1974 - 1985 1986 - 1999 2000 - 2004

Performances of the Year 1986

Accomplishments

Total victories: 6 (12 races)

Indoor races 1986

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1986-01-15

Osaka, Japan

7.24 NR (60 m)

-

1

1986-01-31

Toronto, Canada

5.87 NR (50 y)

-

1

1986-02-xx

New York, NY, USA
(TAC Indoor Champs)

6.67 (60 yards)

-

5

Outdoor races 1986

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1986-04-27

Szizouka

10.7 manual time

3.4

1h2

1986-05-17

Granada

11.10

1.0

1

1986-05-24

Sevilla, Spain

11.06
22.46

0.4
-0.4

1
1

1986-06-04

?

53.20 (400 m)

-

?

1986-08-08

London, United Kingdom

22.54

-1.7

2

1986-08-11

Budapest, Hungary

22.43 SB

0.9

2

1986-08-13

Zürich, Switzerland

? (200 m)

-1.4

4

1986-08-15

Berlin, Germany

11.07

1.6

2

Performances of the Year 1987

Accomplishments

World Championships (two bronze medals: 100 and 200 metres).
World Indoor Championships (silver medallist over 200 metres).
Overall winner of the IAAF Grand Prix Series (discipline winner, 100 metres).
Total victories: 26 (39 races)

Indoor races 1987

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1987-01-15

Osaka, Japan

7.19

-

1

1987-02-13

Hamilton, Canada

6.24 NR (50 m)

-

2

1987-02-20

Inglewood, USA

7.15 NR

-

1

1987-03-06

Indianapolis, USA
(World Championships)

7.27
7.14 NR

-
-

3h3
2s1

1987-03-07

Indianapolis, USA
(World Championships)

23.63
22.86
22.66 SB

-
-
-

1h3
1s2
2

1987-03-08

Indianapolis, USA
(World Championships)

7.13 NR

-

4

1987-03-13

Cosford, 

23.21

-

1

1987-03-15

Cosford

7.20

-

1

Outdoor races 1987

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1987-04-25

Walnut, California, USA

10.8 manual time

1.5

1

1987-04-26

Walnut, California, USA

10.8 manual time

1.5

1

1987-05-09

Modesto

11.11

1.1

1r2

1987-05-31

Walnut, California, USA

10.87 PB / NR
22.22

1.1
1.6

1
1

1987-06-07

Westwood

22.61

-1.0

1

1987-06-14

Irvine, USA

11.07

1.3

1

1987-06-25

San Jose, California USA
TAC Championships *

? (100 metres) 
? (200 metres)

?
?

4heat
2heat

1987-07-06

Budapest, Hungary

10.92

0.8

1

1987-07-13

Nice, France

10.98

-0.6

1

1987-07-16

Paris, France

10.99

-0.5

1

1987-08-14

London, United Kingdom

11.11

?

1

1987-08-16

Cologne, Germany

11.12
10.93

0.0
0.0

1h2
1

1987-08-19

Zürich, Switzerland

22.29

-1.8

2

1987-08-29

Rome, Italy
(World Championships)

11.26
11.27

1.3
-1.1

1h2
1q4

1987-08-30

Rome, Italy
(World Championships)

10.89w
11.04

2.2
-0.5

2s1
3

1987-09-01

Rome, Italy
(World Championships)

23.19

-0.6

3h4

1987-09-03

Rome, Italy
(World Championships)

22.43
22.06 SB

-1.0
1.2

1s1
3

1987-09-06

Rome, Italy
(World Championships)

4 x 100 metre

 

DNS¤

1987-09-09

Munich, Germany

11.11

0.6

1

1987-09-11

Bruxelles, Belgium
(Grand Prix Final)

11.09

-1.2

1

1987-09-15

Lausanne, Switzerland

10.97

0.8

1

1987-09-17

Monte Carlo, Monaco

10.99

-1.0

1

 

* Ottey decided not to run the semi-finals over 100 and 200 metres (no information on her times in the heats).
# Ottey did not participate in Jamaican national trials this year but was chosen for the Jamaican team for the World Championships anyway. This was not the case for Juliet Cuthbert and Grace Jackson as they had not sought and obtained special permission to miss the trials. Therefore they were not included in the Jamaican team.
¤ Jamaica did not participate in the short relay because Merlene Ottey was the only female sprinter selected for the championships (see note # above).
Performances of the Year 1988

Accomplishments

Participation in her third Olympics with a fourth place over 200 metres as the best result.
Jamaican champion (100 metres).
Total victories: 16 (23 races)

Indoor races 1988

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1988-02-13

East Rutherford, USA

6.85 (55 metres)

-

2

 

Outdoor races 1988

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1988-04-24

Walnut, California

51.29

-

3

1988-05-22

Sao Paolo, Brazil

23.56

?

1

1988-06-01

Sevilla, Spain

11.08
22.23

0.0
0.6

1
1

1988-06-04

Reims, France

11.26

?

1

1988-06-07

Saint-Denis, France

11.00 SB

-0.9

1

1988-06-11

Luzern, Switzerland

11.05
22.71

0.9
?

1
1

1988-07-03

Northridge

11.21

?

1

1988-07-15

Kingston, Jamaica
(Jamaican Trials) #

10.7 manual time
11.16
11.03

?
?
?

1heat
1semifinal
1

1988-07-29

Santa Monica, California

22.3 manual time

?

1

1988-08-07

Santa Monica, California

11.24
22.6w manual time

?
wind-aided

1
1

1988-09-24

Seoul, South Korea
(Olympic Games) *

11.03
11.03

0.1
0.5

1h8
2q1

1988-09-28

Seoul, South Korea
(Olympic Games)

23.06
22.30

?
0.7

1heat
2q2

1988-09-29

Seoul, South Korea
(Olympic Games)

22.07
21.99 SB

1.7
1.3

2s1
4

1988-10-01

Seoul, South Korea
(Olympic Games) ¤

43.30
(4 x 100 m relay)

Ottey ran anchor

3s1

 

# Merlene Ottey did not have to compete in the 200 metres to qualify for the Olympic Games.
* Due to bronchitis and hamstring problems Ottey withdrew from the 100 metre semi-final to save herself for the 200 m.
¤ Although running the semi-final Ottey and Cuthbert decided not to run in the relay final (due to injuries) and therefore Jamaica had to scratch its team in the final.
Performances of the Year 1989

Accomplishments

World Indoor Champion, 200 metres (bronze medal 60 metres).
Winner of the 100 metre title in the IAAF Grand Prix Series (fourth in the Overall Series).
Total victories: 42 (46 races)

 

Indoor races 1989

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1989-02-04

Cosford, USA

52.21

-

1

1989-02-10

San Sebastian, Spain

22.79

-

1

1989-02-12

Stuttgart, Germany

7.25
22.86

-
-

2
1

1989-02-26

Karlsruhe, Germany

22.71

-

1

1989-02-28

Sindelfingen, Germany

7.10 PB / NR
22.61

-
-

1
1

1989-03-03

Budapest, Hungary
(World Championships)

7.13
7.10 

-
-

2s2
3

1989-03-04

Budapest, Hungary
(World Championships)

22.72
22.34 PB / NR

-
-

1semifinal
1

1989-03-08

Piraeus, Greece

7.12
22.61

-
-

1
1

Outdoor races 1989

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1989-05-06

Kingston, Jamaica

23.02

?

3 *

1989-05-20

Sao Paolo, Brazil

11.30
23.14

wreg
wreg

1
1

1989-06-09

Madrid, Spain

11.69
11.46

wreg
wreg

1h
1

1989-06-17

Granada, Spain

11.31
22.36

wreg
0.0

1
1

1989-06-20

Sevilla, Spain

22.32

1.3

1

1989-06-23

Saint Denis, France

11.10
22.24

1.3
1.2

1
1

1989-06-24

Sevilla, Spain

11.24

wreg

1

1989-06-25

Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France

10.95 SB
22.23

1.3
-0.3

1
1

1989-07-03

Stockholm

11.10

-0.6

1

1989-07-05

Berlin, Germany

11.11
11.04

0.2
-0.5

1h3
1

1989-07-07

Edinburgh, Scotland

11.16

wreg

1

1989-07-10

Nice, France

10.99

0.4

1

1989-07-14

London, England

11.02

0.2

1

1989-08-08

Budapest, Hungary

11.09

1.7

1

1989-08-10

Malmö, Sweden

11.15

wreg

1

1989-08-14

Linz, Austria

22.28

0.4

1

1989-08-16

Zürich, Switzerland

11.17
11.07

wreg
-0.7

1heat
1

1989-08-20

Cologne, Germany

11.12

-0.5

1

1989-08-25

Bruxelles, Belgium

11.03
22.21 SB

-0.1
0.6

1
1

1989-09-01

Monaco
(Grand Prix Final)

11.04

-0.2

1

1989-09-03

Rieti, Italy

11.07

0.6

1

1989-09-12

Verona, Italy

11.06

0.5

1

1989-09-17

Padua, Italy

22.46

-0.3

1

1989-09-27

Trapani, Italy

11.13
16.46 WB (150m)

-3.2
-1.5

1
1

 

* Merlene's last defeat until 8 March 1991 (to Privalova at the World Indoor Championships, 60 metres).
Performances of the Year 1990

Accomplishments

Double gold medallist at Commonwealth Games over 100 & 200 metres (bronze 4x100 m.)
Winner of the Overall title in IAAF Grand Prix Series (200 metre distance).
Declared Female Indoor Grand Prix Champion.
Named IAAF and TFN Female Athlete of the Year.
Named L'Equipe's International Sportswoman of the Year.
TFN chose her 200 metre win in Zürich (21.66 sec.) as Performance of the Year.
No races lost in the whole season - Total victories: 39 (39 races).

 

Indoor races 1990

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1990-02-xx

Karlsruhe, Germany

?

-

1

1990-02-27

San Sebastian, Spain

22.77

-

1

1990-02-27

Sevilla, Spain

7.15
22.77

-
-

1
1

1990-03-07

Piraeus, Greece

7.14

-

1

1990-03-10

Cosford, USA
(WAAA indoor champs)

23.70
23.07

-
-

1heat
1

1990-03-13

Madrid, Spain

7.08 PB / NR

-

1

Outdoor races 1990

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1990-01-27

Auckland, New Zealand
(Commonwealth Games)

11.07w

3.2

1h1

1990-01-28

Auckland, New Zealand
(Commonwealth Games)

11.20
11.02w

wreg
4.4

1s1
1

1990-02-01

Auckland, New Zealand
(Commonwealth Games)

22.87
22.76

wreg
?

1heat
1

1990-05-05

Kingston, Jamaica

52.44 SB

-

1

1990-05-17

Santander, Spain

11.18

?

1

1990-05-26

Granada, Spain

22.12

0.9

1

1990-05-30

Sevilla, Spain

10.78 SB/PB/NR

1.7

1

1990-06-09

Madrid, Spain

11.06

-0.2

1

1990-06-12

Tenerife, Spain

22.08w

2.5

1

1990-06-22

Saint Denis, France

11.08
22.21

-1.5
-1.9

1
1

1990-06-29

Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France

21.97

1.1

1

1990-07-04

East Berlin, Germany

11.01
21.94

-0.4
1.1

1
1

1990-07-06

Formia, Italy

10.98

0.0

1

1990-07-10

Nice, France

21.80 PB

-1.1

1

1990-08-05

Budapest, Hungary

22.16

-0.5

1

1990-08-07

Malmö, Sweden

11.04

0.8

1

1990-08-08

Sestriere, Italy

21.88

1.6

1

1990-08-12

Hengelo, Netherlands

10.97

0.9

1

1990-08-15

Zürich, Switzerland

10.93
21.66 SB/PB/NR

-1.2
-1.0

1
1

1990-08-17

Berlin, Germany

10.82

1.4

1

1990-08-19

Cologne, Germany

21.81

0.4

1

1990-09-07

Athens, Greece
(Grand Prix Final)

21.88

1.0

1

1990-09-09

Rieti, Italy

10.85

1.5

1

1990-09-15

Trapani, Italy

11.26

wreg

1

1990-09-16

Padua, Italy

10.99
22.78

0.4
?

1
1

Performances of the Year 1991

Accomplishments

World Champion in the 4 x 100 metre relay (two bronze medals over 100 and 200 metres).
World Indoor Champion, 200 metres (silver medallist, 60 metres).
Second in the Overall IAAF Grand Prix Series (behind high jumper Heike Henkel, Germany).
Winner of the 100 metre IAAF Grand Prix title.
Female Grand Prix Indoor Athlete of the Year. 
Jamaican champion (100 metres).
Won 14 out of 15 100 metre finals (and 8 out of 9 200 metre finals).
Total victories: 39 (43 races)

Indoor races 1991

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1991-02-10

Stuttgart,Germany

22.70

-

1

1991-02-13

Madrid, Spain

7.12

-

1

1991-02-17

Cosford, USA

36.59 (300 m)

-

1

1991-02-28

Sevilla, Spain

7.08
22.37

-
-

1
1

1991-03-03

Sindelfingen, Germany

7.04 SB
22.24 WR

-
-

1
1

1991-03-08

Sevilla, Spain
(World Championships)

7.16
7.08
7.08

-
-
-

1h1
1s1
2

1991-03-10

Sevilla, Spain
(World Championships)

22.64
22.24 WR

-
-

1semi
1

Outdoor races 1991

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1991-

?

? (100 metres)

?

1

1991-05-30

Sevilla, Spain

22.19

-0.3

1

1991-06-07

Alcobendas, Spain

22.12w

2.7

1

1991-06-12

Duisburg, Germany

10.91

0.7

1

1991-06-15

Siderno, 

11.21

wreg

1

1991-06-23

Berlin, Germany

22.05

1.8

1

1991-06-28

Kingston, Jamaica (Jamaican Trials)#

10.99
10.94

?
1.7

1h1
1

1991-07-03

Stockholm, Sweden

10.98

-0.3

1

1991-07-06

Oslo, Norway

10.88 SR

0.2

1

1991-07-10

Lausanne, Switzerland

10.84

0.0

1

1991-07-12

London, England

22.24

-1.6

1

1991-07-17

Rome, Italy

10.87

0.2

1

1991-07-23

Vigo, Spain

10.79 SB

1.7

1

1991-07-31

Sestriere, Italy

11.03
22.15

-1.9
-2.4

1
1

1991-08-03

Monte Carlo, Monaco

21.98

0.6

1

1991-08-07

Zürich, Switzerland

10.87

-1.0

1

1991-08-26

Tokyo, Japan
(World Championships)

11.06
10.89

0.9
-0.1

1h7
1q4

1991-08-27

Tokyo, Japan
(World Championships)

10.78w
11.06

2.3
-3.0

1s2
3

1991-08-29

Tokyo, Japan
(World Championships)

23.25
22.64

-0.8
0.3

1h2
1q3

1991-08-30

Tokyo, Japan
(World Championships)

22.59
22.21

-5.1
-2.4

2s2
3

1991-09-01

Tokyo, Japan
(World Championships)

41.94 NR
(4 x 100 metre)

Ottey ran anchor

1

1991-09-06

Rieti, Italy

10.98

1.6

1

1991-09-08

Cologne, Germany

21.83

0.5

1

1991-09-10

Berlin, Germany

10.84

0.2

1

1991-09-13

Bruxelles, Belgium ¤

21.64 SB/PB/NR

0.8

1

1991-09-

*

 

1991-09-20

Barcelona, Spain
(Grand Prix final)

10.87

-0.2

1

 

# Merlene Ottey was excused from running the 200 metres at the Jamaican Trials.
¤ This race was declared "Performance of the Year" by Track and Field News.
*
Merlene Ottey ran one more 100 metre race after Brussels (location and time is unknown)
Performances of the Year 1992

Accomplishments

Bronze medallist over 200 metres at the Olympics.
Second in the Overall IAAF Grand Prix Series (winner long jumper, Heike Drechsler).
Winner of the 200 metre IAAF Grand Prix title.
Runner-up "Indoor athlete of the Year" (winner high jumper, Heike Henkel).
Set a world indoor record (WIR) of 6.96 sec. for the 60 metres (first woman under 7.00 sec.).
Jamaican Champion (200 metres).
Total victories: 22 (31 races)

 

Indoor races 1992

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1992-01-29

Gent, Belgium

7.09

-

1

1992-02-02

Stuttgart, Germany

22.36 SB *

-

1

1992-02-08

Glasgow, Scotland

7.04

-

1

1992-02-14

Madrid, Spain

6.96 SB/PB/WR

-

1

1992-02-18

Genua, Italy

7.03

-

1

Outdoor races 1992

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1992-06-04

Saint Denis, France

10.97w

3.1

1

1992-06-06

Sevilla, Spain

22.19

0.7

1

1992-07-04

Odessa, Russia

11.09w

3.5

1

1992-07-04

Kingston, Jamaica
(Jamaican Trials)

??.??
10.8 manual time

?
1.1

heat
2

1992-07-05

Kingston, Jamaica (Jamaican Trials)

22.33

0.8

1

1992-07-08

Lausanne, Switzerland

22.18

0.3

1

1992-07-13

Salamanca, Spain

10.80 SB

1.6

1

1992-07-15

Nice, France

22.11

1.0

1

1992-07-31

Barcelona, Spain (Olympic Games)

11.26
11.15

-0.2
-1.0

1h1
1q3

1992-08-01

Barcelona, Spain
(Olympic Games)

11.07
10.88

-2.9
-1.0

2s1
5

1992-08-03

Barcelona, Spain (Olympic Games)

22.95
21.94 SB

0.3
-0.9

1h2
1q4

1992-08-05

Barcelona, Spain (Olympic Games)

22.12

-1.6

1s1

1992-08-06

Barcelona, Spain (Olympic Games)

22.09

-0.6

3

1992-08-07

Barcelona, Spain (Olympic Games)

42.28 (4 x 100 m)
¤

Ottey ran anchor

1h2

1992-08-11

Monaco

22.08

0.0

2

1992-08-13

Linz, Austria

22.20

0.7

1

1992-08-19

Zürich, Switzerland

11.01
22.12

0.0
-0.6

2r2
3r2

1992-08-21

Berlin, Germany

11.10

1.5

3r1

1992-08-28

Bruxelles, Belgium

10.89
22.00

0.6
0.6

1
1

1992-09-04

Torino, Italy
(Grand Prix Final)

22.03

0.2

1

 

* Sixth fastest 200 metres indoor time ever.
¤ Juliet Cuthbert suffered a hamstring injury on the second leg of the 4 x 100 relay final (with Jamaica in the lead) and
   Jamaica could not finish the race with Merlene Ottey on the anchor leg. Therefore a supposed gold medal was lost!!!
Performances of the Year 1993

Accomplishments

World Champion 200 metres (silver medal 100 metres and bronze medal 4 x 100 metre relay)
Designated a roving ambassador of Jamaica after her World Championship gold medal.
Set a world indoor record (WIR) of 21.87 seconds for the 200 metres.
Double Jamaican champion (100 & 200 metres).
Total victories: 23 (29 races)

Indoor races 1993

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1993-02-07

Grenoble, France

22.98¤

-

2

1993-02-10

Gent, Belgium

  7.05

-

1

1993-02-13

Lievin, France

  7.09
  7.01 SB
21.87 WIR

-
-
-

1h
1
1

1993-02-20

Birmingham, England

  7.12

-

1

¤ disturbed by spectator crossing the track

Outdoor races 1993*

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1993-06-01

Bratislava, Slovakia

11.10
22.27

0.4
0.8

1
1

1993-06-09

Rome, Italy

11.13

0.9

1

1993-06-11

Saint-Denis, France

23.36

?

3

1993-06-13

Jena, Germany

11.09

0.1

1

1993-07-02

Kingston, Jamaica
(Jamaican Trials)

11.00

1.1

1

1993-07-03

Kingston, Jamaica
(Jamaican Trials)

22.29

1.0

1

1993-07-07

Lausanne, Switzerland

10.96

1.5

2

1993-07-10

Oslo, Norway

10.94

1.2

1

1993-08-04

Zürich, Switzerland

10.93

-0.9

1

1993-08-07

Monte Carlo, Monaco

10.90
21.77 SB

-0.6
1.0

1
1

1993-08-15

Stuttgart, Germany
(World Championships)

11.36
11.19

0.0
-0.1

2h4
1q3

1993-08-16

Stuttgart, Germany
(World Championships)

10.87 CR
10.82 CR/SB

-0.3
-0.3

1
2

1993-08-17

Stuttgart, Germany
(World Championships)

23.39
22.81

0.1
-0.2

1h1
1q2

1993-08-19

Stuttgart, Germany
(World Championships)

22.12
21.98

0.2
0.0

1s2
1

1993-08-22

Stuttgart, Germany
(World Championships)

41.94 NR
(4 x 100 metre)

Ottey ran anchor

3

1993-08-25

Linz, Austria

11.11

0.3

1

1993-08-27

Berlin, Germany

11.01

-0.5

1

 

Performances of the Year 1994

Accomplishments

Second in the Overall IAAF Grand Prix Series.
Winner of the 100 metre IAAF Grand Prix title.
World Cup winner 200 metres.
Won 6 out of 6 200 metre races outdoors.
Set a world indoor record (WIR) of 6.00 seconds for the 50 metres.
Total victories: 16 (23 races).

Indoor races 1994

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1994-02-01

Moscow, Russia

6.18 (50 metres)

-

2

1994-02-04

Moscow, Russia

6.00 WIR (50 m)

-

1

1994-02-05

Budapest, Hungary

22.94 SB

-

1

1994-02-13

Lievin, France

7.13
7.02

-
-

1h
2

1994-03-01

Karlsruhe, Germany

7.11

-

1

1994-03-06

Sindelfingen, Germany

6.99 SB

-

1

1994-03-08

Stockholm, Sweden

7.18
7.09

-
-

1h
1

Outdoor races 1994

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1994-05-07

Kingston, Jamaica

22.51

wreg

1

1994-06-05

Moscow, Russia

11.18

wreg

2

1994-06-29

Helsinki, Finland

11.02

0.1

1

1994-07-06

Lausanne, Switzerland *

10.95

0.9

3

1994-08-14

Zürich, Switzerland

22.41

-1.0

3

1994-08-19

Bruxelles, Belgium

10.92

0.0

2

1994-08-22

Malmö, Sweden

11.15

wreg

1

1994-08-24

Göteborg, Sweden
(WC Dress Rehearsal) 

11.13
22.51

-2.7
-0.6

2
1

1994-08-28

Copenhagen, Denmark

10.97w

2.2

1

1994-08-30

Berlin, Germany

22.07 SB

0.4

1

1994-09-03

Paris, France
(Grand Prix Final)

10.78 SB/PB/NR

0.4

1

1994-09-09

London, England
(World Cup)

22.23

-1.7

1

1994-09-13

Pune

22.21

?

1

 

* Merlene Ottey finished the race but was injured and did not run at athletic meets for a month thereafter.
Performances of the Year 1995

Accomplishments

World Champion 200 metres (silver medal 100 metres and 4 x 100 metre relay).
World Indoor Champion 60 metres.
6th place at the 200 metre distance in the IAAF Grand Prix Series.
Jamaican champion (100 metres).
Total victories: 19 (31 races)

Indoor races 1995

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1995-02-05

Maebashi, Japan

7.15

-

1

1995-02-12

Gent, Belgium

7.05

-

2

1995-02-19

Lievin, France

7.15
6.97 SB

-
-

1h
2

1995-03-10

Barcelona, Spain
(World Championships)

7.12
7.04
6.97 SB

-
-
-

1h4
1s1
1

Outdoor races 1995

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1995-06-02

Torino, Italy

22.65

?

1

1995-06-05

Hengelo, Netherlands

11.00

1.6

1

1995-06-08

Roma, Italy

22.29w

2.1

1

1995-06-15

Nuremberg, Germany

11.10

-0.4

1

1995-06-23

Kingston, Jamaica
(Jamaican Trials)

11.10

-1.5

1

1995-07-03

Paris, France

11.00

0.8

1

1995-07-05

Lausanne, Switzerland

10.92
22.07

1.9
1.6

1
1

1995-07-07

London, United Kingdom

22.32

-0.5

1

1995-07-21

Oslo, Norway

22.66

-1.7

2

1995-07-25

Monaco

22.13

0.0

3

1995-08-06

Göteborg, Sweden
(World Championships)

11.15
11.17

-0.4
0.7

1h2
2q3

1995-08-07

Göteborg, Sweden
(World Championships)

10.85 SB
10.94

0.9
1.4

2s1
2

1995-08-09

Göteborg, Sweden
(World Championships)

22.55

0.7

1h1

1995-08-10

Göteborg, Sweden
(World Championships)

22.25
22.12

-0.7
-2.2

1s2
1

1995-08-12

Göteborg, Sweden
(World Championships)

42.36
(4 x 100 metres)

Ottey ran anchor

1s2

1995-08-13

Göteborg, Sweden
(World Championships)

42.25
(4 x 100 metres)

Ottey ran anchor

2

1995-08-16

Zürich, Switzerland

22.12

-0.7

2

1995-08-18

Cologne, Germany

22.07

-0.3

2

1995-08-22

Linz, Austria

11.00

-0.2

1

1995-08-25

Bruxelles, Belgium

21.93 SB / WVR

1.0

2

1995-09-01

Berlin, Germany

DNF (injured)

0.9

DNF

Performances of the Year 1996

Accomplishments

Two silver medals (100 & 200 m) and a bronze medal (4x100 m) at her fifth Olympic Games.
Second in the Overall Grand Prix Series (behind hurdler Ludmila Enquist).
Winner of the 100 metre Grand Prix title.
Set a 100 metre World Veteran Record (over 35 years) in the GP Final: 10.74 sec. (also PB). 
Double Jamaican champion (100 & 200 metres).
Total victories: 29 (35 races)

Indoor races 1996

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

04.02

Stuttgart, Germany

7.13

-

2

09.02

Madrid, Spain

7.10

-

1

12.02

Tampere, Finland

7.15
7.15

-
-

1h1
1

18.02

Lievin, France

7.02 SB

-

1

25.02

Stockholm, Sweden

7.14

-

1

Outdoor races 1996

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

19.05

Chemnitz, Germany

11.04
22.80w

1.9
4.1

1
1

27.05

Hengelo, Netherlands

11.02w

3.2

1

28.5-4.6

Ostrava, 

11.18

wreg

1

05.06

Roma, Italy

11.00

0.25

1

07.06

Moscow, Russia

10.92

0.6

1

12.06

Madrid, Spain

11.07

- 0.2

1

27.06

Kingston, Jamaica 
(Jamaican Trials)

11.10
11.08w

0.4
2.1

1h1
1s1

28.06

Kingston, Jamaica
(Jamaican Trials)

11.03
22.50w

0.3
2.3

1
1

05.07

Oslo, Norway

10.95

- 1.0

1

12.07

Bellinzona, Switzerland

10.95
22.09

0.4
0.0

1
1

26.07

Atlanta, USA
(Olympic Games)

11.13
11.02

?
0.0

1h3
1q4

27.07

Atlanta, USA
(Olympic Games)

10.93
10.94

0.4
- 0.7

1s1
2

31.07

Atlanta, USA
(Olympic Games)

22.82
22.61

0.6
0.3

1h4
1q2

01.08

Atlanta, USA
(Olympic Games)

22.08
22.24

0.1
0.3

1s2
2

03.08

Atlanta, USA
(Olympic Games)

42.24
(4 x 100 metres)

Ottey ran anchor

3

14.08

Zürich, Switzerland

10.95

- 0.4

1

16.08

Cologne, Germany

10.98

0.2

1

23.08

Bruxelles, Belgium

11.04

- 0.5

3

30.08

Berlin, Germany

10.94

- 0.1

2

07.09

Milan, Italy

10.74 PB / WVR

1.3

1

16.09

Tokyo, Japan

10.94

0.1

1

Performances of the Year 1997

 Accomplishments

Bronze medallist at the World Championships (200 metres).
Jamaican champion (100 metres).
Total victories: 14 (28 races)

Indoor races 1997

 

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1997-02-10

Tampere, Finland

11.29 PB / NR

-

1

1997-02-23

Birmingham, England

7.10 SB

-

2

Outdoor races 1997

 

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

??.05

Arnsberg

11.59

head-wind

?

02.06

Saint-Denis, France

11.19

2.0

1

05.06

Roma, Italy

23.18

-0.2

6

19.06

Kingston, Jamaica
(Jamaican Trials)

11.15

0.0

1h1

20.06 

Kingston, Jamaica
(Jamaican Trials)

10.96

1.4

1

21.06 

Kingston, Jamaica
(Jamaican Trials)

22.80
22.79

-2.8
-2.1

2s1
3

13.07

Byrkjelo, Norway

11.21

-1.2

1

16.07

Nice, France

22.47

0.6

1

19.07

Hechtel, Belgium

11.05

0.4

1

02.08

Athinai, Greece
(World Championships)

11.27
11.00

0.1
0.4

1h3
1q2

03.08

Athinai, Greece
(World Championships)

11.08
11.29

-0.1
0.4

2s2
7

06.08

Athinai, Greece
(World Championships)

22.47
22.65

-2.4
1.8

3h4
1q1

07.08

Athinai, Greece
(World Championships)

22.26

0.2

1s2

08.08

Athinai, Greece
(World Championships)

22.40

-0.7

3

13.08

Zürich, Switzerland

10.96

-1.2

1

16.08

Monte Carlo, Monaco

22.06 SB

0.4

2

22.08

Bruxelles, Belgium

10.83 SB

0.9

2

24.08

Cologne, Germany

22.17

0.1

2

26.08

Berlin, Germany

10.85

0.8

2

30.08

Catania
(World Student Games)

22.53

-0.9

1

06.09

Tokyo, Japan

10.83 SB

-0.4

1

13.09

Fukuoka, Japan 
(Grand Prix Final)

21.92w

2.9

2

Performances of the Year 1998

Accomplishments

Fourth place (100 metres) in her first participation in the Goodwill Games.
Total victories: 6 (11 races)


Indoor races 1998

(no indoor races this season)

Outdoor races 1998

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1998-05-30

Istanbul, Turkey

11.02
22.53 SB

1.2
1.2

1
1

1998-06-03

Kassel, Germany

11.19

-1.0

1rA

1998-06-05

Milano, Italy

11.16

0.0

2

1998-07-05

Byrkjelo, Norway

11.16

- 0.5

1

1998-07-11

Nürnberg, Germany

11.02

0.0

1

1998-07-19

Uniondale, USA
(Goodwill Games)

11.21

- 0.8

4

1998-07-22

Cuxhaven, Germany

11.07

0.3

1

1998-08-05

Stockholm, Sweden

11.01 SB

1.1

3

1998-08-08

Monte Carlo, Monaco

11.05

0.0

4

1998-08-12

Zürich, Switzerland

11.10

- 0.9

5

Performances of the Year 1999

Accomplishments

Merlene Ottey did not participate in any of the years' world championships (indoors or outdoors). She had her plans for a record-breaking 7th participation in the outdoor World Championships ruined by the finding of drugs in a sample from July 1999. 
Total victories: 19 (26 races)

Indoor races 1999

 

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1999-01-29

Chemnitz, Germany

7.10
7.06

-
-

1h1
1

1999-02-13

Dortmund, Germany

7.13
7.06

-
-

1h1
1

1999-02-21

Lievin, France

7.04
7.01 SB / WVR

-
-

1h1
2

1999-02-24

Piraeus, Greece

7.05

-

1

1999-02-28

Sindelfingen, Germany

7.07
7.05

-
-

1h
1

 

Merlene Ottey did not participate in the 1999 Indoor World Championships in Maebashi, Japan as she in the 1999 season wanted to concentrate fully on the Outdoor World Championships in Sevilla, Spain.

 

Outdoor races 1999

 

Date

Venue

Time

Wind

Place

1999-05-29

Rethymno, Greece

11.04w

2.3

2

1999-05-30

Athens, Greece

22.72

0.3

1

1999-06-05

Stuttgart, Germany

11.27 WR o/39

?

2

1999-06-13

Nürnberg, Germany

11.03 WR o/39
11.05

- 0.1
- 0.4

1h1
1

1999-06-18

Kingston, Jamaica
(Jamaican Championships)

?
11.20

?
0.0

heat
3

1999-06-23

Kassel, Germany

11.07

?

1

1999-06-26

Dortmund, Germany

11.01 WR o/39
22.49

0.8
0.1

1
1

1999-07-03

Saint-Denis, France

11.13

0.0

2

1999-07-05

Luzern, Switzerland

10.97 WR o/39 #
22.43w

1.0
2.6

1
1

1999-07-23

Cuxhaven, Germany

11.01

0.1

1

1999-07-30

Stockholm, Sweden

22.46

0.6

2

1999-08-07

Hechtel, Belgium

10.99
22.43 SB

0.3
0.5

1
1

#: Merlene Ottey's races in Luzern, Switzerland, was suspended due to the traces of nandrolone found in her doping sample.
WR o/39: World Age Record for 39-year olds.
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