2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres explained

The women's 100 metres at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 27 and 28 June.

Medalists

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record	10.49	Indianapolis, United States	16 July 1988
African record	10.90	La Laguna, Spain	5 June 1999
Championship record	11.03	Nairobi, Kenya	29 July 2010

First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.6 m/s, Heat 2: -3.2 m/s, Heat 3: -3.1 m/s, Heat 4: -2.2 m/s, Heat 5: -2.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Note
1	2	6	11.33	Q
2	3	3	11.54	Q
3	1	2	11.60	Q
4	4	6	11.65	Q
5	4	3	11.68	Q
6	5	8	11.73	Q
7	2	2	11.86	Q
8	1	7	11.89	Q
9	5	3	11.90	Q
10	3	7	11.93	Q
11	4	1	11.99	Q
12	3	6	12.10	Q
13	3	4	12.12	Q
14	5	1	12.19	Q
15	2	3	12.20	Q
16	3	2	12.25	q
17	1	6	12.30	Q
18	5	6	12.35	Q
19	4	4	12.37	Q
20	4	5	12.39	q
21	4	7	12.44	q
22	1	8	12.56	Q
23	3	5	12.58	q
24	1	4	12.62
25	5	2	12.67
26	2	5	12.72	Q
27	4	2	12.74
28	2	4	12.87
29	1	3	13.15
30	2	8	13.60
	5	7
	2	7
	1	5
	3	8
	4	8
	5	4
	5	5

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Time	Note
1	1	6	11.22	Q
2	2	6	11.26	Q
3	3	6	11.29	Q
4	1	5	11.62	Q
5	2	4	11.74	Q
6	3	3	11.76	Q
7	2	3	11.76	q
8	1	3	11.85	q
9	3	4	11.91
10	3	5	11.93
11	1	4	11.94
12	2	4	11.97
13	1	8	12.13
14	2	7	12.18
15	3	1	12.26
16	2	8	12.31
17	3	7	12.39
18	2	2	12.40
19	1	2	12.44
20	1	7	12.52
21	3	2	12.68
22	2	1	12.69
23	1	1	12.71
24	3	8	12.97

Wind: -0.8 m/s