The Men's 100 metres sprint event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 15 and 16 August at the Beijing National Stadium. The final was won by Jamaican Usain Bolt in a world record time of 9.69 seconds.

Kriss Akabusi criticized Usain Bolt's chest slapping before the finish line as showboating, shortly before Bolt captured the gold in the 100 meter sprint, noting that the actions cost Bolt an even faster record time. IOC president Jacques Rogge also condemned the Jamaican's actions as disrespectful. Bolt denied that this was the purpose of his mid-race celebration by saying "I wasn't bragging. When I saw I wasn't covered, I was just happy.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date	Event	Athlete	Time	OR	WR
16 August	Final		9.69 s	OR	WR

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to three entrants providing they had met the A standard (10.21) in the qualifying period (1 January 2007 to 23 July 2008). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing he had met the B standard (10.28) in the same qualifying period.

Results

All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:

• Q denotes qualification by place
• q denotes qualification by time
• DNS denotes did not start
• DNF denotes did not finish
• DSQ denotes disqualification

• PB denotes personal best
• SB denotes season best
• NR denotes national record
• CR denotes continental record
• WR denotes world record

Heats

The first round was held on 15 August. The first three runners of each heat plus the next ten overall fastest runners qualified for the second round.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	3	Usain Bolt		0.186	10.20		Q
2	9	Daniel Bailey		0.198	10.24		Q
3	6	Vicente de Lima		0.168	10.26	=SB	Q
4	2	Henry Vizcaíno		0.157	10.28		q
5	4	Fabio Cerutti		0.136	10.49
6	5	Jurgen Themen		0.179	10.61	PB
7	8	Moses Kamut		0.181	10.81
8	7	Francis Manioru		0.197	11.09
				Wind: -0.2 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	5	Asafa Powell		0.142	10.16		Q
2	3	Kim Collins		0.162	10.17		Q
3	7	Craig Pickering		0.174	10.21		Q
4	2	Daniel Grueso		0.178	10.35		q
5	9	Dariusz Kuć		0.144	10.44		q
6	8	Béranger Bosse		0.144	10.51	SB
7	6	Aisea Tohi		0.159	11.17
8	4	Roman William Cress		0.190	11.18
				Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	8	Richard Thompson		0.188	10.24		Q
2	5	Martial Mbandjock		0.162	10.26		Q
3	4	Simone Collio		0.140	10.32		Q
4	2	Aziz Zakari		0.177	10.34		q
5	6	Andrew Hinds		0.140	10.35		q
6	3	Suryo Agung Wibowo		0.175	10.46
7	7	Jared Lewis		0.123	11.00
8	9	Rabangaki Nawai		0.152	11.29	SB
				Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	3	Michael Frater		0.156	10.15		Q
2	4	Pierre Browne		0.141	10.22		Q
3	6	Darrel Brown		0.139	10.22		Q
4	7	Nobuharu Asahara		0.160	10.25		q
5	9	Holder da Silva		0.184	10.58
6	2	Idrissa Sanou		0.171	10.63
7	8	Ghyd-Kermeliss-Holly Olonghot		0.172	11.01
8	5	Massoud Azizi		0.160	11.45
				Wind: 0.2 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	2	Tyson Gay		0.148	10.22		Q
2	5	Olusoji A. Fasuba		0.156	10.29		Q
3	4	José Carlos Moreira		0.192	10.29		Q
4	7	Ángel David Rodríguez		0.145	10.34		q
5	9	Lukas Milo		0.145	10.52
6	8	Mhadjou Youssouf		0.170	10.62	PB
7	3	Danny D'Souza		0.180	11.00
8	6	Shanahan Sanitoa		0.158	12.60
				Wind: 0.7 m/s

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	5	Tyrone Edgar		0.138	10.13		Q
2	6	Darvis Patton		0.149	10.25		Q
3	7	Ronald Pognon		0.167	10.26		Q
4	4	Hu Kai		0.152	10.39		q
5	8	Abdullah Al-Sooli		0.153	10.53	PB
6	8	Desislav Gunev		0.152	10.66
7	3	Ali Shareef		0.171	11.11	NR
8	9	Souksavanh Tonsacktheva		0.183	11.51
				Wind: 0.9 m/s

Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	4	Francis Obikwelu		0.190	10.25		Q
2	2	Obinna Metu		0.176	10.34		Q
3	5	Walter Dix		0.167	10.35		Q
4	6	Anson Henry		0.138	10.37		q
5	8	Dmytro Hlushchenko		0.200	10.57
6	3	Calvin Kang Li Loong		0.140	10.73
7	9	Jesse Tamangrow		0.146	11.38	PB
8	7	Reginaldo Micha Ndong		0.242	11.61
				Wind: -1.4 m/s

Heat 8

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	3	Derrick Atkins		0.162	10.28		Q
2	4	Andrey Yepishin		0.172	10.34		Q
3	9	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure		0.164	10.37		Q
4	6	Uchenna Emedolu		0.192	10.46
5	2	Suwaibou Sanneh		0.157	10.52
6	5	Sandro Viana		0.160	10.60
7	7	Lai Chun Ho		0.199	10.63
8	8	Mohamed Abu Abdullah		0.174	11.07
				Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 9

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	6	Samuel Francis		0.153	10.40		Q
2	5	Marc Burns		0.160	10.46		Q
3	9	Matic Osovnikar		0.187	10.46		Q
4	7	Rolando Palacios		0.189	10.49
5	2	Ruslan Abbasov		0.154	10.58
6	4	Sébastien Gattuso		0.164	10.70
7	8	Jack Howard		0.204	11.03
8	3	Gordon Heather		0.214	11.41	PB
				Wind: -1.7 m/s

Heat 10

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	4	Churandy Martina		0.164	10.35		Q
2	5	Naoki Tsukahara		0.169	10.39		Q
3	6	Simeon Williamson		0.183	10.42		Q
4	9	Tobias Unger		0.161	10.46		q
5	8	Franklin Nazareno		0.178	10.60
6	7	Wilfried Bingangoye		0.171	10.87
7	2	Moumi Sebergue		0.210	11.14
8	3	Okilani Tinilau		0.174	11.48	NR
				Wind: -1.3 m/s

Q - Qualified as one of first 3 in heat

q - Qualified as one of the next 10 fastest

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals was held on August 15. The first three runners of each heat plus the next overall fastest runner qualified for the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	4	Churandy Martina		0.142	9.99	NR	Q
2	7	Michael Frater		0.154	10.09		Q
3	6	Naoki Tsukahara		0.156	10.23	SB	Q
4	9	Simeon Williamson		0.127	10.32
5	3	Henry Vizcaíno		0.167	10.33
6	5	Pierre Browne		0.144	10.36
7	2	Dariusz Kuć		0.176	10.46
8	8	Darrel Brown		0.119	10.93
				Wind: -0.1 m/s

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	6	Richard Thompson		0.170	9.99		Q
2	4	Tyson Gay		0.146	10.09		Q
3	7	Martial Mbandjock		0.160	10.16		Q
4	5	Olusoji A. Fasuba		0.147	10.21
5	2	Andrew Hinds		0.148	10.25
6	8	José Carlos Moreira		0.193	10.32
7	9	Simone Collio		0.138	10.33
8	3	Daniel Grueso		0.193	10.37
				Wind: 0.0 m/s

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	6	Marc Burns		0.174	10.05		Q
2	4	Kim Collins		0.150	10.07	=SB	Q
3	5	Tyrone Edgar		0.130	10.10		Q
4	7	Samuel Francis		0.164	10.11		q
5	9	Ronald Pognon		0.167	10.21
6	8	Matic Osovnikar		0.171	10.24
7	2	Tobias Unger		0.136	10.36
8	3	Nobuharu Asahara		0.145	10.37
				Wind: -0.2 m/s

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	7	Usain Bolt		0.165	9.92		Q
2	5	Darvis Patton		0.159	10.04		Q
3	4	Francis Obikwelu		0.168	10.09		Q
4	8	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure		0.133	10.14
5	9	Craig Pickering		0.144	10.18
6	6	Obinna Metu		0.174	10.27
7	3	Anson Henry		0.142	10.33
8	2	Ángel David Rodríguez		0.154	10.35
				Wind: 0.1 m/s

Quarterfinal 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	7	Asafa Powell		0.149	10.02		Q
2	9	Walter Dix		0.163	10.08		Q
3	5	Derrick Atkins		0.179	10.14		Q
4	4	Daniel Bailey		0.149	10.23
5	3	Aziz Zakari		0.167	10.24
6	6	Andrey Yepishin		0.158	10.25
7	8	Vicente de Lima		0.157	10.31
8	2	Hu Kai		0.165	10.40
				Wind: -0.1 m/s

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 16. The first four runners from each semifinal qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	7	Usain Bolt		0.161	9.85		Q
2	6	Walter Dix		0.143	9.94	SB	Q
3	4	Marc Burns		0.124	9.97	=SB	Q
4	9	Michael Frater		0.163	10.01		Q
5	5	Kim Collins		0.163	10.05	SB
6	2	Derrick Atkins		0.159	10.13
7	8	Tyrone Edgar		0.143	10.18
8	3	Samuel Francis		0.146	10.20
				Wind: -0.1 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	6	Asafa Powell		0.161	9.91		Q
2	7	Richard Thompson		0.175	9.93	=PB	Q
3	5	Churandy Martina		0.138	9.94	NR	Q
4	4	Darvis Patton		0.149	10.03		Q
5	9	Tyson Gay		0.145	10.05
6	8	Francis Obikwelu		0.157	10.10
7	3	Naoki Tsukahara		0.143	10.16	SB
8	2	Martial Mbandjock		0.148	10.18
				Wind: 0.3 m/s

Final

The final was held on August 16.

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
	4	Usain Bolt		0.165	9.69
	5	Richard Thompson		0.133	9.89	PB
	6	Walter Dix		0.133	9.91	PB
4	9	Churandy Martina		0.169	9.93	NR
5	7	Asafa Powell		0.134	9.95
6	2	Michael Frater		0.147	9.97	PB
7	8	Marc Burns		0.145	10.01
8	3	Darvis Patton		0.142	10.03
				Wind: 0.0m/s

References

External links

• Official final classification
• Video 100m Mens Final