2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

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

Men's 100 metres at the 2007 World Championships
Tyson Gay after winning the 100 m
Venue	Osaka Nagai Stadium
Dates	25 August (heats and quarter-finals) 26 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors	44
Winning time	9.85
Medalists
Tyson Gay   United States   Derrick Atkins   Bahamas   Asafa Powell   Jamaica

Medalists

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

Records

World record	Asafa Powell	9.77	Athens, Greece	14 June 2005
			Gateshead, England	11 June 2006
			Zürich, Switzerland	18 August 2006
Championship record	Maurice Greene	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
	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	5	2	Henry Vizcaíno	Cuba (CUB)	10.21	Q
	8	7	Mark Lewis-Francis	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.21	Q
	3	6	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia (SLO)	10.21	Q
11	3	2	Simone Collio	Italy (ITA)	10.22	Q
	8	5	Marc Burns	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	10.22	Q
13	2	6	Craig Pickering	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.24	Q
14	7	2	Patrick Johnson	Australia (AUS)	10.25	Q
	2	5	Derrick Atkins	Bahamas (BAH)	10.25	Q
16	7	6	Rosario La Mastra	Italy (ITA)	10.27	q, PB
	2	9	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria (NGR)	10.27	q
18	6	4	Keston Bledman	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	10.29	Q
	4	2	Richard Thompson	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	10.29	Q
20	1	6	Sherwin Vries	South Africa (RSA)	10.30	Q
21	4	3	Anson Henry	Canada (CAN)	10.31	Q
	5	6	Clement Campbell	Jamaica (JAM)	10.31	Q
23	5	5	Vicente de Lima	Brazil (BRA)	10.34	Q
	6	3	Asafa Powell	Jamaica (JAM)	10.34	Q
	8	4	Josh Ross	Australia (AUS)	10.34	q
	1	4	Kim Collins	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	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
45	1	7	Muhammed Patoniah	Indonesia (INA)	10.92	PB
	2	4	Darren Gilford	Malta (MLT)	10.92
47	7	9	Jurgen Themen	Suriname (SUR)	10.96	PB
48	1	4	Tyrone Omar	Northern Mariana Islands (NMI)	11.00
49	3	9	JJ Capelle	Nauru (NRU)	11.02	PB
50	7	7	Jack Howard	Micronesia (FSM)	11.03	SB
51	2	1	Keiron Rogers	Anguilla (AIA)	11.05
52	4	6	Chris Walasi	Solomon Islands (SOL)	11.07	SB
53	1	5	Iowane Dovumatua	Fiji (FIJ)	11.09
54	5	4	Aisea Tohi	Tonga (TGA)	11.10	PB
55	3	7	Hin Fong Pao	Macau (MAC)	11.21	PB
56	5	3	Muhammad Haziq Haji Awang	Brunei (BRU)	11.22	PB
57	8	3	Mounir Mahadi	Chad (CHA)	11.24
58	6	8	Moussa Camara	Guinea (GUI)	11.49	PB
59	1	3	Tim Natua	Kiribati (KIR)	11.51	PB
60	6	6	Odingo Gordon	Montserrat (MNT)	11.58	SB
61	2	8	Reginaldo Micha Ndong	Equatorial Guinea (GEQ)	11.59	SB
62	8	9	Waleed Anwari	Afghanistan (AFG)	11.75	SB
63	2	7	Tika Ram Tharu	Nepal (NEP)	11.83	PB
64	7	8	Dayne O'Hara	Norfolk Island (NFI)	11.86	PB
65	4	7	Sloane Sanitoa	American Samoa (ASA)	12.64	PB
66	6	5	Mark Jelks	United States (USA)	13.64	SB
–	5	5	Samuel Francis	Qatar (QAT)	DNF
–	3	3	Francis Obikwelu	Portugal (POR)	DQ

Quarterfinals

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	7	Asafa Powell	Jamaica (JAM)	10.01	Q
2	1	8	Derrick Atkins	Bahamas (BAH)	10.02	Q
3	2	4	Tyson Gay	United States (USA)	10.06	Q
4	3	4	Churandy Martina	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	10.10	Q
5	2	7	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.13	Q
	1	6	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia (SLO)	10.13	Q, NR
7	1	4	Nobuharu Asahara	Japan (JPN)	10.16	Q
8	3	7	Mark Lewis-Francis	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.17	Q, SB
9	3	5	Anson Henry	Canada (CAN)	10.20	Q, SB
10	4	4	Craig Pickering	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.21	Q
	4	9	Marc Burns	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	10.21	Q
12	3	6	Nesta Carter	Jamaica (JAM)	10.23	Q
13	2	9	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria (NGR)	10.24	Q
14	4	5	Brendan Christian	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	10.26	Q
15	2	5	Clement Campbell	Jamaica (JAM)	10.28	Q
16	3	9	J-Mee Samuels	United States (USA)	10.29
	3	8	Patrick Johnson	Australia (AUS)	10.29
18	4	3	Kim Collins	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	10.30	Q
19	2	8	Simone Collio	Italy (ITA)	10.31
	4	7	Naoki Tsukahara	Japan (JPN)	10.31
21	1	2	Rosario La Mastra	Italy (ITA)	10.32
22	2	6	Keston Bledman	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	10.33
23	3	2	Sherwin Vries	South Africa (RSA)	10.36
24	1	3	Dariusz Kuć	Poland (POL)	10.37
25	4	2	Vicente de Lima	Brazil (BRA)	10.38
26	1	9	Martial Mbandjock	France (FRA)	10.39
	2	3	Ángel David Rodríguez	Spain (ESP)	10.39
28	4	6	Henry Vizcaíno	Cuba (CUB)	10.40
29	3	3	Florin Suciu	Romania (ROM)	10.41
30	4	8	Josh Ross	Australia (AUS)	10.42
31	2	2	Jan Žumer	Slovenia (SLO)	10.44
	1	5	Richard Thompson	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	10.44

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	Tyson Gay	United States (USA)	10.00	Q
2	1	6	Derrick Atkins	Bahamas (BAH)	10.04	Q
3	1	4	Asafa Powell	Jamaica (JAM)	10.08	Q
4	2	7	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.12	Q
5	2	6	Churandy Martina	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	10.15	Q
6	1	9	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia (SLO)	10.17	Q
7	2	9	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria (NGR)	10.18	Q
8	2	5	Mark Lewis-Francis	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.19
9	2	2	Anson Henry	Canada (CAN)	10.20	SB
10	1	5	Marc Burns	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	10.21	Q
	1	2	Kim Collins	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	10.21	SB
12	2	3	Nesta Carter	Jamaica (JAM)	10.28
	2	8	Clement Campbell	Jamaica (JAM)	10.28
14	1	8	Brendan Christian	Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	10.29
	1	7	Craig Pickering	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.29
16	1	3	Nobuharu Asahara	Japan (JPN)	10.36

Final

Final participants

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Tyson Gay	United States (USA)	9.85
	Derrick Atkins	Bahamas (BAH)	9.91	NR
	Asafa Powell	Jamaica (JAM)	9.96
4	Olusoji Fasuba	Nigeria (NGR)	10.07	SB
5	Churandy Martina	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	10.08
6	Marlon Devonish	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	10.14
7	Matic Osovnikar	Slovenia (SLO)	10.23
8	Marc Burns	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	10.29

References

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