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Merlene Ottey at the Olympic Games  -  Sydney 2000

 
Date City Event Place Time Medal  
10.09.00 Brisbane, Runway Beach Meeting 1. st 10.91  
22.09.00 Sydney četrtfinale 1. st 10.99  
23.09.00 Sydney polfinale  
Sydney finale  
 
Date Discipline Event Place Time Medal
100 m finale 4. 10.94    
             
  200 m - - -    
             
  4 x 100 m finale 3. 42.24

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Srebrna medalja - 8. olimpijska Merlene Ottey

     
         

 

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100 m

After all the stress she must have felt due to the discussions surrounding her selection to run the 100 metres, Merlene Ottey impressed heavily in the first races at her 6th Olympic participation. She won her preliminary and quarterfinal heats in 11.24 sec. and 11.08 sec. respectively. Up against strong medal contenders in the semi-final she amazed everyone again by winning in 11.22 sec. and thereby making it to yet another Olympic final at the age of 40 - simply fantastic!!! Merlene herself said after the race: "One or two races are enough for me. Doing four rounds is definitely a killer. I tried. I was really going forward. I would have loved to have moved up one or two spots. It just didn't happen. But to finish fourth in the Olympics is a fantastic result considering everything. I missed one year of competition, and coming back here and running against these people, much faster than I am, for me it was a challenge. I did my very best". She continued "Two-and-a-half months ago, I didn't think I would race in these Olympics. I didn't think I would race again. So I was glad I had the opportunity to come back out here. At one point I thought 'Wow, to get into the final would be nearly impossible". On her selection to run the 100 metres Ottey said "I'm sure by now they (her critics) realize they are wrong. It was the right selection. In the end, Jamaica saw the three best run". As for Marion Jones, Ottey said she is in a class by herself: "Unfortunately there's nobody to challenge her".

Merlene running in the quarterfinalIn the final Tanya Lawrence was the first to react to the starter's gun. She was eventually passed by Marion Jones and Ekaterini Thanou, but held on to third place (11.18 sec.) 0.01 sec. ahead of Ottey. Marion Jones cruised to victory in an impressive 10.75 sec. ahead of Thanou (11.12 sec.). The first to congratulate Lawrence was Ottey: "She came over, shook my hands and said good job", said the beaming Lawrence.

100 m final (wind speed -0.5):
1. Marion Jones 10.75 sec.
2. Ekaterini Thanou 11.12 sec.
3. Tanya Lawrence 11.18 sec.
4. Merlene Ottey 11.19 sec.
5. Zhanna Pintusevich 11.20 sec.
6. Chandra Sturrup 11.21 sec.
7. Sevatheda Fynes 11.22 sec.
8. Debbie Ferguson 11.29 sec.

200 m

In spite of her earlier success with participation 5 Olympic finals in a row (1980-1996), Merlene Ottey chose not to run this distance. Instead the 200 metre final was won by Marion Jones ahead of two girls receiving their first individual Olympic medals ever, Pauline Davis-Thompson (Bahamas) and Susanthika Jayesinghe (Sri Lanka).

200 m final (wind speed )
1. Marion Jones 21.85 sec.
2. Pauline Davis-Thompson 22.27 sec.
3. Susanthika Jayesinghe 22.28 sec.
4. Beverly McDonald 22.35 sec.
5. Debbie Ferguson 22.37 sec.
6. Melinda Gainsford-Taylor 22.42 sec.
7. Cathy Freeman 22.53 sec.
8. Zhanna Pintusevich 22.66 sec.

4 x 100 metres

Merlene Ottey and Veronica Campbell training baton exchangeIn her last Olympic race Merlene managed to bring home a silver medal to Jamaica. McDonald handed Ottey the baton in second position behind the Bahamas and Ottey held on to the silver in spite of a strong finish by Marion Jones (USA), who's dream of a third Olympic gold medal was changed into yet another bronze medal. Had the Jamaican hand-over functioned as well as that of the Bahamian girls, the gold medal might be hanging around the neck of Merlene Ottey and the three other Jamaican girls. After 20 years of OlympicThe Jamaican Team with their silver medals Lawrence, Campbell, McDonald & Ottey competitions Merlene Ottey now alone holds the medal record for female athletes with 8 medals (3 silver and 5 bronze).

4 x 100 m final:
1. Bahamas 41.95 sec.
2. Jamaica 42.13 sec.
3. USA 42.20 sec.
4. France 42.42 sec.
5. Russia 43.02 sec.
6. Germany 43.11 sec.
7. Nigeria 44.05 sec.
8. China 44.87 sec.
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Such a Medal (silver) got Merlene for her performance in Jamaican National relay Team at 4 x 100 m

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REMARKS:

1 her 8.th Olympic medal - this makes Merlene to be the only Athlete in the World, who had won so many Olympic medal
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