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

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