# Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

The Women's 100 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 16 (heats) and 17 (final) at the Beijing National Stadium.
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 taking the gold and Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart 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.
The winning margin was 0.20 seconds. The winner had the sixth fastest reaction time in the final.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows:
| World record | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) | 10.49 s | Indianapolis, United States | 16 July 1988 |
| Olympic record | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) | 10.62 s | Seoul, South Korea | 24 September 1988 |
| World Leading | Torri Edwards (USA) | 10.78 s | Eugene, Oregon, United States | 28 July 2008 |
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.
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Oludamola Osayomi | Nigeria | 11.13 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 11.17 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Daria Korczyńska | Poland | 11.22 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 9 | Evgeniya Polyakova | Russia | 11.24 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Torri Edwards | United States | 11.26 | Q |
| 6 | 10 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica | 11.28 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Jeanette Kwakye | Great Britain | 11.30 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 11.30 | Q |
| 9 | 10 | Ezinne Okparaebo | Norway | 11.32 | Q, NR |
| 10 | 5 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 11.33 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | Ivet Lalova | Bulgaria | 11.33 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Muna Lee | United States | 11.33 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | Shelly-Ann Fraser | Jamaica | 11.35 | Q |
| 14 | 7 | Montell Douglas | Great Britain | 11.36 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Christine Arron | France | 11.37 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Lauryn Williams | United States | 11.38 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | Kelly Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.39 | Q |
| 17 | 8 | Yomara Hinestroza | Colombia | 11.39 | q |
| 19 | 5 | Yuliya Nestsiarenka | Belarus | 11.40 | Q |
| 20 | 10 | Laverne Jones-Ferrette | Virgin Islands | 11.41 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | Lina Grincikaite | Lithuania | 11.43 | Q |
| 21 | 3 | Anita Pistone | Italy | 11.43 | Q |
| 23 | 3 | Guzel Khubbieva | Uzbekistan | 11.44 | Q |
| 24 | 7 | Virgen Benavides | Cuba | 11.45 | Q, SB |
| 25 | 9 | Jade Bailey | Barbados | 11.46 | Q |
| 25 | 2 | Tahesia Harrigan | British Virgin Islands | 11.46 | Q, SB |
| 27 | 6 | Vida Anim | Ghana | 11.47 | Q |
| 28 | 3 | Virgil Hodge | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.48 | q |
| 28 | 9 | Sherone Simpson | Jamaica | 11.48 | Q |
| 30 | 10 | Barbara Pierre | Haiti | 11.52 | q |
| 31 | 4 | Semoy Hackett | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.53 | q |
| 32 | 10 | Natalya Murinovich | Russia | 11.55 | q |
| 32 | 8 | Sasha Springer-Jones | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.55 | q, SB |
| 34 | 2 | Lucimar de Moura | Brazil | 11.60 | q |
| 34 | 9 | Nataliya Pohrebnyak | Ukraine | 11.60 | q |
| 36 | 7 | Franca Idoko | Nigeria | 11.61 | q |
| 36 | 3 | Natalia Rusakova | Russia | 11.61 | q |
| 38 | 6 | Ruddy Zang Milama | Gabon | 11.62 | Q |
| 39 | 1 | Myriam Leonie Mani | Cameroon | 11.64 | Q |
| 40 | 2 | Sherry Fletcher | Grenada | 11.65 | |
| 40 | 6 | Laura Turner | Great Britain | 11.65 | |
| 40 | 5 | Thi Huong Vu | Vietnam | 11.65 | Q |
| 43 | 1 | Inna Eftimova | Bulgaria | 11.67 | |
| 44 | 8 | Mae Koime | Papua New Guinea | 11.68 | |
| 45 | 9 | Tezdzhan Naimova | Bulgaria | 11.70 | |
| 46 | 5 | Halimat Ismaila | Nigeria | 11.72 | |
| 47 | 5 | Chisato Fukushima | Japan | 11.74 | |
| 48 | 4 | Affoué Amandine Allou | Ivory Coast | 11.75 | |
| 49 | 7 | Pia Tajnikar | Slovenia | 11.82 | |
| 49 | 9 | Jutamass Thavoncharoen | Thailand | 11.82 | SB |
| 51 | 1 | Wang Jing | China | 11.87 | |
| 52 | 7 | Ahamada Feta | Comoros | 11.88 | |
| 53 | 4 | Valentina Nazarova | Turkmenistan | 11.94 | |
| 54 | 5 | Sonia Williams | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.04 | |
| 55 | 6 | Nirinaharifidy Ramilijaona | Madagascar | 12.07 | |
| 56 | 6 | Tamicka Clarke | Bahamas | 12.16 | |
| 57 | 10 | Charlene Attard | Malta | 12.20 | |
| 58 | 7 | Fatou Tiyana | The Gambia | 12.25 | PB |
| 59 | 2 | Dana Abdulrazak | Iraq | 12.36 | PB |
| 60 | 3 | Kin Yee Wan | Hong Kong | 12.37 | |
| 61 | 2 | Sadaf Siddiqui | Pakistan | 12.41 | |
| 62 | 7 | Beauty Nazmun Nahar | Bangladesh | 12.52 | |
| 63 | 10 | Michaela Kargbo | Sierra Leone | 12.54 | |
| 64 | 8 | Hiniksia Albertine Ndikert | Chad | 12.55 | |
| 65 | 8 | Franka Magali | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 12.57 | PB |
| 66 | 10 | Milena Milasevic | Montenegro | 12.65 | |
| 67 | 6 | Montserrat Pujol | Andorra | 12.73 | |
| 68 | 1 | Ani Khachikyan | Armenia | 12.76 | |
| 69 | 1 | Ivana Rozhman | Macedonia | 12.92 | |
| 70 | 4 | Titlinda Sou | Cambodia | 12.98 | PB |
| 71 | 3 | Gharid Ghrouf | Palestine | 13.07 | NR |
| 72 | 6 | Jessica Aguilera | Nicaragua | 13.15 | |
| 72 | 10 | Chandra Kala Thapa | Nepal | 13.15 | |
| 74 | 1 | Peoria Koshiba | Palau | 13.18 | |
| 75 | 6 | Pauline Kwalea | Solomon Islands | 13.28 | PB |
| 76 | 5 | Cora Alicto | Guam | 13.31 | PB |
| 76 | 3 | Elis Lapenmal | Vanuatu | 13.31 | |
| 78 | 9 | Waseelah Saad | Yemen | 13.60 | NR |
| 79 | 3 | Bounkou Camara | Mauritania | 13.69 | |
| 80 | 9 | Maria Ikelap | Federated States of Micronesia | 13.73 | SB |
| 81 | 9 | Philaylack Sackpaseuth | Laos | 13.86 | |
| 82 | 1 | Buthaina Al-Yaqoubi | Oman | 13.90 | |
| 83 | 2 | Asenate Manoa | Tuvalu | 14.05 | NR |
| 84 | 4 | Fathia Ali Bourrale | Djibouti | 14.29 | |
| 85 | 5 | Robina Muqimyar | Afghanistan | 14.80 | |

### Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica | 10.98 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Sherone Simpson | Jamaica | 11.02 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Shelly-Ann Fraser | Jamaica | 11.06 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Lauryn Williams | United States | 11.07 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Muna Lee | United States | 11.08 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 11.10 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Yevgeniya Polyakova | Russia | 11.13 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 4 | Yulia Nestsiarenka | Belarus | 11.14 | q, SB |
| 9 | 2 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 11.16 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Jeanette Kwakye | Great Britain | 11.18 | Q, PB |
| 11 | 3 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 11.21 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Oludamola Osayomi | Nigeria | 11.28 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Torri Edwards | United States | 11.31 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Vida Anim | Ghana | 11.32 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | Lina Grincikaite | Lithuania | 11.33 | Q, PB |
| 16 | 3 | Christine Arron | France | 11.36 | |
| 16 | 4 | Tahesia Harrigan | British Virgin Islands | 11.36 | SB |
| 18 | 2 | Montell Douglas | Great Britain | 11.38 | |
| 19 | 2 | Virgen Benavides | Cuba | 11.40 | SB |
| 19 | 5 | Ivet Lalova | Bulgaria | 11.40 | Q |
| 21 | 3 | Daria Korczyńska | Poland | 11.41 | |
| 22 | 2 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.42 | |
| 23 | 1 | Virgil Hodge | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.45 | |
| 23 | 5 | Ezinne Okparaebo | Norway | 11.45 | |
| 25 | 4 | Semoy Hackett | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.46 | |
| 26 | 4 | Guzel Khubbieva | Uzbekistan | 11.49 | |
| 26 | 3 | Natalia Rusakova | Russia | 11.49 | |
| 28 | 2 | Natalya Murinovich | Russia | 11.51 | |
| 29 | 1 | LaVerne Jones-Ferrette | Virgin Islands | 11.55 | |
| 29 | 2 | Nataliya Pohrebnyak | Ukraine | 11.55 | |
| 31 | 5 | Barbara Pierre | Haiti | 11.56 | |
| 31 | 5 | Anita Pistone | Italy | 11.56 | |
| 33 | 5 | Ruddy Zang Milama | Gabon | 11.59 | |
| 34 | 1 | Myriam Léonie Mani | Cameroon | 11.65 | |
| 35 | 3 | Yomara Hinestroza | Colombia | 11.66 | |
| 35 | 1 | Ene Franca Idoko | Nigeria | 11.66 | |
| 37 | 1 | Jade Bailey | Barbados | 11.67 | |
| 37 | 4 | Lucimar Aparecida de Moura | Brazil | 11.67 | |
| 39 | 3 | Vu Thi Huong | Vietnam | 11.70 | |
| 40 | 5 | Sasha Springer | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.71 | |

### Semifinals

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

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Shelly-Ann Fraser | Jamaica | 0.217 | 11.00 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Muna Lee | United States | 0.155 | 11.06 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Lauryn Williams | United States | 0.174 | 11.10 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Sherone Simpson | Jamaica | 0.166 | 11.11 | Q |
| 5 | 9 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 0.159 | 11.22 | |
| 6 | 8 | Lina Grinčikaitė | Lithuania | 0.163 | 11.50 | |
| 7 | 3 | Ivet Lalova | Bulgaria | 0.171 | 11.51 | |
| 7 | 2 | Vida Anim | Ghana | 0.189 | 11.51 | |
| | | | | Wind: –0.7 m/s | Wind: –0.7 m/s | Wind: –0.7 m/s |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica | 0.202 | 11.05 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Torri Edwards | United States | 0.174 | 11.18 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Jeanette Kwakye | Great Britain | 0.156 | 11.19 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | Bahamas | 0.184 | 11.22 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Yuliya Nestsiarenka | Belarus | 0.156 | 11.26 | |
| 6 | 8 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 0.194 | 11.30 | |
| 7 | 5 | Evgeniya Polyakova | Russia | 0.173 | 11.38 | |
| 8 | 9 | Oludamola Osayomi | Nigeria | 0.208 | 11.44 | |
| | | | | Wind: –0.2 m/s | Wind: –0.2 m/s | Wind: –0.2 m/s |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Shelly-Ann Fraser | Jamaica | 0.190 | 10.78 | PB |
| | 2 | Sherone Simpson | Jamaica | 0.155 | 10.98 | |
| | 7 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica | 0.232 | 10.98 | |
| 4 | 8 | Lauryn Williams | United States | 0.149 | 11.03 | |
| 5 | 5 | Muna Lee | United States | 0.234 | 11.07 | |
| 6 | 9 | Jeanette Kwakye | Great Britain | 0.161 | 11.14 | PB |
| 7 | 3 | Debbie Ferguson | Bahamas | 0.167 | 11.19 | |
| 8 | 6 | Torri Edwards | United States | 0.179 | 11.20 | |