# 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Jeneba Tarmoh United States |
| Silver | Ashleigh Nelson United Kingdom |
| Bronze | Sheniqua Ferguson Bahamas |

## Results
### Final

9 July Wind: -0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Jeneba Tarmoh | United States | 11.37 |
| | Ashleigh Nelson | United Kingdom | 11.49 |
| | Sheniqua Ferguson | Bahamas | 11.52 |
| 4 | Rosângela Santos | Brazil | 11.63 |
| 5 | Shayla Mahan | United States | 11.66 |
| 6 | Andreea Ogrăzeanu | Romania | 11.67 |
| 7 | Meritzer Williams | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.82 |
| | Mariya Serkova | Russia | DNS |

### Semifinals

8 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sheniqua Ferguson | Bahamas | 11.56 | Q |
| 2 | Shayla Mahan | United States | 11.66 | Q |
| 3 | Melissa Breen | Australia | 11.70 | |
| 4 | Emilie Gaydu | France | 11.76 | |
| 5 | Gabriela Laleva | Bulgaria | 11.81 | |
| 6 | Folake Akinyemi | Norway | 11.81 | |
| 7 | Shawna Anderson | Jamaica | 11.84 | |
| 8 | Tameka Williams | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.99 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ashleigh Nelson | United Kingdom | 11.43 | Q |
| 2 | Meritzer Williams | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.58 | Q |
| 3 | Agnes Osazuwa | Nigeria | 11.68 | |
| 4 | Janelle Redhead | Grenada | 11.71 | |
| 5 | Yasmin Kwadwo | Germany | 11.75 | |
| 6 | Bárbara Leôncio | Brazil | 11.76 | |
| 7 | Jamile Samuel | Netherlands | 11.79 | |
| 8 | Maja Mihalinec | Slovenia | 11.81 | |

#### Semifinal 3

Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jeneba Tarmoh | United States | 11.38 | Q |
| 2 | Rosângela Santos | Brazil | 11.51 | Q |
| 3 | Andreea Ogrăzeanu | Romania | 11.54 | q |
| 4 | Mariya Serkova | Russia | 11.60 | q |
| 5 | Elaine O'Neill | United Kingdom | 11.75 | |
| 6 | Kaycea Jones | Jamaica | 11.86 | |
| 7 | Loreanne Kuhurima | Netherlands | 11.94 | |
| 8 | Constance Mkenku | South Africa | 12.13 | |

### Heats

8 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: -1.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Ashleigh Nelson | United Kingdom | 11.55 | Q |
| 2 | Andreea Ogrăzeanu | Romania | 11.85 | Q |
| 3 | Niamh Whelan | Ireland | 11.96 | |
| 4 | Anne Zagré | Belgium | 11.98 | |
| 5 | Weronika Wedler | Poland | 12.02 | |
| 6 | Isabelle Eurenius | Sweden | 12.19 | |
| 7 | Yekaterina Filatova | Russia | 12.28 | |
| 8 | Alba Obesso | Spain | 12.31 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: -0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jeneba Tarmoh | United States | 11.56 | Q |
| 2 | Bárbara Leôncio | Brazil | 11.80 | Q |
| 3 | Loreanne Kuhurima | Netherlands | 11.83 | q |
| 4 | Cornnelly Calydon | France | 11.98 | |
| 5 | Estela García | Spain | 12.03 | |
| 6 | Jasmin Showlah | Finland | 12.08 | |
| 7 | Olga Bludova | Kazakhstan | 12.57 | |
| 8 | Dana Thoma | Nauru | 13.80 | |
| 9 | Tahmina Kohistani | Afghanistan | 15.00 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: -1.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Elaine O'Neill | United Kingdom | 12.00 | Q |
| 2 | Tameka Williams | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12.10 | Q |
| 3 | Nelcy Caicedo | Colombia | 12.12 | |
| 4 | Yelizaveta Bryzhina | Ukraine | 12.21 | |
| 5 | Susan Akene | Nigeria | 12.35 | |
| 6 | Alja Sitar | Slovenia | 12.38 | |
| 7 | Osiris Morales | Puerto Rico | 12.43 | |
| 8 | Kirsten Niuwendam | Suriname | 12.76 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: -3.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Janelle Redhead | Grenada | 11.76 | Q |
| 2 | Meritzer Williams | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.76 | Q |
| 3 | Rosângela Santos | Brazil | 11.78 | q |
| 4 | Tameka Rawlins | Barbados | 12.10 | |
| 5 | Chantal Grant | Canada | 12.20 | |
| 6 | Viktorya Pyatachenko | Ukraine | 12.26 | |
| 7 | Vanina Nguen | Bulgaria | 12.35 | |
| 8 | Ivana Rožman | North Macedonia | 12.96 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Sheniqua Ferguson | Bahamas | 11.59 | Q |
| 2 | Melissa Breen | Australia | 11.66 | Q |
| 3 | Maja Mihalinec | Slovenia | 11.72 | q |
| 4 | Shawna Anderson | Jamaica | 11.83 | q |
| 5 | Folake Akinyemi | Norway | 11.87 | q |
| 6 | Allison Peter | U.S. Virgin Islands | 12.16 | |
| 7 | Jenna Jokela | Finland | 12.20 | |

#### Heat 6

Wind: -1.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Agnes Osazuwa | Nigeria | 11.68 | Q |
| 2 | Emilie Gaydu | France | 11.69 | Q |
| 3 | Jamile Samuel | Netherlands | 11.80 | q |
| 4 | Kaycea Jones | Jamaica | 11.89 | q |
| 5 | Sergine Kouanga | Cameroon | 11.94 | |
| 6 | Asuka Terada | Japan | 12.53 | |
| 7 | Kai Selvon | Trinidad and Tobago | 12.56 | |
| | Souheir Bouali | Algeria | DQ | IAAF rule 162.7 |

#### Heat 7

Wind: -1.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mariya Serkova | Russia | 11.63 | Q |
| 2 | Gabriela Laleva | Bulgaria | 11.85 | Q |
| 3 | Nadja Bahl | Germany | 11.97 | |
| 4 | Martina Balboni | Italy | 12.01 | |
| 5 | Sintara Seangdee | Thailand | 12.03 | |
| 6 | Joan Healy | Ireland | 12.05 | |
| 7 | Ewa Zarębska | Poland | 12.09 | |
| 8 | Leung Hau Sze | Hong Kong | 12.76 | |

#### Heat 8

Wind: -1.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Shayla Mahan | United States | 11.61 | Q |
| 2 | Constance Mkenku | South Africa | 11.69 | Q |
| 3 | Yasmin Kwadwo | Germany | 11.90 | q |
| 4 | Ilenia Draisci | Italy | 12.02 | |
| 5 | Caroline Lundahl | Sweden | 12.05 | |
| 6 | Tia Rolle | Bahamas | 12.29 | |
| 7 | Lin Wen-Wen | Chinese Taipei | 12.33 | |
| 8 | Yelena Ryabova | Turkmenistan | 13.22 | |
| 9 | Shirley Vunatup | Papua New Guinea | 13.58 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 65 athletes from 45 countries participated in the event.
* Afghanistan (1)
* Algeria (1)
* Australia (1)
* Bahamas (2)
* Barbados (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (2)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Cameroon (1)
* Canada (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Colombia (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Grenada (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Ireland (2)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (1)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* North Macedonia (1)
* Nauru (1)
* Netherlands (2)
* Nigeria (2)
* Norway (1)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Poland (2)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (2)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
* Slovenia (2)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (2)
* Suriname (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Thailand (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* Ukraine (2)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (1)