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

Women's 100 m
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Venue

Alexander Stadium

Dates

2 August (first round)
3 August (semifinals)
3 August (final)

Competitors

Winning time

10.95

Medalists

	Elaine Thompson-Herah	Jamaica
	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia
	Daryll Neita	England

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Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Qualification
Track / road events
100 m	men	women
100 m T12	men
100 m T34		women
100 m T38	men	women
100 m T47	men
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
1500 m T54	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Marathon	men	women
Marathon T54	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Shot put F57		women
Discus throw	men	women
Discus throw F44/64	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
v t e

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.^[1]

The original fifth placed finisher in the final, Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha, was provisionally suspended for doping in September 2022^[2] and subsequently disqualified by the Commonwealth Games Federation.^[3]

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:^[4]

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.^[5]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	3	Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha (NGR)	0.206	10.99		Q
2	1	Zoe Hobbs (NZL)	0.168	11.09		Q
3	8	Asha Philip (ENG)	0.121	11.27		Q
4	7	Alisha Rees (SCO)	0.155	11.36		q
5	6	Veronica Shanti Pereira (SGP)	0.169	11.48	NR	q
6	2	Bongiwe Mahlalela (SWZ)	0.149	12.05
7	5	Aishath Himna Hassan (MDV)	0.152	12.17	NR
-	4	Winifrida Makenji (TAN)				DQ
				Wind: +1.4 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Qual.
1	7	Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)	0.152	10.99	Q
2	4	Imani-Lara Lansiquot (ENG)	0.162	11.15	Q
3	6	Maximila Imali (KEN)	0.162	11.30	Q
4	8	Wurrie Njadoe (GAM)	0.168	11.50
5	2	Amya Clarke (SKN)	0.183	11.97
6	3	Hilary Gladden (BIZ)	0.173	12.72
7	5	Wena Gobure (NRU)	0.187	13.21
				Wind: +0.6 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	2	Daryll Neita (ENG)	0.140	11.02		Q
2	7	Bree Masters (AUS)	0.162	11.41		Q
3	4	Joella Lloyd (ANT)	0.161	11.42		Q
4	3	Khalifa St. Fort (TTO)	0.145	11.49
5	6	Milicent Ndoro (KEN)	0.157	11.76
6	8	Tri-Tania Lowe (AIA)	0.147	12.11
7	5	Sumaya Dewan (BAN)	0.150	12.42	YC
				Wind: -0.2 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Qual.
1	2	Rosemary Chukwuma (NGR)	0.141	11.02	Q
2	5	Oarabile Tshosa (BOT)	0.154	11.40	Q
3	3	Jasmine Abrams (GUY)	0.155	11.41	Q
4	4	Hannah Brier (WAL)	0.142	11.48	q
5	6	Toea Wisil (PNG)	0.151	11.79
6	7	Carla Scicluna (MLT)	0.141	11.89
7	8	Mariyam Alhaa Hussain (MDV)	0.136	12.86
8	1	Aneela Gulzar (PAK)	0.155	14.01
				Wind: -0.2 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Qual.
1	3	Michelle-Lee Ahye (TTO)	0.135	11.14	Q
2	7	Tynia Gaither (BAH)	0.137	11.19	Q
3	4	Joy Chinenye Udo Gabriel (NGR)	0.137	11.43	Q
4	2	Dutee Chand (IND)	0.168	11.55
5	6	Rhoda Njobvu (ZAM)	0.148	11.57
6	5	Ancha Ernesto Mandalate (MOZ)	0.148	12.14
7	8	Kugapriya Chandran (SGP)	0.141	12.34
				Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Qual.
1	2	Natalliah Whyte (JAM)	0.154	11.31	Q
2	5	Naa Anang (AUS)	0.149	11.37	Q
3	7	Jacent Nyamahunge (UGA)	0.178	11.53	Q
4	3	Hafsatu Kamara (SLE)	0.160	11.80
5	4	Bernice Yee Ling Liew (SGP)	0.147	12.12
6	6	Mariyam Ru Ya Ali (MDV)	0.164	12.80
				Wind: 0.0 m/s

Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Qual.
1	5	Julien Alfred (LCA)	0.150	11.24	Q
2	7	Remona Burchell (JAM)	0.143	11.46	Q
3	6	Tsaone Bakani Sebele (BOT)	0.152	11.52	Q
4	2	Denisha Cartwright (BAH)	0.153	11.85
5	8	Jenifer Fatmata Bangura (SLE)	0.155	12.00
6	3	Chloe David (VAN)	0.153	12.60
―	4	Leah Bertrand (TTO)			DNS
				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	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Qual.
1	3	Julien Alfred (LCA)	0.147	11.04	Q
2	6	Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha (NGR)	0.135	11.06	Q
3	5	Imani-Lara Lansiquot (ENG)	0.145	11.18
4	8	Remona Burchell (JAM)	0.131	11.48
5	7	Joella Lloyd (ANT)	0.148	11.49
6	4	Oarabile Tshosa (BOT)	0.186	11.53
7	2	Veronica Shanti Pereira (SGP)	0.174	11.57	'
8	1	Hannah Brier (WAL)	0.124	11.61
				Wind: +0.3 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Qual.
1	4	Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)	0.157	11.05	Q
2	6	Zoe Hobbs (NZL)	0.144	11.15	Q
3	5	Michelle-Lee Ahye (TTO)	0.116	11.29
4	8	Asha Philip (ENG)	0.117	11.35
5	3	Naa Anang (AUS)	0.124	11.39
6	1	Joy Chinenye Udo Gabriel (NGR)	0.145	11.45
7	7	Jasmine Abrams (GUY)	0.151	11.60
8	2	Tsaone Bakani Sebele (BOT)	0.147	11.71
				Wind: 0.0 m/s

Semifinal 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	3	Daryll Neita (ENG)	0.144	10.90	PB	Q
2	6	Rosemary Chukwuma (NGR)	0.112	11.05		Q
3	5	Tynia Gaither (BAH)	0.133	11.17		q
4	4	Natalliah Whyte (JAM)	0.155	11.17		q
5	7	Maximila Imali (KEN)	0.173	11.35
6	8	Bree Masters (AUS)	0.162	11.36
7	1	Alisha Rees (SCO)	0.135	11.47
8	2	Jacent Nyamahunge (UGA)	0.158	11.58
				Wind: +1.1 m/s

Final

Wednesday 3 August 2022 at ~20.05

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result
	4	Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)	0.149	10.95
	6	Julien Alfred (LCA)	0.139	11.01
	5	Daryll Neita (ENG)	0.148	11.07
4	3	Rosemary Chukwuma (NGR)	0.143	11.17
5	7	Zoe Hobbs (NZL)	0.149	11.19
6	2	Tynia Gaither (BAH)	0.125	11.23
7	1	Natalliah Whyte (JAM)	0.154	11.32
DQ	8	Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha (NGR)	0.147	~~11.18~~
				Wind: +0.4 m/s

References

^ "Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ "Commonwealth gold medallist Nwokocha provisionally suspended for doping". Retrieved 19 February 2024.
^ Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. "Women's 100m - Final". Retrieved 12 November 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "Women's 100m". Birmingham 2022. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
^ Athletics | Women's 100m - Round 1 (PDF). Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

Commonwealth Games champions in women's 100 metres

100 yards
(1934–1966)

100 metres
(1970–present)

100 yards/100 metres at the Commonwealth Games

Men's

100 yards	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966
100 metres	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Women's

100 yards	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966
100 metres	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

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