# 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 9 and 10 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Gillian Russell Jamaica |
| Silver | Keri Maddox United Kingdom |
| Bronze | Ilka Rönisch East Germany |

## Results
### Final

9 August Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Gillian Russell | Jamaica | 13.31 |
| | Keri Maddox | United Kingdom | 13.38 |
| | Ilka Rönisch | East Germany | 13.41 |
| 4 | Oraidis Ramírez | Cuba | 13.54 |
| 5 | Monifa Taylor | United States | 13.58 |
| 6 | Natalya Shekhodanova | Soviet Union | 13.71 |
| 7 | Yelena Alistratenko | Soviet Union | 13.73 |
| 8 | Lauraine Cameron | United Kingdom | 13.77 |

### Semifinals

10 August

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gillian Russell | Jamaica | 13.32 | Q |
| 2 | Keri Maddox | United Kingdom | 13.37 | Q |
| 3 | Ilka Rönisch | East Germany | 13.58 | Q |
| 4 | Yelena Alistratenko | Soviet Union | 13.75 | Q |
| 5 | Anna Leszczyńska | Poland | 13.78 | |
| 6 | Taiwo Aladefa | Nigeria | 14.05 | |
| 7 | Teodora Luca | Romania | 14.27 | |
| 8 | Mary-Allison Williams | United States | 19.15 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oraidis Ramírez | Cuba | 13.64 | Q |
| 2 | Lauraine Cameron | United Kingdom | 13.68 | Q |
| 3 | Natalya Shekhodanova | Soviet Union | 13.73 | Q |
| 4 | Monifa Taylor | United States | 13.74 | Q |
| 5 | Susan Smith | Ireland | 13.97 | |
| 6 | Sandra Barreiro | Portugal | 14.11 | |
| 7 | Monique Van Den Kieboom | Belgium | 14.17 | |
| 8 | Iina Pekkola | Finland | 14.19 | |

### Heats

9 August

#### Heat 1

Wind: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Natalya Shekhodanova | Soviet Union | 13.73 | Q |
| 2 | Lauraine Cameron | United Kingdom | 13.79 | Q |
| 3 | Anna Leszczyńska | Poland | 13.87 | Q |
| 4 | Sandra Barreiro | Portugal | 13.97 | Q |
| 5 | Taiwo Aladefa | Nigeria | 14.04 | q |
| 6 | Monique Van Den Kieboom | Belgium | 14.07 | q |
| 7 | Guðrún Arnardóttir | Iceland | 14.30 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Oraidis Ramírez | Cuba | 13.62 | Q |
| 2 | Ilka Rönisch | East Germany | 13.65 | Q |
| 3 | Monifa Taylor | United States | 13.78 | Q |
| 4 | Iina Pekkola | Finland | 13.99 | Q |
| 5 | Susan Smith | Ireland | 14.07 | q |
| 6 | Teodora Luca | Romania | 14.10 | q |
| 7 | Olivia Kohl | Belgium | 14.54 | |
| 8 | Michelle Openshaw | Peru | 15.24 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +2.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Gillian Russell | Jamaica | 13.46 w | Q |
| 2 | Keri Maddox | United Kingdom | 13.50 w | Q |
| 3 | Yelena Alistratenko | Soviet Union | 13.93 w | Q |
| 4 | Mary-Allison Williams | United States | 14.14 w | Q |
| 5 | Kim Seon-Jin | South Korea | 14.17 w | |
| 6 | Marika Salminen | Finland | 14.34 w | |
| 7 | Elke Wölfling | Austria | 14.51 w | |
| 8 | Kym Burns | Australia | 15.25 w | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (2)
* Cuba (1)
* East Germany (1)
* Finland (2)
* Iceland (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Jamaica (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Romania (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)