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Mens 100 metres Final

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Date & Time
Sun 4th August 2024 9:50pm Local
Sun 4th August 2024 7:50pm UTC

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League
Olympics Athletics

Season
2024

Round
Round 200

Status
FT

Location

Stade de France
(80,000 Attendance)

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The men's 100 metres event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place on 3 August and 4 August at the Stade de France in Paris.

This was the thirtieth time that the men's 100 metres is contested at the Summer Olympics. Interestingly the final contained 6 men who had recorded top 25 all time records in the 100m, making this final one of the most tightly contested in history, as the difference between the fastest man in the field Fred Kerley (9.76) and the slowest Kenny Bednarek (9.87) was only 0.11 seconds. For the first time in 100m history the final was contested by 8 men who had all ran under 10 seconds in the semi finals. In fact, 12 of the 27 semi finalists all ran under 10 seconds, with the gap between 8th placed semi finalist Kenny Bednarek and 12th placed Andre De Grasse being just 0.05 seconds.

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Result List

01	Noah Lyles	USA Athletics	9.784
02	Kishane Thompson	Jamaica Athletics	9.789
03	Fred Kerley	USA Athletics	9.81
04	Akani Simbine	South Africa Athletics	9.82
05	Marcell Jacobs	Italy Athletics	9.85
06	Letsile Tebogo	Botswana Athletics	9.86
07	Kenny Bednarek	USA Athletics	9.88
08	Oblique Seville	Jamaica Athletics	9.91

Result Description

Noah Lyles won the gold medal, setting a new personal best in the 100m. The United States extended its podium streak in the event to seven Games with both Lyles with gold and Fred Kerley winning bronze. Jamaican Kishane Thompson finished in 2nd, taking the silver medal. The winning time of 9.79 was achieved by both Lyles and Thompson, but Lyles crossed the line five one thousandths of a second faster to take gold. Kerley finished third in 9.81.

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