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

The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12–15 August.
In the heats and semis it was the same two names, now lined up next to each other. Brianna Rollins has set the event on fire all season long, winning the NCAA Championships in the fastest time in the last 20 years and Sally Pearson the defending champion and Olympic champion, who had that same honor before Rollins. In the final it was Pearson out first, but Rollins did what she has done all year, run faster than everybody else. Pearson equalled her season best from the semis in second, Tiffany Porter put in a personal best 12.55 to push Dawn Harper off the medal stand only the second time at a major since the 2008 Olympics.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | 12.21 | Stara Zagora, Bulgaria | 20 August 1988 |
| Championship record | Sally Pearson (AUS) | 12.28 | Daegu, South Korea | 3 September 2011 |
| World Leading | Brianna Rollins (USA) | 12.26 | Des Moines, US | 22 June 2013 |
| African Record | Glory Alozie (NGR) | 12.44 | Monaco | 8 August 1998 |
| African Record | Glory Alozie (NGR) | 12.44 | Brussels, Belgium | 28 August 1998 |
| African Record | Glory Alozie (NGR) | 12.44 | Seville, Spain | 28 August 1999 |
| Asian Record | Olga Shishigina (KAZ) | 12.44 | Luzern, Switzerland | 27 June 1995 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Brianna Rollins (USA) | 12.26 | Des Moines, USA | 22 June 2013 |
| South American record | Maurren Higa Maggi (BRA) | 12.71 | Manaus, Brazil | 19 May 2001 |
| European Record | Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | 12.21 | Stara Zagora, Bulgaria | 20 August 1988 |
| Oceanian record | Sally Pearson (AUS) | 12.28 | Daegu, South Korea | 3 September 2011 |

## Qualification standards

| A time | B time |
| 12.94 | 13.10 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 16 August 2013 | 9:45 | Heats |
| 17 August 2013 | 18:20 | Semifinals |
| 17 August 2013 | 19:50 | 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 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: −0.5 m/s, Heat 2: −0.5 m/s, Heat 3: −0.5 m/s, Heat 4: −0.4 m/s, Heat 5: −0.8 m/s.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 5 | Brianna Rollins | United States (USA) | 12.55 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 7 | Sally Pearson | Australia (AUS) | 12.62 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Cindy Billaud | France (FRA) | 12.71 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Tiffany Porter | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 12.72 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | Yuliya Kondakova | Russia (RUS) | 12.76 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | Dawn Harper | United States (USA) | 12.84 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Angela Whyte | Canada (CAN) | 12.93 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | Anne Zagré | Belgium (BEL) | 12.94 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | Queen Harrison | United States (USA) | 12.95 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 8 | Alina Talay | Belarus (BLR) | 12.99 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 8 | Reïna-Flor Okori | France (FRA) | 13.01 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 5 | Tatyana Dektyareva | Russia (RUS) | 13.04 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | 4 | LaVonne Idlette | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 13.06 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | 7 | Marzia Caravelli | Italy (ITA) | 13.07 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 7 | Shermaine Williams | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.09 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | 3 | Danielle Williams | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.11 | Q |
| 17 | 3 | 6 | Jessica Zelinka | Canada (CAN) | 13.15 | Q |
| 18 | 1 | 3 | Nadine Hildebrand | Germany (GER) | 13.16 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | 9 | Lina Flórez | Colombia (COL) | 13.16 | q |
| 20 | 1 | 5 | Nia Ali | United States (USA) | 13.19 | Q |
| 21 | 2 | 8 | Brigitte Merlano | Colombia (COL) | 13.20 | q |
| 22 | 2 | 9 | Andrea Bliss | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.20 | q |
| 23 | 2 | 2 | Nooralotta Neziri | Finland (FIN) | 13.23 | q |
| 24 | 1 | 2 | Lucie Škrobáková | Czech Republic (CZE) | 13.24 | |
| 25 | 3 | 2 | Marina Tomić | Slovenia (SLO) | 13.26 | |
| 26 | 1 | 4 | Wu Shuijiao | China (CHN) | 13.29 | |
| 27 | 3 | 7 | Anna Plotitsyna | Ukraine (UKR) | 13.30 | |
| 28 | 5 | 2 | Aleesha Barber | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 13.33 | Q |
| 29 | 5 | 3 | Veronica Borsi | Italy (ITA) | 13.35 | |
| 30 | 5 | 8 | Isabelle Pedersen | Norway (NOR) | 13.43 | |
| 31 | 4 | 6 | Kierre Beckles | Barbados (BAR) | 13.47 | |
| 32 | 3 | 5 | Noemi Zbären | Switzerland (SUI) | 13.59 | |
| 33 | 2 | 4 | Gnima Faye | Senegal (SEN) | 13.66 | |
| 34 | 1 | 8 | Hitomi Shimura | Japan (JPN) | 13.72 | |
| 35 | 4 | 5 | Anastassiya Soprunova | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 13.85 | |
| 36 | 4 | 3 | Salma Emam Abou El-Hassan | Egypt (EGY) | 14.38 | SB |
| | 5 | 6 | Sara Aerts | Belgium (BEL) | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.
Wind: Heat 1: −0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: -0.7 m/s.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | Sally Pearson | Australia (AUS) | 12.50 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Brianna Rollins | United States (USA) | 12.54 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | Dawn Harper | United States (USA) | 12.61 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Tiffany Porter | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 12.63 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | Queen Harrison | United States (USA) | 12.71 | q |
| 6 | 2 | 5 | Yuliya Kondakova | Russia (RUS) | 12.73 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Angela Whyte | Canada (CAN) | 12.76 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | Cindy Billaud | France (FRA) | 12.78 | q |
| 9 | 3 | 7 | Alina Talay | Belarus (BLR) | 12.82 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Nia Ali | United States (USA) | 12.83 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | LaVonne Idlette | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 12.91 | |
| 12 | 3 | 8 | Tatyana Dektyareva | Russia (RUS) | 12.91 | SB |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Andrea Bliss | Jamaica (JAM) | 12.92 | |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Shermaine Williams | Jamaica (JAM) | 12.93 | SB |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Lina Flórez | Colombia (COL) | 13.01 | |
| 16 | 1 | 8 | Nadine Hildebrand | Germany (GER) | 13.04 | |
| 17 | 2 | 3 | Nooralotta Neziri | Finland (FIN) | 13.04 | NR |
| 18 | 1 | 5 | Marzia Caravelli | Italy (ITA) | 13.06 | |
| 19 | 2 | 9 | Jessica Zelinka | Canada (CAN) | 13.12 | |
| 20 | 3 | 9 | Danielle Williams | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.13 | |
| 21 | 1 | 9 | Reïna-Flor Okori | France (FRA) | 13.15 | |
| 22 | 3 | 2 | Brigitte Merlano | Colombia (COL) | 13.22 | |
| 23 | 3 | 3 | Aleesha Barber | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 13.52 | |
| | 2 | 6 | Anne Zagré | Belgium (BEL) | DQ | 168.7(b) |

### Final

The final was started at 19:50.
Wind: −0.6 m/s.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 7 | Brianna Rollins | United States (USA) | 12.44 | |
| | 6 | Sally Pearson | Australia (AUS) | 12.50 | SB |
| | 4 | Tiffany Porter | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 12.55 | PB |
| 4 | 5 | Dawn Harper | United States (USA) | 12.59 | |
| 5 | 2 | Queen Harrison | United States (USA) | 12.73 | |
| 6 | 9 | Angela Whyte | Canada (CAN) | 12.78 | |
| 7 | 3 | Cindy Billaud | France (FRA) | 12.84 | |
| 8 | 8 | Yuliya Kondakova | Russia (RUS) | 12.86 | DSQ (doping) |