2	2	Obinna Metu	NGR	10.34	0.176	Q
3	5	Walter Dix	USA	10.35	0.167	Q
4	6	Anson Henry	CAN	10.37	0.138	q
5	8	Dmytro Hlushchenko	UKR	10.57	0.200
6	3	Calvin Kang	SGP	10.73	0.140
7	9	Jesse Tamangrow	PLW	11.38	0.146		5
8	7	Reginaldo Ndong	GEQ	11.61	0.242

Heat Eight (10:41)

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Derrick Atkins	BAH	10.28	0.162	Q
2	4	Andrey Yepishin	RUS	10.34	0.172	Q
3	9	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	NOR	10.37	0.164	Q
4	6	Uchenna Emedolu	NGR	10.46	0.192
5	2	Su Wai'bou Sanneh	GAM	10.52	0.157
6	5	Sandro Viana	BRA	10.60	0.160
7	7	Lai Chun Ho	HKG	10.63	0.199		6
8	8	Mohamed Abu Abdullah	BAN	11.07	0.174

Heat Nine (10:49)

Wind	-1.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Marc Burns	TTO	10.46	0.160	Q
2	9	Matic Osovnikar	SLO	10.46	0.187	Q
3	7	Rolando Palacios	HON	10.49	0.189
4	2	Ruslan Abbasov	AZE	10.58	0.154
5	4	Sébastien Gattuso	MON	10.70	0.164
6	8	Jack Howard	FSM	11.03	0.204		7
7	3	Gordon Heather	COK	11.41	0.214
DQ	6	Samuel Francis	QAT	[10.40]	[0.153]	Q	8

Heat Ten (10:57)

Wind	-1.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Churandy Martina	AHO	10.35	0.164	Q
2	5	Naoki Tsukahara	JPN	10.39	0.169	Q
3	6	Simeon Williamson	GBR	10.42	0.183	Q
4	9	Tobias Unger	GER	10.46	0.161	q
5	8	Franklin Nazareno	ECU	10.60	0.178		9
6	7	Wilfried Bingangoye	GAB	10.87	0.171
7	2	Moumi Sébergué	CHA	11.14	0.210
8	3	Okilani Tinilau	TUV	11.48	0.174

Quarter-Finals (15 August 2008)

Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (19:45)

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Churandy Martina	AHO	9.99	0.142	Q
2	7	Michael Frater	JAM	10.09	0.154	Q
3	6	Naoki Tsukahara	JPN	10.23	0.156	Q
4	9	Simeon Williamson	GBR	10.32	0.127
5	3	Henry Vizcaíno	CUB	10.33	0.167
6	5	Pierre Browne	CAN	10.36	0.144
7	2	Dariusz Kuć	POL	10.46	0.176		10
8	8	Darrel Brown	TTO	10.93	0.119

Heat Two (19:52)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Richard Thompson	TTO	9.99	0.170	Q
2	4	Tyson Gay	USA	10.09	0.146	Q
3	7	Martial Mbandjock	FRA	10.16	0.160	Q
4	5	Soji Fasuba	NGR	10.21	0.147
5	2	Andrew Hinds	BAR	10.25	0.148
6	8	Codó	BRA	10.32	0.193
7	9	Simone Collio	ITA	10.33	0.138		11
8	3	Daniel Grueso	COL	10.37	0.193

Heat Three (19:59)

Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Marc Burns	TTO	10.05	0.174	Q
2	4	Kim Collins	SKN	10.07	0.150	Q
3	5	Tyrone Edgar	GBR	10.10	0.130	Q
4	9	Ronald Pognon	FRA	10.21	0.167
5	8	Matic Osovnikar	SLO	10.24	0.171		12
6	2	Tobias Unger	GER	10.36	0.136
7	3	Nobuharu Asahara	JPN	10.37	0.145
DQ	7	Samuel Francis	QAT	[10.11]	[0.164]	Q	13

Heat Four (20:06)

Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Usain Bolt	JAM	9.92	0.165	Q
2	5	Darvis Patton	USA	10.04	0.159	Q
3	4	Francis Obikwelu	POR	10.09	0.168	Q
4	8	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	NOR	10.14	0.133
5	9	Craig Pickering	GBR	10.18	0.144
6	6	Obinna Metu	NGR	10.27	0.174		14
7	3	Anson Henry	CAN	10.33	0.142
8	2	Ángel David Rodríguez	ESP	10.35	0.154

Heat Five (20:13)

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Asafa Powell	JAM	10.02	0.149	Q
2	9	Walter Dix	USA	10.08	0.163	Q
3	5	Derrick Atkins	BAH	10.14	0.179	Q
4	4	Daniel Bailey	ANT	10.23	0.149
5	3	Abdul Aziz Zakari	GHA	10.24	0.167
6	6	Andrey Yepishin	RUS	10.25	0.158
7	8	Vicente Lenílson	BRA	10.31	0.157
8	2	Hu Kai	CHN	10.40	0.165

Semi-Finals (16 August 2008)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One (20:05)

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Usain Bolt	JAM	9.85	0.161	Q
2	6	Walter Dix	USA	9.95	0.143	Q
3	4	Marc Burns	TTO	9.97	0.124	Q
4	9	Michael Frater	JAM	10.01	0.163	Q
5	5	Kim Collins	SKN	10.05	0.163
6	2	Derrick Atkins	BAH	10.13	0.159
7	8	Tyrone Edgar	GBR	10.18	0.143
DQ	3	Samuel Francis	QAT	[10.20]	[0.146]		15

Heat Two (20:13)

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Asafa Powell	JAM	9.91	0.161	Q
2	7	Richard Thompson	TTO	9.93	0.175	Q
3	5	Churandy Martina	AHO	9.94	0.138	Q	16
4	4	Darvis Patton	USA	10.03	0.149	Q
5	9	Tyson Gay	USA	10.05	0.145
6	8	Francis Obikwelu	POR	10.10	0.157
7	3	Naoki Tsukahara	JPN	10.16	0.143
8	2	Martial Mbandjock	FRA	10.18	0.148

Final (16 August 2008 — 22:30)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Usain Bolt	JAM	9.69	0.165	WR
2	5	Richard Thompson	TTO	9.89	0.133
3	6	Walter Dix	USA	9.91	0.133
4	9	Churandy Martina	AHO	9.93	0.169
5	7	Asafa Powell	JAM	9.95	0.134
6	2	Michael Frater	JAM	9.97	0.147
7	8	Marc Burns	TTO	10.01	0.145
8	3	Darvis Patton	USA	10.03	0.142