Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres
April 13, 2024
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.[1]
The world record holder and defending gold medalist Florence Griffith-Joyner had retired. The returning silver medalist, 35 year old Evelyn Ashford ran fast in the quarterfinals but was eliminated in the semis. Other returning veterans included Merlene Ottey, who won her first Olympic medal in 1980, Anelia Nuneva who made a heroic attempt to keep up with Griffith-Joyner four years earlier, only to have her hamstring explode in the attempt. Through the semi-final round, Juliet Cuthbert had the fastest qualifying time, while Gwen Torrence was the winner of the other semi-final. Both Cuthbert and Torrence were also returning finalists from 1988. Irina Privalova, Mary Onyali and Liliana Allen were younger sprinters. As the world championship silver medalist in the 100 metres hurdles, Gail Devers was known as a hurdler and didn't carry a strong reputation as a sprinter, though she had finished a distant second in Griffith-Joyner's world record race.
From the gun in the final, Privalova leaped out to an early lead in lane 6. Less noticed in lane 2, Devers also got a slight edge on the two Jamaicans and Torrence in the middle of the track. But Privalova couldn't put them away, instead all three were slowly gaining on the early leaders, with Cuthbert gaining a slight edge amongst the three. By the finish, Devers, Cuthbert, Privalova and Torrence all were within a foot of one another, with Ottey only another foot back. Separated by inches, Devers beat Cuthbert to the line. Privalova barely arrived ahead of Torrence who passed her in the next step after the line.
Four years later, it would be Devers again by inches ahead of Ottey and Torrence to become only the second woman to win the 100 twice in a row.
1994 Women's European Championships 100 metres (Helsinki)
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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 1 Women s 100 metresat the Games of the XXV OlympiadVenueOlympic StadiumDates31 July 1992 heats quarter finals 1 August 1992 semi finals finals Competitors55 from 41 nationsWinning time10 82MedalistsGail Devers United StatesJuliet Cuthbert JamaicaIrina Privalova Unified Team 19881996 Official Video HighlightsThe world record holder and defending gold medalist Florence Griffith Joyner had retired The returning silver medalist 35 year old Evelyn Ashford ran fast in the quarterfinals but was eliminated in the semis Other returning veterans included Merlene Ottey who won her first Olympic medal in 1980 Anelia Nuneva who made a heroic attempt to keep up with Griffith Joyner four years earlier only to have her hamstring explode in the attempt Through the semi final round Juliet Cuthbert had the fastest qualifying time while Gwen Torrence was the winner of the other semi final Both Cuthbert and Torrence were also returning finalists from 1988 Irina Privalova Mary Onyali and Liliana Allen were younger sprinters As the world championship silver medalist in the 100 metres hurdles Gail Devers was known as a hurdler and didn t carry a strong reputation as a sprinter though she had finished a distant second in Griffith Joyner s world record race From the gun in the final Privalova leaped out to an early lead in lane 6 Less noticed in lane 2 Devers also got a slight edge on the two Jamaicans and Torrence in the middle of the track But Privalova couldn t put them away instead all three were slowly gaining on the early leaders with Cuthbert gaining a slight edge amongst the three By the finish Devers Cuthbert Privalova and Torrence all were within a foot of one another with Ottey only another foot back Separated by inches Devers beat Cuthbert to the line Privalova barely arrived ahead of Torrence who passed her in the next step after the line Four years later it would be Devers again by inches ahead of Ottey and Torrence to become only the second woman to win the 100 twice in a row Contents 1 Records 2 Results 2 1 Heats 2 2 Quarterfinals 2 2 1 Quarterfinal 1 2 2 2 Quarterfinal 2 2 2 3 Quarterfinal 3 2 2 4 Quarterfinal 4 2 3 Semifinals 2 3 1 Semifinal 1 2 3 2 Semifinal 2 2 4 Final 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksRecords editThese were the standing world and Olympic records in seconds prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics World Record 10 49 nbsp Florence Griffith Joyner Indianapolis USA July 16 1988Olympic Record 10 54 nbsp Florence Griffith Joyner Seoul KOR September 24 1988Results editHeats edit First 4 from each heat Q and the next 4 fastest q qualified for the semifinals Rank Heat Athlete Nation Time Notes1 3 Juliet Cuthbert nbsp Jamaica 11 14 Q2 4 Gail Devers nbsp United States 11 23 Q3 6 Evelyn Ashford nbsp United States 11 23 Q4 1 Merlene Ottey nbsp Jamaica 11 26 Q5 5 Gwen Torrence nbsp United States 11 28 Q6 7 Beatrice Utondu nbsp Nigeria 11 30 Q7 3 Anelia Nuneva nbsp Bulgaria 11 34 Q8 6 Mary Onyali nbsp Nigeria 11 37 Q9 5 Christy Opara nbsp Nigeria 11 39 Q10 2 Irina Privalova nbsp Unified Team 11 42 Q11 6 Wang Huei Chen nbsp Chinese Taipei 11 43 Q12 1 Sisko Hanhijoki nbsp Finland 11 44 Q13 3 Elinda Vorster nbsp South Africa 11 45 Q13 7 Olga Bogoslovskaya nbsp Unified Team 11 45 Q15 7 Nelli Fiere Cooman nbsp Netherlands 11 47 Q16 4 Pauline Davis Thompson nbsp Bahamas 11 48 Q17 5 Liliana Allen nbsp Cuba 11 49 Q18 1 Patricia Girard nbsp France 11 51 Q19 3 Melinda Gainsford nbsp Australia 11 57 Q19 7 Laurence Bily nbsp France 11 57 Q21 6 Lucrecia Jardim nbsp Portugal 11 58 Q22 2 Kerry Johnson nbsp Australia 11 62 Q22 3 Odiah Sidibe nbsp France 11 62 q24 4 Stephanie Douglas nbsp Great Britain 11 65 Q25 4 Myra Mayberry Wilkinson nbsp Puerto Rico 11 67 Q26 1 Gao Han nbsp China 11 68 Q26 6 Tian Yumei nbsp China 11 68 q28 2 Xiao Yehua nbsp China 11 69 Q28 7 Sabine Troger nbsp Austria 11 69 q30 1 Cristina Castro Salvador nbsp Spain 11 72 q31 2 Dahlia Duhaney nbsp Jamaica 11 73 Q31 5 Andrea Philipp nbsp Germany 11 73 Q33 5 Lalao Robine Ravaoniriana nbsp Madagascar 11 7434 4 Heather Samuel nbsp Antigua and Barbuda 11 7635 5 Patricia Foufoue Ziga nbsp Ivory Coast 11 7736 2 Karen Clarke nbsp Canada 11 7937 2 N Deye Binta Dia nbsp Senegal 11 8338 2 Damayanthi Darsha nbsp Sri Lanka 11 8839 3 Ratjai Sripet nbsp Thailand 11 9940 7 Marcel Winkler nbsp South Africa 12 0141 6 Dawnette Douglas nbsp Bermuda 12 0542 4 Gaily Dube nbsp Zimbabwe 12 0843 1 Trương Hoang Mỹ Linh nbsp Vietnam 12 1144 3 Monique Kengne nbsp Cameroon 12 1244 6 Zoila Stewart nbsp Costa Rica 12 1246 5 Ngozi Mwanamwambwa nbsp Zambia 12 1347 7 Aminata Konate nbsp Guinea 12 3348 1 Gail Prescod nbsp Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12 4149 3 Vaciseva Tavaga nbsp Fiji 12 4750 6 Deirdre Caruana nbsp Malta 12 5951 5 Muyegbe Mubala nbsp Zaire 12 7652 4 Laure Kuetey nbsp Benin 13 1153 2 Aminath Rishtha nbsp Maldives 13 667 Magdalena Ansue nbsp Equatorial Guinea DSQ4 Antonia de Jesus nbsp Angola DNSQuarterfinals edit Quarterfinal 1 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Evelyn Ashford nbsp United States 11 13 Q2 Beatrice Utondu nbsp Nigeria 11 31 Q3 Sisko Hanhijoki nbsp Finland 11 50 Q4 Patricia Girard nbsp France 11 54 Q5 Kerry Johnson nbsp Australia 11 596 Dahlia Duhaney nbsp Jamaica 11 617 Lucrecia Jardim nbsp Portugal 11 668 Tian Yumei nbsp China 11 78Quarterfinal 2 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Juliet Cuthbert nbsp Jamaica 11 12 Q2 Anelia Nuneva nbsp Bulgaria 11 17 Q3 Mary Onyali nbsp Nigeria 11 28 Q4 Elinda Vorster nbsp South Africa 11 44 Q5 Nelli Fiere Cooman nbsp Netherlands 11 556 Laurence Bily nbsp France 11 647 Myra Mayberry nbsp Puerto Rico 11 698 Cristina Castro nbsp Spain 11 79Quarterfinal 3 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Merlene Ottey nbsp Jamaica 11 15 Q2 Gwen Torrence nbsp United States 11 17 Q3 Pauline Davis nbsp Bahamas 11 31 Q4 Olga Bogoslovskaya nbsp Unified Team 11 43 Q5 Odiah Sidibe nbsp France 11 636 Andrea Philipp nbsp Germany 11 677 Xiao Yehua nbsp China 11 738 Stephanie Douglas nbsp Great Britain 11 77Quarterfinal 4 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Irina Privalova nbsp Unified Team 10 98 Q2 Gail Devers nbsp United States 11 17 Q3 Liliana Allen nbsp Cuba 11 33 Q4 Christy Opara Thompson nbsp Nigeria 11 42 Q5 Wang Huei Chen nbsp Chinese Taipei 11 576 Melinda Gainsford nbsp Australia 11 677 Gao Han nbsp China 11 768 Sabine Troger nbsp Austria 11 76Semifinals edit Semifinal 1 edit Wind 2 9 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Gwen Torrence nbsp United States 11 02 Q2 Merlene Ottey nbsp Jamaica 11 07 Q3 Irina Privalova nbsp Unified Team 11 08 Q4 Mary Onyali nbsp Nigeria 11 30 Q5 Pauline Davis nbsp Bahamas 11 346 Christy Opara Thompson nbsp Nigeria 11 477 Sisko Hanhijoki nbsp Finland 11 658 Patricia Girard nbsp France 11 70Semifinal 2 edit Wind 0 8 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes1 Juliet Cuthbert nbsp Jamaica 10 98 Q2 Gail Devers nbsp United States 11 12 Q3 Anelia Nuneva nbsp Bulgaria 11 17 Q4 Liliana Allen nbsp Cuba 11 28 Q5 Evelyn Ashford nbsp United States 11 296 Elinda Vorster nbsp South Africa 11 447 Olga Bogoslovskaya nbsp Unified Team 11 458 Beatrice Utondu nbsp Nigeria 11 53Final edit Wind 1 0 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time nbsp 2 Gail Devers nbsp United States 10 82 nbsp 3 Juliet Cuthbert nbsp Jamaica 10 83 nbsp 6 Irina Privalova nbsp Unified Team 10 844 5 Gwen Torrence nbsp United States 10 865 4 Merlene Ottey nbsp Jamaica 10 886 7 Anelia Nuneva nbsp Bulgaria 11 107 8 Mary Onyali nbsp Nigeria 11 158 1 Liliana Allen nbsp Cuba 11 19See also edit1990 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 edit Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games Women s 100 metres Sports Reference Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 7 July 2017 External links editOfficial Report Results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics Women 27s 100 metres amp oldid 1175593508, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
