Listen to commentary from Sports Broadcast Journalist Chris Dennis, and Former Olympian Tim Hutchings.

The Men’s 100m event got underway at 19:25 (local time) at Gateshead International Stadium in Gateshead, Great Britain. The temperature at the time of the event was 17°C (~63°F). According to Diamond League Official Records, the wind speed during the event was +0.4 m/s. Gateshead International Stadium is located at Sea Level by the shore of the Tyne River.

Side Note: A positive wind speed means the athletes had a Tailwind. End Side Note.

At the time, the list of athletes that would compete in the Tokyo Olympics had already been determined, as the Tokyo Olympics Qualifying Period had ended on June 29, 2021. The Olympic Qualifying Standard for the Men's 100m is 10.05s.

The event featured a Star-Studded Line-Up of eight athletes, five of them were Tokyo-Bound:

Former Baylor University Bear Trayvon Bromell (USA), Men’s 100m.
Chijindu “CJ” Ujah (Great Britain), Men’s: 100m and 4x100m Relay.
Zharnel Hughes (Great Britain), Men’s: 100m and 4x100m Relay.
Former USC Trojan Andre de Grasse (Canada), Men’s 100m, 200m, and 4x100m Relay.
Former Texas A&M Aggie Fred Kerley (USA), Men’s 100m

Side Note: Shortly after the Olympics, both of Ujah’s doping test samples taken during the Olympics were positive for a prohibited substance. End of Side Note.

The remaining three athletes would not participate in the Tokyo Olympics, but, their World Ranking in the Men’s 100m by World Athletics on July 13, 2021, was the following:

Former Oklahoma Baptist University Bison Michael Rodgers (USA), Ranked Number 9.
Former University of Mississippi Ole Miss Rebel Isiah Young (USA), Ranked Number 10.
Adam Gemili (Great Britain), Ranked Number 17.

How it Unfolded:

American Star Trayvon Bromell in a display of great form crossed the line first in a time of 9.98s and was expected to be a protagonist in Tokyo.

Glossary of Terms:

°C = degrees Celsius
°F = degrees Fahrenheit
m = meters
m/s = meters per second

The Competitors in the Men’s 100m and their Finishing Times:

1. Trayvon Bromell (USA), 9.98s
2. Chijindu Ujah (Great Britain), 10.10s
3. Zharnel Hughes (Great Britain), 10.13s (0.125s)
4. André de Grasse (Canada), 10.13s (0.128s)
5. Fred Kerley (USA), 10.13s (0.129s)
6. Michael Rodgers (USA), 10.17s
7. Isiah Young (USA), 10.21s (0.203s)
8. Adam Gemili (Great Britain), 10.21s (0.209s)

Please note how Positions 3 and 4 have the same time.

Side Note: Both in the Olympics and Diamond League the ONE THOUDSAND digit, ie the Fourth Digit from the right is listed enclosed in parenthesis. End Side Note.

So, de Grasse (Canada) and Hughes (Great Britain) were separated by THREE THOUSANDS of a second.

Positions 7 and 8, Young (USA) and Gemili (Great Britain) were separated by SIX THOUSANDS of a second.

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