The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 28 August.Start list
Summary Brianna Rollins of the United States entered the competition as the defending champion.130 athletes to represent USA at IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015. IAAF (2015-08-10). Retrieved on 2015-08-16. Coming into this meet, on paper, this was an American event as eight of the top ten athletes in the world were Americans, but even with the returning champion, only four could compete here. The returning silver medalist, reigning Olympic Champion and two-time winner Sally Pearson could not return due to a tragic accident in Rome, so the best the world could offer was returning bronze medalist Tiffany Porter. But the hurdles require execution.
Two of the Americans disappeared in the semi-finals, Kendra Harrison by false start, 2008 Olympic Champion Dawn Harper-Nelson falling flat at the second hurdle. Making the finals were Rollins, after a tight battle with Andrea Ivančević and world #1 Sharika Nelvis, along with Porter and Jamaica's version of the Williams sisters, Danielle and Shermaine. Danielle along with Alina Talay and Cindy Roleder had to run personal bests just to make it into the finals.
In the final, Rollins was clearly the first to the first hurdle, however when she got to the first hurdle she didn't lift her lead leg high enough to clear it instead firmly hitting it with her foot and riding it down. That slight delay gave Danielle the narrow lead, chased by Porter and Nelvis. Porter started to move ahead and Rollins started to come back. At the ninth hurdle, Porter began to lose her balance putting Williams back in the lead. Bracketing the field, Talay in lane 2 and Roleder in lane 8 were running error free races away from the fireworks in the middle of the track. By the sixth hurdle, Talay was almost even with Rollins, while Roleder, last over the first hurdle, was steadily gaining. Coming over the final barrier, Roleder clearly took it the smoothest and had the strongest run to the finish. A perfectly timed lean almost caught Williams. In contrast, the off balance Porter lunged at Rollins way too early and tumbled to the track with a full somersault, while Talay efficiently out leaned Rollins for bronze. It was again a significant personal best for all three medalists with Talay's being a new National Record.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record Yordanka Donkova (BUL)12.21Stara Zagora, Bulgaria20 August 1988Championship record12.28Daegu, South Korea3 September 2011World leading12.34Eugene, United States26 June 2015African record12.44Fontvieille, Monaco8 August 1998Brussels, Belgium28 August 1998Seville, Spain28 August 1999Asian record12.44Luzern, Switzerland27 June 1995NACAC record12.26Des Moines, United States22 June 2013South American record12.71Manaus, Brazil19 May 2001European Record12.21Stara Zagora, Bulgaria20 August 1988Oceanian record12.28Daegu, South Korea3 September 2011
Qualification standards Entry standards 13.00
Schedule Date Time Round27 August 2015 11:15 Heats28 August 2015 19:25 Semifinals28 August 2015 21:35 Final
Results KEY:QQualifiedqFastest non-qualifiersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Heats Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.Heats results
Wind: Heat 1: -1.8 m/s, Heat 2: -1.2 m/s, Heat 3: -1.0 m/s, Heat 4: -0.4 m/s, Heat 5: -1.1 m/s.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Brianna Rollins 12.67 2 5 Tiffany Porter 12.73 3 1 Danielle Williams 12.77 4 4 Shermaine Williams 12.78 , 5 3 Dawn Harper-Nelson 12.79 6 2 Cindy Roleder 12.86 , 6 5 Nikkita Holder 12.86 8 5 Alina Talay 12.87 9 3 Kierre Beckles 12.88 , 9 4 Andrea Ivančević 12.88 11 1 Kendra Harrison 12.90 11 3 Anne Zagré 12.90 13 2 Sharika Nelvis 12.93 13 2 Noemi Zbären 12.93 15 1 Isabelle Pedersen 12.96 16 4 Cindy Ofili 12.97 17 3 Michelle Jenneke 13.02 18 4 Phylicia George 13.03 19 3 Beate Schrott 13.04 20 2 Karolina Kołeczek 13.05 21 2 Nina Morozova 13.06 22 5 Wu Shuijiao 13.09 23 3 Kimberly Laing 13.10 24 2 Nooralotta Neziri 13.13 25 1 Yekaterina Galitskaya 13.14 26 1 Hanna Platitsyna 13.15 27 3 Devynne Charlton 13.16 28 1 Cindy Billaud 13.23 29 5 Caridad Jerez 13.27 30 4 Adelly Santos 13.29 31 5 Lindsay Lindley 13.30 32 5 Fabiana Moraes 13.35 33 1 LaVonne Idlette 13.70 34 2 Adanaca Brown 13.74 35 5 Anna Camila Pirelli 14.09 36 4 Yvette Lewis 14.12 37 4 Beatriz Flamenco 14.77
Semifinals Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.Semifinals results
Wind: Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: -0.4 m/s, Heat 3: -0.8 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Danielle Williams 12.58 , 2 1 Sharika Nelvis 12.59 3 2 Tiffany Porter 12.62 4 1 Alina Talay 12.70 , 5 3 Brianna Rollins 12.71 6 2 Cindy Roleder 12.79 , 7 2 Noemi Zbären 12.81 8 1 Isabelle Pedersen 12.86 8 3 Shermaine Williams 12.86 10 1 Phylicia George 12.87 11 3 Anne Zagré 12.88 12 2 Kierre Beckles 12.90 13 1 Cindy Ofili 12.91 13 3 Nina Morozova 12.91 15 3 Karolina Kołeczek 12.97 16 2 Kimberly Laing 13.00 16 3 Nikkita Holder 13.00 18 2 Michelle Jenneke 13.01 19 3 Wu Shuijiao 13.06 20 3 Andrea Ivančević 33.95 1 Beate Schrott 1 Dawn Harper-Nelson 2 Yekaterina Galitskaya 2 Kendra Harrison R162.7False start
Final The final was held at 21:35.Final results
Wind: -0.3 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Danielle Williams 12.57 8 Cindy Roleder 12.59 2 Alina Talay 12.66 4 4 Brianna Rollins 12.67 5 7 Tiffany Porter 12.68 6 3 Noemi Zbären 12.95 7 9 Shermaine Williams 12.95 8 6 Sharika Nelvis 13.06
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