2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 23 and 24 August. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce entered the competition as the defending champion and the world leading athlete that season with a time of 10.74 seconds.
Summary
The semi-finals eliminated the second fastest woman in 2015, English Gardner, otherwise it was mostly the expected fastest athletes from the world list. The surprise was Dafne Schippers improving her own national record by almost a tenth of a second to 10.83 while winning the third semi-final. Previous to that, Schippers had one significant win in London at the end of July, a race that only included one other finalist, Blessing Okagbare, and had been soundly defeated by Fraser-Pryce, Gardner and Okagbare in Paris in early June. Schippers time won her a center lane position, towering next to Fraser-Pryce in the final.In the final, the gun went off and as expected Fraser-Pryce, the "pocket rocket" was out in front, her first three steps clearly faster than the field. While Schippers had the second best reaction time of the field, she appeared to be slightly behind Natasha Morrison and Michelle-Lee Ahye with veteran Veronica Campbell-Brown out in second place behind her teammate. But as top end speed was reached, Schippers and Tori Bowie behind her began eating into the lead with every stride.
She was unable to catch Fraser-Pryce who held her arms up in victory as she crossed the line, running out of time Schippers made a desperate early lean at the finish while Bowie over strided her last few steps also in desperation in third.
Each of the first 5 were clearly separated by.05 of a second. Schippers 10.81 in second place improved upon her national record for the second time in the same day.
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:World record | 10.49 | Indianapolis, United States | 16 July 1988 | |
Championship record | 10.70 | Seville, Spain | 28 August 1999 | |
World leading | 10.74 | Paris, France | 4 July 2015 | |
African record | 10.79 | London, United Kingdom | 27 July 2013 | |
Asian record | 10.79 | Shanghai, China | 18 October 1997 | |
NACAC record | 10.49 | Indianapolis, United States | 16 July 1988 | |
South American record | 10.99 | Toronto, Canada | 22 July 2015 | |
European record | 10.73 | Budapest, Hungary | 19 August 1998 | |
Oceanian record | 11.11 | Canberra, Australia | 9 February 2014 |
Qualification standards
Schedule
Results
Heats
Qualification: Best 3 and next 3 fastest qualify for the next round.Wind:
Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: -1.3 m/s, Heat 3: -1.2 m/s Heat 4: +2.3 m/s, Heat 5: -1.6 m/s, Heat 6: +1.5 m/s, Heat 7: -0.5 m/s
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
1 | 1 | Tori Bowie | 10.88 | ||
1 | 4 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | 10.88 | ||
3 | 4 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | 10.95 | ||
4 | 3 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | 10.98 | ||
5 | 5 | Dafne Schippers | 11.01 | ||
6 | 1 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | 11.04 | ||
7 | 2 | Blessing Okagbare | 11.07 | ||
8 | 2 | Natasha Morrison | 11.08 | ||
8 | 4 | Carina Horn | 11.08 | ||
10 | 3 | Ivet Lalova | 11.09 | , | |
11 | 3 | Murielle Ahouré | 11.10 | ||
12 | 3 | Ezinne Okparaebo | 11.12 | , | |
13 | 6 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | 11.13 | ||
14 | 7 | Rosângela Santos | 11.14 | ||
15 | 5 | Semoy Hackett | 11.16 | , | |
15 | 7 | English Gardner | 11.16 | ||
17 | 6 | Mujinga Kambundji | 11.17 | , | |
18 | 6 | Sherone Simpson | 11.22 | ||
19 | 7 | Chisato Fukushima | 11.23 | , | |
20 | 2 | Viktoriya Zyabkina | 11.24 | ||
21 | 1 | Asha Philip | 11.28 | ||
21 | 6 | Wei Yongli | 11.28 | , | |
23 | 5 | Jasmine Todd | 11.29 | ||
23 | 4 | Ramona Papaioannou | 11.29 | ||
23 | 4 | Rebekka Haase | 11.29 | ||
26 | 6 | Khamica Bingham | 11.30 | ||
27 | 3 | Crystal Emmanuel | 11.33 | ||
28 | 1 | Gina Lückenkemper | 11.34 | ||
29 | 5 | Olesya Povh | 11.40 | ||
30 | 2 | Naomi Sedney | 11.41 | ||
30 | 2 | Verena Sailer | 11.41 | ||
32 | 7 | Maja Mihalinec | 11.42 | ||
33 | 3 | Isidora Jiménez | 11.47 | ||
33 | 5 | Tahesia Harrigan-Scott | 11.47 | ||
35 | 6 | Narcisa Landazuri | 11.48 | ||
35 | 7 | Sheniqua Ferguson | 11.48 | ||
37 | 1 | Olga Safronova | 11.49 | ||
38 | 1 | Inna Eftimova | 11.50 | ||
39 | 4 | Nediam Vargas | 11.51 | ||
40 | 5 | Kimberly Hyacinthe | 11.54 | ||
41 | 2 | Melissa Breen | 11.61 | ||
42 | 7 | Nataliya Pohrebnyak | 11.62 | ||
42 | 7 | Andrea Purica | 11.62 | ||
44 | 3 | Aziza Sbaity | 11.98 | ||
45 | 6 | Hafsatu Kamara | 12.13 | ||
46 | 5 | Adriana Alves | 12.19 | ||
47 | 1 | Valentina Meredova | 12.25 | ||
48 | 3 | Patricia Taea | 12.34 | ||
49 | 1 | Lidiane Lopes | 12.43 | ||
50 | 6 | Marlene Mevong | 12.56 | ||
51 | 5 | Regine Tugade | 12.60 | ||
52 | 2 | Lihen Jonas | 13.70 | ||
2 | Charlotte Wingfield | R162.7 | |||
4 | Jamile Samuel | R162.7 |
Semifinals
Qualification: Best 2 and next 2 fastest qualify for the next round.Wind:
Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
1 | 1 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | 10.82 | ||
2 | 3 | Dafne Schippers | 10.83 | , | |
3 | 2 | Tori Bowie | 10.87 | ||
4 | 1 | Blessing Okagbare | 10.89 | ||
4 | 3 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | 10.89 | , | |
6 | 2 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | 10.90 | ||
7 | 2 | Natasha Morrison | 10.96 | , | |
8 | 3 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | 10.97 | , | |
9 | 3 | Murielle Ahouré | 10.98 | ||
10 | 1 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | 11.04 | ||
11 | 1 | Sherone Simpson | 11.06 | ||
12 | 2 | Rosângela Santos | 11.07 | ||
12 | 2 | Mujinga Kambundji | 11.07 | ||
14 | 3 | Ivet Lalova | 11.13 | ||
14 | 1 | Semoy Hackett | 11.13 | ||
14 | 1 | English Gardner | 11.13 | ||
17 | 3 | Carina Horn | 11.15 | ||
18 | 2 | Viktoriya Zyabkina | 11.19 | ||
18 | 3 | Ezinne Okparaebo | 11.19 | ||
20 | 1 | Asha Philip | 11.21 | ||
20 | 3 | Jasmine Todd | 11.21 | ||
22 | 1 | Wei Yongli | 11.27 | ||
23 | 2 | Chisato Fukushima | 11.32 | ||
24 | 2 | Ramona Papaioannou | 11.38 |
Final
The final was started at 21:35.Wind: -0.3 m/s
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | 10.76 | |||
Dafne Schippers | 10.81 | |||
Tori Bowie | 10.86 | |||
4 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | 10.91 | ||
5 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | 10.98 | ||
6 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | 11.01 | ||
7 | Natasha Morrison | 11.02 | ||
8 | Blessing Okagbare | 11.02 |