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.