Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres
Julien Alfred won Saint Lucia's first-ever Olympic medal after taking gold in the final.There were a lot of candidates for favorite in the Women's 100 but Double defending Champion, #2 of all time Elaine Thompson-Herah was unable to defend her Olympic titles from 2016 and 2020, as an achilles tendon injury forced her to withdraw from the Jamaican Olympic trials, thus not allowing her to qualify for these games;[2] returning bronze medalist Shericka Jackson pulled out after suffering a cramp in a tune up race in Hungary to "protect my body" for her primary event, the 200 metres;[3] American collegiate surprise Jacious Sears =#16 held the fastest time of the year for over two months, was injured in the SEC Championships and couldn't make the US Trials.Teenager Tia Clayton won the Jamaican Trials ahead of #3 of all time, 37 year old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.Perennial contender, newly hyphenated Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith , #8 of all time, now eligible for the Masters Division is back as a 35 year old.As Alfred expanded her lead, a row of chasers formed across the track; Mujinga Kambundji, Clayton, Melissa Jefferson and Neita.
Stade de FranceJulien AlfredSaint LuciaSha'Carri RichardsonUnited StatesMelissa JeffersonAthletics2024 Summer OlympicsQualification1500 m5000 m10,000 m100 m hurdles110 m hurdles400 m hurdles3000 m steeplechase4 × 100 m relay4 × 400 m relayMarathon20 km walkMarathon walk relayHigh jumpPole vaultLong jumpTriple jumpShot putDiscus throwHammer throwJavelin throwHeptathlonDecathlon100 metresSummer OlympicsElaine Thompson-HerahShericka Jackson200 metresJacious SearsUS TrialsReigning World championTia ClaytonShelly-Ann Fraser-PryceMarie Josée Ta Lou-Smith Masters Divisiondouble NCAA ChampionDaryll NeitaMujinga Kambundjinational recordSt. LuciaOlympic athletics programmeblue ribbonsprintingWorld recordFlorence Griffith-JoynerIndianapolisOlympic recordEugeneAfricarecordsMarie-Josée Ta LouLi XuemeiEuropeChristine ArronNorth, Central Americaand CaribbeanOceaniaZoe HobbsSouth AmericaRosângela SantosWorld Athletics RankingNatacha NgoyeRepublic of the CongoAlessandra GasparelliSan MarinoParaguayValentina MeredovaTurkmenistanSilina Pha AphaySydney FranciscoMauritaniaLucia MorrisSouth SudanVietnamHalle HazzardGrenadaChinese TaipeiRegine Tugade-WatsonLika KharchilavaGeorgiaFaiqa RiazPakistanMazoon Al-AlawiFilomenaleonisa IakopoAmerican SamoaUnited Arab EmiratesGorete SemedoSão Tomé and PríncipeBoliviaLeonie BeuPapua New GuineaNicaraguaGuineaChloe DavidVanuatuAlisar YoussefKimia YousofiAfghanistanZahria Allers-LiburdSaint Kitts and NevisAsimenye SimwakaMalawiMariandrée ChacónGuatemalaSierra LeoneMonacoEquatorial GuineaTemalini ManatoaTuvaluSharon FirisuaSolomon IslandsPatrizia Van Der WekenLuxembourgBree MastersAustraliaJacqueline MadogoCanadaLorène Dorcas BazoloPortugal