Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare Through to Rio 2016 Olympic 100m Semifinal
Making her debut for Nigeria, Jennifer Madu who competed in Heat 5 finished in a time of 11.61 while Gloria Asumnu finished 5th in Heat 2 with a time of 11.55s. Orukpe Eraiyokan ran 47.42s to finish 7th in Heat 7.