Noah Lyles Wins Olympic Gold in Dramatic 100m Showdown in Paris

On a captivating Sunday night in Paris, Noah Lyles seized Olympic gold in the men's 100m. In a heart-stopping final, Lyles achieved a new personal best of 9.79 seconds, just barely surpassing this year's quickest man and pre-race favorite, Kishane Thompson from Jamaica, by a mere five thousandths of a second.

Fred Kerley won the bronze medal in 9.81 reaching his second Olympic podium after finishing second in Tokyo. Akani Simbine came 0.01 shy off his first Olympic medal by finishing fourth improving his national record by 0.02. Defending champion Marcell Jacobs placed fifth in 9.85 setting the second fastest time of his career. All eight finalists broke the 10 seconds barrier. Letsile Tebogo placed sixth but he improved his national record with 9.86. Kenneth Bednarek and Oblique Seville clocked respectively 9.88 and 9.91.

Noah Lyles: 

“It’s been a rollercoaster, ups and downs. I am usually a guy who likes to come out blazing in all my rounds, especially in the 200m. But the 100m , it’s my first time on the Olympic stage. I think back to Tokyo when I messed up handling the rounds. From then on, I was like: ‘I am never going to do that again. I am going to handle this correctly and practice over the years. It’s accumulated to this point. You only need one. As long as the last one, that’s all that matters”. 

• Men's 100m Results

MEN'S 100M FINAL RESULTS

Men’s 100 metres semifinals: 

Thompson ran the fastest time in the 100m semifinals with 9.80. Olympic silver medallist Fred Kerley equalled his seasonal best with 9.84. Benjamin Richardson from South Africa dipped again under the 10 seconds barrier with 9.95 a few weeks after improving his PB to 9.86 in La Chaux de Fonds. 

Jamaica’s Oblique Seville stormed to a win in the first men’s 100 metres semifinal in 9.81 edging 100m and 200m world champion Noah Lyles (9.83) and NCAA champion Louie Hinchliffe (9.97). 

Akani Simbine won the second heat in 9.86 holding off Letsile Tebobo (9.91). Reigning Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs finished third equalling his PB with 9.92, one hundredth of a second ahead of Kenny Bednarek (9.93). 

Women’s high jump: 

Yaroslava Mahuchik won her first Olympic gold medal with 2.00m beating Nicola Olyslagers on countback. Mahuchik cleared 1.91m, 1.95m, 1.98m and 2.00m in her first attempt. Olyslagers had a clean sheet until 1.98m before clearing 2.00m at her third attempt. Mahuchik failed two attempts at 2.02 and one at 2.04. Olyslagers had three unsuccessful attempts at 2.04m. 

Mahuchik completed her “Grand Slam” of major titles following her world title in Budapest 2023 and her European titles in Munich 2022 and Rome 2024. Paris is the lucky city of Mahuchik, who broke the world record with 2.10 at the Diamond League meeting in the Charlety Stadium on 7 July. 

Iryna Gerashchenko and Eleanor Patterson shared the bronze medal at 1.95m. 

Yaroslava Mahuchik: “Finally I got this gold medal. It’s amazing for Ukraine. It’s our night. For Ukrainian people, the Ukrainian team. We did all that we can. Today we have internet and light in Ukraine and YouTube Channel. People watched us jump online. It’s very cool and amazing”. 

Men’s hammer throw: 

Ethan Katzberg from Canada won the Olympic gold medal in the men’s hammer throw with 84.12m in his first attempt adding his title to the world medal in Budapest 2023. Katzberg produced the second best performance of his career following his PB of 84.38m set in Nairobi last April and the second best throw in Olympic history. Katzberg backed up his result with a second best mark of 82.28m. 

Bence Halasz from Hungary won the Olympic silver medal with 79.37m after reaching the podium twice at the World Championships in Doha 2019 and Budapest 2023. Mikhaylo Kokhan from the Ukraine claimed the bronze medal with 79.37m. Elvind Henriksen placed fourth with a seasonal best of 79.18m. 

Women’s 800 metres semifinals: 

Olympic silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson ran the fastest overall time in the 800 metres semifinal with 1:56.86. Prudencce Sekgodiso qualified for her first Olympic final with 1:57.57.

World champion Mary Moraa from Kenya won the first heat in 1:57.86 ahead of Ethiopia’s Worknesh Mesele (1:58.08). Daily Cooper Gaspar from Cuba took third place in 1:58.39 ahead of 17-year-old British rising star Phoebe Gill (1:58.48). 

Four women broke the 1:58 barrier in a high-quality second semifinal. Tsige Duguma from Ethiopia took the win improving her PB to 1:57.47. Shafiqua Maloney from St. Vincent and Grenadine qualified for her first Olympic final with a second place in 1:57.59. Juliette Whittaker improved her PB to 1:57.76 to edge Renelle Lamote (1:57.78). 

Men’s 1500 metres semifinal: 

Olympic gold medallist Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the first semifinal in 3:32.38 beating world champion Josh Kerr (3:32.46), Cole Hocker (3:32.54) and Brian Komen (3:35.82). Yared Nuguse crossed the finish-line first in 3:31.72 edging Hobs Kessler (3:31.97), Neil Gourley (3:32.11) and Niels Laros (3:32.22). 

Women’s 400 metres hurdles heats: 

Just a few hours after winning the Olympic gold medal in the mixed 4x400 relay, world and European champion Femke Bol returned to the track to win the third heat of the women’s 400 metres hurdles in 53.38, the fastest ever heat recorded in the history of the Olympic Games. The night before Bol took the Dutch team from fourth to first with a very fast leg in the mixed relay. 

World record holder and reigning Olympic champion Sydney McLaughlin cruised through to a comfortable win in 53.60 ahead of Moura Ennadi (55.26). European silver medallist Louise Maraval from France got through to the semifinal in third place with 55.32. 

110 metres hurdles: 

Three-time world champion Grant Holloway eased through to a win in the last heat of the 110 metres hurdles in 13.01. European under 23 champion Sasha Zhoya from France qualified automatically in third place with 13.43 to the delight the French fans. 

Rachid Muratake won the first heat running the second overall fastest time  with 13.22 ahead of Enrique Llopis from Spain (13.28). 

European indoor champion Jason Joseph came through to win the fourth heat in 13.26 edging European outdoor champion Lorenzo Simonelli by 0.01. 

Xu Zhuoyi from China won the fifth heat in 13.40 ahead of Antoine Andrews from Bahamas and world bronze medallist Daniel Roberts, who clocked the same time of 13.43. Reigning Olympic champion Hansle Parchment also clocked 13.43 to finish fifth and will need to run in the repechage round to continue his title defence. 

Freddie Crittenden jogged through in 18.27 and explained after his heat that he felt a twinge during the warm-up. Crittenden will have a second chance to qualify from the semifinal in the repechage round.  

Men’s 400 metres heats: 

This year’s US Trials champion Quincy Hall ran the fastest time in the men’s 400 metres heats with 44.28. Samuel Ogazi from Nigeria finished second with 44.50 beating Reece Holder from Australia (44.53). 

European record holder Matthew Hudson Smith won the first heat in 44.78 beating Christopher Bailey (44.89). 

Muzala Samukonga from Zambia took the win in the third heat in 44.56 ahead of Bayapo Ndori (44.87) and Italian record holder Luca Sito (44.99). 

Women’s 200 metres: 

Olympic 100 metres gold medallist Julien Alfred was back in action for the 200 metres heats a few hours after becoming the first athlete from Santa Lucia to win the Olympic gold medal. Alfred won the opening heat in 22.41. 

This year’s US Trials champion Gabby Thomas clocked the fastest time of the 200m heats with 22.20. 

Favour Ofili from Nigeria ran the second fastest time with 22.24 to win the final heat ahead of 2019 world champion Dina Asher Smith (22.28). 

Daryl Neita, who finished fourth in the 100m final in 10.96 missing the bronze medal by just 4 hundredths cruised to a easy win in her heat in 22.39 ahead of Tasa Jiya from the Netherlands (22.74) and European Helene Parisot (22.39). 

Daryll Neita: “It feels like I went to sleep here at the track last night. It has been a quick turnaround. Fourth place in the 100 metres final was bittersweet. I have had a little sleep on it and honestly I am really proud of myself. It gives me so much confidence and a lot of motivation going into tomorrow”  

Men’s long jump qualifying round: 

Olympic, world and European champion Miltiadis Tentoglou sailed into the men’s long jump with 8.32m in the first round. Czechia’s Radek Juska set a seasonal best of 8.15m to reach the final with the second longest jump of the qualifying round. 

European bronze medallist Simon Ehammer reached the final with 8.09m. Mattia Furlani, silver medallist at the World indoor Championships in Glasgow and European Championships in Rome behind Tentoglou, also advanced to the final with 8.01m. 

Women’s 3000 metres steeplechase: 

World record holder Beatrice Chepkoech from Kenya ran from the front to win the third 3000 metres steeplechase heat in 9:13.56. French record holder Alice Finot earned the second of the three automatic qualifying spots in 9:14.78. 

Reigning Olympic champion Peruth Chemutai won the first heat in 9:10.51 holding off Faith Cherotich from Kenya (9:10.57). 

Women’s hammer throw qualifying round: 

Krista Tervo from Finland set the best qualifying mark with 74.79m. The next best qualifiers were world champion Camryn Rogers from Canada (74.69m) and 2019 world champion DeAnna Price (73.79m). European 23 champion Silja Kosonen from Finland needed a throw of 72.11m on her third attempt after a foul and a throw of 68.51m to reach the final. Katrin Koch Jacobsen surpassed the automatic qualifying standard of 73 metres with 73.04m. European champion Sara Fantini from Italy also advanced with 72.40m. 

Three-time Olympic champion Anita Wlodarczyk qualified for her fifth consecutive final at the Olympic Games with the 12th best mark of 71.06m. Alexandra Tavernier from France registered three fouls.