The final of the men's 100m at the 2024 Paris Olympics featured a photo finish for the ages. American sprinter Noah Lyles, who had already created one memorable photograph with his stare down of Jamaica's Oblique Seville in the semifinal at the Stade de France earlier Sunday, was part of another as he narrowly defeated Jamaica's Kishane Thompson by five-thousandths of a second to win gold.
So close was the finish that neither Lyles nor Thompson was immediately sure of the result. As photos of the finish surfaced on social media, Olympics fans could not believe just how close the race was.
This finish. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/sUITsBfywW
— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) August 4, 2024
5 thousandths of a second!!
— Benjamin 🧢 (@HelloBenWhite) August 4, 2024
WHAT A RACE!! 💥
Unbelievable!!! This is what makes the Olympics so amazing, races like this
— Noah Gilbert (@Noahgilberto19) August 4, 2024
I will never forget this moment
— BigNkie (@BigNkie) August 4, 2024
A finish so amazing that it's worth looking at a couple of more angles of it.
HOLY FINISH NOAH LYLES!!!!! pic.twitter.com/UGCvBFxHp1
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) August 4, 2024
AN UNREAL FINISH 🍿 pic.twitter.com/csjhIwaPfu
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 4, 2024
And here's the official photo finish image from the International Olympic Committee, courtesy of Sports Illustrated's Dan Gartland.
Here's the official men's 100m photo finish image from the IOC pic.twitter.com/2a5tJY84tT
— Dan Gartland (@Dan_Gartland) August 4, 2024
It's no wonder the race was this close, as all eight men ran the 100m in under 10 seconds for the first time in history.
Truly an unforgettable moment.
This article was originally published on www.si.com as Olympics Fans in Awe of Stunning Photo Finish in Men's 100m Final .
