2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m hurdles (women)

sport	athletics
discipline	100 meter hurdles
gender	Women
Attendees	47 athletes from 33 countries
Competition location	Estádio Nilton Santos
Competition phase	August 16, 2016 (preliminary round) August 17, 2016 (semi-finals / finals)
Medalists Brianna Rollins ( USA )   Nia Ali ( USA )   Kristi Castlin ( USA )

The women's 100-meter hurdles at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place on August 16 and 17, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 47 athletes took part.

For the US team there was a triple success. Brianna Rollins won ahead of Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin.

Pamela Dutkiewicz , Nadine Hildebrand and Cindy Roleder started for Germany . Dutkiewicz and Hildebrand were eliminated in the semi-finals, Roleder reached fifth place in the final.
The Swiss Clélia Rard-Reuse failed in the semifinals, the Austrian Beate Schrott in the preliminary round.
Athletes from Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion	Sally Pearson ( Australia )	12.35 s	London 2012
world champion	Danielle Williams ( Jamaica )	12.57 s	Beijing 2015
European champion	Cindy Roleder ( Germany )	12.62 s	Amsterdam 2016
North / Central America / Caribbean Champion	LoLo Jones ( USA )	12.63 s	San José 2015
South America Champion	Yvette Lewis ( Panama )	13.31 s	Lima 2015
Asian champion	Wu Shuijiao ( People's Republic of China )	13.12 s	Wuhan 2015
African champion	Claudia Heunis ( South Africa )	13.35 s	Durban 2016
Oceania champion	Fiona Morrison ( New Zealand )	13.57 s	Cairns 2015

Existing records

World record	Kendra Harrison ( USA )	12.20 s	London , UK	July 22, 2016
Olympic record	Sally Pearson ( Australia )	12.35 s	London finals , Great Britain	August 7, 2012

Note: All times are based on Rio local time ( UTC-3 ).

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in six runs. The first three athletes of each run qualified for the semi-finals. In addition, the six fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , continue. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Run 1

August 16, 2016, 11:05 a.m.
Wind: −0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Kristi Castlin	United States	12.68
2	Anne Zagré	Belgium	12.85
3	Nooralotta Neziri	Finland	12.88
4th	Shermaine Williams	Jamaica	12.95
5	Susanna Kallur	Sweden	13.04
6th	Caridad Jerez	Spain	13.26
7th	Katy Sealy	Belize	15.79
DSQ	Mulern Jean	Haiti		IAAF Rule 168.7b - incorrect crossing of the hurdle

Run 2

August 16, 2016, 11:12 a.m.
Wind: −0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Nia Ali	United States	12.76
2	Phylicia George	Canada	12.83
3	Pedrya Seymour	Bahamas	12.85
4th	Wu Shuijiao	People's Republic of China	13.03
5	Maíla Machado	Brazil	13.09
6th	Michelle Jenneke	Australia	13.26
7th	Kazjarina Paplauskaja	Belarus	13.45
8th	Beate scrap	Austria	13.47

Run 3

August 16, 2016, 11:19 a.m.
Wind: +0.9 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Cindy Ofili	Great Britain	12.75
2	Nadine Hildebrand	Germany	12.84
3	Isabelle Pedersen	Norway	12.86
4th	Andrea Ivančević	Croatia	12.90
5	Brigitte Merlano	Colombia	13.09
6th	Angela Whyte	Canada	13.09
7th	Elisavet Pesiridou	Greece	13.10
8th	Anastassija Pilipenko	Kazakhstan	13.29

Run 4

August 16, 2016, 11:26 a.m.
Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Cindy Roleder	Germany	12.86
2	Tiffany Porter	Great Britain	12.87
3	Nickiesha Wilson	Jamaica	12.89
4th	Clélia Rard-Reuse	Switzerland	12.91
5	Cindy Billaud	France	12.98
6th	Kierre Beckles	Barbados	13.01
7th	Hanna Plotitsyna	Ukraine	13.12
8th	Marthe Koala	Burkina Faso	13.41

Run 5

August 16, 2016, 11:33 a.m.
Wind: +1.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	Puerto Rico	12.70
2	Alina Talaj	Belarus	12.74
3	Pamela Dutkiewicz	Germany	12.90
4th	Nikkita Holder	Canada	12.92
5	Tobi Amusan	Nigeria	12.99
6th	Karolina Kołeczek	Poland	13.04
7th	Oksana Shkurat	Ukraine	13.22
8th	Yvette Lewis	Panama	13.35

Run 6

August 16, 2016, 11:40 a.m.
Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Brianna Rollins	United States	12.54
2	Megan Simmonds	Jamaica	12.81
3	Sandra Gomis	France	13.04
4th	Nadine Visser	Netherlands	13.07
5	Fabiana Moraes	Brazil	13.22
6th	Valentina Kibalnikova	Uzbekistan	13.29
7th	Olena Janowska	Ukraine	13.32
DNS	Reïna-Flor Okori	Equatorial Guinea

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  The Swede Susanna Kallur failed in the preliminary round as fifth of her preliminary round

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  The Australian Michelle Jenneke was sixth in her preliminary run and was eliminated

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  The Austrian Beate Schrott was eliminated with eighth place in her preliminary run

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  The sixth place in her preliminary run was not enough for the Canadian Angela Whyte to participate in the semi-finals

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  The Ukrainian Hanna Platitsina was eliminated with seventh place in the fourth heat

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  The Polish Karolina Kołeczek was not enough for sixth place in her preliminary run to advance

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  Fourth place in the sixth heat was not enough for Nadine Visser from the Netherlands to make it to the semifinals

Semifinals

The semifinals consisted of three runs. The first two athletes of each run qualified for the final. In addition, the two fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Run 1

The Croatian Andrea Ivancević was eliminated in seventh place in her semi-final run

August 17, 2016, 8:45 p.m.
Wind: +0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Brianna Rollins	United States	12.47
2	Pedrya Seymour	Bahamas	12.64	NO
3	Cindy Roleder	Germany	12.69
4th	Tiffany Porter	Great Britain	12.82
5	Shermaine Williams	Jamaica	12.86
6th	Andrea Ivančević	Croatia	12.93
7th	Sandra Gomis	France	13.23
8th	Alina Talaj	Belarus	13.66

Run 2

A fourth place in her semifinals was not enough for German Nadine Hildebrand to enter the finals

The French Cindy Billaud was sixth in her semi-final race and was eliminated

August 17, 2016, 8:53 p.m.
Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Nia Ali	United States	12.65
2	Phylicia George	Canada	12.77
3	Tobi Amusan	Nigeria	12.91
4th	Nadine Hildebrand	Germany	12.95
5	Clélia Rard-Reuse	Switzerland	12.96
6th	Nooralotta Neziri	Finland	13.04
7th	Nickiesha Wilson	Jamaica	13.14
DSQ	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	Puerto Rico		IAAF Rule 168.7b - incorrect crossing of the hurdle

Run 3

August 17, 2016, 9:01 p.m.
Wind: +0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Kristi Castlin	United States	12.63
2	Cindy Ofili	Great Britain	12.71
3	Isabelle Pedersen	Norway	12.88
4th	Pamela Dutkiewicz	Germany	12.92
5	Megan Simmonds	Jamaica	12.95
6th	Cindy Billaud	France	13.03
DSQ	Nikkita Holder	Canada		IAAF Rule 168.7b - incorrect crossing of the hurdle
	Anne Zagré	Belgium

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  Belarusian Alina Talaj was eighth in the first semifinals, which was not enough for participation in the finals

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  The Finn Nooralotta Neziri was eliminated in sixth place in her semifinal race

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  Her third place in the third semifinals was not enough for the Norwegian Isabelle Pedersen to qualify for the final

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  The Canadian Nikkita Holder was disqualified in her semi-final run

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  Disqualification for the Belgian Anne Zagré in the third semifinal race

final

August 17, 2016, 10:55 p.m.
Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

All three US women and two athletes from Great Britain qualified for the final. The field was completed by one starter each from the Bahamas, Germany and Canada.

Kendra Harrison, the world number one from the USA, had missed the qualification for the Rio Games. Two weeks after the American eliminations, she had run a world record in London . The Australian Sally Pearson , 2012 Olympic champion , and world champion Danielle Williams from Jamaica were also absent. So there was no clear favorite. All three US-Americans Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali and Kristi Castlin went into this race with very good prospects after their strong performance in the semifinals. Other candidates for top positions were the British European champion from 2014 Tiffany Porter and the German European champion from 2016 Cindy Roleder, who, however, no longer had the shape of the European championships.

Rollins was in the lead at the first hurdle, ahead of her teammate Ali and the two Britons Cindy Ofili and Porter. Between the fourth and sixth hurdles, Castlin, who had previously been at the end of the field, caught up. She overtook Roleder and the Canadian Phylicia George, then Pedrya Seymour of the Bahamas. Then she passed Porter and, at the last hurdle, passed Ofili. At the very front, however, there were no more changes. Brianna Rollins became Olympic champion one meter ahead of Nia Ali. Kristi Castlin won the bronze medal, Cindy Ofili came fourth. Cindy Roleder came in fifth, ahead of Pedrya Seymour.

For the first time at the Olympic Games, all three medals in this discipline went to athletes from one nation. With twelve medals won, the USA is most successful here. It was the fourth Olympic victory for a US female athlete in the 100 meter hurdles .

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Brianna Rollins	United States	12.48
2	Nia Ali	United States	12.59
3	Kristi Castlin	United States	12.61
4th	Cindy Ofili	Great Britain	12.63
5	Cindy Roleder	Germany	12.74
6th	Pedrya Seymour	Bahamas	12.76
7th	Tiffany Porter	Great Britain	12.76
8th	Phylicia George	Canada	12.89

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  Olympic Champion:
  Brianna Rollins, USA

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  Silver medalist:
  Nia Ali from the USA

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  Bronze medalist:
  Kirsti Catlin, USA

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  The Briton Cindy Ofili took fourth place in the final

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  The German Cindy Roleder came in fifth

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  Pedrya Seymour from the Bahamas was sixth in the Olympics

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  The British Tiffany Porter came in seventh

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  The Canadian Phylicia George finished eighth

Web links

• Results Book Rio 2016, Official Report at library.olympic.org, accessed October 13, 2018
• Results on the website of the IAAF World Athletics Federation 100 m hurdles (English), accessed on October 13, 2018
• Sports-Reference, Result meters-hurdles / final / result results on the website of the World Athletics Federation IAAF 100 (English), accessed on October 13, 2018

Video

• USA sprinters sweep the podium in Women's 100m Hurdles on youtube.com, published August 21, 2016, accessed October 13, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Announcement from NBC Sports dated July 22, 2016 (English), accessed on October 13, 2018
2. ↑ ^{a b c} IAAF competition rules, page 93 , accessed on October 13, 2018