# 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23, 24 and 25 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Joyce Bates United States |
| Silver | Glory Alozie Nigeria |
| Bronze | Tan Yali China |

## Results
### Final

25 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Joyce Bates | United States | 13.27 | |
| | Glory Alozie | Nigeria | 13.30 | |
| | Tan Yali | China | 13.37 | |
| 4 | Dominque Calloway | United States | 13.55 | |
| 5 | Anna Pettersson | Sweden | 13.88 | |
| 6 | Tasha Danvers | United Kingdom | 14.00 | |
| 7 | Sandra Ingelmo | Spain | 14.11 | |
| | Reïna-Flor Okori | France | DQ | IAAF rule 168.7 |

### Semifinals

24 August

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Joyce Bates | United States | 13.47 | Q |
| 2 | Reïna-Flor Okori | France | 13.73 | Q |
| 3 | Tasha Danvers | United Kingdom | 13.88 | Q |
| 4 | Sandra Ingelmo | Spain | 13.89 | Q |
| 5 | Katia Brito | Cuba | 13.97 | |
| 6 | Nicole Gale | Australia | 14.06 | |
| 7 | Joanna Buciarska | Denmark | 14.24 | |
| | Sabine Scheuring | Germany | DNF | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dominque Calloway | United States | 13.58 | Q |
| 2 | Glory Alozie | Nigeria | 13.68 | Q |
| 3 | Tan Yali | China | 13.79 | Q |
| 4 | Anna Pettersson | Sweden | 14.04 | Q |
| 5 | Denise Bolton | United Kingdom | 14.07 | |
| 6 | Veronica Dyer | Canada | 14.27 | |
| 7 | Anat Morad | Israel | 14.32 | |
| 8 | Hanna Korell | Finland | 14.67 | |

### Heats

23 August

#### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tasha Danvers | United Kingdom | 13.80 | Q |
| 2 | Sandra Ingelmo | Spain | 14.06 | Q |
| 3 | Katia Brito | Cuba | 14.16 | Q |
| 4 | Anat Morad | Israel | 14.32 | q |
| 5 | Polina Korobova | Russia | 14.33 | |
| 6 | Ahlam Allali | Algeria | 14.71 | |
| 7 | Shanna Sokolova | Tajikistan | 15.95 | |

#### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Joyce Bates | United States | 13.63 | Q |
| 2 | Glory Alozie | Nigeria | 13.64 | Q |
| 3 | Hanna Korell | Finland | 13.91 | Q |
| 4 | Veronica Dyer | Canada | 14.11 | q |
| 5 | Celia Medina | Spain | 14.60 | |
| | Andrea Markert | Germany | DNF | |
| | Marilia Gregoriou | Cyprus | DNF | |

#### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tan Yali | China | 13.91 | Q |
| 2 | Denise Bolton | United Kingdom | 13.99 | Q |
| 3 | Nicole Gale | Australia | 14.15 | Q |
| 4 | Reïna-Flor Okori | France | 14.31 | q |
| 5 | Jaana Kalliojärvi | Finland | 14.42 | |
| 6 | Aryiró Tsoka | Greece | 14.84 | |
| | Grainne Redmond | Ireland | DNF | |

#### Heat 4

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dominque Calloway | United States | 13.55 | Q |
| 2 | Sabine Scheuring | Germany | 13.82 | Q |
| 3 | Anna Pettersson | Sweden | 14.16 | Q |
| 4 | Joanna Buciarska | Denmark | 14.28 | q |
| 5 | Akiko Morimoto | Japan | 14.36 | |
| 6 | Dragana Ciganovic | Croatia | 14.56 | |
| 7 | Simone Purvis | Australia | 35.09 | |
| | Anila Meta | Albania | DNF | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 29 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.
* Albania (1)
* Algeria (1)
* Australia (2)
* Canada (1)
* China (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (1)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Israel (1)
* Japan (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* Russia (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)