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Decathlon. men. v. t. e. The women's 100 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, on 2 and 3 August 2024. This was the twenty-third time that the women's 100 metres has been contested at the Summer Olympics. A total of 40 athletes qualified for the event by entry standard or ranking.
On June 22, 2024, Richardson defended her title as the US national champion in the 100-metre sprint event by winning the women's 100m final in 10.71 seconds , [12] qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, where she won the silver medal in the 100m [13] and gold in the 4×100 relay.
Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, seeking a remarkable sixth world 100m title at the age of 36 after an injury-hit season, had to settle for bronze in 10.77, her best of the year.
The men's 100 metres has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1896. The 100 metres is considered one of the blue ribbon events of the Olympics and is among the highest profile competitions at the games. It is the most prestigious 100 metres race at an elite level and is the shortest sprinting competition at the Olympics – a ...
Over the two-day trials, Griffith Joyner recorded the three fastest times for a woman at 100 meters: 10.49 in the quarter-final, 10.70 in the semifinal, and 10.61 in the final. [ 30 ] [ 23 ] At the same Olympic trials, she also set an American record at the 200-meter distance with a time of 21.77 seconds.
In a span of roughly 48 hours at world championships that summer, she also broke the 200-meter record, and burst into swimming's limelight. "I really just shocked myself at that meet," she later said.
Of the 35 pool-based events, swimmers from the United States hold fifteen records, Australia five, France four, China, Canada and South Africa two each, and one each to Ireland, Great Britain, Russian Olympic Committee, Hungary, and Sweden. Nineteen of the current Olympic records were set at the 2024 Summer Olympics, seven in 2020, five in 2016 ...
There was another photo finish at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday.. After Noah Lyles narrowly took the gold medal in the men's 100-meter final earlier in the Olympics, United States' Masai ...