2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest from 22 to 24 August 2023.^[1]

Women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2023 World Championships
The final of the event
Venue	National Athletics Centre
Dates	22 August (heats) 23 August (semi-final) 24 August (final)
Competitors	43 from 26 nations
Winning time	12.43
Medalists
Danielle Williams    Jamaica   Jasmine Camacho-Quinn    Puerto Rico   Kendra Harrison    United States
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Summary

In the first round, former world record holder Kendra Harrison ran 12.24, equalling her own #4 performance in history, leaving her with three of the top 5 races ever. Even her 12.33 in the semi-finals had only been beaten by ten women ever, but four of them made the finals along with her: Tobi Amusan, the defending champion who set the world record in the semi-final round at the previous championships; Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Olympic Champion; Nia Ali, 2019 champion; and Danielle Williams, the 2015 champion. From that elite field, Devynne Charlton was the first one over the first hurdle. Charlton maintained that advantage as Camacho-Quinn and Harrison were trying to reel her in while Ali was hitting hurdles. Almost unnoticed in lane 2, Williams was getting up a head of steam, pulling even with Charlton by the fifth hurdle and taking a clear lead by the seventh. By the eighth, Harrison had gotten by Charlton and had separated to second. At the ninth, Camacho-Quinn got past Charlton and moving the fastest. Camacho-Quinn and Harrison cleared the last hurdle together, still marginally behind Williams. Camacho-Quinn closed quickly to make a photo finish with Williams, leaving Harrison with bronze. The photo gave it to Williams.

Records

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

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Tobi Amusan (NGR)	12.12	Eugene, United States	24 July 2022
Championship record
World Leading	Nia Ali (USA)	12.30	Monaco, Montecarlo	21 July 2023
African Record	Tobi Amusan (NGR)	12.12	Eugene, United States	24 July 2022
Asian Record	Olga Shishigina (KAZ)	12.44	Luzern, Switzerland	27 June 1995
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Kendra Harrison (USA)	12.20	London, Great Britain	22 July 2016
South American Record	Maurren Higa Maggi (BRA)	12.71	Manaus, Brazil	19 May 2001
European Record	Yordanka Donkova (BUL)	12.21	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	20 August 1988
Oceanian record	Sally Pearson (AUS)	12.28	Daegu, South Korea	3 September 2011

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 12.78 seconds.^[3]

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Round
22 August	18:40	Heats
23 August	20:45	Semi-finals
24 August	21:22	Final

Results

Round 1 (heats)

Round 1 will take place on 22 August, with the 43 athletes involved being split into 5 heats of 9 athletes each. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 4 fastest ( q ) qualify for the semi-final.^[4] The overall results were as follows:^[5]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s, Heat 5: +0.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Kendra Harrison	United States (USA)	12.24	Q, WL
2	3	Devynne Charlton	Bahamas (BAH)	12.44	Q, NR
3	5	Tobi Amusan	Nigeria (NGR)	12.48	Q
4	4	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	Puerto Rico (PUR)	12.50	Q
5	5	Megan Tapper	Jamaica (JAM)	12.51	Q
6	3	Danielle Williams	Jamaica (JAM)	12.51	Q, SB
7	2	Nia Ali	United States (USA)	12.55	Q
8	1	Ackera Nugent	Jamaica (JAM)	12.60	Q
9	1	Masai Russell	United States (USA)	12.60	Q
10	2	Pia Skrzyszowska	Poland (POL)	12.65	Q
11	4	Nadine Visser	Netherlands (NED)	12.68	Q
12	1	Sarah Lavin	Ireland (IRL)	12.69	Q
13	4	Ditaji Kambundji	Switzerland (SUI)	12.71	Q
14	1	Cyréna Samba-Mayela	France (FRA)	12.71	Q
15	2	Marione Fourie	South Africa (RSA)	12.71	Q
15	2	Luca Kozák	Hungary (HUN)	12.71	Q, SB
15	5	Michelle Jenneke	Australia (AUS)	12.71	Q
18	3	Cindy Sember	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	12.83	Q, SB
19	1	Mette Graversgaard	Denmark (DEN)	12.87	q
20	1	Michelle Harrison	Canada (CAN)	12.88	q
21	5	Natalia Christofi	Cyprus (CYP)	12.90	Q
22	4	Celeste Mucci	Australia (AUS)	12.90	Q
23	3	Reetta Hurske	Finland (FIN)	12.92	q
24	5	Maayke Tjin A-Lim	Netherlands (NED)	12.92	q
25	4	Laëticia Bapté	France (FRA)	12.93
26	5	Ebony Morrison	Liberia (LBR)	12.93
27	3	Anna Tóth	Hungary (HUN)	12.95
28	4	Mariam Abdul-Rashid	Canada (CAN)	13.04
29	4	Jyothi Yarraji	India (IND)	13.05
30	3	Taylon Bieldt	South Africa (RSA)	13.05
31	3	Hannah Jones	Australia (AUS)	13.05
32	1	Gréta Kerekes	Hungary (HUN)	13.09
33	2	Lotta Harala	Finland (FIN)	13.11
34	5	Yumi Tanaka	Japan (JPN)	13.12
35	5	Nika Glojnarič	Slovenia (SLO)	13.13
36	2	Asuka Terada	Japan (JPN)	13.15
37	2	Sidonie Fiadanantsoa	Madagascar (MAD)	13.18
38	4	Klaudia Siciarz	Poland (POL)	13.25
39	1	Masumi Aoki	Japan (JPN)	13.26
40	2	Viktória Forster	Slovakia (SVK)	13.47
41	3	Dina Aulia [no]	Indonesia (INA)	13.54
42	2	Caroline de Melo Tomaz	Brazil (BRA)	13.59
43	4	Naomi Akakpo	Togo (TOG)	13.96

Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 23 August, with the 24 athletes involved being split into 3 heats. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) qualified for the final.^[6] The overall results were as follows:^[7]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.7 m/s, Heat 3: -0.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Kendra Harrison	United States (USA)	12.33	Q
2	3	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	Puerto Rico (PUR)	12.41	Q
3	1	Devynne Charlton	Bahamas (BAH)	12.49	Q
4	3	Nia Ali	United States (USA)	12.49	Q
5	3	Danielle Williams	Jamaica (JAM)	12.50	q, SB
6	1	Ditaji Kambundji	Switzerland (SUI)	12.50	q
7	1	Megan Tapper	Jamaica (JAM)	12.55
8	2	Tobi Amusan	Nigeria (NGR)	12.56	Q
9	2	Ackera Nugent	Jamaica (JAM)	12.60	Q
10	2	Nadine Visser	Netherlands (NED)	12.62	SB
11	1	Sarah Lavin	Ireland (IRL)	12.62	NR
12	3	Pia Skrzyszowska	Poland (POL)	12.71
13	2	Luca Kozák	Hungary (HUN)	12.73
14	3	Michelle Jenneke	Australia (AUS)	12.80
15	3	Marione Fourie	South Africa (RSA)	12.89
16	3	Mette Graversgaard	Denmark (DEN)	12.94
17	2	Cyréna Samba-Mayela	France (FRA)	12.95
18	1	Cindy Sember	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	12.97
19	2	Celeste Mucci	Australia (AUS)	12.97
20	3	Michelle Harrison	Canada (CAN)	13.05
21	2	Reetta Hurske	Finland (FIN)	13.05
22	1	Maayke Tjin A-Lim	Netherlands (NED)	13.05
23	1	Natalia Christofi	Cyprus (CYP)	13.15
	2	Masai Russell	United States (USA)	DNF

Final

The final started at 21:22 on 24 August. The overall results were as follows:^[8]

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Danielle Williams	Jamaica (JAM)	12.43	SB
	7	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	Puerto Rico (PUR)	12.44
	4	Kendra Harrison	United States (USA)	12.46
4	6	Devynne Charlton	Bahamas (BAH)	12.52
5	8	Ackera Nugent	Jamaica (JAM)	12.61
6	5	Tobi Amusan	Nigeria (NGR)	12.62
7	9	Ditaji Kambundji	Switzerland (SUI)	12.70
8	3	Nia Ali	United States (USA)	12.78

References

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