Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles


The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 22 to 24.
The top two runners in each of the initial five heats automatically qualified for the semifinals. The next six fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. There were two semifinal heats, and only the top four from each heat advanced to the final. Two time Olympic 100 meter gold medalist and defending world champion at 100 meter hurdles Gail Devers continued her run of Olympic misfortune in the hurdles, falling with a calf injury at the first hurdle of her first-round heat.
Joanna Hayes led through all the rounds, her closest competitor, Perdita Felicien. In the final, Felicien crashed the first hurdle with her lead leg, falling to her right and taking out Irina Shevchenko along with her. In the lane to her left, Hayes zoomed away from the field unabated, challenged by American teammate Melissa Morrison through the first four hurdles, which Morrison clipped, almost turned sideways to keep her balance and slowing through the next two hurdles. Lacena Golding-Clarke and Olena Krasovska battled on the inside of the track. As Krasovska began to edge ahead for the silver, Clarke slowed over the last four hurdles while Morrison battled back to take the bronze.

Records

, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
The following records were established during the competition:
DateEventNameNationalityResultRecord
24 AugustFinalJoanna Hayes12.37

Qualification

The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the women's 100 metres hurdles, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 12.96 seconds or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 13.11 seconds or faster could be entered.

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time
DateTimeRound
Sunday, 22 August 200419:35Round 1
Monday, 23 August 200419:00Semifinals
Tuesday, 24 August 200422:30Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification rule: The first two finishers in each heat plus the next six fastest overall runners advanced to the semifinals.

Heat 1

Wind: −1.2 m/s
RankLaneNameNationalityReactionResultNotes
14Melissa Morrison0.15412.76Q
23Delloreen Ennis-London0.15712.77Q
36Nadine Faustin0.19112.94q
47Aliuska López0.21013.21
52Anay Tejeda0.15713.24
65Juliane Sprenger-Afflerbach0.20213.28
71Irina Lenskiy0.24813.75
88Céline Laporte0.17213.92

Heat 2

Wind: −0.9 m/s
RankLaneNameNationalityReactionResultNotes
12Brigitte Foster0.15412.83Q
27Glory Alozie0.27912.92Q
36Angela Whyte0.24513.01q
48Linda Ferga-Khodadin0.27913.02
54Jenny Kallur0.23313.11
61Nadine Hentschke0.17613.36
73Rosa Rakotozafy0.17913.67
85Trecia Roberts0.20213.80

Heat 3

Wind: 0.0 m/s
RankLaneNameNationalityReactionResultNotes
16Mariya Koroteyeva0.19412.72Q
24Perdita Felicien0.17312.73Q
35Lacena Golding-Clarke0.16512.86q
43Susanna Kallur0.24212.89q, SB
52Flora Redoumi0.18413.14
67Maíla Machado0.22613.35
78Su Yiping0.23013.53

Heat 4

Wind: −1.4 m/s
RankLaneNameNationalityReactionResultNotes
13Joanna Hayes0.17512.71Q
24Natalia Rusakova0.20112.90Q
31Aurelia Trywiańska0.18413.01
42Nicole Ramalalanirina0.18513.07
56Priscilla Lopes0.20513.08
67Sarah Claxton0.24113.14
75Derval O'Rourke0.19813.46
88Maria Joelle Conjungo0.18314.24

Heat 5

Wind: −0.9 m/s
RankLaneNameNationalityReactionResultNotes
15Reïna-Flor Okori0.18612.81Q, PB
23Irina Shevchenko0.18012.82Q
32Olena Krasovska0.20112.84q
47Kirsten Bolm0.17012.85q
58Lucie Martincová0.18913.51
6Gail Devers0.170
4Svetla Pishtikova

Semifinals

Qualification rule: The first four finishers in each heat moved on to the final.

Semifinal 1

Wind: +1.7 m/s
RankLaneNameNationalityReactionResultNotes
14Perdita Felicien0.17112.49Q
26Melissa Morrison0.15612.53Q, =PB
31Olena Krasovska0.14512.58Q, PB
45Mariya Koroteyeva0.16612.60Q, PB
53Delloreen Ennis-London0.16712.60
68Glory Alozie0.16512.62
77Susanna Kallur0.17312.67PB
82Nadine Faustin0.17012.74NR

Semifinal 2

Wind: +1.9 m/s
RankLaneNameNationalityReactionResultNotes
15Joanna Hayes0.19012.48Q, PB
23Irina Shevchenko0.16012.67Q, =PB
32Lacena Golding-Clarke0.15312.69Q, =PB
47Angela Whyte0.11712.69Q, PB
51Natalia Rusakova0.17812.76
66Reïna-Flor Okori0.18712.81=PB
8Kirsten Bolm0.194
4Brigitte Foster

Final

Wind: +1.5 m/s
RankLaneNameNationalityReactionResultNotes
4Joanna Hayes0.16912.37
1Olena Krasovska0.15112.45PB
3Melissa Morrison0.14512.56
47Mariya Koroteyeva0.19512.72
52Lacena Golding-Clarke0.14912.73
68Angela Whyte0.15512.81
5Perdita Felicien0.167
6Irina Shevchenko0.155