# 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and 3.
Prior to the competition, Australian Sally Pearson led the season's rankings with a time of 12.48 seconds and was undefeated on the Diamond League circuit. The United States team provided the next fastest athletes that year in the form of Kellie Wells, Danielle Carruthers and the 2008 Olympic champion Dawn Harper. The defending champion Brigitte Foster-Hylton of Jamaica was in poor form, while the other 2009 medalists (Priscilla Lopes-Schliep and Delloreen Ennis-London) were absent. Tiffany Porter, Lisa Urech and Perdita Felicien were the only other top-ten-ranked athletes to compete.
Pearson won her semi final in 12.36, equal to the number 5 performer in history. The time improved on her own Oceanian area record and Australian national record. Wells had a large lead in her semi final, but clipped the ninth hurdle and struggled to maintain her balance as she finished in second.
In the final Pearson led from the gun and was not challenged, running 12.28, the fastest time in nearly two decades and moving her to fourth on the all-time list. The time is a new Championship record and again improved her Oceanian area record and Australian national record. Behind her, Carruthers outleaned Harper for the silver medal, both athletes finishing in the same time. Wells hit the seventh hurdle and did not finish.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Sally Pearson Australia (AUS) | Danielle Carruthers United States (USA) | Dawn Harper United States (USA) |

## 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 | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.34 | Rome, Italy | 4 September 1987 |
| World Leading | Sally Pearson (AUS) | 12.48 | Birmingham, Great Britain | 10 July 2011 |
| 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 | Gail Devers (USA) | 12.33 | Sacramento, California, United States | 23 July 2000 |
| 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) | 12.48 | Birmingham, Great Britain | 10 July 2011 |

## Qualification standards

| A time | B time |
| 12.96 | 13.15 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| September 2, 2011 | 10:20 | Heats |
| September 3, 2011 | 19:15 | Semifinals |
| September 3, 2011 | 21:00 | Final |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: +1.0 m/s, Heat 2: -0.6 m/s, Heat 3: -1.6 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s, Heat 5: +1.3 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Sally Pearson | Australia (AUS) | 12.53 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Kellie Wells | United States (USA) | 12.73 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Danielle Carruthers | United States (USA) | 12.79 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Vonette Dixon | Jamaica (JAM) | 12.82 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Tiffany Porter | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 12.84 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Phylicia George | Canada (CAN) | 12.84 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Lucie Škrobáková | Czech Republic (CZE) | 12.89 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 1 | Nikkita Holder | Canada (CAN) | 12.90 | Q, PB |
| 8 | 5 | Dawn Harper | United States (USA) | 12.90 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | Perdita Felicien | Canada (CAN) | 12.95 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Natalya Ivoninskaya | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 12.96 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Brigitte Foster-Hylton | Jamaica (JAM) | 12.96 | Q, SB |
| 13 | 3 | Lina Flórez | Colombia (COL) | 12.98 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Cindy Roleder | Germany (GER) | 13.01 | q |
| 15 | 5 | Sun Yawei | China (CHN) | 13.03 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | Tatyana Dektyareva | Russia (RUS) | 13.05 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | Derval O'Rourke | Ireland (IRL) | 13.07 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | Sandra Gomis | France (FRA) | 13.07 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | Indira Spence | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.07 | Q, SB |
| 17 | 1 | Nevin Yanıt | Turkey (TUR) | 13.07 | q, SB |
| 21 | 4 | Seun Adigun | Nigeria (NGR) | 13.13 | q, SB |
| 22 | 3 | Lisa Urech | Switzerland (SUI) | 13.16 | Q |
| 23 | 2 | Brigitte Merlano | Colombia (COL) | 13.23 | Q |
| 24 | 2 | Beate Schrott | Austria (AUT) | 13.25 | Q |
| 25 | 1 | Sonata Tamošaitytė | Lithuania (LTU) | 13.28 | |
| 26 | 3 | Marzia Caravelli | Italy (ITA) | 13.29 | |
| 27 | 2 | Marina Tomić | Slovenia (SLO) | 13.36 | |
| 28 | 2 | LaVonne Idlette | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 13.39 | |
| 28 | 2 | Jung Hye-lim | South Korea (KOR) | 13.39 | |
| 30 | 5 | Anastasiya Soprunova | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 13.43 | |
| 31 | 1 | Kierre Beckles | Barbados (BAR) | 13.44 | |
| 32 | 4 | Anne Zagré | Belgium (BEL) | 13.47 | |
| 33 | 3 | Cindy Billaud | France (FRA) | 13.50 | |
| 34 | 3 | Dedeh Erawati | Indonesia (INA) | 13.56 | |
| 35 | 4 | Béatrice Kamboulé | Burkina Faso (BUR) | 13.76 | SB |
| 36 | 5 | Poon Pak Yan | Hong Kong (HKG) | 14.04 | |
| 37 | 1 | Dipna Lim Prasad | Singapore (SIN) | 14.40 | |
| 38 | 3 | Jeimy Bernárdez | Honduras (HON) | 14.45 | |
| — | 5 | Demetra Arachovití | Cyprus (CYP) | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
Wind: Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Sally Pearson | Australia (AUS) | 12.36 | Q, WL, AR |
| 2 | 3 | Tiffany Porter | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 12.56 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 3 | Danielle Carruthers | United States (USA) | 12.65 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Phylicia George | Canada (CAN) | 12.73 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 2 | Dawn Harper | United States (USA) | 12.74 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Tatyana Dektyareva | Russia (RUS) | 12.76 | q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | Kellie Wells | United States (USA) | 12.79 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Nikkita Holder | Canada (CAN) | 12.84 | q, PB |
| 9 | 1 | Lisa Urech | Switzerland (SUI) | 12.86 | |
| 10 | 3 | Brigitte Foster-Hylton | Jamaica (JAM) | 12.87 | SB |
| 11 | 2 | Perdita Felicien | Canada (CAN) | 12.88 | |
| 12 | 3 | Cindy Roleder | Germany (GER) | 12.91 | PB |
| 13 | 2 | Indira Spence | Jamaica (JAM) | 12.93 | PB |
| 14 | 1 | Lina Flórez | Colombia (COL) | 12.94 | PB |
| 15 | 2 | Natalya Ivoninskaya | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 12.96 | |
| 16 | 2 | Lucie Škrobáková | Czech Republic (CZE) | 12.98 | |
| 17 | 1 | Vonette Dixon | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.00 | |
| 18 | 3 | Beate Schrott | Austria (AUT) | 13.02 | |
| 19 | 2 | Seun Adigun | Nigeria (NGR) | 13.14 | |
| 20 | 1 | Sun Yawei | China (CHN) | 13.19 | |
| 21 | 3 | Brigitte Merlano | Colombia (COL) | 13.21 | |
| 22 | 1 | Nevin Yanıt | Turkey (TUR) | 13.31 | |
| 23 | 1 | Sandra Gomis | France (FRA) | 13.55 | |
| — | 3 | Derval O'Rourke | Ireland (IRL) | DNS | |

### Final

Wind" +1.1 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Sally Pearson | Australia (AUS) | 12.28 | CR, AR, WL |
| | 6 | Danielle Carruthers | United States (USA) | 12.47 | PB |
| | 8 | Dawn Harper | United States (USA) | 12.47 | PB |
| 4 | 5 | Tiffany Porter | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 12.63 | |
| 5 | 1 | Tatyana Dektyareva | Russia (RUS) | 12.82 | |
| 6 | 2 | Nikkita Holder | Canada (CAN) | 12.93 | |
| 7 | 4 | Phylicia George | Canada (CAN) | 17.97 | |
| — | 7 | Kellie Wells | United States (USA) | DNF | |