2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 11−12 August.^[1]

Women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2017 World Championships
Sally Pearson shortly after the final.
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	11 August (heats & semifinal) 12 August (final)
Competitors	40 from 22 nations
Winning time	12.59
Medalists
Sally Pearson    Australia   Dawn Harper-Nelson    United States   Pamela Dutkiewicz    Germany
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Summary

World record holder Kendra Harrison (USA) was the slowest time qualifier to the final, while 2011 champion Sally Pearson (AUS), Dawn Harper-Nelson (USA) and Pamela Dutkiewicz (GER) were the top three fastest. It was Harper-Nelson's fifth straight championship and fourth final.

In the final, Harrison was out slightly faster than Pearson, Christina Manning (USA) and heptathlete Nadine Visser over the first hurdle. Harrison held the lead until she rattled the third hurdle, where Pearson and Manning advanced, about even over the fourth hurdle, with a wall of Harrison, Dutkiewicz, Visser, Harper-Nelson and Alina Talay (BLR) mere inches behind. But Pearson was gaining a little ground at every hurdle as Harper-Nelson edged forward ahead of Manning. By the tenth barrier, Pearson had almost a metre lead, Harper Nelson another half metre on Manning, with Dutkiewicz and Harrison still just inches behind. On the run in to the finish, Harper-Nelson gained on Pearson, but not enough to grab gold, while Dutkiewicz got past Harrison and Manning, all leaning for a photo finish.

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	12.28	Kendra Harrison	USA	4 Jul 2017	Székesfehérvár, Hungary
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

No records were set at the competition.^[3]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 12.98.^[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:^[5]

Date	Time	Round
11 August	10:45	Heats
11 August	19:05	Semifinals
12 August	20:05	Final

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 11 August in five heats as follows:^[6]

Heat	1	2	3	4	5
Start time	10:44	10:52	11:00	11:08	11:16
Wind (m/s)	−1.4	−0.9	−0.6	−0.6	−0.6
Photo finish	link	link	link	link	link

The first four in each heat ( Q ) and the next four fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:^[7]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	2	Kendra Harrison	United States (USA)	12.60	Q
2	1	5	Danielle Williams	Jamaica (JAM)	12.66	Q
3	4	6	Sally Pearson	Australia (AUS)	12.72	Q
4	1	6	Pamela Dutkiewicz	Germany (GER)	12.74	Q
5	2	6	Megan Simmonds	Jamaica (JAM)	12.78	Q
6	5	9	Christina Manning	United States (USA)	12.87	Q
7	4	3	Dawn Harper-Nelson	United States (USA)	12.88	Q
8	3	8	Alina Talay	Belarus (BLR)	12.88	Q, SB
9	3	3	Yanique Thompson	Jamaica (JAM)	12.88	Q
10	2	7	Nia Ali	United States (USA)	12.93	Q
11	1	2	Isabelle Pedersen	Norway (NOR)	12.94	Q
12	4	2	Rushelle Burton	Jamaica (JAM)	12.94	Q
13	5	6	Nadine Visser	Netherlands (NED)	12.96	Q
14	5	8	Oluwatobiloba Amusan	Nigeria (NGR)	12.97	Q
15	1	3	Anne Zagré	Belgium (BEL)	12.97	Q
16	2	8	Phylicia George	Canada (CAN)	13.01	Q
17	5	3	Elvira Herman	Belarus (BLR)	13.01	Q
18	4	9	Hanna Plotitsyna	Ukraine (UKR)	13.01	Q
19	3	9	Devynne Charlton	Bahamas (BAH)	13.02	Q
20	3	5	Lindsay Lindley	Nigeria (NGR)	13.07	q
21	4	4	Ricarda Lobe	Germany (GER)	13.08	q
22	3	4	Michelle Jenneke	Australia (AUS)	13.11	q
23	1	7	Sharona Bakker	Netherlands (NED)	13.12	q
24	5	5	Nadine Hildebrand	Germany (GER)	13.14
25	3	6	Elisavet Pesiridou	Greece (GRE)	13.14
26	1	9	Gréta Kerekes	Hungary (HUN)	13.15
27	2	5	Ayako Kimura	Japan (JPN)	13.15	Q
28	2	9	Luca Kozák	Hungary (HUN)	13.17
29	2	4	Tiffany Porter	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	13.18
30	5	2	Angela Whyte	Canada (CAN)	13.23
31	4	5	Hitomi Shimura	Japan (JPN)	13.29
32	2	3	Eefje Boons	Netherlands (NED)	13.34
33	4	8	Eline Berings	Belgium (BEL)	13.35
34	5	7	Jung Hye-lim	South Korea (KOR)	13.37
35	4	7	Marthe Koala	Burkina Faso (BUR)	13.38
36	1	8	Fabiana Moraes	Brazil (BRA)	13.40
37	1	4	Alicia Barrett	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	13.42
38	2	2	Mulern Jean	Haiti (HAI)	13.63
39	3	7	Lina Ahmed	Egypt (EGY)	13.78	SB
	5	4	Deborah John	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	DNF

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 11 August in three heats as follows:^[8]

Heat	1	2	3
Start time	19:05	19:14	19:23
Wind (m/s)	+0.5	+0.5	+0.2
Photo finish	link	link	link

The first two in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:^[9]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	6	Sally Pearson	Australia (AUS)	12.53	Q
2	3	7	Dawn Harper-Nelson	United States (USA)	12.63	Q, SB
3	3	4	Pamela Dutkiewicz	Germany (GER)	12.71	Q
4	2	5	Christina Manning	United States (USA)	12.71	Q
5	1	4	Nia Ali	United States (USA)	12.79	Q
6	1	7	Nadine Visser	Netherlands (NED)	12.83	q
7	2	6	Alina Talay	Belarus (BLR)	12.85	Q, SB
8	3	6	Kendra Harrison	United States (USA)	12.86	q
9	3	5	Isabelle Pedersen	Norway (NOR)	12.87
10	2	7	Yanique Thompson	Jamaica (JAM)	12.88
11	1	5	Megan Simmonds	Jamaica (JAM)	12.93
12	3	9	Rushelle Burton	Jamaica (JAM)	12.94
13	3	2	Devynne Charlton	Bahamas (BAH)	12.95
14	2	9	Oluwatobiloba Amusan	Nigeria (NGR)	13.04
15	1	8	Phylicia George	Canada (CAN)	13.04
16	3	8	Hanna Plotitsyna	Ukraine (UKR)	13.08
17	1	3	Ricarda Lobe	Germany (GER)	13.11
18	2	4	Danielle Williams	Jamaica (JAM)	13.14
19	2	8	Elvira Herman	Belarus (BLR)	13.16
20	1	2	Lindsay Lindley	Nigeria (NGR)	13.18
21	2	3	Michelle Jenneke	Australia (AUS)	13.25
22	3	3	Sharona Bakker	Netherlands (NED)	13.29
23	2	2	Ayako Kimura	Japan (JPN)	13.29
24	1	9	Anne Zagré	Belgium (BEL)	13.34

Final

The final took place on 12 August at 20:05. The wind was +0.1 metres per second and the results were as follows (photo finish):^[10]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Sally Pearson	Australia (AUS)	12.59
	6	Dawn Harper-Nelson	United States (USA)	12.63	SB
	5	Pamela Dutkiewicz	Germany (GER)	12.72
4	3	Kendra Harrison	United States (USA)	12.74
5	7	Christina Manning	United States (USA)	12.74
6	8	Alina Talay	Belarus (BLR)	12.81	SB
7	2	Nadine Visser	Netherlands (NED)	12.83
8	9	Nia Ali	United States (USA)	13.04