Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres
Women's 100 metres at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | August 16 (heats) August 17 (semifinal and final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 85 from 69 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 10.78 s | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | women |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | women |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | women |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
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.
Records[]
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records 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 |
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Results[]
All times shown are in seconds.
Heats[]
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 10 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals.
Rank | Heat | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes. |
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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[]
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Rank | Heat | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
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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[]
Qualification rule: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the final.
Semifinal 1[]
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
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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[]
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
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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[]
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
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4 | Shelly-Ann Fraser | Jamaica | 0.190 | 10.78 | PB | |
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[]
- ^ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Results Women's 100m Final". BOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- 100 metres at the Olympics
- 2008 in women's athletics
- Women's events at the 2008 Summer Olympics