Bolt is attempting to become the first man to win three consecutive Olympic 100m gold medals.
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Others in the mix include Andrew Fisher, a Jamaican who competes for Bahrain, Jamaican Yohan Blake, Americans Marvin Bracy and Trayvon Bromell and Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre.
Despite being kept out of last month’s world championships in Amsterdam due to injury, Bolt is still the favorite to win in Rio.
Gatlin took Saturday’s fastest time in the heats.
Even when he is tripped and falls, he wins an Olympic gold medal.
The 400 meter final features a showdown between LaShawn Merritt of the United States, Kirani James of Grenada and Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa.
As Day 9 of the games dawned on a sunny Sunday morning, Justin Rose took a one-shot lead over Henrik Stenson into the final round of golf.
And the Netherlands’ Elis Ligtlee pulled off a shock when she won the women’s keirin, beating Britain’s Becky James with Australian legend Anna Meares third.
Olympic all-around champion Simone Biles goes for her third gold in Rio de Janeiro when she competes in the women’s vault final Sunday.
The men will decide gold on the floor exercise. The 100 meter final is at 10:25 p.m. following three rounds of semifinals that start at 9 p.m.
Andras Redli (HUN) of Hungary competes with Jung Jin-Sun (KOR) of South Korea in the Men’s Epee Team Quarterfinals, Aug. 14, 2016.
The Sunday action started with the women’s marathon, in which Jelagat Sumgong of Kenya claimed the gold medal with a time of 2 hours, 24 minutes, 4 seconds.
The Jamaican superstar made his opening bow in Rio during Saturday’s heats, coasting to victory in 10.07sec.
“It’s definitely going to be good [in the] semi-finals”. Connor Jaeger won the US its first medal in the 1,500-meter freestyle in eight years.
The U.S. women’s 4×100-meter medley relay also won gold Saturday – the nation’s 1,000th gold medal in Summer Olympics history.
Day eight in Rio had 21 gold medals on offer, including the climax of the swimming competition and the heptathlon, men’s long jump and men’s 10,000m at the Olympic Stadium. The Americans were out of synch Friday against Canada, but turned up the defense and won. American Tori Bowie took silver, just ahead of Fraser-Pryce.
Best ran a 10.39 in the 100 meter dash, a little bit off of his personal best.
And Belgian pretender Nafi Thiam snatched a five-point lead over defending champion Jessica Ennis-Hill after the long jump to set up an exciting conclusion to the heptathlon.
Elsewhere in Rio, Iran’s Sohrab Moradi took gold in men’s 94-kilogram weightlifting – the country’s second weightlifting victory in two days – and Russian Federation won its fourth fencing gold, crushing Ukraine in the women’s team sabre event.
Puerto Rican tennis player Monica Puig won the first Olympic gold medal for the USA territory in any sport Saturday, beating Germany’s Angelique Kerber at women’s singles in a big upset.
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Puig beat Kerber, this year’s Wimbledon runner-up, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 and sank to the court in tears when she won. A decision on Darya Klishina’s petition is expected before the long jump competition begins Tuesday.
