The women's 100 metres

100 metres

The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

at the 2007 All-Africa Games

Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games

The athletics competition at the 2007 All-Africa Games was held on the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers, Algeria between 18 July and 22 July 2007. Nigeria was the most successful nation of the competition having won nine golds and 24 medals in total. South Africa was a close second with seven golds...

 were held on July 18–19.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Damola Osayomi	Constance Mkenku	Vida Anim Vida Anim Vida Anim is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. Together with Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum and Vida Nsiah she holds the Ghanaian record in 4 x 100 metres relay with 43.19 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.Anim represented Ghana at the...

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: +1.0 m/s, Heat 3: +0.8 m/s, Heat 4: -1.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Francisca Idoko		11.29	Q
2	1	Constance Mkenku		11.40	Q
2	3	Vida Anim Vida Anim Vida Anim is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. Together with Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum and Vida Nsiah she holds the Ghanaian record in 4 x 100 metres relay with 43.19 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.Anim represented Ghana at the...		11.40	Q
4	3	Delphine Atangana Delphine Atangana Delphine Atangana is a Cameroonian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won the bronze medal in the 100 metres and finished seventh in the 200 metres. She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2005 World Championships and the 2008 World Indoor...		11.49	Q
5	1	Damola Osayomi		11.53	Q
6	4	Myriam Leonie Mani Myriam Léonie Mani Myriam Léonie Mani is a Cameroonian athlete who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.Mani represented Cameroon at the 2008 Summer Olympics competing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed third behind Torri Edwards and Jeanette Kwakye in a time of 11.64 to advance to the...		11.54	Q
7	1	Amandine Allou Affoue		11.62	Q
8	4	Louise Ayétotché Louise Ayétotché Louise Ayétotché is a Côte d'Ivoire sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.35 s *200 metres - 22.76 s - national record.*400 metres - 52.92 s...		11.63	Q
9	2	Cinthya Niako		11.67	Q
10	2	Gloria Kemasuode Gloria Kemasuode Gloria Kemasuode Ubiebor is a female track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Nigeria....		11.67	Q
11	4	Esther Dankwah Esther Dankwah Esther Dankwah is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. She lives in the Netherlands since 2003.She won the bronze medal with the African 4 x 100 metres relay team at the 2006 IAAF World Cup...		11.70	q
12	2	Aminata Diouf		11.77	Q
13	3	Souheir Bouali		11.79	Q
14	1	Gifty Addy Gifty Addy Gifty Addy is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.82 s *200 metres - 24.18 s *400 metres - 54.00 s-References:...		11.82	q
15	1	Ruddy Zang Milama		11.83	q
16	2	Joyce Zackary		11.89	q
17	2	Sergine Kouanga		11.90
18	2	Cindy Stewart		11.91
19	4	Sarah Tonde		12.05
20	4	Maty Salame		12.05
21	3	Nobuhle Ncube		12.07
22	3	Amatercia Quiue		12.08
23	1	Sandra Chimwanza		12.16
24	1	Lucie Mendy		12.30
25	2	Wubshet Atkilt		12.39
26	2	Alice Tiklo		12.54
27	1	Kadidja Ahmat		12.67
28	3	Melina Kazabanga		12.86
29	4	Amili Botowa Mungu		12.93
30	3	Teresa Sina		13.02

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal qualified (Q) directly for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Damola Osayomi		11.21	Q
2	1	Francisca Idoko		11.28	Q
3	2	Constance Mkenku		11.34	Q
4	1	Vida Anim Vida Anim Vida Anim is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. Together with Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum and Vida Nsiah she holds the Ghanaian record in 4 x 100 metres relay with 43.19 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.Anim represented Ghana at the...		11.40	Q
5	1	Amandine Allou Affoue		11.43	Q
6	1	Myriam Leonie Mani Myriam Léonie Mani Myriam Léonie Mani is a Cameroonian athlete who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.Mani represented Cameroon at the 2008 Summer Olympics competing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed third behind Torri Edwards and Jeanette Kwakye in a time of 11.64 to advance to the...		11.44
7	2	Delphine Atangana Delphine Atangana Delphine Atangana is a Cameroonian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won the bronze medal in the 100 metres and finished seventh in the 200 metres. She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2005 World Championships and the 2008 World Indoor...		11.54	Q
8	2	Gloria Kemasuode Gloria Kemasuode Gloria Kemasuode Ubiebor is a female track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Nigeria....		11.58	Q
9	2	Cinthya Niako		11.63	Q
10	1	Aminata Diouf		11.67
11	2	Louise Ayétotché Louise Ayétotché Louise Ayétotché is a Côte d'Ivoire sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.35 s *200 metres - 22.76 s - national record.*400 metres - 52.92 s...		11.70
12	1	Ruddy Zang Milama		11.81
13	1	Gifty Addy Gifty Addy Gifty Addy is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 11.82 s *200 metres - 24.18 s *400 metres - 54.00 s-References:...		11.85
14	2	Joyce Zackary		11.92
15	2	Esther Dankwah Esther Dankwah Esther Dankwah is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. She lives in the Netherlands since 2003.She won the bronze medal with the African 4 x 100 metres relay team at the 2006 IAAF World Cup...		11.92
16	2	Souheir Bouali		12.77

Final

Wind: +0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Damola Osayomi		11.20
	Constance Mkenku		11.27
	Vida Anim Vida Anim Vida Anim is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. Together with Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum and Vida Nsiah she holds the Ghanaian record in 4 x 100 metres relay with 43.19 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.Anim represented Ghana at the...		11.33
4	Francisca Idoko		11.46
5	Amandine Allou Affoue		11.52
6	Gloria Kemasuode Gloria Kemasuode Gloria Kemasuode Ubiebor is a female track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Nigeria....		11.53
7	Delphine Atangana Delphine Atangana Delphine Atangana is a Cameroonian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won the bronze medal in the 100 metres and finished seventh in the 200 metres. She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2005 World Championships and the 2008 World Indoor...		11.53
8	Cinthya Niako		11.59