Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
Women's 100 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 6–7 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 50 from 36 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 12.35 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
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]
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 | ![]() |
12.21 | Stara Zagora, Bulgaria | 20 August 1988 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
12.37 | Athens, Greece | 24 August 2004 |
2012 World leading | ![]() |
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 | ![]() | 12.35 | OR |
Schedule
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
Round 1
Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alina Talay | ![]() | 12.71 | Q, PB |
2 | Jessica Zelinka | ![]() | 12.75 | Q |
3 | Tiffany Porter | ![]() | 12.79 | Q |
4 | Anne Zagré | ![]() | 13.04 | q |
5 | Marina Tomić | ![]() | 13.10 | |
6 | Rosvitha Okou | ![]() | 13.62 | SB |
7 | Ayako Kimura | ![]() | 13.75 | |
— | Rahamatou Drame | ![]() | — | DQ |
- Rahamatou Drame was disqualified for false starting.
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Beate Schrott | ![]() | 13.09 | Q |
2 | Eline Berings | ![]() | 13.46 | Q |
3 | Ivanique Kemp | ![]() | 13.51 | Q |
4 | Seun Adigun | ![]() | 13.56 | |
5 | Anastassiya Pilipenko | ![]() | 13.77 | |
6 | Lecabela Quaresma | ![]() | 14.56 | SB |
— | Jessica Ennis | ![]() | — | DNS |
— | Latoya Greaves | ![]() | — | DNS |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kellie Wells | ![]() | 12.69 | Q |
2 | Tatyana Dektyareva | ![]() | 12.87 | Q |
3 | Lucie Škrobáková | ![]() | 13.01 | Q, SB |
4 | Cindy Roleder | ![]() | 13.06 | q |
5 | Shermaine Williams | ![]() | 13.07 | q |
6 | Lina Florez | ![]() | 13.17 | |
7 | Natalya Ivoninskaya | ![]() | 13.48 | |
8 | Marthe Koala | ![]() | 13.91 | PB |
Heat 4
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
DSQ | Nevin Yanıt | ![]() | Q, Doping | |
1 | Dawn Harper | ![]() | 12.75 | Q |
DSQ | Yekaterina Galitskaya | ![]() | Q, Doping | |
3 | Derval O'Rourke | ![]() | 12.91 | q, SB |
4 | Nikkita Holder | ![]() | 12.93 | q |
5 | Brigitte Merlano | ![]() | 13.21 | SB |
6 | Jung Hye-Lim | ![]() | 13.48 | |
7 | Jeimy Bernárdez | ![]() | 14.36 |
Heat 5
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sally Pearson | ![]() | 12.57 | Q |
2 | Reïna-Flor Okori | ![]() | 13.01 | Q |
3 | Carolin Nytra | ![]() | 13.30 | Q |
4 | Anastasiya Soprunova | ![]() | 13.40 | |
5 | Sonata Tamošaitytė | ![]() | 13.59 | |
6 | LaVonne Idlette | ![]() | 13.60 | |
7 | Dipna Lim Prasad | ![]() | 14.68 | SB |
8 | Silvia Panguana | ![]() | 14.68 | PB |
— | Ekaterina Poplavskaya | ![]() | — | DQ |
- Ekaterina Poplavskaya ran off the track after failing to clear her fourth hurdle, and was therefore disqualified.
Heat 6
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lolo Jones | ![]() | 12.68 | Q, SB |
2 | Phylicia George | ![]() | 12.83 | Q |
3 | Marzia Caravelli | ![]() | 13.01 | Q |
DSQ | Yuliya Kondakova | ![]() | q, doping | |
5 | Sun Yawei | ![]() | 13.26 | |
6 | Noemi Zbären | ![]() | 13.33 | |
7 | Brigitte Foster-Hylton | ![]() | 13.98 | |
8 | Odile Ahouanwanou | ![]() | 14.76 | NR |
9 | Bibiana Olama | ![]() | 16.18 | SB |
Semi-finals
Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.
Heat 1
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dawn Harper | ![]() | 12.46 | Q, PB |
2 | Beate Schrott | ![]() | 12.83 | Q |
3 | Shermaine Williams | ![]() | 12.83 | |
4 | Alina Talay | ![]() | 12.84 | |
DSQ | Yekaterina Galitskaya | ![]() | ||
6 | Nikkita Holder | ![]() | 12.93 | |
7 | Carolin Nytra | ![]() | 13.31 | |
— | Reïna-Flor Okori | ![]() | DQ |
- Reïna-Flor Okori was disqualified for false starting.
Heat 2
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sally Pearson | ![]() | 12.39 | Q, SB |
2 | Jessica Zelinka | ![]() | 12.66 | Q |
3 | Lolo Jones | ![]() | 12.71 | q |
4 | Tiffany Porter | ![]() | 12.79 | |
5 | Derval O'Rourke | ![]() | 12.91 | =SB |
DSQ | Yuliya Kondakova | ![]() | DSQ (doping) | |
7 | Eline Berings | ![]() | 13.26 | |
8 | Ivanique Kemp | ![]() | 13.56 |
Heat 3
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kellie Wells | ![]() | 12.51 | Q, SB |
DSQ | Nevin Yanıt | ![]() | Q, NR, Doping | |
2 | Phylicia George | ![]() | 12.65 | q, PB |
3 | Tatyana Dektyareva | ![]() | 12.75 | SB |
4 | Lucie Škrobáková | ![]() | 12.81 | SB |
5 | Anne Zagré | ![]() | 12.94 | |
6 | Cindy Roleder | ![]() | 13.02 | |
— | Marzia Caravelli | ![]() | DQ |
- Marzia Caravelli stopped running after failing to clear the fourth hurdle and was disqualified.
Final
Wind: −0.2 m/s
Rank | Lanes | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 7 | Sally Pearson | ![]() | 12.35 | OR |
![]() | 4 | Dawn Harper | ![]() | 12.37 | PB |
![]() | 5 | Kellie Wells | ![]() | 12.48 | PB |
4 | 2 | Lolo Jones | ![]() | 12.58 | SB |
DSQ | 6 | Nevin Yanıt | ![]() | =NR, Doping | |
5 | 3 | Phylicia George | ![]() | 12.65 | =PB |
6 | 8 | Jessica Zelinka | ![]() | 12.69 | |
7 | 9 | Beate Schrott | ![]() | 13.07 |
References
- "Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
- "Women's 100m Hurdles". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- "Women's 100m competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.