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.<ref name="SR">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In the first round, the first three runners from each of the eight heats, together with the eight next fastest overall runners (8×3+8=32), 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 (4×3+4=16) advancing to the semifinals. In the semifinals, only the first four runners from each of the two heats move on to the final (2×4=8).

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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:TOC limit

Records

Template:As of, the existing World record, Olympic record, and world leading time 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 (UTC+3)

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 20 August 2004	10:50 20:10	Round 1 Quarterfinals
Saturday, 21 August 2004	20:20 22:55	Semifinals Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next eight fastest overall runners (q) qualified for the next round.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Heat 1

Wind: +0.5 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	2	Aleen Bailey	Template:FlagIOC	0.232	11.20	Template:Abbr
2	3	Véronique Mang	Template:FlagIOC	0.186	11.24	Template:Abbr, Template:Abbr
3	8	Debbie Ferguson	Template:FlagIOC	0.189	11.30	Template:Abbr
4	7	Mercy Nku	Template:FlagIOC	0.164	11.37	Template:Abbr
5	5	Liliana Allen	Template:FlagIOC	0.154	11.42	Template:Abbr, Template:Abbr
6	1	Geraldine Pillay	Template:FlagIOC	0.178	11.44
7	6	Tit Linda Sou	Template:FlagIOC	0.235	13.47	Template:Abbr
8	4	Katura Marae	Template:FlagIOC		13.49	Template:Abbr

Heat 2

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	3	Yulia Nestsiarenka	Template:FlagIOC	0.240	10.94	Template:Abbr, NR
2	4	Merlene Ottey	Template:FlagIOC	0.195	11.14	Template:Abbr
3	2	Larisa Kruglova	Template:FlagIOC	0.207	11.23	Template:Abbr, =Template:Abbr
4	6	Guzel Khubbieva	Template:FlagIOC	0.153	11.31	Template:Abbr
5	5	Rakia Al-Gassra	Template:FlagIOC	0.250	11.49	NR
6	7	Winneth Dube	Template:FlagIOC	0.211	11.56
7	1	Evangeleen Ikelap	Template:FlagIOC	0.221	13.50	=Template:Abbr
8	8	Danah Al-Nasrallah	Template:FlagIOC		13.92	NR

Heat 3

Wind: −0.7 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	7	Lauryn Williams	Template:FlagIOC	0.247	11.16	Template:Abbr
2	1	Irina Khabarova	Template:FlagIOC	0.154	11.32	Template:Abbr
3	4	Fana Ashby	Template:FlagIOC	0.177	11.43	Template:Abbr
4	8	Affoué Amandine Allou	Template:FlagIOC	0.182	11.46
5	2	Melisa Murillo	Template:FlagIOC	0.185	11.67
6	6	Elena Bobrovskaya	Template:FlagIOC	0.180	11.76
7	5	Ngerak Florencio	Template:FlagIOC	0.222	12.76	Template:Abbr
8	3	Aminata Kamissoko	Template:FlagIOC	0.179	13.49

Heat 4

Wind: −0.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	8	Yuliya Tabakova	Template:FlagIOC	0.217	11.22	Template:Abbr
2	5	Sherone Simpson	Template:FlagIOC	0.173	11.27	Template:Abbr
3	2	Chandra Sturrup	Template:FlagIOC	0.138	11.37	Template:Abbr, Template:Abbr
4	6	Bettina Müller	Template:FlagIOC	0.162	11.39	Template:Abbr
5	1	Johanna Manninen	Template:FlagIOC	0.157	11.45
6	7	Sina Schielke	Template:FlagIOC	0.194	11.46
7	4	Kaitinano Mwemweata	Template:FlagIOC	0.257	13.07	Template:Abbr
8	3	Philaylack Sackpraseuth	Template:FlagIOC		13.42

Heat 5

Wind: −0.8 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	1	LaTasha Colander	Template:FlagIOC	0.178	11.31	Template:Abbr
2	7	Endurance Ojokolo	Template:FlagIOC	0.203	11.36	Template:Abbr
3	2	Natasha Mayers	Template:FlagIOC	0.158	11.45	Template:Abbr
4	4	Tetyana Tkalich	Template:FlagIOC	0.210	11.58
5	6	Basma Al-Eshosh	Template:FlagIOC	0.199	12.09	NR
6	8	Aleksandra Vojnevska	Template:FlagIOC	0.193	12.15
7	3	Li Xuemei	Template:FlagIOC	0.190	12.21
8	5	Jenny Keni	Template:FlagIOC		12.76

Heat 6

Wind: −0.3 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	1	Veronica Campbell	Template:FlagIOC	0.166	11.17	Template:Abbr
2	4	Zhanna Block	Template:FlagIOC	0.186	11.27	Template:Abbr
3	6	Gail Devers	Template:FlagIOC	0.215	11.29	Template:Abbr
4	7	La Verne Jones	Template:FlagIOC	0.246	11.38	Template:Abbr
5	3	Agnė Eggerth	Template:FlagIOC	0.177	11.44
6	8	Heather Samuel	Template:FlagIOC	0.158	12.05
7	2	Robina Muqim Yaar	Template:FlagIOC	0.241	14.14	NR
8	5	Fartun Abukar Omar	Template:FlagIOC		14.29	Template:Abbr

Heat 7

Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	6	Vida Anim	Template:FlagIOC	0.174	11.14	Template:Abbr, NR
1	2	Christine Arron	Template:FlagIOC	0.172	11.14	Template:Abbr
3	1	Kim Gevaert	Template:FlagIOC	0.148	11.18	Template:Abbr
4	4	Karin Mayr-Krifka	Template:FlagIOC	0.165	11.40	Template:Abbr
5	7	Rosemar Coelho Neto	Template:FlagIOC	0.237	11.43	Template:Abbr
6	3	Mae Koime	Template:FlagIOC	0.195	12.00	NR
7	8	Hawanatu Bangura	Template:FlagIOC	0.176	12.11
8	5	Alaa Jassim	Template:FlagIOC		12.70

Heat 8

Wind: −0.3 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	4	Ivet Lalova	Template:FlagIOC	0.159	11.16	Template:Abbr
2	3	Abi Oyepitan	Template:FlagIOC	0.181	11.23	Template:Abbr
3	8	Lyubov Perepelova	Template:FlagIOC	0.208	11.30	Template:Abbr
4	2	Delphine Atangana	Template:FlagIOC	0.166	11.40	Template:Abbr
5	7	Viktoriya Koviyreva	Template:FlagIOC	0.207	11.62
6	5	Marine Ghazaryan	Template:FlagIOC	0.177	12.29
7	6	Carol Mokola	Template:FlagIOC	0.210	12.35

Quarterfinals

Qualification rule: The first three finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next four fastest overall runners (q) advance to the semifinals.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Quarterfinal 1

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	6	Christine Arron	Template:FlagIOC	0.192	11.10	Template:Abbr
2	4	Veronica Campbell	Template:FlagIOC	0.212	11.18	Template:Abbr
3	3	Abi Oyepitan	Template:FlagIOC	0.198	11.28	Template:Abbr
4	7	Gail Devers	Template:FlagIOC	0.207	11.31	Template:Abbr
5	5	Irina Khabarova	Template:FlagIOC	0.189	11.32
6	2	La Verne Jones	Template:FlagIOC	0.249	11.44
7	1	Chandra Sturrup	Template:FlagIOC	0.185	11.46
8	8	Delphine Atangana	Template:FlagIOC	0.189	11.60

Quarterfinal 2

Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	5	Lauryn Williams	Template:FlagIOC	0.214	11.03	Template:Abbr
2	6	Ivet Lalova	Template:FlagIOC	0.162	11.09	Template:Abbr
3	8	Debbie Ferguson	Template:FlagIOC	0.188	11.16	Template:Abbr
4	2	Lyubov Perepelova	Template:FlagIOC	0.212	11.26	Template:Abbr
5	4	Zhanna Block	Template:FlagIOC	0.186	11.27	Template:Abbr
6	3	Véronique Mang	Template:FlagIOC	0.190	11.39
7	7	Bettina Müller	Template:FlagIOC	0.196	11.50
8	1	Karin Mayr-Krifka	Template:FlagIOC	0.203	11.55

Quarterfinal 3

Wind: −0.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	4	Sherone Simpson	Template:FlagIOC	0.157	11.09	Template:Abbr
2	6	Aleen Bailey	Template:FlagIOC	0.220	11.12	Template:Abbr
3	5	Merlene Ottey	Template:FlagIOC	0.179	11.24	Template:Abbr
4	8	Larisa Kruglova	Template:FlagIOC	0.196	11.36
5	1	Mercy Nku	Template:FlagIOC	0.154	11.39
6	7	Liliana Allen	Template:FlagIOC	0.175	11.52
7	2	Fana Ashby	Template:FlagIOC	0.178	11.54
—	3	Vida Anim	Template:FlagIOC	0.175	Template:Abbr

Quarterfinal 4

Wind: +0.3 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	4	Yulia Nestsiarenka	Template:FlagIOC	0.206	10.99	Template:Abbr
2	2	Kim Gevaert	Template:FlagIOC	0.155	11.17	Template:Abbr
3	3	LaTasha Colander	Template:FlagIOC	0.176	11.20	Template:Abbr
4	5	Yuliya Tabakova	Template:FlagIOC	0.204	11.25	Template:Abbr
5	6	Endurance Ojokolo	Template:FlagIOC	0.171	11.35
6	8	Guzel Khubbieva	Template:FlagIOC	0.147	11.35
7	1	Rosemar Coelho Neto	Template:FlagIOC	0.194	11.45
—	7	Natasha Mayers	Template:FlagIOC		Template:Abbr

Semifinals

Qualification rule: The first four runners in each semifinal heat (Q) moves on to the final.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Semifinal 1

Wind: +0.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	5	Yulia Nestsiarenka	Template:FlagIOC	0.167	10.92	Template:Abbr, NR
2	6	Veronica Campbell	Template:FlagIOC	0.165	10.93	Template:Abbr, Template:Abbr
3	3	Ivet Lalova	Template:FlagIOC	0.155	11.04	Template:Abbr
4	7	Debbie Ferguson	Template:FlagIOC	0.168	11.04	Template:Abbr, Template:Abbr
5	1	Abi Oyepitan	Template:FlagIOC	0.140	11.18
6	4	Christine Arron	Template:FlagIOC	0.175	11.21
7	2	Gail Devers	Template:FlagIOC	0.165	11.22
8	8	Yuliya Tabakova	Template:FlagIOC	0.179	11.25

Semifinal 2

Wind: −0.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	6	Lauryn Williams	Template:FlagIOC	0.205	11.01	Template:Abbr
2	4	Sherone Simpson	Template:FlagIOC	0.154	11.03	Template:Abbr
3	5	Aleen Bailey	Template:FlagIOC	0.206	11.13	Template:Abbr
4	7	LaTasha Colander	Template:FlagIOC	0.181	11.18	Template:Abbr
5	1	Merlene Ottey	Template:FlagIOC	0.165	11.21
6	2	Zhanna Block	Template:FlagIOC	0.159	11.23	Template:Abbr
7	3	Kim Gevaert	Template:FlagIOC	0.200	11.40
8	8	Lyubov Perepelova	Template:FlagIOC	0.158	11.40

Final

Wind: −0.1 m/s<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
Template:Gold01	6	Yulia Nestsiarenka	Template:FlagIOC	0.186	10.93
Template:Silver02	4	Lauryn Williams	Template:FlagIOC	0.212	10.96	Template:Abbr
Template:Bronze03	3	Veronica Campbell	Template:FlagIOC	0.199	10.97
4	1	Ivet Lalova	Template:FlagIOC	0.154	11.00
5	2	Aleen Bailey	Template:FlagIOC	0.208	11.05
6	5	Sherone Simpson	Template:FlagIOC	0.164	11.07
7	8	Debbie Ferguson	Template:FlagIOC	0.177	11.16
8	7	LaTasha Colander	Template:FlagIOC	0.183	11.18

External links

• IAAF Athens 2004 Olympic Coverage

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