Medalists
| Gold |
Usain Bolt
Jamaica (JAM) |
| Silver |
Richard Thompson
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
| Bronze |
Walter Dix
United States (USA) |
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World Record |
Usain Bolt (JAM) |
9.72 s |
New York, USA |
31 May 2008 |
| Olympic Record |
Donovan Bailey (CAN) |
9.84 s |
Atlanta, USA |
27 July 1996 |
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.
| Date |
Event |
Athlete |
Time |
OR |
WR |
| 16 August |
Final |
Usain Bolt (JAM) |
9.69 s |
OR |
WR |
Results
All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:
- Q denotes qualification by place
- q denotes qualification by time
- DNS denotes did not start
- DNF denotes did not finish
- DSQ denotes disqualification
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- PB denotes personal best
- SB denotes season best
- NR denotes national record
- CR denotes continental record
- WR denotes world record
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Round 1
The first round was held on 15 August. The first three runners of each heat plus the next ten overall fastest runners qualified for the second round.
| Heat |
Lane |
Name |
Nationality |
Result |
Notes |
| 6 |
5 |
Tyrone Edgar |
Great Britain |
10.13 |
Q |
| 4 |
3 |
Michael Frater |
Jamaica |
10.15 |
Q |
| 2 |
5 |
Asafa Powell |
Jamaica |
10.16 |
Q |
| 2 |
3 |
Kim Collins |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
10.17 |
Q |
| 1 |
3 |
Usain Bolt |
Jamaica |
10.20 |
Q |
| 2 |
7 |
Craig Pickering |
Great Britain |
10.21 |
Q |
| 4 |
4 |
Pierre Browne |
Canada |
10.22 |
Q |
| 4 |
6 |
Darrel Brown |
Trinidad and Tobago |
10.22 |
Q |
| 5 |
2 |
Tyson Gay |
United States |
10.22 |
Q |
| 1 |
9 |
Daniel Bailey |
Antigua and Barbuda |
10.24 |
Q |
| 3 |
8 |
Richard Thompson |
Trinidad and Tobago |
10.24 |
Q |
| 6 |
6 |
Darvis Patton |
United States |
10.25 |
Q |
| 7 |
4 |
Francis Obikwelu |
Portugal |
10.25 |
Q |
| 1 |
6 |
Vicente Lima |
Brazil |
10.26 |
Q, SB |
| 3 |
5 |
Martial Mbandjock |
France |
10.26 |
Q |
| 6 |
7 |
Ronald Pognon |
France |
10.26 |
Q |
| 8 |
3 |
Derrick Atkins |
Bahamas |
10.28 |
Q |
| 5 |
5 |
Olusoji Fasuba |
Nigeria |
10.29 |
Q |
| 5 |
4 |
Jose Carlos Moreira |
Brazil |
10.29 |
Q |
| 3 |
4 |
Simone Collio |
Italy |
10.32 |
Q |
| 7 |
2 |
Obinna Metu |
Nigeria |
10.34 |
Q |
| 8 |
4 |
Andrey Epishin |
Russia |
10.34 |
Q |
| 7 |
5 |
Walter Dix |
United States |
10.35 |
Q |
| 10 |
4 |
Churandy Martina |
Netherlands Antilles |
10.35 |
Q |
| 8 |
9 |
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure |
Norway |
10.37 |
Q |
| 10 |
5 |
Naoki Tsukahara |
Japan |
10.39 |
Q |
| 9 |
6 |
Samuel Francis |
Qatar |
10.40 |
Q |
| 10 |
6 |
Simeon Williamson |
Great Britain |
10.42 |
Q |
| 9 |
5 |
Marc Burns |
Trinidad and Tobago |
10.46 |
Q |
| 9 |
9 |
Matic Osovnikar |
Slovenia |
10.46 |
Q |
| 4 |
7 |
Nobuharu Asahara |
Japan |
10.25 |
q |
| 1 |
2 |
Jenris Vizcaino |
Cuba |
10.28 |
q |
| 3 |
2 |
Aziz Zakari |
Ghana |
10.34 |
q |
| 5 |
7 |
Angel David Rodriguez |
Spain |
10.34 |
q |
| 2 |
2 |
Daniel Grueso |
Colombia |
10.35 |
q |
| 3 |
6 |
Andrew Hinds |
Barbados |
10.35 |
q |
| 7 |
6 |
Anson Henry |
Canada |
10.37 |
q |
| 6 |
2 |
Hu Kai |
China |
10.39 |
q |
| 2 |
9 |
Dariusz Kuc |
Poland |
10.44 |
q |
| 10 |
9 |
Tobias Benjamin Unger |
Germany |
10.46 |
q |
| 3 |
3 |
Suryo Agung Wibowo |
Indonesia |
10.46 |
|
| 8 |
6 |
Uchenna Emedolu |
Nigeria |
10.46 |
|
| 1 |
4 |
Fabio Cerutti |
Italy |
10.49 |
|
| 9 |
7 |
Rolando Palacios |
Honduras |
10.49 |
|
| 2 |
8 |
Aymard Bosse Beranger |
Central African Republic |
10.51 |
SB |
| 5 |
9 |
Lukas Milo |
Czech Republic |
10.52 |
|
| 8 |
2 |
Suwaibou Sanneh |
Gambia |
10.52 |
|
| 6 |
4 |
Abdullah Al Sooli |
Oman |
10.53 |
PB |
| 7 |
8 |
Dmytro Glushchenko |
Ukraine |
10.57 |
|
| 4 |
9 |
Holder da Silva |
Guinea-Bissau |
10.58 |
|
| 9 |
2 |
Ruslan Abbasov |
Azerbaijan |
10.58 |
|
| 8 |
5 |
Sandro Viana |
Brazil |
10.60 |
|
| 10 |
8 |
Franklin Nazareno |
Ecuador |
10.60 |
|
| 1 |
5 |
Jurgen Themen |
Suriname |
10.61 |
PB |
| 5 |
8 |
Mhadjou Youssouf |
Comoros |
10.62 |
PB |
| 4 |
2 |
Idrissa Sanou |
Burkina Faso |
10.63 |
|
| 8 |
7 |
Lai Chun Ho |
Hong Kong, China |
10.63 |
|
| 6 |
8 |
Desislav Gunev |
Bulgaria |
10.66 |
|
| 9 |
4 |
Sebastien Gattuso |
Monaco |
10.70 |
|
| 7 |
3 |
Calvin Kang |
Singapore |
10.73 |
|
| 1 |
8 |
Moses Kamut |
Vanuatu |
10.81 |
|
| 10 |
7 |
Wilfried Bingangoye |
Gabon |
10.87 |
|
| 3 |
7 |
Jared Lewis |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
11.00 |
|
| 5 |
3 |
Danny D'Souza |
Seychelles |
11.00 |
|
| 4 |
8 |
Ghyd-Kermeliss-Holly Olonghot |
Congo |
11.01 |
|
| 9 |
8 |
Jack Howard |
Micronesia |
11.03 |
|
| 8 |
8 |
Abu Abdullah Mohammed |
Bangladesh |
11.07 |
|
| 1 |
7 |
Francis Manioru |
Solomon Islands |
11.09 |
|
| 6 |
3 |
Ali Shareef |
Maldives |
11.11 |
NR |
| 10 |
2 |
Moumi Sebergue |
Chad |
11.14 |
|
| 2 |
6 |
Aisea Tohi |
Tonga |
11.17 |
|
| 2 |
4 |
Roman William Cress |
Marshall Islands |
11.18 |
|
| 3 |
9 |
Rabangaki Nawai |
Kiribati |
11.29 |
SB |
| 7 |
9 |
Jesse Tamangrow |
Palau |
11.38 |
PB |
| 9 |
3 |
Gordon Heather |
Cook Islands |
11.41 |
PB |
| 4 |
5 |
Massoud Azizi |
Afghanistan |
11.45 |
|
| 10 |
3 |
Okilani Tinilau |
Tuvalu |
11.48 |
NR |
| 6 |
9 |
Souksavanh Tonsacktheva |
Laos |
11.51 |
|
| 7 |
7 |
Michandong Reginaldo |
Equatorial Guinea |
11.61 |
|
| 5 |
6 |
Shanahan Sanitoa |
American Samoa |
12.60 |
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- Q - Qualified as one of first 3 in heat
- q - Qualified as one of the next 10 fastest
Round 2
The second round was held on August 15. The first three runners of each heat plus the next overall fastest runner qualified for the semifinals.
| Heat |
Lane |
Name |
Nationality |
Result |
Notes |
| 4 |
7 |
Usain Bolt |
Jamaica |
9.92 |
Q |
| 1 |
4 |
Churandy Martina |
Netherlands Antilles |
9.99 |
Q, NR |
| 2 |
6 |
Richard Thompson |
Trinidad and Tobago |
9.99 |
Q |
| 5 |
7 |
Asafa Powell |
Jamaica |
10.02 |
Q |
| 4 |
5 |
Darvis Patton |
United States |
10.04 |
Q |
| 3 |
6 |
Marc Burns |
Trinidad and Tobago |
10.05 |
Q |
| 3 |
4 |
Kim Collins |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
10.07 |
Q, SB |
| 5 |
9 |
Walter Dix |
United States |
10.08 |
Q |
| 1 |
7 |
Michael Frater |
Jamaica |
10.09 |
Q |
| 2 |
4 |
Tyson Gay |
United States |
10.09 |
Q |
| 4 |
4 |
Francis Obikwelu |
Portugal |
10.09 |
Q |
| 3 |
5 |
Tyrone Edgar |
Great Britain |
10.10 |
Q |
| 3 |
7 |
Samuel Francis |
Qatar |
10.11 |
q |
| 5 |
5 |
Derrick Atkins |
Bahamas |
10.14 |
Q |
| 4 |
8 |
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure |
Norway |
10.14 |
|
| 2 |
7 |
Martial Mbandjock |
France |
10.16 |
Q |
| 4 |
9 |
Craig Pickering |
Great Britain |
10.18 |
|
| 2 |
5 |
Olusoji Fasuba |
Nigeria |
10.21 |
|
| 3 |
9 |
Ronald Pognon |
France |
10.21 |
|
| 1 |
6 |
Naoki Tsukahara |
Japan |
10.23 |
Q, SB |
| 5 |
4 |
Daniel Bailey |
Antigua and Barbuda |
10.23 |
|
| 3 |
8 |
Matic Osovnikar |
Slovenia |
10.24 |
|
| 5 |
3 |
Aziz Zakari |
Ghana |
10.24 |
|
| 2 |
2 |
Andrew Hinds |
Barbados |
10.25 |
|
| 5 |
6 |
Andrey Epishin |
Russia |
10.25 |
|
| 4 |
6 |
Obinna Metu |
Nigeria |
10.29 |
|
| 5 |
8 |
Vicente Lima |
Brazil |
10.31 |
|
| 1 |
9 |
Simeon Williamson |
Great Britain |
10.32 |
|
| 2 |
2 |
Jose Carlos Moreira |
Brazil |
10.32 |
|
| 1 |
3 |
Jenris Vizcaino |
Cuba |
10.33 |
|
| 2 |
9 |
Simone Collio |
Italy |
10.33 |
|
| 4 |
3 |
Anson Henry |
Canada |
10.33 |
|
| 4 |
2 |
Angel David Rodriguez |
Spain |
10.35 |
|
| 1 |
5 |
Pierre Browne |
Canada |
10.36 |
|
| 3 |
2 |
Tobias Benjamin Unger |
Germany |
10.36 |
|
| 2 |
3 |
Daniel Grueso |
Colombia |
10.37 |
|
| 3 |
3 |
Nobuharu Asahara |
Japan |
10.37 |
|
| 5 |
2 |
Hu Kai |
China |
10.40 |
|
| 1 |
2 |
Dariusz Kuc |
Poland |
10.46 |
|
| 1 |
8 |
Darrel Brown |
Trinidad and Tobago |
10.93 |
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Semifinals
The semifinals were held on August 16. The first four runners from each semifinal qualified for the final.
| Heat |
Lane |
Name |
Nationality |
Result |
Notes |
| 1 |
7 |
Usain Bolt |
Jamaica |
9.85 |
Q |
| 2 |
6 |
Asafa Powell |
Jamaica |
9.91 |
Q |
| 2 |
7 |
Richard Thompson |
Trinidad and Tobago |
9.93 |
Q, PB |
| 2 |
5 |
Churandy Martina |
Netherlands Antilles |
9.94 |
Q, NR |
| 1 |
6 |
Walter Dix |
United States |
9.95 |
Q, SB |
| 1 |
4 |
Marc Burns |
Trinidad and Tobago |
9.97 |
Q, SB |
| 1 |
9 |
Michael Frater |
Jamaica |
10.01 |
Q |
| 2 |
4 |
Darvis Patton |
United States |
10.03 |
Q |
| 1 |
5 |
Kim Collins |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
10.05 |
SB |
| 2 |
9 |
Tyson Gay |
United States |
10.05 |
|
| 2 |
8 |
Francis Obikwelu |
Portugal |
10.10 |
|
| 1 |
2 |
Derrick Atkins |
Bahamas |
10.13 |
|
| 2 |
3 |
Naoki Tsukahara |
Japan |
10.16 |
SB |
| 1 |
8 |
Tyrone Edgar |
Great Britain |
10.18 |
|
| 2 |
2 |
Martial Mbandjock |
France |
10.18 |
|
| 1 |
3 |
Samuel Francis |
Qatar |
10.20 |
|
Final
The final was held on August 16.
| Rank |
Lane |
Name |
Nationality |
Reaction Time |
Result |
Notes |
| 1 |
4 |
Usain Bolt |
Jamaica |
0.165 |
9.69 |
WR |
| 2 |
5 |
Richard Thompson |
Trinidad and Tobago |
0.133 |
9.89 |
PB |
| 3 |
6 |
Walter Dix |
United States |
0.133 |
9.91 |
PB |
| 4 |
9 |
Churandy Martina |
Netherlands Antilles |
0.169 |
9.93 |
NR |
| 5 |
7 |
Asafa Powell |
Jamaica |
0.134 |
9.95 |
|
| 6 |
2 |
Michael Frater |
Jamaica |
0.147 |
9.97 |
PB |
| 7 |
8 |
Marc Burns |
Trinidad and Tobago |
0.145 |
10.01 |
|
| 8 |
3 |
Darvis Patton |
United States |
0.142 |
10.03 |
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