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 | ||||||||||||
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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
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
All times shown are in seconds.
Heats
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 10 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Semifinals
Qualification rule: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the final.
Semifinal 1
| 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
| 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
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | Shelly-Ann Fraser |
Jamaica |
0.190 | 10.78 | PB |
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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
- IAAF. Archived from the originalon 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- IAAF. Archivedfrom 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.
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