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:

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 Notes18 Oludamola Osayomi 11.13 28 Debbie Ferguson 11.17 38 Daria Korczyńska 11.22 , 49 Evgeniya Polyakova 11.24 51 Torri Edwards 11.26 610 Kerron Stewart 11.28 71 Jeanette Kwakye 11.30 4 Chandra Sturrup 910 Ezinne Okparaebo 11.32 , 105 Kim Gevaert 11.33 7 Ivet Lalova 3 Muna Lee 136 Shelly-Ann Fraser 11.35 147 Montell Douglas 11.36 152 Christine Arron 11.37 162 Lauryn Williams 11.38 174 Kelly Ann Baptiste 11.39 8 Yomara Hinestroza 195 Yuliya Nestsiarenka 11.40 2010 Laverne Jones-Ferrette 11.41 214 Lina Grincikaite 11.43 3 Anita Pistone 233 Guzel Khubbieva 11.44 247 Virgen Benavides 11.45 , 259 Jade Bailey 11.46 2 Tahesia Harrigan , 276 Vida Anim 11.47 283 Virgil Hodge 11.48 9 Sherone Simpson 3010 Barbara Pierre 11.52 314 Semoy Hackett 11.53 3210 Natalya Murinovich 11.55 8 Sasha Springer-Jones , 342 Lucimar de Moura 11.60 9 Nataliya Pohrebnyak 367 Franca Idoko 11.61 3 Natalia Rusakova 386 Ruddy Zang Milama 11.62 391 Myriam Leonie Mani 11.64 402 Sherry Fletcher 11.65 6 Laura Turner 5 Thi Huong Vu 431 Inna Eftimova 11.67448 Mae Koime 11.68459 Tezdzhan Naimova 11.70 465 Halimat Ismaila 11.72475 Chisato Fukushima 11.74484 Affoué Amandine Allou 11.75497 Pia Tajnikar 11.829 Jutamass Thavoncharoen 511 Wang Jing 11.87527 Ahamada Feta 11.88534 Valentina Nazarova 11.94545 Sonia Williams 12.04556 Nirinaharifidy Ramilijaona 12.07566 Tamicka Clarke 12.165710 Charlene Attard 12.20 587 Fatou Tiyana 12.25 592 Dana Abdulrazak 12.36 603 Kin Yee Wan 12.37612 Sadaf Siddiqui 12.41 627 Beauty Nazmun Nahar 12.526310 Michaela Kargbo 12.54 648 Hiniksia Albertine Ndikert 12.55658 Franka Magali 12.57 6610 Milena Milasevic 12.65 676 Montserrat Pujol 12.73681 Ani Khachikyan 12.76691 Ivana Rozhman 12.92704 Titlinda Sou 12.98 713 Gharid Ghrouf 13.07 726 Jessica Aguilera 13.1510 Chandra Kala Thapa 741 Peoria Koshiba 13.18756 Pauline Kwalea 13.28 765 Cora Alicto 13.31 3 Elis Lapenmal 789 Waseelah Saad 13.60 793 Bounkou Camara 13.69809 Maria Ikelap 13.73 819 Philaylack Sackpaseuth 13.86 821 Buthaina Al-Yaqoubi 13.90832 Asenate Manoa 14.05 844 Fathia Ali Bourrale 14.29855 Robina Muqimyar 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 Notes14 Kerron Stewart 10.98 22 Sherone Simpson 11.02 31 Shelly-Ann Fraser 11.06 44 Lauryn Williams 11.07 52 Muna Lee 11.08 64 Kim Gevaert 11.10 71 Yevgeniya Polyakova 11.13 , 84 Yulia Nestsiarenka 11.14 , 92 Chandra Sturrup 11.16 101 Jeanette Kwakye 11.18 , 113 Debbie Ferguson 11.21 123 Oludamola Osayomi 11.28 135 Torri Edwards 11.31 143 Vida Anim 11.32 155 Lina Grincikaite 11.33 , 163 Christine Arron 11.364 Tahesia Harrigan 182 Montell Douglas 11.38192 Virgen Benavides 11.40 5 Ivet Lalova 213 Daria Korczyńska 11.41222 Kelly-Ann Baptiste 11.42231 Virgil Hodge 11.455 Ezinne Okparaebo 254 Semoy Hackett 11.46264 Guzel Khubbieva 11.493 Natalia Rusakova 282 Natalya Murinovich 11.51291 LaVerne Jones-Ferrette 11.552 Nataliya Pohrebnyak 315 Barbara Pierre 11.565 Anita Pistone 335 Ruddy Zang Milama 11.59341 Myriam Léonie Mani 11.65353 Yomara Hinestroza 11.661 Ene Franca Idoko 371 Jade Bailey 11.674 Lucimar Aparecida de Moura 393 Vu Thi Huong 11.70405 Sasha Springer 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 0.217 11.00 2 4 Muna Lee 0.155 11.06 3 7 Lauryn Williams 0.174 11.10 4 5 Sherone Simpson 0.166 11.11 5 9 Chandra Sturrup 0.159 11.22 6 8 Lina Grinčikaitė 0.163 11.50 7 3 Ivet Lalova 0.171 11.51 2 Vida Anim 0.189 Wind: –0.7 m/s

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

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

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