Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 12 and 13 August at the Olympic Stadium.[1] The winning margin was 0.12 seconds. The winner, Elaine Thompson from Jamaica, had the second slowest reaction time in the final.

Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Interior view of the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, where the Women's 100m took place.
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates12 August 2016
(Preliminary round & heats)
13 August 2016
(semi-final & final)
Competitors80 from 56 nations
Winning time10.71
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Elaine Thompson  Jamaica
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tori Bowie  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica
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Summary

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Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was the defending Olympic champion from 2012 and entered the competition having won five of the last six global championships. At eighth in the year's rankings, she was not in peak form resulting from her toe injury. Elaine Thompson had beaten her at the Jamaican Championships with a world-leading and national record-equalling 10.70 seconds. American champion English Gardner was the next fastest and the two other American entrants, Tianna Bartoletta and Tori Bowie, shared third on the world rankings with African record breaker Murielle Ahouré at 10.78 seconds. Dutchwoman Dafne Schippers was also a strong entrant.[2]

Charlotte Wingfield of Malta was comfortably the fastest qualifier in the preliminaries at 11.86 seconds. Cecilia Bouele of Congo was the only other athlete under 12 seconds in that round.[3] In the first round proper Fraser-Pryce demonstrated her form with 10.96 seconds to top qualifying. Trinidad and Tobago's Michelle-Lee Ahye was the next fastest heat winner in eleven seconds dead, while all the top runners progressed.[4] The semi-final round excised Murielle Ahouré and Tianna Bartoletta. Earlier in the season, both had run 10.78 and are tied for the fourteenth-fastest in history. Fraser-Pryce and Thompson were the fastest in 10.88 but only eight hundredths separated the finalists.[5]

In the final, Tori Bowie reacted the fastest, but Elaine Thompson got the best start. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has previously gained the edge from her exceptional start, but at best she was even with Thompson, which Thompson expanded upon for the win. For her fast reaction, Bowie was a step behind in the early stages of the race but made a late rush to catch Fraser-Pryce just before the line for silver. After an injured toe during most of the season, it was Fraser-Pryce's season best for bronze.[6] Thompson's time 10.71 would have been good enough to be the fifth time in history, had she not already run 10.70 at the Jamaican Olympic Trials earlier in the season to tie Fraser-Pryce for fourth.[7]

The medals were presented by Nawal El Moutawakel, IOC member, Morocco and Frankie Fredericks, Council Member of the IAAF.

Records

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Prior to this 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
2016 World leading   Elaine Thompson (JAM) 10.70 Kingston, Jamaica 1 July 2016
Area Time (s) Wind Athlete Nation
Africa (records) 10.78 +1.6 Murielle Ahouré   Ivory Coast
Asia (records) 10.79 +0.0 Li Xuemei   China
Europe (records) 10.73 +2.0 Christine Arron   France
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
10.49 WR +0.0 Florence Griffith Joyner   United States
Oceania (records) 11.11 +1.9 Melissa Breen   Australia
11.11 +0.0 Denise Robertson   Australia
South America (records) 10.99 +0.9 Angela Tenorio   Ecuador

The following national records were established during the competition:

Country Athlete Round Time Notes
Afghanistan   Kamia Yousufi (AFG) Preliminaries 14.02 s
Cape Verde   Lidiane Lopes (CPV) Preliminaries 12.38 s
Saudi Arabia   Kariman Abuljadayel (KSA) Preliminaries 14.61 s

Schedule

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All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3)

Date Time Round
Friday, 12 August 2016 11:55
22:40
Preliminaries
Round 1
Saturday, 13 August 2016 21:00
22:37
Semifinals
Final

Results

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Preliminaries

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The preliminary round of the competition featured athletes who had not achieved the required qualifying time for the event. Athletes who had achieved that time received a bye into the first round proper.

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

Preliminary Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 Hafsatu Kamara   Sierra Leone 0.148 12.24 Q
2 7 Sisila Seavula   Fiji 0.143 12.34 Q
3 9 Regine Tugade   Guam 0.156 12.52
4 8 Makoura Keita   Guinea 0.150 12.66 PB
5 3 Shirin Akter   Bangladesh 0.166 12.99
6 4 Mariana Cress   Marshall Islands 0.206 13.20
7 2 Liliana Neto   Angola 0.136 13.58
8 6 Kamia Yousufi   Afghanistan 0.216 14.02 NR
Wind: +0.9 m/s

Preliminary Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 Sunayna Wahi   Suriname 0.172 12.09 Q
2 7 Patricia Taea   Cook Islands 0.160 12.30 Q
3 8 Mazoon Al-alawi   Oman 0.161 12.30 q
4 2 Lidiane Lopes   Cape Verde 0.154 12.38 NR
5 3 Phumlile Ndzinisa   Swaziland 0.137 12.49
6 5 Taine Halasima   Tonga 0.199 12.80
7 6 Laenly Phoutthavong   Laos 0.186 12.82 PB
8 4 Lerissa Henry   Federated States of Micronesia 0.163 13.53
Wind: −0.2 m/s

Preliminary Heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 3 Charlotte Wingfield   Malta 0.144 11.86 Q
2 4 Cecilia Bouele   Republic of the Congo 0.165 11.98 Q
3 9 Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli   Malaysia 0.151 12.12 q
4 7 Prenam Pesse   Togo 0.189 12.38
5 5 Denika Kassim   Comoros 0.192 12.53
6 2 Jordan Mageo   American Samoa 0.173 13.72
7 8 Kariman Abuljadayel   Saudi Arabia 0.205 14.61
8 6 Karitaake Tewaaki   Kiribati 0.185 14.70
Wind: −0.2 m/s

Heats

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Qualification rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 8 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 8 Desirèe Henry   Great Britain 0.126 11.08 Q
2 6 Murielle Ahouré   Ivory Coast 0.159 11.17 Q
3 9 Natalia Pohrebniak   Ukraine 0.130 11.30 q
4 2 Lorene Dorcas Bazolo   Portugal 0.142 11.43
5 3 Wei Yongli   China 0.154 11.48
6 5 Hajar Alkhaldi   Bahrain 0.122 11.59
7 7 Rima Kashafutdinova   Kazakhstan 0.174 11.84
8 4 Sisila Seavula   Fiji 0.149 12.48
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 Dafne Schippers   Netherlands 0.143 11.16 Q
2 5 Tatjana Pinto   Germany 0.164 11.31 Q
3 6 Khamica Bingham   Canada 0.137 11.41
4 7 Flings Owusu-Agyapong   Ghana 0.135 11.43
5 4 Gloria Asumnu   Nigeria 0.139 11.55
6 3 Evelyn Rivera   Colombia 0.161 11.59
7 8 Brenessa Thompson   Guyana 0.162 11.72
8 2 Hafsatu Kamara   Sierra Leone 0.150 12.22
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 Tori Bowie   United States 0.142 11.13 Q
2 5 Blessing Okagbare   Nigeria 0.154 11.16 Q
3 8 Angela Tenorio   Ecuador 0.150 11.35 q
4 4 Ezinne Okparaebo   Norway 0.141 11.43
5 6 Eliecith Palacios   Colombia 0.172 11.48
6 3 Tahesia Harrigan-Scott   British Virgin Islands 0.149 11.54
7 7 Khrystyna Stuy   Ukraine 0.146 11.57
8 2 Cecilia Bouele   Republic of the Congo 0.149 12.18
Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce   Jamaica 0.146 10.96 Q
2 5 Marie-Josée Ta Lou   Ivory Coast 0.156 11.01 Q
3 2 Mujinga Kambundji   Switzerland 0.149 11.19 q
4 8 Narcisa Landazuri   Ecuador 0.117 11.38 q
5 4 Tynia Gaither   Bahamas 0.154 11.56
6 7 Ramona Papaioannou   Cyprus 0.140 11.61
7 6 Ruddy Zang Milama   Gabon 0.151 11.67
8 3 Sunayna Wahi   Suriname 0.117 12.25
Wind: −0.3 m/s

Heat 5

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 Tianna Bartoletta   United States 0.148 11.23 Q
2 8 Ewa Swoboda   Poland 0.149 11.24 Q
3 6 Olesya Povkh   Ukraine 0.132 11.39 q
4 5 Kelly-Ann Baptiste   Trinidad and Tobago 0.141 11.42
5 2 Jennifer Madu   Nigeria 0.163 11.61
6 3 Nigina Sharipova   Uzbekistan 0.135 11.68
7 4 Dutee Chand   India 0.151 11.69
8 7 Patricia Taea   Cook Islands 0.159 12.41
Wind: −0.7 m/s

Heat 6

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 Michelle-Lee Ahye   Trinidad and Tobago 0.153 11.00 Q
2 7 Christania Williams   Jamaica 0.170 11.27 Q
3 4 Asha Philip   Great Britain 0.120 11.34 q
4 2 Crystal Emmanuel   Canada 0.162 11.43
5 6 Viktoriya Zyabkina   Kazakhstan 0.150 11.69
6 8 Marika Popowicz-Drapała   Poland 0.136 11.70
7 9 Iman Essa Jasim   Bahrain 0.161 11.72
8 3 Charlotte Wingfield   Malta 0.138 11.90
Wind: ±0.0 m/s

Heat 7

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 Elaine Thompson   Jamaica 0.174 11.21 Q
2 3 Rosângela Santos   Brazil 0.163 11.25 Q
3 4 Semoy Hackett   Trinidad and Tobago 0.138 11.35 q
4 8 Toea Wisil   Papua New Guinea 0.142 11.48
5 2 Olga Safronova   Kazakhstan 0.148 11.50
6 6 Alyssa Conley   South Africa 0.143 11.57
7 5 Melissa Breen   Australia 0.143 11.74
8 7 Mazoon Al-Alawi   Oman 0.199 12.43
Wind: −1.0 m/s

Heat 8

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 6 English Gardner   United States 0.191 11.09 Q
2 4 Carina Horn   South Africa 0.158 11.32 Q
3 2 Ivet Lalova-Collio   Bulgaria 0.125 11.35 q
4 7 Daryll Neita   Great Britain 0.169 11.41
5 3 Rebekka Haase   Germany 0.175 11.47
6 9 Yuan Qiqi   China 0.143 11.56
7 5 Franciela Krasucki   Brazil 0.159 11.67
8 8 Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli   Malaysia 0.149 12.62
Wind: −0.2 m/s

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 7 Tori Bowie   United States 0.165 10.90 Q
2 6 Michelle-Lee Ahye   Trinidad and Tobago 0.134 10.90 Q, SB
3 9 Christania Williams   Jamaica 0.166 10.96 q, PB
4 5 Murielle Ahouré   Ivory Coast 0.156 11.01
5 3 Ángela Tenorio   Ecuador 0.145 11.14
6 8 Mujinga Kambundji   Switzerland 0.130 11.16
7 4 Ewa Swoboda   Poland 0.155 11.18
8 2 Olesya Povkh   Ukraine 0.126 11.29
Wind: +1.0 m/s

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce   Jamaica 0.151 10.88 Q, SB
2 4 Dafne Schippers   Netherlands 0.146 10.90 Q
3 6 Marie-Josée Ta Lou   Ivory Coast 0.157 10.94 q, PB
4 7 Tianna Bartoletta   United States 0.141 11.00
5 9 Rosângela Santos   Brazil 0.133 11.23 SB
6 2 Marizol Landázuri   Ecuador 0.152 11.27
7 8 Nataliya Pohrebnyak   Ukraine 0.138 11.32
8 3 Asha Philip   Great Britain 0.124 11.33
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Semifinal 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 Elaine Thompson   Jamaica 0.156 10.88 Q
2 7 English Gardner   United States 0.158 10.90 Q
3 6 Blessing Okagbare   Nigeria 0.155 11.09
4 5 Desirèe Henry   Great Britain 0.129 11.09
5 3 Semoy Hackett   Trinidad and Tobago 0.146 11.20
6 9 Carina Horn   South Africa 0.149 11.20
7 8 Tatjana Pinto   Germany 0.175 11.32
- 2 Ivet Lalova-Collio   Bulgaria DNS
Wind: +0.6 m/s

Final

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
  4 Elaine Thompson   Jamaica 0.157 10.71
  5 Tori Bowie   United States 0.112 10.83
  6 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce   Jamaica 0.138 10.86 SB
4 3 Marie-Josée Ta Lou   Ivory Coast 0.136 10.86 PB
5 9 Dafne Schippers   Netherlands 0.134 10.90
6 8 Michelle-Lee Ahye   Trinidad and Tobago 0.132 10.92
7 7 English Gardner   United States 0.148 10.94
8 2 Christania Williams   Jamaica 0.163 11.80
Wind: +0.5 m/s

References

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General
  • "Athletics – Women's 100m – Preliminary Round" (PDF). Rio 2016. 12 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  • "Athletics – Women's 100m – Round 1" (PDF). Rio 2016. 12 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  • "Athletics – Women's 100m – Semifinals" (PDF). Rio 2016. 13 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  • "Athletics – Women's 100m – Final" (PDF). Rio 2016. 13 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
Specific
  1. ^ "Women's 100m". Rio 2016 Organisation. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. ^ Landells, Steve (2016-08-10). Preview: women's 100m – Rio 2016 Olympic Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-12.
  3. ^ "Women's 100m: Preliminaries". IAAF. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. ^ Landells, Steve (2016-08-13). Report: women's 100m heats – Rio 2016 Olympic Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-14.
  5. ^ Landells, Steve (2016-08-14). Report: women's 100m semi-finals – Rio 2016 Olympic Games . IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-14.
  6. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Elaine Thompson wins 100m gold, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce third". BBC Sport. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  7. ^ Landells, Steve (2016-08-14). Report: women's 100m final – Rio 2016 Olympic Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-14.
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