Olympic Summer Games 2008 / Athletics - 100 m hurdles (women)
 
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| sport | athletics |
| discipline | 100 meter hurdles |
| gender | Women |
| place | Beijing National Stadium |
| Attendees | 40 athletes from 32 countries |
| Competition phase | August 17-19, 2008 |
| Medalist | |
 gold |
Dawn Harper ( USA )
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 silver |
Sally McLellan ( AUS )
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 bronze |
Priscilla Lopes-Schliep ( CAN )
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The women's 100-meter hurdles at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing took place from August 17 to 19, 2008 in the National Stadium. Forty athletes took part.
The US American Dawn Harper was Olympic champion ahead of the Australian Sally McLellan . The bronze medal was won by Priscilla Lopes-Schliep from Canada.
Current titleholders
| Olympic Champion 2004 |
Joanna Hayes ( USA )
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12.37 s | Athens 2004 |
| World Champion 2007 |
Michelle Perry ( USA )
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12.46 s | Osaka 2007 |
| European Champion 2006 |
Susanna Kallur ( Sweden )
 |
12.59 s | Gothenburg 2006 |
| Pan American Champion 2007 |
Delloreen Ennis-London ( Jamaica )
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12.65 s | Rio de Janeiro 2007 |
| Central America and Caribbean champion 2008 |
Anay Tejeda ( Cuba )
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12.61 s | Cali 2008 |
| South American Champion 2007 | Brigitte María Merlano ( Colombia )
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13.27 s | São Paulo 2007 |
| Asian Champion 2007 | Mami Ishino ( Japan )
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13.26 s | Amman 2007 |
| Africa Champion 2008 | Fatmata Fofanah ( Guinea )
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13.10 s | Addis Ababa 2008 |
| Oceania Champion 2008 | Milika Tuivanuavou ( Fiji )
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16.22 s | Saipan 2008 |
Existing records
| World record | 12.21 s |
Jordanka Donkowa ( Bulgaria )
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Stara Sagora , Bulgaria | 20th August 1988 |
| Olympic record | 12.37 s |
Joanna Hayes ( USA )
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Athens Final , Greece | July 27, 1996 |
Preliminary round
There were five preliminary runs. The first two of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the next six fastest athletes - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semi-finals.
Forward 1
August 17, 2008 , 7:00 p.m. / wind: −0.2 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josephine Nnkiruka Oniya |
 Spain
|
12.68 s | |
| 2 | Susanna Kallur |
Sweden
|
12.68 s | |
| 3 | Nevin Yanıt |
 Turkey
|
12.94 s | |
| 4th | Aurelia Trywiańska |
 Poland
|
12.98 s | |
| 5 | Micol Cattaneo |
 Italy
|
13.13 s | |
| 6th | Lucie Škrobáková |
 Czech Republic
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13.18 s | |
| 7th | Kazjaryna Paplauskaya |
 Belarus
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13.39 s | |
| 8th | Miriam Bobková |
 Slovakia
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13.65 s |
Forward 2
August 17, 2008 , 7:07 p.m. / wind: −0.1 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vonette Dixon |
Jamaica
|
12.69 s | |
| 2 | Priscilla Lopes-Schliep |
Canada
|
12.75 s | |
| 3 | Damu Cherry |
United States
|
12.92 s | |
| 4th | Carolin Nytra |
 Germany
|
12.95 s | |
| 5 | Aleksandra Antonova |
 Russia
|
13.18 s | |
| 6th | Derval O'Rourke |
 Ireland
|
13.22 s | |
| 7th | Maíla Machado |
 Brazil
|
13.45 s | |
| 8th | Fadwa Al-Bouza |
 Syria
|
14.24 s |
Forward 3
August 17, 2008 , 7:14 p.m. / wind: −0.1 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delloreen Ennis-London |
Jamaica
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12.82 s | |
| 2 | Sally McLellan |
Australia
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12.83 s | |
| 3 | Sarah Claxton |
 Great Britain
|
12.97 s | |
| 4th | Yulia Kondakova |
Russia
|
13.07 s | |
| 5 | Angela Whyte |
Canada
|
13.11 s | |
| 6th | Yenima Arencibia |
Cuba
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13.43 s | |
| 7th | Flora Redoumi |
 Greece
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13.56 s | |
| 8th | Edit Vári |
 Hungary
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13.59 s |
Forward 4
August 17, 2008 , 7:21 pm / wind: −0.6 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LoLo Jones |
United States
|
12.71 s | |
| 2 | Anay Tejeda |
Cuba
|
12.84 s | |
| 3 | Reïna-Flor Okori |
 France
|
12.98 s | |
| 4th | Christina Vukicevic |
 Norway
|
13.05 s | PB |
| 5 | Tatiana Dektjaryova |
Russia
|
13.05 s | |
| 6th | Natalya Ivoninskaya |
 Kazakhstan
|
13.20 s | |
| 7th | Olutoyin Augustus |
 Nigeria
|
13.34 s | |
| 8th | Jeimy Bernárdez |
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14.29 s |
Forward 5
August 17, 2008 , 9:00 p.m. / wind: −0.8 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brigitte Foster-Hylton |
Jamaica
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12.68 s | |
| 2 | Dawn Harper |
United States
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12.73 s | |
| 3 | Anastassija Pilipenko |
Kazakhstan
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12.99 s | |
| 4th | Aleesha Barber |
 Trinidad and Tobago
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13.01 s | NO |
| 5 | Ievgeniia Snigur |
 Ukraine
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13.06 s | |
| 6th | Nadine Faustin |
 Haiti
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13.25 s | |
| 7th | Dedeh Erawati |
 Indonesia
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13.49 s | NO |
| DNF | Fatmata Fofanah |
Guinea
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Semifinals
From the two semi-finals, the first four of each run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Run 1
August 18, 2008 , 7:40 p.m. / wind: +0.2 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LoLo Jones |
United States
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12.43 s | PB |
| 2 | Delloreen Ennis-London |
Jamaica
|
12.67 s | |
| 3 | Priscilla Lopes-Schliep |
Canada
|
12.68 s | |
| 4th | Sally McLellan |
Australia
|
12.70 s | |
| 5 | Josephine Nnkiruka Oniya |
Spain
|
12.86 s | |
| 6th | Aurelia Trywiańska |
Poland
|
12.96 s | |
| 7th | Carolin Nytra |
Germany
|
12.99 s | |
| 8th | Nevin Yanıt |
Turkey
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13.28 s |
Run 2
August 18, 2008 , 7:48 p.m. / wind: +0.2 m / s
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damu Cherry |
United States
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12.62 s | |
| 2 | Dawn Harper |
United States
|
12.66 s | |
| 3 | Brigitte Foster-Hylton |
Jamaica
|
12.76 s | |
| 4th | Sarah Claxton |
Great Britain
|
12.84 s | |
| 5 | Vonette Dixon |
Jamaica
|
12.86 s | |
| 6th | Reïna-Flor Okori |
France
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13.05 s | |
| DNF | Susanna Kallur |
Sweden
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| Anay Tejeda |
Cuba
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final
| space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dawn Harper |
United States
|
12.54 s | |
| 2 | Sally McLellan |
Australia
|
12.64 s | |
| 3 | Priscilla Lopes-Schliep |
Canada
|
12.64 s | |
| 4th | Damu Cherry |
United States
|
12.65 s | |
| 5 | Delloreen Ennis-London |
Jamaica
|
12.65 s | |
| 6th | Brigitte Foster-Hylton |
Jamaica
|
12.66 s | |
| 7th | LoLo Jones |
United States
|
12.72 s | |
| 8th | Sarah Claxton |
Great Britain
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12.94 s |
August 19, 2008 , 10:30 p.m. / wind: +0.1 m / s
The favorites for these races were the three US runners who made the best impression of all the participants in the semifinals. LoLo Jones in particular - sixth at the World Championships last year - had shone with her 12.43 seconds. But Damu Cherry also looked very good as the winner of the second heat, wafer-thin before Dawn Harper. The Jamaican World Cup third Delloreen Ennis-London was one of the main competitors, as was her compatriot Brigitte Foster-Hylton and the Australian Sally McLellan - later Sally Pearson.
In the final, three US women, two Jamaicans and one hurdler each from Australia, Canada and Great Britain faced each other.
On the first half of the track, McLellan, who got off the starting blocks fastest, built a lead with a flawless run. Then Jones irresistibly stormed past her and already looked like the sure winner. But she touched the penultimate hurdle and was completely out of her rhythm. Dawn Harper benefited most from her mishap, who managed to win a clear victory in the last few meters. It was extremely close behind the gold medalist. With exactly one tenth of a second behind, Sally McLellan and the Canadian Priscilla Lopes-Schliep took second and third place simultaneously in this order. Just a hundredth of a second later, Damu Cherry crossed the finish line in fourth and Delloreen Ennis-London in fifth. Another hundredth of a second back was Brigitte Foster-Hylton sixth ahead of LoLo Jones and the British Sarah Claxton.
Olympic Champion Dawn Harper, USA
Australian silver medalist Sally McLellan - later Sally Pearson
A surprising bronze medal for the Canadian Priscilla Lopes-Schliep
The Jamaican Olympic Fifth Delloreen Ennis-London
The US-American LoLo Jones has to settle for seventh after a stumble on the penultimate hurdle
Web links
- SportsReference 100m hurdles , accessed June 24, 2018
- Results on the IAAF website, accessed June 24, 2018
- Official Report of the XXVIIIth Olympiad, Results Athletics , English / French (PDF, 3054 KB), accessed on June 24, 2018
Video
- Athletics - Women's 100M Hurdles - Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games , published August 20, 2008 on youtube.com, accessed June 24, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Campeonato CAC de Atletismo 2008 on athlecac.org, accessed on June 24, 2018
- ↑ Campeonato Sudamericano de Atletismo 2007 on athlecac.org, accessed on June 24, 2018
- ↑ 17th Asian Athletics Championship 2007 ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at athleticsasia.org (PDF, 417 KB), accessed June 24, 2018
- ↑ Oceania Area Championships - 25/06/2008 to 28/06/2008 on athletics-oceania.com (PDF, 130 KB), accessed on June 24, 2018
- ↑ IAAF records, 100 m hurdles women , accessed on June 24, 2018
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