Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles


The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 17-19 August at the Beijing National Stadium.
The qualifying standards were 12.96 s and 13.11 s.
Coming into the Olympics, Lolo Jones had the fastest time of the year, 12.45 in the semi-finals of the U.S. Olympic Trials. Jones had also won those trials convincingly in a wind aided 12.29.
The first round was distinguished by five runners finishing within.03 of each other. In the semi-final, Jones separated from the field by.19, setting a wind legal personal best 12.43 and a new fastest time of the year.
In the final, Sally McLellan was out fast, clearly the first over the first hurdle. By the fourth hurdle she had almost a full stride lead over the wall of competitors across the track behind her, with Jones starting to gain a slight advantage. But McLellan couldn't hold the lead. Over the next two hurdles, Jones stormed by, with the rest of the field gaining on McLellan. Dawn Harper was starting to separate ahead of the wall. Jones continued to pull away to a full stride on Harper as McLellan fell back to run even with the wall. At the ninth hurdle, Jones didn't get her lead leg high enough to clear the barrier. Her foot hit the slat square on. She rode the hurdle to the ground, landing awkwardly and losing her forward momentum. She had to jump long strides just to clear the final hurdle but was losing ground on every step. Harper took the hurdles cleanly and held her edge to cross the line for gold. Behind her, McLellan, Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, Damu Cherry, Delloreen Ennis-London and Brigitte Foster-Hylton hit the line together. .02 separated second through sixth with McLellan getting the photo finish knod over Lopes-Schliep for the medals. Four years later Harper and McLellan would also get gold and silver, but in the opposite order.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Round 1

Qualifying rule: first two of each heat plus the six fastest times qualified.
RankHeatNameNationalityResultNotes
11Josephine Onyia12.68DSQ
21Susanna Kallur12.68Q
32Vonette Dixon12.69Q, SB
35Brigitte Foster-Hylton12.69Q
54LoLo Jones12.71Q
65Dawn Harper12.73Q
72Priscilla Lopes-Schliep12.75Q
83Delloreen Ennis-London12.82Q
93Sally McLellan12.83Q
104Anay Tejeda12.84Q
112Damu Cherry12.91q
121Nevin Yanit12.94q
132Carolin Nytra12.95q
143Sarah Claxton12.97q
154Reïna-Flor Okori12.98q
151Aurelia Trywiańska-Kollasch12.98q
175Anastassiya Pilipenko12.99
185Aleesha Barber13.01NR
194Christina Vukicevic13.05PB
204Tatyana Dektyareva13.05
215Yevgeniya Snihur13.06
223Yuliya Kondakova13.07
233Angela Whyte13.11
241Micol Cattaneo13.13
252Aleksandra Antonova13.18
251Lucie Škrobáková13.18
274Natalya Ivoninskaya13.20
282Derval O'Rourke13.22
295Nadine Faustin-Parker13.25
304Toyin Augustus13.34
311Katsiaryna Paplauskaya13.39
323Yenima Arencibia13.43
332Maíla Machado13.45
345Dedeh Erawati13.49NR
353Flóra Redoúmi13.56
363Edit Vári13.59
371Miriam Bobková13.65
382Fadwa Al Bouza14.24SB
394Jeimy Bernardez14.29
5Fatmata Fofanah

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next fastest advance to the [|Final].
RankHeatNameNationalityReactionResultNotes
11LoLo Jones0.17212.43Q, PB
22Damu Cherry0.18912.62Q
32Dawn Harper0.19112.66Q
41Delloreen Ennis-London0.14512.67Q
51Priscilla Lopes-Schliep0.15912.68Q
61Sally McLellan0.14012.70Q
72Brigitte Foster-Hylton0.16212.76Q
82Sarah Claxton0.14512.84Q
92Vonette Dixon0.23712.86
91Josephine Onyia0.20312.86DSQ
111Aurelia Trywiańska-Kollasch0.11812.96
121Carolin Nytra0.14412.99
132Reïna-Flor Okori0.15313.05
141Nevin Yanit0.20113.28
2Susanna Kallur0.198DNF
2Anay Tejeda0.156DNF

Final