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Sprint, Women

Date	24 – 27 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Stone Mountain Velodrome, Stone Mountain, Georgia
Participants	14 from 14 countries
Format	1,000 metres.

The favorite was the 1995 World Champion, France’s Félicia Ballanger. Ballanger finished second in qualifying, which was surprisingly won by Australia’s Michelle Ferris. In the quarter-finals, Ballanger faced the 1988 and 1992 gold medalist, Erika Salumäe of Estonia, who had only made the quarters by advancing via the repêchage. Ballanger would defeat her in two straight races, and would not lose a race en route to the gold medal. In the final she defeated Ferris, who had advanced by defeating the 1992 bronze medalist, Ingrid Haringa (NED), in the semis. Haringa repeated as bronze medalist, defeating the 1992 silver medalist, Germany’s Annett Neumann. Over the next few years, Ballanger would establish herself as the top female sprinter in the world, winning the World Championships in 1996-1999 and defending her gold medal at Sydney in 2000.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	R1	R1 Rep	QF	SF	Final
1	Félicia Ballanger	FRA	11.277 (2)	11.901 (1 h2)	–	2 (1 h2)	2 (1 h2)	2 (1 h1)	Gold
2	Michelle Ferris	AUS	11.212 (1)	11.923 (1 h1)	–	2 (1 h1)	2 (1 h1)	0 (2 h1)	Silver
3	Ingrid Haringa	NED	11.456 (4)	12.164 (1 h4)	–	2 (1 h4)	0 (2 h1)	2 (1 h2)	Bronze
4	Annett Neumann	GER	11.536 (6)	12.078 (1 h6)	–	2 (1 h3)	0 (2 h2)	1 (2 h2)
5	Oksana Grishina	RUS	11.298 (3)	12.209 (1 h3)	–	1 (2 h3)	–	12.416 (1 h3)
6	Erika Salumäe	EST	11.566 (8)	– (2 h4)	12.018 (1 h1)	0 (2 h2)	–	– (2 h3)
7	Wang Yan	CHN	11.519 (5)	– (2 h5)	12.067 (1 h2)	0 (2 h1)	–	– (3 h3)
8	Tanya Dubnicoff	CAN	11.566 (8)	12.002 (1 h5)	–	1 (2 h4)	–	– (4 h3)
2 h1 r2/5	Connie Paraskevin-Young	USA	11.545 (7)	– (2 h6)	– (2 h1)	–	–	–
2 h2 r2/5	Daniela Larreal	VEN	11.878 (10)	– (2 h3)	– (2 h2)	–	–	–
3 h1 r2/5	Donna Wynd	NZL	11.961 (12)	– (2 h1)	– (3 h1)	–	–	–
3 h2 r2/5	Mira Kasslin	FIN	11.924 (11)	– (2 h2)	– (3 h2)	–	–	–
13 r1/6	Rita Razmaitė	LTU	11.971 (13)	–	–	–	–	–
14 r1/6	Nancy Contreras	MEX	11.992 (14)	–	–	–	–	–

Qualifying Round

Date	24 July 1996 — 13:00
Format	Top eight advanced to quarter-finals.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Michelle Ferris	AUS	11.212	QOR
2	Félicia Ballanger	FRA	11.277	Q
3	Oksana Grishina	RUS	11.298	Q
4	Ingrid Haringa	NED	11.456	Q
5	Wang Yan	CHN	11.519	Q
6	Annett Neumann	GER	11.536	Q
7	Connie Paraskevin-Young	USA	11.545	Q
8	Tanya Dubnicoff	CAN	11.566	Q
8	Erika Salumäe	EST	11.566	Q
10	Daniela Larreal	VEN	11.878	Q
11	Mira Kasslin	FIN	11.924	Q
12	Donna Wynd	NZL	11.961	Q
13	Rita Razmaitė	LTU	11.971		1
14	Nancy Contreras	MEX	11.992

Round One

Date	25 July 1996 — 11:40
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to quarter-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Michelle Ferris	AUS	11.923	Q
2	Donna Wynd	NZL	–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Félicia Ballanger	FRA	11.901	Q
2	Mira Kasslin	FIN	–

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Oksana Grishina	RUS	12.209	Q
2	Daniela Larreal	VEN	–

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Ingrid Haringa	NED	12.164	Q
2	Erika Salumäe	EST	–

Heat #5

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Tanya Dubnicoff	CAN	12.002	Q
2	Wang Yan	CHN	–

Heat #6

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Annett Neumann	GER	12.078	Q
2	Connie Paraskevin-Young	USA	–

Round One Repêchage

Date	25 July 1996 — 12:25
Format	Winner of each heat advanced to quarter-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Erika Salumäe	EST	12.018	Q
2	Connie Paraskevin-Young	USA	–
3	Donna Wynd	NZL	–

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Wang Yan	CHN	12.067	Q
2	Daniela Larreal	VEN	–
3	Mira Kasslin	FIN	–

Quarter-Finals

Date	26 July 1996 — 11:20-12:10-12:45
Format	Best two of three races. Winner of each heat advanced to semi-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Michelle Ferris	AUS	2	Q
2	Wang Yan	CHN	0

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Félicia Ballanger	FRA	2	Q
2	Erika Salumäe	EST	0

Heat #3

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Annett Neumann	GER	2	Q
2	Oksana Grishina	RUS	1

Heat #4

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Ingrid Haringa	NED	2	Q
2	Tanya Dubnicoff	CAN	1

Semi-Finals

Date	26 July 1996 — 13:40-14:30
Format	Best two of three races. Winner of each heat advanced to final.

Heat #1

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Michelle Ferris	AUS	2	Q
2	Ingrid Haringa	NED	0

Heat #2

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Félicia Ballanger	FRA	2	Q
2	Annett Neumann	GER	0

Final Round

Date	26 – 27 July 1996 — 12:15-12:45
Format	Best two of three races.

Heat 1/2

Time	27 July 1996 — 12:15-12:45

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Félicia Ballanger	FRA	2
2	Michelle Ferris	AUS	0

Heat 3/4

Time	27 July 1996 — 12:15-12:45

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Races Won
1	Ingrid Haringa	NED	2
2	Annett Neumann	GER	1

Heat 5-8

Time	26 July 1996 — 14:40

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	Oksana Grishina	RUS	12.416
2	Erika Salumäe	EST	–
3	Wang Yan	CHN	–
4	Tanya Dubnicoff	CAN	–