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

Women's 100 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates August 17-19
Competitors 40 from 31 nations
Medalists
    United States
    Australia
    Canada
«2004 2012»
Athletics at the
2008 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The Women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 17–19 August at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]

The qualifying standards were 12.96 s (A standard) and 13.11 s (B standard).[2]

Contents

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record  Yordanka Donkova (BUL) 12.21 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria 20 August 1988
Olympic record  Joanna Hayes (USA) 12.37 Athens, Greece 24 August 2004

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Round 1

Qualifying rule: first two of each heat (Q) plus the six fastest times (q) qualified.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Result Notes
1 1 Josephine Onyia Spain 12.68 Q
2 1 Susanna Kallur Sweden 12.68 Q
3 2 Vonette Dixon Jamaica 12.69 Q, SB
3 5 Brigitte Foster-Hylton Jamaica 12.69 Q
5 4 LoLo Jones United States 12.71 Q
6 5 Dawn Harper United States 12.73 Q
7 2 Priscilla Lopes-Schliep Canada 12.75 Q
8 3 Delloreen Ennis-London Jamaica 12.82 Q
9 3 Sally McLellan Australia 12.83 Q
10 4 Anay Tejeda Cuba 12.84 Q
11 2 Damu Cherry United States 12.91 q
12 1 Nevin Yanit Turkey 12.94 q
13 2 Carolin Nytra Germany 12.95 q
14 3 Sarah Claxton Great Britain 12.97 q
15 4 Reïna-Flor Okori France 12.98 q
15 1 Aurelia Trywiańska-Kollasch Poland 12.98 q
17 5 Anastassiya Pilipenko Kazakhstan 12.99
18 5 Aleesha Barber Trinidad and Tobago 13.01 NR
19 4 Christina Vukicevic Norway 13.05 PB
20 4 Tatyana Dektyareva Russia 13.05
21 5 Yevgeniya Snihur Ukraine 13.06
22 3 Yuliya Kondakova Russia 13.07
23 3 Angela Whyte Canada 13.11
24 1 Micol Cattaneo Italy 13.13
25 2 Aleksandra Antonova Russia 13.18
25 1 Lucie Škrobáková Czech Republic 13.18
27 4 Natalya Ivoninskaya Kazakhstan 13.20
28 2 Derval O'Rourke Ireland 13.22
29 5 Nadine Faustin-Parker Haiti 13.25
30 4 Toyin Augustus Nigeria 13.34
31 1 Katsiaryna Paplauskaya Belarus 13.39
32 3 Yenima Arencibia Cuba 13.43
33 2 Maíla Machado Brazil 13.45
34 5 Dedeh Erawati Indonesia 13.49 NR
35 3 Flóra Redoúmi Greece 13.56
36 3 Edit Vári Hungary 13.59
37 1 Miriam Bobková Slovakia 13.65
38 2 Fadwa Al Bouza Syria 14.24 SB
39 3 Jeimy Bernardez Honduras 14.29
3 Fatmata Fofanah Guinea DNF

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next fastest advance to the Final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Reaction Result Notes
1 1 LoLo Jones United States 0.172 12.43 Q, PB
2 2 Damu Cherry United States 0.189 12.62 Q
3 2 Dawn Harper United States 0.191 12.66 Q
4 1 Delloreen Ennis-London Jamaica 0.145 12.67 Q
5 1 Priscilla Lopes-Schliep Canada 0.159 12.68 Q
6 1 Sally McLellan Australia 0.140 12.70 Q
7 2 Brigitte Foster-Hylton Jamaica 0.162 12.76 Q
8 2 Sarah Claxton Great Britain 0.145 12.84 Q
9 2 Vonette Dixon Jamaica 0.237 12.86
9 1 Josephine Onyia Spain 0.203 12.86
11 1 Aurelia Trywiańska-Kollasch Poland 0.118 12.96
12 1 Carolin Nytra Germany 0.144 12.99
13 2 Reïna-Flor Okori France 0.153 13.05
14 1 Nevin Yanit Turkey 0.201 13.28
2 Susanna Kallur Sweden 0.198 DNF
2 Anay Tejeda Cuba 0.156 DNF

Final

Position Lane Name Nationality Reaction Time Notes[3]
6 Dawn Harper United States 0.193 12.54 PB
3 Sally McLellan Australia 0.138 12.64
8 Priscilla Lopes-Schliep Canada 0.174 12.64
4 7 Damu Cherry United States 0.239 12.65
5 5 Delloreen Ennis-London Jamaica 0.151 12.65
6 9 Brigitte Foster-Hylton Jamaica 0.167 12.66
7 4 LoLo Jones United States 0.185 12.72
8 2 Sarah Claxton Great Britain 0.163 12.94

WR world record |AR Area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB seasonal best | WL world leading (in a given season)

References