Volume 12, No. 52 September 01, 2015 version ii — World Championships Men — — By–Nation Medal Chart — BEIJING, CHINA Nation ................ Men Women ....Overall AUGUST 22–30 G S B Total G S B Total United States ......4 3 2 9 2 3 4 9 ..........18 ATTENDANCE The IAAF announced that the total figure for bodies in the stands Kenya ..................5 4 2 11 2 2 1 5 ..........16 (including “accredited personnel”) totaled 681,864. This was with Jamaica ..............3 1 1 5 4 1 2 7 ..........12 the top tier of the Bird's Nest closed. The basic number provided China ..................— 3 1 4 1 4 — 5 ............9 was 70% occupancy for the morning sessions and 98% for the Canada ...............2 1 3 6 — 2 — 2 ............8 evenings. Ethiopia ...............— 1 1 2 3 2 1 6 ............8 Specific spectator-only figures were not made available. Germany .............— 2 1 3 2 1 2 5 ............8 Poland ................2 1 4 7 1 — — 1 ............8 WEATHER Great Britain ........3 — 1 4 1 1 1 3 ............7 Daily city highs (official in-stadium readings are given with each Russia .................1 1 — 2 1 — 1 2 ............4 event): 8/22—91F (33C); 8/23—82F (28C); 8/24—84F (29C); Cuba ...................— 1 — 1 2 — — 2 ............3 8/25—88F (31C); 8/26—91F (33C); 8/27—89F (32C); 8/28—93F Holland ...............— — — 0 1 1 1 3 ............3 (34C); 8/29—87F (31C); 8/30—75F (24C). South Africa ........1 — 1 2 — — 1 1 ............3 EXPLAINING THE TYPOGRAPHY Australia ..............— 2 — 2 — — — 0 ............2 Paragraph breaks in the preliminary rounds of running events indicate Bahamas .............— — 1 1 — 1 — 1 ............2 the separation between qualifiers and non-qualifiers. Belarus ................— — — 0 1 — 1 2 ............2 COLOR CODING Croatia ................— — — 0 — 2 — 2 ............2 All medalists appear in purple ink; all Americans are underlined (if France .................— — 1 1 — — 1 1 ............2 in multiple rounds, only in the final round in which they competed); Trinidad ...............— 1 — 1 — — 1 1 ............2 field-event/multi-event medalists appear in either blue (gold medal), Ukraine ...............— 1 — 1 — — 1 1 ............2 red (silver) or green (bronze) in the progression charts. Bahrain ...............— — — 0 — — 1 1 ............1 Belgium ...............— 1 — 1 — — — 0 ............1 SPLIT TIMES ths Bosnia .................— — 1 1 — — — 0 ............1 Times in 10 were taken by the T&FN split crew (virtually completely by video analysis); times in 100ths are from the official timer, Seiko. Brazil ...................— — — 0 — 1 — 1 ............1 Thanks to Mark Butler for invaluable work in helping generate the Colombia ............— — — 0 1 — — 1 ............1 4x4 splits, which are still a work in progress. Czech Republic...— — — 0 1 — — 1 ............1 Egypt ..................— 1 — 1 — — — 0 ............1 FIELD CHARTS Eritrea .................1 — — 1 — — — 0 ............1 In the by-round field charts (all throws, horizontal jumps), the ath- Finland ................— — 1 1 — — — 0 ............1 lete’s best of the day is underlined. The asterisked marks represent Greece ................— — — 0 — — 1 1 ............1 the progression of the lead. Grenada ..............— — 1 1 — — — 0 ............1 WHAT’S IN VERSION ii? Israel ...................— — — 0 — 1 — 1 ............1 Note that his newsletter is marked as “version i”; this means history Japan ..................— — 1 1 — — — 0 ............1 tells us that more small amendments will roll in as more tape is Kazakhstan .........— — — 0 — — 1 1 ............1 watched and more sources are uncovered. While we won’t e-mail Latvia ..................— — — 0 — — 1 1 ............1 you the updated version, we will make a note of it in a subsequent Morocco .............— — 1 1 — — — 0 ............1 TN and if you wish you’ll be able to download it from the Archive. Portugal ..............— — 1 1 — — — 0 ............1 Hopefully we won't need to go as far as Version iii!. Serbia .................— — — 0 — — 1 1 ............1 Slovakia ..............1 — — 1 — — — 0 ............1 Spain ..................1 — — 1 — — — 0 ............1 © 2015 Track & Field News.All rights reserved. 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Kuk-Young Kim (SK) 10.48; Bruintjies 10.21; 8. Reus 10.28. =3. Andre De Grasse (Can) ..............9.92 8. Bobi 10.65. II(0.9)–1. Gatlin 9.77 (x, =6 A); 2. Rodg- PR; II(-1.4)–1. Gay 10.11; 2. Nickel Ashmeade ers 9.86; 5. Mike Rodgers (US) ........................9.94; (Jam) 10.19; 3. Christophe Lemaitre (Fra) 3. Ogunode 10.00 (fastest-ever non- 10.24; qualifier); 4. Simbine 10.02; 5. Ujah 10.05; 6. Tyson Gay (US) ............................10.00; 4. Sven Knipphals (Ger) 10.31; 5. Kemar 6. Ashmeade 10.06; 7. Brown 10.15; 8. 7. Asafa Powell (Jam) ......................10.00; Hyman (Cay) 10.32; 6. da Silva (GBi) 10.68; 7. Cadogan 10.19. 8. Jimmy Vicaut (Fra) .......................10.00; Teltull 10.72;… fs—Anaso Jobodwana (SA). III(-0.4)–1. Gay 9.96; 2. Powell 9.97; 3. 9. Bingtian Su (Chn) ........................10.06. III(-0.3)–1. Femi Ogunode (Qat) 9.99; 2. Vicaut 9.99 (9.987); (best-ever mark-for-place: =7, 8-9) Ramon Gittens (Bar) 10.02 =PR; 3. Ben 4. Gittens 10.04; 5. Martina 10.09; 6. Lanes: 1. Vicaut; 2. Su; 3. Bromell; 4. Rodg- Youssef Meité (CI) 10.05 =NR; 4. Richard Meité 10.17; 7. Taftian 10.20; 8. Kilty 10.20. ers; 5. Bolt; 6. Gay; 7. Gatlin; 8. Powell; 9. Kilty (GB) 10.12; De Grasse 5. Peimeng Zhang (Chn) 10.13; 6. Vanan 10.57; 7. Tiebekabe 10.74; 8. Keston Bled- Reaction times: 0.128 Gay; 0.135 Bromell; man (Tri) 10.75. 0.136 De Grasse; 0.139 Rodgers; 0.144 IV(0.5)–1. Bromell 9.91; 2. Chijindu Ujah Powell; 0.159 Bolt; 0.165 Gatlin; 0.170 (GB) 10.05; 3. Julian Reus (Ger) 10.14; Vicaut; 0.175 Su 4. Antoine Adams (StK) 10.23; 5. Al- QUALIFYING ROUND Harthi 10.24; 6. Anderson 10.87. (August 22; qualify 3+3) V(0.3)–1. Vicaut 9.92; 2. De Grasse 9.99; (temperature 88F/31C; humidity 43%) 3. Jak Ali Harvey (Tur) 10.04; I(-0.8)–1. Ratu Banuve Tabakaucoro (Fij) 4. James Dasaolu (GB) 10.13; 5. Wilfried 10.50; 2. Hassan Saaid (MDV) 10.56; 3. Mohd Koffi (CI) 10.29; 6. BJ Lawrence (StK) 10.40; Fakhri Ismail (Bru) 10.73; 4. Mark Anderson 7. Tabakaucoro 10.41; 8. Pandev 11.31. (Blz) 10.84; VI(2.1)–1. Gatlin 9.83w; 2. Aaron Brown 5. Joao Manuel Pina de Barros (STP) (Can) 10.03w; 3. Henricho Bruintjies (SA) 11.07; 6. La Shondra David Mosa’ati (TGA) 10.07w; 4. Hassan Taftian (Irn) 10.10w; 11.08 PR; 7. Mohamed Lamine Dansoko 5. Kim Collins (StK) 10.16w; 6. Aziz Ou- (Gui) 11.11 PR; 8. Wang Kuong Leong (Mac) hadi (Mor) 10.22w; 7. Yazaldes Nascimento 11.31; 9. M. Dagiero Dagiero (NRU) 11.81 PR. (Por) 10.29w; 8. Youssouf 10.92w. II(-0.3)–1. Barakat Al-Harthi (Oma) 10.31; VII(-0.2)–1. Bolt 9.96; 2. Rodgers 9.97; 2. Rodman Teltull (Pau) 10.71 =NR =PR; 3. 3. Churandy Martina (Hol) 10.06; 4. Levi Riste Pandev (Mac) 10.94; Cadogan (Bar) 10.12; 4. Womel Brandy Mento (Van) 11.17 5. Yancarlos Martinez (DR) 10.19; 6. PR; 5. Gregory Bradai (PYF) 11.29 =PR; 6. Reza Ghasemi (Irn) 10.25; 7. Saaid 10.42 Etimoni Timuani (Tuv) 11.72 PR; 7. Kimwaua NR; 8. Ismail 10.72. Makin (Kyr) 11.98; 8. Tashi Dendup (Bhu) 12.15 NR. III(-0.6)–1. Jeffrey Vanan (Sur) 10.55; 2. Holder da Silva (GBi) 10.58; 3. Yendountien Tiebekabe (Tog) 10.76; 4. Yaspy Bobi (Ina) 10.85; 5. Mahamat Goubaye Youssouf (Cha) 10.92 PR; 6. Rossene Mpingo (Con) 11.10 PR; 7. Mesbah Ahmed (Ban) 11.13; 8. El Moctar Ould Jidou (Mau) 11.30 PR; 9. Claytus Taqimama (Sol) 11.58 PR. -370- September 02, 2015 V(-0.4)–1. Hughes 20.13; 2. Julian Forte Reaction times: 0.134 Yousif; 0.152 James; 200 METERS (Jam) 20.16; 3. Brendon Rodney (Can) 0.156 Van Niekerk; 0.163 Masrahi; 0.188 FINAL 20.18 PR; 4. Akani Simbine (SA) 20.23 PR; Santos; 0.195 Merritt; 0.206 Cedenio; 0.218 (August 27; wind –0.1) 5. Jeremy Dodson (AmS) 20.31 NR; Makwala (79F/26C; humidity 61%) 6. Serhiy Smelyk (Ukr) 20.60; 7. Sibusiso Matsenjwa (Swa) 20.78; 8. Harold 1. Usain Bolt (Jam) ........................19.55 heats Houston (Ber) 20.92. (August 23; qualify 3+6) (WL) (x, 10 W) VI(-0.1)–1. Likourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas temperature 72-75F/22-24C; (10.1/9.5); (Gre) 20.14; 2. Warren Weir (Jam) 20.24; 3. humidity (88-78%) 2.