2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles


The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 5 to 6 October 2019.

Summary

This event lost its defending champion when Sally Pearson retired from the sport two months earlier. The Olympic champion Brianna McNeal disappeared quickly after twitching in her blocks before the gun and being disqualified for a false start in her heat. Even after losing the =#4 and #6 runners in history, the final still sported the world record holder, Kendra Harrison, the season's world leader Danielle Williams with the #7 time in history set a little over two months earlier and the #16 runner in history Janeek Brown from winning the NCAA Championships 4 months earlier, the last two among three Jamaicans who made it to the final.
At the gun of the final, Harrison and Williams got out together with the lead. In lane 9, Megan Tapper got one of the worst starts imaginable to a world championship final, stuttering to the first hurdle and hitting it. By the second hurdle, Olympic silver medalist Nia Ali joined Harrison and Williams in the lead. Over the next two hurdles, Ali and Williams mirrored each other as Harrison lost a few inches. As they cleared the sixth hurdle, Williams began losing ground, as Ali pressed a definite advantage which she continued to expand over the remaining hurdles. Harrison also went past Williams as Tobi Amusan was gaining from behind. Ali crossed the finish line with more than a metre over Harrison. Harrison held off Amusan to get bronze.
Ali's 12.34 winning time took a tenth of a second off her personal best, moving her from =#26 of all time to =#9 with Sharika Nelvis. In fifth place, Andrea Vargas improved her own Costa Rican national record for the fourth time in the 2019 season.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthleteDateLocation
World12.20Kendra Harrison22 Jul 2016London, Great Britain
Championship12.28Sally Pearson3 Sep 2011Daegu, South Korea
World leading12.32Danielle Williams20 Jul 2019London, Great Britain
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

The following records were set at the competition:
RecordAthleteDate
Costa Rican12.68Andrea Vargas5 Oct 2019
Dutch12.62Nadine Visser6 Oct 2019
Costa Rican12.65Andrea Vargas6 Oct 2019
Costa Rican12.64Andrea Vargas6 Oct 2019

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time, was as follows:
DateTimeRound
5 October17:15Heats
6 October19:02Semi-finals
6 October20:50Final

Results

Heats

The first four in each heat and the next four fastest qualified for the semi-final.

Semi-finals

The first two in each heat and the next two fastest qualified for the final.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
116Danielle Williams12.41Q
217Nia Ali12.44Q,
335Tobi Amusan12.48Q,
425Kendra Harrison12.58Q
524Megan Tapper12.61Q,
615Nadine Visser12.62q, '
737Janeek Brown12.62Q
834Andrea Vargas12.65q, '
936Elvira Herman12.78
1026Yanique Thompson12.80
1114Cindy Roleder12.86
1228Karolina Kołeczek12.86
1318Luca Kozák12.87
1422Nooralotta Neziri12.89
1529Cindy Ofili12.95
1623Rikenette Steenkamp12.96
1719Annimari Korte12.97
1827Luminosa Bogliolo13.06
1912Michelle Jenneke13.09
2013Génesis Romero13.18
2138Reetta Hurske13.24
2233Beate Schrott13.25
2332Brianna Beahan13.38
39Anne Zagré

Final

The final was started on 6 October at 20:51.