1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres explained

The women's 100 metres event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 July.

Medalists

Gold	Tina Iheagwam
Silver	Caryl Smith
Bronze	Maicel Malone

Results

Final

17 July
Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	align=left		align=left		11.34
	align=left		align=left		11.46
	align=left		align=left		11.49
4	align=left		align=left		11.49
5	align=left		align=left		11.56
6	align=left		align=left		11.60
7	align=left		align=left		11.69
	align=left		align=left		DQ

Semifinals

17 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: -1.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		11.59	Q
2	align=left		align=left		11.64	Q
3	align=left		align=left		11.67	q
4	align=left		align=left		11.85
5	align=left		align=left		11.86
6	align=left		align=left		12.05
7	align=left		align=left		12.17
8	align=left		align=left		12.22

Semifinal 2

Wind: +1.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		11.44	Q
2	align=left		align=left		11.55	Q
3	align=left		align=left		11.65	q
4	align=left		align=left		11.86
5	align=left		align=left		11.89
6	align=left		align=left		12.03
7	align=left		align=left		12.24
	align=left		align=left		DNS

Semifinal 3

Wind: +2.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		11.42 w	Q
2	align=left		align=left		11.51 w	Q
3	align=left		align=left		11.72 w
4	align=left		align=left		11.73 w
5	align=left		align=left		11.91 w
6	align=left		align=left		11.99 w
7	align=left		align=left		12.00 w
8	align=left		align=left		12.09 w

Heats

16 July

Heat 1

Wind: +1.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		11.68	Q
2	align=left		align=left		11.82	Q
3	align=left		align=left		11.86	Q
4	align=left		align=left		12.14	q
5	align=left		align=left		13.31
6	align=left		align=left		13.70

Heat 2

Wind: +1.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		11.65	Q
2	align=left		align=left		11.79	Q
3	align=left		align=left		12.02	Q
4	align=left		align=left		12.62
5	align=left		align=left		12.71
6	align=left		align=left		13.34
7	align=left		align=left		13.49

Heat 3

Wind: +1.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		11.71	Q
2	align=left		align=left		12.37	Q
3	align=left		align=left		12.39	Q
4	align=left		align=left		12.60
5	align=left		align=left		12.90
6	align=left		align=left		13.27
7	align=left		align=left		13.29

Heat 4

Wind: +1.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		11.68	Q
2	align=left		align=left		12.02	Q
3	align=left		align=left		12.14	Q
4	align=left		align=left		12.28
5	align=left		align=left		12.57
6	align=left		align=left		12.89

Heat 5

Wind: +0.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		11.62	Q
2	align=left		align=left		11.68	Q
3	align=left		align=left		11.73	Q
4	align=left		align=left		11.98	q
5	align=left		align=left		12.10	q
6	align=left		align=left		12.88
7	align=left		align=left		13.07

Heat 6

Wind: -0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		11.82	Q
2	align=left		align=left		11.85	Q
3	align=left		align=left		12.07	Q
4	align=left		align=left		12.49
5	align=left		align=left		12.76
6	align=left		align=left		12.98
7	align=left		align=left		13.17

Heat 7

Wind: +1.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	align=left		align=left		11.82	Q
2	align=left		align=left		11.90	Q
3	align=left		align=left		12.08	Q
4	align=left		align=left		12.32
5	align=left		align=left		12.36
6	align=left		align=left		12.49
7	align=left		align=left		12.87

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 47 athletes from 36 countries participated in the event.