# 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia on 1 and 2 August 2022.
Originally, 78 athletes from 51 countries entered to the competition, however, only 63 of them participated.

## Records

U20 standing records prior to the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nationality | Mark | Location | Date |
| World U20 Record | Trayvon Bromell (USA) | 9.97 | Eugene, United States | 13 June 2014 |
| World U20 Record | Letsile Tebogo (BOT) | 9.94* | Eugene, United States | 15 July 2022 |
| Championship Record | Adam Gemili (GBR) | 10.05 | Barcelona, Spain | 11 July 2012 |
| World U20 Leading | Letsile Tebogo (BOT) | 9.94 | Eugene, United States | 15 July 2022 |
*Mark pending ratification

## Results
### Round 1

Round 1 took place on 1 August, with the 63 athletes involved being split into 8 heats, 7 heats of 8 and 1 of 7 athletes. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 8 fastest ( q ) qualified to the semi-final. The overall results were as follows:
Wind: Heat 1: +0.2 m/s, Heat 2: -1.2 m/s, Heat 3: -0.6 m/s, Heat 4: +1.7 m/s, Heat 5: -1.2 m/s, Heat 6: -0.9 m/s, Heat 7: -2.9 m/s, Heat 8: +0.8 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Letsile Tebogo | Botswana | 10.00 | Q CR |
| 2 | 8 | Muhd Azeem Fahmi | Malaysia | 10.09 | Q NR |
| 3 | 6 | Puripol Boonson | Thailand | 10.20 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Hiroki Yanagita | Japan | 10.24 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Sandrey Davison | Jamaica | 10.25 [.246] | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Alessio Faggin | Italy | 10.25 [.250] | Q PB |
| 7 | 2 | Benjamin Richardson | South Africa | 10.33 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | Tomás Mondino | Argentina | 10.34 | q NU20R |
| 9 | 6 | Michael Gizzi | United States | 10.35 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Mukhethwa Tshifura | South Africa | 10.36 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Kakene Sitali | Zambia | 10.38 | q |
| 12 | 5 | Michael Onilogbo | Great Britain | 10.39 [.385] | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Laurenz Colbert | United States | 10.39 [.388] | Q |
| 14 | 7 | Bouwahjgie Nkrumie | Jamaica | 10.39 [.389] | Q |
| 15 | 6 | Ronal Longa | Colombia | 10.40 [.393] | q PB |
| 16 | 3 | Marek Zakrzewski | Poland | 10.40 [.395] | Q |
| 17 | 8 | Almond Small | Canada | 10.41 [.402] | q |
| 18 | 4 | Hiroto Fujiwara | Japan | 10.41 [.404] | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Reynaldo Espinosa | Cuba | 10.41 [.406] | Q |
| 20 | 5 | Connor Bond | Australia | 10.43 | q |
| 21 | 4 | Carlos Flórez | Colombia | 10.45 | q SB |
| 22 | 2 | Nazzio John | Grenada | 10.47 [.467] | q =SB |
| 23 | 8 | Diego González | Puerto Rico | 10.47 [.470] | q PB |
| 24 | 6 | Ajani Daley | Antigua and Barbuda | 10.48 | PB |
| 25 | 6 | Chidiera Onuoha | Germany | 10.50 | |
| 26 | 6 | Valtteri Louko | Finland | 10.52 | PB |
| 27 | 3 | Eduardo Longobardi | Italy | 10.53 [.525] | |
| 28 | 1 | Desmond Fraser | Canada | 10.53 [.530] | |
| 29 | 5 | Ogheneovo Mabilo | Nigeria | 10.54 | |
| 30 | 2 | Thawatchai Himaiad | Thailand | 10.55 | PB |
| 31 | 3 | Davonte Howell | Cayman Islands | 10.56 [.551] | PB |
| 32 | 7 | Jeff Erius | France | 10.56 [.555] | Q |
| 33 | 6 | Renan Correa | Brazil | 10.56 [.559] | |
| 34 | 1 | Jai Gordon | Australia | 10.59 | |
| 35 | 2 | Revell Webster | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.62 | |
| 36 | 7 | Eddie Reddemann | Germany | 10.63 [.624] | |
| 37 | 4 | Zachary Evans | Bahamas | 10.63 [.629] | |
| 38 | 3 | Niko Kangasoja | Finland | 10.66 [.656] | |
| 39 | 8 | Lucas Gabriel Fernandes | Brazil | 10.66 [.660] | |
| 40 | 7 | José Rodríguez | Mexico | 10.67 [.663] | |
| 41 | 2 | Wanya McCoy | Bahamas | 10.67 [.670] | |
| 42 | 4 | Mark Ren Lee | Singapore | 10.69 | |
| 43 | 3 | Wanyae Belle | British Virgin Islands | 10.71 | |
| 44 | 7 | Jernej Gumilar | Slovenia | 10.72 | |
| 45 | 1 | Kyle Lawrence | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.73 | |
| 46 | 5 | Paulo Pereira | Portugal | 10.78 | |
| 47 | 7 | Erik Erlandsson | Sweden | 10.81 | |
| 48 | 8 | Aman Khokhar | India | 10.84 | |
| 49 | 2 | Panashe Blessed Nhenga | Zimbabwe | 10.86 | |
| 50 | 7 | Bautista Diamante | Argentina | 10.89 | SB |
| 51 | 1 | Mohammed Hasan Miah | Bangladesh | 10.99 | SB |
| 52 | 5 | Beppe Grillo | Malta | 11.05 | |
| 53 | 7 | Miguel Ángel Aronátegui | Panama | 11.25 | =SB |
| 54 | 5 | Glenford Williams | Belize | 11.28 | =SB |
| 55 | 4 | Nathan Castro | Guam | 11.35 [.343] | NU20R |
| 56 | 2 | Ashley Manana | Madagascar | 11.35 [.344] | PB |
| 57 | 6 | Kylian Vatrican | Monaco | 11.35 [.346] | NU20R |
| 58 | 8 | Lassana Tarawally | Liberia | 11.39 | PB |
| 59 | 3 | Devin Augustine | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.39 | |
| 60 | 4 | Bryant Alamo | Venezuela | 28.32 | |
| | 4 | Adekalu Fakorede | Nigeria | DNS | DNS |
| | 5 | Shamar Horatio | Guyana | DNS | DNS |
| | 1 | Ezequiel Newton | Guyana | DNS | DNS |

### Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 2 August, with the 24 athletes involved being split into 3 heats of 8 athletes each. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) qualified to the final. The overall results were as follows:
Wind: Heat 1: +0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.7 m/s, Heat 3: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Puripol Boonson | Thailand | 10.09 | Q NU20R |
| 2 | 3 | Bouwahjgie Nkrumie | Jamaica | 10.11 | Q =NU20R |
| 3 | 1 | Letsile Tebogo | Botswana | 10.14 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Hiroki Yanagita | Japan | 10.15 | Q PB |
| 5 | 1 | Benjamin Richardson | South Africa | 10.17 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Muhd Azeem Fahmi | Malaysia | 10.19 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Laurenz Colbert | United States | 10.29 [.285] | q |
| 7 | 2 | Reynaldo Espinosa | Cuba | 10.29 [.285] | q PB |
| 9 | 2 | Michael Gizzi | United States | 10.30 [.291] | |
| 10 | 2 | Connor Bond | Australia | 10.30 [.292] | PB |
| 11 | 3 | Nazzio John | Grenada | 10.31 [.309] | PB |
| 11 | 3 | Alessio Faggin | Italy | 10.31 [.309] | |
| 13 | 2 | Jeff Erius | France | 10.34 | |
| 14 | 1 | Michael Onilogbo | Great Britain | 10.39 | |
| 15 | 1 | Diego González | Puerto Rico | 10.42 | PB |
| 16 | 1 | Kakene Sitali | Zambia | 10.43 | |
| 17 | 3 | Almond Small | Canada | 10.44 | |
| 18 | 2 | Carlos Flórez | Colombia | 10.45 [.444] | =SB |
| 19 | 1 | Ronal Longa | Colombia | 10.45 [.447] | |
| 20 | 3 | Hiroto Fujiwara | Japan | 10.48 | |
| 21 | 3 | Mukhethwa Tshifura | South Africa | 10.58 | |
| 22 | 3 | Tomás Mondino | Argentina | 10.59 | |
| 23 | 1 | Marek Zakrzewski | Poland | 10.68 | |
| | 2 | Sandrey Davison | Jamaica | DNF | DNF |

### Final

The final was started at 17:59 on 2 August. The results were as follows:
Wind: +0.8 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 4 | Letsile Tebogo | Botswana | 9.91 | WU20R |
| | 6 | Bouwahjgie Nkrumie | Jamaica | 10.02 | NU20R |
| | 7 | Benjamin Richardson | South Africa | 10.12 [.117] | |
| 4 | 5 | Puripol Boonson | Thailand | 10.12 [.118] | |
| 5 | 8 | Muhd Azeem Fahmi | Malaysia | 10.14 | |
| 6 | 3 | Hiroki Yanagita | Japan | 10.24 [.232] | |
| 7 | 1 | Laurenz Colbert | United States | 10.24 [.235] | |
| 8 | 2 | Reynaldo Espinosa | Cuba | 10.32 | |