2019 in 100 metres (original) (raw)

In 2019 in the sport of athletics, the foremost 100 metres races were held at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. In the men's World Championships final the American Christian Coleman won his first world title with a time of 9.76 seconds. In the women's World Championships final Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won her fourth world 100 m title with a time of 10.71 seconds. Coleman's world title generated some controversy as he had successfully appealed a doping ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency that season due to his missing three tests within a twelve-month period.