Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Athletics - 100 m (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	100 meter run
gender	Women
Attendees	79 athletes from 67 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium London
Competition phase	August 3, 2012 (preliminary round / preliminary round) August 4, 2012 (semifinals / final)
Medalists Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ( JAM )   Carmelita Jeter ( USA )   Veronica Campbell-Brown ( JAM )

Award ceremony:

Gold:
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (center)
Silver:
Carmelita Jeter (left)
Bronze:
Veronica Campbell-Brown (right)

The women's 100-meter run at the 2012 London Olympics was held on August 3rd and 4th, 2012 in the London Olympic Stadium. 79 athletes took part.

The Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce became Olympic champion . She won ahead of the American Carmelita Jeter and the Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown .

Tatjana Pinto and Verena Sailer started for Germany . Pinto was eliminated in the preliminary round, Sailer in the semifinals.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ( Jamaica )	10.78 s	Beijing 2008
world champion	Carmelita Jeter ( USA )	10.90 s	Daegu 2011
European champion	Ivet Lalowa ( Bulgaria )	11.28 s	Helsinki 2012
Central America and Caribbean champion	Semoy Hackett ( Trinidad and Tobago )	11.27 s	Mayagüez 2011
South America Champion	Ana Cláudia Silva ( Brazil )	11.46 s	Buenos Aires 2011
Asian champion	Gussel Chubbiewa ( Uzbekistan )	11.39 s	Kobe 2011
African champion	Ruddy Zang Milama ( Gabon )	11.16 s	Porto-Novo 2012
Oceania champion	Larissa Dyke ( New Zealand )	12.32 s	Cairns 2012

Existing records

World record	Florence Griffith-Joyner ( USA )	10.49 s	Indianapolis	July 16, 1988
Olympic record		10.62 s	Final of Seoul	September 25, 1988

Note:
All times in this post are given according to London local time ( UTC ± 0 ).

doping

Sprinter Tameka Williams from St. Kitts and Nevis admitted taking banned drugs after a positive test and had to leave the Olympic village before the start of the competitions.

Preliminary round

The athletes competed in a total of four runs. From this, the first two athletes qualified for the preliminary round per run. In addition, the two fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Run 1

August 3, 2012, 10:40 am

Wind: +0.9 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Feta Ahamada	Comoros	11.81
2	Dana Abdul Razak	Iraq	11.91
3	Bamab Napo	Togo	12.24
4th	Chauzje Choosha	Zambia	12.29
5	Afa Ismail	Maldives	12.52
6th	Rima Taha	Jordan	12.66
7th	Aissata Toure	Guinea	13.25
8th	Kaingaue David	Kiribati	13.61

Run 2

August 3, 2012, 10:47 am

Wind: −0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Dolphins Atangana	Cameroon	11.71
2	Kaina Martinez	Belize	11.81
3	Diane Borg	Malta	12.00
4th	Shinoona Salah al-Habsi	Oman	12.45
5	Cristina Llovera	Andorra	12.78
6th	Nafissa Souleymane	Niger	12.81
7th	Asenate Manoa	Tuvalu	13.48	NO
8th	Fatima Sulaiman Dahman	Yemen	13.95

Run 3

August 3, 2012, 10:54 am

Wind: +0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Lorene Bazolo	Republic of the Congo	11.87
2	Fong Yee Pui	Hong Kong	12.02
3	Patricia Taea	Cook Islands	12.47
4th	Maysa Rejepova	Turkmenistan	12.80
5	Pauline Kwalea	Solomon Islands	12.90
6th	Laenly Phoutthavong	Laos	13.15
7th	Ruby Joy Gabriel	Palau	13.34
DNF	Noor Hussain Al-Malki	Qatar

Run 4

August 3, 2012, 11:01 am

Wind: −1.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Toea Wisil	Papua New Guinea	11.60
2	Saruba Colley	Gambia	12.21
3	Martina Pretelli	San Marino	12.41
4th	Lidiane Lopes	Cape Verde	12.72
5	Hala Gezah	Libya	13.24
6th	Pramila Rijal	Nepal	13.33
7th	Janice Alatoa	Vanuatu	13.60
8th	Mihter Wendolin	Micronesia	13.67
9	Tahmina Kohistani	Afghanistan	14.42

Prelims

Seven preliminary runs were carried out. The first three athletes of each run qualified for the semi-finals. In addition, the three fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified sprinters are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Forward 1

Finish run 1:
Lane 2: Jeschke; Lane 3: Fong; Lane 4: Soumaré; Lane 5: Sailer; Lane 6: Okparaebo; Lane 7: Baptiste; Lane 8: Mitchell; Lane 9: Čechová

August 3, 2012, 7:05 pm

Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Kelly-Ann Baptiste	Trinidad and Tobago	10.96
2	Myriam Soumaré	France	11.07
3	Verena Sailer	Germany	11.12
4th	Ezinne Okparaebo	Norway	11.14	NO
5	Kateřina Čechová	Czech Republic	11.43
6th	Kerri-Ann Mitchell	Canada	11.49
7th	Tahesia Harrigan-Scott	British Virgin Islands	11.59
8th	Fong Yee Pui	Hong Kong	11.98

Forward 2

Finish run 2:
Lane 2: Jeschke; Lane 3: Borg; Lane 4: Bludowa; Lane 5: Ferguson; Lane 6: Jeter; Lane 7: Belkina; Lane 8: Onuora; Lane 9: Balykina

August 3, 2012, 7:13 pm

Wind: +1.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Carmelita Jeter	United States	10.83
2	Olga Bludowa	Kazakhstan	11.31
3	Sheniqua Ferguson	Bahamas	11.35
4th	Olga Belkina	Russia	11.38
5	Anyika Onuora	Great Britain	11.41
6th	Marta Jeschke	Poland	11.42
7th	Julia Balykina	Belarus	11.70
8th	Diane Borg	Malta	11.92

Forward 3

Finish run 3
: Lane 2: Hinestroza; Lane 3: Colley; Lane 4: Campbell-Brown; Lane 5: Asumnu; Lane 6: Lalowa; Lane 7: oyepitan; Lane 8: Kutu-Akoi; Lane 9: Grinčikaitė

August 3, 2012, 7:21 pm

Wind: +1.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	10.94
2	Ivet Lalowa	Bulgaria	11.06
3	Gloria Asumnu	Nigeria	11.13
4th	Lina Grinčikaitė	Lithuania	11.19	NO
5	Abiodun Oyepitan	Great Britain	11.22
6th	Phobey Kutu-Akoi	Liberia	11.52
7th	Yomara Hinestroza	Colombia	11.56
8th	Saruba Colley	Gambia	12.06	NO

Forward 4

Finish run 4 : Lane 2: Bazolo; Lane 3: Ahamada; Lane 4: Ahye; Lane 5: Pinto; Lane 6: Okagbare; Lane 7: Madison; Lane 8: Karakus; Lane 9: Ogrăzeanu

August 3, 2012, 7:29 pm

Wind: +0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	10.93
2	Tianna Madison	United States	10.97
3	Michelle-Lee Ahye	Trinidad and Tobago	11.38
4th	Tatjana Pinto	Germany	11.39
5	Andreea Ogrăzeanu	Romania	11.44
6th	Nimet Karakus	Turkey	11.62
7th	Feta Ahamada	Comoros	11.86
8th	Lorene Bazolo	Republic of the Congo	11.90

Forward 5

Finish run 5:
Lane 2: Abdul Razak; Lane 3: Wisil; Lane 4: Felix; Lane 5: Santos; Lane 6: Peter; Lane 7: Zang Milama

August 3, 2012, 7:37 pm

Wind: +2.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Allyson Felix	United States	11.01
2	Rosângela Santos	Brazil	11.07
3	Ruddy Zang Milama	Gabon	11.14
4th	Toea Wisil	Papua New Guinea	11.37
5	Allison Peter	American Virgin Islands	11.41
6th	Véronique Mang	France	11.41
7th	Chisato Fukushima	Japan	11.41
8th	Dana Abdul Razak	Iraq	11.81

Forward 6

Finish run 6:
Lane 2: Napo; Lane 3: Wei; Lane 4: Hackett; Lane 5: Fraser-Pryce; Lane 6: Powch; Lane 7: Ferguson-McKenzie; Lane 8: Breen; Lane 9: Chubbiewa

August 3, 2012, 7:45 p.m.

Wind: +1.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	11.00
2	Semoy Hackett	Trinidad and Tobago	11.04
3	Olessja Powch	Ukraine	11.18
4th	Gussel Chubbiewa	Uzbekistan	11.22
5	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	Bahamas	11.32
6th	Melissa Breen	Australia	11.34
7th	Wei Yongli	People's Republic of China	11.48
8th	Bamab Napo	Togo	12.35

Forward 7

Finish run 7:
Lane 2: Martinez; Lane 3: Atangana; Lane 4: Ahouré; Lane 5: Jones-Ferrette; Lane 6: Stewart; Lane 7: Pohrebnjak; Lane 8: Belimbasaki; Lane 9: Osayomi

August 3, 2012, 7:53 p.m.

Wind: +1.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Murielle Ahouré	Ivory Coast	10.99	NO
2	Laverne Jones-Ferrette	American Virgin Islands	11.07	NO
3	Kerron Stewart	Jamaica	11.08
4th	Oludamola Osayomi	Nigeria	11.36
5	Natalija Pohrebnjak	Ukraine	11.46
6th	Maria Belimbasaki	Greece	11.63
7th	Dolphins Atangana	Cameroon	11.82
8th	Kaina Martinez	Belize	11.89

Semifinals

In each of the three semi-finals, the first two athletes qualified for the final. In addition, the two fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Run 1

For the Brazilian Rosângela Santos, third place in her semi-final was not enough to advance

August 4, 2012, 7:35 pm

Wind: 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Carmelita Jeter	United States	10.83
2	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	10.89
3	Rosângela Santos	Brazil	11.17
4th	LaVerne Jones-Ferrette	American Virgin Islands	11.22
5	Semoy Hackett	Trinidad and Tobago	11.26
6th	Olessja Powch	Ukraine	11.30
7th	Ruddy Zang Milama	Gabon	11.31
8th	Abiodun Oyepitan	Great Britain	11.36

Run 2

Despite the Norwegian national record, Ezinne Okparaebo was eliminated in the semi-finals

August 4, 2012, 7:43 pm

Wind: +1.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	10.85
2	Allyson Felix	United States	10.94
3	Kelly-Ann Baptiste	Trinidad and Tobago	11.00
4th	Ezinne Okparaebo	Norway	11.10	NO
5	Gloria Asumnu	Nigeria	11.21
6th	Ivet Lalowa	Bulgaria	11.31
7th	Sheniqua Ferguson	Bahamas	11.32
8th	Olga Bludowa	Kazakhstan	11.39

Run 3

The Jamaican Kerron Stewart narrowly failed in the semifinals

August 4, 2012, 7:51 pm

Wind: +1.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Tianna Madison	United States	10.92
2	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	10.92
3	Murielle Ahouré	Ivory Coast	11.01
4th	Kerron Stewart	Jamaica	11.04
5	Myriam Soumaré	France	11.13
6th	Verena Sailer	Germany	11.25
7th	Lina Grinčikaitė	Lithuania	11.30
8th	Michelle-Lee Ahye	Trinidad and Tobago	11.32

final

Finish of the final (from right to left):
Baptiste, Ahouré, Campbell-Brown, Jeter, Okagbare, Fraser-Pryce

August 4, 2012, 9:55 pm

Wind: +1.5 m / s

A three-way battle was expected between the two Jamaicans Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the 2008 Olympic champion , and Veronica Campbell-Brown and the US World Champion Carmelita Jeter. Allyson Felix from the USA, who was rated higher in the 200-meter distance, was also given a medal chance.

Fraser-Pryce had the best start in the final race, but Jeter was almost level. Only in the last twenty meters was Fraser-Pryce able to gain the decisive advantage. She won with three hundredths of a second ahead of Jeter, who in turn had three hundredths of a second ahead of Campbell-Brown. Felix finished fifth behind third US runner Tianna Madison. The runners in positions three, four, six, seven and eight ran the fastest times at the Olympic Games for such placements in this final.

After Wyomia Tyus and Gail Devers, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was the third athlete to repeat her 100 meter victory.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	10.75
2	Carmelita Jeter	United States	10.78
3	Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	10.81
4th	Tianna Madison	United States	10.85
5	Allyson Felix	United States	10.89
6th	Kelly-Ann Baptiste	Trinidad and Tobago	10.94
7th	Murielle Ahouré	Ivory Coast	11.00
8th	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	11.01

Picture gallery

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  Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Jamaica

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  Silver medalist Carmelita Jeter, USA

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  Bronze medalist Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaica

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  The American Tianna Madison came fourth

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  Allyson Felix, USA, finished fifth in the Olympics

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  Kelly-Ann Baptiste from Trinidad and Tobago reached sixth place in the final

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  Murielle Ahouré from Ivory Coast finished seventh in the Olympics

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  The Nigerian Blessing Okagbare came in eighth

Web links

• SportsReference 100 m (English), accessed on September 16, 2018
• Official report , accessed September 16, 2018
• Results on the website of the IAAF World Athletics Federation (English), accessed on September 16, 2018

Videos

• Women's 100m Round 1 - London 2012 Olympics on youtube.com, published August 3, 2012, accessed September 16, 2018
• London 2012 Olympics Womens 100m semi final on youtube.com, published September 6, 2012, accessed September 16, 2018
• Women's 100m Final - London 2012 Olympics on youtube.com, published August 4, 2012, accessed September 16, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 793 , accessed on September 18, 2018
2. ↑ Doping: Sprinter from St. Kitts & Nevis blocked Frankfurter Rundschau July 29, 2012, accessed on September 18, 2018