European Athletics Championships 2016/100 m women

23rd European Athletics Championships
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	31 athletes from 21 countries
venue	Amsterdam
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 7th (preliminary) July 7th (semifinals / finals)
Medalists Dafne Schippers ( NED )   Iwet Lalowa ( BUL )   Mujinga Kambundji ( SUI )

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam

The women's 100-meter run at the 2016 European Athletics Championships was held on July 6th and 7th, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .

European champion was the Dutch Vice World Champion in 2015 , reigning world champion over 200 meters and WM -Third in heptathlon of 2013 Dafne Schippers , which her title of 2014 very confidently defended. Second place occupied as the day before about 200 meters , the Bulgarian European champion of 2012 Ivet Lalova . Bronze went to Mujinga Kambundji from Switzerland .

Existing records

World record	10.49 s	Florence Griffith-Joyner	Indianapolis , USA	July 16, 1988
European record	10.73 s	Christine Arron	EM Budapest , Hungary	August 18, 1998
Championship record

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

doping

There was a doping case in this competition.

A doping test of the Ukrainian Olesja Powch , who was eliminated in the semifinals, on June 15, 2016 showed a testosterone concentration that was significantly too high . She received a four-year ban from June 15, 2016 to June 14, 2020, and all of her results since the positive doping test have been canceled.

The main victim was the Spaniard Estela García , who had to watch the semi-finals, although she had actually qualified for this round over her time.

execution

For this discipline, a new competition mode was used for the first time. The nine strongest athletes on the European annual best list did not have to compete in the preliminary round, but only entered in the semi-finals.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the three fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

July 7, 2016, 12:15 p.m.

Wind: −0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Rebekka Haase	Germany	11.23
2	Ramona Papaioannou	Cyprus	11.36
3	Naomi Sedney	Netherlands	11.36
4th	Inna Eftimova	Bulgaria	11.39
5	Salomé Kora	Switzerland	11.45
6th	Irene Siragusa	Italy	11.55
7th	Maria Belimbasaki	Greece	11.55
8th	Charlotte Wingfield	Malta	11.90

Forward 2

As the fifth of her preliminary, Andreea Ogrăzeanu did not reach the semi-finals

July 7, 2016, 12:21 p.m.

Wind: −0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Maja Mihalinec	Slovenia	11.41
2	Amy Foster	Ireland	11.57
3	Jennifer Galais	France	11.64
4th	Alexandra Bezeková	Slovakia	11.71
5	Andreea Ogrăzeanu	Romania	11.73
6th	Marisa Lavanchy	Switzerland	11.89
DOP	Olessja Powch	Ukraine	admitted to the semifinals

Forward 3

Anasztázia Nguyen was sixth in their preliminary and was eliminated

July 7, 2016, 12:27 pm

Wind: −1.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Gloria Hooper	Italy	11.40
2	Lorène Dorcas Bazolo	Portugal	11.44
3	Ezinne Okparaebo	Norway	11.45
4th	Marika Popowicz-Drapała	Poland	11.61
5	Estela García	Spain	11.64 actually qualified for the semifinals
6th	Anasztázia Nguyen	Hungary	11.66
7th	Lina Grinčikaitė Samuolė	Lithuania	11.77

Semifinals

From each of the three semi-finals, the first two athletes - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

July 8, 2016, 7:15 p.m.

Wind: −1.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	10.96
2	Asha Philip	Great Britain	11.37
3	Rebekka Haase	Germany	11.46
4th	Ramona Papaioannou	Cyprus	11.55
5	Maja Mihalinec	Slovenia	11.55
6th	Maria Belimbasaki	Greece	11.62
7th	Inna Eftimova	Bulgaria	11.85
DSQ	Stella Akakpo	France	IAAF Rule 162.7 - false start

Sprinters eliminated in the first semifinals:

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  Rebekka Haase - third place in 11.46 s

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  Maja Mihalinec - fifth place in 11.55 s

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  Maria Belimbasaki - sixth place in 11.62 s

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  Stella Akakpo (No. 4) - disqualified for false starts

Run 2

July 8, 2016, 7:24 p.m.

Wind: −0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Ivet Lalowa	Bulgaria	11.26
2	Tatjana Pinto	Germany	11.27
3	Natalija Pohrebnjak	Ukraine	11.27
4th	Gloria Hooper	Italy	11.48
5	Lorène Dorcas Bazolo	Portugal	11.57
6th	Jennifer Galais	France	11.62
7th	Salomé Kora	Switzerland	11.65
8th	Marika Popowicz-Drapała	Poland	11.68

Sprinters eliminated in the second semifinals:

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  Gloria Hooper - fourth place in 11.48 s

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  Jennifer Galais - Sixth in 11.62 s

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  Salomé Kora (left) - seventh place in 11.65 s

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  Marika Popowicz-Drapała - eighth place in 11.68 s

Run 3

July 8, 2016, 7:33 pm

Wind: +0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Desirèe Henry	Great Britain	11.09
2	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland	11.23
3	Floriane Gnafoua	France	11.32
4th	Ezinne Okparaebo	Norway	11.44
	Naomi Sedney	Netherlands	11.44
6th	Amy Foster	Ireland	11.62
7th	Irene Siragusa	Italy	11.78
DOP	Olessja Powch	Ukraine

Sprinters eliminated in the third semifinals:

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  Ezinne Okparaebo - shared fourth place in 11.44 s

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  Naomi Sedney - split fourth in 11.44 s

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  Irene Siragusa - Seventh place in 11.78 s

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  Olessja Powch - disqualified for doping abuse

final

The medalists on the podium

July 8, 2016, 9:45 p.m.

Wind: −0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	10.90
2	Ivet Lalowa	Bulgaria	11.20
3	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland	11.25
4th	Asha Philip	Great Britain	11.27
5	Natalija Pohrebnjak	Ukraine	11.28
6th	Tatjana Pinto	Germany	11.33
7th	Floriane Gnafoua	France	11.36
DNF	Desirèe Henry	Great Britain

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  European champion Dafne Schippers repeated her victory from 2014 , besides, she was 2015 vice world champion, reigning world champion over 200 meters and WM -Third in heptathlon of 2013

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  The 2012 European champion, Iwet Lalowa, won the 200-meter  silver this time, like the day before

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  Bronze medalist Mujinga Kambundji

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  Asha Philip (No. four) took fourth place

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  Natalija Pohrebnjak finished fifth

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  Tatjana Pinto (second from right) reached sixth place

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  Floriane Gnafoua came in seventh place

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  Eighth place for Desirèe Henry

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Amsterdam 2016 at european-athletics.org, accessed on March 3, 2020
• Women 100m European Championship 2016 Amsterdam on todor66.com, accessed March 3, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2016 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on March 3, 2020
• 23rd European Athletics Championships 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands from ifosta.de, accessed on March 3, 2020

Videos

• European Athletics Championship 2016 - Womens 100m Final - Dafne Schippers 10.90 on youtube.com, accessed on March 3, 2020
• European Athletics Championship 2016 - Womens 100m Semi Final - Dafne Schippers 10.96 -1.0 on youtube.com, accessed on March 3, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 100m women , accessed March 3, 2020
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 100 m Women , Spanish / English, p. 48 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on March 3, 2020
3. ↑ Olesya Povh (W) on dopingsanctions.com (English), accessed March 3, 2020
4. ↑ Ukrainian sprinters fail in bid to get drugs bans overturned at CAS on insidethegames.biz March 29, 2019 (English), accessed on March 3, 2020
5. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 71 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on March 3, 2020