# 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.

## 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 |
| World record | Asafa Powell | 9.77 | Gateshead, England | 11 June 2006 |
| World record | Asafa Powell | 9.77 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 | 8 | 7 | Mark Lewis-Francis | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.21 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | Matic Osovnikar | Slovenia (SLO) | 10.21 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Simone Collio | Italy (ITA) | 10.22 | Q |
| 11 | 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 |
| 14 | 2 | 5 | Derrick Atkins | Bahamas (BAH) | 10.25 | Q |
| 16 | 7 | 6 | Rosario La Mastra | Italy (ITA) | 10.27 | q, PB |
| 16 | 2 | 9 | Olusoji Fasuba | Nigeria (NGR) | 10.27 | q |
| 18 | 6 | 4 | Keston Bledman | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 10.29 | Q |
| 18 | 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 |
| 21 | 5 | 6 | Clement Campbell | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.31 | Q |
| 23 | 5 | 5 | Vicente de Lima | Brazil (BRA) | 10.34 | Q |
| 23 | 6 | 3 | Asafa Powell | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.34 | Q |
| 23 | 8 | 4 | Josh Ross | Australia (AUS) | 10.34 | q |
| 23 | 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 |
| 45 | 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 |
| 5 | 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 |
| 10 | 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 | |
| 16 | 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 | |
| 19 | 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 | |
| 26 | 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 | |
| 31 | 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 |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Kim Collins | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 10.21 | SB |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Nesta Carter | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.28 | |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | Clement Campbell | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.28 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Brendan Christian | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | 10.29 | |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Craig Pickering | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.29 | |
| 16 | 1 | 3 | Nobuharu Asahara | Japan (JPN) | 10.36 | |

### Final

| 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 | |