Aug 12, 2016 sees the commencement of all track and field events at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
FRIDAY AUGUST 12
MORNING SESSION
7:30 a.m.: Men’s Discus Throw qualifying round, Group A qualifying
8:05 a.m.: Women’s Shot Put qualifying round, Groups A and B
8:10 a.m.: Men’s 800m Round 1
8:55 a.m.: Men’s Discus Throw qualifying B
9:55 a.m.: Women’s 100m preliminary round
EVENING SESSION
7:05 p.m.: Men’s 400m Round 1
7:20 p.m.: Men’s Long Jump qualifying round, Groups A and B
7:40 p.m.: Women’s 100m Round 1
Below are the results from the women’s 100m preliminary round results in Rio de Janeiro on Friday.
Heat 3
1. Charlotte Wingfield (Malta) 11.86 seconds Q
2. Cecilia Bouele (Congo) 11.98 Q
3. Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli (Malaysia) 12.12
4. PrenamPesse (Togo) 12.38
5. Denika Kassim (Comoros) 12.53
6. Jordan Mageo (American Samoa) 13.72
7. Kariman Abuljadayel (Saudi Arabia) 14.61
8. Karitaake Tewaaki (Kiribati) 14.70
Heat 2
1. Sunayna Wahi (Suriname) 12.09 Q
2. Patricia Taea (Cook Islands) 12.30 Q
3. Mazoon Khalfa Al Alawi (Oman) 12.30
4. Lidiane Lopes Gomes (Cape Verde) 12.38
5. Phumlile Ndzinisa (Swaziland) 12.49
6. Taina Halasima (Tonga) 12.80
7. Laenly Phoutthavong (Laos) 12.82
8. Lerissa Henry (Micronesia) 13.53
Heat 1
1. Hafsatu Kamara (Sierra Leone) 12.24 Q
2. Sisilia Seavula (Fiji) 12.34 Q
3. Regine Tugade (Guam) 12.52
4. Makoura Keita (Guinea) 12.66
5. Shirin Akter (Bangladesh) 12.99
6. Mariana Cress (Marshall Islands) 13.20
7. Liliana Neto (Angola) 13.58
8. Kamia Yousufi (Afghanistan) 14.02
Qualified for Next Round
1. Charlotte Wingfield (Malta) 11.86 seconds
2. Cecilia Bouele (Congo) 11.98
3. Sunayna Wahi (Suriname) 12.09
4. Zaidatul Husniah Zulkifli (Malaysia) 12.12
5. Hafsatu Kamara (Sierra Leone) 12.24
6. Patricia Taea (Cook Islands) 12.30
7. Mazoon Khalfa Al Alawi (Oman) 12.30
8. Sisilia Seavula (Fiji) 12.34
Source: Olympics-Athletics-Women’s 100m preliminary round results | Reuters
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