Ultimate preview: men's 100m

The men's 100m at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest is scheduled for September 12, 2026, with semifinals at 19:21 and the final at 20:49. World champion and Diamond League champion Oblique Seville of Jamaica enters as the fastest in the field this year, having run 9.82 in Kingston in June, though he faces a strong field including Kayinsola Ajayi, who beat him twice on the Diamond League circuit. The world record remains 9.58 set by Usain Bolt in Berlin on August 16, 2009, while the 2026 world lead of 9.79 belongs to Noah Lyles, who is not competing in Budapest.