World Athletics Championships 2001/100 m hurdles for women

8th World Athletics Championships
discipline	100 meter hurdles
gender	Women
Attendees	30 athletes from 18 countries
venue	Edmonton
Competition location	Commonwealth Stadium
Competition phase	August 9th (preliminary) August 10th (semi-finals) August 11th (final)
Medalists Anjanette Kirkland ( USA )   Gail Devers ( USA )   Olga Schischigina ( KAZ )

The Commonwealth Stadium by Edmonton in 2005

The 100-meter hurdles for women in the 2001 World Championships in Athletics was from 9 to 11 August 2001 Commonwealth Stadium the Canadian city of Edmonton held.

In this competition, the US hurdlers achieved a double victory. Anjanette Kirkland
became world champion . She won before the highly decorated real favorite Gail Devers , two-time world champion in this discipline ( 1995 / 1999 ) and two-time World silver medalist ( 1991 / 1993 ). In addition, Devers was 100 meters two-time Olympic champion ( 1992 / 1996 ) and world champion of 1993. In addition, it had for gold as a member of the sprint relay at the 1996 Olympics and the 1997 World Championships given. Bronze went to the current Olympic champion and vice world champion from 1995, Olga Schischigina from Kazakhstan .

Existing records

World record	12.21 s	Jordanka Donkova	Stara Sagora , Bulgaria	20th August 1988
World championship record	12.34 s	Ginka Sagortschewa	World Cup 1987 in Rome , Italy	4th September 1987

The world championship record, which has existed since 1987, remained unaffected at these world championships.

The existing world annual record has been improved twice:

• 12.56 s - Gail Devers ( USA ), 2nd semi-finals on August 10 with a headwind of 0.3 m / s
• 12.42 s - Anjanette Kirkland (USA), final on August 11th with a tailwind of 2.0 m / s that was just allowed

doping

There was a doping case in the hurdles sprint.

The Russian Swetlana Laukowa , who was eliminated in the semifinals, was disqualified for a doping violation.

An athlete who had acquired the right to start in the semifinals via the time rule, but was eliminated in the third preliminary run, was disadvantaged:
Kirsten Bolm , Germany : 13.13 s

Preliminary round

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

Nadine Faustin retired with 13.15 seconds as fifth in her preliminary run

August 9, 2001, 6:00 p.m.

Wind: -0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Anjanette Kirkland	United States	12.69
2	Olga Schischigina	Kazakhstan	12.75
3	Irina Korotja	Russia	12.87
4th	Nicole Ramalalanirina	France	12.94
5	Nadine Faustin	Haiti	13.15
6th	Rosa rakotozafy	Madagascar	13.24
7th	Olena Krassowska	Ukraine	13.30

Forward 2

August 9, 2001, 6:08 pm

Wind: -0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Gail Devers	United States	12.72
2	Svetla Dimitrova	Bulgaria	12.74
3	Linda Ferga	France	12.91
4th	Dionne Rose-Henley	Jamaica	12.94
5	Trecia Roberts	Thailand	13.27
6th	Svetlana Gnezdilov	Israel	13.28
DOP	Svetlana Laukowa	Russia	admitted to the semifinals
DNS	Maria-Joëlle Conjungo	Central African Republic

Forward 3

August 9, 2001, 6:16 p.m.

Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Susanna Kallur	Sweden	12.74
2	Brigitte Foster	Jamaica	12.79
3	Donica Merriman	United States	12.88
4th	Kirsten Bolm	Germany	13.13 actually qualified for the semi-finals
5	Maurren Maggi	Brazil	13.16
6th	Sriyani Kulawansa	Sri Lanka	13.23
7th	Angela Whyte	Canada	13.38
8th	Natalia Shekhodanova	Russia	13.84

Runners eliminated in the preliminary round in the third heat:

• 

  Kirsten Bolm was eliminated in the preliminary round with 13.13 s, but would have been eligible to start in the semifinals after Swetlana Laukowa's disqualification much later

• 

  Maurren Maggi did not reach the semi-finals with her 13.16 seconds

• 

  Angela Whyte could not qualify for the next round with 13.38 seconds

Forward 4

As fifth in 13.20 s, Irina Lenskiy missed the qualification for the semifinals

August 9, 2001, 6:24 p.m.

Wind: -1.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jenny Adams	United States	12.80
2	Perdita Felicien	Canada	12.89
3	Vonette Dixon	Jamaica	13.03
4th	Patricia Girard	France	13.11
5	Irina Lenskiy	Israel	13.20
6th	Feng Yun	People's Republic of China	13.35
7th	Gergana Stoyanova	Bulgaria	13.48

Semifinals

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

Semi-final run 1

Perdita Felicien did not reach the final with her 12.90 seconds

August 10, 2001, 7:35 pm

Wind: -0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Svetla Dimitrova	Bulgaria	12.65
2	Jenny Adams	United States	12.67
3	Anjanette Kirkland	United States	12.80
4th	Vonette Dixon	Jamaica	12.87
5	Perdita Felicien	Canada	12.90
6th	Nicole Ramalalanirina	France	12.91
7th	Irina Korotja	Russia	13.02
8th	Patricia Girard	France	13.17

Semi-final run 2

• 

  Brigitte Foster (left) was only one hundredth of a second missing to reach the final with her 12.78 seconds

• 

  Susanna Kallur failed with 12.85 s in the semifinals

August 10, 2001, 7:43 pm

Wind: -0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Gail Devers	United States	12.56 WL
2	Linda Ferga	France	12.67
3	Olga Schischigina	Kazakhstan	12.75
4th	Dionne Rose-Henley	Jamaica	12.77
5	Brigitte Foster	Jamaica	12.78
6th	Susanna Kallur	Sweden	12.85
7th	Donica Merriman	United States	17.17
DOP	Svetlana Laukowa	Russia

final

Gail Devers, two-time world champion in the hurdles sprint, had to be content with silver as the favorite after her sovereign semi-final appearance

August 11, 2001, 3:50 p.m.

Wind: +2.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Anjanette Kirkland	United States	12.42 WL
2	Gail Devers	United States	12.54
3	Olga Schischigina	Kazakhstan	12.58
4th	Svetla Dimitrova	Bulgaria	12.58
5	Jenny Adams	United States	12.63
6th	Dionne Rose-Henley	Jamaica	12.79
7th	Linda Ferga	France	12.80
8th	Vonette Dixon	Jamaica	13.02

Web links

• 8th IAAF World Championships In Athletics , accessed August 20, 2020
• Women 100m Hurdles Athletics VIII World Championship 2001 Edmonton (CAN) on todor66.com, accessed August 20, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Women 100 m Hurdles, Edmonton 2001, p. 301 (PDF; 10.3 MB), English, accessed on August 20, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 100 m hurdles women on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on August 20, 2020
2. ↑ Svetlana Laukhova , on peoplepill.com, accessed August 20, 2020