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

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

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) | 10.49 | Indianapolis, United States | 16 July 1988 |
| Commonwealth record | Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM) | 10.54 | Eugene, United States | 21 August 2021 |
| Games record | Blessing Okagbare (NGR) | 10.85 | Glasgow, Scotland | 28 July 2014 |

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Tuesday 2 August 2022 | 12:15 | First round |
| Wednesday 3 August 2022 | 19:35 | Semifinals |
| Wednesday 3 August 2022 | 20:05 | Final |
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.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Zoe Hobbs | New Zealand | 11.09 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Asha Philip | England | 11.27 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Alisha Rees | Scotland | 11.36 | q |
| 4 | 6 | Veronica Shanti Pereira | Singapore | 11.48 | q, NR |
| 5 | 2 | Bongiwe Mahlalela | Eswatini | 12.05 | |
| 6 | 5 | Aishath Himna Hassan | Maldives | 12.17 | NR |
| ― | 4 | Winifrida Makenji | Tanzania | DQ | |
| DQ | 8 | Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha | Nigeria | 10.99 | |
| | | | | Wind: +1.4 m/s | Wind: +1.4 m/s |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | Jamaica | 10.99 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Imani-Lara Lansiquot | England | 11.15 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Maximila Imali | Kenya | 11.30 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Wurrie Njadoe | The Gambia | 11.50 | |
| 5 | 2 | Amya Clarke | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.97 | |
| 6 | 3 | Hilary Gladden | Belize | 12.72 | |
| 7 | 5 | Wena Gobure | Nauru | 13.21 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.6 m/s | Wind: +0.6 m/s |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Daryll Neita | England | 11.02 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Bree Masters | Australia | 11.41 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Joella Lloyd | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.42 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Khalifa St. Fort | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.49 | |
| 5 | 6 | Milicent Ndoro | Kenya | 11.76 | |
| 6 | 8 | Tri-Tania Lowe | Anguilla | 12.11 | |
| 7 | 5 | Sumaya Dewan | Bangladesh | 12.42 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.2 m/s | Wind: -0.2 m/s |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Rosemary Chukwuma | Nigeria | 11.02 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Oarabile Tshosa | Botswana | 11.40 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Jasmine Abrams | Guyana | 11.41 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Hannah Brier | Wales | 11.48 | q |
| 5 | 6 | Toea Wisil | Papua New Guinea | 11.79 | |
| 6 | 7 | Carla Scicluna | Malta | 11.89 | |
| 7 | 8 | Mariyam Alhaa Hussain | Maldives | 12.86 | |
| 8 | 1 | Aneela Gulzar | Pakistan | 14.01 | |
| | | | | Wind: -0.2 m/s | Wind: -0.2 m/s |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.14 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Tynia Gaither | Bahamas | 11.19 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Joy Chinenye Udo Gabriel | Nigeria | 11.43 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Dutee Chand | India | 11.55 | |
| 5 | 6 | Rhoda Njobvu | Zambia | 11.57 | |
| 6 | 5 | Ancha Ernesto Mandalate | Mozambique | 12.14 | |
| 7 | 8 | Kugapriya Chandran | Singapore | 12.34 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.1 m/s | Wind: +0.1 m/s |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Natalliah Whyte | Jamaica | 11.31 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Naa Anang | Australia | 11.37 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Jacent Nyamahunge | Uganda | 11.53 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Hafsatu Kamara | Sierra Leone | 11.80 | |
| 5 | 4 | Bernice Yee Ling Liew | Singapore | 12.12 | |
| 6 | 6 | Mariyam Ru Ya Ali | Maldives | 12.80 | |
| | | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Julien Alfred | Saint Lucia | 11.24 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Remona Burchell | Jamaica | 11.46 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Tsaone Bakani Sebele | Botswana | 11.52 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Denisha Cartwright | Bahamas | 11.85 | |
| 5 | 8 | Jenifer Fatmata Bangura | Sierra Leone | 12.00 | |
| 6 | 3 | Chloe David | Vanuatu | 12.60 | |
| ― | 4 | Leah Bertrand | Trinidad and Tobago | DNS | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.7 m/s | Wind: +0.7 m/s |

### 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 | Julien Alfred | Saint Lucia | 11.04 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Imani-Lara Lansiquot | England | 11.18 | |
| 3 | 8 | Remona Burchell | Jamaica | 11.48 | |
| 4 | 7 | Joella Lloyd | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.49 | |
| 5 | 4 | Oarabile Tshosa | Botswana | 11.53 | |
| 6 | 2 | Veronica Shanti Pereira | Singapore | 11.57 | |
| 7 | 1 | Hannah Brier | Wales | 11.61 | |
| DQ | 8 | Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha | Nigeria | 11.06 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.3 m/s | Wind: +0.3 m/s |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | Jamaica | 11.05 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Zoe Hobbs | New Zealand | 11.15 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.29 | |
| 4 | 8 | Asha Philip | England | 11.35 | |
| 5 | 3 | Naa Anang | Australia | 11.39 | |
| 6 | 1 | Joy Chinenye Udo Gabriel | Nigeria | 11.45 | |
| 7 | 7 | Jasmine Abrams | Guyana | 11.60 | |
| 8 | 2 | Tsaone Bakani Sebele | Botswana | 11.71 | |
| | | | | Wind: 0.0 m/s | Wind: 0.0 m/s |

#### Semifinal 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Daryll Neita | England | 10.90 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 6 | Rosemary Chukwuma | Nigeria | 11.05 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Tynia Gaither | Bahamas | 11.17 | q |
| 4 | 4 | Natalliah Whyte | Jamaica | 11.17 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Maximila Imali | Kenya | 11.35 | |
| 6 | 8 | Bree Masters | Australia | 11.36 | |
| 7 | 1 | Alisha Rees | Scotland | 11.47 | |
| 8 | 2 | Jacent Nyamahunge | Uganda | 11.58 | |
| | | | | Wind: +1.1 m/s | Wind: +1.1 m/s |

### Final

Wednesday 3 August 2022 at ~20.05
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
| | 4 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | Jamaica | 10.95 | |
| | 6 | Julien Alfred | Saint Lucia | 11.01 | |
| | 5 | Daryll Neita | England | 11.07 | |
| 4 | 3 | Rosemary Chukwuma | Nigeria | 11.17 | |
| 5 | 7 | Zoe Hobbs | New Zealand | 11.19 | |
| 6 | 2 | Tynia Gaither | Bahamas | 11.23 | |
| 7 | 1 | Natalliah Whyte | Jamaica | 11.32 | |
| DQ | 8 | Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha | Nigeria | 11.18 | |
| | | | | Wind: +0.4 m/s | Wind: +0.4 m/s |