Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3–4 August.[1]

Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Podium
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date3–4 August
Competitors79 from 67 nations
Winning time10.75
Medalists
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
 Jamaica
Carmelita Jeter
 United States
Veronica Campbell-Brown
 Jamaica
Video on YouTube Official Video
Athletics at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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In the preliminary round, Toea Wisil was the most impressive, winning with a relaxed 11.60 into a -1.6 mps wind, while Noor Hussain Al-Malki's Olympic experience lasted just the first steps out of the blocks before she pulled up. Qualifying into the next rounds, Wisil beat triple world champion Allyson Felix and the rest of her heat out of the blocks and came with in .05 of reaching the semi-final round, from the previously unqualified preliminary round. Carmelita Jeter ran hard for her second best time of the season to easily lead the round. Her training partner Blessing Okagbare left an impression by outrunning Tianna Madison for the second best time. Defending champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce exerted minimal effort to secure the fourth best qualifying time.

The semi-final round qualifiers was virtual mirror image of the previous evening's heats, the same top athletes with Jeter again posting a 10.83 and 11.01 the number 8 time. Ezinne Okparaebo's Norwegian national record 11.10 left her two places out of qualifying.

In the final, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce led from the gun. While she failed to achieve the remarkable separation from four years previously, her finishing speed kept her ahead of Jeter and the rest of the field trying to chase her down. Veronica Campbell-Brown added to her career medal haul with the bronze medal.

Jeter's time was the fastest non-winning time in Olympic history. In fact, all non-winning places 2-4 were the fastest for that place. This was the second race in history to place 5 runners under 10.90 (the other being the 1992 Olympic final). Only the third in history to place two under 10.80 (the others being the 1999 World Championships and the 2009 World Championships 100m final).[2]

Competition format

The women's 100 m competition started with a preliminary round consisting of athletes who did not achieved the minimum qualifying standards.[3] The top ten competitors from the preliminary round then joined the remaining competitors in the next round, the heats. The top 3 fastest competitors from each race of the seven heats qualified for the semifinals along with the three fastest overall non-qualifiers. A total of eight competitors qualified for the final from the semifinals.[3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) 10.49 Indianapolis, United States 16 July 1988
Olympic record 10.62 Seoul, Korea 24 September 1988
2012 World leading  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) 10.70 Kingston, Jamaica 29 June 2012

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Friday, 3 August 201210:40
19:05		Preliminaries
Round 1
Saturday, 4 August 201219:35
21:55		Semifinals
Finals

Results
Official Video of Preliminary Round

Preliminaries

[4]

Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1
RankNameNationTimeNotes
1Feta Ahamada Comoros11.81Q
2Dana Abdul Razak Iraq11.91Q
3Bamab Napo Togo12.24q, PB
4Chauzje Choosha Zambia12.29PB
5Afa Ismail Maldives12.52PB
6Rima Taha Jordan12.66PB
7Aissata Toure Guinea13.25
8Kaingaue David Kiribati13.61PB
Wind: +0.9 m/s

Heat 2
RankNameNationTimeNotes
1Delphine Atangana Cameroon11.71Q
2Kaina Martinez Belize11.81Q
3Diane Borg Malta12.00q
4Shinoona Salah Al-Habsi Oman12.45
5Cristina Llovera Andorra12.78
6Nafissa Souleymane Niger12.81
7Asenate Manoa Tuvalu13.48NR
8Fatima Sulaiman Dahman Yemen13.95
Wind: −0.2 m/s

Heat 3
RankNameNationTimeNotes
1Lorene Bazolo Republic of the Congo11.87Q
2Fong Yee Pui Hong Kong12.02Q
3Patricia Taea Cook Islands12.47SB
4Maysa Rejepova Turkmenistan12.80PB
5Pauline Kwalea Solomon Islands12.90PB
6Laenly Phoutthavong Laos13.15
7Ruby Joy Gabriel Palau13.34
–Noor Hussain Al-Malki QatarN/ADNF
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 4
RankNameNationTimeNotes
1Toea Wisil Papua New Guinea11.60Q
2Saruba Colley The Gambia12.21Q
3Martina Pretelli San Marino12.41
4Lidiane Lopes Cape Verde12.72
5Hala Gezah Libya13.24
6Pramila Rijal Nepal13.33
7Janice Alatoa Vanuatu13.60
8Mihter Wendolin Federated States of Micronesia13.67
9Tahmina Kohistani Afghanistan14.42PB
Wind: –1.6 m/s
Official Video of the Quarterfinal Round

Heats
  • 81 entrants as of 27 July 2012.[5]

Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1
RankNameNationTimeNotes
1Kelly-Ann Baptiste Trinidad and Tobago10.96Q
2Myriam Soumaré France11.07Q, PB
3Verena Sailer Germany11.12Q
4Ezinne Okparaebo Norway11.14q, NR
5Kateřina Čechová Czech Republic11.43
6Kerri-Ann Mitchell Canada11.49
7Tahesia Harrigan-Scott British Virgin Islands11.59SB
8Fong Yee Pui Hong Kong11.98
Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 2
Women's 100 metres heat 2
RankNameNationTimeNotes
1Carmelita Jeter United States10.83Q
2Olga Bludova Kazakhstan11.31Q
3Sheniqua Ferguson Bahamas11.35Q
4Olga Belkina Russia11.38
5Anyika Onuora Great Britain11.41
6Marta Jeschke Poland11.42
7Yuliya Balykina Belarus11.70
8Diane Borg Malta11.92SB
Wind: +1.5 m/s

Heat 3

Wind:
Heat 3: +1.5 m/s

Women's 100 metres heat 3
RankNameNationTimeNotes
1Veronica Campbell-Brown Jamaica10.94Q
2Ivet Lalova Bulgaria11.06Q,
3Gloria Asumnu Nigeria11.13Q,
4Lina Grinčikaitė Lithuania11.19q, NR
5Abiodun Oyepitan Great Britain11.22q
6Phobay Kutu-Akoi Liberia11.52
7Yomara Hinestroza Colombia11.56SB
8Saruba Colley The Gambia12.06NR
Wind: +1.5 m/s

Heat 4
RankNameNationTimeNotes
1Blessing Okagbare Nigeria10.93Q, PB
2Tianna Madison United States10.97Q
3Michelle-Lee Ahye Trinidad and Tobago11.28Q
4Tatjana Pinto Germany11.39
5Andreea Ogrăzeanu Romania11.44
6Nimet Karakus Turkey11.62
7Feta Ahamada Comoros11.86
8Lorene Bazolo Republic of the Congo11.90
Wind: +0.7 m/s

Heat 5
RankNameNationTimeNotes
1Allyson Felix United States11.01Q
2Rosângela Santos Brazil11.07Q
3Ruddy Zang Milama Gabon11.14Q
4Toea Wisil Papua New Guinea11.27
5Allison Peter Virgin Islands11.41
5Véronique Mang France11.41
5Chisato Fukushima Japan11.41
8Dana Abdul Razak Iraq11.81
Wind: +2.2 m/s

Heat 6
RankNameNationTimeNotes
1Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaica11.00Q
2Semoy Hackett Trinidad and Tobago11.04Q, PB
3Olesya Povh Ukraine11.18Q
4Guzel Khubbieva Uzbekistan11.22SB
5Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Bahamas11.32
6Melissa Breen Australia11.34
7Wei Yongli China11.48
8Bamab Napo Togo12.35
Wind: +1.5 m/s

Heat 7
RankNameNationTimeNotes
1Murielle Ahouré Ivory Coast10.99Q, NR
2Laverne Jones-Ferrette Virgin Islands11.07Q, NR
3Kerron Stewart Jamaica11.08Q
4Oludamola Osayomi Nigeria11.36
5Nataliya Pohrebnyak Ukraine11.46
6Maria Belibasaki Greece11.63
7Delphine Atangana Cameroon11.82
8Kaina Martinez Belize11.89
Wind: +1.3 m/s
Official Video of the Semi-Final Round

Semifinals

Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Semifinal 1
RankNameNationTimeNotes
1Carmelita Jeter United States10.83Q
2Veronica Campbell-Brown Jamaica10.89Q
3Rosângela Santos Brazil11.17PB
4LaVerne Jones-Ferrette Virgin Islands11.22
5Semoy Hackett Trinidad and Tobago11.26
6Olesya Povh Ukraine11.30
7Ruddy Zang Milama Gabon11.31
8Abiodun Oyepitan Great Britain11.36
Wind: ±0.0 m/s

Semifinal 2
RankNameNationTimeNotes
1Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaica10.85Q
2Allyson Felix United States10.94Q
3Kelly-Ann Baptiste Trinidad and Tobago11.00q
4Ezinne Okparaebo Norway11.10NR
5Gloria Asumnu Nigeria11.21
6Ivet Lalova Bulgaria11.31
7Sheniqua Ferguson Bahamas11.32
8Olga Bludova Kazakhstan11.39
Wind: +1.2 m/s

Semifinal 3
RankNameNationTimeNotes
1Blessing Okagbare Nigeria10.92Q, PB
2Tianna Madison United States10.92Q
3Murielle Ahoure Ivory Coast11.01q
4Kerron Stewart Jamaica11.04
5Myriam Soumaré France11.13
6Verena Sailer Germany11.25
7Lina Grincikaité Lithuania11.30
8Michelle-Lee Ahye Trinidad and Tobago11.32
Wind: +1.0 m/s

Final
RankLaneNameNationTimeNotes
7Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaica10.75
5Carmelita Jeter United States10.78SB
4Veronica Campbell-Brown Jamaica10.81SB
49Tianna Madison United States10.85PB
58Allyson Felix United States10.89PB
62Kelly-Ann Baptiste Trinidad and Tobago10.94
73Murielle Ahoure Ivory Coast11.00
86Blessing Okagbare Nigeria11.01
Wind: +1.5 m/s

References
  1. Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  2. http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/sprints/100-metres/outdoor/women/senior
  3. "100m competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  4. "Women's 100m: Preliminaries". London 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  5. Entry List by Event. IAAF (2012-07-27). Retrieved on 2012-07-29.
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