2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres explained

Event:Women's 100 metres
Competition:2022 World Championships
Venue:Hayward Field
Dates:16 July (heats)
17 July (semi-final & final)
Competitors:54
Nations:36
Win Value:10.67 s CR
Gold:Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Goldnoc:JAM
Silver:Shericka Jackson
Silvernoc:JAM
Bronze:Elaine Thompson-Herah
Bronzenoc:JAM
Prev:2019
Next:2023

The women's 100 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, U.S. on 16 and 17 July 2022.[1]

Summary

As she has done for most of the previous 13 years Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was off to a fast start, with Marie-Josée Ta Lou also out fast. By 30 metres, only Shericka Jackson was still close, Ta Lou fading to join a line across the track made up of Dina Asher-Smith, Mujinga Kambundji and two time Olympic Champion Elaine Thompson-Herah. Fraser-Pryce continued to open up space until about 20 metres out when Jackson was able to make a little headway on the sizable lead, but it was too little, too late. Thompson-Herah edged ahead of Asher-Smith to take bronze.[2] With seven women going sub-11 seconds, this was the fastest 100m final in the World Championships history.

Just as in the Olympics, the same three athletes from Jamaica swept the medals, but in a different order. Now 35 years old, Fraser-Pryce equalled her own Masters World Record with a 10.67, while claiming an unprecedented fifth World Championship in the same event.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[3]

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World record10.49Indianapolis, United States16 July 1988
Championship record10.70Seville, Spain22 August 1999
World Leading10.67Nairobi, Kenya7 May 2022
Paris, France18 June 2022
African Record10.78Montverde, United States11 June 2016
Tokyo, Japan30 July 2021
Asian Record10.79Shanghai, China18 October 1997
North, Central American and Caribbean record10.49Indianapolis, United States16 July 1988
South American Record10.91London, Great Britain6 August 2017
European Record10.73Budapest, Hungary19 August 1998
Oceanian record11.09Mackay, Australia7 June 2022
The following records were set at the competition:
Record Athlete Date
Championship record10.67Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jamaica17 Jul 2022
World Leading
Oceanian record11.08Zoe Hobbs New Zealand16 Jul 2022

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 11.15.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

DateTimeRound
16 July 17:10 Heats
17 July 17:33 Semi-finals
19:50 Final

Results

Heats

The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualify to the semi-finals.[5] [6]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.7 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s, Heat 4: +0.8 m/s, Heat 5: +1.2 m/s, Heat 6: +0.1 m/s, Heat 7: -0.1 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 10.84 Q,
2 2 10.87 Q
3 4 10.92 Q,
4 2 10.95 Q,
4 4 10.95 Q
6 7 10.97 Q
7 1 11.02 Q
8 7 11.03 Q
9 6 11.04 Q
10 5 11.05 Q
11 7 11.07 Q
12 1 11.08 Q,
13 1 11.08 Q
14 5 11.09 Q
14 2 11.09 Q
16 4 11.10 Q
17 3 11.15 Q
18 2 11.16 q
19 3 11.16 Q
19 5 11.16 q
21 2 11.17 q
22 6 11.18 Q
23 5 11.20
24 1 11.24
25 1 11.25
26 3 11.26 Q
27 3 11.27
28 6 11.28 Q
29 3 11.29
30 7 11.29
31 5 11.29
32 4 11.29
33 7 11.30
34 6 11.30
34 4 11.30
36 4 11.34
37 6 11.41
38 7 11.44
39 3 11.48
40 6 11.55
41 1 11.65
42 2 11.77
43 1 11.91
44 2 11.98
45 5 12.90
46 6 12.98
47 7 13.15
48 3 13.21
49 4 14.71

Semi-finals

The semi-finals started on 17 July at 17:33.[7] [8]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.4 m/s

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 10.82 Q
2 1 10.84 Q
3 2 10.87 Q,
4 1 10.89 Q
5 2 10.92 q
6 3 10.93 Q
7 3 10.95 Q
8 2 10.96 q
9 3 10.97
10 2 10.98
11 1 11.04
12 2 11.08
13 3 11.08
14 3 11.13
15 2 11.13
16 1 11.16
17 1 11.21
18 3 11.24
19 1 11.25
20 1 11.25
21 3 11.28
22 2 11.56
1 DQ
3 DQ

Final

The final started on 17 July at 19:50.[9]

Wind: +0.8 m/s

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
10.67 ,=WL
10.73
10.81
4 10.83 =
5 10.91
6 10.92
7 10.93
8 11.03

Notes and References

  1. https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/oregon22/timetable/bydiscipline/women/100-metres Timetable
  2. Web site: Fraser-Pryce wins 100m world title at 35 as Asher-Smith misses medal. 18 July 2022. Guardian. 19 July 2022.
  3. Web site: 100 Metres Women − Records. IAAF. 21 September 2019.
  4. News: Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022. iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  5. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-100-W-h----.SL2.pdf Heats Start List
  6. Web site: SUMMARY 100 Metres Women – Round 1. International Association of Athletics Federations. 16 July 2022. 16 July 2022.
  7. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-100-W-sf----.SL2.pdf Semifinals startlist
  8. Web site: SUMMARY 100 Metres Women – Semi-Final. International Association of Athletics Federations. 17 July 2022. 17 July 2022.
  9. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-100-W-f----.RS6.pdf Final results

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