# 2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 20 and 21 August 2023.

## Summary

The field had five of the fastest eight of all time: #3 defending champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, #5 Shericka Jackson, the world leader for 2023, #7 Sha'Carri Richardson; and #8 Marie-Josée Ta Lou. In the semi-finals, Jackson, Richardson and Ta Lou were all in semi #2, with only two automatic qualifiers. Jackson and Ta Lou ended up in a virtual tie at 10.79 leaving Richardson to have to wait in the holding room. Her 10.84 easily held up but because she finished third in the semis, she was given an outside lane in the final.
In the final, the slowest qualifier Ewa Swoboda got the marginally best start, but the field got out to a fairly even start, save Richardson who was slightly behind. "Mommy Rocket” Fraser-Pryce did not get out to her typical dominating start. Over the next 30 metres, Fraser-Pryce, Jackson and Swoboda gained a slight edge on the rest of the field. Out in lane 9, Richardson recaptured the lost ground from the start to pull even with Ta Lou and Swoboda. With 40 meters to go, Jackson had gained a slight edge on Fraser-Pryce, but Swoboda had not gone away. Behind them, Julien Alfred, Ta Lou and Richardson had emerged from the others. Coming into the finish, the two Jamaican athletes were focusing on each other in the center of the track as Richardson picked off Asher-Smith, Swoboda, Ta Lou, Fraser-Pryce, and finally Jackson with 15 meters to go. Richardson crossed the line with her arms outstretched and emerged victorious by .07 seconds, Jackson in 2nd and the defending champion Fraser-Pryce in 3rd. Not only did Richardson win the World Championship, she beat Fraser-Pryce's Championship Record and tied Marion Jones and Jackson's time earlier in the season as #5 of all time.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World Record | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) | 10.49 | Indianapolis, United States | 16 July 1988 |
| Championship Record | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) | 10.67 | Eugene, United States | 17 July 2022 |
| 2023 World Leading | Shericka Jackson (JAM) | 10.65 | Kingston, Jamaica | 7 July 2023 |
| African Record | Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV) | 10.72 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 10 August 2022 |
| Asian Record | Xuemei Li (CHN) | 10.79 | Shanghai, China | 18 October 1997 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean Record | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) | 10.49 | Indianapolis, United States | 16 July 1988 |
| South American Record | Rosângela Santos (BRA) | 10.91 | London, Great Britain | 6 August 2017 |
| European Record | Christine Arron (FRA) | 10.73 | Budapest, Hungary | 19 August 1998 |
| Oceanian Record | Zoe Hobbs (NZL) | 10.96 | La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland | 2 July 2023 |
The following records were set at the competition:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
| Championship record | 10.65 | Sha'Carri Richardson | USA | 21 Aug 2023 |
| = World Leading | 10.65 | Sha'Carri Richardson | USA | 21 Aug 2023 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 11.08 seconds.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), is as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 20 August | 12:10 | Heats |
| 21 August | 20:35 | Semi-finals |
| 21 August | 21:50 | Final |

## Results
### Round 1 (heats)

Round 1 took place on 20 August, with the 56 athletes involved being split into 7 heats of 8 athletes each. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 3 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-final. The overall results were as follows:
Wind:
| Rank | Heat # | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Sha'Carri Richardson | United States (USA) | 10.92 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Ewa Swoboda | Poland (POL) | 10.98 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Julien Alfred | Saint Lucia (LCA) | 10.99 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Brittany Brown | United States (USA) | 11.01 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.01 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Natasha Morrison | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.02 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Daryll Neita | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.03 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.04 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Tamari Davis | United States (USA) | 11.06 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Shericka Jackson | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.06 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland (SUI) | 11.08 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 11.08 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Gina Bass | Gambia (GAM) | 11.10 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | N'Ketia Seedo | Netherlands (NED) | 11.11 | Q, PB |
| 15 | 6 | Shashalee Forbes | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.12 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | Zaynab Dosso | Italy (ITA) | 11.14 | Q, =NR |
| 17 | 7 | Zoe Hobbs | New Zealand (NZL) | 11.14 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 11.16 | Q, SB |
| 19 | 3 | Rani Rosius | Belgium (BEL) | 11.18 | q, PB |
| 19 | 6 | Boglárka Takács | Hungary (HUN) | 11.18 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | Gina Lückenkemper | Germany (GER) | 11.21 | Q |
| 22 | 4 | Rosemary Chukwuma | Nigeria (NGR) | 11.24 | q |
| 23 | 1 | Géraldine Frey | Switzerland (SUI) | 11.26 | q |
| 24 | 5 | Maboundou Koné | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 11.26 | |
| 25 | 2 | Jaël Bestué | Spain (ESP) | 11.28 | Q |
| 26 | 7 | Lorène Dorcas Bazolo | Portugal (POR) | 11.29 | |
| 27 | 7 | Khamica Bingham | Canada (CAN) | 11.29 | |
| 28 | 3 | Murielle Ahouré-Demps | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 11.29 | |
| 29 | 3 | Leah Bertrand | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 11.32 | |
| 30 | 5 | Krystsina Tsimanouskaya | Poland (POL) | 11.32 | |
| 31 | 2 | Veronica Shanti Pereira | Singapore (SIN) | 11.33 | |
| 32 | 2 | Halle Hazzard | Grenada (GRN) | 11.34 | SB |
| 33 | 6 | Patrizia van der Weken | Luxembourg (LUX) | 11.38 | |
| 34 | 4 | Olivia Fotopoulou | Cyprus (CYP) | 11.38 | |
| 35 | 1 | Delphine Nkansa | Belgium (BEL) | 11.40 | |
| 36 | 6 | Bree Masters | Australia (AUS) | 11.43 | |
| 36 | 7 | Rebekka Haase | Germany (GER) | 11.43 | |
| 38 | 6 | Magdalena Stefanowicz | Poland (POL) | 11.43 | |
| 39 | 5 | Torrie Lewis | Australia (AUS) | 11.45 | |
| 40 | 6 | Arialis Gandulla | Portugal (POR) | 11.47 | |
| 41 | 1 | Ángela Gabriela Tenorio | Ecuador (ECU) | 11.52 | |
| 42 | 4 | Vitoria Cristina Rosa | Brazil (BRA) | 11.57 | |
| 43 | 4 | Natacha Ngoye Akamabi | Congo (CGO) | 11.60 | |
| 44 | 1 | Farzaneh Fasihi | Iran (IRI) | 11.63 | |
| 45 | 7 | Arisa Kimishima | Japan (JPN) | 11.73 | |
| 46 | 3 | Mudhawi Alshammari | Kuwait (KUW) | 11.93 | |
| 47 | 2 | Salomé Kora | Switzerland (SUI) | 12.18 | |
| 48 | 4 | Kesaia Boletakanakandavu [de] | Fiji (FIJ) | 12.46 | PB |
| 49 | 3 | Silina Pha Aphay | Laos (LAO) | 12.67 | |
| 50 | 2 | Chloe David | Vanuatu (VAN) | 12.88 | |
| 51 | 1 | Zarinae Sapong | Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) | 13.04 | SB |
| 52 | 6 | Jovita Arunia [no] | Solomon Islands (SOL) | 13.20 | SB |
| 53 | 5 | Sydney Francisco | Palau (PLW) | 13.48 | PB |
| 54 | 7 | Yara Ahmed Abuljadayel [de] | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 13.54 | |
| | 5 | Imani Lansiquot | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | DQ | TR 16.8 |
| | 2 | Yunisleidy García | Cuba (CUB) | DQ | TR 16.8 |

### Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 21 August, with the 24 athletes involved being split into 3 heats of 8 athletes each (using lanes 2 to 9). The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
Wind: Heat 1: −0.4 m/s, Heat 2: −0.4 m/s, Heat 3: −0.1 m/s
| Rank | Heat # | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 7 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.79 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Shericka Jackson | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.79 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Sha'Carri Richardson | United States (USA) | 10.84 | q |
| 4 | 1 | 7 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.89 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Julien Alfred | Saint Lucia (LCA) | 10.92 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Brittany Brown | United States (USA) | 10.97 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Tamari Davis | United States (USA) | 10.98 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Ewa Swoboda | Poland (POL) | 11.01 | q |
| 8 | 3 | 7 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.01 | q |
| 10 | 2 | 8 | Zoe Hobbs | New Zealand (NZL) | 11.02 | |
| 11 | 1 | 4 | Daryll Neita | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.03 | |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Natasha Morrison | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.03 | |
| 13 | 2 | 4 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland (SUI) | 11.04 | SB |
| 14 | 2 | 3 | Shashalee Forbes | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.12 | |
| 15 | 3 | 8 | N'Ketia Seedo | Netherlands (NED) | 11.17 | |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Gina Lückenkemper | Germany (GER) | 11.18 | |
| 16 | 1 | 3 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 11.18 | |
| 18 | 3 | 3 | Gina Bass | Gambia (GAM) | 11.19 | |
| 19 | 1 | 8 | Zaynab Dosso | Italy (ITA) | 11.19 | |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | Rani Rosius | Belgium (BEL) | 11.20 | |
| 21 | 2 | 9 | Jaël Bestué | Spain (ESP) | 11.25 | |
| 22 | 1 | 9 | Rosemary Chukwuma | Nigeria (NGR) | 11.26 | |
| 23 | 2 | 2 | Boglárka Takács | Hungary (HUN) | 11.26 | |
| 24 | 3 | 9 | Géraldine Frey | Switzerland (SUI) | 11.28 | |

### Final

The final started at 21:50 on 21 August. The results were as follows:
Wind: +0.8 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 9 | Sha'Carri Richardson | United States (USA) | 10.65 | CR, PB, =WL |
| | 4 | Shericka Jackson | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.72 | |
| | 5 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.77 | SB |
| 4 | 7 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.81 | |
| 5 | 6 | Julien Alfred | Saint Lucia (LCA) | 10.93 | |
| 6 | 1 | Ewa Swoboda | Poland (POL) | 10.97 | |
| 7 | 3 | Brittany Brown | United States (USA) | 10.97 | |
| 8 | 2 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.00 | |
| 9 | 8 | Tamari Davis | United States (USA) | 11.03 | |