100 metres hurdles

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{{Short description|Track and field event}}

{{Infobox athletics event

|event= 100 metres hurdles

|image= JO Atlanta 1996 - Stade.jpg

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|caption= A 100 m hurdles race at Atlanta 1996

|WRwomen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Tobi Amusan|NGR}} 12.12 (2022)}}

|ORwomen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Jasmine Camacho-Quinn|PRI}} 12.26 (2021)}}

|CRwomen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|Tobi Amusan|NGR}} 12.12 (2022)}}

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File:100 metres hurdles.webm

The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of {{convert|33|in|cm|1}} are placed along a straight course of {{convert|100|m|yds|2}}. The first hurdle is placed after a run-up of 13 metres from the starting line. The next 9 hurdles are set at a distance of 8.5 metres from each other, and the home stretch from the last hurdle to the finish line is 10.5 metres long. The hurdles are set up so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner, but weighted so this is disadvantageous. Fallen hurdles do not count against runners provided that they do not run into them on purpose. Like the 100 metres sprint, the 100 m hurdles begins with athletes in starting blocks.

The fastest 100 m hurdlers run the distance in a time of around 12.5 seconds. The world record set by Tobi Amusan stands at 12.12 seconds.

History

{{see also|Women's 100 metres hurdles world record progression}}

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The race started back in the 1830s in England where wooden barriers were placed along a 100-yard stretch. The hurdles event was included as part of the inaugural Women's World Games in 1922, and made its first appearance in the Olympic Games in 1932 as 80m hurdles.

Starting with the 1972 Summer Olympics, the women's race was lengthened to 100m hurdles.{{Cite web|title=100 Metres Hurdles|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/disciplines/hurdles/100-metres-hurdles|access-date=13 August 2020|website=www.worldathletics.org}}

The hurdles sprint race has been run by women since the beginning of women's athletics, just after the end of World War I. The distances and hurdle heights varied widely in the beginning. While the men had zeroed in on the 110 m hurdles, the International Women's Sport Federation had registered records for eight different disciplines by 1926 (60 yards/75 cm height, 60 yards/61 cm, 65 yards/75 cm, 83 yards/75 cm, 100 yards/75 cm, 100 yards/61 cm, 120 yards/75 cm, 110 metres/75 cm). At the first Women's World Games in 1922, a 100 m hurdles race was run.

From 1926 until 1968, the distance was 80 metres: women had to clear eight hurdles placed at a distance of 8 metres from each other and a height of {{convert|30|in|cm|1}}.

Just like with the men's races, until 1935 no more than three hurdles could be knocked over, or the runner was disqualified, and records were only officially registered if the runner had cleared all her hurdles clean.

In 1935, this rule was abandoned, and L-shaped hurdles were introduced that fell over forward easily and greatly reduced the risk of injury to the runner. Hurdles are weighted, so when properly set for the height (for women, closer to the fulcrum of the "L"), they serve as a consistent disadvantage to making contact with the barrier.

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|+ Comparison of 80 m and 100 m hurdles

rowspan=2 | Distance

! rowspan=2 | Number
of hurdles

! rowspan=2 | Height

! colspan=3 | Distance made up of

Runup

! Intervals

! Home stretch

80 m876.2 cm12 m8.0 m12.0 m
100 m1083.8 cm13 m8.5 m10.5 m

The 80 m hurdles was on the list of women's sports demanded by the International Women's Sport Federation for the Olympic Summer Games in 1928, but was not included as an Olympic discipline until 1932. Starting with 1949, the 80 m hurdles was one of the disciplines included in the women's pentathlon.

During the 1960s, some experimental races were run over a distance of 100 metres using hurdles with a height of {{convert|30|in|cm|1}}. During the 1968 Summer Olympics, a decision was made to introduce the 100 m hurdles from 1969, using hurdles with a height of {{convert|33|in|cm|1}}.

The first international event in the 100 m hurdles occurred at the European Athletics Championships, which were won by Karin Balzer of the GDR.

The modern 100 m race has an extra two hurdles compared to the 80 m race, which are higher and spaced slightly further apart. The home stretch is shorter by 1.5 m.

Currently, women run 110 m hurdles at the World Athletics Relays, a mixed team event, which was instituted in 2019.

Masters athletics

A version of the 100 metres hurdles is also used for 50- to 59-year-old men in Masters athletics. They run the same spacing as women, which coordinates with existing markings on most tracks, but run over 36-inch (0.914 m) hurdles. In the 60-69 age range, the spacings are changed. Women over age 40 and men over age 70 run 80 metre versions with different heights and spacings.{{Cite web|url=http://www.trackinfo.org/hurdles101.html|title=Hurdles 101|website=www.trackinfo.org}}{{cite web|url=http://www.world-masters-athletics.org/files/laws_rules/Appendix-A-K.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122064124/http://www.world-masters-athletics.org/files/laws_rules/Appendix-A-K.pdf |archive-date=22 January 2012 }}

Milestones

100 m hurdles:

  • First official time registered with hurdles of reduced height of {{convert|30|in|cm|1}}: Pamela Kilborn, AUS, 26 November 1961
  • First official time with hurdles of standard height of {{convert|33|in|cm|1}}: 15.1 seconds, Connie Pettersson, USA, 28 May 1966
  • First official world record: 13.3 seconds, Karin Balzer, GDR, 20 June 1969
  • First runner under 13 seconds: 12.9 seconds, Karin Balzer, GDR, 5 September 1969
  • First runner under 12.5 seconds:
  • 12.3 seconds, Annelie Ehrhardt GDR, 20 July 1973 (last hand timed world record; electronically timed at 12.68 seconds)
  • 12.48 seconds, Grażyna Rabsztyn, POL, 10 June 1978
  • First runner under 12.3 seconds: 12.29 seconds, Yordanka Donkova BUL, 17 August 1986
  • First runner under 12.2 seconds: 12.12 seconds, Tobi Amusan NGR, 24 July 2022. 12.06 seconds (wind aided) Tobi Amusan NGR, 24 July 2022.
  • First country to win gold, silver, and bronze in the women's 100 m hurdles in one Olympics: USA (Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin), 2016; this was also the first time American women achieved such a sweep in any Olympic event{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37120618 |title=Rio Olympics 2016: US women sweep medals in 100m hurdles - BBC News |publisher=Bbc.com |date=2016|access-date=19 August 2016}}

All-time top 25

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|Table shows data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 100m hurdles times and the top 25 athletes:

style="background: #f6F5CE" |- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 100m hurdles times
- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 100m hurdles times, by repeat athletes
style="background: #CCFFCC" |- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 100m hurdles times

  • Correct as of May 2025.{{cite web|title=All-time women's best 100m hurdles|url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/w_100hok.htm|publisher=alltime-athletics.com|date=7 July 2017|access-date=9 July 2017}}

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! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}} !! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}} !! Time (s) !! Wind (m/s) !! Reaction (s) !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place !! class="unsortable" | {{refh}}

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| align=center|1

align=center|1align=center|12.12align="center" |+0.9align=center|0.144Tobi Amusan{{flagu|Nigeria}}24 July 2022Eugene{{cite web|title=Women's 100m Hurdles Semifinal Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-100H-W-sf----.RS4.pdf|work=World Athletics|date=24 July 2022|access-date=31 July 2022}}{{cite web |title=100 Metres Hurdles Result {{!}} World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022 |url=https://worldathletics.org/results/world-athletics-championships/,2022/world-athletics-championships-oregon-2022-7137279/women/100-metres-hurdles/semi-final/result |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=22 May 2023 |language=en}}
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|2

| align=center|2

| align=center|12.17

| align=center|+2.0

| align=center|

|Masai Russell

|{{flagu|United States}}

|2 May 2025

|Miramar

|{{Cite web |date=3 May 2025 |title=Grand Slam Miami - Stats and Standings |url=https://www.grandslamtrack.com/results/miami/schedule-and-splits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250502225111/https://www.grandslamtrack.com/results/miami/schedule-and-splits |archive-date=2 May 2025 |access-date=3 May 2025 |website=Grand Slam Track}}{{Cite web |date=3 May 2025 |title=Russell and Jones jump to No.2 and No.3 all time in historic hurdles clash in Miami |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/russell-jones-100m-hurdles-miami-grand-slam-track |access-date=3 May 2025 |website=World Athletics}}

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| align=center|3

| align=center|3

| align=center|12.19

| align=center|+2.0

| align=center|

|Tia Jones

|{{flagu|United States}}

|2 May 2025

|Miramar

|

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| align="center" |4

align="center" |4align="center" |12.20align="center" |+0.3align="center" |0.149Kendra Harrison{{flagu|United States}}22 July 2016London{{cite web|title=100m Hurdles Results |url=http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/AT_PROD/LONDON2016/PDF_RE1250040.PDF?h=55fyt5HsfjkzKROoQdNPSKUR5Z4= |publisher=sportresult.com |date=22 July 2016 |access-date=22 July 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722230651/http://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/AT_PROD/LONDON2016/PDF_RE1250040.PDF?h=55fyt5HsfjkzKROoQdNPSKUR5Z4%3D |archive-date=22 July 2016 }}
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| align="center" |5

align="center" |5align="center" |12.21align="center" |+0.7align="center" |Yordanka Donkova{{flagu|Bulgaria|1971}}20 August 1988Stara Zagora
rowspan="3" |rowspan="3" align="center" |6rowspan="3" align="center" |12.24align="center" |+0.9align="center" |Donkova #2rowspan="3" |28 August 1988Stara Zagora
align=center|+0.7align=center|Harrison #228 May 2016Eugene
align=center|+0.1

|align=center|0.155

|Harrison #3

|22 August 2023

|Budapest

|{{Cite web|title=100m Hurdles Round 1 Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-100H-W-h----.RS4.pdf|work=World Athletics|date=22 August 2023|access-date=22 August 2023}}

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|align=center|6

|align=center|6

|align=center|12.24

| align=center|−0.4

|align=center|0.153

|Ackera Nugent

|{{flagu|Jamaica}}

|30 August 2024

|Rome

|{{Cite web|title=100m Hurdles Results|url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/ROME_2024/PDF_ATHW100MHURDDIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73B1.PDF?h=Py338ld3O4NGPY9Xza9erB7rWjY=|website=swisstiming.com|date=30 August 2024|access-date=13 September 2024}}

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| align="center" |7

align="center" |10align="center" |12.25align="center" |+1.4align="center" |Ginka Zagorcheva{{flagu|Bulgaria|1971}}8 August 1987Drama
rowspan=2|

| align=center|10

| align=center|12.25

| align="center" | +0.7

|

|Russell #2

|rowspan=2|

|30 June 2024

|Eugene

|{{Cite web|title=McLaughlin-Levrone breaks world 400m hurdles record at US Trials|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/paris24/news/article/sydney-mclaughlin-levrone-world-400m-hurdles-record-us-olympic-trials|website=World Athletics|author=Jessie Gabriel|date=30 June 2024|access-date=1 July 2024}}

align="center" |12align="center" |12.26align="center" |+1.5align="center" |Donkova #37 September 1986Ljubljana
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| rowspan="3" align="center" |8

rowspan="3" align="center" |12rowspan="3" align="center" |12.26align="center" |+1.7align="center" |Ludmila Narozhilenko{{flagu|Russia|1991}}6 June 1992Seville
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| align=center|+1.2

align=center|Brianna Rollins{{flagu|United States}}22 June 2013Des Moines{{cite news|title=National records for Rollins, Carter and Bingson at US Championships|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/national-records-for-rollins-carter-and-bings|publisher=IAAF|author=Kirby Lee|date=23 June 2013|access-date=24 June 2013}}
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| align=center|−0.2

align=center|0.172Jasmine Camacho-Quinn{{flagu|Puerto Rico}}1 August 2021Tokyo{{cite web|title=Women's 100m hurdles Semi-Final Results Summary|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C74A_ATHW100MHURD----------SFNL--------.pdf|website=olympics.com|date=1 August 2021|accessdate=16 August 2021|archive-date=10 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010153019/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/ATH/OG2020-_ATH_C74A_ATHW100MHURD----------SFNL--------.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Tokyo 2020 100m Hurdles Semifinals Results {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/olympic-games/the-xxxii-olympic-games-athletics-7132391/results/women/100-metres-hurdles/semi-final/result |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=22 May 2023}}
rowspan="5" |rowspan="3" align="center" |16rowspan="3" align="center" |12.27align=center|−1.2align=center|Donkova #4rowspan="5" |28 August 1988Stara Zagora
align="center" |+0.9

| align="center" |0.155

|Harrison #4

|24 July 2022

|Eugene

|{{cite web |title=100 Metres Hurdles Result {{!}} World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022 |url=https://worldathletics.org/results/world-athletics-championships/2022/world-athletics-championships-oregon-2022-7137279/women/100-metres-hurdles/semi-final/result |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=23 May 2023 |language=en}}

align="center" | +0.1

|align="center" | 0.166

|Camacho-Quinn #2

|2 September 2022

|Brussels

|{{cite news|title=Krop, Mahuchikh and Winger bounce back in Brussels with world-leading marks|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/brussels-memorial-van-damme-krop-mahuchikh-winger-fisher-mageean|publisher=World Athletics|author=Jon Mulkeen|date=2 September 2022|access-date=14 September 2022}}{{cite web |title=Wanda Diamond League Boudewijnstadion - Brussels (BEL) 1st - 2nd September 2022 Results 100m Hurdles Women |url=https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2022/brussels/re1250040.pdf |access-date=24 May 2023 |archive-date=11 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411141849/http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2022/brussels/re1250040.pdf |url-status=dead }}

rowspan="2" align="center" |19rowspan="2" align="center" |12.28align="center" |+1.8align=center|Narozhilenko #211 July 1991Kyiv
align=center|+0.9align=center|Narozhilenko #36 June 1992Seville
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| align=center|11

align="center" |19align="center" |12.28align=center|+1.1align=center|0.145Sally Pearson{{flagu|Australia}}3 September 2011Daegu{{cite web|title=100 Metres Hurdles Results |url=http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4147/AT-100H-W-f--1--.RS1.pdf |publisher=IAAF |date=3 September 2011 |access-date=3 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225195332/http://daegu2011.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4147/AT-100H-W-f--1--.RS1.pdf |archive-date=25 February 2012 }}
rowspan="5" |rowspan=2 align=center|19rowspan="2" align="center" |12.28align=center|+0.1align=center|0.152Harrison #5rowspan="5" |4 July 2017Székesfehérvár{{cite web |title=2017 – Gyulai István Memorial |url=https://gyulaimemorial.hu/en/2017-3/ |access-date=24 May 2023}}
align=center|+0.5

|

|Nugent #2

|30 June 2024

|Kingston

|{{Cite web |title=National championships round-up: Nugent and Thompson impress in Jamaica {{!}} REPORT {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/national-championships-2024-thompson-jackson |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=worldathletics.org}}

rowspan="3" align="center" |24rowspan="3" align="center" |12.29align="center" |−0.4align="center" |Donkova #517 August 1986Cologne
align="center" |−0.3

|align="center" |0.163

|Amusan #2

|8 September 2022

|Zürich

|{{cite news|title=Amusan and Lyles break meeting records en route to Diamond League wins in Zurich|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/diamond-league-final-zurich-weltklasse-amusan-lyles|publisher=World Athletics|author1=Jess Whittington|author2=Jon Mulkeen|date=8 September 2022|access-date=16 September 2022}}{{cite web |title=Wanda Diamond League Final 2022 7th September - Sechseläutenplatz, Zürich (SUI) 8th September - Letzigrund, Zürich (SUI) Results 100m Hurdles Women |url=https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2022/zurich/re1250040.pdf |access-date=24 May 2023 |archive-date=27 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927022553/http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2022/zurich/re1250040.pdf |url-status=dead }}

align="center" |−0.5

|align="center" |0.147

|Nugent #3

|25 August 2024

|Chorzów

|{{cite web|title=100m Hurdles Final Results|url=https://ps-cache.web.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/SILESIA_2024/PDF_ATHW100MHURDDIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73B1.PDF?h=qvVqQ8nTlpjVioFceeaeGktLdRs=|website=swisstiming.com|date=25 August 2024|access-date=28 August 2024}}

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| align="center" |12

| rowspan="15"|

| align="center" |12.30

| align="center" | +0.6

| align="center" | 0.153

|Nia Ali

|{{flagu|United States}}

|21 July 2023

|Monaco

|{{cite web|title=100m Hurdles Results|url=https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/MONACO2023/PDF_ATHW100MHURDDIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73B1.PDF?h=cTg188hyBxvwV4dOVdnpWPN6rU0=|publisher=sportresult.com|date=21 July 2023|access-date=21 July 2023|archive-date=21 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721200410/https://livecache.sportresult.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/MONACO2023/PDF_ATHW100MHURDDIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73B1.PDF?h=cTg188hyBxvwV4dOVdnpWPN6rU0=|url-status=dead}}

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| rowspan="4" align="center" |13

| rowspan="4" align="center" |12.31

| align="center" | +0.3

| align="center" | 0.143

|Britany Anderson

|{{flagu|Jamaica}}

|24 July 2022

|Eugene

|{{cite web |title=100 Metres Hurdles Result {{!}} World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022 |url=https://worldathletics.org/results/world-athletics-championships/2022/world-athletics-championships-oregon-2022-7137279/women/100-metres-hurdles/semi-final/result |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=24 May 2023 |language=en}}

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|align="center" | +0.8

|align="center" |0.150

|Cyréna Samba-Mayela

|{{flagu|France}}

|8 June 2024

|Rome

|{{cite web|title=100m Hurdles Results|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7158244?eventId=10229522&gender=W|work=World Athletics|access-date=8 June 2024}}

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| align="center" |+0.7

|

|Alaysha Johnson

|{{flagu|United States}}

|30 June 2024

|Eugene

|

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| align="center" |+0.7

|

|Grace Stark

|{{flagu|United States}}

|30 June 2024

|Eugene

|

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| align="center" |17

align="center" |12.32align="center" |+0.8align="center" |0.119Danielle Williams{{flagu|Jamaica}}20 July 2019London{{cite news|title=Williams blazes 12.32, Warholm improves to 47.12 in London – IAAF Diamond League|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/williams-warholm-london-iaaf-diamond-league|publisher=IAAF|author=Bob Ramsak|date=20 July 2019|access-date=31 July 2019}}{{cite web |title=IAAF Diamond League London (GBR) 20th - 21st July 2019 Results 100m Hurdles Women - Final |url=https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2019/london/re1250040.pdf |access-date=24 May 2023 |archive-date=24 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524170224/https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2019/london/re1250040.pdf |url-status=dead }}
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| align="center" |18

align="center" |12.33align="center" |−0.3align="center" |Gail Devers{{flagu|United States}}23 July 2000Sacramento
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| align="center" |19

| align="center" |12.34

| align="center" | +1.9

| align="center" |

|Sharika Nelvis

|{{flagu|United States}}

|26 June 2015

|Eugene

|{{cite web|title=100m Hurdles Heat 3 Results|url=http://www.flashresults.com/2015_Meets/Outdoor/06-25_USATF/015-1-03.htm|date=26 June 2015|access-date=27 June 2015}}

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| align="center" |20

| align="center" |12.35

| align="center" | +0.9

| align="center" |

|Jasmin Stowers

|{{flagu|United States}}

|15 May 2015

|Doha

|{{cite web|title=100m Hurdles Results|url=http://www.iaaf.org/results/diamond-league-meetings/2015/doha-diamond-league-5648/women/100-metres-hurdles/final/result|publisher=IAAF|date=15 May 2015|access-date=31 August 2015}}

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| rowspan="3" align="center" |21

| rowspan="3" align="center" |12.36

| align="center" | +1.9

| align="center" |

|Grażyna Rabsztyn

{{flagu|Poland}}13 June 1980Warsaw
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| align="center" | +1.0

| align="center" |

|Tonea Marshall

{{flagu|United States}}29 June 2024Eugene{{cite web|title=100m Hurdles Semifinal Results|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7209387?eventId=10229522|work=World Athletics|access-date=2 July 2024}}
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| align="center" | +1.6

| align="center" |

|Nadine Visser

{{Flagu|Netherlands}}14 July 2024La Chaux-de-Fonds{{Cite web |date=14 July 2024 |title=Bol breaks European 400m hurdles record in La Chaux-de-Fonds |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/bol-european-400m-hurdles-record-la-chaux-de-fonds |access-date=14 July 2024 |website=World Athletics}}{{Cite web |date=14 July 2024 |title=400m Hurdles Women Results |url=https://www.resisprint.ch/index.php/en/resultats/live |access-date=14 July 2024}}
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| rowspan="3" align="center" |24

| rowspan="3" align="center" |12.37

| align="center" | +1.5

| align="center" |

|Joanna Hayes

{{flagu|United States}}24 August 2004Athens
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| align=center|−0.2

| align=center|

|Dawn Harper

{{flagu|United States}}7 August 2012London
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| align="center" | +1.6

| align="center" |

|Pia Skrzyszowska

{{flagu|Poland}}14 July 2024La Chaux-de-Fonds

= Assisted marks =

Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second does not count for record purposes. Below is a list of all wind-assisted times equal or superior to 12.31:

  • Tobi Amusan (NGR) ran 12.06 (+2.5) in Eugene, Oregon on 24 July 2022.
  • Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (PUR) ran 12.17 (+3.5) in Devonshire, Bermuda on 21 May 2023, 12.23 (+2.5) in Eugene, Oregon on 24 July 2022, and 12.27 (+2.4) on 8 August 2022 in Székesfehérvár.
  • Britany Anderson (JAM) ran 12.23 (+2.5) in Eugene, Oregon on 24 July 2022.
  • Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR) ran 12.28 (+2.7) in Berlin on 25 August 1987.
  • Yordanka Donkova (BUL) ran 12.29 (+3.5) in Lausanne on 24 June 1988.
  • Gail Devers (USA) ran 12.29 (+2.7) in Eugene, Oregon on 26 May 2002.
  • Lolo Jones (USA) ran 12.29 (+3.8) in Eugene, Oregon on 6 July 2008.
  • Kendra Harrison (USA) ran 12.29 (+2.8) in New York City on 24 June 2023
  • Brianna Rollins (USA) ran 12.30 (+2.8) in Des Moines, Iowa on 22 June 2013.
  • Alaysha Johnson (USA) ran 12.30 (+2.8) in New York City on 24 June 2023.
  • Alia Armstrong (USA) ran 12.31 (+2.5) in Eugene, Oregon on 24 July 2022.

Most successful athletes

  • Shirley Strickland (AUS): two Olympic victories, 1952 and 1956 in the 80 m hurdles.
  • Ludmila Narozhilenko-Engquist (URS)/(RUS)/(SWE): Olympic victory, 1996, two World Championship victories, 1991 and 1997.
  • Gail Devers (USA): three World Championships, 1993, 1995, 1999, as well as runner-up at the 1991 and 2001 World Championships.{{Cite web|title=GAIL DEVERS|url=https://www.teamusa.org/Hall-of-Fame/Hall-of-Fame-Members/Gail-Devers#:~:text=Gail%20Devers%20is%20a%20three,the%20IAAF%20world%20indoor%20championships|website=Team USA}}
  • Sally Pearson (AUS): Olympic victory in 2012, as well as runner-up in 2008.{{Cite web|title=Sally Pearson|url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/sally-pearson/|access-date=13 August 2020|website=Australian Olympic Committee}} World Championship victories in 2011 and 2017, as well as runner-up in 2013.{{Cite web|title=Pearson, world champion and 2012 Olympic 100m hurdles gold medallist, retires{{!}} News|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/news/sally-pearson-retirement|access-date=13 August 2020|website=www.worldathletics.org}}
  • Brianna Rollins (USA): Olympic victory in 2016, World Championships 2013.
  • Danielle Williams (JAM): Two World Championships victories, 2015 and 2023.

Olympic medalists

{{Olympic medalists in women's 100 metres hurdles}}

World Championships medalists

{{World Championships in Athletics medalists in women's 100 metres hurdles}}

Season's bests

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%;"
Year

!Time

!Athlete

!Place

1970

|12.93

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Chi Cheng|ROC}}

|Munich

1971

|12.6{{AthAbbr|h}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Karin Balzer|GDR}}

|East Berlin

1972

|12.59

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Anneliese Ehrhardt|GDR}}

|Munich

1973

|12.68

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Anneliese Ehrhardt|GDR}}

|Dresden

1974

|12.66

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Anneliese Ehrhardt|GDR}}

|Rome

1975

|12.91

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Bożena Świerczyńska|POL}}

|Zielona Góra

1976

|12.69

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Grażyna Rabsztyn|POL}}

|Bydgoszcz

1977

|12.87

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Lyubov Kononova|URS}}

|Düsseldorf

1978

|12.48

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Grażyna Rabsztyn|POL}}

|Fürth

1979

|12.48

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Grażyna Rabsztyn|POL}}

|Warsaw

1980

|12.36

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Grażyna Rabsztyn|POL}}

|Warsaw

1981

|12.68

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Tatyana Anisimova|URS}}

|Tbilisi

1982

|12.44

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yordanka Donkova|BUL|1971}}

|Sofia

1983

|12.42

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Bettine Jahn|GDR}}

|Berlin

1984

|12.43

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Lucyna Kalek|POL}}

|Hanover

1985

|12.42

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Ginka Zagorcheva|BUL|1971}}

|Sofia

1986

|12.26

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yordanka Donkova|BUL|1971}}

|Ljubljana

1987

|12.25

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Ginka Zagorcheva|BUL|1971}}

|Dráma

1988

|12.21

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yordanka Donkova|BUL|1971}}

|Stara Zagora

1989

|12.60

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Cornelia Oschkenat|GDR}}

|Barcelona

1990

|12.53

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Nataliya Grygoryeva|URS}}

|Kyiv

1991

|12.28

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Ludmila Narozhilenko|URS}}

|Kyiv

1992

|12.26

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Ludmila Narozhilenko|RUS}}

|Seville

1993

|12.46

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Gail Devers|USA}}

|Stuttgart

rowspan=2|1994

|rowspan=2|12.53

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Tatyana Reshetnikova|RUS}}

|Linz

align=left|{{flagathlete|Svetla Dimitrova|BUL}}

|Stara Zagora

1995

|12.44

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Olga Shishigina|KAZ}}

|Lucerne

1996

|12.47

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Ludmila Engquist|SWE}}

|Atlanta

1997

|12.50

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Ludmila Engquist|SWE}}

|Athens

1998

|12.44

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Glory Alozie|NGR}}

|Monaco

1999

|12.37

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Gail Devers|USA}}

|Seville

2000

|12.33

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Gail Devers|USA}}

|Sacramento

2001

|12.42

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Anjanette Kirkland|USA}}

|Edmonton

2002

|12.40

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Gail Devers|USA}}

|Lausanne

rowspan=2|2003

|rowspan=2|12.45

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Brigitte Foster-Hylton|JAM}}

|Eugene

align=left|{{flagathlete|Gail Devers|USA}}

|Monaco

2004

|12.37

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Joanna Hayes|USA}}

|Athens

2005

|12.43

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Michelle Perry|USA}}

|Carson

2006

|12.43

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Michelle Perry|USA}}

|Lausanne

2007

|12.44

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Michelle Perry|USA}}

|Rome

2008

|12.43

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Lolo Jones|USA}}

|Beijing

2009

|12.46

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Brigitte Foster-Hylton|JAM}}

|Zürich

2010

|12.52

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Priscilla Lopes-Schliep|CAN}}

|London

2011

|12.28

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Sally Pearson|AUS}}

|Daegu

2012

|12.35

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Sally Pearson|AUS}}

|London

2013

|12.26

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Brianna Rollins|USA}}

|Des Moines

2014

|12.44

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Dawn Harper-Nelson|USA}}

|Paris

2015

|12.34

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Sharika Nelvis|USA}}

|Eugene

2016

|12.20

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Kendra Harrison|USA}}

|London

2017

|12.28

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Kendra Harrison|USA}}

|Székesfehérvár

2018

|12.36

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Kendra Harrison|USA}}

|London

2019

|12.32

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Danielle Williams|JAM}}

|London

2020

|12.68

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Nadine Visser|NED}}

|Turku

2021

|12.26

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Jasmine Camacho-Quinn|PUR}}

|Tokyo

2022

|12.12

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Tobi Amusan|NGR}}

|Eugene

2023

|12.24

|{{flagathlete|Kendra Harrison|USA}}

|Budapest

2024

|12.24

|{{flagathlete|Ackera Nugent|JAM}}

|Rome

References

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  • [http://hem.bredband.net/athletics/atb-d16.htm All-Time List]
  • [http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/ytbyeve_Women.html#100m_h Year Lists]

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