Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | 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 |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km 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 |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
Disability events | ||
100 m (T37) | women | |
100 m (T46) | men | |
1500 m (T54) | men | women |
Shot put (F32–34/52/53) | women | |
Shot put (F32/34/52) | men | |
The Women's 100 metres at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Wednesday 6 October and Thursday 7 October 2010.
The final was subject to some controversy. England's Laura Turner and Australia's Sally Pearson had a simultaneous false start, but only Turner was initially disqualified, "on the grounds that her reaction time was the quicker". Turner refused to leave the track, and officials eventually authorised her to run "under protest", meaning that her time would not be recorded unless her disqualification was overturned. She finished last, and her time was not recorded. Pearson won the race, but admitted afterwards that she had "twitched first" out of the starting blocks, and England and Nigeria both requested that she be disqualified for her false start; her disqualification would enable Nigeria's Oludamola Osayomi to claim gold, and England's Katherine Endacott to claim bronze. Pearson was disqualified, and expressed tearful disappointment at having been "told [she] was clear": "I did my victory lap with the flag. I was walking out to the medal ceremony and then I was called back. That's not right". Australia counter-appealed, unsuccessfully. [1] [2] [3]
On 11 October it was reported that supposed gold medal winner Oludamola Osayomi was the first person to test positive for banned substances during the 2010 Games, returning a positive doping test for the stimulant methylhexaneamine. Osayomi was provisionally suspended pending the results of testing on her B sample. It was reported that the positive testing was the result of prescription medication for a toothache. When the B sample also tested positive Oludamola Osayomi was stripped of her 100m gold medal and Natasha Mayers of St Vincent and the Grenadines was promoted to the gold medal, while English runner Katherine Endacott was promoted to the silver medal (having originally placed fourth) and Cameroon's Bertille Atangana, who originally placed fifth will receive bronze. [4] [5]
World Record | 10.49 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | United States | Indianapolis, United States | 16 July 1988 |
Games Record | 10.91 | Debbie Ferguson | BAH | Manchester, England | 29 July 2002 |
First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Rank | Lane | Name | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | Qual. |
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1 | 6 | Natasha Mayers (SVG) | 0.143 | 11.33 | SB | Q |
2 | 9 | Eleni Artymata (CYP) | 0.203 | 11.44 | SB | Q |
3 | 8 | Amy Foster (NIR) | 0.181 | 11.76 | Q | |
4 | 4 | Melissa Breen (AUS) | 0.176 | 11.76 | Q | |
5 | 5 | Sathi Geetha (IND) | 0.170 | 11.80 | =PB | q |
6 | 7 | Beatrice Gyaman (GHA) | 0.161 | 11.90 | PB | q |
7 | 3 | Kaina Martinez (BIZ) | 0.231 | 12.27 | ||
8 | 2 | Saruba Colley (GAM) | 0.175 | 12.37 | ||
Rank | Lane | Name | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | Qual. |
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1 | 2 | Agnes Osazuwa (NGR) | 0.188 | 11.47 | Q | |
2 | 9 | Toea Wisil (PNG) | 0.162 | 11.66 | Q | |
3 | 5 | Ayanna Hutchinson (TRI) | 0.176 | 11.71 | Q | |
4 | 6 | Jyothi Hiriyur Manjunath (IND) | 0.186 | 11.81 | Q | |
5 | 3 | Michaela Karbgo (SLE) | 0.174 | 12.00 | q | |
6 | 7 | Susan Tengatenga (MAW) | 0.287 | 12.38 | SB | |
7 | 4 | Shams-Un-Nahar Chumky (BAN) | 0.194 | 12.69 | ||
8 | 8 | Alice Khan (SEY) | 0.172 | 12.90 | ||
Rank | Lane | Name | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | Qual. |
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1 | 6 | Elaine O´Neill (WAL) | 0.178 | 11.60 | Q | |
2 | 9 | Tahesia Harrigan (IVB) | 0.260 | 11.69 | Q | |
3 | 8 | Shakera Reece (BAR) | 0.182 | 11.77 | Q | |
4 | 2 | Elizabeth Amolofo (GHA) | 0.207 | 12.00 | Q | |
5 | 3 | Charlotte Mebenga Amombo (CMR) | 0.211 | 12.14 | ||
6 | 4 | Rebecca Ansumana (SLE) | 0.158 | 12.18 | ||
7 | 5 | Shanna Thomas (JAM) | 0.174 | 12.21 | ||
8 | 7 | Helen Philemon (PNG) | 0.192 | 12.55 | =PB | |
Rank | Lane | Name | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | Qual. |
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1 | 8 | Oludamola Osayomi (NGR) | 0.193 | 11.49 | Q | |
2 | 6 | Bertille Atangana (CMR) | 0.148 | 11.53 | Q | |
3 | 5 | Montell Douglas (ENG) | 0.171 | 11.74 | Q | |
4 | 2 | Janet Amponsah (GHA) | 0.178 | 11.94 | Q | |
5 | 4 | Yanique Boothe (JAM) | 0.224 | 11.97 | q | |
6 | 7 | Mildred Gamba (UGA) | 0.200 | 12.11 | ||
7 | 9 | Leticia Macauley (SLE) | 0.181 | 12.40 | ||
8 | 3 | Fanny Shonobi (GAM) | 0.190 | 12.47 | ||
Rank | Lane | Name | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | Qual. |
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1 | 6 | Sally Pearson (AUS) | 0.153 | 11.50 | Q | |
2 | 8 | Katherine Endacott (ENG) | 0.186 | 11.50 | Q | |
3 | 3 | Laura Turner (ENG) | 0.191 | 11.61 | Q | |
4 | 4 | Mary Vincent (MRI) | 0.218 | 11.90 | NR | Q |
5 | 2 | Fanny Appes Ekanga (CMR) | 0.185 | 12.03 | PB | |
6 | 5 | Kylie Robilliard (GUE) | 0.172 | 12.20 | PB | |
7 | 7 | Patricia Taea (COK) | 13.10 | NR | ||
Rank | Lane | Name | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | Qual. |
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1 | 5 | Natasha Mayers (SVG) | 0.146 | 11.38 | Q | |
2 | 6 | Katherine Endacott (ENG) | 0.174 | 11.45 | PB | Q |
3 | 7 | Eleni Artymata (CYP) | 0.226 | 11.57 | ||
4 | 4 | Ayanna Hutchinson (TRI) | 0.181 | 11.58 | ||
5 | 9 | Melissa Breen (AUS) | 0.184 | 11.78 | ||
6 | 3 | Michaela Karbgo (SLE) | 0.178 | 12.01 | ||
7 | 2 | Janet Amponsah (GHA) | 12.03 | |||
8 | Mary Vincent (MRI) | DQ | ||||
Rank | Lane | Name | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | Qual. |
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1 | 5 | Oludamola Osayomi (NGR) | 0.190 | 11.33 | Q | |
2 | 7 | Bertille Atangana (CMR) | 0.136 | 11.42 | SB | Q |
3 | 6 | Toea Wisil (PNG) | 0.161 | 11.49 | PB | q |
4 | 4 | Tahesia Harrigan (IVB) | 0.163 | 11.51 | q | |
5 | 9 | Montell Douglas (ENG) | 0.171 | 11.62 | ||
6 | 8 | Shakera Reece (BAR) | 0.179 | 11.78 | ||
7 | 2 | Sathi Geetha (IND) | 0.182 | 11.82 | ||
8 | 3 | Beatrice Gyaman (GHA) | 0.180 | 11.93 | ||
Rank | Lane | Name | Reaction Time | Result | Notes | Qual. |
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1 | 4 | Sally Pearson (AUS) | 0.146 | 11.28 | SB | Q |
2 | 6 | Laura Turner (ENG) | 0.174 | 11.41 | Q | |
3 | 5 | Agnes Osazuwa (NGR) | 0.220 | 11.52 | ||
4 | 7 | Elaine O´Neill (WAL) | 0.137 | 11.55 | ||
5 | 8 | Amy Foster (NIR) | 0.173 | 11.61 | =SB | |
6 | 9 | Jyothi Hiriyur Manjunath (IND) | 0.189 | 11.86 | ||
7 | 3 | Elizabeth Amolofo (GHA) | 0.188 | 11.89 | ||
8 | 2 | Yanique Boothe (JAM) | 0.235 | 12.01 | ||
Rank | Lane | Name | Reaction Time | Result | Notes |
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6 | Natasha Mayers (SVG) | 0.151 | 11.37 | ||
8 | Katherine Endacott (ENG) | 0.191 | 11.44 | PB | |
9 | Bertille Atangana (CMR) | 0.155 | 11.48 | ||
4 | 2 | Toea Wisil (PNG) | 0.160 | 11.52 | |
5 | 3 | Tahesia Harrigan (IVB) | 0.135 | 11.56 | |
5 | Oludamola Osayomi (NGR) | DQ | |||
4 | Laura Turner (ENG) | DQ | |||
7 | Sally Pearson (AUS) | DQ | |||
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