Men 100 Metres

2011 Daegu World Champships
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13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics
Daegu (KOR) - Saturday, Aug 27, 2011
100 Metres - M Heats
Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1
27 August 2011 - 21:45
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 4 941 Kim Collins SKN 10.13 Q . 0.158
2 1 1091 Trell Kimmons USA 10.32 Q . 0.146
3 2 1016 Richard Thompson TRI 10.34 Q . 0.193
4 7 428 Suwaibou Sanneh GAM 10.50 . 0.210
5 3 718 Ronalds Arajs LAT 10.52 . 0.169
6 6 791 Peter Emelieze NGR 10.58 . 0.190
7 8 231 Delivert Arsene Kimbembe CGO 10.94 . 0.355
. 5 155 Adrian Griffith BAH DQ . -0.091

Heat 2
27 August 2011 - 21:53
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 2 1073 Walter Dix USA 10.25 Q . 0.165
2 1 429 Harry Aikines-Aryeetey GBR 10.28 Q . 0.146
3 7 1007 Keston Bledman TRI 10.32 Q . 0.168
4 4 168 Andrew Hinds BAR 10.41 q . 0.156
5 8 559 Jason Smyth IRL 10.57 . 0.165
6 6 790 Ogho-Oghene Egwero NGR 10.57 . 0.155
7 3 119 Geronimo Goeloe ARU 10.84 . 0.159
8 5 542 Fadlin Fadlin INA 11.10 . 0.181

Heat 3
27 August 2011 - 22:01
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 4 413 Christophe Lemaitre FRA 10.14 Q . 0.157
2 6 1078 Justin Gatlin USA 10.31 Q . 0.182
3 7 783 Churandy Martina NED 10.32 Q . 0.183
4 5 437 Marlon Devonish GBR 10.34 q . 0.157
5 2 304 Carlos Jorge DOM 10.62 . 0.184
6 1 1147 Gabriel Mvumvure ZIM 10.63 . 0.142
7 8 101 Keiron Rogers AIA 10.96 . 0.238
8 3 668 Dmitrii Ilin KGZ 11.00 . 0.181

Heat 4
27 August 2011 - 22:09
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 4 587 Yohan Blake JAM 10.12 Q . 0.182
2 6 424 Jimmy Vicaut FRA 10.25 Q . 0.194
3 1 1146 Ngonidzashe Makusha ZIM 10.31 Q . 0.160
4 5 229 Justyn Warner CAN 10.33 q . 0.147
5 3 167 Ramon Gittens BAR 10.42 . 0.161
6 8 258 Ben Youssef Meité CIV 10.45 . 0.187
7 2 213 Gérard Kobéané BUR 10.59 . 0.152
8 7 970 Jurgen Themen SUR 10.94 . 0.187

Heat 5
27 August 2011 - 22:17
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 3 589 Nesta Carter JAM 10.26 Q . 0.164
2 2 111 Daniel Bailey ANT 10.34 Q . 0.157
3 1 752 Aziz Ouhadi MAR 10.42 Q . 0.165
4 6 736 Rytis Sakalauskas LTU 10.42 . 0.187
5 5 360 Marek Niit EST 10.53 . 0.161
6 4 515 Aziz Zakari GHA 10.55 . 0.161
7 7 753 Mohammad Noor Imran A Hadi MAS 10.75 . 0.169
8 8 939 Foo Ee Yeo SIN 10.85 . 0.169

Heat 6
27 August 2011 - 22:25
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 4 588 Usain Bolt JAM 10.10 Q . 0.153
2 8 434 Dwain Chambers GBR 10.28 Q . 0.171
3 7 349 Ángel David Rodríguez ESP 10.37 Q . 0.172
4 3 884 Simon Magakwe RSA 10.53 . 0.150
5 2 191 Nilson Andrè BRA 10.54 . 0.146
6 5 1145 Gerald Phiri ZAM 10.60 . 0.211
7 6 232 Abdouraim Haroun CHA 10.72 . 0.179
8 1 269 Moudjib Toyb COM 11.12 . 0.157

Heat 7
27 August 2011 - 22:33
Position Lane Bib Athlete Country Mark . React
1 5 593 Michael Frater JAM 10.26 Q . 0.149
2 7 801 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 10.33 Q . 0.194
3 3 836 Dariusz Kuc POL 10.36 Q . 0.148
4 1 967 Reto Schenkel SUI 10.44 . 0.159
5 8 1006 Aaron Armstrong TRI 10.48 . 0.229
6 6 261 Álvaro Gómez COL 10.62 . 0.218
7 2 531 Chi Ho Tsui HKG 10.65 . 0.162
8 4 1152 Tilak Ram Tharu NEP 11.32 . 0.205

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw05h_hcQ_4

Thankyou “christravis” for the link and pointing out the rear block issue:

For those who still advocate no force against the rear block in the start, check 3min 15sec into the above link to see the rear block collapse under pressure in Usain Bolt’s lightning start in his 1st round of the 100m at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu. He turns at around halfway to see where Dwayne Chambers is and then jogs the last half of the race. A man against children! Watch for Bolt’s “step-over” action and how soon he gets into this preferred position and how well he sustains this action throughout his race, qualifying fastest for the semis into a headwind.

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In fairness to the others, I think he’s more aptly described as an anomaly amidst worlds class talent; although some of the other sub 9.9 and 9.8 potential men were not in that heat, or in Daegu for that matter.

The reality is that 99% of 100m sprinters will never experience running as fast as he jogged in that heat. As you noted, he literally performs a fast-easy and finishes the latter portion at what looks like an extensive tempo effort.

Incredible start, particularly considering his lever lengths. It would be interesting to know his reaction time and splits in that race.