2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles


The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on.

Summary

World record holder Kendra Harrison was the slowest time qualifier to the final, while 2011 champion Sally Pearson, Dawn Harper-Nelson and Pamela Dutkiewicz were the top three fastest. It was Harper-Nelson's fifth straight championship and fourth final.
In the final, Harrison was out slightly faster than Pearson, Christina Manning and heptathlete Nadine Visser over the first hurdle. Harrison held the lead until she rattled the third hurdle, where Pearson and Manning advanced, about even over the fourth hurdle, with a wall of Harrison, Dutkiewicz, Visser, Harper-Nelson and Alina Talay mere inches behind. But Pearson was gaining a little ground at every hurdle as Harper-Nelson edged forward ahead of Manning. By the tenth barrier, Pearson had almost a metre lead, Harper Nelson another half metre on Manning, with Dutkiewicz and Harrison still just inches behind. On the run in to the finish, Harper-Nelson gained on Pearson, but not enough to grab gold, while Dutkiewicz got past Harrison and Manning, all leaning for a photo finish.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthleteDateLocation
World12.20Kendra Harrison22 Jul 2016London, Great Britain
Championship12.28Sally Pearson3 Sep 2011Daegu, South Korea
World leading12.28Kendra Harrison4 Jul 2017Székesfehérvár, Hungary
African12.44Glory Alozie8 Aug 1998Fontvieille, Monaco
African12.44Glory Alozie28 Aug 1998Brussels, Belgium
African12.44Glory Alozie28 Aug 1999Seville, Spain
Asian12.44Olga Shishigina27 Jun 1995Luzern, Switzerland
NACAC12.20Kendra Harrison22 Jul 2016London, Great Britain
South American12.71Maurren MaggiManaus, Brazil
European12.21Yordanka Donkova20 Aug 1988Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Oceanian12.28Sally Pearson3 Sep 2011Daegu, South Korea

No records were set at the competition.

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 12.98.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time, was as follows:
DateTimeRound
11 August10:45Heats
11 August19:05Semifinals
12 August20:05Final

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 11 August in five heats as follows:
Heat12345
Start time10:4410:5211:0011:0811:16
Wind −1.4−0.9−0.6−0.6−0.6
Photo finish

The first four in each heat and the next four fastest qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
132Kendra Harrison12.60
215Danielle Williams12.66
346Sally Pearson12.72
416Pamela Dutkiewicz12.74
526Megan Simmonds12.78
659Christina Manning12.87
743Dawn Harper-Nelson12.88
838Alina Talay12.88,
933Yanique Thompson12.88
1027Nia Ali12.93
1112Isabelle Pedersen12.94
1242Rushelle Burton12.94
1356Nadine Visser12.96
1458Oluwatobiloba Amusan12.97
1513Anne Zagré12.97
1628Phylicia George13.01
1753Elvira Herman13.01
1849Hanna Plotitsyna13.01
1939Devynne Charlton13.02
2035Lindsay Lindley13.07
2144Ricarda Lobe13.08
2234Michelle Jenneke13.11
2317Sharona Bakker13.12
2455Nadine Hildebrand13.14
2536Elisavet Pesiridou13.14
2619Gréta Kerekes13.15
2725Ayako Kimura13.15
2829Luca Kozák13.17
2924Tiffany Porter13.18
3052Angela Whyte13.23
3145Hitomi Shimura13.29
3223Eefje Boons13.34
3348Eline Berings13.35
3457Jung Hye-lim13.37
3547Marthe Koala13.38
3618Fabiana Moraes13.40
3714Alicia Barrett13.42
3822Mulern Jean13.63
3937Lina Ahmed13.78
54Deborah John

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 11 August in three heats as follows:
Heat123
Start time19:0519:1419:23
Wind +0.5+0.5+0.2
Photo finish

The first two in each heat and the next two fastest qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
116Sally Pearson12.53
237Dawn Harper-Nelson12.63,
334Pamela Dutkiewicz12.71
425Christina Manning12.71
514Nia Ali12.79
617Nadine Visser12.83
726Alina Talay12.85,
836Kendra Harrison12.86
935Isabelle Pedersen12.87
1027Yanique Thompson12.88
1115Megan Simmonds12.93
1239Rushelle Burton12.94
1332Devynne Charlton12.95
1429Oluwatobiloba Amusan13.04
1518Phylicia George13.04
1638Hanna Plotitsyna13.08
1713Ricarda Lobe13.11
1824Danielle Williams13.14
1928Elvira Herman13.16
2012Lindsay Lindley13.18
2123Michelle Jenneke13.25
2233Sharona Bakker13.29
2322Ayako Kimura13.29
2419Anne Zagré13.34

Final

The final took place on 12 August at 20:05. The wind was +0.1 metres per second and the results were as follows :
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Sally Pearson12.59
6Dawn Harper-Nelson12.63
5Pamela Dutkiewicz12.72
43Kendra Harrison12.74
57Christina Manning12.74
68Alina Talay12.81
72Nadine Visser12.83
89Nia Ali13.04