Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 31 July and 2 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium.^[1] 40 athletes from 28 nations competed.^[2] In the semifinals, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico broke the Olympic record, running 12.26 secs, to go equal fourth on the world all-time list. The following day in the final, she won the gold medal with a time of 12.37 secs. American world record holder Keni Harrison finished second to clinch silver and the bronze to Jamaica's Megan Tapper.

Women's 100 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Olympic Athletics
Venue	Japan National Stadium
Dates	31 July 2021 (round 1) 1 August 2021 (semifinals) 2 August 2021 (final)
Competitors	40 from 28 nations
Winning time	12.37 s
Medalists
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn  Puerto Rico Kendra Harrison  United States Megan Tapper  Jamaica
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Summary

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn came into the Olympics with the top 3 times of the year, making her the one to beat. After failing to make it to the 2016 Olympics, Kendra Harrison set the world record as a consolation. Five years later, this was her first Olympics. In the semi-final round, Camacho-Quinn confirmed her favorite status by setting the Olympic Record at 12.26, which also equalled the #4 time in history and set her national record. It took 12.67 just to get into the final.

From the gun, the final was a two-person race, Henderson out fast but Camacho-Quinn almost matching her for the first couple of hurdles. From there, Camacho-Quinn just was moving faster, passing over the fourth hurdle and pulling away on every hurdle after that. Out in lane 8, Megan Tapper was the next closest, slowly gaining on Harrison. Camacho-Quinn was the clear winner. Tapper couldn't catch Harrison for silver, but the judges spent several minutes confirming the photo finish before posting the next two places. The winning time was 12.37 as every athlete save Tapper and 4th place Tobi Amusan had run faster in the semifinals the previous evening.

Background

This was the 13th appearance of the event, having appeared at every Olympics since 1972.

Qualification

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the women's 100 metres hurdles event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 12.84 seconds. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, will then be used to qualify athletes until the cap of 40 is reached.^[2][3]

The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The world rankings period start date was also changed from 1 May 2019 to 30 June 2020; athletes who had met the qualifying standard during that time were still qualified, but those using world rankings would not be able to count performances during that time. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Only outdoor meets are eligible. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period.^[2][4]

NOCs can also use their universality place—each NOC can enter one female athlete regardless of time if they had no female athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the 100 metres hurdles.^[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing global and area records were as follows.

World record	Kendra Harrison (USA)	12.20 s	London, United Kingdom	22 July 2016
Olympic record	Sally Pearson (AUS)	12.35 s	London, United Kingdom	7 August 2012
World Leading	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (PUR)	12.32 s	Gainesville, Florida, United States	17 April 2021

Area	Time (s)	Wind	Athlete	Nation
Africa (records)	12.44	+0.4	Glory Alozie	Nigeria
Asia (records)	12.44	–0.8	Olga Shishigina	Kazakhstan
Europe (records)	12.21	+0.7	Yordanka Donkova	Bulgaria
North, Central America and Caribbean (records)	12.20 WR	+0.3	Kendra Harrison	United States
Oceania (records)	12.28	+1.1	Sally Pearson	Australia
South America (records)	12.71	+0.1	Maurren Maggi	Brazil

The following record was established during the competition:

Date	Event	Athlete	Nation	Time	Record
1 August	Semifinal 3	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	Puerto Rico	12.26	OR

The following national records were established during the competition:

Nation	Athlete	Round	Time	Notes
Italy	Luminosa Bogliolo	Semifinals	12.75
Puerto Rico	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	Semifinals		OR
Liberia	Ebony Morrison	Semifinals	12.74

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The women's 100 metres hurdles took place over three consecutive days.^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 31 July 2021	9:00	Round 1
Sunday, 1 August 2021	19:00	Semifinals
Tuesday, 2 August 2021	9:00	Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification Rules: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Wind readings- Heat 1: +1.0 m/s; Heat 2: +0.4 m/s; Heat 3: +0.4 m/s; Heat 4: -1.1 m/s; Heat 5: +0.3 m/s

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Andrea Vargas	Costa Rica	12.71	Q, SB
2	9	Nadine Visser	Netherlands	12.72	Q, SB
3	8	Gabbi Cunningham	United States	12.83	Q
4	5	Cindy Sember	Great Britain	13.00	Q
5	3	Jiamin Chen	China	13.09
6	4	Reetta Hurske	Finland	13.10
7	2	Ayako Kimura	Japan	13.25
8	7	Ricarda Lobe	Germany	13.43

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Kendra Harrison	United States	12.74	Q
2	3	Liz Clay	Australia	12.87	Q
3	2	Luminosa Bogliolo	Italy	12.93	Q
4	4	Elvira Herman	Belarus	12.95	Q
5	7	Mulern Jean	Haiti	12.99	q, SB
6	9	Ebony Morrison	Liberia	13.00	q
7	8	Sarah Lavin	Ireland	13.16
8	5	Laura Valette	France	14.52

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Tobi Amusan	Nigeria	12.72	Q
2	8	Yanique Thompson	Jamaica	12.74	Q
3	6	Pia Skrzyszowska	Poland	12.75	Q, PB
4	9	Devynne Charlton	Bahamas	12.84	Q
5	7	Annimari Korte	Finland	13.06
6	3	Marthe Koala	Burkina Faso	13.11
7	2	Masumi Aoki	Japan	13.59
—	5	Elisavet Pesiridou	Greece	—	DNF

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	9	Britany Anderson	Jamaica	12.67	Q
2	3	Christina Clemons	United States	12.91	Q
3	4	Luca Kozak	Hungary	12.97	Q
4	7	Pedrya Seymour	Bahamas	13.04	Q
5	5	Elisa Maria di Lazzaro	Italy	13.08
6	2	Teresa Errandonea	Spain	13.15
7	8	Ketiley Batista	Brazil	13.40
—	6	Cyrena Samba-Mayela	France	—	DNS

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	Puerto Rico	12.41	Q
2	5	Megan Tapper	Jamaica	12.53	Q, PB
3	8	Anne Zagre	Belgium	12.83	Q, SB
4	6	Tiffany Porter	Great Britain	12.85	Q
5	4	Asuka Terada	Japan	12.95	q
6	3	Klaudia Siciarz	Poland	12.98	q
7	9	Zoe Sedney	Netherlands	13.03
8	7	Ditaji Kambundji	Switzerland	13.17
9	1	Ana Camila Pirelli	Paraguay	13.98	SB

Semifinals

Qualification rules: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the finals.

Wind readings- Heat 1: -0.8 m/s; Heat 2: +0.0 m/s; Heat 3: -0.2 m/s

Semifinal 1

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games 100m hurdles semi-final 1, from left: Devynne Charlton (BAH), Christina Clemons (USA), Tobi Amuson and Andrea Carolina Vargas (CRC)

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Tobi Amusan	Nigeria	12.62	Q
2	8	Devynne Charlton	Bahamas	12.66	Q
3	4	Andrea Vargas	Costa Rica	12.69	SB
4	7	Christina Clemons	United States	12.76
5	2	Klaudia Siciarz	Poland	12.84	SB
6	3	Asuka Terada	Japan	13.06
	9	Luca Kozak	Hungary		DNF
	6	Yanique Thompson	Jamaica		DNF

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Britany Anderson	Jamaica	12.40	Q, PB
2	7	Kendra Harrison	United States	12.51	Q
3	6	Liz Clay	Australia	12.71	PB
4	8	Luminosa Bogliolo	Italy	12.75	NR
5	9	Tiffany Porter	Great Britain	12.86
6	5	Pia Skrzyszowska	Poland	12.89
7	2	Mulern Jean	Haiti	13.09	(0.088)
8	3	Pedrya Seymour	Bahamas	13.09	(0.090)

Semifinal 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	Puerto Rico	12.26	Q, OR, NR
2	4	Megan Tapper	Jamaica	12.62	Q
3	6	Nadine Visser	Netherlands	12.63	q, SB
4	8	Gabbi Cunningham	United States	12.67	q
5	9	Elvira Herman	Belarus	12.71
6	2	Ebony Morrison	Liberia	12.74	NR
7	3	Cindy Sember	Great Britain	12.76
8	5	Anne Zagre	Belgium	12.78	SB

Final

Wind reading: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
	5	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	Puerto Rico	0.149	12.37
	4	Kendra Harrison	United States	0.158	12.52
	9	Megan Tapper	Jamaica	0.166	12.55
4	6	Tobi Amusan	Nigeria	0.161	12.60
5	3	Nadine Visser	Netherlands	0.152	12.73
6	8	Devynne Charlton	Bahamas	0.144	12.74
7	2	Gabbi Cunningham	United States	0.172	13.01
8	7	Britany Anderson	Jamaica	0.164	13.24

References

1. "Athletics Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
2. "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Athletics" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
3. "IAAF to follow other sports with world ranking system for athletes". BBC Sport. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
4. "Olympic qualification period suspended until 1 December 2020". World Athletics. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2020.