2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres
| Men's 100 metres at the 2007 World Championships | ||||||||||
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![]() Tyson Gay after winning the 100 m | ||||||||||
| Venue | Osaka Nagai Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 25 August (heats and quarter-finals) 26 August (semi-finals and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 44 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 9.85 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The 100 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Nagai Stadium on August 25 and August 26.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Tyson Gay |
Derrick Atkins |
Asafa Powell |
Records
| World record | Asafa Powell | 9.77 | Athens, Greece | 14 June 2005 |
| Gateshead, England | 11 June 2006 | |||
| Zürich, Switzerland | 18 August 2006 | |||
| Championship record | Maurice Greene | 9.80 | Seville, Spain | 22 August 1999 |
Results
| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | Marlon Devonish | 10.13 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Nobuharu Asahara | 10.14 | Q, SB | |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Brendan Christian | 10.16 | Q, SB | |
| 8 | 6 | Churandy Martina | 10.16 | Q | ||
| 5 | 7 | 1 | Nesta Carter | 10.17 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | 8 | Tyson Gay | 10.19 | Q | |
| 7 | 7 | 3 | Naoki Tsukahara | 10.20 | Q, PB | |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Henry Vizcaíno | 10.21 | Q | |
| 8 | 7 | Mark Lewis-Francis | 10.21 | Q | ||
| 3 | 6 | Matic Osovnikar | 10.21 | Q | ||
| 11 | 3 | 2 | Simone Collio | 10.22 | Q | |
| 8 | 5 | Marc Burns | 10.22 | Q | ||
| 13 | 2 | 6 | Craig Pickering | 10.24 | Q | |
| 14 | 7 | 2 | Patrick Johnson | 10.25 | Q | |
| 2 | 5 | Derrick Atkins | 10.25 | Q | ||
| 16 | 7 | 6 | Rosario La Mastra | 10.27 | q, PB | |
| 2 | 9 | Olusoji Fasuba | 10.27 | q | ||
| 18 | 6 | 4 | Keston Bledman | 10.29 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | Richard Thompson | 10.29 | Q | ||
| 20 | 1 | 6 | Sherwin Vries | 10.30 | Q | |
| 21 | 4 | 3 | Anson Henry | 10.31 | Q | |
| 5 | 6 | Clement Campbell | 10.31 | Q | ||
| 23 | 5 | 5 | Vicente de Lima | 10.34 | Q | |
| 6 | 3 | Asafa Powell | 10.34 | Q | ||
| 8 | 4 | Josh Ross | 10.34 | q | ||
| 1 | 4 | Kim Collins | 10.34 | q | ||
| 27 | 6 | 7 | Martial Mbandjock | 10.36 | Q | |
| 28 | 4 | 9 | Ángel David Rodríguez | 10.37 | Q | |
| 29 | 6 | 1 | Florin Suciu | 10.38 | q | |
| 30 | 5 | 9 | J-Mee Samuels | 10.39 | q | |
| 31 | 8 | 2 | Dariusz Kuć | 10.42 | q | |
| 32 | 8 | 8 | Jan Žumer | 10.45 | q | |
| 33 | 1 | 2 | José Carlos Moreira | 10.46 | ||
| 34 | 2 | 2 | Sandro Viana | 10.46 | ||
| 35 | 3 | 5 | Gibrilla Pato Bangura | 10.50 | ||
| 36 | 5 | 8 | Wilfried Bingangoye | 10.53 | ||
| 37 | 7 | 4 | Sébastien Gattuso | 10.55 | NR | |
| 38 | 3 | 8 | Béranger Bosse | 10.59 | ||
| 39 | 4 | 4 | Idrissa Sanou | 10.61 | ||
| 40 | 5 | 7 | Yahya Hassan I. Habeeb | 10.65 | ||
| 41 | 6 | 2 | Holder da Silva | 10.68 | ||
| 42 | 6 | 9 | Ruslan Abbasov | 10.72 | ||
| 43 | 4 | 8 | Franklin Nazareno | 10.73 | ||
| 44 | 6 | 5 | Boris Savic | 10.88 | ||
| 45 | 1 | 7 | Muhammed Patoniah | 10.92 | PB | |
| 2 | 4 | Darren Gilford | 10.92 | |||
| 47 | 7 | 9 | Jurgen Themen | 10.96 | PB | |
| 48 | 1 | 4 | Tyrone Omar | 11.00 | ||
| 49 | 3 | 9 | JJ Capelle | 11.02 | PB | |
| 50 | 7 | 7 | Jack Howard | 11.03 | SB | |
| 51 | 2 | 1 | Keiron Rogers | 11.05 | ||
| 52 | 4 | 6 | Chris Walasi | 11.07 | SB | |
| 53 | 1 | 5 | Iowane Dovumatua | 11.09 | ||
| 54 | 5 | 4 | Aisea Tohi | 11.10 | PB | |
| 55 | 3 | 7 | Hin Fong Pao | 11.21 | PB | |
| 56 | 5 | 3 | Muhammad Haziq Haji Awang | 11.22 | PB | |
| 57 | 8 | 3 | Mounir Mahadi | 11.24 | ||
| 58 | 6 | 8 | Moussa Camara | 11.49 | PB | |
| 59 | 1 | 3 | Tim Natua | 11.51 | PB | |
| 60 | 6 | 6 | Odingo Gordon | 11.58 | SB | |
| 61 | 2 | 8 | Reginaldo Micha Ndong | 11.59 | SB | |
| 62 | 8 | 9 | Waleed Anwari | 11.75 | SB | |
| 63 | 2 | 7 | Tika Ram Tharu | 11.83 | PB | |
| 64 | 7 | 8 | Dayne O'Hara | 11.86 | PB | |
| 65 | 4 | 7 | Sloane Sanitoa | 12.64 | PB | |
| 66 | 4 | 5 | Mark Jelks | 13.64 | SB | |
| – | 5 | 5 | Samuel Francis | DNF | ||
| – | 3 | 3 | Francis Obikwelu | DQ |
Quarterfinals
First 4 of each Heat directly qualified (Q) for the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 7 | Asafa Powell | 10.01 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 8 | Derrick Atkins | 10.02 | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Tyson Gay | 10.06 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Churandy Martina | 10.10 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | Marlon Devonish | 10.13 | Q | |
| 1 | 6 | Matic Osovnikar | 10.13 | Q, NR | ||
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Nobuharu Asahara | 10.16 | Q | |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Mark Lewis-Francis | 10.17 | Q, SB | |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | Anson Henry | 10.20 | Q, SB | |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | Craig Pickering | 10.21 | Q | |
| 4 | 9 | Marc Burns | 10.21 | Q | ||
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Nesta Carter | 10.23 | Q | |
| 13 | 2 | 9 | Olusoji Fasuba | 10.24 | Q | |
| 14 | 4 | 5 | Brendan Christian | 10.26 | Q | |
| 15 | 2 | 5 | Clement Campbell | 10.28 | Q | |
| 16 | 3 | 9 | J-Mee Samuels | 10.29 | ||
| 3 | 8 | Patrick Johnson | 10.29 | |||
| 18 | 4 | 3 | Kim Collins | 10.30 | Q | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Simone Collio | 10.31 | ||
| 4 | 7 | Naoki Tsukahara | 10.31 | |||
| 21 | 1 | 2 | Rosario La Mastra | 10.32 | ||
| 22 | 2 | 6 | Keston Bledman | 10.33 | ||
| 23 | 3 | 2 | Sherwin Vries | 10.36 | ||
| 24 | 1 | 3 | Dariusz Kuć | 10.37 | ||
| 25 | 4 | 2 | Vicente de Lima | 10.38 | ||
| 26 | 1 | 9 | Martial Mbandjock | 10.39 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Ángel David Rodríguez | 10.39 | |||
| 28 | 4 | 6 | Henry Vizcaíno | 10.40 | ||
| 29 | 3 | 3 | Florin Suciu | 10.41 | ||
| 30 | 4 | 8 | Josh Ross | 10.42 | ||
| 31 | 2 | 2 | Jan Žumer | 10.44 | ||
| 1 | 5 | Richard Thompson | 10.44 |
Semifinals
First 4 of each Heat directly qualified (Q) for the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Tyson Gay | 10.00 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | Derrick Atkins | 10.04 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Asafa Powell | 10.08 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | Marlon Devonish | 10.12 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Churandy Martina | 10.15 | Q | |
| 6 | 1 | 9 | Matic Osovnikar | 10.17 | Q | |
| 7 | 2 | 9 | Olusoji Fasuba | 10.18 | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Mark Lewis-Francis | 10.19 | ||
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Anson Henry | 10.20 | SB | |
| 10 | 1 | 5 | Marc Burns | 10.21 | Q | |
| 1 | 2 | Kim Collins | 10.21 | SB | ||
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Nesta Carter | 10.28 | ||
| 2 | 8 | Clement Campbell | 10.28 | |||
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Brendan Christian | 10.29 | ||
| 1 | 7 | Craig Pickering | 10.29 | |||
| 16 | 1 | 3 | Nobuharu Asahara | 10.36 |
Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson Gay | 9.85 | |||
| Derrick Atkins | 9.91 | NR | ||
| Asafa Powell | 9.96 | |||
| 4 | Olusoji Fasuba | 10.07 | SB | |
| 5 | Churandy Martina | 10.08 | ||
| 6 | Marlon Devonish | 10.14 | ||
| 7 | Matic Osovnikar | 10.23 | ||
| 8 | Marc Burns | 10.29 |
References
- "Osaka 2007 - Timetable - By Event: 100 metres". IAAF. Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2009-08-17.

