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.[1]

Jeter was the fastest qualifier in the heats,[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] 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

References

General

• 100 metres results( Archived 2009-08-19 at the Wayback Machine 2009-09-08). IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-16.

Specific

1. Landells, Steve (2009-08-09). Women's 100m - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-16. Archived 2009-09-08.
2. Landells, Steve (2009-08-16). Event Report - Women's 100m - Heats Archived 2009-08-22 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
3. Landells, Steve (2009-08-16). Event Report - Women's 100m - Quarter-Final Archived 2009-08-20 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
4. Landells, Steve (2009-08-17). Event Report - Women's 100m - Semi-Final Archived 2009-08-20 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
5. Landells, Steve (2009-08-17). Event Report - Women's 100m - Final Archived 2009-08-21 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.