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100 metres, Women

Date	20 – 21 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Stadio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants	63 from 51 countries

With no clear favorite as there had been at the last few Olympics, the event was wide open. Yuliya Nesterenko (BLR) was unheralded prior to the Olympics. In the first round, her 10.94 was a Belarussian national record. He was expected to be challenged in the final by Lauryn Williams (USA), who had won the 2005 World Championships and was NCAA Champion in 2006. Williams got off to a slow start in the final, but surged early and took the lead. At 80 metres Nesterenko caught her and pulled ahead to win in a close, but surprising finish. Nesterenko became the first female sprinter to run all four rounds under 11 second. Her best previous finish at a major meet had been a bronze in the 2004 World Indoors over 60 metres. It was later noted that in 2002 she had failed a drug test, which showed clenbuterol, but she was never suspended because the lab that ran the test was not approved by the IAAF.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	1187	Yuliya Nestsiarenka	BLR	10.94 (1 h2)	10.99 (1 h4)	10.92 (1 h1)	10.93 (1)	Gold
2	3363	Lauryn Williams	USA	11.16 (1 h3)	11.03 (1 h2)	11.01 (1 h2)	10.96 (2)	Silver
3	2223	Veronica Campbell	JAM	11.17 (1 h6)	11.18 (2 h1)	10.93 (2 h1)	10.97 (3)	Bronze
4	1285	Ivet Lalova	BUL	11.16 (1 h8)	11.09 (2 h2)	11.04 (3 h1)	11.00 (4)
5	2213	Aleen Bailey	JAM	11.20 (1 h1)	11.12 (2 h3)	11.13 (3 h2)	11.05 (5)
6	2244	Sherone Simpson	JAM	11.27 (2 h4)	11.09 (1 h3)	11.03 (2 h2)	11.07 (6)
7	1124	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	11.30 (3 h1)	11.16 (3 h2)	11.04 (4 h1)	11.16 (7)
8	3244	LaTasha Colander-Richardson	USA	11.31 (1 h5)	11.20 (3 h4)	11.18 (4 h2)	11.18 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	1829	Abi Oyepitan	GBR	11.23 (2 h8)	11.28 (3 h1)	11.18 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	3016	Merlene Ottey	SLO	11.14 (2 h2)	11.24 (3 h3)	11.21 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	1717	Christine Arron	FRA	11.14 (=1 h7)	11.10 (1 h1)	11.21 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	1147	Kim Gevaert	BEL	11.18 (3 h7)	11.17 (2 h4)	11.40 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	3252	Gail Devers	USA	11.29 (2 h6)	11.31 (4 h1)	11.22 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	3384	Lyubov Perepelova	UZB	11.30 (3 h8)	11.26 (4 h2)	11.40 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	2948	Yuliya Tabakova	RUS	11.22 (1 h4)	11.25 (4 h4)	11.25 (8 h1)	–
4 h3 r2/4	2902	Larisa Kruglova	RUS	11.23 (3 h2)	11.36 (4 h3)	–	–
5 h1 r2/4	2888	Irina Khabarova	RUS	11.32 (2 h3)	11.32 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	1755	Véronique Mang	FRA	11.24 (2 h1)	11.39 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	2604	Mercy Nku	NGR	11.37 (4 h1)	11.39 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	2608	Endurance Ojokolo	NGR	11.36 (2 h5)	11.35 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	2152	LaVerne Jones	ISV	11.38 (3 h6)	11.44 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	1105	Bettina Müller	AUT	11.39 (4 h4)	11.50 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	2508	Liliana Allen	MEX	11.42 (5 h1)	11.52 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	3383	Guzel Khubbiyeva	UZB	11.31 (4 h2)	11.35 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	1129	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	11.37 (3 h4)	11.46 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	1104	Karin Mayr-Krifka	AUT	11.40 (4 h7)	11.55 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	3114	Fana Ashby	TTO	11.43 (3 h3)	11.54 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	1229	Rosemar Coelho	BRA	11.43 (5 h7)	11.45 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h1 r2/4	1398	Delphine Atangana	CMR	11.40 (4 h8)	11.60 (8 h1)	–	–
AC h3 r2/4	1956	Vida Anim	GHA	11.14 (=1 h7)	– (DNF h3)	–	–
3 h5 r1/4	3399	Natasha Mayers	VIN	11.45 (3 h5)	– (DNS h4)	–	–
4 h3 r1/4	1395	Amandine Allou Affoué	CIV	11.46 (4 h3)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	3201	Tetiana Tkalich	UKR	11.58 (4 h5)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	1266	Rakia Al-Gassra	BRN	11.49 (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	1418	Melisa Murillo	COL	11.67 (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	1697	Johanna Manninen	FIN	11.45 (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	2261	Basma Al-Eshosh	JOR	12.09 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	2444	Agnė Eggerth	LTU	11.44 (4 h6)	–	–	–
5 h8 r1/4	2318	Viktoriya Kovyreva	KAZ	11.62 (5 h8)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	2833	Geraldine Pillay	RSA	11.44 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	3405	Winneth Dube	ZIM	11.56 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	2367	Yelena Bobrovskaya	KGZ	11.76 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	1928	Sina Schielke	GER	11.46 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	2541	Aleksandra Vojnevska	MKD	12.15 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	1035	Heather Samuel	ANT	12.05 (5 h6)	–	–	–
6 h7 r1/4	2661	Mae Koime	PNG	12.00 (6 h7)	–	–	–
6 h8 r1/4	1045	Marine Ghazaryan	ARM	12.29 (6 h8)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	1301	Sou Tit Linda	CAM	13.47 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h2 r1/4	1783	Evangeline Ikelap	FSM	13.50 (7 h2)	–	–	–
7 h3 r1/4	2658	Ngerak Florencio	PLW	12.76 (7 h3)	–	–	–
7 h4 r1/4	2374	Kaitinano Mwemweata	KIR	13.07 (7 h4)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	1357	Li Xuemei	CHN	12.21 (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	1002	Robina Muqim Yaar	AFG	14.14 (6 h6)	–	–	–
7 h7 r1/4	3005	Hawanatu Bangura	SLE	12.11 (7 h7)	–	–	–
7 h8 r1/4	3402	Carol Mokola	ZAM	12.35 (7 h8)	–	–	–
8 h1 r1/4	3390	Katura Marae	VAN	13.49 (8 h1)	–	–	–
8 h2 r1/4	2408	Danah Al-Nasrallah	KUW	13.92 (8 h2)	–	–	–
8 h3 r1/4	2553	Aminata Kamissoko	MTN	13.49 (8 h3)	–	–	–
8 h4 r1/4	2413	Philaylack Sackpraseuth	LAO	13.42 (8 h4)	–	–	–
8 h5 r1/4	3027	Jenny Keni	SOL	12.76 (8 h5)	–	–	–
8 h6 r1/4	3029	Fartun Abukar Omar	SOM	14.29 (7 h6)	–	–	–
8 h7 r1/4	2142	Alaa Jassim	IRQ	12.70 (8 h7)	–	–	–
DQ	3167	Zhanna Pintusevych-Blok	UKR	[11.25] (DQ h6)	[11.27] (DQ h2)	[11.23] (DQ h2)	–		1

Round One (20 August 2004 — 10:50-11:41)

Top three in each heat and next eight fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One (10:50)

Wind	0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Aleen Bailey	JAM	11.20	0.232	Q
2	3	Véronique Mang	FRA	11.24	0.186	Q
3	8	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	11.30	0.189	Q
4	7	Mercy Nku	NGR	11.37	0.164	q
5	5	Liliana Allen	MEX	11.42	0.154	q
6	1	Geraldine Pillay	RSA	11.44	0.178
7	6	Sou Tit Linda	CAM	13.47	0.235
8	4	Katura Marae	VAN	13.49	–

Heat Two (10:57)

Wind	0.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Yuliya Nestsiarenka	BLR	10.94	0.240	Q
2	4	Merlene Ottey	SLO	11.14	0.195	Q
3	2	Larisa Kruglova	RUS	11.23	0.207	Q
4	6	Guzel Khubbiyeva	UZB	11.31	0.153	q
5	5	Rakia Al-Gassra	BRN	11.49	0.250
6	7	Winneth Dube	ZIM	11.56	0.211
7	1	Evangeline Ikelap	FSM	13.50	0.221
8	8	Danah Al-Nasrallah	KUW	13.92	–

Heat Three (11:04)

Wind	-0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Lauryn Williams	USA	11.16	0.247	Q
2	1	Irina Khabarova	RUS	11.32	0.154	Q
3	4	Fana Ashby	TTO	11.43	0.177	Q
4	8	Amandine Allou Affoué	CIV	11.46	0.182
5	2	Melisa Murillo	COL	11.67	0.185
6	6	Yelena Bobrovskaya	KGZ	11.76	0.180
7	5	Ngerak Florencio	PLW	12.76	0.222
8	3	Aminata Kamissoko	MTN	13.49	0.179

Heat Four (11:11)

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	8	Yuliya Tabakova	RUS	11.22	0.217	Q
2	5	Sherone Simpson	JAM	11.27	0.173	Q
3	2	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	11.37	0.138	Q
4	6	Bettina Müller	AUT	11.39	0.162	q
5	1	Johanna Manninen	FIN	11.45	0.157
6	7	Sina Schielke	GER	11.46	0.194
7	4	Kaitinano Mwemweata	KIR	13.07	0.257
8	3	Philaylack Sackpraseuth	LAO	13.42	–

Heat Five (11:18)

Wind	-0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	1	LaTasha Colander-Richardson	USA	11.31	0.178	Q
2	7	Endurance Ojokolo	NGR	11.36	0.203	Q
3	2	Natasha Mayers	VIN	11.45	0.158	Q
4	4	Tetiana Tkalich	UKR	11.58	0.210
5	6	Basma Al-Eshosh	JOR	12.09	0.199
6	8	Aleksandra Vojnevska	MKD	12.15	0.193
7	3	Li Xuemei	CHN	12.21	0.190
8	5	Jenny Keni	SOL	12.76	–

Heat Six (11:25)

Wind	-0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	1	Veronica Campbell	JAM	11.17	0.166	Q
2	6	Gail Devers	USA	11.29	0.215	Q
3	7	LaVerne Jones	ISV	11.38	0.246	q
4	3	Agnė Eggerth	LTU	11.44	0.177
5	8	Heather Samuel	ANT	12.05	0.158
6	2	Robina Muqim Yaar	AFG	14.14	0.241
7	5	Fartun Abukar Omar	SOM	14.29	–
DQ	4	Zhanna Pintusevych-Blok	UKR	[11.25]	[0.186]	Q	2

Heat Seven (11:32)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
=1	6	Vida Anim	GHA	11.14	0.174	Q
=1	2	Christine Arron	FRA	11.14	0.172	Q
3	1	Kim Gevaert	BEL	11.18	0.148	Q
4	4	Karin Mayr-Krifka	AUT	11.40	0.165	q
5	7	Rosemar Coelho	BRA	11.43	0.237	q
6	3	Mae Koime	PNG	12.00	0.195		3
7	8	Hawanatu Bangura	SLE	12.11	0.176
8	5	Alaa Jassim	IRQ	12.70	–

Heat Eight (11:39)

Wind	-0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Ivet Lalova	BUL	11.16	0.159	Q
2	3	Abi Oyepitan	GBR	11.23	0.181	Q
3	8	Lyubov Perepelova	UZB	11.30	0.208	Q
4	2	Delphine Atangana	CMR	11.40	0.166	q
5	7	Viktoriya Kovyreva	KAZ	11.62	0.207
6	5	Marine Ghazaryan	ARM	12.29	0.177
7	6	Carol Mokola	ZAM	12.35	0.210

Quarter-Finals (20 August 2004 — 20:10-20:36)

Top three in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (20:10)

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Christine Arron	FRA	11.10	0.192	Q
2	4	Veronica Campbell	JAM	11.18	0.212	Q
3	3	Abi Oyepitan	GBR	11.28	0.198	Q
4	7	Gail Devers	USA	11.31	0.207	q
5	5	Irina Khabarova	RUS	11.32	0.189
6	2	LaVerne Jones	ISV	11.44	0.249
7	1	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	11.46	0.185
8	8	Delphine Atangana	CMR	11.60	0.189

Heat Two (20:18)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Lauryn Williams	USA	11.03	0.214	Q
2	6	Ivet Lalova	BUL	11.09	0.162	Q
3	8	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	11.16	0.188	Q
4	2	Lyubov Perepelova	UZB	11.26	0.212	q
5	3	Véronique Mang	FRA	11.39	0.186
6	7	Bettina Müller	AUT	11.50	0.190
7	1	Karin Mayr-Krifka	AUT	11.55	0.196
DQ	4	Zhanna Pintusevych-Blok	UKR	[11.27]	[0.203]		4

Heat Three (20:26)

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Sherone Simpson	JAM	11.09	0.157	Q
2	6	Aleen Bailey	JAM	11.12	0.220	Q
3	5	Merlene Ottey	SLO	11.24	0.179	Q
4	8	Larisa Kruglova	RUS	11.36	0.196
5	1	Mercy Nku	NGR	11.39	0.154
6	7	Liliana Allen	MEX	11.52	0.175
7	2	Fana Ashby	TTO	11.54	0.178
DNF	3	Vida Anim	GHA	–	0.175

Heat Four (20:34)

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Yuliya Nestsiarenka	BLR	10.99	0.206	Q
2	2	Kim Gevaert	BEL	11.17	0.155	Q
3	3	LaTasha Colander-Richardson	USA	11.20	0.176	Q
4	5	Yuliya Tabakova	RUS	11.25	0.204	q
5	6	Endurance Ojokolo	NGR	11.35	0.171
6	8	Guzel Khubbiyeva	UZB	11.35	0.147
7	1	Rosemar Coelho	BRA	11.45	0.194
DNS	7	Natasha Mayers	VIN	–	–

Semi-Finals (21 August 2004 — 20:20-20:29)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One (20:20)

Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Yuliya Nestsiarenka	BLR	10.92	0.167	Q
2	6	Veronica Campbell	JAM	10.93	0.165	Q
3	3	Ivet Lalova	BUL	11.04	0.155	Q
4	7	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	11.04	0.168	Q
5	1	Abi Oyepitan	GBR	11.18	0.140
6	4	Christine Arron	FRA	11.21	0.175
7	2	Gail Devers	USA	11.22	0.165
8	8	Yuliya Tabakova	RUS	11.25	0.179

Heat Two (20:27)

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Lauryn Williams	USA	11.01	0.205	Q
2	4	Sherone Simpson	JAM	11.03	0.154	Q
3	5	Aleen Bailey	JAM	11.13	0.206	Q
4	8	LaTasha Colander-Richardson	USA	11.18	0.181	Q
5	1	Merlene Ottey	SLO	11.21	0.165
6	3	Kim Gevaert	BEL	11.40	0.159
7	7	Lyubov Perepelova	UZB	11.40	0.200
DQ	2	Zhanna Pintusevych-Blok	UKR	[11.23]	[0.158]		5

Final (21 August 2004 — 22:55)

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Yuliya Nestsiarenka	BLR	10.93	0.186
2	4	Lauryn Williams	USA	10.96	0.212
3	3	Veronica Campbell	JAM	10.97	0.199
4	1	Ivet Lalova	BUL	11.00	0.154
5	2	Aleen Bailey	JAM	11.05	0.208
6	5	Sherone Simpson	JAM	11.07	0.164
7	8	Debbie Ferguson	BAH	11.16	0.177
8	7	LaTasha Colander-Richardson	USA	11.18	0.183