Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres explained

Event:	Women's 100 metres
Games:	2000 Summer
Gold:	(Not Awarded)
Silver:	Ekaterini Thanou
Silvernoc:	GRE
Silver2:	Tayna Lawrence
Silvernoc2:	JAM
Bronze:	Merlene Ottey
Bronzenoc:	JAM
Prev:	1996
Next:	2004

The women's 100 m at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Stadium Australia on 22 September 2000 and 23 September 2000.^[1]

The top three runners in each of the initial ten heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next two fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the second round. The top four runners in each of the four second round heats automatically qualified for the semi-final.

The gold medal was originally won by Marion Jones of the United States. However, on 5 October 2007, she admitted to having used performance-enhancing drugs prior to the 2000 Olympics. On 9 October she relinquished her medals to the United States Olympic Committee, and on 12 December the International Olympic Committee formally stripped her of her medals.

The IOC did not initially decide to regrade the results, as silver medalist Ekaterini Thanou had herself been subsequently involved in a doping scandal in the run-up to the 2004 Summer Olympics. After two years of deliberation, in late 2009 the IOC decided to upgrade Lawrence and Ottey to silver and bronze respectively, and leave Thanou as a silver medallist, with the gold medal withheld.

Records

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

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Heats

The heats were held on Friday, 22 September 2000.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	6	Sevatheda Fynes		0.164	11.18
2	5	Leonie Mani		0.152	11.24
3	4	Valma Bass		0.174	11.45
4	3	Karin Mayr		0.166	11.50
5	1	Joice Maduaka		0.230	11.51
6	7	Martha Adusei		0.254	11.82
7	2	Mari Paz Mosana Motanga		0.281	12.91
8	8	Isménia do Frederico		0.190	12.99

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	8	Christine Arron		0.261	11.42
2	1	Lyubov Perepelova		0.256	11.48
3	2	Sarah Reilly		0.181	11.56
4	6	Natasha Laren Mayers		0.215	11.61
5	3	Aminata Diouf		0.234	11.65
6	7	Fana Ashby		0.243	11.85
7	4	Peoria Koshiba		0.239	12.66
8	5	Jenny Keni		0.275	13.01

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	1	Zhanna Pintusevych		0.215	11.27
2	8	Beverly McDonald		0.181	11.36
3	3	Joan Uduak Ekah		0.173	11.60
4	7	Ayanna Hutchinson		0.248	11.78
5	6	Lerma Elmira Bulauitan		0.261	12.08
6	2	Vukosava Đapić		0.183	12.12
7	5	Emma Wade		0.164	12.25
8	4	Luz Marina Geerman		0.242	12.96

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	5	Susanthika Jayasinghe		0.206	11.15
2	6	Anzhela Kravchenko		0.234	11.35
3	1	Mary Onyali-Omagbemi		0.192	11.36
4	8	Lauren Hewitt		0.202	11.42
5	3	Mireille Donders		0.169	11.63
6	4	Heidi Hannula		0.228	11.68
7	4	Lina Bejjani			12.98
8	2	Regina Shotaro		0.272	13.69

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	6	Ekaterini Thanou		0.155	11.10
2	8	Iryna Pukha		0.154	11.41
3	2	Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe		0.190	11.50
4	4	Heather Samuel		0.169	11.62
5	5	Viktoriya Kovyreva		0.225	11.72
6	3	Agnė Visockaitė		0.277	11.87
7	7	Devi Maya Paneru		0.170	12.74
8	9	Foujia Huda		0.214	12.75
9	1	Sylla M'Mah Touré		0.259	12.82

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	5	Marion Jones		0.165	11.20
2	7	Sandra Citte		0.182	11.47
3	4	Monica Afia Twum		0.172	11.48
4	3	Marina Trandenkova		0.178	11.51
5	1	Shani Anderson		0.190	11.55
6	6	Ekundayo Williams		0.256	12.19
7	8	Laure Kuetey		0.201	12.40
8	2	Suzanne Spiteri		0.207	12.57
9	9	Shamha Ahmed			12.87

Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	1	Chandra Sturrup		0.180	11.31
2	3	Mercy Nku		0.196	11.41
3	8	Nataliya Ignatova		0.187	11.54
4	5	Marcia Richardson		0.201	11.62
5	6	Paraskevi Patoulidou		0.216	11.65
6	4	Joanna Hoareau		0.261	12.01
7	2	Akonga Nsimbo		0.234	12.51
8	9	Tamara Shanidze		0.273	12.56
9	7	Fatou Dieng		0.201	13.69

Heat 8

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	7	Debbie Ferguson		0.190	11.10
2	4	Li Xuemei		0.185	11.25	,
3	5	Torri Edwards		0.159	11.34
4	2	Cydonie Mothersill		0.226	11.38
5	1	Ameerah Bello		0.245	11.64
6	3	Grace Dinkins		0.174	11.79
7	8	Anais Oyembo		0.158	12.19
8	6	Mariam Mohamed Hadi Al Hilli			13.98

Heat 9

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	3	Merlene Ottey		0.235	11.24
2	4	Petya Pendareva		0.198	11.30
3	6	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor		0.191	11.34
4	7	Natalya Voronova		0.188	11.47
5	5	Louise Ayetotche		0.267	11.52
6	8	Irene Joseph		0.233	11.93
7	1	Chen Shu-chuan		0.241	12.22
8	2	Sarah Tonde		0.216	12.56
9	9	Sandjema Batouli		0.253	13.58

Heat 10

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	3	Chryste Gaines		0.208	11.06
2	8	Tayna Lawrence		0.165	11.14
3	5	Vida Nsiah		0.217	11.18	,
4	6	Esi Benyarku		0.185	11.55
5	4	Zeng Xiujun		0.284	11.63
6	1	Kadiatou Camara		0.249	11.65
7	7	Joanne Durant		0.242	11.82
8	2	Chan Than Ouk			14.13

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on Friday, 22 September 2000.

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	4	Merlene Ottey		0.203	11.08
2	5	Debbie Ferguson		0.192	11.18
3	2	Mercy Nku		0.172	11.26
4	3	Christine Arron		0.214	11.26
5	7	Torri Edwards		0.168	11.32
6	6	Anzhela Kravchenko		0.216	11.32
7	8	Monica Afia Twum		0.223	11.70
8	1	Cydonie Mothersill		0.280	11.81

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	3	Marion Jones		0.215	10.83
2	4	Ekaterini Thanou		0.180	10.99
3	6	Tayna Lawrence		0.190	11.11
4	1	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor		0.221	11.24	,
5	5	Petya Pendareva		0.231	11.36
6	2	Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe		0.225	11.51
7	7	Iryna Pukha		0.215	11.54
8	8	Joan Uduak Ekah		0.265	11.67

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	3	Zhanna Pintusevych		0.191	11.08
2	6	Chryste Gaines		0.216	11.21
3	4	Chandra Sturrup		0.234	11.22
4	5	Beverly McDonald		0.194	11.26
5	7	Mary Onyali-Omagbemi		0.222	11.40
6	1	Lauren Hewitt		0.196	11.54
7	8	Valma Bass		0.170	11.60
8	2	Sandra Citte		0.253	11.63

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	4	Sevatheda Fynes		0.175	11.10
2	1	Vida Nsiah		0.181	11.19
3	3	Leonie Mani		0.157	11.23
4	5	Susanthika Jayasinghe		0.226	11.23
5	6	Li Xuemei		0.220	11.46
6	8	Natalya Ignatova		0.198	11.47
7	7	Sarah Reilly		0.175	11.53
8	2	Lyubov Perepelova		0.250	11.59

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on Saturday, 23 September 2000.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	4	Merlene Ottey		0.206	11.22
2	7	Chandra Sturrup		0.202	11.31
3	5	Zhanna Pintusevych		0.227	11.32
4	3	Debbie Ferguson		0.281	11.34
5	6	Vida Nsiah		0.173	11.37
6	2	Leonie Mani		0.196	11.40
7	8	Christine Arron		0.253	11.42
8	1	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor		0.210	11.45

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
DSQ	5	Marion Jones		0.192	11.01
1	3	Ekaterini Thanou		0.205	11.10
2	2	Tayna Lawrence		0.171	11.12
3	6	Sevatheda Fynes		0.172	11.16
4	4	Chryste Gaines		0.201	11.23
5	7	Beverly McDonald		0.193	11.31
6	1	Susanthika Jayasinghe		0.188	11.33
7	8	Mercy Nku		0.228	11.56

Final

The final was held on Saturday, 23 September 2000.

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
	4	Ekaterini Thanou		0.206	11.12
	1	Tayna Lawrence		0.163	11.18
	3	Merlene Ottey		0.179	11.19
4	7	Zhanna Pintusevych		0.223	11.20
5	6	Chandra Sturrup		0.193	11.21
6	8	Sevatheda Fynes		0.253	11.22
7	2	Debbie Ferguson		0.238	11.29
data-sort-value=8	—	5	Marion Jones		0.189	10.75

Note: Thanou not awarded gold medal

Results summary

Overall results for heats

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Chryste Gaines		10	3	1	11.06	Q
2	Debbie Ferguson		8	7	1	11.10	Q
Ekaterini Thanou		5	6	1	11.10	Q
4	Tayna Lawrence		10	8	2	11.14	Q
5	Susanthika Jayasinghe		4	5	1	11.15	Q
6	Sevatheda Fynes		1	6	1	11.18	Q
Vida Nsiah		10	5	3	11.18	Q	NR
8	Marion Jones		6	5	1	11.20	Q
9	Leonie Mani		1	5	2	11.24	Q
Merlene Ottey		9	3	1	11.24	Q
11	Li Xuemei		8	4	2	11.25	Q	SB
12	Zhanna Pintusevych		3	1	1	11.27	Q
13	Petya Pendareva		9	4	2	11.30	Q
14	Chandra Sturrup		7	1	1	11.31	Q
15	Torri Edwards		8	5	3	11.34	Q
Melinda Gainsford-Taylor		9	6	3	11.34	Q
17	Anzhela Kravchenko		4	6	2	11.35	Q
18	Beverly McDonald		3	8	2	11.36	Q
Mary Onyali-Omagbemi		4	1	3	11.36	Q
20	Cydonie Mothersill		8	2	4	11.38	q
21	Mercy Nku		7	3	2	11.41	Q
Iryna Pukha		5	8	2	11.41	Q
23	Christine Arron		2	8	1	11.42	Q
Lauren Hewitt		4	8	4	11.42	q
25	Valma Bass		1	4	3	11.45	Q
26	Sandra Citte		6	7	2	11.47	Q
Natalya Voronova		9	7	4	11.47
28	Lyubov Perepelova		2	1	2	11.48	Q
Monica Afia Twum		6	4	3	11.48	Q
30	Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe		5	2	3	11.50	Q
Karin Mayr		1	3	4	11.50
32	Joice Maduaka		1	1	5	11.51
Marina Trandenkova		6	3	4	11.51
34	Louise Ayetotche		9	5	5	11.52
35	Natalya Ignatova		7	8	3	11.54	Q
36	Shani Anderson		6	1	5	11.55
Esi Benyarku		10	6	4	11.55
38	Sarah Reilly		2	2	3	11.56	Q
39	Joan Uduak Ekah		3	3	3	11.60	Q
40	Natasha Laren Mayers		2	6	4	11.61
41	Marcia Richardson		2	5	4	11.62
Heather Samuel		5	4	4	11.62
43	Mireille Donders		4	3	5	11.63
Zeng Xiujun		10	4	5	11.63
45	Ameerah Bello		8	1	5	11.64
46	Kadiatou Camara		10	1	6	11.65		NR
Aminata Diouf		2	3	5	11.65
Paraskevi Patoulidou		7	6	5	11.65
49	Heidi Hannula		4	4	6	11.68
50	Viktoria Kovyreva		5	5	5	11.72
51	Ayanna Hutchinson		3	7	4	11.78
52	Grace Dinkins		8	3	6	11.79
53	Martha Adusei		1	7	6	11.82
Joanne Durant		10	7	7	11.82
55	Fana Ashby		2	7	6	11.85
56	Agnė Visockaitė		5	3	6	11.87
57	Irene Truitje Joseph		9	8	6	11.93
58	Joanna Hoareau		7	4	6	12.01
59	Lerma Elmira Bulauitan		3	6	5	12.08
60	Vukosava Djapic		3	2	6	12.12
61	Anais Oyembo		8	8	7	12.19		SB
Ekundayo Williams		6	6	6	12.19
63	Chen Shu-chuan		9	1	7	12.22
64	Emma Wade		3	5	7	12.25		PB
65	Laure Kuetey		6	8	7	12.40
66	Akonga Nsimbo		7	2	7	12.51		NR
67	Tamara Shanidze		7	9	8	12.56
Sarah Tonde		9	2	8	12.56
69	Suzanne Spiteri		6	2	8	12.57
70	Peoria Koshiba		2	4	7	12.66
71	Devi Maya Paneru		5	7	7	12.74
72	Foujia Huda		5	9	8	12.75
73	M'Mah Toure		6	1	9	12.82
74	Shamha Ahmed		6	9	9	12.87
75	Mari Paz Mosana Motanga		1	2	7	12.91
76	Luz Marina Geerman		3	4	8	12.96
77	Lina Bejjani		4	7	7	12.98
78	Isménia do Frederico		1	8	8	12.99
79	Jenny Keni		2	5	8	13.01
80	Sandjema Batouli		9	9	9	13.58
81	Fatou Dieng		7	7	9	13.69
Regina Shotaro		4	2	8	13.69
83	Mariam Mohamed Hadi Al Hilli		8	6	8	13.98		SB
84	Chan Than Ouk		10	2	8	14.13

Overall results for quarterfinals

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Marion Jones		2	3	1	10.83	Q
2	Ekaterini Thanou		2	4	2	10.99	Q
3	Merlene Ottey		1	4	1	11.08	Q
Zhanna Pintusevych		10	8	2	11.14	Q
5	Sevatheda Fynes		4	4	1	11.10	Q
6	Tayna Lawrence		2	6	3	11.11	Q
7	Debbie Ferguson		1	5	2	11.18	Q
8	Vida Nsiah		4	1	2	11.19	Q
9	Chryste Gaines		3	6	2	11.21	Q
10	Chandra Sturrup		3	4	3	11.22	Q
11	Susanthika Jayasinghe		4	5	4	11.23	Q
Leonie Mani		4	3	3	11.23	Q
13	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor		2	1	4	11.24	Q	SB
14	Christine Arron		1	3	4	11.26	Q
Beverly McDonald		3	5	4	11.26	Q
Mercy Nku		1	2	3	11.26	Q
17	Torri Edwards		1	7	5	11.32
Anzhela Kravchenko		1	6	6	11.32
19	Petya Pendareva		2	5	5	11.36
20	Mary Onyali-Omagbemi		3	7	5	11.40
21	Li Xuemei		4	6	5	11.46
22	Natalya Ignatova		4	8	6	11.47
23	Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe		2	2	6	11.51
24	Sarah Reilly		4	7	7	11.53
25	Lauren Hewitt		3	1	6	11.54
Iryna Pukha		2	7	7	11.54
27	Lyubov Perepelova		4	2	8	11.59
28	Valma Bass		3	8	7	11.60
29	Sandra Citte		3	2	8	11.63
30	Joan Uduak Ekah		2	8	8	11.67
31	Monica Afia Twum		1	8	7	11.70
32	Cydonie Mothersill		1	1	8	11.81

Overall results for semifinals

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
DSQ	Marion Jones		2	5	1	11.01	Q
1	Ekaterini Thanou		2	3	2	11.10	Q
2	Tayna Lawrence		2	2	3	11.12	Q
3	Sevatheda Fynes		2	6	4	11.16	Q
4	Merlene Ottey		1	4	1	11.22	Q
5	Chryste Gaines		2	4	5	11.23
6	Chandra Sturrup		1	7	2	11.31	Q
Beverly McDonald		2	7	6	11.31
8	Zhanna Pintusevych		1	5	3	11.32	Q
9	Susanthika Jayasinghe		2	1	7	11.33
10	Debbie Ferguson		1	3	4	11.34	Q
11	Vida Nsiah		1	6	5	11.37
12	Leonie Mani		1	2	6	11.40
13	Christine Arron		1	8	7	11.42
14	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor		1	1	8	11.45
15	Mercy Nku		2	8	8	11.56

See also

• 1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres
• 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
• 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
• 2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

External links

• Results
• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's 100 metres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173401/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/womens-100-metres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 7 July 2017 . Sports Reference.