# 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 5−6 August.

## Summary

Going into the competition, Elaine Thompson could be nothing but the hot favourite to win the title. She was the Olympic Champion from Rio and the world leader by a huge margin. Defending champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce did not compete as she expected her first child. Returning silver medallist Dafne Schippers did not seem to be in her best shape, while the bronze medallist from 2015, Tori Bowie was expected to be among the medal contenders.
In the first semi-final, Marie-Josée Ta Lou won by 0.11 seconds over Dafne Schippers. Elaine Thompson proved why she was the favourite, winning her semi-final in 10.84 seconds, the fastest time of the day, ahead of Rosângela Santos who broke the South American continental record, while Bowie ran 10.91 seconds to win the third semi-final.
In the final, Ta Lou established an early lead. Thompson had the slowest reaction to the gun and failed to get into contention. Bowie, who had been closing on the leader, leaned early for her dip at the line, winning and then stumbling to the track. Returning silver medallist Dafne Schippers took bronze.
Bowie's injury at the end of the race caused her to drop out of the 200 metres.

## Records

Records before the competition:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| World | 10.49 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | USA | 16 Jul 1988 | Indianapolis, United States |
| Championship | 10.70 | Marion Jones | USA | 28 Aug 1999 | Seville, Spain |
| World leading | 10.71 | Elaine Thompson | JAM | 23 Jun 2017 | Kingston, Jamaica |
| African | 10.78 | Murielle Ahouré | CIV | 11 Jun 2016 | Montverde, United States |
| Asian | 10.79 | Li Xuemei | CHN | 18 Oct 1997 | Shanghai, China |
| NACAC | 10.49 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | USA | 16 Jul 1988 | Indianapolis, United States |
| South American | 10.99 | Ángela Tenorio | ECU | 22 Jul 2015 | Toronto, Canada |
| European | 10.73 | Christine Arron | FRA | 19 Aug 1998 | Budapest, Hungary |
| Oceanian | 11.11 | Melissa Breen | AUS | 9 Feb 2014 | Canberra, Australia |
Records set at the competition:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
| South American | 10.91 | Rosângela Santos | BRA | 6 Aug 2017 |
| Brazilian | 10.91 | Rosângela Santos | BRA | 6 Aug 2017 |
| Cook Islands | 12.18 | Patricia Taea | COK | 5 Aug 2017 |

## Qualification standard

The standard for automatic qualification was 11.26 s.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 5 August | 11:45 | Heats |
| 6 August | 19:10 | Semifinals |
| 6 August | 21:50 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first round took place on 5 August in six heats:
| Heat | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Start time | 11:44 | 11:53 | 12:03 | 12:09 | 12:20 | 12:30 |
| Wind (m/s) | +1.3 | +0.8 | −0.3 | 0.0 | −0.1 | +0.6 |
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The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The consolidated results were:
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Gina Lückenkemper | Germany (GER) | 10.95 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 4 | 7 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 11.00 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 8 | Murielle Ahouré | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 11.04 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 9 | Rosângela Santos | Brazil (BRA) | 11.04 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Elaine Thompson | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.05 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Tori Bowie | United States (USA) | 11.05 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands (NED) | 11.08 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Jura Levy | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.09 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland (SUI) | 11.14 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | 7 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 11.14 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Crystal Emmanuel | Canada (CAN) | 11.14 | Q, PB |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Asha Philip | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.14 | q, SB |
| 13 | 6 | 9 | Daryll Neita | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.15 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | 4 | Deajah Stevens | United States (USA) | 11.17 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Natasha Morrison | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.21 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 5 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 11.21 | q |
| 17 | 3 | 8 | Blessing Okagbare | Nigeria (NGR) | 11.22 | Q |
| 18 | 6 | 6 | Ewa Swoboda | Poland (POL) | 11.24 | q, SB |
| 19 | 4 | 9 | Carina Horn | South Africa (RSA) | 11.28 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | 3 | Ariana Washington | United States (USA) | 11.28 | Q |
| 21 | 5 | 3 | Simone Facey | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.29 | q |
| 22 | 4 | 3 | Salomé Kora | Switzerland (SUI) | 11.30 | q |
| 23 | 3 | 9 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | Bulgaria (BUL) | 11.31 | Q |
| 24 | 3 | 2 | Desiree Henry | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.32 | q |
| 25 | 3 | 6 | Ángela Tenorio | Ecuador (ECU) | 11.33 | |
| 26 | 2 | 6 | Wei Yongli | China (CHN) | 11.37 | |
| 27 | 1 | 4 | Toea Wisil | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 11.41 | |
| 28 | 4 | 8 | Carole Zahi | France (FRA) | 11.41 | |
| 29 | 6 | 8 | Andrea Purica | Venezuela (VEN) | 11.43 | |
| 30 | 1 | 9 | Naomi Sedney | Netherlands (NED) | 11.43 | |
| 31 | 2 | 7 | Khalifa St. Fort | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 11.44 | |
| 32 | 3 | 5 | Jamile Samuel | Netherlands (NED) | 11.52 | |
| 33 | 2 | 4 | Orphée Neola | France (FRA) | 11.58 | |
| 34 | 4 | 5 | Narcisa Landazuri | Ecuador (ECU) | 11.59 | |
| 35 | 2 | 8 | Charlotte Wingfield | Malta (MLT) | 11.82 | |
| 36 | 5 | 8 | Leya Buchanan | Canada (CAN) | 11.84 | |
| 37 | 1 | 7 | Loi Im Lan | Macau (MAC) | 12.00 | |
| 38 | 5 | 6 | Dutee Chand | India (IND) | 12.07 | |
| 39 | 6 | 2 | Cecilia Bouele | Congo (CGO) | 12.15 | |
| 40 | 3 | 7 | Patricia Taea | Cook Islands (COK) | 12.18 | NR |
| 41 | 1 | 6 | Yelena Ryabova | Turkmenistan (TKM) | 12.27 | SB |
| 42 | 5 | 4 | Gorete Semedo | São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) | 12.46 | PB |
| 43 | 4 | 6 | Rechelle Meade | Anguilla (AIA) | 12.67 | |
| 44 | 4 | 4 | Hereiti Bernardino | French Polynesia (PYF) | 12.88 | |
| 45 | 6 | 7 | Zarinae Sapong | Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) | 13.29 | PB |
| 46 | 3 | 3 | Marie-Charlotte Gastaud | Monaco (MON) | 13.52 | |
| | 5 | 5 | Tatjana Pinto | Germany (GER) | DQ | R 162.7 |

### Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 6 August in three heats:
| Heat | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Start time | 19:10 | 19:19 | 19:28 |
| Wind (m/s) | +0.8 | −0.2 | +0.2 |
| Photo finish | link | link | link |
The first two in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The consolidated results were:
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Elaine Thompson | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.84 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 7 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.87 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Rosângela Santos | Brazil (BRA) | 10.91 | Q, AR |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Tori Bowie | United States (USA) | 10.91 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands (NED) | 10.98 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 7 | Murielle Ahouré | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.99 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 9 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 11.04 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 11.07 | q |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | Blessing Okagbare | Nigeria (NGR) | 11.08 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland (SUI) | 11.11 | |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Crystal Emmanuel | Canada (CAN) | 11.14 | PB |
| 12 | 3 | 8 | Natasha Morrison | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.15 | |
| 13 | 1 | 4 | Daryll Neita | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.16 | |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Gina Lückenkemper | Germany (GER) | 11.16 | |
| 15 | 1 | 9 | Jura Levy | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.19 | |
| 16 | 3 | 2 | Asha Philip | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.19 | |
| 17 | 1 | 3 | Simone Facey | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.23 | |
| 18 | 2 | 3 | Desiree Henry | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.24 | |
| 19 | 1 | 8 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | Bulgaria (BUL) | 11.25 | SB |
| 20 | 2 | 9 | Carina Horn | South Africa (RSA) | 11.26 | |
| 21 | 2 | 8 | Ariana Washington | United States (USA) | 11.29 | |
| 22 | 3 | 3 | Salomé Kora | Switzerland (SUI) | 11.31 | |
| 23 | 1 | 5 | Deajah Stevens | United States (USA) | 11.32 | |
| 24 | 2 | 2 | Ewa Swoboda | Poland (POL) | 11.35 | |

### Final

The final took place on 6 August at 21:51. The wind was +0.1 metres per second and the results were (photo finish):
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 7 | Tori Bowie | United States (USA) | 10.85 | SB |
| | 4 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.86 | =PB |
| | 9 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands (NED) | 10.96 | |
| 4 | 8 | Murielle Ahouré | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.98 | |
| 5 | 6 | Elaine Thompson | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.98 | |
| 6 | 3 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 11.01 | |
| 7 | 5 | Rosângela Santos | Brazil (BRA) | 11.06 | |
| 8 | 2 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 11.09 | |