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1, 2, 2, - Gold, Silver, Silver _ Jamaica sweeps female 100m in Beijing
Date Posted: August 17, 2008.

Not to be out done by their male counterparts Jamaican women swept the the top three positions in the women 100m track final,  dominating the top three positions. 21-year-old, Shelly Ann Fraser of Jamaica won the gold medal in a time of 10.78s. Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart also of Jamaica, tied for the the silver medal position with a time of 10.98; securing Gold, Silver and an additional Silver for the Caribbean Nation. One day earlier, Usain Bolt of Jamaica decimated the Olympic record to win Gold in the males 100m.

 Debbie Ferguson of the Bahamas, the fourth Caribbean athlete in the final, finished 7th.  The complete results are shown below.

The 2008 Olympics has confirmed, Jamaica, the Caribbean's fastest nation, to be the world's fastest!

Rank Bib Name NOC Date of Birth Lane React. Result  
1 2165 FRASER Shelly-Ann JamaicaJamaica Dec 27 1986 4 0.190 10.78 PB
2 2145 SIMPSON Sherone JamaicaJamaica Aug 12 1984 2 0.155 10.98  
2 2178 STEWART Kerron JamaicaJamaica Apr 16 1984 7 0.232 10.98  
4 3257 WILLIAMS Lauryn United StatesUnited States Sep 11 1983 8 0.149 11.03  
5 3195 LEE Muna United StatesUnited States Oct 30 1981 5 0.234 11.07  
6 1790 KWAKYE Jeanette Great BritainGreat Britain Mar 20 1983 9 0.161 11.14 PB
7 1094 FERGUSON-
McKENZIE Debbie
BahamasBahamas Jan 16 1976 3 0.167 11.19  
8 3165 EDWARDS Torri United StatesUnited States Jan 31 1977 6 0.179 11.20  
 
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