The post-Usain Bolt era in the men's 100 meters at the Olympics begins with an Italian winning gold? In one of the biggest surprises of the Tokyo Olympics, Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs won the men's 100-meter final in a personal best and European record of 9.80.

In one of the biggest surprises of the Tokyo Olympics, Italy's Lamont Marcell Jacobs won the men's 100-meter final in a personal best and European record of 9.80. “It was my childhood dream to win an Olympics Games and obviously a dream can turn into something different, but to run this final and win it is a dream come true," Jacobs said.

Instead, history was made as it was the first time ever an Italian man has won gold in the men's 100 meters. Jacobs's victory came as a major surprise as his personal best was 10.03 coming into 2021. Jacobs was born in El Paso, Texas and moved to Italy as a child.

United States Canada The men's 100 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 31 July and 1 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium. [ 1 ] 84 athletes were expected to compete; 27 nations used universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 56 qualifying through standard time or ranking (23 universality places were used in 2016).