Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres


The women's 100 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 20 to 21.
In the first round, the first three runners from each of the eight heats, together with the eight next fastest overall runners, automatically qualified for the second round. In the second round, these thirty-two runners competed in four heats, with the first three from each heat and the four next fastest overall advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, only the first four runners from each of the two heats move on to the final.
With some of the world's most promising sprinters, including 2000 Olympic champion Marion Jones and home favorite Ekaterini Thanou, absent, the race had become widely open in the final. The start was notably uneven as Bulgaria's Ivet Lalova and Jamaica's Sherone Simpson jumped into upright running positions quickly from the blocks, while Simpson's Jamaican teammates Aleen Bailey and Veronica Campbell and American favorite Lauryn Williams got out behind. Campbell further seemed to stumble while Williams powerfully overstride from last into the lead in the middle of the track by the halfway mark. Simpson faded quickly from her fast start being overtaken by Belarusian sprinter Yulia Nestsiarenka, who attempted to find her stride with just 30 metres into the race on the outside. While Williams and Campbell found their stride to maintain a commanding lead towards the 60-metre mark, Nestsiarenka held off a late charge to continue her march past the field and produce a storming finish with a Belarusian record of 10.93 seconds, making her the nation's first Olympic champion in this event. Following an unexpected victory from Nestsiarenka, Williams edged the fast closing Campbell for a silver medal by a hundredth of a second, finishing at 10.96.

Records

, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
No new records were set during the competition.

Qualification

The qualification period for Athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the women's 200 metres, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 11.30 seconds or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 11.40 seconds or faster could be entered.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time
DateTimeRound
Friday, 20 August 200410:50
20:10
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Saturday, 21 August 200420:20
22:55
Semifinals
Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat plus the next eight fastest overall runners qualified for the next round.

Heat 1

Wind: +0.5 m/s
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
12Aleen Bailey0.23211.20
23Véronique Mang0.18611.24,
38Debbie Ferguson0.18911.30
47Mercy Nku0.16411.37
55Liliana Allen0.15411.42,
61Geraldine Pillay0.17811.44
76Tit Linda Sou0.23513.47
84Katura Marae13.49

Heat 2

Wind: +0.9 m/s
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
13Yulia Nestsiarenka0.24010.94, NR
24Merlene Ottey0.19511.14
32Larisa Kruglova0.20711.23, =
46Guzel Khubbieva0.15311.31
55Rakia Al-Gassra0.25011.49NR
67Winneth Dube0.21111.56
71Evangeleen Ikelap0.22113.50=
88Danah Al-Nasrallah13.92NR

Heat 3

Wind: −0.7 m/s
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
17Lauryn Williams0.24711.16
21Irina Khabarova0.15411.32
34Fana Ashby0.17711.43
48Affoué Amandine Allou0.18211.46
52Melisa Murillo0.18511.67
66Elena Bobrovskaya0.18011.76
75Ngerak Florencio0.22212.76
83Aminata Kamissoko0.17913.49

Heat 4

Wind: −0.1 m/s
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
18Yuliya Tabakova0.21711.22
25Sherone Simpson0.17311.27
32Chandra Sturrup0.13811.37,
46Bettina Müller0.16211.39
51Johanna Manninen0.15711.45
67Sina Schielke0.19411.46
74Kaitinano Mwemweata0.25713.07
83Philaylack Sackpraseuth13.42

Heat 5

Wind: −0.8 m/s
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
11LaTasha Colander0.17811.31
27Endurance Ojokolo0.20311.36
32Natasha Mayers0.15811.45
44Tetyana Tkalich0.21011.58
56Basma Al-Eshosh0.19912.09NR
68Aleksandra Vojnevska0.19312.15
73Li Xuemei0.19012.21
85Jenny Keni12.76

Heat 6

Wind: −0.3 m/s
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
11Veronica Campbell0.16611.17
24Zhanna Block0.18611.27
36Gail Devers0.21511.29
47La Verne Jones0.24611.38
53Agne Eggerth0.17711.44
68Heather Samuel0.15812.05
72Robina Muqim Yaar0.24114.14NR
85Fartun Abukar Omar14.29

Heat 7

Wind: 0.0 m/s
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
16Vida Anim0.17411.14, NR
12Christine Arron0.17211.14
31Kim Gevaert0.14811.18
44Karin Mayr-Krifka0.16511.40
57Rosemar Coelho Neto0.23711.43
63Mae Koime0.19512.00NR
78Hawanatu Bangura0.17612.11
85Alaa Jassim12.70

Heat 8

Wind: −0.3 m/s
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
14Ivet Lalova0.15911.16
23Abi Oyepitan0.18111.23
38Lyubov Perepelova0.20811.30
42Delphine Atangana0.16611.40
57Viktoriya Koviyreva0.20711.62
65Marine Ghazaryan0.17712.29
76Carol Mokola0.21012.35

Quarterfinals

Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat plus the next four fastest overall runners advance to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

Wind: +0.2 m/s
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
16Christine Arron0.19211.10
24Veronica Campbell0.21211.18
33Abi Oyepitan0.19811.28
47Gail Devers0.20711.31
55Irina Khabarova0.18911.32
62La Verne Jones0.24911.44
71Chandra Sturrup0.18511.46
88Delphine Atangana0.18911.60

Quarterfinal 2

Wind: 0.0 m/s
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
15Lauryn Williams0.21411.03
26Ivet Lalova0.16211.09
38Debbie Ferguson0.18811.16
42Lyubov Perepelova0.21211.26
54Zhanna Block0.18611.27
63Véronique Mang0.19011.39
77Bettina Müller0.19611.50
81Karin Mayr-Krifka0.20311.55

Quarterfinal 3

Wind: −0.1 m/s
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
14Sherone Simpson0.15711.09
26Aleen Bailey0.22011.12
35Merlene Ottey0.17911.24
48Larisa Kruglova0.19611.36
51Mercy Nku0.15411.39
67Liliana Allen0.17511.52
72Fana Ashby0.17811.54
3Vida Anim0.175

Quarterfinal 4

Wind: +0.3 m/s
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
14Yulia Nestsiarenka0.20610.99
22Kim Gevaert0.15511.17
33LaTasha Colander0.17611.20
45Yuliya Tabakova0.20411.25
56Endurance Ojokolo0.17111.35
68Guzel Khubbieva0.14711.35
71Rosemar Coelho Neto0.19411.45
7Natasha Mayers

Semifinals

Qualification rule: The first four runners in each semifinal heat moves on to the final.

Semifinal 1

Wind: +0.1 m/s
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
15Yulia Nestsiarenka0.16710.92, NR
26Veronica Campbell0.16510.93,
33Ivet Lalova0.15511.04
47Debbie Ferguson0.16811.04,
51Abi Oyepitan0.14011.18
64Christine Arron0.17511.21
72Gail Devers0.16511.22
88Yuliya Tabakova0.17911.25

Semifinal 2

Wind: −0.1 m/s
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
16Lauryn Williams0.20511.01
24Sherone Simpson0.15411.03
35Aleen Bailey0.20611.13
47LaTasha Colander0.18111.18
51Merlene Ottey0.16511.21
62Zhanna Block0.15911.23
73Kim Gevaert0.20011.40
88Lyubov Perepelova0.15811.40

Final

Wind: −0.1 m/s
RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
6Yulia Nestsiarenka0.18610.93
4Lauryn Williams0.21210.96
3Veronica Campbell0.19910.97
41Ivet Lalova0.15411.00
52Aleen Bailey0.20811.05
65Sherone Simpson0.16411.07
78Debbie Ferguson0.17711.16
87LaTasha Colander0.18311.18