The men's

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at the

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was held at the

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on August 27 and August 28. The event was won by

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, who became the youngest ever world champion in the 100 metres at . The highly favored defending champion and world record holder

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was disqualified from the final for making a

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. Seventy four athletes started the competition, with 61 nations being represented (18 of them in the preliminaries only). It was the first global final to be held following the introduction of the no-false start rule. The four fastest 100-metre runners of 2011 were absent:

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(9.85 sec) and

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(9.80 sec) had been banned for doping offences, while

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(9.79 sec) and 2011 world leader

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(9.78 sec) could not compete due to injuries. A

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was introduced, where those entrants who had not obtained the 100 m qualification standard had to compete in a further qualifying stage before making it into the first round proper. This reduced the event to a three-round competition, as opposed to the traditional four, for qualified runners.

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(the host nation's sole entrant) was disqualified in this round for a false start. Abdouraim Haroun was the fastest preliminary runner, Keiron Rogers broke the Anguillian record, and while the slowest of the round was Sogelau Tuvalu, his time of 15.66 seconds was a personal best for the

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specialist. Usain Bolt had the fastest time of the first day (10.10) while his Jamaican compatriots won three of the other seven heats.

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Kim Collins Kim Collins (born 5 April 1976) is a former track and field sprinter from Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 metres. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on five occasions, from 1996 to 2016, ...

and

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were the other winners. In the first of the semi-finals,

became the first man under ten seconds. Bolt won the second race as the second-fastest qualifier (10.05) and Collins won the third to become the oldest ever 100 m finalist. Frenchman Jimmy Vicaut became only the second junior athlete ever to qualify for the 100 m final, after

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. The most prominent eliminations were Olympic silver medallist Richard Thompson (the fastest entrant that year with 9.85 sec) and 2004 Olympic champion

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. Dwain Chambers (a 2009 finalist) false-started, while sub-9.9 sec runners

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and

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also failed to progress. In the 100 m final defending champion Usain Bolt caused an upset by false starting – Yohan Blake had made a slight movement but Bolt was the one who left his blocks, being immediately disqualified. In his absence, it was quick starter Kim Collins who led for the first half of the race. However, Blake was strongest in the second half, taking the lead and sprinting to win the

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with a time of 9.92 seconds into the −1.4 m/s headwind. Walter Dix made up ground on Collins, with the American edging into the silver medal position at the line by a margin of 0.01 seconds. At old, bronze medallist Collins became the oldest ever world medallist for the men's 100 m.Rowbottom, Mike (2011-08-28)
Men's 100m - Final - Blake steals the show as Bolt incredibly false starts
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Medalists

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Preliminary round

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) advance to the heats. Wind:
Heat 1: +1.7 m/s, Heat 2: +1.2 m/s, Heat 3: -1.3 m/s, Heat 4: -0.9 m/s

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the

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:
Heat 1: −1.7 m/s, Heat 2: −1.7 m/s, Heat 3: −1.0 m/s, Heat 4: −1.3 m/s, Heat 5: −1.2 m/s, Heat 6: −0.7 m/s, Heat 7: −1.2 m/s Churandy Martina Daegu 2011

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the

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. Wind:
Heat 1: −0.4 m/s, Heat 2: −1.0 m/s, Heat 3: −0.8 m/s

Final

Wind: −1.4 m/s

References

External links

100 metres results
at IAAF website {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 World Championships in Athletics - Men's 100 metres

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100 metres at the World Athletics Championships