2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles


The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 28 August.

Summary

of the United States entered the competition as the defending champion. Coming into this meet, on paper, this was an American event as eight of the top ten athletes in the world were Americans, but even with the returning champion, only four could compete here. The returning silver medalist, reigning Olympic Champion and two-time winner Sally Pearson could not return due to a tragic accident in Rome, so the best the world could offer was returning bronze medalist Tiffany Porter. But the hurdles require execution.
Two of the Americans disappeared in the semi-finals, Kendra Harrison by false start, 2008 Olympic Champion Dawn Harper-Nelson falling flat at the second hurdle. Making the finals were Rollins, after a tight battle with Andrea Ivančević and world #1 Sharika Nelvis, along with Porter and Jamaica's version of the Williams sisters, Danielle and Shermaine. Danielle along with Alina Talay and Cindy Roleder had to run personal bests just to make it into the finals.
In the final, Rollins was clearly the first to the first hurdle, however when she got to the first hurdle she didn't lift her lead leg high enough to clear it instead firmly hitting it with her foot and riding it down. That slight delay gave Danielle the narrow lead, chased by Porter and Nelvis. Porter started to move ahead and Rollins started to come back. At the ninth hurdle, Porter began to lose her balance putting Williams back in the lead. Bracketing the field, Talay in lane 2 and Roleder in lane 8 were running error free races away from the fireworks in the middle of the track. By the sixth hurdle, Talay was almost even with Rollins, while Roleder, last over the first hurdle, was steadily gaining. Coming over the final barrier, Roleder clearly took it the smoothest and had the strongest run to the finish. A perfectly timed lean almost caught Williams. In contrast, the off balance Porter lunged at Rollins way too early and tumbled to the track with a full somersault, while Talay efficiently out leaned Rollins for bronze. It was again a significant personal best for all three medalists with Talay's being a new National Record.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record Yordanka Donkova 12.21Stara Zagora, Bulgaria20 August 1988
Championship record12.28Daegu, South Korea3 September 2011
World leading12.34Eugene, United States26 June 2015
African record12.44Fontvieille, Monaco8 August 1998
African record12.44Brussels, Belgium28 August 1998
African record12.44Seville, Spain28 August 1999
Asian record12.44Luzern, Switzerland27 June 1995
NACAC record12.26Des Moines, United States22 June 2013
South American record12.71Manaus, Brazil19 May 2001
European Record12.21Stara Zagora, Bulgaria20 August 1988
Oceanian record12.28Daegu, South Korea3 September 2011

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next 4 fastest advanced to the [|semifinals].
Wind: Heat 1: -1.8 m/s, Heat 2: -1.2 m/s, Heat 3: -1.0 m/s, Heat 4: -0.4 m/s, Heat 5: -1.1 m/s.
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Brianna Rollins12.67
25Tiffany Porter12.73
31Danielle Williams12.77
44Shermaine Williams12.78,
53Dawn Harper-Nelson12.79
62Cindy Roleder12.86,
65Nikkita Holder12.86
85Alina Talay12.87
93Kierre Beckles12.88,
94Andrea Ivančević12.88
111Kendra Harrison12.90
113Anne Zagré12.90
132Sharika Nelvis12.93
132Noemi Zbären12.93
151Isabelle Pedersen12.96
164Cindy Ofili12.97
173Michelle Jenneke13.02
184Phylicia George13.03
193Beate Schrott13.04
202Karolina Kołeczek13.05
212Nina Morozova13.06
225Wu Shuijiao13.09
233Kimberly Laing13.10
242Nooralotta Neziri13.13
251Yekaterina Galitskaya13.14
261Hanna Platitsyna13.15
273Devynne Charlton13.16
281Cindy Billaud13.23
295Caridad Jerez13.27
304Adelly Santos13.29
315Lindsay Lindley13.30
325Fabiana Moraes13.35
331Lavonne Idlette13.70
342Adanaca Brown13.74
355Anna Camila Pirelli14.09
364Yvette Lewis14.12
374Beatriz Flamenco14.77

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat and the next 2 fastest advanced to the final.
Wind: Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: -0.4 m/s, Heat 3: -0.8 m/s
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11Danielle Williams12.58,
21Sharika Nelvis12.59
32Tiffany Porter12.62
41Alina Talay12.70,
53Brianna Rollins12.71
62Cindy Roleder12.79,
72Noemi Zbären12.81
81Isabelle Pedersen12.86
83Shermaine Williams12.86
101Phylicia George12.87
113Anne Zagré12.88
122Kierre Beckles12.90
131Cindy Ofili12.91
133Nina Morozova12.91
153Karolina Kołeczek12.97
162Kimberly Laing13.00
163Nikkita Holder13.00
182Michelle Jenneke13.01
193Wu Shuijiao13.06
203Andrea Ivančević33.95
1Beate Schrott
1Dawn Harper-Nelson
2Yekaterina Galitskaya
2Kendra HarrisonR162.7

Final

The final was held at 21:35.
Wind: -0.3 m/s
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
5Danielle Williams12.57
8Cindy Roleder12.59
2Alina Talay12.66
44Brianna Rollins12.67
57Tiffany Porter12.68
63Noemi Zbären12.95
79Shermaine Williams12.95
86Sharika Nelvis13.06