# 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 10 and 11 August.
Two national records were set in the preliminary round and Zhang Peimeng tied his own Chinese national record while qualifying in the heats. Zhang improved his record to 10.00 in the semifinal, but failed to advance to the final, it took 9 thousands faster as Christophe Lemaitre was the last qualifier. He was also timed officially in 10.00 in the same second heat of the semifinal round. Jamaica qualified four individuals into the final.
With his record, Usain Bolt was the favorite and with defending champion Yohan Blake injured, Justin Gatlin was Bolt's closest expected rival. Gatlin did have an early season victory against Bolt.
The final was held in a rainstorm. Gatlin got the best start, but Bolt, who overtook Gatlin, pulled away for the win. Nesta Carter chased them to finish third. Under the conditions, the medallists were the only finalists to improve upon their semifinal time in better weather earlier in the evening.
With the Russian all comers record at 10.03 coming into this meet, three competitors improved upon this mark through the heats. First Kemar Bailey-Cole improved the record to 10.02 in heat 1, which stood for less than 10 minutes when Gatlin took the record to 9.99 in heat 3 and 15 minutes later, Mike Rodgers improved it to 9.98 in heat 6. In the first semifinal, Gatlin regained the record, running 9.94, which lasted until the next semifinal when Nickel Ashmeade ran 9.90. Bolt settled the issue in the final with his 9.77.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| 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 | Tyson Gay (USA) | 9.75 | Des Moines, IA, United States | 21 June 2013 |
| African Record | Olusoji Fasuba (NGR) | 9.85 | Doha, Qatar | 12 May 2006 |
| Asian Record | Samuel Francis (QAT) | 9.99 | Amman, Jordan | 26 July 2007 |
| 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 | Francis Obikwelu (POR) | 9.86 | Athens, Greece | 22 August 2004 |
| Oceanian record | Patrick Johnson (AUS) | 9.93 | Mito, Japan | 5 May 2003 |

## Qualification standards

| A time | B time |
| 10.15 | 10.21 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 10 August 2013 | 10:10 | Preliminary round |
| 10 August 2013 | 20:15 | Heats |
| 11 August 2013 | 19:05 | Semifinals |
| 11 August 2013 | 21:50 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+4)

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Preliminary round

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advanced to the heats.
Despite being last in his heat and among the slowest runners to feature at the championships, Afghanistan's Masoud Azizi was disqualified for performance-enhancing drug use after a positive test for nandrolone.
Wind: Heat 1: -0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 3: -0.5 m/s, Heat 4: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | Barakat Al-Harthi | Oman (OMN) | 10.47 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Aleksandr Brednev | Russia (RUS) | 10.49 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Daniel Bailey | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | 10.51 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 8 | Innocent Bologo | Burkina Faso (BUR) | 10.51 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Calvin Kang Li Loong | Singapore (SIN) | 10.52 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Ratu Banuve Tabakaucoro | Fiji (FIJ) | 10.53 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 3 | 5 | Idrissa Adam | Cameroon (CMR) | 10.56 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Holder da Silva | Guinea-Bissau (GBS) | 10.59 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 7 | Shernyl Burns | Montserrat (MNT) | 10.63 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 9 | Ifrish Alberg | Suriname (SUR) | 10.70 | q |
| 11 | 2 | 4 | Sapwaturrahman Sapwaturrahman | Indonesia (INA) | 10.75 | q, SB |
| 12 | 4 | 3 | Devilert Arsene Kimbembe | Congo (CGO) | 10.77 | SB |
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Kieron Rogers | Anguilla (AIA) | 10.80 | |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | Mohammed Abukhousa | Palestine (PLE) | 10.87 | NR |
| 15 | 4 | 5 | Denielsan Martins | Cape Verde (CPV) | 10.92 | NR |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | Siueni Filimone | Tonga (TGA) | 10.93 | |
| 17 | 1 | 2 | Riste Pandev | Macedonia (MKD) | 10.97 | |
| 18 | 3 | 6 | Hugues Tshiyinga Mafo | DR Congo (COD) | 11.11 | PB |
| 19 | 1 | 7 | Faresa Kapisi | American Samoa (ASA) | 11.21 | PB |
| 20 | 3 | 8 | Masbah Ahmmed | Bangladesh (BAN) | 11.23 | |
| 21 | 1 | 8 | Mikel de Sa | Andorra (AND) | 11.24 | SB |
| 22 | 3 | 7 | Michael Alicto | Guam (GUM) | 11.39 | PB |
| 23 | 1 | 4 | Daniel Philimon | Vanuatu (VAN) | 11.53 | PB |
| 24 | 3 | 4 | Okilani Tinilau | Tuvalu (TUV) | 11.57 | SB |
| 25 | 2 | 3 | Jesus T. Iguel | Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) | 11.65 | PB |
| 26 | 2 | 9 | Roman William Cress | Marshall Islands (MHL) | 11.65 | SB |
| 27 | 1 | 3 | Christopher Lima da Costa | São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) | 11.79 | SB |
| 28 | 2 | 5 | Gauthier Okawe | Gabon (GAB) | 11.83 | PB |
| 29 | 2 | 7 | McCaffrey Gilmete | Micronesia (FSM) | 11.86 | PB |
| — | 4 | 8 | Masoud Azizi | Afghanistan (AFG) | 11.78 | DQ |

### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: −0.2 m/s, Heat 2: −0.4 m/s, Heat 3: −0.3 m/s, Heat 4: −0.2 m/s, Heat 5: −0.1 m/s, Heat 6: −0.1 m/s, Heat 7: −0.4 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Mike Rodgers | United States (USA) | 9.98 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Justin Gatlin | United States (USA) | 9.99 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Keston Bledman | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 10.02 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Kemar Bailey-Cole | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.02 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Zhang Peimeng | China (CHN) | 10.04 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 5 | Jimmy Vicaut | France (FRA) | 10.06 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.07 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Nesta Carter | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.11 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | Nickel Ashmeade | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.12 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 10.12 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.14 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Richard Thompson | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 10.14 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Aaron Brown | Canada (CAN) | 10.15 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.16 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | Su Bingtian | China (CHN) | 10.16 | q |
| 16 | 7 | Anaso Jobodwana | South Africa (RSA) | 10.17 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands (NED) | 10.17 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Antoine Adams | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 10.18 | q |
| 19 | 7 | Ramon Gittens | Barbados (BAR) | 10.19 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | Jason Rogers | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 10.19 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | James Dasaolu | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.20 | q |
| 22 | 5 | Samuel Francis | Qatar (QAT) | 10.21 | Q |
| 22 | 3 | Sam Effah | Canada (CAN) | 10.21 | |
| 22 | 7 | Ryota Yamagata | Japan (JPN) | 10.21 | |
| 25 | 5 | Ángel David Rodríguez | Spain (ESP) | 10.23 | |
| 26 | 7 | Rondel Sorrillo | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 10.25 | |
| 27 | 6 | Ogho-Oghene Egwero | Nigeria (NGR) | 10.26 | |
| 28 | 4 | Julian Reus | Germany (GER) | 10.27 | |
| 29 | 1 | Gabriel Mvumvure | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 10.28 | Q |
| 30 | 4 | Denis Dimitrov | Bulgaria (BUL) | 10.29 | |
| 31 | 1 | Adam Harris | Guyana (GUY) | 10.30 | |
| 31 | 2 | Gavin Smellie | Canada (CAN) | 10.30 | Q |
| 33 | 2 | Yoshihide Kiryu | Japan (JPN) | 10.31 | |
| 34 | 1 | Martin Keller | Germany (GER) | 10.32 | |
| 35 | 5 | Charles Silmon | United States (USA) | 10.34 | |
| 36 | 3 | Shavez Hart | Bahamas (BAH) | 10.36 | |
| 37 | 2 | Andrew Hinds | Barbados (BAR) | 10.38 | |
| 37 | 3 | Akani Simbine | South Africa (RSA) | 10.38 | |
| 39 | 7 | Hua Wilfried Koffi | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.40 | |
| 40 | 6 | Daniel Bailey | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | 10.45 | |
| 41 | 5 | Reza Ghasemi | Iran (IRI) | 10.46 | |
| 41 | 1 | Suwaibou Sanneh | Gambia (GAM) | 10.46 | |
| 41 | 2 | Adam Zavacký | Slovakia (SVK) | 10.46 | |
| 44 | 2 | Álex Quiñónez | Ecuador (ECU) | 10.50 | |
| 45 | 5 | Aleksandr Brednev | Russia (RUS) | 10.52 | |
| 46 | 4 | Barakat Al-Harthi | Oman (OMN) | 10.53 | |
| 46 | 6 | Banuve Tabakaucoro | Fiji (FIJ) | 10.53 | |
| 48 | 1 | Innocent Bologo | Burkina Faso (BUR) | 10.57 | |
| 48 | 6 | Hassan Taftian | Iran (IRI) | 10.57 | |
| 50 | 1 | Calvin Kang Li Loong | Singapore (SIN) | 10.66 | |
| 51 | 4 | Shernyl Burns | Montserrat (MNT) | 10.69 | |
| 52 | 3 | Idrissa Adam | Cameroon (CMR) | 10.70 | |
| 52 | 5 | Holder da Silva | Guinea-Bissau (GBS) | 10.70 | |
| 54 | 7 | Sapwaturrahman Sapwaturrahman | Indonesia (INA) | 10.89 | |
| | 2 | Ifrish Alberg | Suriname (SUR) | DNF | |
| | 7 | Kemar Hyman | Cayman Islands (CAY) | DQ | R 162.7 |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the finals.
Wind: Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 6 | Nickel Ashmeade | Jamaica (JAM) | 9.90 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica (JAM) | 9.92 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Kemar Bailey-Cole | Jamaica (JAM) | 9.93 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Mike Rodgers | United States (USA) | 9.93 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Justin Gatlin | United States (USA) | 9.94 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Nesta Carter | Jamaica (JAM) | 9.97 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | James Dasaolu | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 9.97 | q |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 10.00 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 5 | Zhang Peimeng | China (CHN) | 10.00 | NR |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Jimmy Vicaut | France (FRA) | 10.01 | |
| 11 | 3 | 7 | Keston Bledman | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 10.08 | |
| 12 | 3 | 9 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands (NED) | 10.09 | |
| 13 | 3 | 6 | Aaron Brown | Canada (CAN) | 10.15 | |
| 14 | 2 | 9 | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.15 | |
| 15 | 2 | 8 | Jason Rogers | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 10.15 | |
| 16 | 3 | 3 | Antoine Adams | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 10.17 | |
| 17 | 1 | 8 | Anaso Jobodwana | South Africa (RSA) | 10.17 | |
| 18 | 1 | 6 | Richard Thompson | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 10.19 | |
| 19 | 1 | 3 | Gabriel Mvumvure | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 10.21 | |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | Gavin Smellie | Canada (CAN) | 10.30 | |
| 21 | 3 | 8 | Ramon Gittens | Barbados (BAR) | 10.31 | |
| 22 | 1 | 9 | Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.34 | |
| | 1 | 2 | Su Bingtian | China (CHN) | DQ | R 162.7 |
| | 3 | 2 | Samuel Francis | Qatar (QAT) | DNS | |

### Final

Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica (JAM) | 9.77 | WL, SB |
| | 5 | Justin Gatlin | United States (USA) | 9.85 | SB |
| | 8 | Nesta Carter | Jamaica (JAM) | 9.95 | |
| 4 | 7 | Kemar Bailey-Cole | Jamaica (JAM) | 9.98 | |
| 5 | 4 | Nickel Ashmeade | Jamaica (JAM) | 9.98 | |
| 6 | 9 | Mike Rodgers | United States (USA) | 10.04 | |
| 7 | 3 | Christophe Lemaitre | France (FRA) | 10.06 | |
| 8 | 2 | James Dasaolu | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.21 | |