Athletics at the 2012 Simmer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
Men's 100 metres at the Gemmes o the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 4–5 August 2012 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 75 frae 61 naitions | ||||||||||||
Winnin time | 9.63 s | ||||||||||||
Medallists | |||||||||||||
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The men's 100 metres competeetion at the 2012 Simmer Olympics in Lunnon, Unitit Kinrick wis held at the Olympic Stadium on 4–5 August 2012.[1] The competeetion comprised fower roonds: a preliminary roond for entrants withoot the minimum qualifyin staundart, a heats roond, followed bi three semi-finals o aicht athletes each, which then reduced tae aicht athletes for the final.[2]
Leadin up tae this Olympics, defendin champion Usain Bolt wis the starn o the sport first based on the warld records he haed set in baith the 100 metres an 200 metres in the previous Olympics in Beijing,[3] while showboatin tae the finish.[4] That celebrity continued when he ran mair seriously in the 2009 warld championships, improvin baith records intae Beamonesque territory.[5] But at the subsequent warld championships, Bolt false stairtit oot o the 100 metres, openin the wey for his trainin pairtner Yohan Blake tae win the championship. Later in the saison, Blake an aa postit a 200 metres time that wis anly .07 behind Bolt's warld record.[6] An then at the 2012 Jamaican Olympic Trials, Blake beat Bolt in baith events.[7]
Competition[eedit | eedit soorce]
The three American an three Jamaican favorites alang wi home team Dwain Chambers wan each o the seiven roond ane heats, maist o them runnin as easy a roond as possible. Ryan Bailey led the wey wi a personal best 9.88 ahead o a couple o naitional records.
In the first semi-final, Justin Gatlin ran the fastest semi-final in history 9.82, leadin umwhile warld record holder Asafa Powell doun the track. As Powell eased up, Churandy Martina edged him for the seicont automatic qualifier at 9.91, an Powell qualified wi a 9.94 time. Suwaibou Sanneh improved his naitional record for Gambie at 10.18, set the day afore. In the seicont semi-final, defendin champion an warld record haulder Usain Bolt ran a relaxed race, leukin aroond an slowin doun, finishin in 9.87. Ryan Bailey got the seicont spot in 9.96. In the third semi-final, Yohan Blake ran 9.85, wi Tyson Gay in seicont at 9.90. The final qualifier wis defendin siller medallist Richard Thompson wi 10.02.[8][9]
In the much-anticipatit final, Bolt accelerated wi 50 meters tae gang, passin aw competitors tae win the gowd medal. Blake edged past Gatlin, who in turn held aff a closin Gay at the finish line.[10][11]
Usain Bolt wan the gowd medal for a seicont successive time, acomin anly the seicont man in history, efter Carl Lewis (1984, 1988), tae repeat. His winnin time o 9.63 seiconts broke his awn Olympic record set in 2008 an wis seicont on the fastest times behind his ain warld record. His Jamaican teammate, Yohan Blake, finished seicont in 9.75 seiconts. Blake's time wis the fastest ever nae tae win a gowd medal. Umwhile warld record haulder an 2004 Olympic champion Justin Gatlin finished wi the bronze medal wi a time o 9.79 seiconts. This race set a nummer o records, includin: the first time in history that the tap 3 finished unner 9.80 seiconts; the first time in history that the tap 5 finished in unner 9.90 seiconts; the first time in history that the fower fastest men in 100m history aw featurt; an 7 o the 8 men ran in unner 10 seiconts, again a first in the 100 meters, wi anly Asafa Powell (11.99) failin this, due tae an injury he sustained 60 meters intae the race. Apart frae Powell, every non-winnin place except Blake's wis the fastest-ever for that place. Despite nae gettin gowd, Blake, Gatlin, Gay, an Bailey aw ran times that wad hae wan at least siller in ony previous Olympic final. Blake, Gatlin an Gay each ran times that wad hae wan gowd in ony Olympic final afore 2008 (afore Bolt).[12][13]
Records[eedit | eedit soorce]
Prior to the competition[update], the existin Warld an Olympic records wur as follows.
Warld record | ![]() |
9.58 s | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
Olympic record | 9.69 s | Beijing, Cheenae | 16 August 2008 | |
2012 Warld leadin | ![]() |
9.75 s | Kingston, Jamaica | 30 Juin 2012 |
The follaein new Olympic record wis set durin this competeetion:
Date | Event | Athlete | Time | Notes |
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5 August | Final | ![]() |
9.63 s | OR |
Schedule[eedit | eedit soorce]
Aw times are Breetish Simmer Time (UTC+1).
Date | Time | |
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Saturday, 4 August 2012 | 10:00 12:30 |
Preliminaries Roond 1 |
Sunday, 5 August 2012 | 19:45 21:50 |
Semifinals Finals |
Preliminaries[eedit | eedit soorce]
Qualification rule: The first twa finishers in each heat (Q) plus the twa fastest times o those who finished third or laicher in thair heat (q) qualified.
Heat 1[eedit | eedit soorce]
Rank | Name | Naitionality | Reaction Time | Result | Notes |
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1 | Artur Bruno Rojas | ![]() |
0.162 | 10.62 | Q |
2 | Devilert Arsene Kimbembe | ![]() |
0.143 | 10.68 | Q, SB |
3 | Holder da Silva | ![]() |
0.168 | 10.69 | q, SB |
4 | Joseph Andy Lui | ![]() |
0.184 | 11.17 | |
5 | Mohan Khan | ![]() |
0.149 | 11.25 | PB |
6 | Kilakone Siphonexay | ![]() |
0.174 | 11.30 | |
7 | Christopher Lima da Costa | ![]() |
0.195 | 11.56 | PB |
Wind: +0.9 m/s |
Heat 2[eedit | eedit soorce]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Reaction Time | Result | Notes |
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1 | Jurgen Themen | ![]() |
0.158 | 10.55 | Q |
2 | Fernando Lumain | ![]() |
0.155 | 10.80 | Q, SB |
3 | Wilfried Bingangoye | ![]() |
0.239 | 10.89 | |
4 | Liaquat Ali | ![]() |
0.169 | 10.90 | |
5 | Rodman Teltull | ![]() |
0.171 | 11.06 | PB |
6 | Tavevele Noa | ![]() |
0.180 | 11.55 | |
7 | Timi Garstang | ![]() |
0.162 | 12.81 | |
Wind: +0.9 m/s |
Heat 3[eedit | eedit soorce]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Reaction Time | Result | Notes |
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1 | Béranger Aymard Bosse | ![]() |
0.162 | 10.55 | Q |
2 | Yeo Foo Ee Gary | ![]() |
0.159 | 10.57 | Q, PB |
3 | Azneem Ahmed | ![]() |
0.153 | 10.79 | q, NR |
4 | J'maal Alexander | ![]() |
0.163 | 10.92 | |
5 | John Howard | ![]() |
0.203 | 11.05 | |
6 | Chris Walasi | ![]() |
0.164 | 11.42 | |
7 | Elama Fa’atonu | ![]() |
0.170 | 11.48 | PB |
Wind: +1.7 m/s |
Heat 4[eedit | eedit soorce]
Rank | Name | Nationality | Reaction Time | Result | Notes |
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1 | Gérard Kobéané | ![]() |
0.194 | 10.42 | Q, SB |
2 | Fabrice Coiffic | ![]() |
0.149 | 10.62 | Q |
3 | Courtney Carl Williams | ![]() |
0.164 | 10.80 | PB |
4 | Rachid Chouhal | ![]() |
0.160 | 10.83 | SB |
5 | Tilak Ram Tharu | ![]() |
0.156 | 10.85 | PB |
6 | Masoud Azizi | ![]() |
0.167 | 11.19 | |
7 | Nooa Takooa | ![]() |
0.155 | 11.53 | PB |
8 | Patrick Tuara | ![]() |
0.165 | 11.72 | |
Wind: +0.5 m/s |
Roond 1[eedit | eedit soorce]
Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat (Q) plus the three fastest times o those who finished fowert or laicher in thair heat (q) qualified.
Heat 1[eedit | eedit soorce]
Rank | Lane | Name | Naitionality | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | Qual. |
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1 | 6 | Tyson Gay | ![]() |
0.147 | 10.08 | Q | |
2 | 5 | Richard Thompson | ![]() |
0.151 | 10.14 | Q | |
3 | 7 | Gerald Phiri | ![]() |
0.147 | 10.16 | SB | Q |
4 | 3 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | ![]() |
0.166 | 10.28 | ||
5 | 4 | Angel David Rodriguez | ![]() |
0.168 | 10.34 | ||
6 | 2 | Jurgen Themen | ![]() |
0.169 | 10.53 | ||
7 | 5 | Isidro Montoya | ![]() |
0.165 | 10.54 | ||
8 | 1 | Yeo Foo Ee Gary | ![]() |
0.144 | 10.69 | ||
Wind: −1.4 m/s |
Heat 2[eedit | eedit soorce]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | Qual. |
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1 | 4 | Justin Gatlin | ![]() |
0.200 | 9.97 | Q | |
2 | 6 | Derrick Atkins | ![]() |
0.179 | 10.22 | Q | |
3 | 5 | Rondel Sorrillo | ![]() |
0.148 | 10.23 | Q | |
4 | 8 | Dariusz Kuc | ![]() |
0.163 | 10.24 | ||
5 | 9 | Nilson Andre | ![]() |
0.172 | 10.26 | SB | |
6 | 7 | Masashi Eriguchi | ![]() |
0.144 | 10.30 | ||
7 | 3 | Barakat Al-Harthi | ![]() |
0.152 | 10.41 | ||
8 | 2 | Fernando Lumain | ![]() |
0.162 | 10.90 | ||
Wind: +0.7 m/s |
Heat 3[eedit | eedit soorce]
Rank | Lane | Name | Naitionality | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | Qual. |
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1 | 6 | Ryan Bailey | ![]() |
0.177 | 9.88 | PB | Q |
2 | 7 | Ben Youssef Meite | ![]() |
0.174 | 10.06 | NR | Q |
3 | 5 | Justyn Warner | ![]() |
0.149 | 10.09 | PB | Q |
4 | 3 | Kemar Hyman | ![]() |
0.150 | 10.16 | q | |
5 | 8 | Suwaibou Sanneh | ![]() |
0.176 | 10.21 | NR | q |
6 | 4 | Rytis Sakalauskas | ![]() |
0.178 | 10.29 | ||
7 | 1 | Berenger Aymard Bosse | ![]() |
0.170 | 10.55 | ||
8 | 2 | Artur Bruno Rojas | ![]() |
0.154 | 10.65 | ||
Wind: +1.5 m/s |
Heat 4[eedit | eedit soorce]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | Qual. |
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1 | 6 | Usain Bolt | ![]() |
0.178 | 10.08 | Q | |
2 | 4 | Daniel Bailey | ![]() |
0.162 | 10.12 | Q | |
3 | 5 | James Dasaolu | ![]() |
0.174 | 10.13 | Q | |
4 | 2 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | ![]() |
0.164 | 10.22 | ||
5 | 3 | Jason Rogers | ![]() |
0.177 | 10.30 | ||
6 | 7 | Ohgo-Oghene Egwero | ![]() |
0.174 | 10.38 | ||
7 | 1 | Holder da Silva | ![]() |
0.182 | 10.71 | ||
N/A | 8 | Idrissa Adam | ![]() |
0.206 | N/A | DNF | |
Wind: +0.4 m/s |
Heat 5[eedit | eedit soorce]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | Qual. |
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1 | 6 | Asafa Powell | ![]() |
0.166 | 10.04 | Q | |
2 | 3 | Adam Gemili | ![]() |
0.156 | 10.11 | Q | |
3 | 5 | Churandy Martina | ![]() |
0.168 | 10.20 | Q | |
4 | 8 | Reza Ghasemi | ![]() |
0.148 | 10.31 | ||
5 | 4 | Obinna Metu | ![]() |
0.153 | 10.35 | ||
6 | 7 | Ramon Gittens | ![]() |
0.162 | 10.35 | ||
7 | 1 | Paul Williams | ![]() |
0.168 | 10.65 | ||
8 | 2 | Devilert Arsene Kimbembe | ![]() |
0.157 | 10.94 | ||
Wind: 0.0 m/s |
Heat 6[eedit | eedit soorce]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | Qual. |
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1 | 4 | Yohan Blake | ![]() |
0.175 | 10.00 | Q | |
2 | 6 | Ryota Yamagata | ![]() |
0.149 | 10.07 | PB | Q |
3 | 2 | Su Bingtian | ![]() |
0.162 | 10.19 | SB | Q |
4 | 5 | Antoine Adams | ![]() |
0.154 | 10.22 | q | |
5 | 8 | Peter Emelieze | ![]() |
0.153 | 10.22 | SB | |
6 | 7 | Jeremy Bascom | ![]() |
0.135 | 10.31 | ||
7 | 3 | Marek Niit | ![]() |
0.158 | 10.40 | ||
8 | 1 | Azneem Ahmed | ![]() |
0.157 | 10.84 | ||
Wind: +1.3 m/s |
Heat 7[eedit | eedit soorce]
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | Qual. |
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1 | 8 | Dwain Chambers | ![]() |
0.157 | 10.02 | SB | Q |
2 | 5 | Jimmy Vicaut | ![]() |
0.196 | 10.11 | SB | Q |
3 | 4 | Keston Bledman | ![]() |
0.195 | 10.13 | Q | |
4 | 6 | Warren Fraser | ![]() |
0.171 | 10.27 | ||
5 | 7 | Miguel López | ![]() |
0.145 | 10.31 | ||
6 | 1 | Gérard Kobéané | ![]() |
0.186 | 10.48 | ||
7 | 2 | Fabrice Coiffic | ![]() |
0.165 | 10.59 | ||
N/A | 3 | Kim Collins | ![]() |
N/A | N/A | DNS | |
Wind: +2.0 m/s |
Semifinals[eedit | eedit soorce]
Qualification rule: The first twa finishers in each heat (Q) plus the twa fastest times o those who finished third or laicher in thair heat (q) qualified.
Heat 1[eedit | eedit soorce]
Rank | Lane | Name | Naitionality | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | Qual. |
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1 | 7 | Justin Gatlin | ![]() |
0.187 | 9.82 | Q | |
2 | 2 | Churandy Martina | ![]() |
0.148 | 9.91 | NR | Q |
3 | 4 | Asafa Powell | ![]() |
0.155 | 9.94 | q | |
4 | 8 | Keston Bledman | ![]() |
0.175 | 10.04 | ||
5 | 6 | Ben Youssef Meite | ![]() |
0.163 | 10.13 | ||
6 | 5 | Jimmy Vicaut | ![]() |
0.203 | 10.16 | ||
7 | 9 | James Dasaolu | ![]() |
0.174 | 10.18 | ||
8 | 3 | Suwaibou Sanneh | ![]() |
0.175 | 10.18 | NR | |
Wind: +0.7 m/s |
Heat 2[eedit | eedit soorce]
Rank | Lane | Name | Naitionality | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | Qual. |
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1 | 4 | Usain Bolt | ![]() |
0.180 | 9.87 | Q | |
2 | 6 | Ryan Bailey | ![]() |
0.155 | 9.96 | Q | |
3 | 8 | Richard Thompson | ![]() |
0.158 | 10.02 | q | |
4 | 5 | Dwain Chambers | ![]() |
0.154 | 10.05 | ||
5 | 9 | Gerald Phiri | ![]() |
0.165 | 10.11 | SB | |
6 | 7 | Daniel Bailey | ![]() |
0.142 | 10.16 | ||
7 | 2 | Antoine Adams | ![]() |
0.159 | 10.27 | ||
8 | 3 | Su Bingtian | ![]() |
0.157 | 10.28 | ||
Wind: +1.0 m/s |
Heat 3[eedit | eedit soorce]
Rank | Lane | Name | Naitionality | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | Qual. |
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1 | 6 | Yohan Blake | ![]() |
0.176 | 9.85 | Q | |
2 | 4 | Tyson Gay | ![]() |
0.151 | 9.90 | Q | |
3 | 7 | Adam Gemili | ![]() |
0.158 | 10.06 | ||
4 | 8 | Derrick Atkins | ![]() |
0.164 | 10.08 | SB | |
5 | 9 | Justyn Warner | ![]() |
0.135 | 10.09 | PB | |
6 | 5 | Ryota Yamagata | ![]() |
0.158 | 10.10 | ||
7 | 3 | Rondel Sorrillo | ![]() |
0.140 | 10.31 | ||
N/A | 2 | Kemar Hyman | ![]() |
N/A | N/A | DNS | |
Wind: +1.7 m/s |
Final[eedit | eedit soorce]

Rank | Lane | Name | Naitionality | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | |
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7 | Usain Bolt | ![]() |
0.165 | 9.63 | OR | |
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5 | Yohan Blake | ![]() |
0.179 | 9.75 | =PB | |
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6 | Justin Gatlin | ![]() |
0.178 | 9.79 | PB | |
4 | 4 | Tyson Gay | ![]() |
0.145 | 9.80 | SB | |
5 | 8 | Ryan Bailey | ![]() |
0.176 | 9.88 | =PB | |
6 | 9 | Churandy Martina | ![]() |
0.139 | 9.94 | ||
7 | 2 | Richard Thompson | ![]() |
0.160 | 9.98 | ||
8 | 3 | Asafa Powell | ![]() |
0.155 | 11.99 | Hamstring Pull | |
Wind: +1.5 m/s |
Incident[eedit | eedit soorce]
Juist afore the stairt o the final, a spectator threw a plastic beer bottle at the competitors in the stairtin blocks. Tho the race wis unaffectit, he wis arrestit.[17] The man, later identified as Ashley Gill-Webb, happened tae be sittin next tae Dutch judoka an bronze medallist Edith Bosch, who promptly struck him wi her haund on the back o his heid efter the toss.[18] LOCOG Chairman Sebastian Coe later stated: "I'm not suggesting vigilantism but it was actually poetic justice that they happened to be sitting next to a judo player".[18] Gill-Webb later pleaded nae guilty tae a charge o uisin threatenin wirds or behaviour wi intent tae cause harassment, alarm or distress at Stratford Magistrates' Court.[19] He wis later foond guilty.[20]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- ↑ "100m competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived frae the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 12 Juin 2012. Archived 2012-09-03 at Archive.today
- ↑ "Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake Aim To Win 100 Meters, Add To Jamaica's Olympic Gold Tally". Huffingtonpost.com. 5 August 1962. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ↑ "Usain Bolt wins men's 100m Olympic final in 9.63 seconds to seal legacy". Telegraph. 31 Mey 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ↑ Clarey, Christopher (21 August 2009). "Usain Bolt - The New York Times". Topics.nytimes.com. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ↑ Agencies. "Yohan Blake upstages Usain Bolt with second-fastest 200m ever | Sport". The Guardian. Archived frae the original on 19 Julie 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ↑ "2012 Olympics Games - Yohan Blake beats Usain Bolt in 100 meters at Jamaican trials - ESPN". Espn.go.com. 30 Juin 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ↑ "Highlights: Bolt Advances To 100m Final - Track & Field Video". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ↑ "International Association of Athletics Federations". iaaf.org. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ↑ "International Association of Athletics Federations". iaaf.org. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ↑ "Highlights: Usain Bolt Wins 2nd Consecutive 100m Gold - Track & Field Video". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ↑ "0 Toplists 100 m - o". iaaf.org. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ↑ "Usain Bolt wins Olympics 100m final at London 2012". BBC Sport. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ↑ "Men's 100m - Preliminaries". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived frae the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012. Archived 2012-12-04 at Archive.today
- ↑ "Men's 100m - Round 1". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived frae the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2012. Archived 2012-12-10 at Archive.today
- ↑ "Men's 100m - Semifinals". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived frae the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012. Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today
- ↑ "Man who threw bottle during men's 100 meters arrested for 'creating a public nuisance'". Yahoo! Sports. 5 August 2012.
- ↑ a b "Dutch judo star 'hit bottle-thrower' in Olympic 100m final". BBC News. 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "Olympic 100m bottle throw: Man denies public order charge". BBC News. 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "Olympic 100m final bottle thrower Ashley Gill-Webb guilty". BBC News. Retrieved 11 Januar 2013.