All the athletes who qualified for women's 100m semifinal at Paris Olympics 2024 ft. Sha'carri Richardson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Sha'Carri Richardson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith, Daryll Neita, and Julien Alfred are among the prominent athletes who have secured their places in the semi-finals of the women’s 100m at the 2024 Paris Olympics. A total of eight heats were held, with the top three from each heat advancing to the semi-finals. Additionally, the next three fastest athletes also qualified for the semis.

Richardson, the world leader of the 2024 season, featured in Heat 1 of the 100m which she topped with a time of 10.94s, finishing ahead of Luxembourg’s national record holder Patrizia van der Weken (11.14s) and Australia’s Bree Masters (11.26s). Besides Sha'Carri Richardson, her compatriots Melissa Jefferson and Twanisha Terry also made it to the semis.

Meanwhile, Lou-Smith had the quickest overall timing during the heats, clocking 10.87s in heat 8. She was closely followed by two-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who placed second in the same heat with a time of 10.92s. Shericka Jackson’s replacement, Shashalee Forbes, too achieved the qualification after registering a time of 11.19s in the heats.

Apart from Sha'carri Richardson and Lou-Smith, other athletes who topped their respective heats in the 100m were Julien Alfred (Heat 2), Daryll Neita (Heat 3), Audrey Leduc (Heat 4), Ewa Swoboda (Heat 5), Twanisha Terry (Heat 6), and Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye (Heat 7) at the Paris Olympics.

The semis and finals of the women's 100m at the Paris Olympics are both scheduled for August 3, 2024.

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List of athletes who qualified for 100m semifinal at Paris Olympics ft. Sha'carri Richardson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Sha'Carri Richardson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce at World Athletics Championships 2023 (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

1. Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith (Côte d'Ivoire) - 10.87s (Q)
2. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) - 10.92s (Q)
3. Daryll Neita (Great Britain) - 10.92s (Q)
4. Sha'Carri Richardson (United States) - 10.94s (Q)
5. Julien Alfred (Saint Lucia) - 10.95s (Q)
6. Audrey Leduc (Canada) - 10.95s (Q)
7. Melissa Jefferson (United States) - 10.96s (Q)
8. Ewa Swoboda (Poland) - 10.99s (Q)
9. Tia Clayton (Jamaica) - 11.00s (Q)
10. Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain) - 11.01s (Q)
11. Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye (Gambia) - 11.01s (Q)
12. Mujinga Kambundji (Switzerland) - 11.05s (Q)
13. Gina Lückenkemper (Germany) - 11.08s (Q)
14. Zoe Hobbs (New Zealand) - 11.08s (Q)
15. Imani Lansiquot (Great Britain) - 11.10s (Q)
16. Rani Rosius (Belgium) - 11.10s (.093) (q)
17. Boglarka Takacs (Hungary) - 11.10s (Q)
18. Karolina Manasova (Czechia) - 11.11s (q)
19. Gladymar Torres (Puerto Rico) - 11.12s (q)
20. Patrizia van der Weken (Luxembourg) - 11.14s (Q)
21. Twanisha Terry (United States) - 11.15s (Q)
22. Shashalee Forbes (Jamaica) - 11.19s (Q)
23. Delphine Nkansa (Belgium) - 11.20s (Q)
24. Rosemary Chukwuma (Nigeria) - 11.26s (Q)
25. Bree Masters (Australia) - 11.26s (Q)
26. Leah Bertrand (Trinidad and Tobago) - 11.27s (Q)
27. Zaynab Dosso (Italy) - 11.30s (Q)

(‘Q’ refers to athletes qualifying by finishing inside the top three in their respective heats while ‘q’ indicates the athletes who advanced by having the next best three fastest times among those who did not automatically qualify)