The Women's 100 metres at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27, 28 and 29.

Prior to the championships, American Carmelita Jeter held the fastest time of the year (10.70 seconds) and the 2009 bronze medalist entered the competition as the second fastest woman of all time. Veronica Campbell-Brown, the 2007 champion, was the next fastest athlete (10.76) and the only woman to have beaten Jeter that year. The reigning world and Olympic champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was also in contention, although her preparations were affected by injury. Marshevet Myers, Kerron Stewart, and Kelly-Ann Baptiste were ranked in the top five for the 100 m before the race.

In the final, Jeter got out of the blocks with Fraser-Pryce, who is known for her fast starts. The two were even through the first half of the race until Jeter pulled away for a clear win. Fast closing Campbell-Brown and Baptiste edged past Fraser-Pryce at the finish.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeCarmelita JeterVeronica Campbell-BrownKelly-Ann Baptiste

Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record10.49Indianapolis, IN, United States 16 July 1988Championship record10.70Seville, Spain28 August 1999World Leading10.70Eugene, OR, United States4 June 2011African Record10.90La Laguna, Spain5 June 1999Asian Record10.79Shanghai, China18 October 1997North, Central American and Caribbean record10.49Indianapolis, IN, United States16 July 1988South American record11.15São Paulo, Brazil4 September 2010European Record10.73Budapest, Hungary19 August 1998Oceanian record11.12Sestriere, Italy31 July 1994

Qualification standards A timeB time 11.29 11.38

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 27, 2011 11:30 Preliminary roundAugust 28, 2011 12:10 HeatsAugust 29, 2011 19:30 SemifinalsAugust 29, 2011 21:45 Final

Results KEY:qFastest non-qualifiersQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Preliminary round Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the heats.

Wind:Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: -0.5 m/s, Heat 3: +1.8 m/s, Heat 4: +1.8 m/s, Heat 5: -1.3 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Delphine Atangana 11.57 Q 2 3 Phobay Kutu-Akoi 11.62 Q 3 4 Jung Hye-Lim 11.90 Q 4 4 Liao Ching-Hsien 11.98 Q 5 5 Norjannah Hafiszah Jamaludin 12.06 Q 6 1 Kaina Martinez 12.14 Q, PB 7 3 Vladislava Ovcharenko 12.26 Q 8 2 Ahamada Feta 12.27 Q, SB 9 1 Joanne Pricilla Loutoy 12.29 Q, PB 9 2 Diane Borg 12.29 Q 11 5 Aneterica Quive 12.31 Q 12 3 Patricia Taea 12.44 Q, NR 13 5 Martina Pretelli 12.47 Q 14 5 Ivana Rožman 12.48 q 15 2 Gloria Diogo 12.52 q, SB 16 2 Djénébou Danté 12.62 q, SB 17 1 Lovelite Detenamo 12.63 Q, PB 18 3 Pollara Cobb 12.64 q 19 3 Nafissa Souleymane 12.74 PB 20 5 Yvonne Bennett 12.78 21 4 Alda Paulo 12.85 Q, PB 22 1 Shinelle Proctor 12.89 PB 23 4 Maguy Safi Makanda 13.05 PB 24 3 Joycelyn Taurikeni 13.16 PB 25 1 Chandra Kala Thapa 13.17 SB 26 5 Susan Tama 13.29 PB 27 2 Maysa Rejepova 13.43 PB 28 3 Rubie Joy Gabriel 13.48 PB 29 1 Boudsadee Vongdala 13.56 SB 30 1 Kabotaake Romeri 13.71 PB 31 5 Belinda Talakai 13.73 32 4 Asenate Manoa 13.92 33 4 Megan West 13.95 PB 34 4 Bounkou Camara 14.05 SB 35 2 Mihter Wendolin 14.69 1 Youlia Camara

Heats Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Wind:Heat 1: +0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +1.4 m/s, Heat 3: +1.0 m/s, Heat 4: +0.1 m/s, Heat 5: +0.9 m/s, Heat 6: +2.2 m/s, Heat 7: +0.5 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Ivet Lalova 11.09 Q 1 5 Blessing Okagbare 11.09 Q 3 6 Myriam Soumaré 11.11 PB, Q 4 2 Kerron Stewart 11.12 Q 4 5 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 11.12 Q 6 3 Oludamola Osayomi 11.14 Q 7 6 Marshevet Myers 11.15 Q 8 7 Veronica Campbell-Brown 11.18 Q 9 2 Ruddy Zang Milama 11.19 Q 9 7 Véronique Mang 11.19 Q 9 3 Michelle-Lee Ahye 11.20 Q, PB 12 1 Carmelita Jeter 11.20 Q 12 2 Ezinne Okparaebo 11.20 Q, NR 14 6 Olesya Povh 11.25 Q 15 4 Kelly-Ann Baptiste 11.26 Q 15 5 Ana Cláudia Lemos Silva 11.26 Q 15 2 Semoy Hackett 11.26 q 18 7 Aleksandra Fedoriva 11.27 Q, PB 19 7 Yasmin Kwadwo 11.28 q, PB 20 6 Jura Levy 11.33 q 20 7 Nataliya Pohrebnyak 11.33 22 4 Chisato Fukushima 11.34 Q 23 1 Sheniqua Ferguson 11.35 Q 23 5 Inna Eftimova 11.35 23 6 Leena Günther 11.35 26 4 Rosângela Santos 11.36 Q 27 4 Mikele Barber 11.39 28 4 Anyika Onuora 11.40 29 1 Jeanette Kwakye 11.41 Q 30 3 Laura Turner 11.44 31 3 Guzel Khubbieva 11.45 32 1 Nelkis Casabona 11.45 32 2 Andreea Ograzeanu 11.46 34 4 Delphine Atangana 11.55 35 3 Yomara Hinestroza 11.56 36 2 Phobay Kutu-Akoi 11.60 37 5 Olga Bludova 11.62 38 1 Marta Jeschke 11.72 39 7 Norjannah Hafiszah Jamaludin 11.73 40 6 Jung Hye-Lim 11.87 41 1 Liao Ching-Hsien 12.15 42 1 Kaina Martinez 12.17 43 5 Diane Borg 12.21 43 6 Ahamada Feta 12.21 45 7 Vladislava Ovcharenko 12.23 46 3 Martina Pretelli 12.27 47 7 Djénébou Danté 12.31 PB 48 2 Joanne Pricilla Loutoy 12.34 49 4 Aneterica Quive 12.39 50 2 Ivana Rožman 12.42 51 6 Gloria Diogo 12.45 52 5 Lovelite Detenamo 12.50 NR 53 1 Pollara Cobb 12.55 NR 54 3 Patricia Taea 12.62 55 4 Alda Paulo 13.01 5 Natasha Mayers

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

Wind:Heat 1: -1.3 m/s, Heat 2: -1.4 m/s, Heat 3: -1.5 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Carmelita Jeter 11.02 Q 2 2 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 11.03 Q 3 3 Kelly-Ann Baptiste 11.05 Q 4 2 Veronica Campbell-Brown 11.06 Q 5 2 Blessing Okagbare 11.22 q 6 3 Ivet Lalova 11.23 q 7 1 Kerron Stewart 11.26 Q 8 2 Semoy Hackett 11.35 9 1 Marshevet Myers 11.38 Q 10 2 Ruddy Zang Milama 11.43 11 3 Véronique Mang 11.44 12 1 Myriam Soumaré 11.47 13 1 Ezinne Okparaebo 11.48 13 1 Michelle-Lee Ahye 11.48 13 1 Jeanette Kwakye 11.48 13 2 Olesya Povh 11.48 17 3 Jura Levy 11.53 18 1 Yasmin Kwadwo 11.54 18 3 Aleksandra Fedoriva 11.54 20 3 Ana Cláudia Lemos Silva 11.55 21 1 Oludamola Osayomi 11.58 22 2 Sheniqua Ferguson 11.59 22 3 Chisato Fukushima 11.59 24 2 Rosângela Santos 11.61

Final Wind: -1.4 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Carmelita Jeter 10.90 8 Veronica Campbell-Brown 10.97 5 Kelly-Ann Baptiste 10.98 4 3 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 10.99 5 2 Blessing Okagbare 11.12 6 6 Kerron Stewart 11.15 7 1 Ivet Lalova 11.27 8 7 Marshevet Myers 11.33

References

External links 100 metres results at IAAF website