The Women's

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

took place on August 16 (heats) and 17 (final) at the

Beijing National Stadium The National Stadium (), also known as the Bird's Nest (), is an 80,000-capacity stadium in Beijing. The stadium was jointly designed by architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron from Basel-based architecture team Herzog & de Meuron, p ...

. The qualifying standards for the 2008 event were 11.32 s (A standard) and 11.42 s (B standard). Jamaica dominated the event with athlete

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Order of Distinction, OD, Order of Jamaica , OJ (née Fraser; born December 27, 1986) is a Jamaican track and field Sprint (running), sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 60 metres, 100 metres, 100 m and 200 m ...

taking the gold and

Sherone Simpson Sherone Simpson (born 12 August 1984) is a Jamaican track and field sprint athlete.

and

Kerron Stewart Kerron Stewart (born 16 April 1984) is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is the 2008 Jamaican national champion in the 100 m clocking 10.80s. She defeate ...

taking the silver. Officially, no bronze medal was awarded as Simpson and Stewart finished with an equal time of 10.98 seconds in the second place. Taking all three medals, it was a Jamaican sweep.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows: No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 10 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

2008 Summer Olympics - Womens 100m Round 2 - Heat 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) advance to the

Semifinals A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...

Semifinals

Qualification rule: First 4 in each heat (Q) advance to the final.

Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Final

References

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