# 2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres

These are the official results of the women's 100 metres event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 74 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats and the final held on Monday August 27.

## Medalists

| Gold | Veronica Campbell Jamaica (JAM) |
| Silver | Lauryn Williams United States (USA) |
| Bronze | Carmelita Jeter United States (USA) |

## Records

| World Record | Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) | 10.49 | Indianapolis, United States | 16 July 1988 |
| Championship Record | Marion Jones (USA) | 10.70 | Seville, Spain | 22 August 1999 |

## Results
### Heats

First 3 of each Heat qualifies (Q) plus the 8 fastest non-direct qualifiers (q) reached the Quarterfinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
| 1 | 9 | Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA) | 11.07 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium (BEL) | 11.09 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 4 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 11.13 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 7 | Merlene Ottey | Slovenia (SLO) | 11.64 | |
| 5 | 3 | Inna Eftimova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 11.66 | |
| 6 | 8 | Nataliya Pohrebnyak | Ukraine (UKR) | 11.71 | |
| 7 | 5 | Fatou Tiyana | Gambia (GAM) | 12.44 | PB |
| 8 | 6 | Jenny Keni | Solomon Islands (SOL) | 13.31 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Veronica Campbell | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.33 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Laura Turner | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.43 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Lucimar Aparecida de Moura | Brazil (BRA) | 11.49 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Mae Koime | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 11.64 | |
| 5 | 4 | Anastasiya Vinogradova | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 11.74 | |
| 6 | 6 | Marestella Torres | Philippines (PHI) | 12.44 | PB |
| 7 | 7 | Yvonne Bennett | Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) | 13.16 | NR |
| 8 | 2 | Shokhida Ziyaeva | Tajikistan (TJK) | 13.16 | |
| 9 | 9 | Aleksandra Vojneska | Macedonia (MKD) | 13.24 | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Sally McLellan | Australia (AUS) | 11.14 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 5 | Tezzhan Naimova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 11.15 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Tahesia Harrigan | British Virgin Islands (IVB) | 11.26 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Affoue Amandine Allou | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 11.27 | q, PB |
| 5 | 9 | Verena Sailer | Germany (GER) | 11.33 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Valentina Nazarova | Turkmenistan (TKM) | 12.02 | SB |
| 7 | 8 | Charlene Attard | Malta (MLT) | 12.06 | |
| 8 | 6 | Selloane Tsoaeli | Lesotho (LES) | 13.29 | PB |
| 9 | 3 | Sry Hang | Cambodia (CAM) | 13.55 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Christine Arron | France (FRA) | 11.27 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | Bahamas (BAH) | 11.36 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Ivet Lalova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 11.47 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | Irina Khabarova | Russia (RUS) | 11.49 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Nombulelo Constance Mkenku | South Africa (RSA) | 11.50 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Momoko Takahashi | Japan (JPN) | 11.98 | |
| 7 | 5 | Barbara Rustignoli | San Marino (SMR) | 13.33 | SB |
| 8 | 8 | Maria Ikelap | Micronesia (FSM) | 13.93 | SB |

#### Heat 5

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas (BAH) | 11.32 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.35 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Sasha Springer | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 11.50 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Guzel Khubbieva | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 11.59 | |
| 5 | 9 | Carima Louami | France (FRA) | 11.59 | |
| 6 | 2 | Gloria Diogo | São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) | 12.21 | SB |
| 7 | 3 | Sze-Min Choo | Singapore (SIN) | 12.29 | SB |
| 8 | 5 | Loi Ieong | Macau (MAC) | 12.76 | SB |
| 9 | 1 | Fathia Ali Bouraleh | Djibouti (DJI) | 14.14 | |

#### Heat 6

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Mechelle Lewis | United States (USA) | 11.16 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.29 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Montell Douglas | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.39 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | Daria Korczyńska | Poland (POL) | 11.41 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Ekaterina Grigorieva | Russia (RUS) | 11.44 | q |
| 6 | 7 | Kin Yee Wan | Hong Kong (HKG) | 12.12 | |
| 7 | 5 | Elis Lapenmal | Vanuatu (VAN) | 13.10 | PB |
| 8 | 8 | Lilly Pine | Kiribati (KIR) | 13.86 | PB |
| 9 | 6 | Waseelah Fadhl Saad | Yemen (YEM) | 14.31 | SB |

#### Heat 7

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
| 1 | 9 | Yevgeniya Polyakova | Russia (RUS) | 11.30 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Lauryn Williams | United States (USA) | 11.41 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Johanna Manninen | Finland (FIN) | 11.52 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Paulette Zang-Milama | Gabon (GAB) | 11.53 | |
| 5 | 2 | Myriam Leonie Mani | Cameroon (CMR) | 11.55 | |
| 6 | 8 | Tamicka Clarke | Bahamas (BAH) | 11.59 | |
| 7 | 5 | Florence Dembert | Chad (CHA) | 13.01 | PB |
| 8 | 4 | Fatima Mohammadi | Afghanistan (AFG) | 16.17 | PB |

#### Heat 8

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Torri Edwards | United States (USA) | 11.14 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Oludamola Osayomi | Nigeria (NGR) | 11.15 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 6 | Vida Anim | Ghana (GHA) | 11.22 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | Jeanette Kwakye | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.26 | q, PB |
| 5 | 1 | Sherry Fletcher | Grenada (GRN) | 11.28 | q |
| 6 | 5 | Milena Milašević | Montenegro (MNE) | 12.24 | NR |
| 7 | 2 | Rosa Mystique Jones | Nauru (NRU) | 12.69 | SB |
| 8 | 9 | Felicia Saburo | Palau (PLW) | 13.40 | PB |
| 9 | 8 | Bounkou Camara | Mauritania (MTN) | 13.93 | SB |

### Quarterfinals

First 4 of each Quarterfinal qualified (Q) for the Semifinals.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Torri Edwards | United States (USA) | 11.13 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.20 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Oludamola Osayomi | Nigeria (NGR) | 11.21 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Yevgeniya Polyakova | Russia (RUS) | 11.24 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Sherry Fletcher | Grenada (GRN) | 11.32 | |
| 6 | 8 | Tahesia Harrigan | British Virgin Islands (IVB) | 11.33 | |
| 7 | 2 | Lucimar Aparecida de Moura | Brazil (BRA) | 11.61 | |
| - | 9 | Nombulelo Constance Mkenku | South Africa (RSA) | DNS | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Veronica Campbell | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.08 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium (BEL) | 11.15 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA) | 11.17 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Laura Turner | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.32 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Irina Khabarova | Russia (RUS) | 11.38 | SB |
| 6 | 8 | Affoue Amandine Allou | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 11.57 | |
| - | 2 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka (SRI) | DSQ | |
| - | 9 | Johanna Manninen | Finland (FIN) | DSQ | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Christine Arron | France (FRA) | 11.17 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.23 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Mechelle Lewis | United States (USA) | 11.25 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | Bahamas (BAH) | 11.29 | Q |
| 5 | 9 | Ivet Lalova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 11.33 | |
| 6 | 2 | Montell Douglas | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.43 | |
| 7 | 3 | Verena Sailer | Germany (GER) | 11.43 | |
| 8 | 8 | Daria Korczyńska | Poland (POL) | 11.44 | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas (BAH) | 11.15 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 6 | Lauryn Williams | United States (USA) | 11.16 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Tezzhan Naimova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 11.21 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Sally McLellan | Australia (AUS) | 11.31 | Q |
| 5 | 9 | Vida Anim | Ghana (GHA) | 11.36 | |
| 6 | 8 | Jeanette Kwakye | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.40 | |
| 7 | 2 | Ekaterina Grigorieva | Russia (RUS) | 11.49 | |
| 8 | 3 | Sasha Springer | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 11.56 | |

### Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal qualified (Q) for the final.

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Torri Edwards | United States (USA) | 11.02 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Lauryn Williams | United States (USA) | 11.09 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 4 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.12 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Oludamola Osayomi | Nigeria (NGR) | 11.18 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Tezzhan Naimova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 11.18 | |
| 6 | 6 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas (BAH) | 11.22 | |
| 7 | 9 | Laura Turner | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.32 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sally McLellan | Australia (AUS) | 11.32 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Veronica Campbell | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.99 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Christine Arron | France (FRA) | 11.04 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 5 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium (BEL) | 11.06 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA) | 11.08 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Mechelle Lewis | United States (USA) | 11.16 | |
| 6 | 2 | Yevgeniya Polyakova | Russia (RUS) | 11.16 | |
| 7 | 4 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.21 | |
| 8 | 9 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | Bahamas (BAH) | 11.25 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
| | Veronica Campbell | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.01 | |
| | Lauryn Williams | United States (USA) | 11.01 | SB |
| | Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA) | 11.02 | PB |
| 4 | Torri Edwards | United States (USA) | 11.05 | |
| 5 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium (BEL) | 11.05 | SB |
| 6 | Christine Arron | France (FRA) | 11.08 | |
| 7 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.12 | |
| 8 | Oludamola Osayomi | Nigeria (NGR) | 11.26 | |