100 metres at the Olympics 40 in 2000 and reached the Olympic semi-finals four years later. (Ottey is also the most frequent participant having competed in the Olympic 100 m an unrivalled six times from 1984 to 2004). The first women's champion, Betty Robinson in 1928, remains the youngest gold medallist for the event at 16 years old, while a 32-year-old Linford Christie became the oldest 100 m Olympic champion in 1992. Since introduction of testing by the IAAF in the early-20th century, female sprinters may be subject to gender verification. This rule was first formally applied to the 100 m at the 1968 Mexico
Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres by inches, Devers beat Cuthbert to the line. Privolova barely arrived ahead of Torrence who passed her in the next step after the line. Four years later, it would be Devers again by inches ahead of Ottey and Torrence to become only the second woman to win the 100 twice in a row. These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics. <br> <br> <br> <br> First 4 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals. Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres These