# 2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 28 to 29 September 2019.

## Summary

This was the first major championships for Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce after giving birth and the maternity leave in 2017. Here, against the Olympic Champion Elaine Thompson and the defending champion Tori Bowie, Fraser-Pryce dominated the heats and the semi-finals. In the final, she took the lead on the first step and pulled away to a dominating victory in a world-leading time of 10.71. While Marie-Josée Ta Lou was the next fastest out of the blocks, Dina Asher-Smith closed quickly to overtake Ta Lou for a clear silver medal, leaving the defending silver medalist with the bronze.
For 32-year-old Fraser-Pryce, it was only .01 off of her personal best and Marion Jones' Championship record, and one of the fastest times in history. Asher-Smith's 10.83 was the British national record.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| 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 | 10.73 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | JAM | 21 Jun 2019 | Kingston, Jamaica |
| World leading | 10.73 | Elaine Thompson | JAM | 21 Jun 2019 | 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 | 10.91 | Rosângela Santos | BRA | 6 Aug 2017 | London, Great Britain |
| European | 10.73 | Christine Arron | FRA | 19 Aug 1998 | Budapest, Hungary |
| Oceanian | 11.11 | Melissa Breen | AUS | 9 Feb 2014 | Canberra, Australia |
The following records were set at the competition:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
| Nepalese | 12.72 | Sarswati Chaudhary | NEP | 28 Sep 2019 |
| World Leading | 10.71 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | JAM | 29 Sep 2019 |
| British | 10.83 | Dina Asher-Smith | GBR | 29 Sep 2019 |

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 28 September | 16:30 | Heats |
| 29 September | 21:20 | Semi-finals |
| 29 September | 23:20 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first 3 in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.80 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.85 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 4 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.96 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Murielle Ahouré | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 11.05 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | Daryll Neita | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.12 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 3 | Elaine Thompson | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.14 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland (SUI) | 11.17 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands (NED) | 11.17 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | Liang Xiaojing | China (CHN) | 11.18 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Tatjana Pinto | Germany (GER) | 11.19 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | English Gardner | United States (USA) | 11.20 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | Teahna Daniels | United States (USA) | 11.20 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Jonielle Smith | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.20 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 11.21 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Morolake Akinosun | United States (USA) | 11.23 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Tynia Gaither | Bahamas (BAH) | 11.24 | q |
| 17 | 6 | Gina Bass | Gambia (GAM) | 11.25 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | Wei Yongli | China (CHN) | 11.28 | q |
| 19 | 3 | Ge Manqi | China (CHN) | 11.28 | q |
| 20 | 1 | Gina Lückenkemper | Germany (GER) | 11.29 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | Ewa Swoboda | Poland (POL) | 11.29 | q |
| 22 | 5 | Tori Bowie | United States (USA) | 11.30 | Q |
| 23 | 2 | Crystal Emmanuel | Canada (CAN) | 11.30 | q |
| 24 | 6 | Imani-Lara Lansiquot | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.31 | q |
| 25 | 4 | Maja Mihalinec | Slovenia (SLO) | 11.32 | |
| 26 | 6 | Rosângela Santos | Brazil (BRA) | 11.32 | |
| 27 | 3 | Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue | France (FRA) | 11.34 | |
| 28 | 3 | Asha Philip | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.35 | |
| 29 | 6 | Ajla Del Ponte | Switzerland (SUI) | 11.36 | |
| 30 | 1 | Diana Vaisman | Israel (ISR) | 11.39 | |
| 31 | 6 | Olga Safronova | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 11.40 | |
| 32 | 5 | Ángela Tenorio | Ecuador (ECU) | 11.40 | |
| 33 | 5 | Vitória Cristina Rosa | Brazil (BRA) | 11.41 | |
| 34 | 1 | Tebogo Mamathu | South Africa (RSA) | 11.42 | |
| 35 | 2 | Marije van Hunenstijn | Netherlands (NED) | 11.48 | |
| 36 | 4 | Salomé Kora | Switzerland (SUI) | 11.48 | |
| 37 | 3 | Dutee Chand | India (IND) | 11.48 | |
| 38 | 4 | Lorène Bazolo | Portugal (POR) | 11.51 | |
| 39 | 5 | Zoe Hobbs | New Zealand (NZL) | 11.58 | |
| 40 | 5 | Hellen Makumba | Zambia (ZAM) | 11.73 | |
| 41 | 2 | Inna Eftimova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 11.79 | |
| 42 | 1 | Andrea Purica | Venezuela (VEN) | 11.96 | |
| 43 | 6 | Loi Im Lan | Macau (MAC) | 12.10 | |
| 44 | 2 | Gorete Semedo | São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) | 12.17 | |
| 45 | 4 | Charlotte Afriat | Monaco (MON) | 12.67 | |
| 46 | 1 | Sarswati Chaudhary | Nepal (NEP) | 12.72 | NR |
| 47 | 3 | Zarinae Sapong | Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) | 13.14 | |
| | 5 | Blessing Okagbare | Nigeria (NGR) | DNS | DNS |

### Semi-finals

The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualify for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.81 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.87 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.87 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Elaine Thompson | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.00 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Murielle Ahouré | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 11.05 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 2 | Jonielle Smith | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.06 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands (NED) | 11.07 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Teahna Daniels | United States (USA) | 11.10 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland (SUI) | 11.10 | |
| 10 | 2 | Morolake Akinosun | United States (USA) | 11.17 | SB |
| 11 | 1 | Daryll Neita | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.18 | |
| 12 | 3 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 11.19 | |
| 13 | 1 | Tynia Gaither | Bahamas (BAH) | 11.20 | |
| 13 | 2 | Liang Xiaojing | China (CHN) | 11.20 | |
| 15 | 1 | Gina Bass | Gambia (GAM) | 11.24 | |
| 16 | 2 | Ewa Swoboda | Poland (POL) | 11.27 | |
| 17 | 1 | Wei Yongli | China (CHN) | 11.28 | |
| 18 | 3 | Tatjana Pinto | Germany (GER) | 11.29 | |
| 19 | 2 | Crystal Emmanuel | Canada (CAN) | 11.29 | |
| 20 | 1 | Gina Lückenkemper | Germany (GER) | 11.30 | |
| 21 | 3 | Ge Manqi | China (CHN) | 11.31 | |
| 22 | 3 | Imani-Lara Lansiquot | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 11.35 | |
| | 2 | English Gardner | United States (USA) | DNF | |
| | 3 | Tori Bowie | United States (USA) | DNS | |

### Final

The final was started on 29 September at 23:20.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.71 | WL |
| | 7 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 10.83 | NR |
| | 4 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 10.90 | |
| 4 | 5 | Elaine Thompson | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.93 | |
| 5 | 8 | Murielle Ahouré | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 11.02 | SB |
| 6 | 9 | Jonielle Smith | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.06 | |
| 7 | 3 | Teahna Daniels | United States (USA) | 11.19 | |
| | 2 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands (NED) | DNS | |