# 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11–12 August and was won by 0.22 seconds by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. As of 2024, this is the greatest winning margin in the women's 100 metres at these championships and the only time this event has been won by two-tenths of a second.
In the first round, English Gardner won her third heat decisively in a time of 10.94 seconds. Others qualified for the semifinal round in up to 11.41 seconds. The semis were faster, since although the first was slowest at 11.08, the other two were won in under 11 seconds, with the fastest time qualifier Alexandria Anderson at 11.01.
In the final, there was no doubt who would win as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce shot out of the block leaving nothing but a pink streak (hair and shoes) for her competitors to follow. Jeter's 10.94 was the same as Gardner's time in the heats. But Gardner only had 10.97 left for the final to miss a medal. Slow reacting Kerron Stewart gave up .06 at the start line but lost the silver medal by only .04.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) | 10.49 | Indianapolis, IN, United States | 16 July 1988 |
| Championship record | Marion Jones (USA) | 10.70 | Seville, Spain | 28 August 1999 |
| World Leading | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM) | 10.77 | London, United Kingdom | 27 July 2013 |
| African Record | Blessing Okagbare (NGR) | 10.79 | London, United Kingdom | 27 July 2013 |
| Asian Record | Li Xuemei (CHN) | 10.79 | Shanghai, People's Republic of China | 18 October 1997 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) | 10.49 | Indianapolis, IN, United States | 16 July 1988 |
| South American record | Ana Claudia Silva (BRA) | 11.05 | Belém, Brazil | 12 May 2013 |
| European Record | Christine Arron (FRA) | 10.73 | Budapest, Hungary | 19 August 1998 |
| Oceanian record | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (AUS) | 11.12A | Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 |

## Qualification standards

| A time | B time |
| 11.28 | 11.36 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 11 August 2013 | 11:55 | Heats |
| 12 August 2013 | 19:35 | Semifinals |
| 12 August 2013 | 21:50 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+4)

## Results

| KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: −0.3 m/s, Heat 2: −0.4 m/s, Heat 3: −0.5 m/s, Heat 4: −0.3 m/s, Heat 5: −0.6 m/s, Heat 6: −0.6 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | English Gardner | United States (USA) | 10.94 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.02 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Blessing Okagbare | Nigeria (NGR) | 11.03 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Ana Cláudia Lemos | Brazil (BRA) | 11.08 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Verena Sailer | Germany (GER) | 11.11 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Alexandria Anderson | United States (USA) | 11.13 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.15 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Octavious Freeman | United States (USA) | 11.16 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Franciela Krasucki | Brazil (BRA) | 11.17 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Ivet Lalova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 11.18 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | Schillonie Calvert | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.20 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | Murielle Ahouré | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 11.22 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Ezinne Okparaebo | Norway (NOR) | 11.23 | Q, SB |
| 14 | 6 | Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA) | 11.24 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Gloria Asumnu | Nigeria (NGR) | 11.27 | Q, SB |
| 16 | 4 | Nataliya Pohrebnyak | Ukraine (UKR) | 11.28 | q |
| 17 | 2 | Asha Philip | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.29 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.32 | Q |
| 19 | 6 | Sheniqua Ferguson | Bahamas (BAH) | 11.33 | Q |
| 20 | 3 | Myriam Soumaré | France (FRA) | 11.34 | q |
| 21 | 4 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 11.37 | q |
| 22 | 2 | Tatjana Pinto | Germany (GER) | 11.38 | q |
| 23 | 1 | Mariely Sánchez | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 11.41 | q |
| 23 | 1 | Olesya Povh | Ukraine (UKR) | 11.41 | q |
| 25 | 5 | Stella Akakpo | France (FRA) | 11.43 | |
| 26 | 5 | Hanna-Maari Latvala | Finland (FIN) | 11.45 | |
| 27 | 3 | Melissa Breen | Australia (AUS) | 11.47 | |
| 28 | 2 | Lina Grinčikaitė | Lithuania (LTU) | 11.48 | |
| 29 | 6 | Angela Tenorio | Ecuador (ECU) | 11.53 | |
| 30 | 3 | Cache Armbrister | Bahamas (BAH) | 11.55 | |
| 31 | 4 | Toea Wisil | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 11.61 | |
| 31 | 2 | Tahesia Harrigan | British Virgin Islands (IVB) | 11.61 | |
| 33 | 5 | Katsiaryna Hanchar | Belarus (BLR) | 11.63 | |
| 34 | 1 | Kateřina Čechová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 11.67 | |
| 34 | 6 | Stephanie Kalu | Nigeria (NGR) | 11.67 | |
| 36 | 4 | Fong Yee Pui | Hong Kong (HKG) | 12.15 | |
| 37 | 2 | Lovelite Detenamo | Nauru (NRU) | 12.35 | SB |
| 38 | 5 | Vladislava Ovcharenko | Tajikistan (TJK) | 12.37 | |
| 39 | 6 | Patricia Taea | Cook Islands (COK) | 12.39 | |
| 40 | 1 | Yvonne Nalishuwa | Zambia (ZAM) | 12.47 | |
| 41 | 3 | Martina Pretelli | San Marino (SMR) | 12.73 | |
| 42 | 2 | Hereiti Bernardino | French Polynesia (PYF) | 12.84 | PB |
| 43 | 6 | Rubie Joy Gabriel | Palau (PLW) | 13.25 | PB |
| 44 | 3 | Kabotaake Romeri | Kiribati (KIR) | 13.39 | PB |
| 45 | 6 | Pauline Kwalea | Solomon Islands (SOL) | 13.53 | SB |
| – | 6 | Ruddy Zang Milama | Gabon (GAB) | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.
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 | 3 | 7 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.87 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Murielle Ahouré | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.95 | Q, NR |
| 2 | 2 | 7 | Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA) | 10.95 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | 5 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.97 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | English Gardner | United States (USA) | 11.00 | q |
| 6 | 3 | 6 | Alexandria Anderson | United States (USA) | 11.01 | q |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Blessing Okagbare | Nigeria (NGR) | 11.08 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Octavious Freeman | United States (USA) | 11.08 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Ivet Lalova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 11.10 | |
| 10 | 1 | 7 | Verena Sailer | Germany (GER) | 11.11 | |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Ana Cláudia Lemos | Brazil (BRA) | 11.20 | |
| 12 | 1 | 9 | Schillonie Calvert | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.23 | |
| 13 | 3 | 2 | Myriam Soumaré | France (FRA) | 11.26 | |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 11.28 | |
| 15 | 1 | 5 | Franciela Krasucki | Brazil (BRA) | 11.29 | |
| 16 | 3 | 9 | Sheniqua Ferguson | Bahamas (BAH) | 11.30 | |
| 17 | 1 | 8 | Asha Philip | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.30 | |
| 18 | 2 | 2 | Nataliya Pohrebnyak | Ukraine (UKR) | 11.31 | |
| 19 | 2 | 8 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.35 | |
| 20 | 2 | 9 | Ezinne Okparaebo | Norway (NOR) | 11.36 | |
| 21 | 2 | 3 | Mariely Sánchez | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 11.36 | |
| 22 | 1 | 3 | Olesya Povh | Ukraine (UKR) | 11.38 | |
| 23 | 3 | 8 | Gloria Asumnu | Nigeria (NGR) | 11.39 | |
| 24 | 3 | 3 | Tatjana Pinto | Germany (GER) | 11.49 | |

### Final

Wind: −0.3 m/s.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.71 | WL |
| | 6 | Murielle Ahouré | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.93 | NR |
| | 5 | Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA) | 10.94 | SB |
| 4 | 2 | English Gardner | United States (USA) | 10.97 | |
| 5 | 8 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.97 | |
| 6 | 7 | Blessing Okagbare | Nigeria (NGR) | 11.04 | |
| 7 | 3 | Alexandria Anderson | United States (USA) | 11.10 | |
| 8 | 9 | Octavious Freeman | United States (USA) | 11.16 | |