Final wind -1.0m/s | time | L | React. | 1. Gail Devers | United States | 10.82s | 2 | 0.138 | 2. Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica | 10.83s | 3 | 0.163 | 3. Irina Privalova | Unified Team | 10.84s | 6 | 0.184 | 4. Gwen Torrence | United States | 10.86s | 5 | 0.175 | 5. Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 10.88s | 4 | 0.164 | 6. Anelia Nuneva | Bulgaria | 11.10s | 7 | 0.134 | 7. Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 11.15s | 8 | 0.190 | 8. Liliana Allen | Cuba | 11.19s | 1 | 0.174 |
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| Venue: Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 67,007. 54 competitors from 41 nations. |
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Semi-Finals - Saturday, 1st August | First 4 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
Semi 1 | time | | 1. Gwen Torrence | United States | 11.02s | Q | 2. Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 11.07s | Q | 3. Irina Privalova | Unified Team | 11.08s | Q | 4. Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 11.30s | Q | 5. Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 11.34s | | 6. Christy Opara-Thompson | Nigeria | 11.47s | | 7. Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 11.65s | | 8. Patricia Girard | France | 11.70s | |
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Semi 2 | time | | 1. Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica | 10.98s | Q | 2. Gail Devers | United States | 11.12s | Q | 3. Anelia Nuneva | Bulgaria | 11.17s | Q | 4. Liliana Allen | Cuba | 11.28s | Q | 5. Evelyn Ashford | United States | 11.29s | | 6. Elinda Vorster | South Africa | 11.44s | | 7. Olga Bogoslovskaya | Unified Team | 11.45s | | 8. Beatrice Utondu | Nigeria | 11.53s | |
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With World Champion Katrin Krabbe (GDR) disqualified for drug
abuse, there was no clear favourite. Cuthbert ran the fastest heat (11.14)
and improved to 11.12 in the second round, which remained the fastest
until the last quarter-final when Privalova ran 10.98 into a 1.1 wind.
Cuthbert won her semi-final in 10.98 by more than a metre from
Devers (11.12), and Torrence won the other heat in 11.02 into a very
strong (2.9) wind. Behind her Ottey (11.07) finished quickly to pass
Privalova (11.08) just before the line.
The Russian was away best in the final, and maintained a slim lead
until 80m, but at that point there were five possible winners, as
Torrence, Devers and Cuthbert were virtually even with Privalova, and
fast-finishing Ottey was no more than 30cm behind. The picture was no
clearer as the five flashed over the line, with a wait of five minutes
before Devers was announced as the winner. The time would have been
around 10.70 had the wind blown in the opposite direction.
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| First 4 from each of 4 Quarters advanced to Semi-Finals. |
Quarter 1 | time | | 1. Evelyn Ashford | United States | 11.13s | Q | 2. Beatrice Utondu | Nigeria | 11.31s | Q | 3. Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 11.50s | Q | 4. Patricia Girard | France | 11.54s | Q | 5. Kerry Johnson | Australia | 11.59s | | 6. Dahlia Duhaney | Jamaica | 11.61s | | 7. Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 11.66s | | 8. Tian Yumei | China | 11.78s | |
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Quarter 2 | time | | 1. Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica | 11.12s | Q | 2. Anelia Nuneva | Bulgaria | 11.17s | Q | 3. Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 11.28s | Q | 4. Elinda Vorster | South Africa | 11.44s | Q | 5. Nelli Fiere-Cooman | Netherlands | 11.55s | | 6. Laurence Bily | France | 11.64s | | 7. Myra Mayberry | Puerto Rico | 11.69s | | 8. Cristina Castro | Spain | 11.79s | |
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Quarter 3 | time | | 1. Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 11.15s | Q | 2. Gwen Torrence | United States | 11.17s | Q | 3. Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 11.31s | Q | 4. Olga Bogoslovskaya | Unified Team | 11.43s | Q | 5. Odiah Sidibé | France | 11.63s | | 6. Andrea Philipp | Germany | 11.67s | | 7. Xiao Yehua | China | 11.73s | | 8. Stephanie Douglas | Great Britain | 11.77s | |
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Quarter 4 | time | | 1. Irina Privalova | Unified Team | 10.98s | Q | 2. Gail Devers | United States | 11.17s | Q | 3. Liliana Allen | Cuba | 11.33s | Q | 4. Christy Opara-Thompson | Nigeria | 11.42s | Q | 5. Wang Huei-Chen | Chinese Taipei | 11.57s | | 6. Melinda Gainsford | Australia | 11.67s | | 7. Gao Han | China | 11.76s | | 8. Sabine Tröger | Austria | 11.76s | |
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Heats - Friday, 31st July | First 4 from each of 7 Heats and Best 4 times advanced to Quarter-Finals. |
Heat 1 | time | | Rk. | 1. Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 11.26s | Q | 4. | 2. Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 11.44s | Q | 12. | 3. Patricia Girard | France | 11.51s | Q | 18. | 4. Gao Han | China | 11.68s | Q | 26. | 5. Cristina Castro Salvador | Spain | 11.72s | q | 30. | 6. Trương Hoàng Mỹ Linh | Vietnam | 12.11s | | 43. | 7. Gail Prescod | Saint Vincent Gren. | 12.41s | | 48. |
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Heat 2 | time | | Rk. | 1. Irina Privalova | Unified Team | 11.42s | Q | 10. | 2. Kerry Johnson | Australia | 11.62s | Q | 22. | 3. Xiao Yehua | China | 11.69s | Q | 28. | 4. Dahlia Duhaney | Jamaica | 11.73s | Q | 31. | 5. Karen Clarke | Canada | 11.79s | | 36. | 6. Deye Binta N' Dia | Senegal | 11.83s | | 37. | 7. Damayanthi Darsha | Sri Lanka | 11.88s | | 38. | 8. Aminath Rishtha | Maldives | 13.66s | | 53. |
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Heat 3 | time | | Rk. | 1. Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica | 11.14s | Q | 1. | 2. Anelia Nuneva | Bulgaria | 11.34s | Q | 7. | 3. Elinda Vorster | South Africa | 11.45s | Q | 13. | 4. Melinda Gainsford | Australia | 11.57s | Q | 19. | 5. Odiah Sidibé | France | 11.62s | q | 22. | 6. Ratjai Sripet | Thailand | 11.99s | | 39. | 7. Monique Kengné | Cameroon | 12.12s | | 44. | 8. Vaciseva Tavaga | Fiji | 12.47s | | 49. |
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Heat 4 | time | | Rk. | 1. Gail Devers | United States | 11.23s | Q | 2. | 2. Pauline Davis-Thompson | Bahamas | 11.48s | Q | 16. | 3. Stephanie Douglas | Great Britain | 11.65s | Q | 24. | 4. Myra Mayberry-Wilkinson | Puerto Rico | 11.67s | Q | 25. | 5. Heather Samuel | Antigua Barbuda | 11.76s | | 34. | 6. Gaily Dube | Zimbabwe | 12.08s | | 42. | 7. Laure Kuetey | Benin | 13.11s | | 52. | -. Antónia de Jesus | Angola | DNS | | |
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Heat 5 | time | | Rk. | 1. Gwen Torrence | United States | 11.28s | Q | 5. | 2. Christy Opara | Nigeria | 11.39s | Q | 9. | 3..Liliana Allen | Cuba | 11.49s | Q | 17. | 4. Andrea Philipp | Germany | 11.73s | Q | 31. | 5. Lalao Robine Ravaoniriana | Madagascar | 11.74s | | 33. | 6. Patricia Foufoué Ziga | Ivory Coast | 11.77s | | 35. | 7. Ngozi Mwanamwambwa | Zambia | 12.13s | | 46. | 8. Muyegbe Mubala | Zaire | 12.76s | | 51. |
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Heat 6 | time | | Rk. | 1. Evelyn Ashford | United States | 11.23s | Q | 3. | 2. Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 11.37s | Q | 8. | 3. Wang Huei-Chen | Chinese Taipei | 11.43s | Q | 11. | 4. Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 11.58s | Q | 21. | 5. Tian Yumei | China | 11.68s | q | 26. | 6. Dawnette Douglas | Bermuda | 12.05s | | 41. | 7. Zoila Stewart | Costa Rica | 12.12s | | 44. | 8. Deirdre Caruana | Malta | 12.59s | | 50. |
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Heat 7 | time | | Rk. | 1. Beatrice Utondu | Nigeria | 11.30s | Q | 6. | 2. Olga Bogoslovskaya | Unified Team | 11.45s | Q | 13. | 3. Nelli Fiere-Cooman | Netherlands | 11.47s | Q | 15. | 4. Laurence Bily | France | 11.57s | Q | 20. | 5. Sabine Tröger | Austria | 11.69s | q | 28. | 6. Marcel Winkler | South Africa | 12.01s | | 40. | 7. Aminata Konaté | Guinea | 12.33s | | 47. | -. Magdalena Ansue | Equat. Guinea | DQ | | |
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Ranking | time | | H | 1. Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica | 11.14s | Q | 3 | 2. Gail Devers | United States | 11.23s | Q | 4 | 3. Evelyn Ashford | United States | 11.23s | Q | 6 | 4. Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 11.26s | Q | 1 | 5. Gwen Torrence | United States | 11.28s | Q | 5 | 6. Beatrice Utondu | Nigeria | 11.30s | Q | 7 | 7. Anelia Nuneva | Bulgaria | 11.34s | Q | 3 | 8. Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 11.37s | Q | 6 | 9. Christy Opara | Nigeria | 11.39s | Q | 5 | 10.Irina Privalova | Unified Team | 11.42s | Q | 2 | 11.Wang Huei-Chen | Chinese Taipei | 11.43s | Q | 6 | 12.Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 11.44s | Q | 1 | 13.Elinda Vorster | South Africa | 11.45s | Q | 3 | 13.Olga Bogoslovskaya | Unified Team | 11.45s | Q | 7 | 15.Nelli Fiere-Cooman | Netherlands | 11.47s | Q | 7 | 16.Pauline Davis-Thompson | Bahamas | 11.48s | Q | 4 | 17.Liliana Allen | Cuba | 11.49s | Q | 5 | 18.Patricia Girard | France | 11.51s | Q | 1 | 19.Melinda Gainsford | Australia | 11.57s | Q | 3 | 19.Laurence Bily | France | 11.57s | Q | 7 | 21.Lucrécia Jardim | Portugal | 11.58s | Q | 6 | 22.Kerry Johnson | Australia | 11.62s | Q | 2 | 22.Odiah Sidibé | France | 11.62s | q | 3 | 24.Stephanie Douglas | Great Britain | 11.65s | Q | 4 | 25.Myra Mayberry-Wilkinson | Puerto Rico | 11.67s | Q | 4 | 26.Gao Han | China | 11.68s | Q | 1 | 26.Tian Yumei | China | 11.68s | q | 6 | 28.Xiao Yehua | China | 11.69s | Q | 2 | 28.Sabine Tröger | Austria | 11.69s | q | 7 | 30.Cristina Castro Salvador | Spain | 11.72s | q | 1 | 31.Dahlia Duhaney | Jamaica | 11.73s | Q | 2 | 31.Andrea Philipp | Germany | 11.73s | Q | 5 | 33.Lalao Robine Ravaoniriana | Madagascar | 11.74s | | 5 | 34.Heather Samuel | Antigua Barbuda | 11.76s | | 4 | 35.Patricia Foufoué Ziga | Ivory Coast | 11.77s | | 5 | 36.Karen Clarke | Canada | 11.79s | | 2 | 37.Deye Binta Dia N' | Senegal | 11.83s | | 2 | 38.Damayanthi Darsha | Sri Lanka | 11.88s | | 2 | 39.Ratjai Sripet | Thailand | 11.99s | | 3 | 40.Marcel Winkler | South Africa | 12.01s | | 7 | 41.Dawnette Douglas | Bermuda | 12.05s | | 6 | 42.Gaily Dube | Zimbabwe | 12.08s | | 4 | 43.Trương Hoàng Mỹ Linh | Vietnam | 12.11s | | 1 | 44.Monique Kengné | Cameroon | 12.12s | | 3 | 44.Zoila Stewart | Costa Rica | 12.12s | | 6 | 46.Ngozi Mwanamwambwa | Zambia | 12.13s | | 5 | 47.Aminata Konaté | Guinea | 12.33s | | 7 | 48.Gail Prescod | Saint Vincent Gren. | 12.41s | | 1 | 49.Vaciseva Tavaga | Fiji | 12.47s | | 3 | 50.Deirdre Caruana | Malta | 12.59s | | 6 | 51.Muyegbe Mubala | Zaire | 12.76s | | 5 | 52.Laure Kuetey | Benin | 13.11s | | 4 | 53.Aminath Rishtha | Maldives | 13.66s | | 2 | -. Magdalena Ansue | Equat. Guinea | DQ | | 7 | -. Antónia de Jesus | Angola | DNS | | 4 |
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