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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.
Women's 100 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad Venue Stade de France, Paris, France Dates 7 August 2024 (heats) 8 August 2024 (repechage round) 9 August 2024 (semi-finals) 10 August 2024 (final) Winning time 12.33 Medalists Masai Russell United States Cyréna Samba-Mayela France Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Puerto Rico ← 2020 2028 → Official Video Athletics at the 2024 Summer ...
[115] [116] As of February 2014, the current Olympic records of 9.63 for men and 10.62 seconds for women rank as the second and third fastest times in history, for men and women respectively. [ 117 ] [ 118 ] The standard of performances at the Olympics has progressed in line with the discipline as a whole and the times in the final often rank ...
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
According to Tony Estanguet, a triple Olympic slalom canoeing champion and president of the Paris 2024 organising committee, "We wanted to reverse the order in an ambition to more gender equality and bring women to the fore for the first time so the women's marathon will enjoy major visibility on 11 August to cap off the athletics program." [4]
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
The win also made him the oldest Olympic singles champion since tennis returned to the Games in 1988. [23] [24] Chilean sport shooter Francisca Crovetto holding the gold medal she won in the women's skeet, as well as a box with an official poster given to all medalists [25] Women's high jump medallists at the 2024 games.
Competition began two days before the opening ceremony on 26 July, and ended on 11 August 2024. [3]On 29 July, the weather in Tahiti turned dangerous towards the end of round 3 of the men's shortboard event, forcing the cancellation of the women's third round.