Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueCentennial Olympic Stadium
Date26 July 1996 (heats, quarter-finals)
27 July 1996 (semi-finals, finals)
Competitors56 from 42 nations
Winning time10.94
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gail Devers
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Merlene Ottey
 Jamaica
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gwen Torrence
 United States
← 1992
2000 →

The women's 100 metres was an event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 56 participating athletes, with two rounds (seven heats in round 1, four heats at round 2), two semifinals and a final.[1] Although both Gail Devers of the United States and Merlene Ottey of Jamaica had clocked the same time in the final at the finish line at 10.94 seconds, snapshot of their photo finish confirmed that Devers had edged Ottey out for the gold medal.

Records[]

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record 10.49 United States Florence Griffith-Joyner Indianapolis (USA) July 16, 1988
Olympic Record 10.62 United States Florence Griffith-Joyner Seoul (KOR) September 24, 1988

Results[]

Heats[]

Heat 1[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Chandra Sturrup  Bahamas 11.24 Q
2 Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe  Madagascar 11.36 Q
3 Irina Privalova  Russia 11.42 Q
4 Zlatka Georgieva  Bulgaria 11.74 Q
5 Nataliya Vorobyova  Kazakhstan 11.91
6 Lyudmila Dmitriady  Uzbekistan 12.04
7 Ouk Chanthan  Cambodia 14.82

Heat 2[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Zhanna Pintusevich  Ukraine 11.20 Q
2 Melanie Paschke  Germany 11.27 Q
3 Odiah Sidibé  France 11.40 Q
4 Mary Tombiri-Shirey  Nigeria 11.50 Q
5 Hermin Joseph  Dominica 11.56
6 Cleide Amaral  Brazil 11.76
7 Myriam Mani  Cameroon 11.76
8 Elvira Cabbarova  Azerbaijan 11.96

Heat 3[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Merlene Ottey  Jamaica 11.13 Q
2 Susanthika Jayasinghe  Sri Lanka 11.18 Q
3 Ekaterini Thanou  Greece 11.35 Q
4 Iryna Pukha  Ukraine 11.36 Q
5 Heather Samuel  Antigua and Barbuda 11.44 q
6 Yan Jiankui  China 11.46
7 Mirtha Brock  Colombia 11.83
8 Sortelina Pires  São Tomé and Príncipe 13.31

Heat 4[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Juliet Cuthbert  Jamaica 11.06 Q
2 D'Andre Hill  United States 11.11 Q
3 Silke Lichtenhagen  Germany 11.30 Q
4 Eldece Clarke  Bahamas 11.33 Q
5 Petya Pendareva  Bulgaria 11.59
6 Cydonie Mothersill  Cayman Islands 11.61
7 Michelle Baptiste  Saint Lucia 11.92
8 Natalie Martindale  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.25

Heat 5[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Marina Trandenkova  Russia 11.20 Q
2 Chioma Ajunwa  Nigeria 11.25 Q
3 Myra Mayberry  Puerto Rico 11.51 Q
4 Stephi Douglas  Great Britain 11.61 Q
5 Zandra Borrero  Colombia 11.62
6 Jerneja Perc  Slovenia 11.63
7 Beverly McDonald  Jamaica 12.08
8 Isménia do Frederico  Cape Verde 13.03

Heat 6[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Gwen Torrence  United States 11.11 Q
2 Natalya Voronova  Russia 11.22 Q
3 Lucrécia Jardim  Portugal 11.32 Q
4 Katerina Koffa  Greece 11.33 Q
5 Sanna Hernesniemi  Finland 11.39 q
6 Marcia Richardson  Great Britain 11.42 q
7 Wang Huei-Chen  Chinese Taipei 11.70
8 Nester Geniwala'a  Solomon Islands 13.74
9 Juliana Obiong  Equatorial Guinea 13.88

Heat 7[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Gail Devers  United States 10.92 Q
2 Mary Onyali  Nigeria 11.17 Q
3 Andrea Philipp  Germany 11.32 Q
4 Debbie Ferguson  Bahamas 11.33 Q
5 Simmone Jacobs  Great Britain 11.39 q
6 Mireille Donders  Switzerland 11.67
7 Lee Young-sook  South Korea 11.88
8 Elizabeth Chávez  Honduras 12.10 NR

Quarterfinals[]

Quarterfinal 1[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Gwen Torrence  United States 11.11 Q
2 Marina Trandenkova  Russia 11.15 Q
3 Chioma Ajunwa  Nigeria 11.24 Q
4 Odiah Sidibé  France 11.38 Q
5 Katerina Koffa  Greece 11.38
6 Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe  Madagascar 11.43
7 Heather Samuel  Antigua and Barbuda 11.60
8 Stephi Douglas  Great Britain 11.75

Quarterfinal 2[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Gail Devers  United States 10.94 Q
2 Mary Onyali  Nigeria 11.08 Q
3 Debbie Ferguson  Bahamas 11.26 Q
4 Lucrécia Jardim  Portugal 11.37 Q
5 Andrea Philipp  Germany 11.38
6 Iryna Pukha  Ukraine 11.42
7 Marcia Richardson  Great Britain 11.55
Susanthika Jayasinghe  Sri Lanka DNF

Quarterfinal 3[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Juliet Cuthbert  Jamaica 11.20 Q
2 Chandra Sturrup  Bahamas 11.21 Q
3 D'Andre Hill  United States 11.21 Q
4 Irina Privalova  Russia 11.40 Q
5 Simmone Jacobs  Great Britain 11.47
6 Ekaterini Thanou  Greece 11.48
7 Silke Lichtenhagen  Germany 11.53
8 Mary Tombiri-Shirey  Nigeria 11.56

Quarterfinal 4[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Merlene Ottey  Jamaica 11.02 Q
2 Zhanna Pintusevich  Ukraine 11.14 Q
3 Natalya Voronova  Russia 11.17 Q
4 Melanie Paschke  Germany 11.18 Q
5 Eldece Clarke  Bahamas 11.47
6 Sanna Hernesniemi  Finland 11.49
7 Myra Mayberry  Puerto Rico 11.66
8 Zlatka Georgieva  Bulgaria 11.99

Semifinals[]

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Merlene Ottey  Jamaica 10.93 Q
2 Gwen Torrence  United States 10.97 Q
3 Marina Trandenkova  Russia 11.07 Q
4 Zhanna Pintusevich  Ukraine 11.14 Q
5 Chioma Ajunwa  Nigeria 11.14
6 D'Andre Hill  United States 11.20
7 Debbie Ferguson  Bahamas 11.28
8 Odiah Sidibé  France 11.35

Semifinal 2[]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Gail Devers  United States 11.00 Q
2 Mary Onyali  Nigeria 11.04 Q
3 Natalya Voronova  Russia 11.07 Q
4 Chandra Sturrup  Bahamas 11.07 Q
5 Juliet Cuthbert  Jamaica 11.07
6 Melanie Paschke  Germany 11.14
7 Irina Privalova  Russia 11.31
8 Lucrécia Jardim  Portugal 11.32

Final[]

  • Held on July 27, 1996
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Gail Devers  United States 10.94
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Merlene Ottey  Jamaica 10.94
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Gwen Torrence  United States 10.96
4 7 Chandra Sturrup  Bahamas 11.00
5 1 Marina Trandenkova  Russia 11.06
6 2 Natalya Voronova  Russia 11.10
7 4 Mary Onyali  Nigeria 11.13
8 8 Zhanna Pintusevich  Ukraine 11.14

References[]

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
Retrieved from ""