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100 metres, Women

Date	12 – 13 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Engenho de Dentro, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	80 from 56 countries

The dominant women’s sprinter of the last few years had been Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who had won gold at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and the 2009, 2013 and 2015 World Championships. Coming in to 2016 she was considered a heavy favorite, but injury problems early in the year made it unclear how well she could run at Rio. While she rehabbed, the top woman sprinter early in the year was her teammate Elaine Thompson, runner-up to Fraser-Pryce at the 2015 Worlds. The top American was Tori Bowie, although English Gardner won the US Olympic Trials, while another challenger was Dutch heptathlete turned sprinter Dafne Schippers, the 2016 European Champion in the 100, although she was better at the 200.

Fraser-Pryce made it to Rio and made the finals, as did Thompson, Bowie, Gardner, and Schippers. Thompson, a fast starter, had the lead by 20 metres and increased it, winning gold by 0.12 seconds over Bowie, with Fraser-Pryce proving she still had something left, as she won bronze. Schippers was fifth and Gardner seventh. One week later, Thompson would upset Schippers to complete the sprint double, but Bowie and Gardner would help prevent the sprint triple by leading the USA to victory in the 4x100 relay.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Preliminary Round	R1	SF	Final
1	903	Elaine Thompson	JAM	–	11.21 (1 h7)	10.88 (1 h3)	10.71 (1)	Gold
2	1326	Tori Bowie	USA	–	11.13 (1 h3)	10.90 (1 h1)	10.83 (2)	Silver
3	887	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	JAM	–	10.96 (1 h4)	10.88 (1 h2)	10.86 (3)	Bronze
4	540	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	CIV	–	11.01 (2 h4)	10.94 (3 h2)	10.86 (4)
5	1039	Dafne Schippers	NED	–	11.16 (1 h2)	10.90 (2 h2)	10.90 (5)
6	1245	Michelle-Lee Ahye	TTO	–	11.00 (1 h6)	10.90 (2 h1)	10.92 (6)
7	1343	English Gardner	USA	–	11.09 (1 h8)	10.90 (2 h3)	10.94 (7)
8	905	Christania Williams	JAM	–	11.27 (2 h6)	10.96 (3 h1)	11.80 (8)
3 h3 r3/4	1059	Blessing Okagbare	NGR	–	11.16 (2 h3)	11.09 (3 h3)	–
4 h1 r3/4	539	Murielle Ahouré	CIV	–	11.17 (2 h1)	11.01 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r3/4	1323	Tianna Bartoletta	USA	–	11.23 (1 h5)	11.00 (4 h2)	–
4 h3 r3/4	703	Desiree Henry	GBR	–	11.08 (1 h1)	11.09 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r3/4	613	Ángela Tenorio	ECU	–	11.35 (3 h3)	11.14 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	434	Rosângela Santos	BRA	–	11.25 (2 h7)	11.23 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r3/4	1249	Semoy Hackett	TTO	–	11.35 (3 h7)	11.20 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r3/4	1206	Mujinga Kambundji	SUI	–	11.19 (3 h4)	11.16 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	611	Marizol Landázuri	ECU	–	11.38 (4 h4)	11.27 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r3/4	1163	Carina Horn	RSA	–	11.32 (2 h8)	11.20 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r3/4	1117	Ewa Swoboda	POL	–	11.24 (2 h5)	11.18 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	1300	Nataliya Pohrebniak	UKR	–	11.30 (3 h1)	11.32 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r3/4	771	Tatjana Pinto	GER	–	11.31 (2 h2)	11.32 (7 h3)	–
8 h2 r3/4	718	Asha Philip	GBR	–	11.34 (3 h6)	11.33 (8 h2)	–
DNS r3/4	458	Ivet Lalova-Collio	BUL	–	11.35 (3 h8)	– (DNS h3)	–
3 h2 r2/4	467	Khamica Bingham	CAN	–	11.41 (3 h2)	–	–
3 h5 r2/4	1246	Kelly-Ann Baptiste	TTO	–	11.42 (3 h5)	–	–
4 h1 r2/4	1127	Lorène Bazolo	POR	–	11.43 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r2/4	794	Flings Owusu-Agyapong	GHA	–	11.43 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r2/4	1072	Ezinne Okparaebo	NOR	–	11.43 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h5 r2/4	1057	Jennifer Madu	NGR	–	11.61 (4 h5)	–	–
4 h6 r2/4	474	Crystal Emmanuel	CAN	–	11.43 (4 h6)	–	–
4 h7 r2/4	1089	Toea Wisil	PNG	–	11.48 (4 h7)	–	–
4 h8 r2/4	711	Daryll Neita	GBR	–	11.41 (4 h8)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	531	Wei Yongli	CHN	–	11.48 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	1052	Gloria Asumnu	NGR	–	11.55 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	554	Eliecith Palacios	COL	–	11.48 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	360	TyNia Gaither	BAH	–	11.56 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r2/4	1391	Nigina Sharipova	UZB	–	11.68 (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r2/4	941	Viktoriya Zyabkina	KAZ	–	11.69 (5 h6)	–	–
5 h7 r2/4	936	Olga Safronova	KAZ	–	11.50 (5 h7)	–	–
5 h8 r2/4	747	Rebekka Haase	GER	–	11.47 (5 h8)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	444	Hajar Al-Khaldi	BRN	–	11.59 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	555	Evelyn Rivera	COL	–	11.59 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	878	Tahesia Harrigan-Scott	IVB	–	11.54 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	589	Ramona Papaioannou	CYP	–	11.61 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r2/4	827	Dutee Chand	IND	–	11.69 (6 h5)	–	–
6 h6 r2/4	1112	Marika Popowicz-Drapała	POL	–	11.70 (6 h6)	–	–
6 h7 r2/4	1162	Alyssa Conley	RSA	–	11.57 (6 h7)	–	–
6 h8 r2/4	533	Yuan Qiqi	CHN	–	11.56 (6 h8)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	928	Rima Kashafutdinova	KAZ	–	11.84 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	813	Brenessa Thompson	GUY	–	11.72 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	1310	Khrystyna Stuy	UKR	–	11.57 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	691	Ruddy Zang-Milama	GAB	–	11.67 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r2/4	544	Pat Taea	COK	12.30 (2 h2)	12.41 (7 h5)	–	–
7 h6 r2/4	450	Iman Essa	BRN	–	11.72 (7 h6)	–	–
7 h7 r2/4	320	Melissa Breen	AUS	–	11.74 (7 h7)	–	–
7 h8 r2/4	426	Franciela Krasucki	BRA	–	11.67 (7 h8)	–	–
8 h1 r2/4	654	Sisilia Seavula	FIJ	12.34 (2 h1)	12.48 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	1181	Hafsatu Kamara	SLE	12.24 (1 h1)	12.22 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	504	Cecilia Bouele	CGO	11.98 (2 h3)	12.18 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r2/4	1215	Sunayna Wahi	SUR	12.09 (1 h2)	12.25 (8 h4)	–	–
8 h6 r2/4	1018	Charlotte Wingfield	MLT	11.86 (1 h3)	11.90 (8 h6)	–	–
8 h7 r2/4	1079	Mazoon Al-Alawi	OMA	12.30 (3 h2)	12.43 (8 h7)	–	–
8 h8 r2/4	999	Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli	MAS	12.12 (3 h3)	12.62 (8 h8)	–	–
3 h1 r1/4	811	Regine Tugade	GUM	12.52 (3 h1)	–	–	–
4 h1 r1/4	810	Makoura Keita	GUI	12.66 (4 h1)	–	–	–
4 h2 r1/4	559	Lidiane Lopes	CPV	12.38 (4 h2)	–	–	–
4 h3 r1/4	1242	Prenam Pesse	TOG	12.38 (4 h3)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	365	Shirin Akter	BAN	12.99 (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	1232	Phumlile Ndzinisa	SWZ	12.49 (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	558	Denika Kassim	COM	12.53 (5 h3)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	1015	Mariana Cress	MHL	13.20 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	1235	Taina Halasima	TGA	12.80 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	317	Jordan Mageo	ASA	13.72 (6 h3)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	305	Liliana Neto	ANG	13.58 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h2 r1/4	970	Laenly Phoutthavong	LAO	12.82 (7 h2)	–	–	–
7 h3 r1/4	968	Kariman Abuljadayel	KSA	14.61 (7 h3)	–	–	–
8 h1 r1/4	300	Kamia Yousufi	AFG	14.02 (8 h1)	–	–	–
8 h2 r1/4	690	Lerissa Henry	FSM	13.53 (8 h2)	–	–	–
8 h3 r1/4	964	Karitaake Tewaaki	KIR	14.70 (8 h3)	–	–	–
DQ	1301	Olesia Povkh	UKR	–	[11.39] (DQ h5)	[11.29] (DQ h1)	–		1

Preliminary Round (12 August 2016)

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

Heat One (11:55)

Wind	0.9 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Hafsatu Kamara	SLE	12.24	0.148	Q
2	7	Sisilia Seavula	FIJ	12.34	0.143	Q
3	9	Regine Tugade	GUM	12.52	0.156
4	8	Makoura Keita	GUI	12.66	0.150
5	3	Shirin Akter	BAN	12.99	0.166
6	4	Mariana Cress	MHL	13.20	0.206
7	2	Liliana Neto	ANG	13.58	0.136
8	6	Kamia Yousufi	AFG	14.02	0.216

Heat Two (12:02)

Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	9	Sunayna Wahi	SUR	12.09	0.172	Q
2	7	Pat Taea	COK	12.30	0.160	Q
3	8	Mazoon Al-Alawi	OMA	12.30	0.161	q
4	2	Lidiane Lopes	CPV	12.38	0.154
5	3	Phumlile Ndzinisa	SWZ	12.49	0.137
6	5	Taina Halasima	TGA	12.80	0.199
7	6	Laenly Phoutthavong	LAO	12.82	0.186
8	4	Lerissa Henry	FSM	13.53	0.163

Heat Three (12:09)

Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Charlotte Wingfield	MLT	11.86	0.144	Q
2	4	Cecilia Bouele	CGO	11.98	0.165	Q
3	9	Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli	MAS	12.12	0.151	q
4	7	Prenam Pesse	TOG	12.38	0.189
5	5	Denika Kassim	COM	12.53	0.192
6	2	Jordan Mageo	ASA	13.72	0.173
7	8	Kariman Abuljadayel	KSA	14.61	0.205
8	6	Karitaake Tewaaki	KIR	14.70	0.185

Round One (12 August 2016)

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

Heat One (22:40)

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	8	Desiree Henry	GBR	11.08	0.126	Q
2	6	Murielle Ahouré	CIV	11.17	0.159	Q
3	9	Nataliya Pohrebniak	UKR	11.30	0.130	q
4	2	Lorène Bazolo	POR	11.43	0.142
5	3	Wei Yongli	CHN	11.48	0.154
6	5	Hajar Al-Khaldi	BRN	11.59	0.122
7	7	Rima Kashafutdinova	KAZ	11.84	0.174
8	4	Sisilia Seavula	FIJ	12.48	0.149

Heat Two (22:47)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	9	Dafne Schippers	NED	11.16	0.143	Q
2	5	Tatjana Pinto	GER	11.31	0.164	Q
3	6	Khamica Bingham	CAN	11.41	0.137
4	7	Flings Owusu-Agyapong	GHA	11.43	0.135
5	4	Gloria Asumnu	NGR	11.55	0.139
6	3	Evelyn Rivera	COL	11.59	0.161
7	8	Brenessa Thompson	GUY	11.72	0.162
8	2	Hafsatu Kamara	SLE	12.22	0.150

Heat Three (22:54)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	9	Tori Bowie	USA	11.13	0.142	Q
2	5	Blessing Okagbare	NGR	11.16	0.154	Q
3	8	Ángela Tenorio	ECU	11.35	0.150	q
4	4	Ezinne Okparaebo	NOR	11.43	0.141
5	6	Eliecith Palacios	COL	11.48	0.172
6	3	Tahesia Harrigan-Scott	IVB	11.54	0.149
7	7	Khrystyna Stuy	UKR	11.57	0.146
8	2	Cecilia Bouele	CGO	12.18	0.149

Heat Four (23:01)

Wind	-0.3 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	9	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	JAM	10.96	0.146	Q
2	5	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	CIV	11.01	0.156	Q
3	2	Mujinga Kambundji	SUI	11.19	0.149	q
4	8	Marizol Landázuri	ECU	11.38	0.117	q
5	4	TyNia Gaither	BAH	11.56	0.154
6	7	Ramona Papaioannou	CYP	11.61	0.140
7	6	Ruddy Zang-Milama	GAB	11.67	0.151
8	3	Sunayna Wahi	SUR	12.25	0.117

Heat Five (23:08)

Wind	-0.7 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	9	Tianna Bartoletta	USA	11.23	0.148	Q
2	8	Ewa Swoboda	POL	11.24	0.149	Q
3	5	Kelly-Ann Baptiste	TTO	11.42	0.141
4	2	Jennifer Madu	NGR	11.61	0.163
5	3	Nigina Sharipova	UZB	11.68	0.135
6	4	Dutee Chand	IND	11.69	0.151
7	7	Pat Taea	COK	12.41	0.159
DQ	6	Olesia Povkh	UKR	[11.39]	[0.132]	Q

Heat Six (23:15)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Michelle-Lee Ahye	TTO	11.00	0.153	Q
2	7	Christania Williams	JAM	11.27	0.170	Q
3	4	Asha Philip	GBR	11.34	0.120	q
4	2	Crystal Emmanuel	CAN	11.43	0.162
5	6	Viktoriya Zyabkina	KAZ	11.69	0.150
6	8	Marika Popowicz-Drapała	POL	11.70	0.136
7	9	Iman Essa	BRN	11.72	0.161
8	3	Charlotte Wingfield	MLT	11.90	0.138

Heat Seven (23:22)

Wind	-1.0 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	9	Elaine Thompson	JAM	11.21	0.174	Q
2	3	Rosângela Santos	BRA	11.25	0.163	Q
3	4	Semoy Hackett	TTO	11.35	0.138	q
4	8	Toea Wisil	PNG	11.48	0.142
5	2	Olga Safronova	KAZ	11.50	0.148
6	6	Alyssa Conley	RSA	11.57	0.143
7	5	Melissa Breen	AUS	11.74	0.143
8	7	Mazoon Al-Alawi	OMA	12.43	0.199

Heat Eight (23:29)

Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	English Gardner	USA	11.09	0.191	Q
2	4	Carina Horn	RSA	11.32	0.158	Q
3	2	Ivet Lalova-Collio	BUL	11.35	0.125	q
4	7	Daryll Neita	GBR	11.41	0.169
5	3	Rebekka Haase	GER	11.47	0.175
6	9	Yuan Qiqi	CHN	11.56	0.143
7	5	Franciela Krasucki	BRA	11.67	0.159
8	8	Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli	MAS	12.62	0.149

Semi-Finals (13 August 2016)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One (21:00)

Wind	1.0 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Tori Bowie	USA	10.90	0.165	Q
2	6	Michelle-Lee Ahye	TTO	10.90	0.134	Q
3	9	Christania Williams	JAM	10.96	0.166	q
4	5	Murielle Ahouré	CIV	11.01	0.156
5	3	Ángela Tenorio	ECU	11.14	0.145
6	8	Mujinga Kambundji	SUI	11.16	0.130
7	4	Ewa Swoboda	POL	11.18	0.155
DQ	2	Olesia Povkh	UKR	[11.29]	[0.126]		2

Heat Two (21:07)

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	JAM	10.88	0.151	Q
2	4	Dafne Schippers	NED	10.90	0.146	Q
3	6	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	CIV	10.94	0.157	q
4	7	Tianna Bartoletta	USA	11.00	0.141
5	9	Rosângela Santos	BRA	11.23	0.133
6	2	Marizol Landázuri	ECU	11.27	0.152
7	8	Nataliya Pohrebniak	UKR	11.32	0.138
8	3	Asha Philip	GBR	11.33	0.124

Heat Three (21:14)

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Elaine Thompson	JAM	10.88	0.156	Q
2	7	English Gardner	USA	10.90	0.158	Q
3	6	Blessing Okagbare	NGR	11.09	0.155
4	5	Desiree Henry	GBR	11.09	0.129
5	3	Semoy Hackett	TTO	11.20	0.146
6	9	Carina Horn	RSA	11.20	0.149
7	8	Tatjana Pinto	GER	11.32	0.175
DNS	2	Ivet Lalova-Collio	BUL	–	–

Final (13 August 2016 — 22:37)

Wind	0.5 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Elaine Thompson	JAM	10.71	0.157
2	5	Tori Bowie	USA	10.83	0.112
3	6	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	JAM	10.86	0.138
4	3	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	CIV	10.86	0.136
5	9	Dafne Schippers	NED	10.90	0.134
6	8	Michelle-Lee Ahye	TTO	10.92	0.132
7	7	English Gardner	USA	10.94	0.148
8	2	Christania Williams	JAM	11.80	0.163