Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres

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The men's 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at theOlympic Stadium on 4–5 August 2012.The competition comprised four rounds: a preliminary round for entrants without the minimum qualifying standard, a heats round, followed by three semi-finals of eight athletes each, which then reduced to eight athletes for the final.

Usain Bolt won the gold medal for a second successive time, becoming only the second man in history, after Carl Lewis (1984,1988), to repeat. His winning time of 9.63 seconds broke his own Olympic record set in 2008 and was second on the fastest times behind his own world record. His Jamaican teammate, Yohan Blake, finished second in 9.75 seconds. Blake's time was the fastest ever not to win a gold medal. Former world record holder and 2004 Olympic champion Justin Gatlin finished with the bronze medal with a time of 9.79 seconds. This race set a number of records, including: the first time in history that the top 3 finished under 9.80 seconds; the first time in history that the top 5 finished in under 9.90 seconds; the first time in history that the four fastest men in 100m history all featured; and 7 of the 8 men ran in under 10 seconds, again a first in the 100 meters, with only Asafa Powell (11.99) failing this, due to an injury he sustained 60 meters into the race. Apart from Powell, each runner's time was the fastest-ever for his respective placing. Despite not getting gold, Blake, Gatlin, Gay, and Bailey all ran times that would have won at least silver in any previous Olympic final. Blake, Gatlin and Gay each ran times that would have won gold in any Olympic final before 2008 (i.e. before Bolt's 9.69 race in Beijing).

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Reaction	Result	Notes
	7	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	0.165	9.63	OR
	5	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	0.179	9.75	=PB
	6	Justin Gatlin	United States	0.178	9.79	PB
4	4	Tyson Gay	United States	0.145	9.80	SB
5	8	Ryan Bailey	United States	0.176	9.88	=PB
6	9	Churandy Martina	Netherlands	0.139	9.94
7	2	Richard Thompson	Trinidad and Tobago	0.160	9.98
8	3	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	0.155	11.99	*
				Wind: +1.5 m/s

                                                                          Usain Bolt