Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres
| Women's 100 metres at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | 3–4 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 81 from 67 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 10.75 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The women's 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom will be held at the Olympic Stadium on 3–4 August.[1]
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, Wisill 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.
Competition format
The women's 100 m competition will start with a preliminary round consisting of athletes who did not achieved the minimum qualifying standards.[2] The top ten competitors from the preliminary round will then join the remaining competitors in the next round, the heats. The top 3 fastest competitors from each race of the seven heats will qualify for the semifinals along with the three fastest overall non-qualifiers. A total of eight competitors will qualify for the final from the semifinals.[2]
Records
Prior to the competition[update], the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record |  Florence Griffith Joyner (USA)
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10.49 | Indianapolis, USA | 16 July 1988 |
| Olympic record | 10.54 | Seoul, Korea | 24 September 1988 | |
| 2012 World leading |  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)
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10.70 | Kingston, Jamaica | 29 June 2012 |
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, 3 August 2012 | 10:40 19:05 |
Preliminaries Round 1 |
| Saturday, 4 August 2012 | 19:35 21:55 |
Semifinals Finals |
Results
Preliminaries
Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.
Wind:
Heat 1: +0.9 m/s, Heat 2: −0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s, Heat 4: −1.6 m/s
Heats
- 81 entrants as of 27 July 2012.[4]
Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 3 fastest times (q) qualified.
Wind:Heat 1: +0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +1.5 m/s, Heat 3: +1.5 m/s, Heat 4: +0.7 m/s, Heat 5: +2.2 m/s, Heat 6: +1.5 m/s, Heat 7: +1.3 m/s
Semi-finals
Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.
Wind:
Semifinal 1: 0.0 m/s, Semifinal 2: +1.2 m/s, Semifinal 3: +1.0 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Carmelita Jeter |  United States |
10.83 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce |  Jamaica |
10.85 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | Jamaica |
10.89 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Tianna Madison | United States |
10.92 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Blessing Okagbare |  Nigeria |
10.92 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Allyson Felix | United States |
10.94 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste |  Trinidad and Tobago |
11.00 | q |
| 8 | 3 | Murielle Ahoure |  Ivory Coast |
11.01 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica |
11.04 | |
| 10 | 2 | Ezinne Okparaebo |  Norway |
11.10 | NR |
| 11 | 3 | Myriam Soumaré |  France |
11.13 | |
| 12 | 1 | Rosângela Santos |  Brazil |
11.17 | PB |
| 13 | 2 | Gloria Asumnu | Nigeria |
11.21 | |
| 14 | 1 | LaVerne Jones-Ferrette |  Virgin Islands |
11.22 | |
| 15 | 3 | Verena Sailer |  Germany |
11.25 | |
| 16 | 1 | Semoy Hackett | Trinidad and Tobago |
11.26 | |
| 17 | 1 | Olesya Povh |  Ukraine |
11.30 | |
| 17 | 3 | Lina Grincikaité |  Lithuania |
11.30 | |
| 19 | 2 | Ivet Lalova |  Bulgaria |
11.31 | |
| 19 | 1 | Ruddy Zang Milama |  Gabon |
11.31 | |
| 21 | 2 | Sheniqua Ferguson |  Bahamas |
11.32 | |
| 21 | 3 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago |
11.32 | |
| 23 | 1 | Abiodun Oyepitan |  Great Britain |
11.36 | |
| 24 | 2 | Olga Bludova |  Kazakhstan |
11.39 |
Final
Wind: +1.5 m/s
| Rank | Lanes | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Jamaica |
10.75 | |
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5 | Carmelita Jeter | United States |
10.78 | SB |
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4 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | Jamaica |
10.81 | SB |
| 4 | 9 | Tianna Madison | United States |
10.85 | PB |
| 5 | 8 | Allyson Felix | United States |
10.89 | PB |
| 6 | 2 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago |
10.94 | |
| 7 | 3 | Murielle Ahoure | Ivory Coast |
11.00 | |
| 8 | 6 | Blessing Okagbare | Nigeria |
11.01 |
References
- ^ Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- ^ a b "100m competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ^ "Women's 100m: Preliminaries". London 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ Entry List by Event. IAAF (2012-07-27). Retrieved on 2012-07-29.