Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres was an event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 56 participating athletes, with two rounds (seven heats in round 1, four heats at round 2), two semifinals and a final.[1] Although both Gail Devers of the United States and Merlene Ottey of Jamaica had clocked the same time in the final at the finish line at 10.94 seconds, snapshot of their photo finish confirmed that Devers had edged Ottey out for the gold medal.

Women's 100 metres
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueCentennial Olympic Stadium
Date26 July 1996 (heats, quarter-finals)
27 July 1996 (semi-finals, finals)
Competitors56 from 42 nations
Winning time10.94
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gail Devers
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Merlene Ottey
 Jamaica
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gwen Torrence
 United States
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Records edit

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record 10.49   Florence Griffith-Joyner Indianapolis (USA) July 16, 1988
Olympic Record 10.62   Florence Griffith-Joyner Seoul (KOR) September 24, 1988

Results edit

Heats edit

Heat 1 edit

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Chandra Sturrup   Bahamas 11.24 Q
2 Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe   Madagascar 11.36 Q
3 Irina Privalova   Russia 11.42 Q
4 Zlatka Georgieva   Bulgaria 11.74 Q
5 Nataliya Vorobyova   Kazakhstan 11.91
6 Lyudmila Dmitriady   Uzbekistan 12.04
7 Ouk Chanthan   Cambodia 14.82

Heat 2 edit

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Zhanna Pintusevich   Ukraine 11.20 Q
2 Melanie Paschke   Germany 11.27 Q
3 Odiah Sidibé   France 11.40 Q
4 Mary Tombiri-Shirey   Nigeria 11.50 Q
5 Hermin Joseph   Dominica 11.56
6 Cleide Amaral   Brazil 11.76
7 Myriam Mani   Cameroon 11.76
8 Elvira Cabbarova   Azerbaijan 11.96

Heat 3 edit

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Merlene Ottey   Jamaica 11.13 Q
2 Susanthika Jayasinghe   Sri Lanka 11.18 Q
3 Ekaterini Thanou   Greece 11.35 Q
4 Iryna Pukha   Ukraine 11.36 Q
5 Heather Samuel   Antigua and Barbuda 11.44 q
6 Yan Jiankui   China 11.46
7 Mirtha Brock   Colombia 11.83
8 Sortelina Pires   São Tomé and Príncipe 13.31

Heat 4 edit

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Juliet Cuthbert   Jamaica 11.06 Q
2 D'Andre Hill   United States 11.11 Q
3 Silke Lichtenhagen   Germany 11.30 Q
4 Eldece Clarke   Bahamas 11.33 Q
5 Petya Pendareva   Bulgaria 11.59
6 Cydonie Mothersill   Cayman Islands 11.61
7 Michelle Baptiste   Saint Lucia 11.92
8 Natalie Martindale   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.25

Heat 5 edit

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Marina Trandenkova   Russia 11.20 Q
2 Chioma Ajunwa   Nigeria 11.25 Q
3 Myra Mayberry   Puerto Rico 11.51 Q
4 Stephi Douglas   Great Britain 11.61 Q
5 Zandra Borrero   Colombia 11.62
6 Jerneja Perc   Slovenia 11.63
7 Beverly McDonald   Jamaica 12.08
8 Isménia do Frederico   Cape Verde 13.03

Heat 6 edit

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Gwen Torrence   United States 11.11 Q
2 Natalya Voronova   Russia 11.22 Q
3 Lucrécia Jardim   Portugal 11.32 Q
4 Katerina Koffa   Greece 11.33 Q
5 Sanna Hernesniemi   Finland 11.39 q
6 Marcia Richardson   Great Britain 11.42 q
7 Wang Huei-Chen   Chinese Taipei 11.70
8 Nester Geniwala'a   Solomon Islands 13.74
9 Juliana Obiong   Equatorial Guinea 13.88

Heat 7 edit

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Gail Devers   United States 10.92 Q
2 Mary Onyali   Nigeria 11.17 Q
3 Andrea Philipp   Germany 11.32 Q
4 Debbie Ferguson   Bahamas 11.33 Q
5 Simmone Jacobs   Great Britain 11.39 q
6 Mireille Donders   Switzerland 11.67
7 Lee Young-sook   South Korea 11.88
8 Elizabeth Chávez   Honduras 12.10 NR

Quarterfinals edit

Quarterfinal 1 edit

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Gwen Torrence   United States 11.11 Q
2 Marina Trandenkova   Russia 11.15 Q
3 Chioma Ajunwa   Nigeria 11.24 Q
4 Odiah Sidibé   France 11.38 Q
5 Katerina Koffa   Greece 11.38
6 Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe   Madagascar 11.43
7 Heather Samuel   Antigua and Barbuda 11.60
8 Stephi Douglas   Great Britain 11.75

Quarterfinal 2 edit

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Gail Devers   United States 10.94 Q
2 Mary Onyali   Nigeria 11.08 Q
3 Debbie Ferguson   Bahamas 11.26 Q
4 Lucrécia Jardim   Portugal 11.37 Q
5 Andrea Philipp   Germany 11.38
6 Iryna Pukha   Ukraine 11.42
7 Marcia Richardson   Great Britain 11.55
Susanthika Jayasinghe   Sri Lanka DNF

Quarterfinal 3 edit

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Juliet Cuthbert   Jamaica 11.20 Q
2 Chandra Sturrup   Bahamas 11.21 Q
3 D'Andre Hill   United States 11.21 Q
4 Irina Privalova   Russia 11.40 Q
5 Simmone Jacobs   Great Britain 11.47
6 Ekaterini Thanou   Greece 11.48
7 Silke Lichtenhagen   Germany 11.53
8 Mary Tombiri-Shirey   Nigeria 11.56

Quarterfinal 4 edit

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Merlene Ottey   Jamaica 11.02 Q
2 Zhanna Pintusevich   Ukraine 11.14 Q
3 Natalya Voronova   Russia 11.17 Q
4 Melanie Paschke   Germany 11.18 Q
5 Eldece Clarke   Bahamas 11.47
6 Sanna Hernesniemi   Finland 11.49
7 Myra Mayberry   Puerto Rico 11.66
8 Zlatka Georgieva   Bulgaria 11.99

Semifinals edit

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Merlene Ottey   Jamaica 10.93 Q
2 Gwen Torrence   United States 10.97 Q
3 Marina Trandenkova   Russia 11.07 Q
4 Zhanna Pintusevich   Ukraine 11.14 Q
5 Chioma Ajunwa   Nigeria 11.14
6 D'Andre Hill   United States 11.20
7 Debbie Ferguson   Bahamas 11.28
8 Odiah Sidibé   France 11.35

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Gail Devers   United States 11.00 Q
2 Mary Onyali   Nigeria 11.04 Q
3 Natalya Voronova   Russia 11.07 Q
4 Chandra Sturrup   Bahamas 11.07 Q
5 Juliet Cuthbert   Jamaica 11.07
6 Melanie Paschke   Germany 11.14
7 Irina Privalova   Russia 11.31
8 Lucrécia Jardim   Portugal 11.32

Final edit

  • Held on July 27, 1996
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time
  6 Gail Devers   United States 10.94
  3 Merlene Ottey   Jamaica 10.94
  5 Gwen Torrence   United States 10.96
4 7 Chandra Sturrup   Bahamas 11.00
5 1 Marina Trandenkova   Russia 11.06
6 2 Natalya Voronova   Russia 11.10
7 4 Mary Onyali   Nigeria 11.13
8 8 Zhanna Pintusevich   Ukraine 11.14

References edit

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 100 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2017.