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100 metres, Women

Date	26 – 27 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	56 from 38 countries

The defending champion was Gail Devers (USA) and she was back. But Gwen Torrence (USA) was world ranked #1 in both the 100 and 200 in 1995, having finished a close fourth in the 1992 Olympic 100. She had won the 1995 World Championships over Jamaica’s Merlene Ottey. Ottey had also finished second at the 1993 Worlds to Devers, the margin there an infinitesimal 0.001 seconds. The 1994 European Championship had been won by Russia’s Irina Privalova. Devers, Ottey and Torrence made the final, but Privalova slowed in the semis with an injury and did not qualify. The final was very close between the three favorites. Devers led early but was caught by Ottey at 60 metres, taking a slight lead. Devers closed quickly and outleaned Ottey to win by 0.005 seconds, both timed officially in 10.94, with Torrence third, only 0.02 back.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	3828	Gail Devers	USA	10.92 (1 h7)	10.94 (1 h2)	11.00 (1 h2)	10.94 (1)	Gold
2	3478	Merlene Ottey	JAM	11.13 (1 h3)	11.02 (1 h4)	10.93 (1 h1)	10.94 (2)	Silver
3	3877	Gwen Torrence	USA	11.11 (1 h6)	11.11 (1 h1)	10.97 (2 h1)	10.96 (3)	Bronze
4	3061	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	11.24 (1 h1)	11.21 (2 h3)	11.07 (4 h2)	11.00 (4)
5	3717	Marina Trandenkova	RUS	11.20 (1 h5)	11.15 (2 h1)	11.07 (3 h1)	11.06 (5)
6	3720	Nataliya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova	RUS	11.22 (2 h6)	11.17 (3 h4)	11.07 (3 h2)	11.10 (6)
7	3597	Mary Onyali	NGR	11.17 (2 h7)	11.08 (2 h2)	11.04 (2 h2)	11.13 (7)
8	3807	Zhanna Pintusevych	UKR	11.20 (1 h2)	11.14 (2 h4)	11.14 (4 h1)	11.14 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	3588	Chioma Ajunwa	NGR	11.25 (2 h5)	11.24 (3 h1)	11.14 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	3468	Juliet Cuthbert	JAM	11.06 (1 h4)	11.20 (1 h3)	11.07 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	3844	D'Andre Hill	USA	11.11 (2 h4)	11.21 (3 h3)	11.20 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	3368	Melanie Paschke	GER	11.27 (2 h2)	11.18 (4 h4)	11.14 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	3059	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	11.33 (4 h7)	11.26 (3 h2)	11.28 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	3706	Irina Privalova	RUS	11.42 (3 h1)	11.40 (4 h3)	11.31 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	3301	Odiah Sidibé	FRA	11.40 (3 h2)	11.38 (4 h1)	11.35 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r3/4	3637	Lucrécia Jardim	POR	11.32 (3 h6)	11.37 (4 h2)	11.32 (8 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/4	3389	Katerina Koffa	GRE	11.33 (4 h6)	11.38 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	3370	Andrea Philipp	GER	11.32 (3 h7)	11.38 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	3315	Simmone Jacobs	GBR	11.39 (5 h7)	11.47 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	3055	Eldece Clarke	BAH	11.33 (4 h4)	11.47 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	3551	Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabé	MAD	11.36 (2 h1)	11.43 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	3806	Iryna Pukha	UKR	11.36 (4 h3)	11.42 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	3392	Aikaterini Thanou	GRE	11.35 (3 h3)	11.48 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	3269	Sanna Hernesniemi	FIN	11.39 (5 h6)	11.49 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	3009	Heather Samuel	ANT	11.44 (5 h3)	11.60 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	3330	Marcia Richardson	GBR	11.42 (6 h6)	11.55 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	3362	Silke Lichtenhagen	GER	11.30 (3 h4)	11.53 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	3648	Myra Mayberry-Wilkinson	PUR	11.51 (3 h5)	11.66 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h1 r2/4	3306	Stephi Douglas	GBR	11.61 (4 h5)	11.75 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	3600	Mary Tombiri-Shirey	NGR	11.50 (4 h2)	11.56 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r2/4	3109	Zlatka Georgieva	BUL	11.74 (4 h1)	11.99 (8 h4)	–	–
AC h2 r2/4	3744	Susanthika Jayasinghe	SRI	11.18 (2 h3)	– (DNF h2)	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	3508	Nataliya Vorobyova	KAZ	11.91 (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	3218	Hermin Joseph	DMA	11.56 (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	3112	Petya Pendareva	BUL	11.59 (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	3170	Zandra Borrero	COL	11.62 (5 h5)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	3889	Lyudmila Dmitriady	UZB	12.04 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	3097	Cleide Amaral	BRA	11.76 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	3160	Yan Jiankui	CHN	11.46 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	3140	Cydonie Mothersill	CAY	11.61 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	3740	Jerneja Perc	SLO	11.63 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h7 r1/4	3751	Mireille Donders	SUI	11.67 (6 h7)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	3122	Ouk Chanthan	CAM	14.82 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h2 r1/4	3165	Myriam Mani	CMR	11.76 (7 h2)	–	–	–
7 h3 r1/4	3171	Mirtha Brock	COL	11.83 (7 h3)	–	–	–
7 h4 r1/4	3539	Michelle Baptiste	LCA	11.92 (7 h4)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	3476	Beverly McDonald	JAM	12.08 (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	3782	Wang Huei-Chen	TPE	11.70 (7 h6)	–	–	–
7 h7 r1/4	3523	Lee Yeong-Suk	KOR	11.88 (7 h7)	–	–	–
8 h2 r1/4	3053	Elvira Cabbarova	AZE	11.96 (8 h2)	–	–	–
8 h3 r1/4	3747	Sortelina Pires	STP	13.31 (8 h3)	–	–	–
8 h4 r1/4	3893	Natalie Martindale	VIN	12.25 (8 h4)	–	–	–
8 h5 r1/4	3177	Isménia do Frederico	CPV	13.03 (8 h5)	–	–	–
8 h6 r1/4	3743	Nester Geniwala'a	SOL	13.74 (8 h6)	–	–	–
8 h7 r1/4	3401	Elizabeth Chávez	HON	12.10 (8 h7)	–	–	–
9 h6 r1/4	3339	Juliana Obiong	GEQ	13.88 (9 h6)	–	–	–

Round One (26 July 1996)

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

Heat One (10:00)

Wind	0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	11.24	0.158	Q
2	8	Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabé	MAD	11.36	0.201	Q
3	9	Irina Privalova	RUS	11.42	–	Q
4	5	Zlatka Georgieva	BUL	11.74	–	Q
5	1	Nataliya Vorobyova	KAZ	11.91	0.159
6	2	Lyudmila Dmitriady	UZB	12.04	0.188
7	6	Ouk Chanthan	CAM	14.82	–

Heat Two (10:05)

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	8	Zhanna Pintusevych	UKR	11.20	0.238	Q
2	4	Melanie Paschke	GER	11.27	0.191	Q
3	1	Odiah Sidibé	FRA	11.40	0.187	Q
4	3	Mary Tombiri-Shirey	NGR	11.50	0.154	Q
5	2	Hermin Joseph	DMA	11.56	0.172
6	6	Cleide Amaral	BRA	11.76	0.184
7	5	Myriam Mani	CMR	11.76	–
8	7	Elvira Cabbarova	AZE	11.96	0.196

Heat Three (10:10)

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Merlene Ottey	JAM	11.13	0.187	Q
2	2	Susanthika Jayasinghe	SRI	11.18	0.209	Q
3	9	Aikaterini Thanou	GRE	11.35	–	Q
4	3	Iryna Pukha	UKR	11.36	0.181	Q
5	7	Heather Samuel	ANT	11.44	0.170	q
6	5	Yan Jiankui	CHN	11.46	–
7	8	Mirtha Brock	COL	11.83	0.198
8	1	Sortelina Pires	STP	13.31	0.197

Heat Four (10:15)

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Juliet Cuthbert	JAM	11.06	0.181	Q
2	7	D'Andre Hill	USA	11.11	0.133	Q
3	2	Silke Lichtenhagen	GER	11.30	0.152	Q
4	9	Eldece Clarke	BAH	11.33	–	Q
5	5	Petya Pendareva	BUL	11.59	–
6	1	Cydonie Mothersill	CAY	11.61	0.203
7	3	Michelle Baptiste	LCA	11.92	0.201
8	8	Natalie Martindale	VIN	12.25	0.196

Heat Five (10:20)

Wind	-0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Marina Trandenkova	RUS	11.20	0.175	Q	1
2	6	Chioma Ajunwa	NGR	11.25	0.163	Q
3	9	Myra Mayberry-Wilkinson	PUR	11.51	–	Q	2
4	7	Stephi Douglas	GBR	11.61	0.192	Q
5	4	Zandra Borrero	COL	11.62	0.167
6	5	Jerneja Perc	SLO	11.63	–
7	1	Beverly McDonald	JAM	12.08	0.147
8	8	Isménia do Frederico	CPV	13.03	0.182

Heat Six (10:25)

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	9	Gwen Torrence	USA	11.11	0.153	Q
2	5	Nataliya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova	RUS	11.22	–	Q
3	4	Lucrécia Jardim	POR	11.32	0.219	Q
4	3	Katerina Koffa	GRE	11.33	0.169	Q
5	2	Sanna Hernesniemi	FIN	11.39	0.171	q
6	1	Marcia Richardson	GBR	11.42	0.159	q
7	7	Wang Huei-Chen	TPE	11.70	0.157
8	8	Nester Geniwala'a	SOL	13.74	–
9	6	Juliana Obiong	GEQ	13.88	–

Heat Seven (10:30)

Wind	-0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Gail Devers	USA	10.92	0.189	Q
2	7	Mary Onyali	NGR	11.17	0.192	Q
3	3	Andrea Philipp	GER	11.32	0.154	Q
4	9	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	11.33	–	Q
5	4	Simmone Jacobs	GBR	11.39	0.179	q
6	6	Mireille Donders	SUI	11.67	0.149
7	2	Lee Yeong-Suk	KOR	11.88	0.156
8	1	Elizabeth Chávez	HON	12.10	0.184

Quarter-Finals (26 July 1996)

Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (18:05)

Wind	-0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Gwen Torrence	USA	11.11	0.165	Q
2	8	Marina Trandenkova	RUS	11.15	0.173	Q	3
3	5	Chioma Ajunwa	NGR	11.24	0.167	Q
4	3	Odiah Sidibé	FRA	11.38	0.189	Q
5	1	Katerina Koffa	GRE	11.38	0.218
6	7	Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabé	MAD	11.43	0.163
7	6	Heather Samuel	ANT	11.60	0.199
8	2	Stephi Douglas	GBR	11.75	0.180

Heat Two (18:10)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Gail Devers	USA	10.94	0.175	Q
2	4	Mary Onyali	NGR	11.08	0.189	Q
3	7	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	11.26	0.179	Q
4	6	Lucrécia Jardim	POR	11.37	0.184	Q
5	2	Andrea Philipp	GER	11.38	0.147
6	8	Iryna Pukha	UKR	11.42	0.191
7	1	Marcia Richardson	GBR	11.55	0.164
DNF	5	Susanthika Jayasinghe	SRI	–	0.206

Heat Three (18:15)

Wind	-0.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Juliet Cuthbert	JAM	11.20	0.207	Q
2	6	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	11.21	0.174	Q
3	5	D'Andre Hill	USA	11.21	0.155	Q
4	2	Irina Privalova	RUS	11.40	0.195	Q
5	1	Simmone Jacobs	GBR	11.47	0.185
6	8	Aikaterini Thanou	GRE	11.48	0.186
7	3	Silke Lichtenhagen	GER	11.53	0.165
8	7	Mary Tombiri-Shirey	NGR	11.56	0.182

Heat Four (18:20)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Merlene Ottey	JAM	11.02	0.182	Q
2	4	Zhanna Pintusevych	UKR	11.14	0.206	Q
3	5	Nataliya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova	RUS	11.17	0.143	Q
4	3	Melanie Paschke	GER	11.18	0.166	Q
5	1	Eldece Clarke	BAH	11.47	0.200
6	7	Sanna Hernesniemi	FIN	11.49	0.157
7	8	Myra Mayberry-Wilkinson	PUR	11.66	0.200
8	2	Zlatka Georgieva	BUL	11.99	0.220

Semi-Finals (27 July 1996)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One (19:15)

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Merlene Ottey	JAM	10.93	0.176	Q
2	6	Gwen Torrence	USA	10.97	0.138	Q
3	7	Marina Trandenkova	RUS	11.07	0.184	Q	4
4	3	Zhanna Pintusevych	UKR	11.14	0.147	Q
5	5	Chioma Ajunwa	NGR	11.14	0.202
6	8	D'Andre Hill	USA	11.20	0.164
7	2	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	11.28	0.153
8	1	Odiah Sidibé	FRA	11.35	0.177

Heat Two (19:20)

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Gail Devers	USA	11.00	0.177	Q
2	3	Mary Onyali	NGR	11.04	0.177	Q
3	2	Nataliya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova	RUS	11.07	0.143	Q
4	5	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	11.07	0.163	Q
5	4	Juliet Cuthbert	JAM	11.07	0.166
6	8	Melanie Paschke	GER	11.14	0.200
7	1	Irina Privalova	RUS	11.31	0.168
8	7	Lucrécia Jardim	POR	11.32	0.182

Final (27 July 1996 — 20:45)

Wind	-0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Gail Devers	USA	10.94	0.166
2	4	Merlene Ottey	JAM	10.94	0.166
3	6	Gwen Torrence	USA	10.96	0.151
4	8	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	11.00	0.176
5	7	Marina Trandenkova	RUS	11.06	0.151	5
6	2	Nataliya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova	RUS	11.10	0.133
7	1	Mary Onyali	NGR	11.13	0.174
8	5	Zhanna Pintusevych	UKR	11.14	0.176