The men's

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at the

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was held at the

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on 27 to 28 September 2019.

Summary

The semi-finals were dominated by world leader

Christian Coleman Christian Coleman (born March 6, 1996) is an American professional track and field sprinter who competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the former world champion in the 100 meters. He was a double gold medallist at the World Champions ...

, who was allowed to compete despite missing three doping tests in the year due to a technicality, and blasted a 9.88 while no other qualifiers broke 10. The last time qualifier,

Filippo Tortu Filippo Tortu (born 15 June 1998) is an Italian sprinter with a personal best in the 100 meters of 9.99, the first Italian in history to break the 10 seconds barrier. He won the gold medal in 100 metres at the 2017 European U20 Championships a ...

, made the final by .001, running 10.101 over

Tyquendo Tracey Tyquendo Tracey (born June 10, 1993 in Trelawny, Jamaica) is a Jamaican professional athlete competing in the sprints. He is the 2018 Jamaican champion in the 100 m and the 2018 NACAC champion, setting the championship record of 10.03&n ...

's 10.102, while Aaron Brown got in by placing second behind Coleman in heat 1 with 10.12. In the final, defending champion

Justin Gatlin Justin Alexander Gatlin (born February 10, 1982) is a retired American sprinter who competed in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters. He is the 2004 Olympic Champion in the 100 meters, the 2005 and 2017 World Champion in the 100 meters, ...

got a good start to gain a step on the field, except Coleman got a better start, gaining that step on Gatlin. Unlike 2017, Coleman did not give ground back, extending his lead to a dominating victory in 9.76. A new personal best, world leading time for the season, that becomes the #6 time in history, just 0.02 seconds behind Gatlin's personal best. Returning to form,

Andre De Grasse Andre De Grasse (born November 10, 1994) is a Canadian sprinter. A six-time Olympic medallist, De Grasse is the reigning Olympic champion in the 200 m, and also won the silver in the 200 m in 2016. He won a second silver in the 4×100 re ...

closed and nearly caught Gatlin at the line in 9.90, a new wind legal personal best. At 37 years old, the world M35 record holder over 100m

became the oldest athlete to ever medal in 100m in the

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history.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: The following records were set at the competition:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 10.10.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:

Results

Preliminary round

The first athlete in each heat ( Q ) and the next five fastest ( q ) qualified for the first round proper. The overall results were as follows:
Wind: P1:+0.1, P2:+0.4, P3:+0.3, P4:+0.0

Heats

The first 3 in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:
Wind: H1:-0.3, H2:-0.8, H3:-0.8, H4:-0.3, H5:-0.3, H6:+0.1

Semi-finals

The first 2 in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final.
Wind: S1:-0.3, S2:-0.3, S3:+0.8

Final

The final was started on 28 September at 22:15.
Wind: +0.6

References

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