Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres was an event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. The final was held on August 5, 1984.^[1]

Women's 100 metres at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Date	4 August 1984 (heats, quarter-finals) 5 August 1984 (semi-final, final)
Competitors	46 from 33 nations
Winning time	10.97 OR
Medalists
Evelyn Ashford  United States Alice Brown  United States Merlene Ottey-Page  Jamaica
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Results

Heats

The heats were held on 1984-08-04.

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Jeanette Bolden	United States	11.25	Q
2	Rose-Aimée Bacoul	France	11.36	Q
3	Els Vader	Netherlands	11.43	Q
4	Gillian Forde	Trinidad and Tobago	11.76	Q
5	Ruth Enang Mesode	Cameroon	11.81	Q
6	Semra Aksu	Turkey	11.86
7	Barbara Ingiro	Papua New Guinea	12.19
8	Eugenia Osho-Williams	Sierra Leone	12.57

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	11.51	Q
2	Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	11.83	Q
3	Christa Schumann-Lottmann	Guatemala	12.04	Q
4	Françoise M'Pika	Republic of the Congo	12.54	Q
5	Binta Jambane	Mozambique	12.55	Q
6	Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault	Fiji	13.04

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Evelyn Ashford	United States	11.06	Q
2	Grace Jackson	Jamaica	11.24	Q
3	Heather Oakes	Great Britain	11.32	Q
4	Teresa Rioné	Spain	11.55	Q
5	France Gareau	Canada	11.66	Q
6	Doris Wiredu	Ghana	11.85	q
7	Jabou Jawo	The Gambia	12.10	NR
8	Walapa Tangjitsusorn	Thailand	12.18

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Alice Brown	United States	11.15	Q
2	Liliane Gaschet	France	11.42	Q
3	Angela Bailey	Canada	11.56	Q
4	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia	Brazil	11.63	Q
5	Cécile Ngambi	Cameroon	11.67	Q
6	Evelyn Farrell	Netherlands Antilles	11.94
7	Lee Young-sook	South Korea	12.06
8	Divina Estrella	Dominican Republic	12.25

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Angella Taylor	Canada	11.23	Q
2	Helinä Marjamaa	Finland	11.43	Q
3	Shirley Thomas	Great Britain	11.91	Q
4	Felicia Candelario	Dominican Republic	12.12	Q
5	Nzaeli Kyomo	Tanzania	12.26	Q
6	Maya Bentzur	Israel	12.30
7	Grace Ann Dinkins	Liberia	12.35
8	Gisèle Ongollo	Gabon	12.40

Heat 6

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Merlene Ottey-Page	Jamaica	11.26	Q
2	Heidi-Elke Gaugel	West Germany	11.38	Q
3	Marie-France Loval	France	11.51	Q
4	Eldece Clarke	Bahamas	11.61	Q
5	Angela Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	11.74	Q
6	Lydia de Vega	Philippines	11.85	q
7	Ruperta Charles	Antigua and Barbuda	12.04
8	Marie-Ange Wirtz	Seychelles	12.61

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on 1984-08-04.

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Evelyn Ashford	United States	11.21	Q
2	Angela Bailey	Canada	11.47	Q
3	Heidi-Elke Gaugel	West Germany	11.50	Q
4	Liliane Gaschet	France	11.51	Q
5	Els Vader	Netherlands	11.56
6	Angela Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	11.89
7	Doris Wiredu	Ghana	12.00
8	Binta Jambane	Mozambique	12.57

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Merlene Ottey-Page	Jamaica	11.21	Q
2	Rose-Aimée Bacoul	France	11.37	Q
3	Angella Taylor	Canada	11.42	Q
4	Cécile Ngambi	Cameroon	11.82	Q
5	Gillian Forde	Trinidad and Tobago	11.86
6	Lydia de Vega	Philippines	11.97
7	Shirley Thomas	Great Britain	12.13
8	Francoise Mpika	Republic of the Congo	12.60

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Alice Brown	United States	11.35	Q
2	Helinae Marjamaa	Finland	11.51	Q
3	Heather Oakes	Great Britain	11.54	Q
4	Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	11.71	Q
5	Eldece Clarke	Bahamas	11.85
6	France Gareau	Canada	11.88
7	Christa Schumann-Lottman	Guatemala	12.23
–	Felicia Candelario	Dominican Republic	DNS

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Grace Jackson	Jamaica	11.38	Q
2	Jeanette Bolden	United States	11.42	Q
3	Marie-France Loval	France	11.56	Q
4	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	11.61	Q
5	Teresa Rione	Spain	11.76
6	Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia	Brazil	11.82
7	Ruth Enang Mesode	Cameroon	12.02
8	Nzaeli Kyomo	Tanzania	12.53

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on 1984-08-05.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Evelyn Ashford	United States	11.03	Q
2	Merlene Ottey-Page	Jamaica	11.17	Q
3	Grace Jackson	Jamaica	11.27	Q
4	Angella Taylor	Canada	11.36	Q
5	Helinae Marjamaa	Finland	11.37
6	Marie-France Loval	France	11.64
7	Liliane Gaschet	France	11.68
8	Cécile Ngambi	Cameroon	11.91

Semifinal 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Alice Brown	United States	11.31	Q
2	Jeanette Bolden	United States	11.48	Q
3	Angela Bailey	Canada	11.54	Q
4	Heather Oakes	Great Britain	11.57	Q
5	Rose-Aimée Bacoul	France	11.58
6	Heidi-Elke Gaugel	West Germany	11.62
7	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	11.70
8	Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	11.80

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Evelyn Ashford	United States	10.97	OR
	Alice Brown	United States	11.13
	Merlene Ottey-Page	Jamaica	11.16
4	Jeanette Bolden	United States	11.25
5	Grace Jackson	Jamaica	11.39
6	Angela Bailey	Canada	11.40
7	Heather Oakes	Great Britain	11.43
8	Angella Taylor	Canada	11.62

See also

• 1983 Women's World Championships 100 metres (Helsinki)
• 1984 Friendship Games 100 metres (Prague)
• 1986 Women's European Championships 100 metres (Stuttgart)