Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres
Introduction The '''women's 100 metres''' was an event at the '''1996 Summer Olympics''' in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 56 participating athletes, with two rounds (seven heats in round 1, four heats at round 2), two semifinals and a final. Although both Gail Devers of the United States and Merlene Ottey of Jamaica had clocked the same time in the final at the finish line at 10.94 seconds, snapshot of their photo finish confirmed that Devers had edged Ottey out for the gold medal.
Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics. World Record 10.49  Florence Griffith-Joyner Indianapolis (USA) July 16, 1988 Olympic Record 10.62  Florence Griffith-Joyner Seoul (KOR) September 24, 1988
Results ===Heats=======Heat 1==== Rank Athlete  Nation Time  Notes 1 Chandra Sturrup   11.24   2 Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe   11.36   3 Irina Privalova   11.42   4 Zlatka Georgieva   11.74   5 Nataliya Vorobyova   11.91   6 Lyudmila Dmitriady   12.04   7 Ouk Chanthan   14.82  ====Heat 2==== Rank Athlete  Nation Time  Notes 1 Zhanna Pintusevich   11.20   2 Melanie Paschke   11.27   3 Odiah Sidibé   11.40   4 Mary Tombiri-Shirey   11.50   5 Hermin Joseph   11.56   6 Cleide Amaral   11.76   7 Myriam Mani   11.76   8 Elvira Cabbarova   11.96  ====Heat 3==== Rank Athlete  Nation Time  Notes 1 Merlene Ottey   11.13   2 Susanthika Jayasinghe   11.18   3 Ekaterini Thanou   11.35   4 Iryna Pukha   11.36   5 Heather Samuel   11.44   6 Yan Jiankui   11.46   7 Mirtha Brock   11.83   8 Sortelina Pires   13.31  ====Heat 4==== Rank Athlete  Nation Time  Notes 1 Juliet Cuthbert   11.06   2 D'Andre Hill   11.11   3 Silke Lichtenhagen   11.30   4 Eldece Clarke   11.33   5 Petya Pendareva   11.59   6 Cydonie Mothersill   11.61   7 Michelle Baptiste   11.92   8 Natalie Martindale   12.25  ====Heat 5==== Rank Athlete  Nation Time  Notes 1 Marina Trandenkova   11.20   2 Chioma Ajunwa   11.25   3 Myra Mayberry   11.51   4 Stephi Douglas   11.61   5 Zandra Borrero   11.62   6 Jerneja Perc   11.63   7 Beverly McDonald   12.08   8 Isménia do Frederico   13.03  ====Heat 6==== Rank Athlete  Nation Time  Notes 1 Gwen Torrence   11.11   2 Natalya Voronova   11.22   3 Lucrécia Jardim   11.32   4 Katerina Koffa   11.33   5 Sanna Hernesniemi   11.39   6 Marcia Richardson   11.42   7 Wang Huei-Chen   11.70   8 Nester Geniwala'a   13.74   9 Juliana Obiong   13.88  ====Heat 7==== Rank Athlete  Nation Time  Notes 1 Gail Devers   10.92   2 Mary Onyali   11.17   3 Andrea Philipp   11.32   4 Debbie Ferguson   11.33   5 Simmone Jacobs   11.39   6 Mireille Donders   11.67   7 Lee Young-sook   11.88   8 Elizabeth Chávez   12.10  ===Quarterfinals=======Quarterfinal 1==== Rank Athlete  Nation Time  Notes 1 Gwen Torrence   11.11   2 Marina Trandenkova   11.15   3 Chioma Ajunwa   11.24   4 Odiah Sidibé   11.38   5 Katerina Koffa   11.38   6 Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe   11.43   7 Heather Samuel   11.60   8 Stephi Douglas   11.75  ====Quarterfinal 2==== Rank Athlete  Nation Time  Notes 1 Gail Devers   10.94   2 Mary Onyali   11.08   3 Debbie Ferguson   11.26   4 Lucrécia Jardim   11.37   5 Andrea Philipp   11.38   6 Iryna Pukha   11.42   7 Marcia Richardson   11.55   — Susanthika Jayasinghe     ====Quarterfinal 3==== Rank Athlete  Nation Time  Notes 1 Juliet Cuthbert   11.20   2 Chandra Sturrup   11.21   3 D'Andre Hill   11.21   4 Irina Privalova   11.40   5 Simmone Jacobs   11.47   6 Ekaterini Thanou   11.48   7 Silke Lichtenhagen   11.53   8 Mary Tombiri-Shirey   11.56  ====Quarterfinal 4==== Rank Athlete  Nation Time  Notes 1 Merlene Ottey   11.02   2 Zhanna Pintusevich   11.14   3 Natalya Voronova   11.17   4 Melanie Paschke   11.18   5 Eldece Clarke   11.47   6 Sanna Hernesniemi   11.49   7 Myra Mayberry   11.66   8 Zlatka Georgieva   11.99  ===Semifinals=======Semifinal 1==== Rank Athlete  Nation Time  Notes 1 Merlene Ottey   10.93   2 Gwen Torrence   10.97   3 Marina Trandenkova   11.07   4 Zhanna Pintusevich   11.14   5 Chioma Ajunwa   11.14   6 D'Andre Hill   11.20   7 Debbie Ferguson   11.28   8 Odiah Sidibé   11.35  ====Semifinal 2==== Rank Athlete  Nation Time  Notes 1 Gail Devers   11.00   2 Mary Onyali   11.04   3 Natalya Voronova   11.07   4 Chandra Sturrup   11.07   5 Juliet Cuthbert   11.07   6 Melanie Paschke   11.14   7 Irina Privalova   11.31   8 Lucrécia Jardim   11.32
Final *Held on July 27, 1996 Rank Lane Athlete  Nation Time   6 Gail Devers   10.94    3 Merlene Ottey   10.94   5 Gwen Torrence   10.96 4  7 Chandra Sturrup   11.00 5  1 Marina Trandenkova   11.06 6  2 Natalya Voronova   11.10 7  4 Mary Onyali   11.13 8  8 Zhanna Pintusevich   11.14
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