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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

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Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing National Stadium
DatesAugust 16 (heats)
August 17 (semifinal and final)
Competitors85 from 69 nations
Winning time10.78 s
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Shelly-Ann Fraser  Jamaica
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sherone Simpson  Jamaica
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kerron Stewart  Jamaica
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The Women's 100 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 16 (heats) and 17 (final) at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]

The qualifying standards for the 2008 event were 11.32 s (A standard) and 11.42 s (B standard).[2]

Jamaica dominated the event with athlete Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce taking the gold and Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart taking the silver. Officially, no bronze medal was awarded as Simpson and Stewart finished with an equal time of 10.98 seconds in the second place.[3] Taking all three medals, it was a Jamaican sweep.

The winning margin was 0.20 seconds. The winner had the sixth fastest reaction time in the final.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows:

World record  Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 10.49 s Indianapolis, United States 16 July 1988
Olympic record  Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) 10.62 s Seoul, South Korea 24 September 1988
World Leading  Torri Edwards (USA) 10.78 s Eugene, Oregon, United States 28 July 2008

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

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All times shown are in seconds.

Heats

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Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 10 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals.

Rank Heat Athlete Country Time Notes
1 8 Oludamola Osayomi  Nigeria 11.13 Q
2 8 Debbie Ferguson  Bahamas 11.17 Q
3 8 Daria Korczyńska  Poland 11.22 Q, PB
4 9 Evgeniya Polyakova  Russia 11.24 Q
5 1 Torri Edwards  United States 11.26 Q
6 10 Kerron Stewart  Jamaica 11.28 Q
7 1 Jeanette Kwakye  Great Britain 11.30 Q
4 Chandra Sturrup  Bahamas Q
9 10 Ezinne Okparaebo  Norway 11.32 Q, NR
10 5 Kim Gevaert  Belgium 11.33 Q
7 Ivet Lalova  Bulgaria Q
3 Muna Lee  United States Q
13 6 Shelly-Ann Fraser  Jamaica 11.35 Q
14 7 Montell Douglas  Great Britain 11.36 Q
15 2 Christine Arron  France 11.37 Q
16 2 Lauryn Williams  United States 11.38 Q
17 4 Kelly Ann Baptiste  Trinidad and Tobago 11.39 Q
8 Yomara Hinestroza  Colombia q
19 5 Yuliya Nestsiarenka  Belarus 11.40 Q
20 10 Laverne Jones-Ferrette  Virgin Islands 11.41 Q
21 4 Lina Grincikaite  Lithuania 11.43 Q
3 Anita Pistone  Italy Q
23 3 Guzel Khubbieva  Uzbekistan 11.44 Q
24 7 Virgen Benavides  Cuba 11.45 Q, SB
25 9 Jade Bailey  Barbados 11.46 Q
2 Tahesia Harrigan  British Virgin Islands Q, SB
27 6 Vida Anim  Ghana 11.47 Q
28 3 Virgil Hodge  Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.48 q
9 Sherone Simpson  Jamaica Q
30 10 Barbara Pierre  Haiti 11.52 q
31 4 Semoy Hackett  Trinidad and Tobago 11.53 q
32 10 Natalya Murinovich  Russia 11.55 q
8 Sasha Springer-Jones  Trinidad and Tobago q, SB
34 2 Lucimar de Moura  Brazil 11.60 q
9 Nataliya Pohrebnyak  Ukraine q
36 7 Franca Idoko  Nigeria 11.61 q
3 Natalia Rusakova  Russia q
38 6 Ruddy Zang Milama  Gabon 11.62 Q
39 1 Myriam Leonie Mani  Cameroon 11.64 Q
40 2 Sherry Fletcher  Grenada 11.65
6 Laura Turner  Great Britain
5 Thi Huong Vu  Vietnam Q
43 1 Inna Eftimova  Bulgaria 11.67
44 8 Mae Koime  Papua New Guinea 11.68
45 9 Tezdzhan Naimova  Bulgaria 11.70
46 5 Halimat Ismaila  Nigeria 11.72
47 5 Chisato Fukushima  Japan 11.74
48 4 Affoué Amandine Allou  Ivory Coast 11.75
49 7 Pia Tajnikar  Slovenia 11.82
9 Jutamass Thavoncharoen  Thailand SB
51 1 Wang Jing  China 11.87
52 7 Ahamada Feta  Comoros 11.88
53 4 Valentina Nazarova  Turkmenistan 11.94
54 5 Sonia Williams  Antigua and Barbuda 12.04
55 6 Nirinaharifidy Ramilijaona  Madagascar 12.07
56 6 Tamicka Clarke  Bahamas 12.16
57 10 Charlene Attard  Malta 12.20
58 7 Fatou Tiyana  The Gambia 12.25 PB
59 2 Dana Abdulrazak  Iraq 12.36 PB
60 3 Kin Yee Wan  Hong Kong 12.37
61 2 Sadaf Siddiqui  Pakistan 12.41
62 7 Beauty Nazmun Nahar  Bangladesh 12.52
63 10 Michaela Kargbo  Sierra Leone 12.54
64 8 Hiniksia Albertine Ndikert  Chad 12.55
65 8 Franka Magali  Democratic Republic of the Congo 12.57 PB
66 10 Milena Milasevic  Montenegro 12.65
67 6 Montserrat Pujol  Andorra 12.73
68 1 Ani Khachikyan  Armenia 12.76
69 1 Ivana Rozhman  Macedonia 12.92
70 4 Titlinda Sou  Cambodia 12.98 PB
71 3 Gharid Ghrouf  Palestine 13.07 NR
72 6 Jessica Aguilera  Nicaragua 13.15
10 Chandra Kala Thapa  Nepal
74 1 Peoria Koshiba  Palau 13.18
75 6 Pauline Kwalea  Solomon Islands 13.28 PB
76 5 Cora Alicto  Guam 13.31 PB
3 Elis Lapenmal  Vanuatu
78 9 Waseelah Saad  Yemen 13.60 NR
79 3 Bounkou Camara  Mauritania 13.69
80 9 Maria Ikelap  Federated States of Micronesia 13.73 SB
81 9 Philaylack Sackpaseuth  Laos 13.86
82 1 Buthaina Al-Yaqoubi  Oman 13.90
83 2 Asenate Manoa  Tuvalu 14.05 NR
84 4 Fathia Ali Bourrale  Djibouti 14.29
85 5 Robina Muqimyar  Afghanistan 14.80

Quarterfinals

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Women's 100m Round 2 - Heat 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank Heat Athlete Country Time Notes
1 4 Kerron Stewart  Jamaica 10.98 Q
2 2 Sherone Simpson  Jamaica 11.02 Q
3 1 Shelly-Ann Fraser  Jamaica 11.06 Q
4 4 Lauryn Williams  United States 11.07 Q
5 2 Muna Lee  United States 11.08 Q
6 4 Kim Gevaert  Belgium 11.10 Q
7 1 Yevgeniya Polyakova  Russia 11.13 Q, SB
8 4 Yulia Nestsiarenka  Belarus 11.14 q, SB
9 2 Chandra Sturrup  Bahamas 11.16 Q
10 1 Jeanette Kwakye  Great Britain 11.18 Q, PB
11 3 Debbie Ferguson  Bahamas 11.21 Q
12 3 Oludamola Osayomi  Nigeria 11.28 Q
13 5 Torri Edwards  United States 11.31 Q
14 3 Vida Anim  Ghana 11.32 Q
15 5 Lina Grincikaite  Lithuania 11.33 Q, PB
16 3 Christine Arron  France 11.36
4 Tahesia Harrigan  British Virgin Islands SB
18 2 Montell Douglas  Great Britain 11.38
19 2 Virgen Benavides  Cuba 11.40 SB
5 Ivet Lalova  Bulgaria Q
21 3 Daria Korczyńska  Poland 11.41
22 2 Kelly-Ann Baptiste  Trinidad and Tobago 11.42
23 1 Virgil Hodge  Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.45
5 Ezinne Okparaebo  Norway
25 4 Semoy Hackett  Trinidad and Tobago 11.46
26 4 Guzel Khubbieva  Uzbekistan 11.49
3 Natalia Rusakova  Russia
28 2 Natalya Murinovich  Russia 11.51
29 1 LaVerne Jones-Ferrette  Virgin Islands 11.55
2 Nataliya Pohrebnyak  Ukraine
31 5 Barbara Pierre  Haiti 11.56
5 Anita Pistone  Italy
33 5 Ruddy Zang Milama  Gabon 11.59
34 1 Myriam Léonie Mani  Cameroon 11.65
35 3 Yomara Hinestroza  Colombia 11.66
1 Ene Franca Idoko  Nigeria
37 1 Jade Bailey  Barbados 11.67
4 Lucimar Aparecida de Moura  Brazil
39 3 Vu Thi Huong  Vietnam 11.70
40 5 Sasha Springer  Trinidad and Tobago 11.71

Semifinals

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Qualification rule: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the final.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 6 Shelly-Ann Fraser  Jamaica 0.217 11.00 Q
2 4 Muna Lee  United States 0.155 11.06 Q
3 7 Lauryn Williams  United States 0.174 11.10 Q
4 5 Sherone Simpson  Jamaica 0.166 11.11 Q
5 9 Chandra Sturrup  Bahamas 0.159 11.22
6 8 Lina Grinčikaitė  Lithuania 0.163 11.50
7 3 Ivet Lalova  Bulgaria 0.171 11.51
2 Vida Anim  Ghana 0.189
Wind: –0.7 m/s

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 7 Kerron Stewart  Jamaica 0.202 11.05 Q
2 4 Torri Edwards  United States 0.174 11.18 Q
3 3 Jeanette Kwakye  Great Britain 0.156 11.19 Q
4 6 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie  Bahamas 0.184 11.22 Q
5 1 Yuliya Nestsiarenka  Belarus 0.156 11.26
6 8 Kim Gevaert  Belgium 0.194 11.30
7 5 Evgeniya Polyakova  Russia 0.173 11.38
8 9 Oludamola Osayomi  Nigeria 0.208 11.44
Wind: –0.2 m/s

Final

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Shelly-Ann Fraser  Jamaica 0.190 10.78 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Sherone Simpson  Jamaica 0.155 10.98
7 Kerron Stewart  Jamaica 0.232
4 8 Lauryn Williams  United States 0.149 11.03
5 5 Muna Lee  United States 0.234 11.07
6 9 Jeanette Kwakye  Great Britain 0.161 11.14 PB
7 3 Debbie Ferguson  Bahamas 0.167 11.19
8 6 Torri Edwards  United States 0.179 11.20

References

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  1. ^ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  2. ^ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  3. ^ "Results Women's 100m Final". BOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
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