Athletics at the 2015 African Games – Women's 100 metres explained

The women's 100 metres event at the 2015 African Games was held on 13 and 14 September.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Eunice Kadogo	Pon Karidjatou Traoré Adeline Gouenon

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.^[1]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.8 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: -1.0 m/s, Heat 4: +1.8 m/s

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	4	11.16	Q
2	4	11.65	Q, SB
3	4	11.70	Q
4	1	11.73	Q
5	1	11.74	Q
6	3	11.75	Q
7	2	11.78	Q
8	3	11.79	Q
9	2	11.82	Q
10	2	11.87	Q, NR
11	2	11.89	Q
12	1	11.90	Q
13	4	11.95	Q
14	3	11.96	Q
15	3	12.01	Q
16	2	12.06	q
17	3	12.09	q
18	1	12.12	Q
18	4	12.12	q
20	1	12.16	q
20	3	12.16	q
22	4	12.17	q
23	4	12.34	q
24	3	12.37	q
25	2	12.38
26	3	12.45
27	1	12.55	SB
28	4	12.62
28	3	12.62
30	4	12.78
31	1	12.80
32	2	13.06
33	4	13.21
34	1	13.64
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Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.^[2]

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s

Wind: +0.6 m/s^[3]