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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sally Pearson  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dawn Harper  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kellie Wells  United States
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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

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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

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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:

Date Event Athlete Time Notes
7 August Final   Sally Pearson (AUS) 12.35 OR

Schedule

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

Date Time Round
Monday, 6 August 2012 10:05 Round 1
Tuesday, 7 August 2012 19:15
21:15
Semifinals
Finals

Results

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Round 1

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

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Alina Talay   Belarus 12.71 Q, PB
2 Jessica Zelinka   Canada 12.75 Q
3 Tiffany Porter   Great Britain 12.79 Q
4 Anne Zagré   Belgium 13.04 q
5 Marina Tomić   Slovenia 13.10
6 Rosvitha Okou   Ivory Coast 13.62 SB
7 Ayako Kimura   Japan 13.75
Rahamatou Drame   Mali DQ
  • Rahamatou Drame was disqualified for false starting.

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Beate Schrott   Austria 13.09 Q
2 Eline Berings   Belgium 13.46 Q
3 Ivanique Kemp   Bahamas 13.51 Q
4 Seun Adigun   Nigeria 13.56
5 Anastassiya Pilipenko   Kazakhstan 13.77
6 Lecabela Quaresma   São Tomé and Príncipe 14.56 SB
Jessica Ennis   Great Britain DNS
Latoya Greaves   Jamaica DNS

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Kellie Wells   United States 12.69 Q
2 Tatyana Dektyareva   Russia 12.87 Q
3 Lucie Škrobáková   Czech Republic 13.01 Q, SB
4 Cindy Roleder   Germany 13.06 q
5 Shermaine Williams   Jamaica 13.07 q
6 Lina Florez   Colombia 13.17
7 Natalya Ivoninskaya   Kazakhstan 13.48
8 Marthe Koala   Burkina Faso 13.91 PB

Heat 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
DSQ Nevin Yanıt   Turkey 12.70 Q, Doping
1 Dawn Harper   United States 12.75 Q
DSQ Yekaterina Galitskaya   Russia 12.89 Q, Doping
3 Derval O'Rourke   Ireland 12.91 q, SB
4 Nikkita Holder   Canada 12.93 q
5 Brigitte Merlano   Colombia 13.21 SB
6 Jung Hye-Lim   South Korea 13.48
7 Jeimy Bernárdez   Honduras 14.36

Heat 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sally Pearson   Australia 12.57 Q
2 Reïna-Flor Okori   France 13.01 Q
3 Carolin Nytra   Germany 13.30 Q
4 Anastasiya Soprunova   Kazakhstan 13.40
5 Sonata Tamošaitytė   Lithuania 13.59
6 LaVonne Idlette   Dominican Republic 13.60
7 Dipna Lim Prasad   Singapore 14.68 SB
8 Silvia Panguana   Mozambique 14.68 PB
Ekaterina Poplavskaya   Belarus DQ
  • Ekaterina Poplavskaya ran off the track after failing to clear her fourth hurdle, and was therefore disqualified.

Heat 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Lolo Jones   United States 12.68 Q, SB
2 Phylicia George   Canada 12.83 Q
3 Marzia Caravelli   Italy 13.01 Q
DSQ Yuliya Kondakova   Russia 13.10 q, doping
5 Sun Yawei   China 13.26
6 Noemi Zbären   Switzerland 13.33
7 Brigitte Foster-Hylton   Jamaica 13.98
8 Odile Ahouanwanou   Benin 14.76 NR
9 Bibiana Olama   Equatorial Guinea 16.18 SB

Semi-finals

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Semi-Finals Official Video

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

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Dawn Harper   United States 12.46 Q, PB
2 Beate Schrott   Austria 12.83 Q
3 Shermaine Williams   Jamaica 12.83
4 Alina Talay   Belarus 12.84
DSQ Yekaterina Galitskaya   Russia 12.90
6 Nikkita Holder   Canada 12.93
7 Carolin Nytra   Germany 13.31
Reïna-Flor Okori   France DQ
  • Reïna-Flor Okori was disqualified for false starting.

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sally Pearson   Australia 12.39 Q, SB
2 Jessica Zelinka   Canada 12.66 Q
3 Lolo Jones   United States 12.71 q
4 Tiffany Porter   Great Britain 12.79
5 Derval O'Rourke   Ireland 12.91 =SB
DSQ Yuliya Kondakova   Russia 13.13 DSQ (doping)
7 Eline Berings   Belgium 13.26
8 Ivanique Kemp   Bahamas 13.56

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Kellie Wells   United States 12.51 Q, SB
DSQ Nevin Yanıt   Turkey 12.58 Q, NR, Doping
2 Phylicia George   Canada 12.65 q, PB
3 Tatyana Dektyareva   Russia 12.75 SB
4 Lucie Škrobáková   Czech Republic 12.81 SB
5 Anne Zagré   Belgium 12.94
6 Cindy Roleder   Germany 13.02
Marzia Caravelli   Italy DQ
  • Marzia Caravelli stopped running after failing to clear the fourth hurdle and was disqualified.

Final

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Wind: −0.2 m/s

Rank Lanes Athlete Nation Time Notes
  7 Sally Pearson   Australia 12.35 OR
  4 Dawn Harper   United States 12.37 PB
  5 Kellie Wells   United States 12.48 PB
4 2 Lolo Jones   United States 12.58 SB
DSQ 6 Nevin Yanıt   Turkey 12.58 =NR, Doping
5 3 Phylicia George   Canada 12.65 =PB
6 8 Jessica Zelinka   Canada 12.69
7 9 Beate Schrott   Austria 13.07

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
  2. ^ "Women's 100m Hurdles". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Women's 100m competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.