Saruba Colley (born February 5, 1989, in Sibanor) is a Gambian sprinter. [1] She competed in the 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she ran the preliminaries in 12.21 seconds, qualifying her for Round 1, and Round 1 in 12.06 seconds, which set a Gambian national record but did not qualify her for the semifinals. [2] [3]
Malta competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The country's participation at London marked its fifteenth appearance in the Summer Olympics since its début at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The delegation included two track and field athletes, Rachid Chouhal and Diane Borg, one double trap shooter William Chetcuti and two swimmers Andrew Chetcuti and Nicola Muscat. All five competitors qualified for the Games through wildcard places. William Chetcuti was selected as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony while Borg held it at the closing ceremony. Choudai did not progress beyond the preliminary stages of the men's 100 metres, while Borg advanced to the first round of the women's 100 metres before being eliminated. William Chetcuti finished ninth in the double trap shooting event, while Andrew Chetcuti and Muscat were unable to progress to the first rounds of their respective swimming disciplines.
The women's 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 3–4 August.
The men's 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 4–5 August 2012. Seventy-four athletes from 61 nations competed. Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The competition comprised four rounds: a preliminary round for entrants without the minimum qualifying standard, a heats round, followed by three semi-finals of eight athletes each, which then reduced to eight athletes for the final.
Comoros competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, which was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The country's participation at London marked its fifth appearance in the Summer Olympics since its début at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The delegation included two track and field athletes: Maoulida Darouèche and Feta Ahamada, and one swimmer, Ayouba Ali Sihame, all three qualified for the Games through wildcard places. Ahamada was selected as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony and Darouèche held it at the closing ceremony. Ahamada won her heat in the preliminary round of the women's 100 metres but was eliminated in the heat stages, while Darouèche and Sihame did not advance beyond the first round of their respective events.
The Gambia competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The country's participation at London marked its eighth appearance in the Summer Olympics since its début at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The delegation included two athletes, Suwaibou Sanneh and Saruba Colley, the former had qualified by setting a qualifying time that fell within the required standard and the latter entered via a wildcard place. Sanneh was selected as the flag bearer for both the opening and closing ceremonies. Sanneh became the first Gambian athlete to advance into the semi-finals of the men's 100 metres, while Colley was eliminated after the quarter-final stages of the Women's 100 metres.
The Asian island nation of the Maldives competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Olympics, the delegation consisted of two athletes each in track and field and swimming. For the first time since their debut at the Summer Olympics, the Maldives entered one badminton player into the Olympics. Mohamed Ajfan Rasheed, the inaugural Maldivian badminton player to compete at the Olympics, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony with Azneem Ahmed carrying the Maldivian flag in the closing ceremony. All the athletes qualified for the games through wild cards from International Association of Athletic Federations FINA and Badminton World Federation. The Maldives however, has yet to win its first ever Olympic medal.
Kerri-Ann Mitchell is a Canadian sprinter. She competed in the 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she ran Round 1 in 11.49 seconds, which did not qualify her for the semifinals.
Diane Borg is a Maltese sprinter. She competed in the 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she ran the preliminaries in 12.00 seconds, qualifying her for Round 1, and Round 1 in 11.92 seconds, which did not qualify her for the semifinals.
Fong Yee Pui is a Hong Konger sprinter. She competed in the 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she ran the preliminaries in 12.02 seconds, qualifying her for Round 1, and Round 1 in 11.98 seconds, which did not qualify her for the semifinals. She also competed at the 2013 World Athletics Championships, the 2011 and 2013 Asian Championships, the 2012 World Indoor Championships and the 2012 Asian Indoor Championships.
Rima Taha is a Jordanian sprinter. She competed in the 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she ran the preliminaries in 12.66 seconds, her personal best time, which did not qualify her for Round 1.
Aissata Toure is a Guinean sprinter born in Conakry. She competed in the 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she ran the preliminaries in 13.25 seconds, which did not qualify her for Round 1.
Kaingaue David is an I-Kiribati sprinter. She competed in the 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she ran the preliminaries in a personal best of 13.61 seconds, which did not qualify her for Round 1. Kaingaue is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Maysa Rejepova is a Turkmen sprinter. She competed in the 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she ran the preliminaries in a personal best of 12.80 seconds, which did not qualify her for Round 1.
Nafissa Souleymane is a Nigerien sprinter. She competed in the 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she ran the preliminaries in 12.81 seconds, which did not qualify her for Round 1.
Hala Gezah is a Libyan sprinter. She competed in the 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She was the only female athlete to compete for Libya at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Janice Alatoa is a Vanuatuan sprinter. She competed in the 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she ran the preliminaries in 13.60 seconds, which did not qualify her for Round 1.
Mihter Wendolin is a Micronesian sprinter. She competed in the 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she ran the preliminaries in 13.67 seconds, which did not qualify her for Round 1.
Fatima Sulaiman Dahman is a Yemeni sprinter. She competed in the 100 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics; she ran the preliminaries in 13.95 seconds, which did not qualify her for Round 1.
The women's 100 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 12 and 13 August at the Olympic Stadium.
Oman competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when the event was held from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. Four Omani athletes, two men and two women, were selected to compete in athletics and shooting at the Games. Among them were sprinter Barakat Al-Harthi, the lone returning Olympian from the previous Games.
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