Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

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Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the women's 100 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 55 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats (not shown below). The top four in each heat qualified for the quarterfinals along with the four fastest remaining.

Medalists

Gold	Gail Devers  United States
Silver	Juliet Cuthbert  Jamaica
Bronze	Irina Privalova  Unified Team

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 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

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Gail Devers (USA)	10.82
	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	10.83
	Irina Privalova (EUN)	10.84
4.	Gwen Torrence (USA)	10.85
5.	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	10.88
6.	Anelia Nuneva (BUL)	11.10
7.	Mary Onyali (NGR)	11.15
8.	Liliana Allen (CUB)	11.19

Semifinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Gwen Torrence (USA)	11.02
2.	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	11.07
3.	Irina Privalova (EUN)	11.08
4.	Mary Onyali (NGR)	11.30
5.	Pauline Davis (BAH)	11.34
6.	Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR)	11.47
7.	Sisko Hanhijoki (FIN)	11.65
8.	Patricia Girard (FRA)	11.70

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	10.98
2.	Gail Devers (USA)	11.12
3.	Anelia Nuneva (BUL)	11.17
4.	Liliana Allen (CUB)	11.28
5.	Evelyn Ashford (USA)	11.29
6.	Elinda Vorster (RSA)	11.44
7.	Olga Bogoslovskaya (EUN)	11.45
8.	Beatrice Utondu (NGR)	11.53

Quarterfinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Evelyn Ashford (USA)	11.13
2.	Beatrice Utondu (NGR)	11.31
3.	Sisko Hanhijoki (FIN)	11.50
4.	Patricia Girard (FRA)	11.54
5.	Kerry Johnson (AUS)	11.59
6.	Dahlia Duhaney (JAM)	11.61
7.	Lucrécia Jardim (POR)	11.66
8.	Tian Yumei (CHN)	11.78

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Juliet Cuthbert (JAM)	11.12
2.	Anelia Nuneva (BUL)	11.17
3.	Mary Onyali (NGR)	11.28
4.	Elinda Vorster (RSA)	11.44
5.	Nelli Fiere-Cooman (NED)	11.55
6.	Laurence Bily (FRA)	11.64
7.	Myra Mayberry (PUR)	11.69
8.	Cristina Castro (ESP)	11.79

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	11.15
2.	Gwen Torrence (USA)	11.17
3.	Pauline Davis (BAH)	11.31
4.	Olga Bogoslovskaya (EUN)	11.43
5.	Odiah Sidibé (FRA)	11.63
6.	Andrea Philipp (GER)	11.67
7.	Xiao Yehua (CHN)	11.73
8.	Stephanie Douglas (GBR)	11.77

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Irina Privalova (EUN)	10.98
2.	Gail Devers (USA)	11.17
3.	Liliana Allen (CUB)	11.33
4.	Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR)	11.42
5.	Wang Huei-Chen (TPE)	11.57
6.	Melinda Gainsford (AUS)	11.67
7.	Gao Han (CHN)	11.76
8.	Sabine Tröger (AUT)	11.76

Heats

First 4 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	11.14	Q
2	4	Gail Devers	United States	11.23	Q
3	6	Evelyn Ashford	United States	11.23	Q
4	1	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	11.26	Q
5	5	Gwen Torrence	United States	11.28	Q
6	7	Beatrice Utondu	Nigeria	11.30	Q
7	3	Anelia Nuneva	Bulgaria	11.34	Q
8	6	Mary Onyali	Nigeria	11.37	Q
9	5	Christy Opara	Nigeria	11.39	Q
10	2	Irina Privalova	Unified Team	11.42	Q
11	6	Wang Huei-Chen	Chinese Taipei	11.43	Q
12	1	Sisko Hanhijoki	Finland	11.44	Q
13	3	Elinda Vorster	South Africa	11.45	Q
13	7	Olga Bogoslovskaya	Unified Team	11.45	Q
15	7	Nelli Fiere-Cooman	Netherlands	11.47	Q
16	4	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	11.48	Q
17	5	Liliana Allen	Cuba	11.49	Q
18	1	Patricia Girard	France	11.51	Q
19	3	Melinda Gainsford	Australia	11.57	Q
19	7	Laurence Bily	France	11.57	Q
21	6	Lucrécia Jardim	Portugal	11.58	Q
22	2	Kerry Johnson	Australia	11.62	Q
22	3	Odiah Sidibé	France	11.62	q
24	4	Stephanie Douglas	Great Britain	11.65	Q
25	4	Myra Mayberry	Puerto Rico	11.67	Q
26	1	Gao Han	China	11.68	Q
26	6	Tian Yumei	China	11.68	q
28	2	Xiao Yehua	China	11.69	Q
28	7	Sabine Tröger	Austria	11.69	q
30	1	Cristina Castro	Spain	11.72	q
31	2	Dahlia Duhaney	Jamaica	11.73	Q
31	5	Andrea Philipp	Germany	11.73	Q
33	5	Lalao Ravaoniriana	Madagascar	11.74
34	4	Heather Samuel	Antigua and Barbuda	11.76
35	5	Patricia Foufoué Ziga	Ivory Coast	11.77
36	2	Karen Clarke	Canada	11.79
37	2	N'Deye Binta Dia	Senegal	11.83
38	2	Damayanthi Darsha	Sri Lanka	11.88
39	3	Ratjai Sripet	Thailand	11.99
40	7	Marcel Winkler	South Africa	12.01
41	6	Dawnette Douglas	Bermuda	12.05
42	4	Gaily Dube	Zimbabwe	12.08
43	1	Truong Hoang My Linh	Vietnam	12.11
44	3	Monique Kengné	Cameroon	12.12
44	6	Zoila Stewart	Costa Rica	12.12
46	5	Ngozi Mwanamwambwa	Zambia	12.13
47	7	Aminata Konaté	Guinea	12.33
48	1	Gail Prescod	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12.41
49	3	Vaciseva Tavaga	Fiji	12.47
50	6	Deirdre Caruana	Malta	12.59
51	5	Muyebg Mabala	Zaire	12.76
52	4	Laure Kuetey	Benin	13.11
53	2	Rishtha Aminath	Maldives	13.66
54	7	Magdalena Ansue Nguema	Equatorial Guinea	99.98 !DQ
55	4	Antónia de Jesus	Angola	99.99 !DNS

See also

• 1990 Women's European Championships 100 metres (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships 100 metres (Tokyo)
• 1993 Women's World Championships 100 metres (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships 100 metres (Helsinki)

References

• Official Report
• Results