# 2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 17. The Jamaican team had three strong contenders for the 100 m title in defending champion Veronica Campbell-Brown, Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser, and Kerron Stewart (who ran 10.75 seconds in July; the fastest in nine years). The American squad featured Muna Lee, Lauryn Williams, and an in-form Carmelita Jeter. Other medal contenders are Bahamians Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie and Chandra Sturrup, and Kelly-Ann Baptiste, who have all run under eleven seconds prior to the tournament.
Jeter was the fastest qualifier in the heats, and finished 0.02 seconds outside her personal best to win her quarter-final. Stewart was the fastest in the quarterfinals with 10.92 seconds, and Campbell-Brown won her race as the third athlete to run under eleven seconds that day. On the second day of competition, Shelly-Ann Fraser ran the fastest ever semi-final in 10.79 seconds, with Stewart just behind in 10.84 seconds. Jeter ran a personal best of 10.83 seconds to reach the final, in which half the competitors were Jamaican.
In the final, a quick start saw Fraser lead from the outset of the race and Stewart's late challenge was not enough to beat her compatriot. Stewart's personal-best-equalling 10.75 seconds earned her the silver medal, and Jeter took the bronze with a 10.90 second run, somewhat short of the time she produced in the semi-finals. The 2007 gold and silver medallists ran season's bests but missed out on the medals, with Campbell-Brown in fourth (10.95) and Williams in fifth (11.01). Fraser's win in 10.73 seconds was a Jamaican record and made her the joint third fastest 100 m athlete ever with Christine Arron. Furthermore, she became only the second woman to win consecutive Olympic and World Championship titles, after Gail Devers. As amazing as her start appeared, Fraser only had the fourth fastest reaction time in the field.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Shelly-Ann Fraser Jamaica (JAM) | Kerron Stewart Jamaica (JAM) | Carmelita Jeter United States (USA) |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World record | Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) | 10.49 | Indianapolis, United States | 16 July 1988 |
| Championship record | Marion Jones (USA) | 10.70 | Seville, Spain | 22 August 1999 |
| World leading | Kerron Stewart (JAM) | 10.75 | Rome, Italy | 10 July 2009 |
| African record | Glory Alozie (NGR) | 10.90 | La Laguna, Spain | 5 June 1999 |
| Asian record | Li Xuemei (CHN) | 10.79 | Shanghai, China | 18 October 1997 |
| North American record | Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) | 10.49 | Indianapolis, United States | 16 July 1988 |
| South American record | Lucimar de Moura (BRA) | 11.17 | Bogotá, Colombia | 25 June 1999 |
| European record | Christine Arron (FRA) | 10.73 | Budapest, Hungary | 19 August 1998 |
| Oceanian record | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor (AUS) | 11.12 | Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 |

## Qualification standards

| A time | B time |
| 11.30 | 11.40 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 16, 2009 | 11:55 | Heats |
| August 16, 2009 | 18:35 | Quarterfinals |
| August 17, 2009 | 19:05 | Semifinals |
| August 17, 2009 | 21:35 | Final |

## Results

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

### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 5 fastest(q) advance to the quarterfinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA) | 11.22 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | Bahamas (BAH) | 11.26 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas (BAH) | 11.28 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Aleen Bailey | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.29 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Verena Sailer | Germany (GER) | 11.29 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.31 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.34 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | Ezinne Okparaebo | Norway (NOR) | 11.35 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | Lauryn Williams | United States (USA) | 11.36 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | Semoy Hackett | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 11.36 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Vida Anim | Ghana (GHA) | 11.38 | Q |
| 12 | 7 | Tahesia Harrigan | British Virgin Islands (IVB) | 11.39 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Lucimar de Moura | Brazil (BRA) | 11.41 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Shelly-Ann Fraser | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.41 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Yevgeniya Polyakova | Russia (RUS) | 11.41 | Q |
| 16 | 9 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 11.42 | Q |
| 17 | 9 | Muna Lee | United States (USA) | 11.44 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | Myriam Soumaré | France (FRA) | 11.45 | Q |
| 19 | 8 | Anna Geflikh | Russia (RUS) | 11.47 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Virgil Hodge | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 11.47 | Q |
| 19 | 9 | Eleni Artymata | Cyprus (CYP) | 11.47 | Q |
| 22 | 2 | Ivet Lalova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 11.48 | Q, SB |
| 23 | 3 | Roqaya Al-Gassra | Bahrain (BHR) | 11.49 | Q, SB |
| 23 | 4 | Oludamola Osayomi | Nigeria (NGR) | 11.49 | Q |
| 23 | 1 | Marion Wagner | Germany (GER) | 11.49 | Q |
| 26 | 2 | Chisato Fukushima | Japan (JPN) | 11.52 | q |
| 27 | 7 | Nataliya Pohrebnyak | Ukraine (UKR) | 11.54 | Q |
| 27 | 5 | Ayanna Hutchinson | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 11.54 | q |
| 29 | 6 | Sheniqua Ferguson | Bahamas (BAH) | 11.57 | q |
| 30 | 1 | Yomara Hinestroza | Colombia (COL) | 11.61 | q |
| 31 | 8 | Guzel Khubbieva | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 11.63 | Q |
| 32 | 4 | Sónia Tavares | Portugal (POR) | 11.64 | q |
| 32 | 3 | Carol Rodríguez | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 11.64 | |
| 34 | 3 | Halimat Ismaila | Nigeria (NGR) | 11.74 | |
| 34 | 1 | Ruddy Zang Milama | Gabon (GAB) | 11.74 | |
| 36 | 7 | Momoko Takahashi | Japan (JPN) | 11.75 | |
| 37 | 6 | Gloria Diogo | São Tomé and Príncipe (STP) | 11.78 | |
| 38 | 2 | Ahamada Feta | Comoros (COM) | 11.80 | |
| 39 | 9 | Courtney Patterson | U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) | 11.88 | |
| 39 | 9 | Pia Tajnikar | Slovenia (SLO) | 11.88 | |
| 41 | 8 | Serafi Anelies Unani | Indonesia (INA) | 12.05 | PB |
| 42 | 3 | Yah Soucko Koïta | Mali (MLI) | 12.16 | SB |
| 43 | 2 | Fatou Tiyana | Gambia (GAM) | 12.22 | PB |
| 44 | 5 | Ani Khachikyan | Armenia (ARM) | 12.30 | SB |
| 44 | 1 | Balpreet Kaur Purba | Singapore (SIN) | 12.30 | SB |
| 46 | 2 | Dana Hussein Abdul-Razzaq | Iraq (IRQ) | 12.38 | SB |
| 47 | 4 | Ivana Rožman | Macedonia (MKD) | 12.60 | |
| 48 | 5 | Alice Khan | Seychelles (SEY) | 12.64 | PB |
| 49 | 7 | Martina Pretelli | San Marino (SMR) | 12.65 | |
| 50 | 7 | Terani Faremiro | French Polynesia (PYF) | 12.96 | PB |
| 51 | 8 | Elis Lapenmal | Vanuatu (VAN) | 13.11 | SB |
| 52 | 5 | Mariama Bah | Guinea (GUI) | 13.33 | PB |
| 53 | 6 | Philaylack Sackpaseuth | Laos (LAO) | 13.42 | PB |
| 53 | 3 | Rosa Mystique Jones | Nauru (NRU) | 13.42 | SB |
| 55 | 9 | Pauline Kwalea | Solomon Islands (SOL) | 13.67 | SB |
| 56 | 4 | Sorai Bella Reklai | Palau (PLW) | 13.75 | PB |
| 56 | 6 | Asenate Manoa | Tuvalu (TUV) | 13.75 | NR |
| 58 | 9 | Beatriz Mangue | Equatorial Guinea (GEQ) | 14.03 | |
| 59 | 8 | Savannah Sanitoa | American Samoa (ASA) | 14.23 | SB |
| 60 | 4 | Robina Muqimyar | Afghanistan (AFG) | 14.24 | SB |
| 61 | 7 | Tioiti Katutu | Kiribati (KIR) | 14.38 | PB |
| | 1 | Yvonne Bennett | Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) | | DNS |
| | 8 | Blessing Okagbare | Nigeria (NGR) | | DNS |

### Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat(Q) and the next 4 fastest(q) advance to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.92 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA) | 10.94 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | Jamaica (JAM) | 10.99 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Shelly-Ann Fraser | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.02 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 11.05 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Lauryn Williams | United States (USA) | 11.06 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 1 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas (BAH) | 11.06 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | Bahamas (BAH) | 11.08 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Aleen Bailey | Jamaica (JAM) | 11.12 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Muna Lee | United States (USA) | 11.13 | Q, SB |
| 11 | 2 | Tahesia Harrigan | British Virgin Islands (IVB) | 11.21 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Verena Sailer | Germany (GER) | 11.26 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Vida Anim | Ghana (GHA) | 11.34 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Semoy Hackett | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 11.37 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Eleni Artymata | Cyprus (CYP) | 11.37 | q, PB |
| 16 | 2 | Ayanna Hutchinson | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 11.40 | q |
| 17 | 1 | Guzel Khubbieva | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 11.43 | |
| 17 | 2 | Chisato Fukushima | Japan (JPN) | 11.43 | |
| 19 | 4 | Lucimar de Moura | Brazil (BRA) | 11.44 | |
| 19 | 1 | Ezinne Okparaebo | Norway (NOR) | 11.44 | |
| 21 | 2 | Myriam Soumaré | France (FRA) | 11.45 | |
| 22 | 3 | Anna Geflikh | Russia (RUS) | 11.46 | |
| 23 | 3 | Nataliya Pohrebnyak | Ukraine (UKR) | 11.49 | |
| 24 | 4 | Virgil Hodge | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 11.51 | |
| 24 | 3 | Roqaya Al-Gassra | Bahrain (BHR) | 11.51 | |
| 26 | 1 | Yevgeniya Polyakova | Russia (RUS) | 11.52 | |
| 27 | 1 | Ivet Lalova | Bulgaria (BUL) | 11.54 | |
| 28 | 4 | Oludamola Osayomi | Nigeria (NGR) | 11.55 | |
| 28 | 3 | Sónia Tavares | Portugal (POR) | 11.55 | |
| 30 | 4 | Sheniqua Ferguson | Bahamas (BAH) | 11.59 | |
| 31 | 4 | Marion Wagner | Germany (GER) | 11.64 | |
| 32 | 1 | Yomara Hinestroza | Colombia (COL) | 11.76 | |

### Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Shelly-Ann Fraser | Jamaica (JAM) | 0.156 | 10.79 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 4 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 0.155 | 10.84 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Lauryn Williams | United States (USA) | 0.148 | 11.01 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | Bahamas (BAH) | 0.146 | 11.03 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0.141 | 11.07 | |
| 6 | 2 | Verena Sailer | Germany (GER) | 0.149 | 11.24 | |
| 7 | 8 | Tahesia Harrigan | British Virgin Islands (IVB) | 0.146 | 11.34 | |
| 8 | 1 | Ayanna Hutchinson | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0.169 | 11.58 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA) | 0.144 | 10.83 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 3 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | Jamaica (JAM) | 0.148 | 11.00 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas (BAH) | 0.127 | 11.01 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Aleen Bailey | Jamaica (JAM) | 0.199 | 11.16 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Muna Lee | United States (USA) | 0.179 | 11.18 | |
| 6 | 1 | Vida Anim | Ghana (GHA) | 0.125 | 11.43 | |
| 7 | 7 | Semoy Hackett | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0.131 | 11.45 | |
| 8 | 2 | Eleni Artymata | Cyprus (CYP) | 0.164 | 11.49 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | React | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Shelly-Ann Fraser | Jamaica (JAM) | 0.146 | 10.73 | WL, NR |
| | 4 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) | 0.170 | 10.75 | =PB |
| | 5 | Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA) | 0.160 | 10.90 | |
| 4 | 6 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | Jamaica (JAM) | 0.135 | 10.95 | SB |
| 5 | 8 | Lauryn Williams | United States (USA) | 0.158 | 11.01 | SB |
| 6 | 2 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | Bahamas (BAH) | 0.130 | 11.05 | |
| 7 | 7 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas (BAH) | 0.137 | 11.05 | |
| 8 | 1 | Aleen Bailey | Jamaica (JAM) | 0.173 | 11.16 | |