# 2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 15 and 16 July 2022. 76 athletes from 53 nations entered to the competition.

## Summary

The defending champion Christian Coleman got his customary fast start, with Marvin Bracy, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown and Aaron Brown all out fast on the opposite side of the track. By 40 metres Bracy and Coleman were clear leaders with Fred Kerley just an arm's length back. Over the next 20 metres, Bracy separated to a full metre over Kerley as Coleman was straining. Next to last out of the blocks, Trayvon Bromell came back to pass Coleman with 30 metres to go as all four American sprinters occupied the top places with Bromell about even with Kerley and Bracy clearly ahead. In the three steps from 20 to 10 metres before the finish, Kerley made up the gap on Bracy and in the final 10 metres edged ahead. Bracy began to lean early straining for the finish, almost being caught by Bromell for silver, the medal decided by 2 thousandths of a second.
In the premiere event of the games, USA achieved a sweep at home. Meanwhile, defending 2021 Olympic gold medalist, Marcell Jacobs of Italy, ran a 10.02 in his opening heat and withdrew from the semi-finals, citing a thigh injury.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
| Championship record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
| World Leading | Fred Kerley (USA) | 9.76 | Eugene, United States | 24 June 2022 |
| African Record | Ferdinand Omanyala (KEN) | 9.77 | Nairobi, Kenya | 18 September 2021 |
| Asian Record | Su Bingtian (CHN) | 9.83 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 August 2021 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
| South American Record | Robson da Silva (BRA) | 10.00A | Mexico City, Mexico | 22 July 1988 |
| European Record | Marcell Jacobs (ITA) | 9.80 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 August 2021 |
| Oceanian record | Patrick Johnson (AUS) | 9.93 | Mito, Japan | 5 May 2003 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 10.05.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 15 July | 12:30 | Preliminary round |
| 15 July | 18:50 | Heats |
| 16 July | 18:00 | Semi-finals |
| 16 July | 19:50 | Final |

## Results
### Preliminary round

The preliminary round took place on 15 July, with the 28 athletes involved being split into 4 heats of 7 athletes each. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 6 fastest ( q ) qualified for the round 1. The overall results were as follows:
Wind: Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: +1.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Emanuel Archibald | Guyana (GUY) | 10.31 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Ebrahima Camara | Gambia (GAM) | 10.37 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Lalu Muhammad Zohri | Indonesia (INA) | 10.46 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | Imranur Rahman | Bangladesh (BAN) | 10.47 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Dorian Keletela | Congo (CGO) | 10.48 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | César Almirón | Paraguay (PAR) | 10.49 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Lionel Tshimanga Muteba | DR Congo (COD) | 10.64 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Hussein Ali Al Khafaji | Iraq (IRQ) | 10.65 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Ildar Akhmadiev | Tajikistan (TJK) | 10.66 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Francesco Sansovini | San Marino (SMR) | 10.67 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Noureddine Hadid | Lebanon (LIB) | 10.68 | q, SB |
| 12 | 4 | Melique García | Honduras (HON) | 10.70 | q, SB |
| 13 | 1 | Shaun Gill | Belize (BIZ) | 10.76 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Hassan Saaid | Maldives (MDV) | 10.77 | q, SB |
| 15 | 3 | Craig Gill | Gibraltar (GIB) | 11.24 [.232] | SB |
| 16 | 4 | Omar Aburouss | Jordan (JOR) | 11.24 [.233] | SB |
| 17 | 3 | Lataisi Mwea | Kiribati (KIR) | 11.43 [.424] | |
| 17 | 4 | Said Gilani | Afghanistan (AFG) | 11.43 [.424] | SB |
| 19 | 2 | Karalo Maibuca | Tuvalu (TUV) | 11.46 | SB |
| 20 | 4 | Tikove Piira | Cook Islands (COK) | 11.56 | SB |
| 21 | 1 | Scott Fiti | Micronesia (FSM) | 11.61 | SB |
| 22 | 2 | Ignacio Blaluk | Palau (PLW) | 11.66 | PB |
| 23 | 3 | Nathan Crumpton | American Samoa (ASA) | 11.71 | SB |
| 24 | 1 | Mipham Yoezer Gurung | Bhutan (BHU) | 11.86 | PB |
| 25 | 2 | Nehumi Tuihalamaka | Tonga (TGA) | 12.22 | PB |
| | 4 | Banuve Tabakaucoro | Fiji (FIJ) | | DQ |
| | 2 | Ahmed Amaar | Libya (LBA) | | DNS |
| | 3 | Boubacar Barry | Guinea (GUI) | | DNS |

### Round 1 (heats)

Round 1 took place on 15 July, with the 57 athletes involved being split into 7 heats, 6 heats of 8 and 1 of 9 athletes. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 3 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-final. The overall results were as follows:
Wind: Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.6 m/s, Heat 4: +0.2 m/s, Heat 5: +1.1 m/s, Heat 6: +0.5 m/s, Heat 7: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Fred Kerley | United States (USA) | 9.79 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Trayvon Bromell | United States (USA) | 9.89 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Oblique Seville | Jamaica (JAM) | 9.93 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Letsile Tebogo | Botswana (BOT) | 9.94 | Q, WU20R, NR |
| 5 | 2 | Zharnel Hughes | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 9.97 | Q, =SB |
| 6 | 7 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Japan (JPN) | 9.98 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | Emmanuel Matadi | Liberia (LBR) | 9.99 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Favour Ashe | Nigeria (NGR) | 10.00 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Arthur Cissé | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.02 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 4 | Marcell Jacobs | Italy (ITA) | 10.04 [.032] | Q, =SB |
| 11 | 5 | Yohan Blake | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.04 [.035] | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Marvin Bracy | United States (USA) | 10.05 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Aaron Brown | Canada (CAN) | 10.06 | Q, SB |
| 14 | 5 | Akani Simbine | South Africa (RSA) | 10.07 | q |
| 15 | 6 | Christian Coleman | United States (USA) | 10.08 [.071] | Q |
| 16 | 7 | Edward Osei-Nketia | New Zealand (NZL) | 10.08 [.078] | Q, NR |
| 17 | 7 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Kenya (KEN) | 10.10 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Rodrigo do Nascimento | Brazil (BRA) | 10.11 | Q |
| 19 | 6 | Andre de Grasse | Canada (CAN) | 10.12 [.111] | Q |
| 20 | 4 | Ryuichiro Sakai | Japan (JPN) | 10.12 [.114] | Q |
| 21 | 2 | Su Bingtian | China (CHN) | 10.15 [.142] | q, =SB |
| 22 | 1 | Ackeem Blake | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.15 [.144] | Q |
| 23 | 4 | Reece Prescod | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.15 [.145] | |
| 24 | 3 | Jerome Blake | Canada (CAN) | 10.16 | |
| 25 | 7 | Ismaël Koné | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.17 [.161] | |
| 26 | 1 | Raymond Ekevwo | Nigeria (NGR) | 10.17 [.162] | Q |
| 27 | 1 | Cejhae Greene | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | 10.17 [.164] | |
| 28 | 6 | Erik Cardoso | Brazil (BRA) | 10.18 [.173] | Q |
| 29 | 6 | Benjamin Azamati | Ghana (GHA) | 10.18 [.180] | |
| 30 | 6 | Gift Leotlela | South Africa (RSA) | 10.19 [.187] | |
| 30 | 3 | Yupun Abeykoon | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 10.19 [.187] | |
| 32 | 4 | Julian Wagner | Germany (GER) | 10.21 [.201] | |
| 33 | 4 | Shainer Rengifo Montoya | Cuba (CUB) | 10.21 [.204] | |
| 34 | 2 | Jerod Elcock | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 10.22 [.215] | |
| 35 | 7 | Felipe Bardi | Brazil (BRA) | 10.22 [.218] | |
| 35 | 1 | Rohan Browning | Australia (AUS) | 10.22 [.218] | |
| 37 | 7 | Joseph Paul Amoah | Ghana (GHA) | 10.22 [.220] | |
| 38 | 5 | Samson Colebrooke | Bahamas (BAH) | 10.23 | |
| 39 | 2 | Emanuel Archibald | Guyana (GUY) | 10.24 | |
| 40 | 6 | Udodi Chudi Onwuzurike | Nigeria (NGR) | 10.26 | |
| 41 | 5 | Jake Doran | Australia (AUS) | 10.29 | |
| 42 | 1 | Chituru Ali | Italy (ITA) | 10.40 | |
| 43 | 1 | Lalu Muhammad Zohri | Indonesia (INA) | 10.42 | SB |
| 44 | 7 | Clarence Munyai | South Africa (RSA) | 10.47 | |
| 45 | 3 | Ebrahima Camara | Gambia (GAM) | 10.48 | |
| 46 | 5 | César Almirón | Paraguay (PAR) | 10.51 | |
| 47 | 4 | Dorian Keletela | Athlete Refugee Team (ART) | 10.52 [.513] | |
| 48 | 3 | Femi Ogunode | Qatar (QAT) | 10.52 [.515] | SB |
| 49 | 6 | Hussein Ali Al Khafaji | Iraq (IRQ) | 10.55 | |
| 50 | 7 | Lionel Tshimanga Muteba | DR Congo (COD) | 10.60 | |
| 51 | 1 | Francesco Sansovini | San Marino (SMR) | 10.71 | |
| 52 | 7 | Noureddine Hadid | Lebanon (LIB) | 10.72 | |
| 53 | 3 | Shaun Gill | Belize (BIZ) | 10.77 | |
| 54 | 2 | Hassan Saaid | Maldives (MDV) | 10.83 | |
| 55 | 6 | Ildar Akhmadiev | Tajikistan (TJK) | 10.85 | |
| 56 | 5 | Melique García | Honduras (HON) | 10.88 | |
| | 4 | Imranur Rahman | Bangladesh (BAN) | | DNS |

### Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 16 July, 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 for the final. The overall results were as follows:
Wind: Heat 1: +0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Oblique Seville | Jamaica (JAM) | 9.90 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Marvin Bracy | United States (USA) | 9.93 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Akani Simbine | South Africa (RSA) | 9.97 [.966] | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | Trayvon Bromell | United States (USA) | 9.97 [.967] | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Fred Kerley | United States (USA) | 10.02 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Christian Coleman | United States (USA) | 10.05 [.042] | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Japan (JPN) | 10.05 [.044] | q |
| 8 | 3 | Aaron Brown | Canada (CAN) | 10.06 | q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | Yohan Blake | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.12 [.111] | |
| 10 | 1 | Emmanuel Matadi | Liberia (LBR) | 10.12 [.113] | |
| 11 | 3 | Favour Ashe | Nigeria (NGR) | 10.12 [.118] | |
| 12 | 2 | Zharnel Hughes | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.13 | |
| 13 | 3 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Kenya (KEN) | 10.14 | |
| 14 | 3 | Erik Cardoso | Brazil (BRA) | 10.15 | |
| 15 | 1 | Arthur Cissé | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.16 | |
| 16 | 3 | Letsile Tebogo | Botswana (BOT) | 10.17 | |
| 17 | 1 | Rodrigo do Nascimento | Brazil (BRA) | 10.19 [.185] | |
| 18 | 2 | Ackeem Blake | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.19 [.190] | |
| 19 | 1 | Raymond Ekevwo | Nigeria (NGR) | 10.20 | |
| 20 | 2 | Andre de Grasse | Canada (CAN) | 10.21 | |
| 21 | 2 | Ryuichiro Sakai | Japan (JPN) | 10.23 | |
| 22 | 2 | Edward Osei-Nketia | New Zealand (NZL) | 10.29 | |
| 23 | 2 | Su Bingtian | China (CHN) | 10.30 | |
| | 3 | Marcell Jacobs | Italy (ITA) | DNS | DNS |

### Final

The final was started at 19:50 on 16 July. The results were as follows:
Wind: -0.1 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Fred Kerley | United States (USA) | 9.86 |
| | 3 | Marvin Bracy | United States (USA) | 9.88 [.874] |
| | 8 | Trayvon Bromell | United States (USA) | 9.88 [.876] |
| 4 | 6 | Oblique Seville | Jamaica (JAM) | 9.97 |
| 5 | 5 | Akani Simbine | South Africa (RSA) | 10.01 [.003] |
| 6 | 7 | Christian Coleman | United States (USA) | 10.01 [.005] |
| 7 | 1 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Japan (JPN) | 10.06 |
| 8 | 2 | Aaron Brown | Canada (CAN) | 10.07 |