2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the 2005 World Championships
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates6 August (heats and quarter-finals)
7 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors58
Winning time9.88
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Jamaica
bronze medal    Saint Kitts and Nevis
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The men's 100 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 7. The winning margin was 0.17 seconds which as of 2024 is the greatest winning margin for the men's 100 metres at these championships.

The top three runners in each of the initial eight heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next ten fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 32 runners competed in four heats in the second round, with the top three runners from each heat and the single next fastest runner qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinal heats, and only the top four from each heat advanced to the final.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Asafa Powell (JAM) 9.77 Athens, Greece 14 June 2005
Championship record  Maurice Greene (USA) 9.80 Seville, Spain 22 August 1999
World Leading  Asafa Powell (JAM) 9.77 Athens, Greece 14 June 2005
African Record  Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 9.86 Lausanne, Switzerland 3 July 1996
Asian Record  Koji Ito (JPN) 10.00 Bangkok, Thailand 13 December 1998
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Asafa Powell (JAM) 9.77 Athens, Greece 14 June 2005
South American Record  Robson da Silva (BRA) 10.00 Mexico City, Mexico 22 July 1988
European Record  Francis Obikwelu (POR) 9.86 Athens, Greece 22 August 2004
Oceanian record  Patrick Johnson (AUS) 9.93 Mito, Japan 5 May 2003

Medals

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Gold Silver Bronze
Justin Gatlin
 United States
Michael Frater
 Jamaica
Kim Collins
 Saint Kitts and Nevis

Results

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All times shown are in seconds.
Q denotes qualification by place.
q denotes qualification by time.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
AR denotes area record
NR denotes national record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season's best.

Round 1 (Heats)

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Round 1 took place on 6 August, with the 62 athletes involved being split into 8 heats of 7 or 8 athletes each. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 8 fastest ( q ) qualified for the quarter-final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: +0.9 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s, Heat 5: 0.0 m/s, Heat 6: +0.4 m/s, Heat 7: +0.3 m/s, Heat 8: −1.4 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Leonard Scott  United States (USA) 10.12 Q
2 2 Ronald Pognon  France (FRA) 10.15 Q
3 Dwight Thomas  Jamaica (JAM) 10.15 Q
4 2 Ainsley Waugh  Jamaica (JAM) 10.16 Q, PB
4 Justin Gatlin  United States (USA) 10.16 Q
6 1 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal (POR) 10.17 Q
5 Uchenna Emedolu  Nigeria (NGR) 10.17 Q
8 2 Olusoji Fasuba  Nigeria (NGR) 10.19 Q
8 Jason Gardener  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.19 Q
10 3 Patrick Johnson  Australia (AUS) 10.20 Q, SB
11 1 Shawn Crawford  United States (USA) 10.23 Q
12 3 Darrel Brown  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.25 Q
6 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.25 Q
14 1 Simone Collio  Italy (ITA) 10.27 Q
15 4 Joshua Ross  Australia (AUS) 10.28 Q
16 8 Aziz Zakari  Ghana (GHA) 10.30 Q
17 5 Jacey Harper  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.31 Q
7 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 10.31 Q
2 Guus Hoogmoed  Netherlands (NED) 10.31 q
20 7 Michael Frater  Jamaica (JAM) 10.32 Q
5 Obadele Thompson  Barbados (BAR) 10.32 q
22 8 Deji Aliu  Nigeria (NGR) 10.36 Q
23 2 Lukasz Chyla  Poland (POL) 10.39 q
24 4 Nobuharu Asahara  Japan (JPN) 10.40 Q
1 Nicolas Macrozonaris  Canada (CAN) 10.40 q, SB
3 Matic Osovnikar  Slovenia (SLO) 10.40 q
4 Mark Lewis-Francis  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.40 q
28 6 Marc Burns  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.42 Q
29 7 Idrissa Sanou  Burkina Faso (BUR) 10.43 Q
30 7 Salem Mubarak Al-Yami  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 10.45 q
31 6 Churandy Martina  Netherlands Antilles (AHO) 10.46 Q
32 7 Juan Sainfleur  Dominican Republic (DOM) 10.47 q
33 3 Markus Pöyhönen  Finland (FIN) 10.49
8 Daniel Bailey  Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) 10.49
35 5 Pierre Browne  Canada (CAN) 10.50
36 4 Leigh Julius  South Africa (RSA) 10.51
37 8 Cláudio Roberto Souza  Brazil (BRA) 10.55
38 6 Tlhalosang Molapisi  Botswana (BOT) 10.71
39 7 Rolando Palacios  Honduras (HON) 10.73 NR
40 1 Philam Garcia  Guam (GUM) 10.79
41 2 Shameer Ayub  Singapore (SIN) 10.82 SB
42 7 Wilfried Bingangoye  Gabon (GAB) 10.86 SB
43 7 Darren Gilford  Malta (MLT) 10.89
44 3 Souhalia Alamou  Benin (BEN) 10.90 SB
45 3 Wally Kirika  Papua New Guinea (PNG) 11.01
8 Fonseca Neto  Angola (ANG) 11.01 PB
47 6 Yazaldes Nascimento  São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) 11.07 SB
48 2 Chi Kun Au  Macau (MAC) 11.11
49 6 John Howard  Micronesia (FSM) 11.24 SB
50 6 Ali Shareef  Maldives (MDV) 11.44
51 4 Darrel Roligat  Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) 11.49
52 1 Derrick Atkins  Bahamas (BAH) 11.57
8 Reginaldo Micha Ndong  Equatorial Guinea (GEQ) 11.57
54 5 Deamo Baguga  Nauru (NRU) 11.64 PB
55 5 Phomma Kheuabmavong  Laos (LAO) 11.83
56 1 Harmon Harmon  Cook Islands (COK) 11.84 SB
57 4 Daraphirit  Cambodia (CAM) 11.85
58 1 Mariuti Uan  Kiribati (KIR) 11.92 PB
6 Eric Pacome N'dri  Ivory Coast (CIV) DNF
2 Khalid Brooks  Anguilla (AIA) DNS
3 Domeio Kabua  Marshall Islands (MHL) DNS
8 Christie van Wyk  Namibia (NAM) DNS

Round 2 (Quarter-Finals)

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Round 2 took place on 6 August, with the 32 athletes involved being split into 4 heats of 8 athletes each. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 4 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-final.

Wind:
Heat 1: −2.0 m/s, Heat 2: −1.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s, Heat 4: −1.0 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Darrel Brown  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.10 Q
2 4 Ronald Pognon  France (FRA) 10.11 Q
3 4 Michael Frater  Jamaica (JAM) 10.12 Q
4 4 Uchenna Emedolu  Nigeria (NGR) 10.16 q
5 2 Leonard Scott  United States (USA) 10.19 Q
3 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal (POR) 10.19 Q
7 4 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.20 q
8 2 Olusoji Fasuba  Nigeria (NGR) 10.24 Q
9 3 Shawn Crawford  United States (USA) 10.25 Q
10 1 Justin Gatlin  United States (USA) 10.27 Q
11 1 Dwight Thomas  United States (USA) 10.28 Q
12 2 Marc Burns  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.29 Q
13 3 Jason Gardener  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.31 Q
3 Joshua Ross  Australia (AUS) 10.31 q
15 2 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 10.32 q
16 4 Obadele Thompson  Barbados (BAR) 10.34
17 2 Ainsley Waugh  Jamaica (JAM) 10.39
3 Deji Aliu  Nigeria (NGR) 10.39
3 Jacey Harper  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.39
20 1 Aziz Zakari  Ghana (GHA) 10.41 Q
21 1 Patrick Johnson  Australia (AUS) 10.48
2 Churandy Martina  Netherlands Antilles (AHO) 10.48
3 Nicolas Macrozonaris  Canada (CAN) 10.48
3 Matic Osovnikar  Slovenia (SLO) 10.48
4 Salem Mubarak Al-Yami  Saudi Arabia (KSA) 10.48
26 2 Guus Hoogmoed  Netherlands (NED) 10.51
27 1 Mark Lewis-Francis  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.53
28 1 Nobuharu Asahara  Japan (JPN) 10.58
29 1 Simone Collio  Italy (ITA) 10.60
30 2 Juan Sainfleur  Dominican Republic (DOM) 10.74
31 4 Idrissa Sanou  Burkina Faso (BUR) 10.80
1 Lukasz Chyla  Poland (POL) DNS

Semifinals

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The semifinals took place on 7 August, with the 16 athletes involved being split into 2 heats of 8 athletes each. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: −1.0 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Justin Gatlin  United States (USA) 9.99 Q
2 2 Aziz Zakari  Ghana (GHA) 10.00 Q
3 2 Dwight Thomas  Jamaica (JAM) 10.06 Q
4 2 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 10.07 Q
5 1 Leonard Scott  United States (USA) 10.08 Q
2 Jason Gardener  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.08 SB
7 1 Michael Frater  Jamaica (JAM) 10.09 Q
8 1 Marc Burns  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.12 Q
9 1 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal (POR) 10.13 Q
10 2 Darrel Brown  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.16
2 Uchenna Emedolu  Nigeria (NGR) 10.16
12 2 Ronald Pognon  France (FRA) 10.17
13 1 Olusoji Fasuba  Nigeria (NGR) 10.18
14 1 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.24
15 1 Joshua Ross  Australia (AUS) 10.27
16 1 Shawn Crawford  United States (USA) 10.28

Final

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The final started at 21:35 on 7 August.[1]

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Justin Gatlin  United States (USA) 9.88 =SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Michael Frater  Jamaica (JAM) 10.05
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 10.05
4 8 Francis Obikwelu  Portugal (POR) 10.07
5 7 Dwight Thomas  Jamaica (JAM) 10.09
6 3 Leonard Scott  United States (USA) 10.13
7 1 Marc Burns  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.14
8 6 Aziz Zakari  Ghana (GHA) 10.20

References

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  1. ^ IAAF.org. "iaaf.org - World Championships in Athletics 2005 - Results 100 Metres M Final". Archived from the original on 2009-08-02. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
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