2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

Women's 100 metres
at the 2012 European Athletics Championships
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
LocationHelsinki
Dates
  • 27 June (round 1 & semifinals )
  • 28 June (final)
Competitors32 from 23 nations
Winning time11.28
Medalists
gold medal    Bulgaria
silver medal    Ukraine
bronze medal    Lithuania
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The women's 100 metres at the 2012 European Athletics Championships were held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27 and 28 June.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record  Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) 10.49 Indianapolis, United States 16 July 1988
European record  Christine Arron (FRA) 10.73 Budapest, Hungary 19 August 1998
Championship record  Christine Arron (FRA) 10.73 Budapest, Hungary 19 August 1998
World Leading  Carmelita Jeter (USA) 10.81 Kingston, Jamaica 5 May 2012
European Leading  Olesya Povh (UKR) 11.08 Yalta, Ukraine 4 June 2012
Broken records during the 2012 European Athletics Championships
European Leading  Ivet Lalova (BUL) 11.06 Helsinki, Finland 27 June 2012

Schedule

Date Time Round
27 June 2012 10:00 Round 1
27 June 2012 20:05 Semifinals
28 June 2012 18:30 Final

Results

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: −0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +1.7 m/s, Heat 3: −0.3 m/s, Heat 4: +1.0 m/s

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 2 4 Ivet Lalova  Bulgaria 11.06 Q, EL
2 4 5 Verena Sailer  Germany 11.14 Q, SB
3 2 3 Olga Belkina  Russia 11.26 Q, PB
4 2 7 Ezinne Okparaebo  Norway 11.27 Q
5 1 1 Olesya Povh  Ukraine 11.30 Q
6 3 2 Lina Grinčikaitė  Lithuania 11.38 Q
7 4 3 Yuliya Balykina  Belarus 11.39 Q
8 1 5 Anne Cibis  Germany 11.40 Q, SB
9 3 8 Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto  Germany 11.41 Q
10 4 8 Ashleigh Nelson  Great Britain 11.43 Q, SB
11 3 4 Daria Korczyńska  Poland 11.46 Q
12 1 3 Nimet Karakuş  Turkey 11.48 Q
13 4 6 Nataliya Pohrebnyak  Ukraine 11.50 q
14 3 1 Yulia Nestsiarenka  Belarus 11.52 q
15 1 4 Kateřina Čechová  Czech Republic 11.53 q
15 2 8 Audrey Alloh  Italy 11.53 q
17 1 7 Christine Arron  France 11.55
17 2 5 Andreea Ograzeanu  Romania 11.55 SB
17 4 2 Yevgeniya Polyakova  Russia 11.55
20 2 1 María Belibasáki  Greece 11.56
21 2 6 Amy Foster  Ireland 11.58
22 1 2 Martina Amidei  Italy 11.60
23 4 1 Folake Akinyemi  Norway 11.62
24 1 8 Eleni Artymata  Cyprus 11.64
25 1 6 Sónia Tavares  Portugal 11.65
26 3 6 Hanna-Maari Latvala  Finland 11.67
27 4 7 Mujinga Kambundji  Switzerland 11.68
28 3 3 Gabriela Laleva  Bulgaria 11.79
29 3 5 Jeanette Kwakye  Great Britain 11.98
30 4 4 Diane Borg  Malta 12.14 SB
31 3 7 Ivana Rožman  Macedonia 12.86
32 2 2 Cristina Llovera  Andorra 13.01

Semifinals

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: +2.0 m/s

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 2 6 Olesya Povh  Ukraine 11.13 Q
2 2 4 Verena Sailer  Germany 11.17 Q
3 1 6 Ivet Lalova  Bulgaria 11.23 Q
4 1 3 Olga Belkina  Russia 11.30 Q
5 1 5 Lina Grinčikaitė  Lithuania 11.34 Q, SB
6 2 5 Anne Cibis  Germany 11.36 Q, SB
7 1 7 Ezinne Okparaebo  Norway 11.39 q
8 1 4 Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto  Germany 11.39 q
9 2 3 Yuliya Balykina  Belarus 11.42
10 2 7 Daria Korczyńska  Poland 11.43
11 2 8 Ashleigh Nelson  Great Britain 11.43 =SB
12 2 2 Kateřina Čechová  Czech Republic 11.45
13 2 1 Audrey Alloh  Italy 11.51
14 1 1 Nataliya Pohrebnyak  Ukraine 11.52
15 1 8 Nimet Karakuş  Turkey 11.61
1 2 Yulia Nestsiarenka  Belarus DNS

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Ivet Lalova  Bulgaria 11.28
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Olesya Povh  Ukraine 11.32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 Lina Grinčikaitė  Lithuania 11.32 SB
4 2 Ezinne Okparaebo  Norway 11.39
5 5 Olga Belkina  Russia 11.42
6 6 Verena Sailer  Germany 11.42
7 7 Anne Cibis  Germany 11.54
8 1 Tatjana Lofamakanda Pinto  Germany 11.62
Wind: -0.7 m/s

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