Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6–7 August.[1]

Women's 100 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date6–7 August
Competitors50 from 36 nations
Winning time12.35 OR
Medalists
Sally Pearson  Australia
Dawn Harper  United States
Kellie Wells  United States

The semi-finals showed all the top athletes were at their best, with the first 5 finalists achieving their personal best, except Sally Pearson who improved the 2012 world leading time, and Nevin Yanıt's new national record for Turkey.

In the final under London rains, Pearson led from the start but after ticking a hurdle, defending champion Dawn Harper closed fast to make it close. Kellie Wells was solidly in third while Lolo Jones edged Yanit for fourth place. It was an Olympic record for Pearson, a new personal best for Harper and Wells, equal national record for Yanit in 5th, equal personal best for 6th place Phylicia George and a season best for Jones after a difficult journey from the next to last hurdle four years earlier.

Competition format

The women's 100m Hurdles competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final.[2] The fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the Semifinals along with the fastest overall competitors not already qualified that were required to fill the available spaces in the Semifinals. A total of eight competitors qualified for the Final from the Semifinals.[3]

Records

Prior to the 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
2012 World leading  Sally Pearson (AUS) 12.40 Paris, France 6 July 2012

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

DateEventAthleteTimeNotes
7 AugustFinal Sally Pearson (AUS)12.35OR

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Date Time Round
Monday, 6 August 201210:05Round 1
Tuesday, 7 August 201219:15
21:15
Semifinals
Finals

Results

Round 1

Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Alina Talay Belarus12.71Q, PB
2Jessica Zelinka Canada12.75Q
3Tiffany Porter Great Britain12.79Q
4Anne Zagré Belgium13.04q
5Marina Tomić Slovenia13.10
6Rosvitha Okou Ivory Coast13.62SB
7Ayako Kimura Japan13.75
N/ARahamatou Drame MaliN/ADQ
  • Rahamatou Drame was disqualified for false starting.

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Beate Schrott Austria13.09Q
2Eline Berings Belgium13.46Q
3Ivanique Kemp Bahamas13.51Q
4Seun Adigun Nigeria13.56
5Anastassiya Pilipenko Kazakhstan13.77
6Lecabela Quaresma São Tomé and Príncipe14.56SB
N/AJessica Ennis Great BritainN/ADNS
N/ALatoya Greaves JamaicaN/ADNS

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Kellie Wells United States12.69Q
2Tatyana Dektyareva Russia12.87Q
3Lucie Škrobáková Czech Republic13.01Q, SB
4Cindy Roleder Germany13.06q
5Shermaine Williams Jamaica13.07q
6Lina Florez Colombia13.17
7Natalya Ivoninskaya Kazakhstan13.48
8Marthe Koala Burkina Faso13.91PB

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
DSQNevin Yanıt Turkey12.70Q, Doping
1Dawn Harper United States12.75Q
DSQYekaterina Galitskaya Russia12.89Q
3Derval O'Rourke Ireland12.91q, SB
4Nikkita Holder Canada12.93q
5Brigitte Merlano Colombia13.21SB
6Jung Hye-Lim South Korea13.48
7Jeimy Bernárdez Honduras14.36

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Sally Pearson Australia12.57Q
2Reïna-Flor Okori France13.01Q
3Carolin Nytra Germany13.30Q
4Anastasiya Soprunova Kazakhstan13.40
5Sonata Tamošaitytė Lithuania13.59
6Lavonne Idlette Dominican Republic13.60
7Dipna Lim Prasad Singapore14.68SB
8Silvia Panguana Mozambique14.68PB
N/AEkaterina Poplavskaya BelarusN/ADQ
  • Ekaterina Poplavskaya ran off the track after failing to clear her fourth hurdle, and was therefore disqualified.

Heat 6

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Lolo Jones United States12.68Q, SB
2Phylicia George Canada12.83Q
3Marzia Caravelli Italy13.01Q
DSQYuliya Kondakova Russia13.10q
5Sun Yawei China13.26
6Noemi Zbären Switzerland13.33
7Brigitte Foster-Hylton Jamaica13.98
8Odile Ahouanwanou Benin14.76NR
9Bibiana Olama Equatorial Guinea16.18SB

Semi-finals

Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Dawn Harper United States12.46Q, PB
2Beate Schrott Austria12.83Q
3Shermaine Williams Jamaica12.83
4Alina Talay Belarus12.84
DSQYekaterina Galitskaya Russia12.90
6Nikkita Holder Canada12.93
7Carolin Nytra Germany13.31
N/AReïna-Flor Okori FranceDQ
  • Reïna-Flor Okori was disqualified for false starting.

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Sally Pearson Australia12.39Q, SB
2Jessica Zelinka Canada12.66Q
3Lolo Jones United States12.71q
4Tiffany Porter Great Britain12.79
5Derval O'Rourke Ireland12.91=SB
DSQYuliya Kondakova Russia13.13
7Eline Berings Belgium13.26
8Ivanique Kemp Bahamas13.56

Heat 3

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Kellie Wells United States12.51Q, SB
DSQNevin Yanıt Turkey12.58Q, NR, Doping
2Phylicia George Canada12.65q, PB
3Tatyana Dektyareva Russia12.75SB
4Lucie Škrobáková Czech Republic12.81SB
5Anne Zagré Belgium12.94
6Cindy Roleder Germany13.02
N/AMarzia Caravelli ItalyDQ
  • Marzia Caravelli stopped running after failing to clear the fourth hurdle and was disqualified.

Final

Wind: −0.2 m/s

RankLanesAthleteNationTimeNotes
7Sally Pearson Australia12.35OR
4Dawn Harper United States12.37PB
5Kellie Wells United States12.48PB
42Lolo Jones United States12.58SB
DSQ6Nevin Yanıt Turkey12.58=NR, Doping
53Phylicia George Canada12.65=PB
68Jessica Zelinka Canada12.69
79Beate Schrott Austria13.07

References

  1. Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  2. "Women's 100m Hurdles". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  3. "Women's 100m competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
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