Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

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Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
The finalists awaiting starters orders
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date4–5 August 2012
Competitors74 from 61 nations
Winning time9.63 s OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Usain Bolt  Jamaica
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yohan Blake  Jamaica
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Justin Gatlin  United States
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The men's 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4–5 August 2012.[1] Seventy-four athletes from 61 nations competed.[2] Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The competition comprised four rounds: a preliminary round for entrants without the minimum qualifying standard, a heats round, followed by three semi-finals of eight athletes each, which then reduced to eight athletes for the final.[3]

Just before the start of the final, a spectator threw a plastic bottle into Tyson Gay's lane, intended to hit Usain Bolt who was three lanes outside in Lane 7. The race was unaffected, and Bolt became the second man in history to defend a 100m Olympic title. The spectator, later identified as Ashley Gill-Webb, was soon arrested after he was struck on the head by Dutch judoka and bronze medalist Edith Bosch, whom he happened to be sitting next to.[4][5] LOCOG Chairman Sebastian Coe later stated: "I'm not suggesting vigilantism but it was actually poetic justice that they happened to be sitting next to a judo player".[5] Gill-Webb later pleaded not guilty to a charge of using threatening words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress at Stratford Magistrates' Court.[6] He was later found guilty.[7]

Summary[edit]

Leading up to this Olympics, defending champion Usain Bolt was the star of the sport having set world records in winning the 100 metres and 200 metres in the previous Olympics,[8][9] and 2 more world records in winning the 100m and 200m at the 2009 world championships.[10] In the 2011 world championships, the 100 metres was won by Yohan Blake after a false start by Bolt. Later in the season, Blake ran a new 200 metres personal best only .07 behind Bolt's world record.[11] At the 2012 Jamaican Olympic Trials, Blake beat Bolt in both events.[12]

The seven round one heats were won by three Jamaican and three American favorites and Dwain Chambers of Britain. Ryan Bailey was the fastest qualifier with a personal best 9.88.

In the first semi-final, Justin Gatlin ran the fastest semi-final in history 9.82, ahead of Churandy Martina 9.91and former world record holder Asafa Powell in 9.94. Suwaibou Sanneh improved his national record for Gambia at 10.18, set the day before. In the second semi-final, defending champion Usain Bolt ran a relaxed race, finishing in 9.87. Ryan Bailey was second in 9.96. In the third semi-final, Yohan Blake ran 9.85, with Tyson Gay in second at 9.90. The final qualifier was defending silver medalist Richard Thompson with 10.02.[13][14]

In the final, Bolt, started slow out of the blocks and was behind Blake and Gatlin, but accelerated with 50 meters to go, to win the gold medal and was around five feet (1.5 meters) ahead of the competition at the finish line. Bolt set a new Olympic record (beating his own record set at the 2008 Olympic Games) of 9.64 seconds, later rounded down to 9.63 seconds. Blake edged past Gatlin, who in turn held off a closing Gay at the finish line.[15][16]

Usain Bolt was the second athlete after Carl Lewis (1984, 1988) to retain the men's 100m championship. His winning time was the second fastest time ever behind his own world record. Yohan Blake finished second in 9.75 seconds. Blake's time was the fastest ever not to win a gold medal. 2004 Olympic champion Justin Gatlin won the bronze medal in 9.79 seconds. The race set a number of records, including: the first time that the top 3 finished under 9.80 seconds; the first time that the top 5 finished in under 9.90 seconds; the first time that the five fastest men in 100m history (Bolt, Gay, Blake, Powell and Gatlin) all competed; and 7 of the 8 men ran in under 10 seconds, with only Asafa Powell finished in (11.99) after an injury 60 meters into the race. Apart from Powell, each runner's time was the fastest-ever for his respective placing. Blake, Gatlin, Gay, and Bailey all ran times that would have won at least silver in any previous Olympic final. It is considered one of the most outstanding finishes of the men's 100 metres in Olympic history.[17][18]

Background[edit]

This was the twenty-seventh time the event was held, having appeared at every Olympics since the first in 1896. The field was star-studded: 2008 finalists returning were defending gold medalist Usain Bolt of Jamaica, silver medalist Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago, fourth-place finisher Churandy Martina of the Netherlands (Netherlands Antilles in 2008), and fifth-place finisher Asafa Powell of Jamaica (who had now finished fifth twice in a row). The 2004 gold medalist, Justin Gatlin of the United States, returned, along with Tyson Gay and Ryan Bailey. Yohan Blake, the reigning world champion who had beat Bolt at the Jamaican Olympic trials, joined Bolt and Powell for Jamaica.[2]

For the first time ever, no nation made its debut in the event. Lithuania returned for the first time since 1928. The United States made its 26th appearance in the event, most of any country, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification[edit]

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's 100 metres event if all athletes met the A standard, or 1 athlete if they met the B standard. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the qualifying period that had the approval of the IAAF. For the sprints and short hurdles, including the 100 metres, only outdoor meets were eligible. The A standard for the 2012 men's 100 metres was 10.18 seconds; the B standard was 10.24 seconds. The qualifying period for was from 1 May 2011 to 8 July 2012. NOCs could also have an athlete enter the 100 metres through a universality place. NOCs could enter one male athlete in an athletics event, regardless of time, if they had no male athletes meeting the qualifying A or B standards in any men's athletic event.[19][20][21]

Competition format[edit]

The event saw its first significant format change since the introduction of the "fastest loser" system in 1968: the basic four round format introduced in 1920 was changed to a three-round format with preliminaries. The fastest entrants would now have to run only three times, not four. The preliminaries were reserved for the entrants using universality places (that is, not meeting the qualification standards). The changes also expanded the number of semifinals from 2 to 3 (and thus the number of semifinalists from 16 to 24), including using the "fastest loser" system in the semifinals for the first time.

The preliminary round consisted of 4 heats, each with 7 or 8 athletes. The top two runners in each heat advanced, along with the next two fastest runners overall. They joined the faster entrants in the first round of heats, which consisted of 7 heats of 8 athletes each. The top three runners in each heat, along with the next three fastest runners overall, moved on to the semifinals. The 24 semifinalists competed in three heats of 8, with the top two in each semifinal and the next two overall advancing to the eight-man final.[2]

Records[edit]

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.58 s Berlin, Germany 16 August 2009
Olympic record 9.69 s Beijing, China 16 August 2008
2012 World leading  Yohan Blake (JAM) 9.75 s Kingston, Jamaica 30 June 2012

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Date Event Athlete Time Notes
5 August 2012 Final  Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.63 s OR

The following new National records were set during this competition

Maldives national record  Azneem Ahmed (MDV) 10.79 s
Ivory Coast national record  Ben Youssef Meïté (CIV) 10.06 s
Gambia national record  Suwaibou Sanneh (GAM) 10.18 s
Netherlands national record  Churandy Martina (NED) 9.91 s

Schedule[edit]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Date Time
Saturday, 4 August 2012 10:00
12:30		 Preliminaries
Round 1
Sunday, 5 August 2012 19:45
21:50		 Semifinals
Finals

Results[edit]

Official Video of Preliminary Round

Preliminaries[edit]

Qualification rule: The first two finishers in each heat (Q) plus the two fastest times of those who finished third or lower in their heat (q) qualified.[22]

Preliminary heat 1[edit]

Heat 1
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 3 Artur Bruno Rojas  Bolivia 0.162 10.62 Q
2 7 Devilert Arsene Kimbembe  Republic of the Congo 0.143 10.68 Q, SB
3 4 Holder da Silva  Guinea-Bissau 0.168 10.69 q, SB
4 8 Joseph Andy Lui  Tonga 0.184 11.17
5 6 Mohan Khan  Bangladesh 0.149 11.25 PB
6 5 Kilakone Siphonexay  Laos 0.174 11.30
7 2 Christopher Lima da Costa  São Tomé and Príncipe 0.195 11.56 PB
Wind: +0.9 m/s

Preliminary heat 2[edit]

Heat 2
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 Jurgen Themen  Suriname 0.158 10.55 Q
2 4 Fernando Lumain  Indonesia 0.155 10.80 Q, SB
3 2 Wilfried Bingangoye  Gabon 0.239 10.89
4 8 Liaquat Ali  Pakistan 0.169 10.90
5 6 Rodman Teltull  Palau 0.171 11.06 PB
6 7 Tavevele Noa  Tuvalu 0.180 11.55
7 3 Timi Garstang  Marshall Islands 0.162 12.81
Wind: +0.9 m/s

Preliminary heat 3[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 6 Béranger Aymard Bosse  Central African Republic 0.162 10.55 Q
2 8 Yeo Foo Ee Gary  Singapore 0.159 10.57 Q, PB
3 4 Azneem Ahmed  Maldives 0.153 10.79 q, NR
4 3 J'maal Alexander  British Virgin Islands 0.163 10.92
5 5 John Howard  Federated States of Micronesia 0.203 11.05
6 2 Chris Walasi  Solomon Islands 0.164 11.42
7 7 Elama Fa’atonu  American Samoa 0.170 11.48 PB
Wind: +1.7 m/s

Preliminary heat 4[edit]

Heat 4
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 3 Gérard Kobéané  Burkina Faso 0.194 10.42 Q, SB
2 8 Fabrice Coiffic  Mauritius 0.149 10.62 Q
3 6 Courtney Carl Williams  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.164 10.80 PB
4 2 Rachid Chouhal  Malta 0.160 10.83 SB
5 5 Tilak Ram Tharu  Nepal 0.156 10.85 PB
6 9 Masoud Azizi  Afghanistan 0.167 11.19
7 7 Nooa Takooa  Kiribati 0.155 11.53 PB
8 4 Patrick Tuara  Cook Islands 0.165 11.72
Wind: +0.5 m/s
Official Video of the Quarterfinal Round

Round 1[edit]

Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat (Q) plus the three fastest times of those who finished fourth or lower in their heat (q) qualified.[23]

Heat 1[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 6 Tyson Gay  United States 0.147 10.08 Q
2 5 Richard Thompson  Trinidad and Tobago 0.151 10.14 Q
3 7 Gerald Phiri  Zambia 0.147 10.16 Q, SB
4 3 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure  Norway 0.166 10.28
5 4 Ángel David Rodríguez  Spain 0.168 10.34
6 2 Jurgen Themen  Suriname 0.169 10.53
7 5 Isidro Montoya  Colombia 0.165 10.54
8 1 Yeo Foo Ee Gary  Singapore 0.144 10.69
Wind: −1.4 m/s

Heat 2[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 Justin Gatlin  United States 0.200 9.97 Q
2 6 Derrick Atkins  Bahamas 0.179 10.22 Q
3 5 Rondel Sorrillo  Trinidad and Tobago 0.148 10.23 Q
4 8 Dariusz Kuć  Poland 0.163 10.24
5 9 Nilson André  Brazil 0.172 10.26 SB
6 7 Masashi Eriguchi  Japan 0.144 10.30
7 3 Barakat Al-Harthi  Oman 0.152 10.41
8 2 Fernando Lumain  Indonesia 0.162 10.90
Wind: +0.7 m/s

Heat 3[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 7 Ryan Bailey  United States 0.177 9.88 Q, =PB
2 8 Ben Youssef Meïté  Ivory Coast 0.174 10.06 Q, NR
3 6 Justyn Warner  Canada 0.149 10.09 Q, PB
4 4 Kemar Hyman  Cayman Islands 0.150 10.16 q
5 9 Suwaibou Sanneh  The Gambia 0.176 10.21 q, NR
6 5 Rytis Sakalauskas  Lithuania 0.178 10.29
7 3 Béranger Aymard Bosse  Central African Republic 0.170 10.53
8 2 Artur Bruno Rojas  Bolivia 0.154 10.65
Wind: +1.5 m/s

Heat 4[edit]

Qualification heat 4
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 7 Usain Bolt  Jamaica 0.178 10.09 Q
2 5 Daniel Bailey  Antigua and Barbuda 0.162 10.12 Q
3 6 James Dasaolu  Great Britain 0.174 10.13 Q
4 3 Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud  Egypt 0.164 10.22
5 4 Jason Rogers  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.177 10.30
6 8 Ogho-Oghene Egwero  Nigeria 0.174 10.38
7 2 Holder da Silva  Guinea-Bissau 0.182 10.71
– 9 Idrissa Adam  Cameroon 0.206 DNF
Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 5[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 7 Asafa Powell  Jamaica 0.166 10.04 Q
2 4 Adam Gemili  Great Britain 0.156 10.11 Q
3 6 Churandy Martina  Netherlands 0.168 10.20 Q
4 9 Reza Ghasemi  Iran 0.148 10.31
5 5 Obinna Metu  Nigeria 0.153 10.35
6 8 Ramon Gittens  Barbados 0.162 10.35
7 2 Paul Williams  Grenada 0.168 10.65
8 3 Devilert Arsene Kimbembe  Republic of the Congo 0.157 10.94
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 6[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 Yohan Blake  Jamaica 0.175 10.00 Q
2 7 Ryota Yamagata  Japan 0.149 10.07 Q, PB
3 3 Su Bingtian  China 0.162 10.19 Q, SB
4 6 Antoine Adams  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.154 10.22 q
5 9 Peter Emelieze  Nigeria 0.153 10.22 SB
6 8 Jeremy Bascom  Guyana 0.135 10.31
7 4 Marek Niit  Estonia 0.158 10.40
8 2 Azneem Ahmed  Maldives 0.157 10.84
Wind: +1.3 m/s

Heat 7[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 Dwain Chambers  Great Britain 0.157 10.02 Q, SB
2 6 Jimmy Vicaut  France 0.196 10.11 Q, SB
3 5 Keston Bledman  Trinidad and Tobago 0.195 10.13 Q
4 7 Warren Fraser  Bahamas 0.171 10.27
5 8 Miguel López  Puerto Rico 0.145 10.31
6 2 Gérard Kobéané  Burkina Faso 0.186 10.48
7 3 Fabrice Coiffic  Mauritius 0.165 10.59
– 4 Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis — DNS
Wind: +2.0 m/s
Official Video of the Semifinal Round

Semifinals[edit]

Qualification rule: The first two finishers in each heat (Q) plus the two fastest times of those who finished third or lower in their heat (q) qualified.[24]

Semifinal 1[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 7 Justin Gatlin  United States 0.187 9.82 Q
2 2 Churandy Martina  Netherlands 0.148 9.91 Q, NR
3 4 Asafa Powell  Jamaica 0.155 9.94 q
4 8 Keston Bledman  Trinidad and Tobago 0.175 10.04
5 6 Ben Youssef Meïté  Ivory Coast 0.163 10.13
6 5 Jimmy Vicaut  France 0.203 10.16
7 9 James Dasaolu  Great Britain 0.174 10.18
8 3 Suwaibou Sanneh  The Gambia 0.175 10.18 NR
Wind: +0.7 m/s

Semifinal 2[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 Usain Bolt  Jamaica 0.180 9.87 Q
2 7 Ryan Bailey  United States 0.155 9.96 Q
3 8 Richard Thompson  Trinidad and Tobago 0.158 10.02 q
4 5 Dwain Chambers  Great Britain 0.154 10.05
5 9 Gerald Phiri  Zambia 0.165 10.11 SB
6 6 Daniel Bailey  Antigua and Barbuda 0.142 10.16
7 2 Antoine Adams  Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.159 10.27
8 3 Su Bingtian  China 0.157 10.28
Wind: +1.0 m/s

Semifinal 3[edit]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 6 Yohan Blake  Jamaica 0.176 9.85 Q
2 4 Tyson Gay  United States 0.151 9.90 Q
3 7 Adam Gemili  Great Britain 0.158 10.06
4 8 Derrick Atkins  Bahamas 0.164 10.08 SB
5 9 Justyn Warner  Canada 0.135 10.09 =PB
6 5 Ryota Yamagata  Japan 0.158 10.10
7 3 Rondel Sorrillo  Trinidad and Tobago 0.140 10.31
– 2 Kemar Hyman  Cayman Islands — DNS
Wind: +1.7 m/s

Final[edit]

Start of the final; lane 9 is closest.
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 Usain Bolt  Jamaica 0.165 9.63 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Yohan Blake  Jamaica 0.179 9.75 =PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Justin Gatlin  United States 0.178 9.79 PB
4 8 Ryan Bailey  United States 0.176 9.88 =PB
5 9 Churandy Martina  Netherlands 0.139 9.94
6 2 Richard Thompson  Trinidad and Tobago 0.160 9.98
7 3 Asafa Powell  Jamaica 0.155 11.99
– 4 Tyson Gay  United States 0.145 9.80 DQ
Wind: +1.5 m/s

Incident[edit]

Just before the start of the final, a spectator threw a plastic beer bottle at the competitors in the starting blocks. Though the race was unaffected, he was arrested.[25] The man, later identified as Ashley Gill-Webb, happened to be sitting next to Dutch judoka and bronze medalist Edith Bosch, who promptly struck him with her hand on the back of his head after the toss.[5] LOCOG Chairman Sebastian Coe later stated: "I'm not suggesting vigilantism but it was actually poetic justice that they happened to be sitting next to a judo player".[5] Gill-Webb later pleaded not guilty to a charge of using threatening words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress at Stratford Magistrates' Court.[26] He was later found guilty.[27]

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