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100 metres, Women

Date	16 – 17 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Guojia Tiyuchang, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants	85 from 69 countries

The 2007 World Champion was Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown but she finished only fourth at the Jamaican Olympic Trials and was left off the team. It was not as if Jamaica needed her! In fact, despite her absence Jamaica’s female sprinters swept the medals, led by the almost unknown Shelly-Ann Fraser, followed by a dead-heat for second between Kerron Stewart and Sherone Simpson. It was only the fifth medal sweep by a nation in women’s athletics at the Olympics and the first time this had ever happened in the 100. On paper the event was expected to be between the Jamaican and US sprinters, and the two nations sent all six of their athletes to the final, joined by Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (BAH) and Jeanette Kwakye (GBR). In the final, Americans Torri Edwards and Muna Lee froze at the start, thinking there was a false start. But there was no recall and they were hopelessly behind. Edwards would finish last while Lee pulled herself up to fifth. The best starters were Simpson and Fraser and they were clear early, Simpson leading slightly. But Fraser had the best finish, pulling away to an easy victory. The photo could not separate Stewart and Simpson who were both given silver medals, with American Lauryn Williams in fourth.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	2165	Shelly-Ann Fraser	JAM	11.35 (1 h6)	11.06 (1 h1)	11.00 (1 h1)	10.78 (1)	Gold
=2	2145	Sherone Simpson	JAM	11.48 (3 h9)	11.02 (1 h2)	11.11 (4 h1)	10.98 (=2)	Silver
=2	2178	Kerron Stewart	JAM	11.28 (1 h10)	10.98 (1 h4)	11.05 (1 h2)	10.98 (=2)	Silver
4	3257	Lauryn Williams	USA	11.38 (2 h2)	11.07 (2 h4)	11.10 (3 h1)	11.03 (4)
5	3195	Muna Lee	USA	11.33 (1 h3)	11.08 (2 h2)	11.06 (2 h1)	11.07 (5)
6	1790	Jeannette Kwakye	GBR	11.30 (2 h1)	11.18 (3 h1)	11.19 (3 h2)	11.14 (6)
7	1094	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	BAH	11.17 (2 h8)	11.21 (1 h3)	11.22 (4 h2)	11.19 (7)
8	3165	Torri Edwards	USA	11.26 (1 h1)	11.31 (1 h5)	11.18 (2 h2)	11.20 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	1092	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	11.30 (1 h4)	11.16 (3 h2)	11.22 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	1172	Yuliya Nestsiarenka	BLR	11.40 (2 h5)	11.14 (4 h4)	11.26 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	2377	Lina Grinčikaitė	LTU	11.43 (3 h4)	11.33 (2 h5)	11.50 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	1129	Kim Gevaert	BEL	11.33 (1 h5)	11.10 (3 h4)	11.30 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	1264	Ivet Lalova	BUL	11.33 (1 h7)	11.40 (3 h5)	11.51 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	2748	Yevgeniya Polyakova	RUS	11.24 (1 h9)	11.13 (2 h1)	11.38 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	1927	Vida Anim	GHA	11.47 (2 h6)	11.32 (3 h3)	11.51 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r3/4	2512	Damola Osayomi	NGR	11.13 (1 h8)	11.28 (2 h3)	11.44 (8 h2)	–
4 h1 r2/4	2869	Virgil Hodge	SKN	11.48 (4 h3)	11.45 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r2/4	1799	Montell Douglas	GBR	11.36 (2 h7)	11.38 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	1719	Christine Arron	FRA	11.37 (1 h2)	11.36 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h5 r2/4	2538	Ezinne Okparaebo	NOR	11.32 (2 h10)	11.45 (4 h5)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	2064	LaVerne Jones	ISV	11.41 (3 h10)	11.55 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	1497	Virgen Benavides	CUB	11.45 (3 h7)	11.40 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	2592	Daria Korczyńska	POL	11.22 (3 h8)	11.41 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	2128	Tahesia Harrigan	IVB	11.46 (3 h2)	11.36 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r2/4	3325	Barbara Pierre	HAI	11.52 (4 h10)	11.56 (5 h5)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	1411	Myriam Mani	CMR	11.64 (3 h1)	11.65 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	3007	Kelly-Ann Baptiste	TTO	11.39 (2 h4)	11.42 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	2747	Nataliya Rusakova	RUS	11.61 (5 h3)	11.49 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	3015	Semoy Hackett	TTO	11.53 (4 h4)	11.46 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r2/4	2077	Anita Pistone	ITA	11.43 (2 h3)	11.56 (6 h5)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	2513	Franca Idoko	NGR	11.61 (4 h7)	11.66 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	2853	Nataliya Murinovich	RUS	11.55 (5 h10)	11.51 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	1420	Yomara Hinestroza	COL	11.39 (4 h8)	11.66 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	3290	Guzel Khubbiyeva	UZB	11.44 (3 h3)	11.49 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r2/4	1781	Ruddy Zang-Milama	GAB	11.62 (3 h6)	11.59 (7 h5)	–	–
8 h1 r2/4	1108	Jade Bailey	BAR	11.46 (2 h9)	11.67 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	3066	Nataliya Pohrebniak	UKR	11.60 (4 h9)	11.55 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	3309	Vũ Thị Hương	VIE	11.65 (3 h5)	11.70 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r2/4	1211	Lucimar Moura	BRA	11.60 (4 h2)	11.67 (8 h4)	–	–
8 h5 r2/4	3012	Sasha Springer-Jones	TTO	11.55 (5 h8)	11.71 (8 h5)	–	–
4 h1 r1/4	1266	Inna Eftimova	BUL	11.67 (4 h1)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	2523	Halimat Ismaila	NGR	11.72 (4 h5)	–	–	–
4 h6 r1/4	1842	Laura Turner	GBR	11.65 (4 h6)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	1333	Wang Jing	CHN	11.87 (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	1972	Sherry Fletcher	GRN	11.65 (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	1406	Amandine Allou Affoué	CIV	11.75 (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	2194	Chisato Fukushima	JPN	11.74 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	2382	Nirinaharifidy Ramilijaona	MAD	12.07 (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	2887	Pia Tajnikar	SLO	11.82 (5 h7)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	2984	Jutamass Thavoncharoen	THA	11.82 (5 h9)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	1039	Ani Khachikyan	ARM	12.76 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	2055	Dana Abdul Razak	IRQ	12.36 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	1988	Wan Kin Yee	HKG	12.37 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	2995	Valentina Nazarova	TKM	11.94 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	3323	Sonia Williams	ANT	12.04 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	1102	Timicka Clarke	BAH	12.16 (6 h6)	–	–	–
6 h7 r1/4	1430	Feta Ahamada	COM	11.88 (6 h7)	–	–	–
6 h8 r1/4	2566	Mae Koime	PNG	11.68 (6 h8)	–	–	–
6 h9 r1/4	3313	Waseelah Saad	YEM	13.60 (6 h9)	–	–	–
6 h10 r1/4	2466	Charlene Attard	MLT	12.20 (6 h10)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	2461	Ivana Rožman	MKD	12.92 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h2 r1/4	2552	Sadaf Siddiqui	PAK	12.41 (7 h2)	–	–	–
7 h3 r1/4	2563	Gharid Ghrouf	PLE	13.07 (7 h3)	–	–	–
7 h4 r1/4	1285	Sou Tit Linda	CAM	12.98 (7 h4)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	1979	Cora Alicto	GUM	13.31 (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	1021	Montserrat Pujol	AND	12.73 (7 h6)	–	–	–
7 h7 r1/4	1782	Fatou Tiyana	GAM	12.25 (7 h7)	–	–	–
7 h8 r1/4	1322	Hinikissa Ndikert	CHA	12.55 (7 h8)	–	–	–
7 h9 r1/4	1779	Maria Ikelap	FSM	13.73 (7 h9)	–	–	–
7 h10 r1/4	2872	Michaela Kargbo	SLE	12.54 (7 h10)	–	–	–
8 h1 r1/4	2564	Peoria Koshiba	PLW	13.18 (8 h1)	–	–	–
8 h2 r1/4	3049	Asenate Manoa	TUV	14.05 (8 h2)	–	–	–
8 h3 r1/4	3303	Elis Lapenmal	VAN	13.31 (8 h3)	–	–	–
8 h4 r1/4	1541	Fathia Ali Bouraleh	DJI	14.29 (8 h4)	–	–	–
8 h5 r1/4	1001	Robina Muqim Yaar	AFG	14.80 (8 h5)	–	–	–
8 h6 r1/4	2485	Jessica Aguilera	NCA	13.15 (8 h6)	–	–	–
8 h7 r1/4	1106	Beauty Nazmun Nahar	BAN	12.52 (8 h7)	–	–	–
8 h8 r1/4	1413	Franka Magali	COD	12.57 (8 h8)	–	–	–
8 h9 r1/4	2326	Philaylack Sackpraseuth	LAO	13.86 (8 h9)	–	–	–
8 h10 r1/4	2468	Milena Milašević	MNE	12.65 (8 h10)	–	–	–
9 h1 r1/4	2550	Buthayna Al-Yaqoubi	OMA	13.90 (9 h1)	–	–	–
9 h3 r1/4	2477	Bounkou Camara	MTN	13.69 (9 h3)	–	–	–
9 h6 r1/4	2892	Pauline Kwalea	SOL	13.28 (9 h6)	–	–	–
9 h10 r1/4	2502	Chandra Thapa	NEP	13.15 (9 h10)	–	–	–
DQ	1279	Tezdzhan Naimova	BUL	[11.70] (DQ h9)	–	–	–		1

Round One (16 August 2008)

Top three in each heat and next ten fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One (10:50)

Wind	-0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	1	Torri Edwards	USA	11.26	0.169	Q
2	8	Jeannette Kwakye	GBR	11.30	0.142	Q
3	3	Myriam Mani	CMR	11.64	0.151	Q
4	2	Inna Eftimova	BUL	11.67	0.189
5	9	Wang Jing	CHN	11.87	0.188
6	5	Ani Khachikyan	ARM	12.76	0.204
7	4	Ivana Rožman	MKD	12.92	0.233
8	7	Peoria Koshiba	PLW	13.18	0.174
9	6	Buthayna Al-Yaqoubi	OMA	13.90	0.180

Heat Two (10:57)

Wind	-0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Christine Arron	FRA	11.37	0.250	Q
2	3	Lauryn Williams	USA	11.38	0.183	Q
3	8	Tahesia Harrigan	IVB	11.46	0.188	Q
4	4	Lucimar Moura	BRA	11.60	0.163	q
5	9	Sherry Fletcher	GRN	11.65	0.187		2
6	7	Dana Abdul Razak	IRQ	12.36	–
7	5	Sadaf Siddiqui	PAK	12.41	0.273
8	2	Asenate Manoa	TUV	14.05	0.205

Heat Three (11:04)

Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	8	Muna Lee	USA	11.33	0.219	Q
2	1	Anita Pistone	ITA	11.43	0.179	Q
3	5	Guzel Khubbiyeva	UZB	11.44	0.142	Q
4	3	Virgil Hodge	SKN	11.48	0.194	q
5	9	Nataliya Rusakova	RUS	11.61	0.201	q
6	7	Wan Kin Yee	HKG	12.37	0.151
7	2	Gharid Ghrouf	PLE	13.07	0.242
8	6	Elis Lapenmal	VAN	13.31	0.215
9	4	Bounkou Camara	MTN	13.69	0.202

Heat Four (11:11)

Wind	-0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	11.30	0.246	Q
2	5	Kelly-Ann Baptiste	TTO	11.39	0.204	Q
3	3	Lina Grinčikaitė	LTU	11.43	0.168	Q
4	8	Semoy Hackett	TTO	11.53	0.210	q
5	9	Amandine Allou Affoué	CIV	11.75	0.204
6	7	Valentina Nazarova	TKM	11.94	0.247
7	4	Sou Tit Linda	CAM	12.98	0.183
8	2	Fathia Ali Bouraleh	DJI	14.29	0.280		3

Heat Five (11:18)

Wind	-1.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Kim Gevaert	BEL	11.33	0.156	Q
2	7	Yuliya Nestsiarenka	BLR	11.40	0.175	Q
3	4	Vũ Thị Hương	VIE	11.65	0.207	Q
4	2	Halimat Ismaila	NGR	11.72	0.200
5	6	Chisato Fukushima	JPN	11.74	0.162
6	3	Sonia Williams	ANT	12.04	0.198
7	9	Cora Alicto	GUM	13.31	0.199
8	8	Robina Muqim Yaar	AFG	14.80	0.263

Heat Six (11:25)

Wind	-0.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Shelly-Ann Fraser	JAM	11.35	0.193	Q
2	5	Vida Anim	GHA	11.47	0.170	Q
3	6	Ruddy Zang-Milama	GAB	11.62	0.187	Q
4	9	Laura Turner	GBR	11.65	0.174
5	7	Nirinaharifidy Ramilijaona	MAD	12.07	0.190
6	8	Timicka Clarke	BAH	12.16	0.172
7	4	Montserrat Pujol	AND	12.73	0.225
8	1	Jessica Aguilera	NCA	13.15	0.195
9	3	Pauline Kwalea	SOL	13.28	0.166

Heat Seven (11:32)

Wind	-0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Ivet Lalova	BUL	11.33	0.162	Q
2	5	Montell Douglas	GBR	11.36	0.167	Q
3	9	Virgen Benavides	CUB	11.45	0.178	Q
4	4	Franca Idoko	NGR	11.61	0.177	q
5	3	Pia Tajnikar	SLO	11.82	0.181
6	8	Feta Ahamada	COM	11.88	0.172
7	6	Fatou Tiyana	GAM	12.25	0.190
8	7	Beauty Nazmun Nahar	BAN	12.52	0.190

Heat Eight (11:39)

Wind	1.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Damola Osayomi	NGR	11.13	0.206	Q
2	6	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	BAH	11.17	0.166	Q
3	2	Daria Korczyńska	POL	11.22	0.159	Q
4	9	Yomara Hinestroza	COL	11.39	0.171	q
5	7	Sasha Springer-Jones	TTO	11.55	0.186	q
6	5	Mae Koime	PNG	11.68	0.200
7	4	Hinikissa Ndikert	CHA	12.55	0.207
8	8	Franka Magali	COD	12.57	0.224

Heat Nine (11:46)

Wind	-0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Yevgeniya Polyakova	RUS	11.24	0.176	Q
2	4	Jade Bailey	BAR	11.46	0.194	Q
3	9	Sherone Simpson	JAM	11.48	0.172	Q
4	3	Nataliya Pohrebniak	UKR	11.60	0.144	q	4
5	6	Jutamass Thavoncharoen	THA	11.82	0.188
6	2	Waseelah Saad	YEM	13.60	0.232
7	8	Maria Ikelap	FSM	13.73	–
8	5	Philaylack Sackpraseuth	LAO	13.86	0.264
DQ	[1]	Tezdzhan Naimova	BUL	[11.70]	[0.178]		5

Heat Ten (11:53)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Kerron Stewart	JAM	11.28	0.197	Q
2	2	Ezinne Okparaebo	NOR	11.32	0.163	Q
3	5	LaVerne Jones	ISV	11.41	0.179	Q
4	7	Barbara Pierre	HAI	11.52	0.165	q
5	8	Nataliya Murinovich	RUS	11.55	0.179	q
6	1	Charlene Attard	MLT	12.20	0.176
7	3	Michaela Kargbo	SLE	12.54	0.231
8	9	Milena Milašević	MNE	12.65	0.218
9	6	Chandra Thapa	NEP	13.15	0.214

Quarter-Finals (16 August 2008)

Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (20:35)

Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Shelly-Ann Fraser	JAM	11.06	0.249	Q
2	4	Yevgeniya Polyakova	RUS	11.13	0.197	Q
3	7	Jeannette Kwakye	GBR	11.18	0.174	Q
4	2	Virgil Hodge	SKN	11.45	0.217
5	8	LaVerne Jones	ISV	11.55	0.231		6
6	9	Myriam Mani	CMR	11.65	0.182
7	3	Franca Idoko	NGR	11.66	0.184
8	5	Jade Bailey	BAR	11.67	0.234

Heat Two (20:42)

Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	8	Sherone Simpson	JAM	11.02	0.153	Q
2	5	Muna Lee	USA	11.08	0.173	Q
3	7	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	11.16	0.179	Q
4	4	Montell Douglas	GBR	11.38	0.165
5	9	Virgen Benavides	CUB	11.40	0.169
6	6	Kelly-Ann Baptiste	TTO	11.42	0.190
7	2	Nataliya Murinovich	RUS	11.51	0.188
8	3	Nataliya Pohrebniak	UKR	11.55	0.151

Heat Three (20:49)

Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	BAH	11.21	0.162	Q
2	7	Damola Osayomi	NGR	11.28	0.183	Q
3	5	Vida Anim	GHA	11.32	0.169	Q
4	6	Christine Arron	FRA	11.36	0.191
5	9	Daria Korczyńska	POL	11.41	0.151
6	2	Nataliya Rusakova	RUS	11.49	0.186
7	3	Yomara Hinestroza	COL	11.66	0.170
8	8	Vũ Thị Hương	VIE	11.70	0.186

Heat Four (20:56)

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Kerron Stewart	JAM	10.98	0.156	Q
2	4	Lauryn Williams	USA	11.07	0.150	Q
3	5	Kim Gevaert	BEL	11.10	0.149	Q
4	7	Yuliya Nestsiarenka	BLR	11.14	0.187	q
5	8	Tahesia Harrigan	IVB	11.36	0.156
6	3	Semoy Hackett	TTO	11.46	0.162
7	9	Guzel Khubbiyeva	UZB	11.49	0.152
8	2	Lucimar Moura	BRA	11.67	0.152

Heat Five (21:03)

Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Torri Edwards	USA	11.31	0.160	Q
2	8	Lina Grinčikaitė	LTU	11.33	0.161	Q
3	5	Ivet Lalova	BUL	11.40	0.181	Q
4	4	Ezinne Okparaebo	NOR	11.45	0.169
5	2	Barbara Pierre	HAI	11.56	0.197
6	7	Anita Pistone	ITA	11.56	0.148
7	9	Ruddy Zang-Milama	GAB	11.59	0.191
8	3	Sasha Springer-Jones	TTO	11.71	0.204

Semi-Finals (17 August 2008)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One (19:45)

Wind	-0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Shelly-Ann Fraser	JAM	11.00	0.217	Q
2	4	Muna Lee	USA	11.06	0.155	Q
3	7	Lauryn Williams	USA	11.10	0.174	Q
4	5	Sherone Simpson	JAM	11.11	0.166	Q
5	9	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	11.22	0.159
6	8	Lina Grinčikaitė	LTU	11.50	0.163
7	3	Ivet Lalova	BUL	11.51	0.171
8	2	Vida Anim	GHA	11.51	0.189

Heat Two (19:53)

Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Kerron Stewart	JAM	11.05	0.202	Q
2	4	Torri Edwards	USA	11.18	0.174	Q
3	3	Jeannette Kwakye	GBR	11.19	0.156	Q
4	6	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	BAH	11.22	0.184	Q
5	2	Yuliya Nestsiarenka	BLR	11.26	0.156
6	8	Kim Gevaert	BEL	11.30	0.194
7	5	Yevgeniya Polyakova	RUS	11.38	0.173
8	9	Damola Osayomi	NGR	11.44	0.208

Final (17 August 2008 — 22:25)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Shelly-Ann Fraser	JAM	10.78	0.190
=2	2	Sherone Simpson	JAM	10.98	0.155
=2	7	Kerron Stewart	JAM	10.98	0.232
4	8	Lauryn Williams	USA	11.03	0.149
5	5	Muna Lee	USA	11.07	0.234
6	9	Jeannette Kwakye	GBR	11.14	0.161
7	3	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	BAH	11.19	0.167
8	6	Torri Edwards	USA	11.20	0.179