2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 7. The winning margin was 0.17 seconds which as of 2024 is the greatest winning margin for the men's 100 metres at these championships.

Men's 100 metres
at the 2005 World Championships
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
Dates6 August (heats and quarter-finals)
7 August (semi-finals and final)
Competitors58
Winning time9.88
Medalists
gold medal    United States
silver medal    Jamaica
bronze medal    Saint Kitts and Nevis
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The top three runners in each of the initial eight heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next ten fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 32 runners competed in four heats in the second round, with the top three runners from each heat and the single next fastest runner qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinal heats, and only the top four from each heat advanced to the final.

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record   Asafa Powell (JAM) 9.77 Athens, Greece 14 June 2005
Championship record   Maurice Greene (USA) 9.80 Seville, Spain 22 August 1999
World Leading   Asafa Powell (JAM) 9.77 Athens, Greece 14 June 2005
African Record   Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 9.86 Lausanne, Switzerland 3 July 1996
Asian Record   Koji Ito (JPN) 10.00 Bangkok, Thailand 13 December 1998
North, Central American and Caribbean record   Asafa Powell (JAM) 9.77 Athens, Greece 14 June 2005
South American Record   Robson da Silva (BRA) 10.00 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

Medals

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Gold Silver Bronze
Justin Gatlin
  United States
Michael Frater
  Jamaica
Kim Collins
  Saint Kitts and Nevis

Results

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All times shown are in seconds.
Q denotes qualification by place.
q denotes qualification by time.
DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
AR denotes area record
NR denotes national record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season's best.

Round 1 (Heats)

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Round 1 took place on 6 August, with the 62 athletes involved being split into 8 heats of 7 or 8 athletes each. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 8 fastest ( q ) qualified for the quarter-final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: +0.9 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s, Heat 5: 0.0 m/s, Heat 6: +0.4 m/s, Heat 7: +0.3 m/s, Heat 8: −1.4 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 Leonard Scott   United States (USA) 10.12 Q
2 2 Ronald Pognon   France (FRA) 10.15 Q
3 Dwight Thomas   Jamaica (JAM) 10.15 Q
4 2 Ainsley Waugh   Jamaica (JAM) 10.16 Q, PB
4 Justin Gatlin   United States (USA) 10.16 Q
6 1 Francis Obikwelu   Portugal (POR) 10.17 Q
5 Uchenna Emedolu   Nigeria (NGR) 10.17 Q
8 2 Olusoji Fasuba   Nigeria (NGR) 10.19 Q
8 Jason Gardener   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.19 Q
10 3 Patrick Johnson   Australia (AUS) 10.20 Q, SB
11 1 Shawn Crawford   United States (USA) 10.23 Q
12 3 Darrel Brown   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.25 Q
6 Marlon Devonish   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.25 Q
14 1 Simone Collio   Italy (ITA) 10.27 Q
15 4 Joshua Ross   Australia (AUS) 10.28 Q
16 8 Aziz Zakari   Ghana (GHA) 10.30 Q
17 5 Jacey Harper   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.31 Q
7 Kim Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 10.31 Q
2 Guus Hoogmoed   Netherlands (NED) 10.31 q
20 7 Michael Frater   Jamaica (JAM) 10.32 Q
5 Obadele Thompson   Barbados (BAR) 10.32 q
22 8 Deji Aliu   Nigeria (NGR) 10.36 Q
23 2 Lukasz Chyla   Poland (POL) 10.39 q
24 4 Nobuharu Asahara   Japan (JPN) 10.40 Q
1 Nicolas Macrozonaris   Canada (CAN) 10.40 q, SB
3 Matic Osovnikar   Slovenia (SLO) 10.40 q
4 Mark Lewis-Francis   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.40 q
28 6 Marc Burns   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.42 Q
29 7 Idrissa Sanou   Burkina Faso (BUR) 10.43 Q
30 7 Salem Mubarak Al-Yami   Saudi Arabia (KSA) 10.45 q
31 6 Churandy Martina   Netherlands Antilles (AHO) 10.46 Q
32 7 Juan Sainfleur   Dominican Republic (DOM) 10.47 q
33 3 Markus Pöyhönen   Finland (FIN) 10.49
8 Daniel Bailey   Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) 10.49
35 5 Pierre Browne   Canada (CAN) 10.50
36 4 Leigh Julius   South Africa (RSA) 10.51
37 8 Cláudio Roberto Souza   Brazil (BRA) 10.55
38 6 Tlhalosang Molapisi   Botswana (BOT) 10.71
39 7 Rolando Palacios   Honduras (HON) 10.73 NR
40 1 Philam Garcia   Guam (GUM) 10.79
41 2 Shameer Ayub   Singapore (SIN) 10.82 SB
42 7 Wilfried Bingangoye   Gabon (GAB) 10.86 SB
43 7 Darren Gilford   Malta (MLT) 10.89
44 3 Souhalia Alamou   Benin (BEN) 10.90 SB
45 3 Wally Kirika   Papua New Guinea (PNG) 11.01
8 Fonseca Neto   Angola (ANG) 11.01 PB
47 6 Yazaldes Nascimento   São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) 11.07 SB
48 2 Chi Kun Au   Macau (MAC) 11.11
49 6 John Howard   Micronesia (FSM) 11.24 SB
50 6 Ali Shareef   Maldives (MDV) 11.44
51 4 Darrel Roligat   Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) 11.49
52 1 Derrick Atkins   Bahamas (BAH) 11.57
8 Reginaldo Micha Ndong   Equatorial Guinea (GEQ) 11.57
54 5 Deamo Baguga   Nauru (NRU) 11.64 PB
55 5 Phomma Kheuabmavong   Laos (LAO) 11.83
56 1 Harmon Harmon   Cook Islands (COK) 11.84 SB
57 4 Daraphirit   Cambodia (CAM) 11.85
58 1 Mariuti Uan   Kiribati (KIR) 11.92 PB
6 Eric Pacome N'dri   Ivory Coast (CIV) DNF
2 Khalid Brooks   Anguilla (AIA) DNS
3 Domeio Kabua   Marshall Islands (MHL) DNS
8 Christie van Wyk   Namibia (NAM) DNS

Round 2 (Quarter-Finals)

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Round 2 took place on 6 August, with the 32 athletes involved being split into 4 heats of 8 athletes each. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 4 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-final.

Wind:
Heat 1: −2.0 m/s, Heat 2: −1.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s, Heat 4: −1.0 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Darrel Brown   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.10 Q
2 4 Ronald Pognon   France (FRA) 10.11 Q
3 4 Michael Frater   Jamaica (JAM) 10.12 Q
4 4 Uchenna Emedolu   Nigeria (NGR) 10.16 q
5 2 Leonard Scott   United States (USA) 10.19 Q
3 Francis Obikwelu   Portugal (POR) 10.19 Q
7 4 Marlon Devonish   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.20 q
8 2 Olusoji Fasuba   Nigeria (NGR) 10.24 Q
9 3 Shawn Crawford   United States (USA) 10.25 Q
10 1 Justin Gatlin   United States (USA) 10.27 Q
11 1 Dwight Thomas   United States (USA) 10.28 Q
12 2 Marc Burns   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.29 Q
13 3 Jason Gardener   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.31 Q
3 Joshua Ross   Australia (AUS) 10.31 q
15 2 Kim Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 10.32 q
16 4 Obadele Thompson   Barbados (BAR) 10.34
17 2 Ainsley Waugh   Jamaica (JAM) 10.39
3 Deji Aliu   Nigeria (NGR) 10.39
3 Jacey Harper   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.39
20 1 Aziz Zakari   Ghana (GHA) 10.41 Q
21 1 Patrick Johnson   Australia (AUS) 10.48
2 Churandy Martina   Netherlands Antilles (AHO) 10.48
3 Nicolas Macrozonaris   Canada (CAN) 10.48
3 Matic Osovnikar   Slovenia (SLO) 10.48
4 Salem Mubarak Al-Yami   Saudi Arabia (KSA) 10.48
26 2 Guus Hoogmoed   Netherlands (NED) 10.51
27 1 Mark Lewis-Francis   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.53
28 1 Nobuharu Asahara   Japan (JPN) 10.58
29 1 Simone Collio   Italy (ITA) 10.60
30 2 Juan Sainfleur   Dominican Republic (DOM) 10.74
31 4 Idrissa Sanou   Burkina Faso (BUR) 10.80
1 Lukasz Chyla   Poland (POL) DNS

Semifinals

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The semifinals took place on 7 August, with the 16 athletes involved being split into 2 heats of 8 athletes each. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) qualified for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: −1.0 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Justin Gatlin   United States (USA) 9.99 Q
2 2 Aziz Zakari   Ghana (GHA) 10.00 Q
3 2 Dwight Thomas   Jamaica (JAM) 10.06 Q
4 2 Kim Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 10.07 Q
5 1 Leonard Scott   United States (USA) 10.08 Q
2 Jason Gardener   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.08 SB
7 1 Michael Frater   Jamaica (JAM) 10.09 Q
8 1 Marc Burns   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.12 Q
9 1 Francis Obikwelu   Portugal (POR) 10.13 Q
10 2 Darrel Brown   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.16
2 Uchenna Emedolu   Nigeria (NGR) 10.16
12 2 Ronald Pognon   France (FRA) 10.17
13 1 Olusoji Fasuba   Nigeria (NGR) 10.18
14 1 Marlon Devonish   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 10.24
15 1 Joshua Ross   Australia (AUS) 10.27
16 1 Shawn Crawford   United States (USA) 10.28

Final

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The final started at 21:35 on 7 August.[1]

Wind: +0.4 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Justin Gatlin   United States (USA) 9.88 =SB
  4 Michael Frater   Jamaica (JAM) 10.05
  2 Kim Collins   Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) 10.05
4 8 Francis Obikwelu   Portugal (POR) 10.07
5 7 Dwight Thomas   Jamaica (JAM) 10.09
6 3 Leonard Scott   United States (USA) 10.13
7 1 Marc Burns   Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 10.14
8 6 Aziz Zakari   Ghana (GHA) 10.20

References

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  1. ^ IAAF.org. "iaaf.org - World Championships in Athletics 2005 - Results 100 Metres M Final". Archived from the original on 2009-08-02. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
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