# 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Dexter Lee Jamaica |
| Silver | Wilhelm van der Vyver South Africa |
| Bronze | Terrell Wilks United States |

## Results
### Final

9 July Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Dexter Lee | Jamaica | 10.40 |
| | Wilhelm van der Vyver | South Africa | 10.42 |
| | Terrell Wilks | United States | 10.45 |
| 4 | Yohan Blake | Jamaica | 10.51 |
| 5 | Benjamin Olsson | Sweden | 10.67 |
| 6 | David Lescay | Cuba | 10.71 |
| 7 | Shehan Abeypitiyage | Sri Lanka | 10.71 |
| 8 | Kemar Hyman | Cayman Islands | 10.79 |

### Semifinals

8 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Terrell Wilks | United States | 10.37 | Q |
| 2 | Benjamin Olsson | Sweden | 10.57 | Q |
| 3 | David Ambler | New Zealand | 10.63 | |
| 4 | Lai Chun Ho | Hong Kong | 10.67 | |
| 5 | Ufomba Chime | Nigeria | 10.73 | |
| 6 | Valerio Rosichini | Italy | 10.75 | |
| 7 | Calvin Kang Li Loong | Singapore | 10.75 | |
| 8 | Aleksandr Shpaer | Russia | 10.78 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wilhelm van der Vyver | South Africa | 10.38 | Q |
| 2 | Dexter Lee | Jamaica | 10.42 | Q |
| 3 | Kemar Hyman | Cayman Islands | 10.57 | q |
| 4 | Shehan Abeypitiyage | Sri Lanka | 10.59 | q |
| 5 | Václav Zich | Czech Republic | 10.63 | |
| 6 | Tsui Chi Ho | Hong Kong | 10.74 | |
| 7 | Romain Burel | France | 10.82 | |
| | Antonio Sales | United States | DQ | IAAF rule 162.7 |

#### Semifinal 3

Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yohan Blake | Jamaica | 10.42 | Q |
| 2 | David Lescay | Cuba | 10.59 | Q |
| 3 | Tyrone Halstead | Canada | 10.65 | |
| 4 | Emmanouíl Koutsouklákis | Greece | 10.66 | |
| 5 | Pascal Mancini | Switzerland | 10.67 | |
| 6 | David Walters | U.S. Virgin Islands | 10.74 | |
| 7 | Su Wai'bou Sanneh | Gambia | 10.75 | |
| 8 | Miguel López | Puerto Rico | 10.75 | |

### Heats

8 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Antonio Sales | United States | 10.49 | Q |
| 2 | Tsui Chi Ho | Hong Kong | 10.67 | Q |
| 3 | Bernhard Chudarek | Austria | 10.70 | |
| 4 | Philippos Spastris | Cyprus | 10.72 | |
| 5 | Philip Berntsen | Norway | 10.74 | |
| 6 | Izzet Safer | Turkey | 10.90 | |
| 7 | Ángel Miret | Andorra | 11.51 | |
| 8 | Jesus Iguel | Northern Mariana Islands | 11.71 | |
| 9 | Tim Natua | Kiribati | 11.88 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +1.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | David Lescay | Cuba | 10.47 | Q |
| 2 | Václav Zich | Czech Republic | 10.58 | Q |
| 3 | Valerio Rosichini | Italy | 10.63 | q |
| 4 | Romain Burel | France | 10.66 | q |
| 5 | Roscoe Engel | South Africa | 10.72 | |
| 6 | Alvaro Cassiani | Venezuela | 10.77 | |
| 7 | Mohd Zabidi Ahmed | Malaysia | 10.96 | |
| 8 | Bali Ram Chaudhari | Nepal | 11.72 | |
| | Liang Tse-Ching | Chinese Taipei | DQ | IAAF rule 162.7 |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Terrell Wilks | United States | 10.28 | Q |
| 2 | Calvin Kang Li Loong | Singapore | 10.62 | Q |
| 3 | Emmanouíl Koutsouklákis | Greece | 10.68 | q |
| 4 | Edoardo Baini | Italy | 10.75 | |
| 5 | Oskar Åberg | Sweden | 10.88 | |
| 6 | Alonso Edward | Panama | 10.91 | |
| 7 | Gordon Heather | Cook Islands | 11.57 | |
| 8 | Bryan Brown | Costa Rica | 12.12 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Benjamin Olsson | Sweden | 10.58 | Q |
| 2 | Pascal Mancini | Switzerland | 10.58 | Q |
| 3 | David Walters | U.S. Virgin Islands | 10.66 | q |
| 4 | Ufomba Chime | Nigeria | 10.68 | q |
| 5 | Kendall Bacchus | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.77 | |
| 6 | Martin Lamy | France | 10.79 | |
| 7 | Mosito Lehata | Lesotho | 11.09 | |
| 8 | Denvil Ruan | Anguilla | 11.43 | |
| 9 | Azneem Ahmed | Maldives | 11.55 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | David Ambler | New Zealand | 10.58 | Q |
| 2 | Kemar Hyman | Cayman Islands | 10.65 | Q |
| 3 | Dexter Lee | Jamaica | 10.65 | q |
| 4 | Pavel Maslák | Czech Republic | 10.75 | |
| 5 | Weerawat Pharueang | Thailand | 10.87 | |
| 6 | Thomas Slowinski | French Polynesia | 11.42 | |
| 7 | Emile Nisap | Vanuatu | 11.64 | |
| | Matic Molicnik | Slovenia | DQ | IAAF rule 162.7 |

#### Heat 6

Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tyrone Halstead | Canada | 10.60 | Q |
| 2 | Lai Chun Ho | Hong Kong | 10.60 | Q |
| 3 | Su Yung-Chun | Chinese Taipei | 10.74 | |
| 4 | Semih Sencer | Turkey | 10.90 | |
| 5 | Thamer Nasser Thani | Qatar | 11.03 | |
| 6 | Bartosz Wojciechowski | Poland | 11.14 | |
| 7 | Sadio Diallo | Mali | 11.17 | |
| 8 | Alfred Adison | Solomon Islands | 11.19 | |

#### Heat 7

Wind: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Shehan Abeypitiyage | Sri Lanka | 10.68 | Q |
| 2 | Aleksandr Shpaer | Russia | 10.77 | Q |
| 3 | Genki Kawai | Japan | 10.86 | |
| 4 | Artur Zaczek | Poland | 10.86 | |
| 5 | Tre Houston | Bermuda | 10.92 | |
| 6 | Silyan Georgiev | Bulgaria | 10.95 | |
| 7 | Courtney Williams | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.19 | |

#### Heat 8

Wind: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Yohan Blake | Jamaica | 10.56 | Q |
| 2 | Miguel López | Puerto Rico | 10.69 | Q |
| 3 | Phillip Hayle | Canada | 10.70 | |
| 4 | Youssouf Mhadjou | Comoros | 10.72 | |
| 5 | James Alaka | United Kingdom | 10.75 | |
| 6 | Artyom Kravtsov | Russia | 11.01 | |
| 7 | Dayne O'Hara | Norfolk Island | 12.03 | |
| 8 | Jeffrey Tago | American Samoa | 13.18 | |

#### Heat 9

Wind: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Wilhelm van der Vyver | South Africa | 10.50 | Q |
| 2 | Su Wai'bou Sanneh | Gambia | 10.62 | Q |
| 3 | Femi Owolade | Nigeria | 10.89 | |
| 4 | Yuichi Kobayashi | Japan | 10.97 | |
| 5 | Edi Sousa | Portugal | 11.00 | |
| 6 | Ahmed Al-Merjabi | Oman | 11.20 | |
| 7 | Kethsada Phengsawath | Laos | 11.85 | |
| 8 | Khiev Samnang | Cambodia | 11.88 | |
| 9 | Ahmed Farhad Tawabi | Afghanistan | 12.39 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 75 athletes from 60 countries participated in the event.
* Afghanistan (1)
* American Samoa (1)
* Andorra (1)
* Anguilla (1)
* Austria (1)
* Bermuda (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Cambodia (1)
* Canada (2)
* Cayman Islands (1)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Comoros (1)
* Cook Islands (1)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czech Republic (2)
* France (2)
* French Polynesia (1)
* Gambia (1)
* Greece (1)
* Hong Kong (2)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (2)
* Kiribati (1)
* Laos (1)
* Lesotho (1)
* Malaysia (1)
* Maldives (1)
* Mali (1)
* Nepal (1)
* New Zealand (1)
* Nigeria (2)
* Norfolk Island (1)
* Northern Mariana Islands (1)
* Norway (1)
* Oman (1)
* Panama (1)
* Poland (2)
* Portugal (1)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Qatar (1)
* Russia (2)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
* Singapore (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* Solomon Islands (1)
* South Africa (2)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* Thailand (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Turkey (2)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
* Vanuatu (1)
* Venezuela (1)