Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
The men's 100 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium.[1] 84 athletes were expected to compete; 27 nations used universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 56 qualifying through standard time or ranking (23 universality places were used in 2016).[2] 78 athletes from 59 nations competed.[3] Marcell Jacobs won the gold medal, establishing twice, semifinal and final, the new European record, Italy's first medal in the men's 100 metres. The United States extended its podium streak in the event to six Games with Fred Kerley's silver, only third at the U.S. Trials. Canadian Andre De Grasse won his second consecutive bronze medal in the 100 metres establishing his personal best. With Usain Bolt retired, Jamaica's three-Games gold medal streak ended.
| Men's 100 metres at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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_(1).jpg) First preliminary heat | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 31 July 2021 (preliminary round & heats) 1 August 2021 (semi-finals & final)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 78 from 59 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 9.80 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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After the Games, it was reported that Giacomo Spazzini, who had worked as Jacobs' nutritionist, was involved in a steroid investigation in Italy. In response, Jacobs' agent stated that the athlete had cut ties with Spazzini several months before the Olympics.[4]
Summary edit
Former 400 metres specialist (ranked #8 of all time) USA's Fred Kerley won the first semi-final, with defending bronze medalist Andre De Grasse from Canada qualifying as second. In the second semi-final American world leader and gold medal favourite Trayvon Bromell was pipped in a photofinish by Enoch Adegoke of Nigeria, who came in second behind Zharnel Hughes of Great Britain, the current European Champion.
In the third semi-final China's Su Bingtian got a blistering start and held off the group to improve his own Asian record by 0.08 to 9.83, concurrently setting the unofficial 60 metres world best. Two thousandths behind, Ronnie Baker from USA also improved his personal best, both men timed at 9.83 and tied for #12 on the all time list. Italy's Marcell Jacobs, who had arrived at the event as the 60 metres world leader, came in a close third and was timed at 9.84, setting the European record, improving his PB by 0.1 and equalling 1996 champion Donovan Bailey for #14. Jacobs qualified for the final on time along with the second pre-Olympics favorite, African record holder Akani Simbine of South Africa who qualified with 9.90. Bromell, having run a time of 10.00, was eliminated in what was considered a significant upset.[5]
The center lanes of the final included the three heat winners Su, Kerley and Hughes and fastest second Baker.
Hughes bolted early for a clear false start, with all runners except Jacobs sprinting from the blocks after him, and was disqualified. The second start was clean: Su could not repeat his great semi-final start, with Kerley having the fastest reaction time and leading the race until about the 70 m mark, where he was passed by a resurgent Jacobs.[6] From there, Jacobs opened up space on the group, with Kerley staying the closest as Adegoke pulled up lame, while De Grasse, after running last, accelerated and passed Baker and Simbine at the 90 metres mark to take his second bronze medal in the event. Jacobs had the clear win over Kerley and was immediately cheered by Gianmarco Tamberi, who had just won the high jump event just 13 minutes earlier. The two hugged and celebrated an iconic moment in Italian Olympic history.[7]
Jacobs was timed at 9.80 for an unexpected Olympic victory. This marked his second improvement of the European record in just a few hours, tying Steve Mullings for #10 of all time. Kerley and De Grasse both improved their wind-legal personal best results to 9.84 and 9.89 respectively.[8]
Background edit
This was the twenty-ninth time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nauru, the Refugee Olympic Team, Slovakia, and Tajikistan each made their men's 100 metres debut. The United States made its 28th appearance in the event, the most of any country, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.
Qualification edit
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's 100 metres event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period (the limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress). The qualifying standard is 10.05 seconds. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, will then be used to qualify athletes until the cap of 56 is reached.[2][9]
The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The world rankings period start date was also changed from 1 May 2019 to 30 June 2020; athletes who had met the qualifying standard during that time were still qualified, but those using world rankings would not be able to count performances during that time. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Only outdoor meets were eligible for the sprints and short hurdles, including the 100 metres. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period.[2][10] Races with wind above 2.0 m/s were not included.
NOCs can also use their universality place—each NOC can enter one male athlete regardless of time if they had no male athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the 100 metres.[2]
Entry number: 56 (17 from Ranking) + 27 Universality and 1 Invitational. Some sprinters, like Aaron Brown, have been withdrawn (see note #11).
Competition format edit
The event continued to use the preliminaries plus three main rounds format introduced in 2012. Athletes not meeting the qualification standard (that is, were entered through universality places) competed in the preliminaries; those who met the standard started in the first round.[14]
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Usain Bolt (JAM) |
9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
| Olympic record |  Usain Bolt (JAM) |
9.63 | London, United Kingdom | 5 August 2012 |
| Area | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time (s) | Wind | Athlete | Nation | |
| Africa (records) | 9.84 | +1.2 | Akani Simbine |  South Africa
|
| Asia (records) | 9.91 | +1.8 | Femi Ogunode |  Qatar
|
| 9.91 | +0.6 | |||
| 9.91 | +0.2 | Su Bingtian |  China
| |
| 9.91 | +0.8 | |||
| Europe (records) | 9.86 | +0.6 | Francis Obikwelu |  Portugal
|
| 9.86 | +1.3 | Jimmy Vicaut |  France
| |
| 9.86 | +1.8 | |||
| North, Central America and Caribbean (records) |
9.58 WR | +0.9 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica
|
| Oceania (records) | 9.93 | +1.8 | Patrick Johnson |  Australia
|
| South America (records) | 10.00[A] | +1.6 | Robson da Silva |  Brazil
|
The following national records were established during the competition:
| Country | Athlete | Round | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuvalu | Karalo Maibuca | Preliminaries | 11.42 | |
| Italy | Marcell Jacobs | Round 1 | 9.94 | |
| Semifinals | 9.84 | ER, NR | ||
| Final | 9.80 | ER, NR | ||
| Kenya | Ferdinand Omurwa | Round 1 | 10.01 | |
| Semifinals | 10.00 | |||
| China | Su Bingtian | Semifinals | 9.83 | AR |
Schedule edit
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
The men's 100 metres took place over two consecutive days.[1]
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 31 July 2021 | 9:00 19:00 |
Preliminaries Round 1 |
| Sunday, 1 August 2021 | 19:00 21:50 |
Semifinals Final |
Results edit
Preliminaries edit
Qualification Rules: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) advance to Round 1.
Preliminary heat 1 edit
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Ngoni Makusha |  Zimbabwe
|
10.32 | Q | |
| 2 | 8 | Fabrice Dabla |  Togo
|
10.57 | Q | |
| 3 | 6 | Yeykell Romero |  Nicaragua
|
10.62 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | Hassan Saaid |  Maldives
|
10.70 | SB | |
| 5 | 3 | Shaun Gill |  Belize
|
10.88 | ||
| 6 | 9 | Pen Sokong |  Cambodia
|
11.02 | SB | |
| 7 | 4 | Sha Mahmood Noor Zahi |  Afghanistan
|
11.04 | PB | |
| 8 | 5 | Lataisi Mwea |  Kiribati
|
11.25 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Nathan Crumpton |  American Samoa
|
11.27 | PB | |
| Wind: -0.2 m/s | ||||||
Preliminary heat 2 edit
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Barakat Al-Harthi |  Oman
|
10.27 | Q, SB | |
| 2 | 9 | Emanuel Archibald |  Guyana
|
10.30 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | Mohamed Alhammadi |  United Arab Emirates
|
10.59 (10.581) | Q, PB | |
| 5 | Banuve Tabakaucoro |  Fiji
|
10.59 (10.581) | Q, SB | ||
| 5 | 7 | Bruno Rojas |  Bolivia
|
10.64 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Didier Kiki |  Benin
|
10.69 | PB | |
| 7 | 3 | Badamassi Saguirou |  Niger
|
10.87 | PB | |
| 8 | 8 | Ronald Fotofili |  Tonga
|
11.19 | SB | |
| — | 6 | Aveni Miguel |  Angola
|
DQ | TR 16.8 | |
| Wind: 0.0 m/s | ||||||
Preliminary heat 3 edit
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Dorian Keletela |  Republic of the Congo
|
10.33 | Q, PB | |
| 2 | 1 | Guy Maganga Gorra |  Gabon
|
10.61 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Oliver Mwimba |  Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
10.63 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | Ildar Akhmadiev |  Tajikistan
|
10.66 | PB | |
| 5 | 5 | Jonah Harris |  Nauru
|
11.01 | SB | |
| 6 | 8 | Scott Fiti |  Federated States of Micronesia
|
11.25 | SB | |
| 7 | 4 | Seco Camara |  Guinea-Bissau
|
11.33 | PB | |
| 8 | 9 | Adrian Ililau |  Palau
|
11.42 (11.414) | PB | |
| 9 | 7 | Karalo Maibuca |  Tuvalu
|
11.42 (11.418) | NR | |
| Wind: +0.9 m/s | ||||||
Round 1 edit
Qualification Rules: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.
Heat 1 edit
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Ronnie Baker |  United States
|
10.03 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | Jimmy Vicaut |  France
|
10.07 | Q, SB | |
| 3 | 2 | Usheoritse Itsekiri |  Nigeria
|
10.15 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | Wu Zhiqiang |  China
|
10.18 | ||
| 5 | 9 | Yang Chun-han |  Chinese Taipei
|
10.21 | SB | |
| 6 | 7 | Shuhei Tada |  Japan
|
10.22 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Emre Zafer Barnes |  Turkey
|
10.47 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Guy Maganga Gorra | Gabon
|
10.77 | ||
| — | 4 | Tyquendo Tracey | Jamaica
|
DNS | ||
| Wind: +0.2 m/s | ||||||
Heat 2 edit
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Enoch Adegoke | Nigeria
|
9.98 | Q, PB | |
| 2 | 3 | Femi Ogunode |  Qatar
|
10.02 | Q | |
| 3 | 8 | Zharnel Hughes |  Great Britain
|
10.04 | Q, SB | |
| 4 | 7 | Trayvon Bromell | United States
|
10.05 | q | |
| 5 | 9 | Felipe Bardi | Brazil
|
10.26 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Silvan Wicki |  Switzerland
|
10.28 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Samson Colebrooke |  Bahamas
|
10.33 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Dorian Keletela |  Refugee Olympic Team
|
10.41 (10.405) | ||
| 9 | 2 | Emanuel Archibald | Guyana
|
10.41 (10.405) | ||
| Wind: +0.3 m/s | ||||||
Heat 3 edit
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Marcell Jacobs |  Italy
|
9.94 | Q, NR | |
| 2 | 9 | Oblique Seville | Jamaica
|
10.04 | Q, =PB | |
| 3 | 1 | Shaun Maswanganyi |  South Africa
|
10.12 | Q | |
| 4 | 7 | Ryota Yamagata | Japan
|
10.15 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Xie Zhenye | China
|
10.16 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Yupun Abeykoon |  Sri Lanka
|
10.32 | ||
| 7 | 8 | Carlos Nascimento |  Portugal
|
10.37 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Gavin Smellie |  Canada
|
10.44 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Oliver Mwimba | Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
10.97 | ||
| Wind: +0.1 m/s | ||||||
Heat 4 edit
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Gift Leotlela | South Africa
|
10.04 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | Su Bingtian | China
|
10.05 | Q | |
| 3 | 8 | Jason Rogers |  Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
10.21 | Q | |
| 4 | 7 | Yuki Koike | Japan
|
10.22 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Lalu Muhammad Zohri |  Indonesia
|
10.26 | SB | |
| 6 | 3 | Ebrima Camara |  The Gambia
|
10.33 | ||
| 7 | 6 | Kemar Hyman |  Cayman Islands
|
10.41 | ||
| 8 | 9 | Banuve Tabakaucoro | Fiji
|
10.70 | ||
| — | 1 | Mark Odhiambo[15] |  Kenya
|
DNS | ||
| Wind: 0.0 m/s | ||||||
Heat 5 edit
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Andre De Grasse | Canada
|
9.91 | Q, SB | |
| 2 | 3 | Fred Kerley | United States
|
9.97 | Q | |
| 3 | 6 | Ferdinand Omurwa | Kenya
|
10.01 | Q, =NR | |
| 4 | 1 | Filippo Tortu | Italy
|
10.10 | q, SB | |
| 5 | 8 | Reece Prescod | Great Britain
|
10.12 | q, SB | |
| 6 | 5 | Jak Ali Harvey | Turkey
|
10.25 | SB | |
| 7 | 4 | Barakat Al-Harthi | Oman
|
10.31 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Mohamed Alhammadi | United Arab Emirates
|
10.64 | ||
| — | 2 | Divine Oduduru | Nigeria
|
DQ | TR 16.8 | |
| Wind: +0.6 m/s | ||||||
Heat 6 edit
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| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Akani Simbine | South Africa
|
10.08 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | Arthur Cissé |  Ivory Coast
|
10.15 | Q | |
| 3 | 6 | Paulo André de Oliveira | Brazil
|
10.17 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | Hassan Taftian |  Iran
|
10.19 | SB | |
| 5 | 9 | Emmanuel Matadi |  Liberia
|
10.25 (10.245) | ||
| 6 | 5 | Cejhae Greene |  Antigua and Barbuda
|
10.25 (10.249) | ||
| 7 | 8 | Ngoni Makusha | Zimbabwe
|
10.43 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Bismark Boateng | Canada
|
10.47 | ||
| — | 2 | Fabrice Dabla | Togo
|
DQ | TR 16.8 | |
| Wind: -0.4 m/s | ||||||
Heat 7 edit
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Rohan Browning |  Australia
|
10.01 | Q, PB | |
| 2 | 5 | Yohan Blake | Jamaica
|
10.06 | Q | |
| 3 | 6 | Benjamin Azamati-Kwaku |  Ghana
|
10.13 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Kojo Musah |  Denmark
|
10.20 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Rodrigo do Nascimento | Brazil
|
10.24 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Ján Volko |  Slovakia
|
10.40 | ||
| 7 | 9 | Yeykell Romero | Nicaragua
|
10.70 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Mario Burke |  Barbados
|
15.81 | ||
| — | 3 | Chijindu Ujah | Great Britain
|
DQ (10.08) | R 40.1 | |
| Wind: +0.8 m/s | ||||||
Semifinals edit
Qualification Rules: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
Semifinal 1 edit
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Fred Kerley | United States
|
9.96 | Q | |
| 2 | 6 | Andre De Grasse | Canada
|
9.98 | Q | |
| 3 | 9 | Ferdinand Omurwa | Kenya
|
10.00 | NR | |
| 4 | 4 | Gift Leotlela | South Africa
|
10.03 | ||
| 5 | 8 | Jimmy Vicaut | France
|
10.11 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Yohan Blake | Jamaica
|
10.14 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Usheoritse Itsekiri | Nigeria
|
10.29 | ||
| — | 3 | Reece Prescod | Great Britain
|
DQ | TR 16.8 | |
| Wind: -0.1 m/s | ||||||
Semifinal 2 edit
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Zharnel Hughes | Great Britain
|
9.98 | Q, SB | |
| 2 | 7 | Enoch Adegoke | Nigeria
|
10.00 (9.995) | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | Trayvon Bromell | United States
|
10.00 (9.996) | ||
| 4 | 4 | Oblique Seville | Jamaica
|
10.09 (10.081) | ||
| 5 | 6 | Rohan Browning | Australia
|
10.09 (10.083) | ||
| 6 | 9 | Shaun Maswanganyi | South Africa
|
10.10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Filippo Tortu | Italy
|
10.16 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Femi Ogunode | Qatar
|
10.17 | ||
| Wind: -0.2 m/s | ||||||
Semifinal 3 edit
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Su Bingtian | China
|
9.83 (9.827) | Q, AR | |
| 2 | 6 | Ronnie Baker | United States
|
9.83 (9.829) | Q, PB | |
| 3 | 5 | Marcell Jacobs | Italy
|
9.84 | q, AR | |
| 4 | 7 | Akani Simbine | South Africa
|
9.90 | q | |
| 5 | 2 | Jason Rogers | Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
10.12 | ||
| 6 | 9 | Arthur Cissé | Ivory Coast
|
10.18 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Paulo André de Oliveira | Brazil
|
10.31 | ||
| — | 8 | Chijindu Ujah | Great Britain
|
DQ (10.11) | R 40.1 | |
| Wind: +0.9 m/s | ||||||
Final edit
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 | Marcell Jacobs | Italy
|
9.80 | AR | |
|
5 | Fred Kerley | United States
|
9.84 | PB | |
|
9 | Andre De Grasse | Canada
|
9.89 | PB | |
| 4 | 2 | Akani Simbine | South Africa
|
9.93 | ||
| 5 | 7 | Ronnie Baker | United States
|
9.95 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Su Bingtian | China
|
9.98 | ||
| — | 8 | Enoch Adegoke | Nigeria
|
DNF | ||
| — | 4 | Zharnel Hughes | Great Britain
|
DQ | TR 16.8 | |
| Wind: +0.1 m/s | ||||||
References edit
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- ^ Cooper, Sam. "The shock Olympic 100 meter champion seemed to revel in a rival sprinter's doping probe, saying it 'makes me smile'". Insider. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "TOKYO 2020 - HUGE SHOCK AS FAVOURITE TRAYVON BROMELL CRASHES OUT IN 100M SEMIS, GB'S ZHARNEL HUGHES MAKES FINAL". Eurosport. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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- ^ The French sprinter will only run in the 4 × 100 m relay. The Road to Tokyo tool of World Athletics indicates two more sprinters who would have qualified by ranking as "withdrawn": Edward Osei-Nketia (NZL) and Kevin Kranz (GER). Aaron Brown (CAN) is also "withdrawn" but had qualified by entry standard.
- ^ 28 athletes from Universality and Invitational at the preliminary round only.
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- ^ Doping disqualification just before his race.