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

The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 1719 August at the Beijing National Stadium.[1][2]

Women's 100 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing National Stadium
Dates17 August 2008 (heats)
18 August 2008 (semi-finals)
19 August 2008 (final)
Competitors40 from 31 nations
Winning time12.54 s
Medalists
Dawn Harper  United States
Sally McLellan  Australia
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep  Canada

The qualifying standards were 12.96 s (A standard) and 13.11 s (B standard).[3]

Coming into the Olympics, Lolo Jones had the fastest time of the year, 12.45 in the semi-finals of the U.S. Olympic Trials. Jones had also won those trials convincingly in a wind aided 12.29 (coming within .08 of the 20-year-old world record).

The first round was distinguished by five runners finishing within .03 of each other. In the semi-final, Jones separated from the field by .19, setting a wind legal personal best 12.43 and a new fastest time of the year.

In the final, Sally McLellan was out fast, clearly the first over the first hurdle. By the fourth hurdle she had almost a full stride lead over the wall of competitors across the track behind her, with Jones starting to gain a slight advantage. But McLellan couldn't hold the lead. Over the next two hurdles, Jones stormed by, with the rest of the field gaining on McLellan. Dawn Harper was starting to separate ahead of the wall. Jones continued to pull away to a full stride on Harper as McLellan fell back to run even with the wall. At the ninth hurdle, Jones didn't get her lead leg high enough to clear the barrier. Her foot hit the slat square on. She rode the hurdle to the ground, landing awkwardly and losing her forward momentum. She had to jump long strides just to clear the final hurdle but was losing ground on every step. Harper took the hurdles cleanly and held her edge to cross the line for gold. Behind her, McLellan, Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, Damu Cherry, Delloreen Ennis-London and Brigitte Foster-Hylton (the wall) hit the line together. .02 separated second through sixth with McLellan getting the photo finish knod over Lopes-Schliep for the medals. Four years later Harper and McLellan (under her married name of Pearson) would also get gold and silver, but in the opposite order.

Records

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

World record Yordanka Donkova (BUL)12.21Stara Zagora, Bulgaria20 August 1988
Olympic record Joanna Hayes (USA)12.37Athens, Greece24 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.

RankHeatAthleteNationTimeNotes
11Josephine Onyia Spain12.68DSQ[4]
21Susanna Kallur Sweden12.68Q
32Vonette Dixon Jamaica12.69Q, SB
35Brigitte Foster-Hylton Jamaica12.69Q
54LoLo Jones United States12.71Q
65Dawn Harper United States12.73Q
72Priscilla Lopes-Schliep Canada12.75Q
83Delloreen Ennis-London Jamaica12.82Q
93Sally McLellan Australia12.83Q
104Anay Tejeda Cuba12.84Q
112Damu Cherry United States12.91q
121Nevin Yanit Turkey12.94q
132Carolin Nytra Germany12.95q
143Sarah Claxton Great Britain12.97q
154Reïna-Flor Okori France12.98q
151Aurelia Trywiańska-Kollasch Poland12.98q
175Anastassiya Pilipenko Kazakhstan12.99
185Aleesha Barber Trinidad and Tobago13.01NR
194Christina Vukicevic Norway13.05PB
204Tatyana Dektyareva Russia13.05
215Yevgeniya Snihur Ukraine13.06
223Yuliya Kondakova Russia13.07
233Angela Whyte Canada13.11
241Micol Cattaneo Italy13.13
252Aleksandra Antonova Russia13.18
251Lucie Škrobáková Czech Republic13.18
274Natalya Ivoninskaya Kazakhstan13.20
282Derval O'Rourke Ireland13.22
295Nadine Faustin-Parker Haiti13.25
304Toyin Augustus Nigeria13.34
311Katsiaryna Paplauskaya Belarus13.39
323Yenima Arencibia Cuba13.43
332Maíla Machado Brazil13.45
345Dedeh Erawati Indonesia13.49NR
353Flóra Redoúmi Greece13.56
363Edit Vári Hungary13.59
371Miriam Bobková Slovakia13.65
382Fadwa Al Bouza Syria14.24SB
394Jeimy Bernardez Honduras14.29
5Fatmata Fofanah GuineaDNF

Semifinals

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

RankHeatAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
11LoLo Jones United States 0.17212.43Q, PB
22Damu Cherry United States 0.18912.62Q
32Dawn Harper United States 0.19112.66Q
41Delloreen Ennis-London Jamaica 0.14512.67Q
51Priscilla Lopes-Schliep Canada 0.15912.68Q
61Sally McLellan Australia 0.14012.70Q
72Brigitte Foster-Hylton Jamaica 0.16212.76Q
82Sarah Claxton Great Britain 0.14512.84Q
92Vonette Dixon Jamaica 0.23712.86
91Josephine Onyia Spain 0.20312.86DSQ
111Aurelia Trywiańska-Kollasch Poland 0.11812.96
121Carolin Nytra Germany 0.14412.99
132Reïna-Flor Okori France 0.15313.05
141Nevin Yanit Turkey 0.20113.28
2Susanna Kallur Sweden 0.198DNF
2Anay Tejeda Cuba 0.156DNF

Final

PositionLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes[5]
6Dawn Harper United States 0.19312.54PB
3Sally McLellan Australia 0.13812.64
8Priscilla Lopes-Schliep Canada 0.17412.64
4 7Damu Cherry United States 0.23912.65
5 5Delloreen Ennis-London Jamaica 0.15112.65
6 9Brigitte Foster-Hylton Jamaica 0.16712.66
7 4LoLo Jones United States 0.18512.72
8 2Sarah Claxton Great Britain 0.16312.94
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

References

  1. "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  2. "Athletics at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  3. "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
  4. http://sports.inquirer.net/227375/9-athletes-including-6-medalists-caught-for-beijing-doping
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2008-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Retrieved 2008-08-19.
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