Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metres explained

Event:	Women's 100 metres
Games:	2018
Venue:	Carrara Stadium
Dates:	8 April (heats and semifinals) 9 April (final)
Competitors:	42
Nations:	28
Win Value:	11.14
Gold:	Michelle-Lee Ahye
Goldcga:	TRI
Silver:	Christania Williams
Silvercga:	JAM
Bronze:	Gayon Evans
Bronzecga:	JAM
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The women's 100 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 8 and 9 April 2018.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:^[2]

World record		10.49	Indianapolis, United States	16 July 1988
Games record		10.85	Glasgow, Scotland	28 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 8 April 2018	14:05	First round
	17:12	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon	Monday 9 April 2018	style=background:lemonchiffon	21:50	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

First round

The first round consisted of six heats. The three fastest competitors per heat (plus six fastest losers) advanced to the semifinals.^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	7		0.148	11.45
2	3		0.129	11.57
3	4		0.153	11.69
4	5		0.137	12.00
5	8		0.135	12.47
6	6		0.186	12.72
7	2		0.168	14.24
				Wind: -1.7 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	8		0.178	11.28
2	2		0.164	11.62
3	5		0.148	11.64
4	7		0.133	11.86
5	4		0.146	12.15
6	3		0.188	12.28
7	6		0.155	13.01
				Wind: +0.8 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	2		0.144	11.31
2	4		0.141	11.50
3	6		0.129	11.62	=
4	7		0.174	11.65
5	3		0.135	11.73
6	8		0.175	11.99
7	5		0.146	12.22
				Wind: +1.4 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	3		0.168	11.57
2	2		0.140	11.59
3	5		0.163	11.62
4	7		0.158	11.65
5	8		0.181	11.99
6	6		0.182	12.11
7	4		0.172	12.53
				Wind: +2.1 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	2		0.151	11.36
2	3		0.168	11.62
3	5		0.154	11.64
4	6		0.220	11.71
5	4		0.136	11.74
6	8		0.151	13.81
	7		0.152
				Wind: -0.2 m/s

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	2		0.149	11.37
2	3		0.139	11.42
3	8		0.145	11.46
4	7		0.170	11.88
5	6		0.149	11.98
6	4		0.134	12.11
7	5		0.193	12.23
				Wind: +0.3 m/s

Semifinals

Three semi-finals were held. The two fastest competitors per semi (plus two fastest losers) advanced to the final.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	5		0.112	11.21
2	7		0.149	11.27
3	6		0.143	11.35
4	4		0.134	11.54
5	9		0.151	11.59
6	2		0.124	11.60
7	8		0.129	11.63
8	3		0.166	11.91
				Wind: +0.5 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	7		0.139	11.25
2	5		0.152	11.37
3	6		0.122	11.64
4	4		0.169	11.69
5	2		0.155	11.76
6	8		0.135	11.79
7	9		0.148	11.85
8	3		0.136	12.09
				Wind: -0.1 m/s

Semifinal 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	5		0.184	11.22
2	9		0.127	11.36
3	4		0.143	11.46
4	7		0.163	11.53
5	6		0.111	11.66
6	3		0.158	11.67
7	8		0.153	11.84
8	2		0.157	11.99
				Wind: +0.4 m/s

Final

The medals were determined in the final.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
	4		0.143	11.14
	5		0.245	11.21
	9		0.154	11.22
4	6		0.129	11.28
5	7		0.157	11.31
6	2		0.144	11.37
7	8		0.136	11.51
8	3		0.141	11.54
				Wind: +1.0 m/s

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Women's 100m . 29 March 2018 . Gold Coast 2018.
2. Book: Athletics Women's 100m - Final. Gold Coast 2018. 132. 20 April 2018. 18 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418004822/https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf. dead.
3. Book: Athletics Women's 100m - Round 1. Gold Coast 2018. 136–137. 20 April 2018. 18 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418004822/https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf. dead.
4. Book: Athletics Women's 100m - Semifinals. Gold Coast 2018. 134. 20 April 2018. 18 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418004822/https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf. dead.