The men's

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at the

2022 World Athletics Championships The 2022 World Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships. It was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, United States, from July 15–24, 2022, with the country hosting that competition for the f ...

was held at the

Hayward Field Hayward Field is a track and field stadium in the northwest United States, located on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. It has been the home of the university's track and field teams since 1921, and was the on-campus ho ...

in Eugene on 15 and 16 July 2022. 76 athletes from 53 nations entered to the competition.

Summary

The defending champion

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 ...

got his customary fast start, with

Marvin Bracy Marvin Bracy-Williams (born December 15, 1993) is an American sprinter, and a former American football wide receiver. He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles, and quit just prior to their 2013 national championship season to ...

, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown and Aaron Brown all out fast on the opposite side of the track. By 40 metres Bracy and Coleman were clear leaders with

Fred Kerley Fredrick Lee Kerley (born May 7, 1995) is an American track and field sprinter known primarily for competing in the 400 meters distance but more recently the 100 meters and 200 meters. He has earned several medals at the World Championships in ...

just an arm's length back. Over the next 20 metres, Bracy separated to a full metre over Kerley as Coleman was straining. Next to last out of the blocks,

Trayvon Bromell Trayvon Jaquez Bromell (born July 10, 1995) is an American professional track and field athlete specializing in sprinting events. He was the first junior to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters with a time of 9.97 seconds, the former jun ...

came back to pass Coleman with 30 metres to go as all four American sprinters occupied the top places with Bromell about even with Kerley and Bracy clearly ahead. In the three steps from 20 to 10 metres before the finish, Kerley made up the gap on Bracy and in the final 10 metres edged ahead. Bracy began to lean early straining for the finish, almost being caught by Bromell for silver, the medal decided by 2 thousandths of a second. In the premiere event of the games, USA achieved a sweep at home. Meanwhile, defending 2021 Olympic gold medalist,

Marcell Jacobs Lamont Marcell Jacobs Jr. (born 26 September 1994) is an Italian track and field sprinter and former long jumper. He is the 2020 Olympic 100 metres champion, the 2022 60 metres world champion, the 2022 European 100 metres champion, and a memb ...

of Italy, ran a 10.02 in his opening heat and withdrew from the semi-finals, citing a thigh injury.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 10.05.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Results

Preliminary Round

The preliminary round took place on 15 July, with the 28 athletes involved being splitted into 4 heats of 7 athletes each. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 6 fastest ( q ) qualified for the round 1. The overall results were as follows: Wind:
Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.1 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: +1.1 m/s

Round 1 (heats)

The round 1 took place on 15 July, with the 57 athletes involved being splitted into 7 heats, 6 heats of 8 and 1 of 9 athletes. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 3 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-final. The overall results were as follows: Wind:
Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.6 m/s, Heat 4: +0.2 m/s, Heat 5: +1.1 m/s, Heat 6: +0.5 m/s, Heat 7: -0.3 m/s

Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 16 July, with the 24 athletes involved being splitted into 3 heats of 8 athletes each. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows: Wind:
Heat 1: +0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s

Final

The final was started at 19:50 on 16 July. The results were as follows: Wind: -0.1 m/s

References

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100 metres at the World Athletics Championships