Mens 100 metres Final

Date
Sun 4th August 2024 (UTC)
Sun 4th August 2024 (Local)

Timestamp
2024-08-04T19:50:00

Time

19:50:00 UTC (21:50:00 Local)

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League
Olympics Athletics

Season
2024

Round
200

Status
Match Finished

Location
Stade de France
(80,000 Attendance)

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Description

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	9.784
02	Kishane Thompson	9.789
03	Fred Kerley	9.81
04	Akani Simbine	9.82
05	Marcell Jacobs	9.85
06	Letsile Tebogo	9.86
07	Kenny Bednarek	9.88
08	Oblique Seville	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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