Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres
| Men's 100 metres at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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De Grasse, Bolt and Vicaut cross the finish line during the final of the Men's 100 metres
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 13 August 2016 (Preliminary round & heats) 14 August 2016 (semi-final & final) |
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| Competitors | 84 from 57 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 9.81 | ||||||||||||
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Usain Bolt |
 Jamaica
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Justin Gatlin |
 United States
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Andre De Grasse |
 Canada
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The men's 100 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 13–14 August at the Olympic Stadium.
Usain Bolt of Jamaica entered as the world record holder, 2012 Olympic champion and the 2015 World Champion. Looking to become the first man to win three Olympic 100 m titles, he was unbeaten and ranked fourth for the season with 9.88 seconds, though injury affected his early season. The 2015 World runner-up and American champion Justin Gatlin was also unbeaten that year and held the fastest time at 9.80, though he too had had an injury in the buildup. Trayvon Bromell (the third man on the 2015 podium) was the second fastest man of the season, while France's Jimmy Vicaut had twice run under 9.9 seconds, but had been beaten at the 2016 European Championships. The 2012 Olympic silver medallist and second fastest man ever Yohan Blake entered for Jamaica, but had not shown strong form since that year.
Hassan Saaid of the Maldives and Rodman Teltull of Palau were the fastest to progress from the preliminary round, both managing under 10.6 seconds.Siueni Filimone qualified but pulled a hamstring at the finish and was unable to compete in the next round. Gatlin was the fastest in the heats at 10.01, followed by Ivorian Ben Youssef Meité, Andre De Grasse of Canada, then Bolt. China's Xie Zhenye was the fifth heat winner under 10.1 seconds, setting a personal best. Vicaut narrowly progressed as a fastest non-qualifier. The most prominent casualties were European champion Churandy Martina, sub-10 Canadian Aaron Brown and sixth-ranked Qatari Femi Ogunode.Keston Bledman, a sub-10 performer was edged out for the final qualifying position by Cejhae Greene, both athletes recording the same time 10.20 rounded to the hundredth.
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