Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 100 metres explained

Event:Women's 100 metres
Games:2022
Venue:Alexander Stadium
Dates:2 August (first round)
3 August (semifinals)
3 August (final)
Competitors:49
Win Value:10.95
Gold:Elaine Thompson-Herah
Goldcga:JAM
Silver:Julien Alfred
Silvercga:LCA
Bronze:Daryll Neita
Bronzecga:ENG
Prev:2018
Next:2026

The women's 100 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, was held at Alexander Stadium on 2 and 3 August 2022.[1]

The original fifth placed finisher in the final, Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha, was provisionally suspended for doping in September 2022[2] and subsequently disqualified by the Commonwealth Games Federation.[3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record10.49Indianapolis, United States16 July 1988
Commonwealth record10.54 Eugene, United States21 August 2021
Games record10.85Glasgow, Scotland28 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:[4]

DateTimeRound
Tuesday 2 August 2022 12:15 First round
Wednesday 3 August 2022 19:35 Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon20:05 style=background:lemonchiffonFinal
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

First round

The first round consisted of seven heats. The three fastest competitors per heat (plus three fastest non-automatic qualifiers) advanced to the semifinals.[5]

Heat 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 1 align=left align=left 11.09
2 8 align=left align=left 11.27
3 7 align=left align=left 11.36
4 6 align=left align=left 11.48 ,
5 2 align=left align=left 12.05
6 5 align=left align=left 12.17
― 4 align=left align=left
DQ8 align=left align=left 10.99
Wind: +1.4 m/s
[6]

Heat 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 7 align=left align=left 10.99
2 4 align=left align=left 11.15
3 6 align=left align=left 11.30
4 8 align=left align=left 11.50
5 2 align=left align=left 11.97
6 3 align=left align=left 12.72
7 5 align=left align=left 13.21
Wind: +0.6 m/s
[7]

Heat 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 2 align=left align=left 11.02
2 7 align=left align=left 11.41
3 4 align=left align=left 11.42
4 3 align=left align=left 11.49
5 6 align=left align=left 11.76
6 8 align=left align=left 12.11
7 5 align=left align=left 12.42
Wind: -0.2 m/s
[8]

Heat 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 2 align=left align=left 11.02
2 5 align=left align=left 11.40
3 3 align=left align=left 11.41
4 4 align=left align=left 11.48
5 6 align=left align=left 11.79
6 7 align=left align=left 11.89
7 8 align=left align=left 12.86
8 1 align=left align=left 14.01
Wind: -0.2 m/s
[9]

Heat 5

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 3 align=left align=left 11.14
2 7 align=left align=left 11.19
3 4 align=left align=left 11.43
4 2 align=left align=left 11.55
5 6 align=left align=left 11.57
6 5 align=left align=left 12.14
7 8 align=left align=left 12.34
Wind: +0.1 m/s
[10]

Heat 6

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 2 align=left align=left 11.31
2 5 align=left align=left 11.37
3 7 align=left align=left 11.53
4 3 align=left align=left 11.80
5 4 align=left align=left 12.12
6 6 align=left align=left 12.80
Wind: 0.0 m/s
[11]

Heat 7

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 5 align=left align=left 11.24
2 7 align=left align=left 11.46
3 6 align=left align=left 11.52
4 2 align=left align=left 11.85
5 8 align=left align=left 12.00
6 3 align=left align=left 12.60
― 4 align=left align=left
Wind: +0.7 m/s
[12]

Semifinals

Three semi-finals were held. The two fastest competitors per semi (plus two fastest non-automatic qualifiers) advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 3 align=left align=left 11.04
2 5 align=left align=left 11.18
3 8 align=left align=left 11.48
4 7 align=left align=left 11.49
5 4 align=left align=left 11.53
6 2 align=left align=left 11.57
7 1 align=left align=left 11.61
DQ8 align=left align=left 11.06
Wind: +0.3 m/s
[13]

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 4 align=left align=left 11.05
2 6 align=left align=left 11.15
3 5 align=left align=left 11.29
4 8 align=left align=left 11.35
5 3 align=left align=left 11.39
6 1 align=left align=left 11.45
7 7 align=left align=left 11.60
8 2 align=left align=left 11.71
Wind: 0.0 m/s
[14]

Semifinal 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 3 align=left align=left 10.90 ,
2 6 align=left align=left 11.05
3 5 align=left align=left 11.17
4 4 align=left align=left 11.17
5 7 align=left align=left 11.35
6 8 align=left align=left 11.36
7 1 align=left align=left 11.47
8 2 align=left align=left 11.58
Wind: +1.1 m/s
[15]

Final

Wednesday 3 August 2022 at ~20.05

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
4 align=left align=left 10.95
6 align=left align=left 11.01
5 align=left align=left 11.07
4 3 align=left align=left 11.17
5 7 align=left align=left 11.19
6 2 align=left align=left 11.23
7 1 align=left align=left 11.32
DQ8 align=left align=left 11.18
Wind: +0.4 m/s

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games . 2 August 2022 . Birmingham 2022.
  2. News: Munjal . Dhruv . Commonwealth gold medallist Nwokocha provisionally suspended for doping . 19 February 2024 . Reuters . 3 September 2022.
  3. Web site: Women's 100m - Final results . Birmingham2022 . 12 August 2024 . 5 October 2023.
  4. Web site: Women's 100m - Round 1 results . Birmingham2022 . 12 August 2024 . 2 August 2022.
  5. Book: Athletics Women's 100m - Round 1. Birmingham 2022. 2 August 2022.
  6. Web site: Women's 100m Round 1 - Heat 1/7 results . Birmingham2022 . 12 August 2024 . 5 October 2023.
  7. Web site: Women's 100m Round 1 - Heat 2/7 results . Birmingham2022 . 12 August 2024 . 2 August 2022.
  8. Web site: Women's 100m Round 1 - Heat 3/7 results . Birmingham2022 . 12 August 2024 . 2 August 2022.
  9. Web site: Women's 100m Round 1 - Heat 4/7 results . Birmingham2022 . 12 August 2024 . 2 August 2022.
  10. Web site: Women's 100m Round 1 - Heat 5/7 results . Birmingham2022 . 12 August 2024 . 2 August 2022.
  11. Web site: Women's 100m Round 1 - Heat 6/7 results . Birmingham2022 . 12 August 2024 . 2 August 2022.
  12. Web site: Women's 100m Round 1 - Heat 7/7 results . Birmingham2022 . 12 August 2024 . 2 August 2022.
  13. Web site: Women's 100m - Semi-Final 1/3 results . Birmingham2022 . 12 August 2024 . 5 October 2023.
  14. Web site: Women's 100m - Semi-Final 2/3 results . Birmingham2022 . 12 August 2024 . 3 August 2022.
  15. Web site: Women's 100m - Semi-Final 3/3 results . Birmingham2022 . 12 August 2024 . 3 August 2022.

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