Sherry Fletcher was the only Grenadan participant in the 2008 Olympic women's 100m sprint event. She participated in the second heat of the 15 August qualification match against seven other competitors, including American finalist Lauryn Williams. Fletcher ran her event in 11.65 seconds, ranking fifth place. She completed the event 0.28 seconds slower than French runner Christine Arron, who ranked first in the heat. Overall, Fletcher ranked 40th out of the 85 athletes who ranked in the qualification round, tying with British runner Laura Turner and Vietnamese runner Thi Huong Vu. Damola Osayomi of Nigeria, who ranked first in the qualification round, was 0.52 seconds faster than Fletcher, who did not advance to further rounds.