2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres
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The men's 100 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 13 and 14 September 2025.[1]
14 September (semi-finals & final)
| Men's 100 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | National Stadium | |||||||||
| Location | Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||
| Dates | 13 September (preliminary rounds & heats) 14 September (semi-finals & final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 77 from 52 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 9.77 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Summary
Through the 2025 season, Kishane Thompson came in as the World leader, his 9.75 at the Jamaican Championships making him #6 of all time. During the opening heats he had such a lead he shut it down early and still cruised to a 9.95. Defending champion Noah Lyles had already been beaten by Thompson in the Diamond League. He ran a more serious race to equal 9.95. Snakebit at the last three major championships, Oblique Seville again showed signs of brilliance this season. He had the misfortune to get seeded into the fast heat as Gift Leotlela and Kayinsola Ajayi battled to sub 9.9 times in the heats, making Seville's 9.93 look like a desperate rescue.[2]
Lyles and Ajayi ran through semi final one easily enough, bringing Akani Simbine sub 10 for a time qualifier. The highlight of the semis was the second heat where Thompson and Kenny Bednarek battled to an exact time tie at 9.844. In an extreme statistical rarity, 3rd and 4th place Zharnel Hughes and Jerome Blake also had an exact time tie in a non-qualifying 10.022. In the third semi, Seville showed his brilliance with a 9.86 separating from returning silver medalist and Olympic 200 gold medalist Letsile Tebogo.
In the final, Letsile Tebogo left everybody in the blocks. Unfortunately, the gun hadn't fired yet. After some discussion, he was disqualified. On the second calling, Oblique Seville (0.157s) and Kishane Thompson (0.160s) had the quickest reaction times, while Bednarek had the slowest reaction time (0.211s).[3] By the halfway point, Thompson had a step on everybody but Seville. Over the last half, Noah Lyles accelerated in the final metres to secure third place, while Seville matched that kind of speed to ease past Thompson and take the win. Seville's winning time of 9.77 put him into the top ten of all time.[4]
Records
Before the competition records were as follows:[5]
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record |  Usain Bolt (JAM) |
9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
| Championship record | ||||
| World Leading | Kishane Thompson (JAM) |
9.75 | Kingston, Jamaica | 27 June 2025 |
| African Record |  Ferdinand Omanyala (KEN) |
9.77 | Nairobi, Kenya | 18 September 2021 |
| Asian Record |  Su Bingtian (CHN) |
9.83 | Tokyo, Japan | 1 August 2021 |
| European Record |  Marcell Jacobs (ITA) |
9.80 | ||
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Usain Bolt (JAM) |
9.58 | Berlin, Germany | 16 August 2009 |
| Oceanian record |  Patrick Johnson (AUS) |
9.93 | Mito, Japan | 5 May 2003 |
| South American Record |  Erik Cardoso (BRA) |
9.93 | São Paulo, Brazil | 31 July 2025 |
Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 10.00.[6]
Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows:[1]
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 13 September | 11:10 | Preliminary round |
| 20:35 | Heats | |
| 14 September | 20:45 | Semi-finals |
| 22:20 | Final |
Results
Preliminary round
The preliminary round took place on 13 September. The first two athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for round 1.[7]
Heat 1
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Christopher Borzor |  Haiti | 10.41 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Zaid Ashraf Omar Al-Awamleh |  Jordan | 10.62 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | D'Angelo Huisden |  Suriname | 10.89 | |
| 4 | 4 | Sanjay Weekes |  Montserrat | 11.08 | |
| 5 | 9 | Titali Kolomalu |  Tonga | 11.29 | PB |
| 6 | 1 | Matthew Fiso |  American Samoa | 11.40 | PB |
| 7 | 2 | Salin Tort |  Cambodia | 11.42 | SB |
| 8 | 7 | Marcos Santos |  Angola | 11.72 | |
| — | 8 | Abdul Rahim Abdullah |  Brunei | DNF | |
| [8] | Wind: (−0.8 m/s) | ||||
Heat 2
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Saif Al-Rammahi |  Iraq | 10.56 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Dylan Sicobo |  Seychelles | 10.79 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Olivier Mwimba |  DR Congo | 10.92 | |
| 4 | 5 | Winzar Kakiouea |  Nauru | 10.93 | |
| 5 | 3 | Stanislaus Kostka |  Federated States of Micronesia | 11.48 | SB |
| 6 | 8 | Tyson Chinn |  Palau | 11.55 | |
| 7 | 2 | Ty'ree Langidrik |  Marshall Islands | 11.68 | SB |
| 8 | 9 | Sean Penalver |  Gibraltar | 11.87 | SB |
| [8] | Wind: (−0.6 m/s) | ||||
Heat 3
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Kuron Griffith |  Barbados | 10.47 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Alieu Joof |  Gambia | 10.60 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Favoris Muzrapov |  Tajikistan | 10.67 | q |
| 4 | 4 | Hassan Saaid |  Maldives | 10.84 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Kenaz Kaniwete |  Kiribati | 11.10 | |
| 6 | 9 | Gregorio Ndong |  Equatorial Guinea | 11.48 | PB |
| 7 | 2 | Manuel Ataide |  Timor-Leste | 11.59 | SB |
| 8 | 8 | Theodore Cleveland Rodgers |  Northern Mariana Islands | 12.13 | |
| [8] | Wind: (−0.5 m/s) | ||||
Round 1 (heats)
Round 1 took place on 13 September. The first three athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next three fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-finals.[9]
Heat 1
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Gift Leotlela |  South Africa | 9.87 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 7 | Kayinsola Ajayi |  Nigeria | 9.88 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 6 | Oblique Seville | Jamaica | 9.93 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Romell Glave |  Great Britain & N.I. | 10.00 | q, =PB |
| 5 | 9 | Zhenye Xie | China | 10.21 | =SB |
| 6 | 3 | Taymir Burnet |  Netherlands | 10.21 | |
| 7 | 8 | Mamadou Fall Sarr |  Senegal | 10.25 | |
| 8 | 2 | Zaid Ashraf Omar Al-Awamleh | Jordan | 10.46 | =SB |
| [10] | Wind: (+0.3 m/s) | ||||
Heat 2
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Kishane Thompson | Jamaica | 9.95 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Eliezer Adjibi |  Canada | 10.19 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Ronal Longa |  Colombia | 10.21 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Henrik Larsson |  Sweden | 10.22 [.216] | |
| 5 | 2 | Simon Hansen |  Denmark | 10.22 [.218] | |
| 6 | 4 | Eloy Benitez |  Puerto Rico | 10.23 | |
| 7 | 7 | Yuhi Mori |  Japan | 10.37 | |
| 8 | 9 | Hassan Saaid | Maldives | 10.81 | SB |
| [10] | Wind: (+0.1 m/s) | ||||
Heat 3
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Noah Lyles |  United States | 9.95 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Ackeem Blake | Jamaica | 10.07 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Terrence Jones |  Bahamas | 10.16 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Ali Al-Balushi |  Oman | 10.25 | |
| 5 | 6 | Yoshihide Kiryu | Japan | 10.28 | |
| 6 | 2 | Christopher Borzor | Haiti | 10.36 | |
| 7 | 9 | Kuron Griffith | Barbados | 10.40 | |
| 8 | 4 | Felipe Bardi | Brazil | 10.54 | |
| [10] | Wind: (−1.1 m/s) | ||||
Heat 4
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Kenneth Bednarek | United States | 10.01 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Jerome Blake | Canada | 10.05 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Jeremiah Azu | Great Britain & N.I. | 10.10 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | Puripol Boonson |  Thailand | 10.15 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Rohan Browning |  Australia | 10.16 | |
| 6 | 8 | Owen Ansah |  Germany | 10.21 | |
| 7 | 7 | Carlos Flórez | Colombia | 10.42 | |
| 8 | 2 | Favoris Muzrapov | Tajikistan | 10.70 | |
| [10] | Wind: (−0.8 m/s) | ||||
Heat 5
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Letsile Tebogo |  Botswana | 10.07 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Andre De Grasse | Canada | 10.16 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Courtney Lindsey | United States | 10.19 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Rikkoi Brathwaite |  British Virgin Islands | 10.23 | |
| 5 | 7 | Lucas Ansah-Peprah | Germany | 10.25 | |
| 6 | 6 | Benjamin Azamati |  Ghana | 10.30 | |
| 7 | 4 | Erik Cardoso | Brazil | 10.32 | |
| 8 | 9 | Dylan Sicobo | Seychelles | 10.85 | |
| [10] | Wind: (−1.2 m/s) | ||||
Heat 6
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Israel Okon | Nigeria | 10.04 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Zharnel Hughes | Great Britain & N.I. | 10.06 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Lamont Marcel Jacobs | Italy | 10.20 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | T'Mars McCallum | United States | 10.25 | |
| 5 | 4 | Davonte Howell |  Cayman Islands | 10.33 | |
| 6 | 8 | Joshua Azzopardi | Australia | 10.41 | |
| 7 | 6 | Retshidisitswe Mlenga | South Africa | 10.42 | |
| 8 | 9 | Alieu Joof | Gambia | 10.54 | |
| [10] | Wind: (−0.6 m/s) | ||||
Heat 7
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Akani Simbine | South Africa | 10.02 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Abdul-Rasheed Saminu | Ghana | 10.09 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Kenya | 10.12 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Elvis Afrifa | Netherlands | 10.15 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Xinrui Deng | China | 10.23 | |
| 6 | 5 | Emmanuel Eseme |  Cameroon | 10.24 | |
| 7 | 9 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Japan | 10.37 | |
| 8 | 2 | Saif Al-Rammahi | Iraq | 10.58 | |
| [10] | Wind: (±0.0 m/s) | ||||
Semi-finals
The semi-finals took place on 14 September. The first two athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final.[11]
Heat 1
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Noah Lyles | United States | 9.92 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Kayinsola Ajayi | Nigeria | 9.93 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Akani Simbine | South Africa | 9.96 | q |
| 4 | 8 | Jeremiah Azu | Great Britain & N.I. | 10.05 | |
| 5 | 4 | Ackeem Blake | Jamaica | 10.12 | |
| 6 | 2 | Lamont Marcel Jacobs | Italy | 10.16 | SB |
| 7 | 9 | Elvis Afrifa | Netherlands | 10.20 | |
| 8 | 3 | Eliezer Adjibi | Canada | 10.27 | |
| [12] | Wind: (+0.1 m/s) | ||||
Heat 2
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Kenneth Bednarek | United States | 9.85 [.844] | Q |
| 1 | 5 | Kishane Thompson | Jamaica | 9.85 [.844] | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Zharnel Hughes | Great Britain & N.I. | 10.03 [.022] | |
| 3 | 7 | Jerome Blake | Canada | 10.03 [.022] | |
| 5 | 3 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Kenya | 10.09 | |
| 6 | 8 | Terrence Jones | Bahamas | 10.10 | |
| 7 | 9 | Puripol Boonson | Thailand | 10.17 | |
| 8 | 2 | Ronal Longa | Colombia | 10.23 | |
| [12] | Wind: (+0.2 m/s) | ||||
Heat 3
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Oblique Seville | Jamaica | 9.86 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Letsile Tebogo | Botswana | 9.94 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 4 | Gift Leotlela | South Africa | 9.97 | q |
| 4 | 6 | Abdul-Rasheed Saminu | Ghana | 10.08 | |
| 5 | 3 | Andre De Grasse | Canada | 10.09 [.084] | |
| 6 | 2 | Romell Glave | Great Britain & N.I. | 10.09 [.089] | |
| 7 | 7 | Israel Okon | Nigeria | 10.14 | |
| 8 | 9 | Courtney Lindsey | United States | 10.18 | |
| [12] | Wind: (±0.0 m/s) | ||||
Final
| Place | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
7 | Oblique Seville | Jamaica |
9.77 | PB |
 |
5 | Kishane Thompson | Jamaica |
9.82 | |
 |
4 | Noah Lyles | United States |
9.89 | SB |
| 4 | 6 | Kenneth Bednarek | United States |
9.92 | |
| 5 | 9 | Gift Leotlela | South Africa |
9.95 | |
| 6 | 3 | Kayinsola Ajayi | Nigeria |
10.00 | |
| 7 | 2 | Akani Simbine | South Africa |
10.04 | |
| — | 8 | Letsile Tebogo | Botswana |
DQ | TR 16.8 |
| [13] | Wind: (+0.3 m/s) | ||||