2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles

Women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Championships
The final of the event.
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Dates	5 October (heats) 6 October (semi-finals & final)
Competitors	38 from 25 nations
Winning time	12.34
Medalists
Nia Ali    United States   Kendra Harrison    United States   Danielle Williams    Jamaica
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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. ^[1]

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: ^[2]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	12.20	Kendra Harrison	USA	22 Jul 2016	London, Great Britain
Championship	12.28	Sally Pearson	AUS	3 Sep 2011	Daegu, South Korea
World Leading	12.32	Danielle Williams	JAM	20 Jul 2019	London, Great Britain
African	12.44	Glory Alozie	NGR	8 Aug 1998	Fontvieille, Monaco
				28 Aug 1998	Brussels, Belgium
				28 Aug 1999	Seville, Spain
Asian	12.44	Olga Shishigina	KAZ	27 Jun 1995	Luzern, Switzerland
NACAC	12.20	Kendra Harrison	USA	22 Jul 2016	London, Great Britain
South American	12.71	Maurren Maggi	BRA	19 May 2001	Manaus, Brazil
European	12.21	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	20 Aug 1988	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria
Oceanian	12.28	Sally Pearson	AUS	3 Sep 2011	Daegu, South Korea

The following records were set at the competition:

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date
Costa Rican	12.68	Andrea Vargas	CRC	5 Oct 2019
Dutch	12.62	Nadine Visser	NED	6 Oct 2019
Costa Rican	12.65	Andrea Vargas	CRC
	12.64

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows: ^[3]

Date	Time	Round
5 October	17:15	Heats
6 October	19:02	Semi-finals
6 October	20:50	Final

Results

Heats

The first four in each heat (Q) and the next four fastest (q) qualified for the semi-final. ^[4]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	9	Tobi Amusan	Nigeria  (NGR)	12.48	Q, PB
2	3	5	Danielle Williams	Jamaica  (JAM)	12.51	Q
3	4	4	Kendra Harrison	United States  (USA)	12.55	Q
4	1	7	Nia Ali	United States  (USA)	12.59	Q
5	5	4	Janeek Brown	Jamaica  (JAM)	12.61	Q
6	3	8	Andrea Vargas	Costa Rica  (CRC)	12.68	Q, NR
7	5	5	Nadine Visser	Netherlands  (NED)	12.75	Q
8	4	8	Cindy Roleder	Germany  (GER)	12.76	Q, SB
9	5	7	Karolina Kołeczek	Poland  (POL)	12.78	Q
10	1	4	Megan Tapper	Jamaica  (JAM)	12.78	Q
11	2	8	Luminosa Bogliolo	Italy  (ITA)	12.80	Q
12	4	3	Elvira Herman	Belarus  (BLR)	12.84	Q
13	2	7	Yanique Thompson	Jamaica  (JAM)	12.85	Q
14	2	4	Anne Zagré	Belgium  (BEL)	12.91	Q, SB
15	5	3	Nooralotta Neziri	Finland  (FIN)	12.92	q
16	4	2	Reetta Hurske	Finland  (FIN)	12.96	Q
17	5	6	Rikenette Steenkamp	South Africa  (RSA)	12.97	q, SB
18	3	3	Annimari Korte	Finland  (FIN)	12.97	Q
19	1	2	Cindy Ofili	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	12.97	Q
20	5	2	Michelle Jenneke	Australia  (AUS)	12.98	q, SB
21	3	6	Luca Kozák	Hungary  (HUN)	13.00	Q
22	3	7	Beate Schrott	Austria  (AUT)	13.08	q
23	2	5	Brianna Beahan	Australia  (AUS)	13.11	Q
24	4	5	Gréta Kerekes	Hungary  (HUN)	13.11
25	3	4	Celeste Mucci	Australia  (AUS)	13.14
26	1	9	Génesis Romero	Venezuela  (VEN)	13.14	Q
27	4	7	Vanessa Clerveaux	Haiti  (HAI)	13.15
28	2	6	Ayako Kimura	Japan  (JPN)	13.19
29	1	5	Asuka Terada	Japan  (JPN)	13.20
30	4	6	Hanna Plotitsyna	Ukraine  (UKR)	13.30
31	1	8	Stanislava Škvarková	Slovakia  (SVK)	13.44
32	5	8	Laura Valette	France  (FRA)	13.47
33	3	2	Phylicia George	Canada  (CAN)	13.49
34	2	2	Fanny Quenot	France  (FRA)	13.51
35	1	6	Adrine Monagi	Papua New Guinea  (PNG)	14.00
36	4	9	Irina Velihanova	Turkmenistan  (TKM)	14.79
	1	3	Solène Ndama	France  (FRA)	DNF
	2	3	Brianna McNeal	United States  (USA)	DSQ	162.8

Semi-finals

The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final. ^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	6	Danielle Williams	Jamaica  (JAM)	12.41	Q
2	1	7	Nia Ali	United States  (USA)	12.44	Q, PB
3	3	5	Tobi Amusan	Nigeria  (NGR)	12.48	Q, PB
4	2	5	Kendra Harrison	United States  (USA)	12.58	Q
5	2	4	Megan Tapper	Jamaica  (JAM)	12.61	Q, PB
6	1	5	Nadine Visser	Netherlands  (NED)	12.62	q, NR
7	3	7	Janeek Brown	Jamaica  (JAM)	12.62	Q
8	3	4	Andrea Vargas	Costa Rica  (CRC)	12.65	q, NR
9	3	6	Elvira Herman	Belarus  (BLR)	12.78
10	2	6	Yanique Thompson	Jamaica  (JAM)	12.80	SB
11	1	4	Cindy Roleder	Germany  (GER)	12.86
12	2	8	Karolina Kołeczek	Poland  (POL)	12.86
13	1	8	Luca Kozák	Hungary  (HUN)	12.87	SB
14	2	2	Nooralotta Neziri	Finland  (FIN)	12.89	SB
15	2	9	Cindy Ofili	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	12.95
16	2	3	Rikenette Steenkamp	South Africa  (RSA)	12.96	SB
17	1	9	Annimari Korte	Finland  (FIN)	12.97
18	2	7	Luminosa Bogliolo	Italy  (ITA)	13.06
19	1	2	Michelle Jenneke	Australia  (AUS)	13.09
20	1	3	Génesis Romero	Venezuela  (VEN)	13.18
21	3	8	Reetta Hurske	Finland  (FIN)	13.24
22	3	3	Beate Schrott	Austria  (AUT)	13.25
23	3	2	Brianna Beahan	Australia  (AUS)	13.38
	3	9	Anne Zagré	Belgium  (BEL)	DQ	163.2(b)

Final

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Nia Ali	United States  (USA)	12.34	PB
	6	Kendra Harrison	United States  (USA)	12.46
	5	Danielle Williams	Jamaica  (JAM)	12.47
4	7	Tobi Amusan	Nigeria  (NGR)	12.49
5	3	Andrea Vargas	Costa Rica  (CRC)	12.64	NR
6	2	Nadine Visser	Netherlands  (NED)	12.66
7	8	Janeek Brown	Jamaica  (JAM)	12.88
	9	Megan Tapper	Jamaica  (JAM)	DNF

References

1. "100 Metres Hurdles Women − Round 1− Start List" (PDF). IAAF. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
2. "100 Metres Hurdles Women − Records". iaaf.org. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
3. "Women's 100 Metres Hurdles − Timetable". iaaf.org. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
4. Heats results
5. "Semi-finals results" (PDF).
6. "Final results" (PDF).