2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

None Men's 100 metres 2005 World Championships Helsinki Olympic Stadium 6 August (heats and quarter-finals)7 August (semi-finals and final) 58 9.88 Justin Gatlin USA Michael Frater JAM Kim Collins SKN 2003 2007 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. 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 Before the competition records were as follows: RecordAthlete & Nat. NationalityPerf. PerformanceLocationDate World recordAsafa Powell JAM9.77Athens, Greece14 June 2005Championship recordMaurice Greene USA9.80 Seville, Spain 22 August 1999World LeadingAsafa Powell JAM9.77 Athens, Greece 14 June 2005African RecordFrankie Fredericks NAM9.86Lausanne, Switzerland3 July 1996Asian RecordKoji Ito JPN10.00Bangkok, Thailand13 December 1998North, Central American and Caribbean recordAsafa Powell JAM9.77 Athens, Greece 14 June 2005South American RecordRobson da Silva BRA10.00Mexico City, Mexico22 July 1988European RecordFrancis Obikwelu POR9.86Athens, Greece22 August 2004Oceanian recordPatrick Johnson AUS9.93 Mito, Japan5 May 2003 Medals GoldSilverBronzeJustin GatlinMichael FraterKim Collins Results 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) 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 USA 10.12 Q 2 2 Ronald Pognon FRA 10.15 Q 3 Dwight Thomas JAM 10.15 Q 4 2 Ainsley Waugh JAM 10.16 Q, PB 4 Justin Gatlin USA 10.16 Q 6 1 Francis Obikwelu POR 10.17 Q 5 Uchenna Emedolu NGR 10.17 Q 8 2 Olusoji Fasuba NGR 10.19 Q 8 Jason Gardener GBR 10.19 Q 10 3 Patrick Johnson AUS 10.20 Q, SB 11 1 Shawn Crawford USA 10.23 Q 12 3 Darrel Brown TTO 10.25 Q 6 Marlon Devonish GBR 10.25 Q 14 1 Simone Collio ITA 10.27 Q 15 4 Joshua Ross AUS 10.28 Q 16 8 Aziz Zakari GHA 10.30 Q 17 5 Jacey Harper TTO 10.31 Q 7 Kim Collins SKN 10.31 Q 2 Guus Hoogmoed NED 10.31 q 20 7 Michael Frater JAM 10.32 Q 5 Obadele Thompson BAR 10.32 q 22 8 Deji Aliu NGR 10.36 Q 23 2 Lukasz Chyla POL 10.39 q 24 4 Nobuharu Asahara JPN 10.40 Q 1 Nicolas Macrozonaris CAN 10.40 q, SB 3 Matic Osovnikar SLO 10.40 q 4 Mark Lewis-Francis GBR 10.40 q 28 6 Marc Burns TTO 10.42 Q 29 7 Idrissa Sanou BUR 10.43 Q 30 7 Salem Mubarak Al-Yami KSA 10.45 q 31 6 Churandy Martina AHO 10.46 Q 32 7 Juan Sainfleur DOM 10.47 q 33 3 Markus Pöyhönen FIN 10.49 8 Daniel Bailey ATG 10.49 35 5 Pierre Browne CAN 10.50 36 4 Leigh Julius RSA 10.51 37 8 Cláudio Roberto Souza BRA 10.55 38 6 Tlhalosang Molapisi BOT 10.71 39 7 Rolando Palacios HON 10.73 NR Honduran 40 1 Philam Garcia GUM 10.79 41 2 Shameer Ayub SGP 10.82 SB 42 7 Wilfried Bingangoye GAB 10.86 SB 43 7 Darren Gilford MLT 10.89 44 3 Souhalia Alamou BEN 10.90 SB 45 3 Wally Kirika PNG 11.01 8 Fonseca Neto ANG 11.01 PB 47 6 Yazaldes Nascimento STP 11.07 SB 48 2 Chi Kun Au MAC 11.11 49 6 John Howard FSM 11.24 SB 50 6 Ali Shareef MDV 11.44 51 4 Darrel Roligat NMI 11.49 52 1 Derrick Atkins BAH 11.57 8 Reginaldo Micha Ndong GEQ 11.57 54 5 Deamo Baguga NRU 11.64 PB 55 5 Phomma Kheuabmavong LAO 11.83 56 1 Harmon Harmon COK 11.84 SB 57 4 Daraphirit CAM 11.85 58 1 Mariuti Uan KIR 11.92 PB 6 Eric Pacome N'dri CIV DNF 2 Khalid Brooks AIA DNS 3 Domeio Kabua MHL DNS 8 Christie van Wyk NAM DNS Round 2 (Quarter-Finals) 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 TTO 10.10 Q 2 4 Ronald Pognon FRA 10.11 Q 3 4 Michael Frater JAM 10.12 Q 4 4 Uchenna Emedolu NGR 10.16 q 5 2 Leonard Scott USA 10.19 Q 3 Francis Obikwelu POR 10.19 Q 7 4 Marlon Devonish GBR 10.20 q 8 2 Olusoji Fasuba NGR 10.24 Q 9 3 Shawn Crawford USA 10.25 Q 10 1 Justin Gatlin USA 10.27 Q 11 1 Dwight Thomas USA 10.28 Q 12 2 Marc Burns TTO 10.29 Q 13 3 Jason Gardener GBR 10.31 Q 3 Joshua Ross AUS 10.31 q 15 2 Kim Collins SKN 10.32 q 16 4 Obadele Thompson BAR 10.34 17 2 Ainsley Waugh JAM 10.39 3 Deji Aliu NGR 10.39 3 Jacey Harper TTO 10.39 20 1 Aziz Zakari GHA 10.41 Q 21 1 Patrick Johnson AUS 10.48 2 Churandy Martina AHO 10.48 3 Nicolas Macrozonaris CAN 10.48 3 Matic Osovnikar SLO 10.48 4 Salem Mubarak Al-Yami KSA 10.48 26 2 Guus Hoogmoed NED 10.51 27 1 Mark Lewis-Francis GBR 10.53 28 1 Nobuharu Asahara JPN 10.58 29 1 Simone Collio ITA 10.60 30 2 Juan Sainfleur DOM 10.74 31 4 Idrissa Sanou BUR 10.80 1 Lukasz Chyla POL DNS Semifinals 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 USA 9.99 Q 2 2 Aziz Zakari GHA 10.00 Q 3 2 Dwight Thomas JAM 10.06 Q 4 2 Kim Collins SKN 10.07 Q 5 1 Leonard Scott USA 10.08 Q 2 Jason Gardener GBR 10.08 SB 7 1 Michael Frater JAM 10.09 Q 8 1 Marc Burns TTO 10.12 Q 9 1 Francis Obikwelu POR 10.13 Q 10 2 Darrel Brown TTO 10.16 2 Uchenna Emedolu NGR 10.16 12 2 Ronald Pognon FRA 10.17 13 1 Olusoji Fasuba NGR 10.18 14 1 Marlon Devonish GBR 10.24 15 1 Joshua Ross AUS 10.27 16 1 Shawn Crawford USA 10.28 Final The final started at 21:35 on 7 August.iaaf.org - World Championships in Athletics 2005 - Results 100 Metres M Final IAAF.org http://www.iaaf.org/history/wch/season=2005/eventcode=3365/results/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=100/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#detM_100_hash_f https://web.archive.org/web/20090802084841/http://www.iaaf.org/history/wch/season=2005/eventcode=3365/results/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=100/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#detM_100_hash_f 2009-08-02 dead 2009-05-10 Wind: +0.4 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Justin Gatlin USA 9.88 =SB 4 Michael Frater JAM 10.05 2 Kim Collins SKN 10.05 4 8 Francis Obikwelu POR 10.07 5 7 Dwight Thomas JAM 10.09 6 3 Leonard Scott USA 10.13 7 1 Marc Burns TTO 10.14 8 6 Aziz Zakari GHA 10.20 References External links IAAF results, round 1 IAAF results, round 2 IAAF results, semi final IAAF results, final 100m Category:100 metres at the World Athletics Championships