Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 3 August and 4 August at the Stade de France in Paris. Noah Lyles won the gold medal, setting a new personal best in the 100m and giving the United States its first victory in the event since 2004. Jamaican Kishane Thompson finished in second, taking the silver medal. The winning time of 9.79 was achieved by both Lyles and Thompson, but Lyles crossed the line five one thousandths of a second faster to take gold. Lyles' teammate Fred Kerley finished third in 9.81, winning bronze.

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Men's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Gold medallist Noah Lyles at the start of the race
VenueStade de France, Paris, France[1]
Dates
  • 3 August 2024 (preliminary round)
  • 3 August 2024 (round 1)
  • 4 August 2024 (semi-finals)
  • 4 August 2024 (final)
Competitors102 from 81 nations
Winning time9.784
Medalists
Noah Lyles  United States
Kishane Thompson  Jamaica
Fred Kerley  United States
 2020
2028 
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Summary

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This was the thirtieth time that the men's 100 metres was contested at the Summer Olympics. Interestingly the final contained 6 men who had recorded top-25 all-time records in the 100m, making this final one of the most tightly contested in history, as the difference between the fastest man in the field Fred Kerley (9.76) and the slowest Kenny Bednarek (9.87) was only 0.11 seconds. For the first time in 100m history, the final was contested by 8 men who had all run under 10 seconds in the semi-finals. In fact, 12 of the 27 semi-finalists all ran under 10 seconds, with the gap between 8th-placed semi-finalist Kenny Bednarek and 12th-placed Andre De Grasse being just 0.05 seconds.

Noah Lyles came through in 1st place, 0.005 seconds ahead of 2nd-placed Kishane Thompson, marking possibly one of the closest 1–2 finishes in Olympic 100-metre history.[2] Both recorded times of 9.79; however, Lyles' time was 9.784, while Thompson's time was 9.789. Lyles had a slow start out of the blocks and, up until the 85-meter mark, was out of medal contention. Thompson was ahead for the entire race until the final inches of the race, where Lyles ran through.

During the final, Kishane Thompson was in lane 4 as the fastest qualifier with a time of 9.80 (he was also the fastest man in the world, this year). Lanes 6 and 7 contained Oblique Seville and Noah Lyles, respectively. These two men had competed in one of the semi-final heats, with Seville besting Lyles with a time of 9.81 to Lyles' 9.83. Fred Kerley, who won silver at the 2020 Summer Olympics was in lane 3 as the 4th fastest qualifier with a time of 9.84.

Places 5 to 8 ran the fastest times in history for those respective places. The time gap between 1st and 8th was only 0.12 seconds, which is the closest and overall fastest 100m race in history, and the first time in history that the entire field broke the 10-second barrier in a competitive race.[3]

Fred Kerley finished with a season's best time taking 3rd place by just 0.01 ahead of Akani Simbine, who set a new national record for South Africa with a time of 9.82, bettering his time from the 2020 Olympics where he also finished 4th. Marcell Jacobs who was the gold medal winner in the 2020 Olympic 100 metres champion, finished 5th with a time of 9.85 which was also a season's best time for him. In 6th was Letsile Tebogo (who broke the 300 metres world record in February) also set a national record for Botswana with this time 9.86.

Kerley’s time of 9.81 was also the fastest time in history for any man who didn't finish either 1st/2nd in a final or didn't win their semi-final race. Noticeably absent in the final was Ferdinand Omanyala who had set the 2nd fastest time of 2024 just 6 weeks prior in June

Lyles' win was the first American gold medal in the 100m race since Justin Gatlin won in 2004. Lyles also set a seasons best and personal best with his winning time. The race was so close, Leigh Diffey calling the race for American NBC Sports declared Jamaican Kishane Thompson the winner, missing the American Noah Lyles.[4][5]

The top 6 all ran times that would have guaranteed a gold, silver or bronze in every single Olympic 100m race prior (except for 2012). In fact, 6th-placed Letsile Tebogo's time of 9.86 would have won silver in each 100m Olympics apart from 2012 and 2020.

Background

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The men's 100 metres has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1896. The 100 metres is considered one of the blue ribbon events of the Olympics and is among the highest profile competitions at the games. It is the most prestigious 100 metres race at an elite level and is the shortest sprinting competition at the Olympics – a position it has held at every edition except for a brief period between 1900 and 1904, when a men's 60 metres was contested. The 2024 season started off slowly, literally. The top time in the world in April was 9.93 by 17 year old American high school runner Christian Miller, while elite races like the Diamond League were being won in times slower than 10 seconds. In June the times suddenly got fast. Season leaders were Kishane Thompson with 9.77, Ferdinand Omanyala 9.79, reigning World Champion Noah Lyles 9.80 and Oblique Seville 9.82. The podium from three years earlier all returned, defending champion Marcell Jacobs, Fred Kerley and Andre De Grasse.

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Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
Record Athlete (nation) Time (s) Location Date
World record  Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.58[6] Berlin, Germany 16 August 2009
Olympic record  Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.63 London, United Kingdom 5 August 2012
World leading  Kishane Thompson (JAM) 9.77[7] Kingston, Jamaica 28 June 2024
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Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics[8]
Area record Athlete (nation) Time (s)
Africa (records)  Ferdinand Omanyala (KEN) 9.77
Asia (records)  Su Bingtian (CHN) 9.83
Europe (records)  Marcell Jacobs (ITA) 9.80
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
 Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.58 WR
Oceania (records)  Patrick Johnson (AUS) 9.93
South America (records)  Felipe Bardi (BRA) 9.96
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Competition format

The event continued to use the preliminaries plus three main rounds format introduced in 2012. Athletes not meeting the qualification standard (that is, were entered through universality places) competed in the preliminaries; those who met the standard started in the first round. The 100 metres did not use the new repechage rounds introduced for other races in 2024, as there were already four rounds due to the preliminaries.[9]

For the preliminary round, the top 2 in each of the 6 heats plus the next 4 fastest overall advanced to the first round, joining the automatic qualifiers.[10] In the first round, the top 3 in each of the 8 heats plus the next 3 fastest overall advanced to the semi-finals (making 27 overall semi-finalists).[11] The top 2 in each of the 3 semi-finals, plus the next 2 fastest overall, were the 8 finalists.[12]

Qualification

For the men's 100 metres event, the qualification period was between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.[13] 56 athletes were able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 10.00 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.[13] Additionally, universality places were given to NOCs that hadn't qualified athletes in any other event.

Results

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Preliminaries

The preliminary round was held on 3 August, starting at 10:35 (UTC+2) in the morning.[1] Unlike other events from 200 metres to 1500 metres, no 'repechage' round was included in the 100 metres. Instead, a preliminary round for athletes with slower qualification times preceded the first round. The 56 athletes qualified to enter the event through achieving the qualifying standard or through ranking skipped this round. The 46 athletes entered through universality or invitational places competed.

Qualification Rules: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the best 4 of remaining athletes (q) advance to Round 1.

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 2 Ebrahima Camara  The Gambia 10.29 Q
2 3 Muhd Azeem Fahmi  Malaysia 10.42 Q
3 4 Marc Brian Louis  Singapore 10.43 q
4 5 Sha Mahmood Noor Zahi  Afghanistan 10.64 NR
5 6 Seco Camara  Guinea-Bissau 10.76
6 7 William Reed  Marshall Islands 11.29 PB
7 8 Karalo Maibuca  Tuvalu 11.30 NR
Wind: +0.6 m/s
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Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 2 Davonte Howell  Cayman Islands 10.31 Q
2 4 Sibusiso Matsenjwa  Eswatini 10.39 Q
3 6 Didier Kiki  Benin 10.76 (.755)
4 5 Hervé Toumandji  Central African Republic 10.76 (.760)
5 7 Kenaz Kaniwete  Kiribati 11.29 PB
6 8 Darko Pešić  Montenegro 11.85
3 Steven Sabino  Mozambique DQ TR 16.8
Wind: -0.3 m/s
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Heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 2 Noa Bibi  Mauritius 10.27 Q
2 5 Franko Burraj  Albania 10.60 (.596) Q, PB
3 4 Favoris Muzrapov  Tajikistan 10.60 (.597)
4 3 Diu Chun Hei  Hong Kong 10.62
5 6 Melique García  Honduras 10.76
6 7 Rija Gardiner  Madagascar 10.82 PB
7 9 Manuel Ataide  Timor-Leste 11.35 NR
8 8 Samer Al-Yafaee  Yemen 11.54 PB
Wind: +0.1 m/s
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Heat 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 2 Christopher Borzor  Haiti 10.26 Q
2 4 Marcos Santos  Angola 10.31 Q, NR
3 3 Hachim Maaroufou  Comoros 10.44 q
4 9 Taha Hussein Yaseen  Iraq 10.51 q, PB
5 5 Ibadulla Adam  Maldives 10.55 PB
6 6 Shaun Gill  Belize 11.17
7 8 Scott Fiti  Federated States of Micronesia 11.61 SB
8 7 Ahmed Essabai  Libya 11.89
Wind: +0.2 m/s
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Heat 5

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Naquille Harris  Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.33 Q
2 2 Lalu Muhammad Zohri  Indonesia 10.35 Q
3 4 Fodé Sissoko  Mali 10.66
4 7 Joseph Green  Guam 10.85 SB
5 6 Winzar Kakiouea  Nauru 11.15
6 9 Remigio Santander  Equatorial Guinea 11.65 SB
7 8 Maleselo Fukofuka  Tonga 12.11 PB
5 Dominique Mulamba  Democratic Republic of the Congo 10.54 DQ[18] q, SB
Wind: -0.4 m/s
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On 11 August 2024, Mulamba was issued with a provisional suspension (due to an Adverse Analytical Finding) and was disqualified from the Men’s 100m according to Anti-doping Rule 10.1. [19]

Heat 6

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 2 Arturo Deliser  Panama 10.34 Q
2 4 Dylan Sicobo  Seychelles 10.51 Q
3 5 Wissy Hoye  Gabon 10.59
4 7 Jalen Lisse  Suriname 10.64 PB
5 3 Beppe Grillo  Malta 10.69
6 8 Imranur Rahman  Bangladesh 10.73 (.727) SB
7 6 Waisake Tewa  Fiji 10.73 (.729) SB
8 9 Muhd Noor Firdaus Ar-Rasyid  Brunei 10.86 SB
Wind: +0.3 m/s
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First Round

Round 1 was held on 3 August, starting at 11:45 (UTC+2) in the morning.[1]

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Kishane Thompson  Jamaica 10.00 Q
2 6 Benjamin Azamati  Ghana 10.08 Q
3 1 Reynaldo Espinosa  Cuba 10.11 Q
4 2 Felipe Bardi  Brazil 10.18
5 9 Akihiro Higashida  Japan 10.19
6 3 Lalu Muhammad Zohri  Indonesia 10.26
7 8 Kayhan Özer  Turkey 10.34
8 7 Sibusiso Matsenjwa  Eswatini 10.39
4 Jeremiah Azu  Great Britain DQ TR 16.8
Wind: +0.6 m/s
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Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 2 Ferdinand Omanyala  Kenya 10.08 Q
2 1 Chituru Ali  Italy 10.12 Q
3 7 Joshua Hartmann  Germany 10.16 Q
4 4 Joshua Azzopardi  Australia 10.20
5 6 Devin Augustine  Trinidad and Tobago 10.31
6 9 Erik Cardoso  Brazil 10.35 (.344)
7 3 Arturo Deliser  Panama 10.35 (.347)
8 5 Jhonny Rentería  Colombia 10.38
9 8 Muhd Azeem Fahmi  Malaysia 10.45
Wind: +0.2 m/s
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Heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Louie Hinchliffe  Great Britain 9.98 Q
2 6 Noah Lyles  United States 10.04 Q
3 4 Shaun Maswanganyi  South Africa 10.06 Q
4 7 Xie Zhenye  China 10.16
5 5 Owen Ansah  Germany 10.22
6 8 Ali Anwar Al-Balushi  Oman 10.26
7 1 Naquille Harris  Saint Kitts and Nevis 10.38
8 2 Markus Fuchs  Austria 10.59
9 9 Dylan Sicobo  Seychelles 10.62
Wind: -0.2 m/s
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Heat 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Oblique Seville  Jamaica 9.99 Q
2 4 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown  Japan 10.02 Q
3 2 Puripol Boonson  Thailand 10.13 Q
4 3 Favour Ashe  Nigeria 10.16 q
5 5 Duan Asemota  Canada 10.17
6 7 Terrence Jones  Bahamas 10.31
7 1 Marcos Santos  Angola 10.40
8 8 Franko Burraj  Albania 10.66
9 9 Oliwer Wdowik  Poland 11.53
Wind: 0.0 m/s
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Heat 5

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 2 Kayinsola Ajayi  Nigeria 10.02 Q
2 4 Marcell Jacobs  Italy 10.05 Q
3 5 Abdul-Rasheed Saminu  Ghana 10.06 (.053) Q
4 6 Benjamin Richardson  South Africa 10.06 (.060) q
5 1 Hassan Taftian  Iran 10.18 SB
6 3 Davonte Howell  Cayman Islands 10.24 (.232)
7 9 Henrik Larsson  Sweden 10.24 (.232)
8 7 Paulo André de Oliveira  Brazil 10.46
8 Marc Brian Louis  Singapore DNS
Wind: -0.3 m/s
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Heat 6

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Akani Simbine  South Africa 10.03 Q
2 3 Ackeem Blake  Jamaica 10.06 Q
3 4 Rikkoi Brathwaite  British Virgin Islands 10.13 Q
4 1 Ebrahima Camara  The Gambia 10.21
5 2 Wanya McCoy  Bahamas 10.24
6 8 Rohan Browning  Australia 10.29 =SB
7 9 Simon Hansen  Denmark 10.39
8 6 Emanuel Archibald  Guyana 10.40
9 7 Hachim Maaroufou  Comoros 10.52
Wind: -1.1 m/s
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Heat 7

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 2 Kenny Bednarek  United States 9.97 Q
2 1 Emmanuel Eseme  Cameroon 9.98 Q, SB
3 5 Andre De Grasse  Canada 10.07 Q
4 4 Emmanuel Matadi  Liberia 10.08 q
5 6 Ryuichiro Sakai  Japan 10.17
6 3 Noa Bibi  Mauritius 10.19
7 7 Ronal Longa  Colombia 10.29 =SB
8 8 José González  Dominican Republic 10.40
9 9 Taha Hussein Yaseen  Iraq 10.50 PB
Wind: +0.3 m/s
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Heat 8

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Fred Kerley  United States 9.97 Q
2 2 Letsile Tebogo  Botswana 10.01 Q
3 4 Zharnel Hughes  Great Britain 10.03 Q
4 3 Cejhae Greene  Antigua and Barbuda 10.17
5 1 Christopher Borzor  Haiti 10.28
6 6 Arthur Cisse  Ivory Coast 10.31
8 9 Dorian Keletela  Refugee Olympic Team 10.58
7 Aaron Brown  Canada DQ TR 16.8
8 Dominique Mulamba  Democratic Republic of the Congo 10.53 DQ SB
Wind: +0.2 m/s
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Semi-finals

The semi-finals were held on 4 August, starting at 20:00 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Oblique Seville  Jamaica 9.81 Q, PB
2 4 Noah Lyles  United States 9.83 Q
3 5 Louie Hinchliffe  Great Britain 9.97
4 7 Emmanuel Eseme  Cameroon 10.00
5 9 Shaun Maswanganyi  South Africa 10.02 SB
6 1 Favour Ashe  Nigeria 10.08
7 8 Chituru Ali  Italy 10.14
8 2 Rikkoi Brathwaite  British Virgin Islands 10.15
9 3 Benjamin Azamati  Ghana 10.17
Wind: +0.7 m/s
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Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Akani Simbine  South Africa 9.87 Q
2 4 Letsile Tebogo  Botswana 9.91 Q
3 8 Marcell Jacobs  Italy 9.92 q, SB
4 7 Kenny Bednarek  United States 9.93 q
5 3 Ackeem Blake  Jamaica 10.06
6 6 Kayinsola Ajayi  Nigeria 10.13
7 9 Joshua Hartmann  Germany 10.16
8 2 Emmanuel Matadi  Liberia 10.18
9 1 Reynaldo Espinosa  Cuba 10.21
Wind: 0.0 m/s
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Heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Kishane Thompson  Jamaica 9.80 Q
2 7 Fred Kerley  United States 9.84 Q
3 9 Benjamin Richardson  South Africa 9.95
4 5 Abdul Hakim Sani Brown  Japan 9.96 PB
5 2 Andre De Grasse  Canada 9.98 SB
6 3 Zharnel Hughes  Great Britain 10.01
7 8 Abdul-Rasheed Saminu  Ghana 10.05
8 6 Ferdinand Omanyala  Kenya 10.08
9 1 Puripol Boonson  Thailand 10.14
Wind: +0.5 m/s
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Final

The final was held on 4 August, starting at 21:55 (UTC+2) in the evening.[1]

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 Noah Lyles  United States 9.79
(9.784)
PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Kishane Thompson  Jamaica 9.79
(9.789)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Fred Kerley  United States 9.81SB
4 5 Akani Simbine  South Africa 9.82NR
5 9 Marcell Jacobs  Italy 9.85SB
6 8 Letsile Tebogo  Botswana 9.86NR
7 2 Kenny Bednarek  United States 9.88
8 6 Oblique Seville  Jamaica 9.91
Source:[32]Wind: +1.0 m/s
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