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The women's 100 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, on 2 and 3 August 2024. This was the twenty-third time that the women's 100 metres has been contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 40 athletes qualified for the event by entry standard or ranking.
With seven women going sub-11 seconds, this was the fastest 100m final in the World Championships history. Just as in the Olympics, the same three athletes from Jamaica swept the medals, but in a different order.
The Women's Decathlon World Championships is an international decathlon combined track and field events championship for women. It was the first women's world championships in the discipline. The inaugural edition was staged at the Olympic training center in Geneva, Ohio at the same time as the 2024 Summer Olympics as a protest against the ...
Women's 100 metres at the 2017 World Championships Venue Olympic Stadium Dates 5 August (heats) 6 August (semifinal & final) Competitors 47 from 30 nations Winning time 10.85 Medalists Tori Bowie United States Marie-Josée Ta Lou Ivory Coast Dafne Schippers Netherlands ← 2015 2019 → Video on YouTube Official Video Events at the 2017 World Championships Track events 100 m men women 200 m ...
In the final, she took the lead on the first step and pulled away to a dominating victory in a world-leading time of 10.71. While Marie-Josée Ta Lou was the next fastest out of the blocks, Dina Asher-Smith closed quickly to overtake Ta Lou for a clear silver medal, leaving the defending silver medalist with the bronze.
[124] The 2012 women's final was, collectively, the fastest women's 100 m race ever: seven of the eight finalists ran 11 seconds or faster for the first time, with Veronica Campbell-Brown becoming the fastest ever bronze medallist with her time of 10.81 seconds and Tianna Madison becoming the fastest non-medallist with her time of 10.85 seconds ...
The women's 100 metres was an event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.There were a total of 55 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats. The top four in each heat qualified for the quarterfinals along with the four fastest remaining.
The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and 3. Prior to the competition, Australian Sally Pearson led the season's rankings with a time of 12.48 seconds and was undefeated on the Diamond League circuit.