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

Event:	Women's 100 metres
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Date:	26 July 1996 (heats, quarter-finals) 27 July 1996 (semi-finals, finals)
Competitors:	56
Nations:	42
Win Value:	10.94
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Gail Devers
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Merlene Ottey
Silvernoc:	JAM
Bronze:	Gwen Torrence
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

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.

Records

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

Heats

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.24
2			11.36
3			11.42
4			11.74
5			11.91
6			12.04
7			14.82

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.20
2			11.27
3			11.40
4			11.50
5			11.56
6			11.76
7			11.76
8			11.96

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.13
2			11.18
3			11.35
4			11.36
5			11.44
6			11.46
7			11.83
8			13.31

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.06
2			11.11
3			11.30
4			11.33
5			11.59
6			11.61
7			11.92
8			12.25

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.20
2			11.25
3			11.51
4			11.61
5			11.62
6			11.63
7			12.08
8			13.03

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.11
2			11.22
3			11.32
4			11.33
5			11.39
6			11.42
7			11.70
8			13.74
9			13.88

Heat 7

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			10.92
2			11.17
3			11.32
4			11.33
5			11.39
6			11.67
7			11.88
8			12.10

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.11
2			11.15
3			11.24
4			11.38
5			11.38
6			11.43
7			11.60
8			11.75

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Time
1		10.94
2		11.08
3		11.26
4		11.37
5		11.38
6		11.42
7		11.55
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Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.20
2			11.21
3			11.21
4			11.40
5			11.47
6			11.48
7			11.53
8			11.56

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.02
2			11.14
3			11.17
4			11.18
5			11.47
6			11.49
7			11.66
8			11.99

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			10.93
2			10.97
3			11.07
4			11.14
5			11.14
6			11.20
7			11.28
8			11.35

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1			11.00
2			11.04
3			11.07
4			11.07
5			11.07
6			11.14
7			11.31
8			11.32

Final

Held on July 27, 1996

Rank	Lane	Time
	6	10.94
	3	10.94
	5	10.96
4	7	11.00
5	1	11.06
6	2	11.10
7	4	11.13
8	8	11.14

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 100 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173340/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ATH/womens-100-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 7 July 2017 . Sports Reference.