European Athletics Championships 1994/100 m hurdles for women

16th European Athletics Championships
discipline	100 meter hurdles
gender	Women
Attendees	27 athletes from 18 countries
venue	Helsinki
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 8th (preliminary) August 9th (semifinals / finals)
Medalists Svetla Dimitrova ( BUL )   Julija Graudyn ( RUS )   Jordanka Donkowa ( BUL )

Olympic Stadium in Helsinki

The women's 100-meter hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in 1994 took place on August 8 and 9, 1994 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .

For the Bulgarian hurdlers there were two medals in this competition with gold and bronze. The former all- rounder Svetla Dimitrova , who was eligible to start again after being suspended for doping abuse , became the European champion . Russian Julija Graudyn took second place . Bronze went to world record holder Jordanka Donkowa , who had already achieved numerous successes in the past, including Olympic gold in 1988 , Olympic bronze in 1992 , EM silver in 1982 and EM gold in 1986 .

Existing records

World record	12.21 s	Jordanka Donkova	Stara Sagora , Bulgaria	20th August 1988
European record
EM record	12.38 s		EM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany	August 29, 1986

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Preliminary round

August 8, 1994

The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

Wind: −0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jackie Agyepong	Great Britain	12.97
2	Marina Asjabina	Russia	12.98
3	Nadezhda Bodrova	Ukraine	13.12
4th	Monica Grefstad	Norway	13.19
5	Lidija Jurkova	Belarus	13.35
6th	Isabel Pereira	Portugal	13.45
7th	Jutta Kemila	Finland	13.49

Forward 2

Wind: −1.9 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Svetla Dimitrova	Bulgaria	12.72
2	Brigita Bukovec	Slovenia	12.96
3	Kristin Patzwahl	Germany	13.21
4th	Maria José Mardomingo	Spain	13.24
5	Monique Éwanjé-Épée	France	13.29
6th	Sandra Barreiro	Portugal	13.44
7th	Guðrún Arnardóttir	Iceland	13.53

Forward 3

Wind: +1.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Tatiana Reshetnikova	Russia	12.89
2	Julie Baumann	Switzerland	12.91
3	Anne Piquereau	France	13.27
4th	Samantha Farquharson	Great Britain	13.33
5	Erica Niculae	Romania	13.52
6th	Iina Pekkola	Finland	13.72
DNS	Elizabeta Pavlovska	Macedonia

Forward 4

Wind: +0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Julija Graudyn	Russia	12.93
2	Carla Tuzzi	Italy	13.03
3	Jordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	13.06
4th	Nadège Joseph	France	13.23
5	Clova Court	Great Britain	13.23
6th	Sylvia Dethiér	Belgium	13.45
7th	Véronique Linster	Luxembourg	13.68

Semifinals

August 9, 1994

From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

Wind: −0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Svetla Dimitrova	Bulgaria	12.60
2	Julija Graudyn	Russia	12.78
3	Julie Baumann	Switzerland	12.82
4th	Anne Piquereau	France	12.93
5	Clova Court	Great Britain	13.04
6th	Carla Tuzzi	Italy	13.05
7th	Monica Grefstad	Norway	13.11
8th	Nadezhda Bodrova	Ukraine	13.15

Run 2

Wind: −1.9 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Tatiana Reshetnikova	Russia	12.92
2	Brigita Bukovec	Slovenia	12.94
3	Jordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	13.08
4th	Jackie Agyepong	Great Britain	13.28
5	Kristin Patzwahl	Germany	13.31
6th	Maria José Mardomingo	Spain	13.35
7th	Marina Asjabina	Russia	13.42
8th	Nadège Joseph	France	13.44

With bronze, Jordanka Donkowa (here in 2013) added another to her numerous medals from major international events

final

August 9, 1994

Wind: −1.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Svetla Dimitrova	Bulgaria	12.72
2	Julija Graudyn	Russia	12.93
3	Jordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	12.93
4th	Brigita Bukovec	Slovenia	13.01
5	Tatiana Reshetnikova	Russia	13.06
6th	Julie Baumann	Switzerland	13.10
7th	Jackie Agyepong	Great Britain	13.17
8th	Anne Piquereau	France	13.25

Web links

• Women 100m European Championship 1994 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed October 3, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1994 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on October 3, 2019
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women 100m European Championship 1994 Helsinki, p. 467 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on October 3, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1994, 100 m women on sportschau.de, accessed on October 3, 2019
• 16th European Athletics Championships 1994 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on October 3, 2019

Video

• 4804 European Track & Field 100m Hurdles on youtube.com (English), accessed on October 3, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ Svetla Dimitrova on sporting-heroes.net, accessed on October 3, 2019
2. ↑ IAAF world records. 100 m hurdles women , accessed on October 3, 2019