1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
# 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21 and 22 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Nora Ivanova Bulgaria |
| - | - |
| Silver | Andrea Anderson United States |
| Bronze | Esther Möller Germany |

## Results

### Final

22 August

Wind: +0.6 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Nora Ivanova | Bulgaria | 11.32 |
| | Andrea Anderson | United States | 11.43 |
| | Esther Möller | Germany | 11.46 |
| 4 | Saran Patterson | Jamaica | 11.47 |
| 5 | Lakeesha White | United States | 11.48 |
| 6 | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | 11.51 |
| 7 | Manuela Levorato | Italy | 11.54 |
| 8 | Lauren Hewitt | Australia | 11.55 |

### Semifinals

22 August

**Semifinal 1**

Wind: ?.? m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nora Ivanova | Bulgaria | 11.46 | Q |
| 2 | Lakeesha White | United States | 11.59 | Q |
| 3 | Manuela Levorato | Italy | 11.72 | Q |
| 4 | Saran Patterson | Jamaica | 11.72 | Q |
| 5 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 11.76 | |
| 6 | Agnė Visockaitė | Lithuania | 11.78 | |
| 7 | Marion Wagner | Germany | 11.83 | |
| 8 | Doris Deruel | France | 12.21 | |

**Semifinal 2**

Wind: -0.8 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Andrea Anderson | United States | 11.55 | Q |
| 2 | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | 11.58 | Q |
| 3 | Lauren Hewitt | Australia | 11.58 | Q |
| 4 | Esther Möller | Germany | 11.64 | Q |
| 5 | Sonia Williams | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.67 | |
| 6 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 11.74 | |
| 7 | Joan Ekah | Nigeria | 11.92 | |
| 8 | Nadine Mahobah | France | 11.99 | |

### Quarterfinals

21 August

**Quarterfinal 1**

Wind: -1.8 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nora Ivanova | Bulgaria | 11.53 | Q |
| 2 | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | 11.76 | Q |
| 3 | Sonia Williams | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.84 | Q |
| 4 | Nadine Mahobah | France | 11.91 | Q |
| 5 | Mindy Slomka | Australia | 12.15 | |
| 6 | Tina Matul | Slovenia | 12.17 | |
| 7 | Stefania Ferrante | Italy | 12.22 | |
| | Paola Restrepo | Colombia | DNS | |

**Quarterfinal 2**

Wind: -1.3 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Andrea Anderson | United States | 11.60 | Q |
| 2 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 11.79 | Q |
| 3 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 11.81 | Q |
| 4 | Marion Wagner | Germany | 11.92 | Q |
| 5 | Gabriela Švecová | Czech Republic | 12.03 | |
| 6 | Isabel Roussow | South Africa | 12.21 | |
| 7 | Tamara Cherebin | Bahamas | 12.23 | |
| 8 | Rebecca Drummond | United Kingdom | 12.24 | |

**Quarterfinal 3**

Wind: -1.3 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lakeesha White | United States | 11.63 | Q |
| 2 | Manuela Levorato | Italy | 11.73 | Q |
| 3 | Agnė Visockaitė | Lithuania | 11.81 | Q |
| 4 | Saran Patterson | Jamaica | 11.82 | Q |
| 5 | Vera Georgieva | Bulgaria | 11.90 | |
| 6 | Lantoniana Ramalalanirina | Madagascar | 12.01 | |
| 7 | Michelle Baptiste | Saint Lucia | 12.08 | |
| 8 | Gosha Rostek | United Kingdom | 12.11 | |

**Quarterfinal 4**

Wind: -1.1 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lauren Hewitt | Australia | 11.71 | Q |
| 2 | Esther Möller | Germany | 11.74 | Q |
| 3 | Joan Ekah | Nigeria | 11.95 | Q |
| 4 | Doris Deruel | France | 12.02 | Q |
| 5 | Anna Voskanyan | Russia | 12.20 | |
| 6 | Kozue Motohashi | Japan | 12.25 | |
| 7 | Chen Shu-Chuan | Chinese Taipei | 12.27 | |
| 8 | Pavla Sichová | Czech Republic | 12.30 | |

### Heats

21 August

**Heat 1**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lakeesha White | United States | 11.51 | Q |
| 2 | Agnė Visockaitė | Lithuania | 11.71 | Q |
| 3 | Stefania Ferrante | Italy | 12.05 | Q |
| 4 | Pavla Sichová | Czech Republic | 12.06 | Q |
| 5 | Nadia Riesen | Switzerland | 12.25 | |
| 6 | Margaret Fox | Canada | 12.28 | |

**Heat 2**

Wind: +0.9 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nora Ivanova | Bulgaria | 11.34 | Q |
| 2 | Manuela Levorato | Italy | 11.67 | Q |
| 3 | Doris Deruel | France | 11.67 | Q |
| 4 | Rebecca Drummond | United Kingdom | 11.88 | Q |
| 5 | Mindy Slomka | Australia | 11.93 | q |
| 6 | Tamara Cherebin | Bahamas | 12.04 | q |
| 7 | Kozue Motohashi | Japan | 12.07 | q |
| 8 | Cristina Marani | San Marino | 13.28 | |

**Heat 3**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Andrea Anderson | United States | 11.64 | Q |
| 2 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 11.79 | Q |
| 3 | Vera Georgieva | Bulgaria | 12.01 | Q |
| 4 | Nadine Mahobah | France | 12.10 | Q |
| 5 | Gosha Rostek | United Kingdom | 12.13 | q |
| 6 | Irene Boldrim | Brazil | 12.17 | |
| 7 | Desiree Cooks | Anguilla | 12.77 | |

**Heat 4**

Wind: -0.6 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lauren Hewitt | Australia | 11.68 | Q |
| 2 | Cydonie Mothersill | Cayman Islands | 11.69 | Q |
| 3 | Tina Matul | Slovenia | 11.97 | Q |
| 4 | Michelle Baptiste | Saint Lucia | 12.08 | Q |
| 5 | Chen Shu-Chuan | Chinese Taipei | 12.11 | q |
| 6 | Isabel Roussow | South Africa | 12.12 | q |
| 7 | Natasha Quan-Vie | Canada | 12.27 | |
| 8 | Chamanthi Maligaspe | Sri Lanka | 13.07 | |

**Heat 5**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Marion Wagner | Germany | 11.91 | Q |
| 2 | Joan Ekah | Nigeria | 11.93 | Q |
| 3 | Lantoniana Ramalalanirina | Madagascar | 11.93 | Q |
| 4 | Gabriela Švecová | Czech Republic | 12.07 | Q |
| 5 | Irina Kartacheva | Ukraine | 12.26 | |
| 6 | Li Xuemei | China | 12.43 | |
| 7 | Clara Córdoba | Colombia | 12.71 | |
| 8 | Nurulaini Ariffin | Singapore | 12.84 | |

**Heat 6**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Esther Möller | Germany | 11.68 | Q |
| 2 | Sonia Williams | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.70 | Q |
| 3 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 11.71 | Q |
| 4 | Anna Voskanyan | Russia | 11.92 | Q |
| 5 | Saran Patterson | Jamaica | 11.99 | q |
| 6 | Paola Restrepo | Colombia | 12.13 | q |
| 7 | Ayumi Shimazaki | Japan | 12.18 | |
| 8 | Ahlam Allali | Algeria | 12.24 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 45 athletes from 34 countries participated in the event.

* Algeria (1)
* Anguilla (1)
* Antigua and Barbuda (1)
* Australia (2)
* Bahamas (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Canada (2)
* Cayman Islands (1)
* China (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Colombia (2)
* Czech Republic (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (2)
* Lithuania (1)
* Madagascar (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* Russia (1)
* Saint Lucia (1)
* San Marino (1)
* Singapore (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
