2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium 18 and 19 August.

The world leader Lolo Jones had not qualified for the championships, but a number of athletes had also posted fast times and scored major victories in on the World Athletics Tour that season. Among the possible medallists were Americans Damu Cherry, Ginnie Powell. reigning Olympic champion Dawn Harper, and two-time world champion Michelle Perry. Canadians Priscilla Lopes-Schliep and 2003 champion Perdita Felicien were contenders for the title, and the new Oceanian record holder Sally McLellan had shown consistent form. Rounding out the favourites of the field, Jamaican athletes Brigitte Foster-Hylton and Delloreen Ennis-London were seeking to build on past championship successes.^[1]

Michelle Perry's chance to gain a third gold ended in the heats, as she was hampered by an injury and finished seventh. Lopes-Schliep registered the fastest time of the first day, with 12.56 seconds.^[2] Harper was the fastest in the semi-finals with 12.48 seconds, a new personal best. Compatriot Cherry was the biggest name to be eliminated, unable to beat Irish athlete Derval O'Rourke to the fastest non-qualifying time.^[3]

In the final, Harper had a slow start and clipped the second hurdle, effectively ruling her out of the medals. Foster-Hylton, Lopes-Schliep, O'Rourke, McLellan and Ennis-London were all equal at the halfway mark. Foster-Hylton pulled away to take the gold, with Lopes-Schliep holding off Ennis London to win the silver medal. Just behind the medallists were two athletes with unexpected performances: the unfavoured O'Rourke finished fourth with an Irish record while McLellan, one of the pre-race favourites, posted a modest time for fifth place.^[4]

Foster-Hylton's gold medal was Jamaica's first in the event on the world stage, and also made her the oldest-ever winner of the sprint hurdles at the World Championships.^[4]

Medalists

Gold	Brigitte Foster-Hylton Jamaica (JAM)
Silver	Priscilla Lopes-Schliep Canada (CAN)
Bronze	Delloreen Ennis-London Jamaica (JAM)

Records

World record	Yordanka Donkova (BUL)	12.21	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	20 August 1988
Championship record	Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL)	12.34	Rome, Italy	4 September 1987
World leading	Lolo Jones (USA)	12.47	Rethymno, Greece	20 July 2009
African record	Glory Alozie (NGR)	12.44	Monaco	8 August 1998
Asian record	Olga Shishigina (KAZ)	12.44	Lucerne, Switzerland	27 June 1995
North American record	Gail Devers (USA)	12.33	Sacramento, United States	23 July 2000
South American record	Maurren 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 McLellan (AUS)	12.50	Monaco	28 July 2009

Qualification standards

A time	B time
12.96	13.11

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 18, 2009	18:10	Heats
August 19, 2009	18:45	Semifinals
August 19, 2009	21:15	Final

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Priscilla Lopes-Schliep	Canada (CAN)	12.56	Q
2	5	Brigitte Foster-Hylton	Jamaica (JAM)	12.67	Q
3	1	Dawn Harper	United States (USA)	12.70	Q
4	2	Damu Cherry	United States (USA)	12.71	Q
5	1	Delloreen Ennis-London	Jamaica (JAM)	12.73	Q
6	4	Ginnie Powell	United States (USA)	12.77	Q
6	5	Perdita Felicien	Canada (CAN)	12.77	Q
8	3	Sally McLellan	Australia (AUS)	12.82	Q
8	5	Anay Tejeda	Cuba (CUB)	12.82	Q, SB
10	3	Derval O'Rourke	Ireland (IRL)	12.86	Q, SB
10	5	Sarah Claxton	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	12.86	Q
12	3	Yuliya Kondakova	Russia (RUS)	12.88	Q, SB
13	2	Lacena Golding-Clarke	Jamaica (JAM)	12.90	Q
14	4	Nevin Yanıt	Turkey (TUR)	12.92	Q
15	4	Christina Vukicevic	Norway (NOR)	12.95	Q
16	1	Olutoyin Augustus	Nigeria (NGR)	12.99	Q
17	2	Carolin Nytra	Germany (GER)	13.03	Q
18	3	Lucie Škrobáková	Czech Republic (CZE)	13.04	Q
18	4	Eline Berings	Belgium (BEL)	13.04	q
20	1	Cindy Billaud	France (FRA)	13.12	Q
21	5	Joanna Kocielnik	Poland (POL)	13.16	q, SB
22	2	Irina Lenskiy	Israel (ISR)	13.18	Q
23	3	Brigitte Merlano	Colombia (COL)	13.19	q
23	4	Aleesha Barber	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	13.19	q
25	5	Sandra Gomis	France (FRA)	13.23
26	2	Angela Whyte	Canada (CAN)	13.27
27	2	Seun Adigun	Nigeria (NGR)	13.33
28	4	Lisa Urech	Switzerland (SUI)	13.36
29	3	Asuka Terada	Japan (JPN)	13.41
29	5	Natalya Ivoninskaya	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	13.41
31	2	Sonata Tamošaityte	Lithuania (LTU)	13.44
32	2	Ekaterina Shtepa	Russia (RUS)	13.50
33	1	Tatyana Dektyareva	Russia (RUS)	13.51
34	3	Michelle Perry	United States (USA)	13.68
35	1	Andrea Miller	New Zealand (NZL)	13.83
36	3	Tamla Pietersen	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	14.50	SB
37	1	Jeimy Bernárdez	Honduras (HON)	14.53
	5	Elisabeth Davin	Belgium (BEL)	DNF
	1	Jessica Ennis	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	DNS
	4	Jessica Ohanaja	Nigeria (NGR)	DNS

Key: Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each semifinals (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Dawn Harper	United States (USA)	12.48	Q, PB
2	2	Brigitte Foster-Hylton	Jamaica (JAM)	12.54	Q, SB
3	2	Perdita Felicien	Canada (CAN)	12.58	Q
4	1	Priscilla Lopes-Schliep	Canada (CAN)	12.60	Q
5	1	Delloreen Ennis-London	Jamaica (JAM)	12.64	Q
6	3	Sally McLellan	Australia (AUS)	12.66	Q
7	1	Ginnie Powell	United States (USA)	12.73	q
7	3	Derval O'Rourke	Ireland (IRL)	12.73	q, SB
9	2	Damu Cherry	United States (USA)	12.76
9	3	Lacena Golding-Clarke	Jamaica (JAM)	12.76
11	2	Anay Tejeda	Cuba (CUB)	12.82	SB
12	1	Lucie Škrobáková	Czech Republic (CZE)	12.92
13	3	Carolin Nytra	Germany (GER)	12.94
14	3	Eline Berings	Belgium (BEL)	12.94	NR
15	1	Nevin Yanıt	Turkey (TUR)	12.99
16	1	Yuliya Kondakova	Russia (RUS)	13.00
16	2	Christina Vukicevic	Norway (NOR)	13.00
18	1	Aleesha Barber	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	13.06	SB
19	2	Olutoyin Augustus	Nigeria (NGR)	13.11
20	1	Cindy Billaud	France (FRA)	13.20
21	3	Joanna Kocielnik	Poland (POL)	13.21
22	3	Sarah Claxton	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	13.21
23	2	Brigitte Merlano	Colombia (COL)	13.23
24	2	Irina Lenskiy	Israel (ISR)	13.29

Key: NR = National record, PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Brigitte Foster-Hylton	Jamaica (JAM)	12.51	SB
	Priscilla Lopes-Schliep	Canada (CAN)	12.54
	Delloreen Ennis-London	Jamaica (JAM)	12.55	SB
4	Derval O'Rourke	Ireland (IRL)	12.67	NR
5	Sally McLellan	Australia (AUS)	12.70
6	Ginnie Powell	United States (USA)	12.78
7	Dawn Harper	United States (USA)	12.81
8	Perdita Felicien	Canada (CAN)	15.53

Key: NR = National record, SB = Seasonal best

References

General

• 100 metres hurdles results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-23.

Specific

1. Landells, Steve (2009-08-09). Women's 100m Hurdles - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-23. Archived 2009-09-08.
2. Landells, Steve (2009-08-18). Event Report - Women's 100m Hurdles - Heats Archived June 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-23.
3. Landells, Steve (2009-08-19). Event Report - Women's 100m Hurdles - Semi-Finals Archived 2012-06-07 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-23.
4. Landells, Steve (2009-08-19). Event Report - Women's 100m Hurdles - Final Archived 2009-08-21 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-23.