Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metres explained

Event:

Women's 100 metres

The Women's 100 metres at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, was held at Hampden Park on 27 and 28 July 2014.^[1]

The winning margin was 0.18 seconds which as of 2024 remains the largest winning margin for the women's 100 metres at these games since the introduction of fully automatic timing.

Results

First round

The first round consisted of six heats, with qualification for the first three in each heat, and the six fastest losers overall. Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare was the fastest qualifier from the first round, at 11.20 seconds. After qualifying from the first round, Michelle-Lee Ahye of Trinidad and Tobago announced her withdrawal due to hamstring concerns.^[2]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	6	0.178	11.29		Q
2	7	0.149	11.43		Q
3	3	0.214	11.64		Q
4	5	0.154	11.75		q
5	2	0.224	12.12
6	8	0.164	12.12
7	4	0.165	12.18	PB
			Wind: −0.3 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Qual.
1	2	0.172	11.54	Q
2	7	0.147	11.62	Q
3	8	0.183	11.64	Q
4	3	0.221	11.66	q
5	5	0.167	11.83
6	6	0.159	12.33
7	4	0.221	12.42
8	1	0.155	12.68
			Wind: −0.3 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Qual.
1	4	0.162	11.29	Q
2	2	0.176	11.60	Q
3	6	0.186	11.64	Q
4	5	0.141	11.68	q
5	3	0.155	11.81	q
6	8	0.135	12.43
7	1	0.225	12.53
8	7	0.207	12.67
			Wind: −0.9 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	6	0.155	11.44		Q
2	4	0.166	11.52		Q
3	7	0.163	11.53		Q
4	1	0.176	11.77		q
5	2	0.199	11.93
6	3	0.240	12.00
7	8	0.225	12.16
8	5	–	–	DQ
			Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Qual.
1	5	0.171	11.20	Q
2	8	0.145	11.47	Q
3	2	0.147	11.67	Q
4	7	0.208	11.83
5	6	0.184	12.14
6	3	0.176	12.59
7	1	0.177	12.83
8	4	0.200	12.87
			Wind: +0.5 m/s

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Qual.
1	3	0.185	11.35	Q
2	2	0.169	11.37	Q
3	6	0.193	11.72	Q
4	8	0.151	11.80	q
5	4	0.174	11.97
6	5	0.155	12.19
7	1	0.201	12.78
8	7	0.204	13.12
			Wind: −0.2 m/s

Semifinals

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	6	0.165	11.08	=SB	Q
2	4	0.145	11.21		Q
3	7	0.170	11.43	SB
4	8	0.189	11.44	SB
5	3	0.157	11.45
6	2	0.155	11.71
7	1	0.181	11.79
	5	–	–	DNS
			Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	5	0.145	11.02		Q
2	4	0.154	11.25	SB	Q
3	3	0.143	11.32	PB	q
4	6	0.164	11.52
5	1	0.123	11.55
6	7	0.156	11.61
7	8	0.163	11.61
8	2	0.152	11.70
			Wind: +0.5 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	4	0.185	10.93	SB	Q
2	3	0.176	11.20	SB	Q
3	6	0.181	11.34		q
4	7	0.166	11.52
5	5	0.142	11.54
6	1	0.198	11.59
7	2	0.164	11.72
8	8	0.206	11.74
			Wind: −0.7 m/s

Final

Rank	Lane	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
	5	0.144	10.85	GR
	4	0.154	11.03
	3	0.161	11.07	SB
4	8	0.138	11.18	PB
5	6	0.141	11.21
6	2	0.169	11.31
7	1	0.135	11.37
8	7	0.148	11.41
			Wind: +0.3 m/s

References

General

Women's 100m – Qualification Standings

Specific

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games . 21 July 2014 . Glasgow 2014.
https://twitter.com/Leeahye/status/493469835318538240 Ahye withdraws from Games