2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

Women's 100 metres at the 2023 World Championships
Venue	National Athletics Centre
Dates	20 August (heats) 21 August (semi-final & final)
Competitors	56 from 38 nations
Winning time	10.65 CR
Medalists
Sha'Carri Richardson    United States   Shericka Jackson    Jamaica   Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce    Jamaica
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The women's 100 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 20 and 21 August 2023. ^[1]

Summary

The field had five of the fastest eight of all time: #3 defending champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, #5 Shericka Jackson, the world leader for 2023, #7 Sha'Carri Richardson; and #8 Marie-Josée Ta Lou. In the semi-finals, Jackson, Richardson and Ta Lou were all in semi #2, with only two automatic qualifiers. Jackson and Ta Lou ended up in a virtual tie at 10.79 leaving Richardson to have to wait in the holding room. Her 10.84 easily held up but because she finished third in the semis, she was given an outside lane in the final.

In the final, the slowest qualifier Ewa Swoboda got the marginally best start, but the field got out to a fairly even start, save Richardson who was slightly behind. "Mommy Rocket” Fraser-Pryce did not get out to her typical dominating start. Over the next 30 metres, Fraser-Pryce, Jackson and Swoboda gained a slight edge on the rest of the field. Out in lane 9, Richardson recaptured the lost ground from the start to pull even with Ta Lou and Swoboda. With 40 meters to go, Jackson had gained a slight edge on Fraser-Pryce, but Swoboda had not gone away. Behind them, Julien Alfred, Ta Lou and Richardson had emerged from the others. Coming into the finish, the two Jamaican athletes were focusing on each other in the center of the track as Richardson picked off Asher-Smith, Swoboda, Ta Lou, Fraser-Pryce, and finally Jackson with 15 meters to go. Richardson crossed the line with her arms outstretched and emerged victorious by .07 seconds, Jackson in 2nd and the defending champion Fraser-Pryce in 3rd. Not only did Richardson win the World Championship, she beat Fraser-Pryce's Championship Record and tied Marion Jones and Jackson's time earlier in the season as #5 of all time.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World Record	Florence Griffith-Joyner  (USA)	10.49	Indianapolis, United States	16 July 1988
Championship Record	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  (JAM)	10.67	Eugene, United States	17 July 2022
2023 World Leading	Shericka Jackson  (JAM)	10.65	Kingston, Jamaica	7 July 2023
African Record	Marie-Josée Ta Lou  (CIV)	10.72	Monte Carlo, Monaco	10 August 2022
Asian Record	Xuemei Li  (CHN)	10.79	Shanghai, China	18 October 1997
North, Central American and Caribbean Record	Florence Griffith-Joyner  (USA)	10.49	Indianapolis, United States	16 July 1988
South American Record	Rosângela Santos  (BRA)	10.91	London, United Kingdom	6 August 2017
European Record	Christine Arron  (FRA)	10.73	Budapest, Hungary	19 August 1998
Oceanian Record	Zoe Hobbs  (NZL)	10.96	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland	2 July 2023

The following records were set at the competition:

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date
Championship record	10.65	Sha'Carri Richardson	USA	21 Aug 2023
= World Leading

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 11.08 seconds. ^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), is as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
20 August	12:10	Heats
21 August	20:35	Semi-finals
	21:50	Final

Results

Round 1 (heats)

Round 1 took place on 20 August, with the 56 athletes involved being split into 7 heats of 8 athletes each. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 3 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-final. The overall results were as follows: ^[4]

Wind:

Rank	Heat #	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Sha'Carri Richardson	United States  (USA)	10.92	Q
2	3	Ewa Swoboda	Poland  (POL)	10.98	Q
3	1	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia  (LCA)	10.99	Q
4	2	Brittany Brown	United States  (USA)	11.01	Q
5	7	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica  (JAM)	11.01	Q
6	5	Natasha Morrison	Jamaica  (JAM)	11.02	Q
7	1	Daryll Neita	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	11.03	Q
8	2	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	11.04	Q
9	3	Tamari Davis	United States  (USA)	11.06	Q
10	4	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica  (JAM)	11.06	Q
11	7	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland  (SUI)	11.08	Q
12	6	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast  (CIV)	11.08	Q
13	1	Gina Bass	Gambia  (GAM)	11.10	Q
14	3	N'Ketia Seedo	Netherlands  (NED)	11.11	Q, PB
15	6	Shashalee Forbes	Jamaica  (JAM)	11.12	Q
16	5	Zaynab Dosso	Italy  (ITA)	11.14	Q, =NR
17	7	Zoe Hobbs	New Zealand  (NZL)	11.14	Q
18	4	Michelle-Lee Ahye	Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	11.16	Q, SB
19	3	Rani Rosius	Belgium  (BEL)	11.18	q, PB
	6	Boglárka Takács	Hungary  (HUN)	11.18	Q
21	4	Gina Lückenkemper	Germany  (GER)	11.21	Q
22	4	Rosemary Chukwuma	Nigeria  (NGR)	11.24	q
23	1	Géraldine Frey	Switzerland  (SUI)	11.26	q
24	5	Maboundou Koné	Ivory Coast  (CIV)	11.26
25	2	Jaël Bestué	Spain  (ESP)	11.28	Q
26	7	Lorène Dorcas Bazolo	Portugal  (POR)	11.29
27	7	Khamica Bingham	Canada  (CAN)	11.29
28	3	Murielle Ahouré-Demps	Ivory Coast  (CIV)	11.29
29	3	Leah Bertrand	Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	11.32
30	5	Krystsina Tsimanouskaya	Poland  (POL)	11.32
31	2	Veronica Shanti Pereira	Singapore  (SIN)	11.33
32	2	Halle Hazzard	Grenada  (GRN)	11.34	SB
33	6	Patrizia van der Weken	Luxembourg  (LUX)	11.38
34	4	Olivia Fotopoulou	Cyprus  (CYP)	11.38
35	1	Delphine Nkansa	Belgium  (BEL)	11.40
36	6	Bree Masters	Australia  (AUS)	11.43
	7	Rebekka Haase	Germany  (GER)	11.43
38	6	Magdalena Stefanowicz	Poland  (POL)	11.43
39	5	Torrie Lewis	Australia  (AUS)	11.45
40	6	Arialis Gandulla	Portugal  (POR)	11.47
41	1	Ángela Gabriela Tenorio	Ecuador  (ECU)	11.52
42	4	Vitoria Cristina Rosa	Brazil  (BRA)	11.57
43	4	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi	Congo  (CGO)	11.60
44	1	Farzaneh Fasihi	Iran  (IRI)	11.63
45	7	Arisa Kimishima	Japan  (JPN)	11.73
46	3	Mudhawi Alshammari	Kuwait  (KUW)	11.93
47	2	Salomé Kora	Switzerland  (SUI)	12.18
48	4	Kesaia Boletakanakandavu  [ de ]	Fiji  (FIJ)	12.46	PB
49	3	Silina Pha Aphay	Laos  (LAO)	12.67
50	2	Chloe David	Vanuatu  (VAN)	12.88
51	1	Zarinae Sapong	Northern Mariana Islands  (NMI)	13.04	SB
52	6	Jovita Arunia  [ no ]	Solomon Islands  (SOL)	13.20	SB
53	5	Sydney Francisco	Palau  (PLW)	13.48	PB
54	7	Yara Ahmed Abuljadayel  [ de ]	Saudi Arabia  (KSA)	13.54
	5	Imani Lansiquot	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	DQ	TR 16.8
	2	Yunisleidy García	Cuba  (CUB)	DQ	TR 16.8

Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 21 August, with the 24 athletes involved being split into 3 heats of 8 athletes each (using lanes 2 to 9). The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows: ^[5]

Wind:
Heat 1: −0.4 m/s, Heat 2: −0.4 m/s, Heat 3: −0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat #	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	7	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast  (CIV)	10.79	Q
	2	5	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica  (JAM)	10.79	Q
3	2	6	Sha'Carri Richardson	United States  (USA)	10.84	q
4	1	7	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica  (JAM)	10.89	Q
5	3	5	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia  (LCA)	10.92	Q
6	3	4	Brittany Brown	United States  (USA)	10.97	Q
7	1	6	Tamari Davis	United States  (USA)	10.98	Q
8	1	5	Ewa Swoboda	Poland  (POL)	11.01	q
	3	7	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	11.01	q
10	2	8	Zoe Hobbs	New Zealand  (NZL)	11.02
11	1	4	Daryll Neita	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	11.03
12	3	6	Natasha Morrison	Jamaica  (JAM)	11.03
13	2	4	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland  (SUI)	11.04	SB
14	2	3	Shashalee Forbes	Jamaica  (JAM)	11.12
15	3	8	N'Ketia Seedo	Netherlands  (NED)	11.17
16	1	2	Gina Lückenkemper	Germany  (GER)	11.18
	1	3	Michelle-Lee Ahye	Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	11.18
18	3	3	Gina Bass	Gambia  (GAM)	11.19
19	1	8	Zaynab Dosso	Italy  (ITA)	11.19
20	3	2	Rani Rosius	Belgium  (BEL)	11.20
21	2	9	Jaël Bestué	Spain  (ESP)	11.25
22	1	9	Rosemary Chukwuma	Nigeria  (NGR)	11.26
23	2	2	Boglárka Takács	Hungary  (HUN)	11.26
24	3	9	Géraldine Frey	Switzerland  (SUI)	11.28

Final

The final started at 21:50 on 21 August. The results were as follows: ^[6]

Wind: +0.8 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	9	Sha'Carri Richardson	United States  (USA)	10.65	CR, PB, =WL
	4	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica  (JAM)	10.72
	5	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica  (JAM)	10.77	SB
4	7	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast  (CIV)	10.81
5	6	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia  (LCA)	10.93
6	1	Ewa Swoboda	Poland  (POL)	10.97
7	3	Brittany Brown	United States  (USA)	10.97
8	2	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	11.00
9	8	Tamari Davis	United States  (USA)	11.03

References

1. "Women 100 Metres Timetable". World Athletics . Archived from the original on 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
2. "100 Metres Women − Records". World Athletics . Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
3. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics . Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
4. "Results 100 Metres Women - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics . 19 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
5. "Results 100 Metres Women - Semi-Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 21 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
6. "Results 100 Metres Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 21 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.