Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metres

Women's 100 m
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Women's 100 m ; at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Alexander Stadium
Dates	2 August (first round); 3 August (semifinals); 3 August (final)
Competitors	49
Winning time	10.95
Medalists
	← 2018 2026 →

The women's 100 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, was held at Alexander Stadium on 2 and 3 August 2022.^[1]

The original fifth placed finisher in the final, Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha, was provisionally suspended for doping in September 2022^[2] and subsequently disqualified by the Commonwealth Games Federation.^[3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record	Florence Griffith Joyner (USA)	10.49	Indianapolis, United States	16 July 1988
Commonwealth record	Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)	10.54	Eugene, United States	21 August 2021
Games record	Blessing Okagbare (NGR)	10.85	Glasgow, Scotland	28 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[4]

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 2 August 2022	12:15	First round
Wednesday 3 August 2022	19:35	Semifinals
Wednesday 3 August 2022	20:05	Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

First round

The first round consisted of seven heats. The three fastest competitors per heat (plus three fastest non-automatic qualifiers) advanced to the semifinals.^[5]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	3	Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha (NGR)	0.206	10.99		Q
2	1	Zoe Hobbs (NZL)	0.168	11.09		Q
3	8	Asha Philip (ENG)	0.121	11.27		Q
4	7	Alisha Rees (SCO)	0.155	11.36		q
5	6	Veronica Shanti Pereira (SGP)	0.169	11.48	NR	q
6	2	Bongiwe Mahlalela (SWZ)	0.149	12.05
7	5	Aishath Himna Hassan (MDV)	0.152	12.17	NR
-	4	Winifrida Makenji (TAN)				DQ
				Wind: +1.4 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Qual.
1	7	Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)	0.152	10.99	Q
2	4	Imani-Lara Lansiquot (ENG)	0.162	11.15	Q
3	6	Maximila Imali (KEN)	0.162	11.30	Q
4	8	Wurrie Njadoe (GAM)	0.168	11.50
5	2	Amya Clarke (SKN)	0.183	11.97
6	3	Hilary Gladden (BIZ)	0.173	12.72
7	5	Wena Gobure (NRU)	0.187	13.21
				Wind: +0.6 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	2	Daryll Neita (ENG)	0.140	11.02		Q
2	7	Bree Masters (AUS)	0.162	11.41		Q
3	4	Joella Lloyd (ANT)	0.161	11.42		Q
4	3	Khalifa St. Fort (TTO)	0.145	11.49
5	6	Milicent Ndoro (KEN)	0.157	11.76
6	8	Tri-Tania Lowe (AIA)	0.147	12.11
7	5	Sumaya Dewan (BAN)	0.150	12.42	YC
				Wind: -0.2 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Qual.
1	2	Rosemary Chukwuma (NGR)	0.141	11.02	Q
2	5	Oarabile Tshosa (BOT)	0.154	11.40	Q
3	3	Jasmine Abrams (GUY)	0.155	11.41	Q
4	4	Hannah Brier (WAL)	0.142	11.48	q
5	6	Toea Wisil (PNG)	0.151	11.79
6	7	Carla Scicluna (MLT)	0.141	11.89
7	8	Mariyam Alhaa Hussain (MDV)	0.136	12.86
8	1	Aneela Gulzar (PAK)	0.155	14.01
				Wind: -0.2 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Qual.
1	3	Michelle-Lee Ahye (TTO)	0.135	11.14	Q
2	7	Tynia Gaither (BAH)	0.137	11.19	Q
3	4	Joy Chinenye Udo Gabriel (NGR)	0.137	11.43	Q
4	2	Dutee Chand (IND)	0.168	11.55
5	6	Rhoda Njobvu (ZAM)	0.148	11.57
6	5	Ancha Ernesto Mandalate (MOZ)	0.148	12.14
7	8	Kugapriya Chandran (SGP)	0.141	12.34
				Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Qual.
1	2	Natalliah Whyte (JAM)	0.154	11.31	Q
2	5	Naa Anang (AUS)	0.149	11.37	Q
3	7	Jacent Nyamahunge (UGA)	0.178	11.53	Q
4	3	Hafsatu Kamara (SLE)	0.160	11.80
5	4	Bernice Yee Ling Liew (SGP)	0.147	12.12
6	6	Mariyam Ru Ya Ali (MDV)	0.164	12.80
				Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Qual.
1	5	Julien Alfred (LCA)	0.150	11.24	Q
2	7	Remona Burchell (JAM)	0.143	11.46	Q
3	6	Tsaone Bakani Sebele (BOT)	0.152	11.52	Q
4	2	Denisha Cartwright (BAH)	0.153	11.85
5	8	Jenifer Fatmata Bangura (SLE)	0.155	12.00
6	3	Chloe David (VAN)	0.153	12.60
―	4	Leah Bertrand (TTO)			DNS
				Wind: +0.7 m/s

Semifinals

Three semi-finals were held. The two fastest competitors per semi (plus two fastest non-automatic qualifiers) advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Qual.
1	3	Julien Alfred (LCA)	0.147	11.04	Q
2	6	Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha (NGR)	0.135	11.06	Q
3	5	Imani-Lara Lansiquot (ENG)	0.145	11.18
4	8	Remona Burchell (JAM)	0.131	11.48
5	7	Joella Lloyd (ANT)	0.148	11.49
6	4	Oarabile Tshosa (BOT)	0.186	11.53
7	2	Veronica Shanti Pereira (SGP)	0.174	11.57	'
8	1	Hannah Brier (WAL)	0.124	11.61
				Wind: +0.3 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Qual.
1	4	Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)	0.157	11.05	Q
2	6	Zoe Hobbs (NZL)	0.144	11.15	Q
3	5	Michelle-Lee Ahye (TTO)	0.116	11.29
4	8	Asha Philip (ENG)	0.117	11.35
5	3	Naa Anang (AUS)	0.124	11.39
6	1	Joy Chinenye Udo Gabriel (NGR)	0.145	11.45
7	7	Jasmine Abrams (GUY)	0.151	11.60
8	2	Tsaone Bakani Sebele (BOT)	0.147	11.71
				Wind: 0.0 m/s

Semifinal 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	3	Daryll Neita (ENG)	0.144	10.90	PB	Q
2	6	Rosemary Chukwuma (NGR)	0.112	11.05		Q
3	5	Tynia Gaither (BAH)	0.133	11.17		q
4	4	Natalliah Whyte (JAM)	0.155	11.17		q
5	7	Maximila Imali (KEN)	0.173	11.35
6	8	Bree Masters (AUS)	0.162	11.36
7	1	Alisha Rees (SCO)	0.135	11.47
8	2	Jacent Nyamahunge (UGA)	0.158	11.58
				Wind: +1.1 m/s

Final

Wednesday 3 August 2022 at ~20.05

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result
	4	Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)	0.149	10.95
	6	Julien Alfred (LCA)	0.139	11.01
	5	Daryll Neita (ENG)	0.148	11.07
4	3	Rosemary Chukwuma (NGR)	0.143	11.17
5	7	Zoe Hobbs (NZL)	0.149	11.19
6	2	Tynia Gaither (BAH)	0.125	11.23
7	1	Natalliah Whyte (JAM)	0.154	11.32
DQ	8	Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha (NGR)	0.147	~~11.18~~
				Wind: +0.4 m/s

References

^ "Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ "Commonwealth gold medallist Nwokocha provisionally suspended for doping". Retrieved 19 February 2024.
^ Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. "Women's 100m - Final". Retrieved 12 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Women's 100m". Birmingham 2022. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ Athletics | Women's 100m - Round 1 (PDF). Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

[CWG2022-1] "Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

[2] "Commonwealth gold medallist Nwokocha provisionally suspended for doping". Retrieved 19 February 2024.

[3] Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. "Women's 100m - Final". Retrieved 12 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[4] "Women's 100m". Birmingham 2022. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

[5] Athletics | Women's 100m - Round 1 (PDF). Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

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