Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles explained

Games:	2000 Summer
Event:	Women's 100 metres hurdles
Venue:	Stadium Australia
Date:	25 September 2000 (heats and quarter-finals) 27 September 2000 (semi-finals and finals)
Competitors:	38
Nations:	22
Win Value:	12.65
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Olga Shishigina
Goldnoc:	KAZ
Silver:	Glory Alozie
Silvernoc:	NGR
Bronze:	Melissa Morrison
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1996
Next:	2004

The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme were held at Stadium Australia on Monday 25 September and Wednesday 27 September 2000.^[1]

The top four runners in each of the initial five heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Then the top four runners in each of the three heats of the second round qualified for the semi-finals, along with the next four fast runners across the heats. Those 16 runners competed in two heats in the semifinals, with the top four runners from each heat qualifying for the finals.

Records

World and Olympic records prior to the Games

World Record	12.21	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	20 August 1988
Olympic Record	12.38	Yordanka Donkova	BUL	Seoul, South Korea	30 September 1988

Results

All times shown are in seconds.

• Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
• q denotes qualification by overall place.
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• AR denotes area/continental record.
• OR denotes Olympic record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best.

Qualifying heats

Round 1

Heat 1 of 5 Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	6	Delloreen Ennis-London		8	0.146 s	12.88 s	Q
2	7	Linda Ferga		6	0.237 s	12.89 s	Q
3	12T	Svetlana Laukhova		7	0.184 s	12.98 s	Q
4	15	Svetla Dimitrova		4	0.208 s	13.00 s	Q
5	28	Deborah Edwards		3	0.175 s	13.24 s
6	29	Nadiya Bodrova		2	0.201 s	13.25 s
7	30T	Manuela Bosco		5	0.162 s	13.51 s

Heat 2 of 5 Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	4	Keturah Anderson		2	0.149 s	12.82 s	Q	SB
2	10	Sharon Couch		3	0.164 s	12.92 s	Q
3	14	Michelle Freeman		7	0.200 s	12.99 s	Q
4	16	Angela Atede		1	0.172 s	13.09 s	Q	SB
5	20T	Yvonne Kanazawa		6	0.192 s	13.13 s	q
6	22T	Olena Krasovska		4	0.236 s	13.15 s	q
7	35	Maria-Joëlle Conjungo		5	0.179 s	13.95 s
8	38	Verónica de Paoli		8		14.61 s

Heat 3 of 5 Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	3	Olga Shishigina		6	0.203 s	12.81 s	Q
2	9	Melissa Morrison		1	0.205 s	12.91 s	Q
3	22T	Natalya Shekhodanova		3	0.198 s	13.15 s	Q
4	24	Trecia Roberts		7	0.196 s	13.16 s	Q
5	26	Feng Yun		4	0.258 s	13.19 s
6	32	Vũ Bích Hường		5	0.217 s	13.61 s
7	34	Rosa Rakotozafy		2	0.211 s	13.89 s
8	37	Ana Siulolo Liku		8	0.196 s	14.58 s

Heat 4 of 5 Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	5	Gloria Alozie		2	0.197 s	12.84 s	Q
2	8	Nicole Ramalalanirina		6	0.189 s	12.90 s	Q
3	11	Aliuska López		1	0.179 s	12.97 s	Q
4	12T	Yuliya Graudyn		4	0.170 s	12.98 s	Q
5	18T	Diane Allahgreen		8	0.151 s	13.11 s	q	SB
6	27	Perdita Felicien		5	0.177 s	13.21 s
7	33	Anita Trumpe		3	0.178 s	13.77 s
8	36	Naide Gomes		7	0.195 s	14.43 s

Heat 5 of 5 Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Gail Devers		3	0.179 s	12.62 s	Q
2	2	Brigitte Foster		6	0.196 s	12.75 s	Q
3	17	Sriyani Kulawansa Fonseka		7	0.183 s	13.10 s	Q	SB
4	18T	Patricia Girard		4	0.190 s	13.11 s	Q
5	20T	Nadine Faustin		8	0.179 s	13.13 s	q
6	25	Maya Shemichishina		5	0.164 s	13.18 s
7	30T	Hannah Cooper		2	0.181 s	13.51 s

Round 1 – Overall

Round 1 Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Gail Devers		5	3	1	12.62 s	Q
2	Brigitte Foster		5	6	2	12.75 s	Q	PB
3	Olga Shishigina		3	6	1	12.81 s	Q
4	Keturah Anderson		2	2	1	12.82 s	Q	SB
5	Gloria Alozie		4	2	1	12.84 s	Q
6	Delloreen Ennis-London		1	8	1	12.88 s	Q
7	Linda Ferga		1	6	2	12.89 s	Q
8	Nicole Ramalalanirina		4	6	2	12.90 s	Q
9			3	1	2	12.91 s	Q
10	Sharon Couch		2	3	2	12.92 s	Q
11	Aliuska López		4	1	3	12.97 s	Q
12	Yuliya Graudyn		4	4	3	12.98 s	Q
Svetlana Laukhova		1	7	3	12.98 s	Q
14	Michelle Freeman		2	7	3	12.99 s	Q
15	Svetla Dimitrova		1	4	4	13.00 s	Q
16	Angela Atede		2	1	4	13.09 s	Q	SB
17	Sriyani Kulawansa Fonseka		5	7	3	13.10 s	Q
18			5	4	4	13.11 s	Q
Diane Allahgreen		4	8	5	13.11 s	q	SB
20	Nadine Faustin		5	8	5	13.13 s	q
Yvonne Kanazawa		2	6	5	13.13 s	q
22	Natalya Shekhodanova		3	3	3	13.15 s	Q
Olena Krasovska		2	4	6	13.15 s	q
24	Trecia Roberts		3	7	4	13.16 s	Q
25	Mayya Shemchishena		5	5	6	13.18 s
26	Feng Yun		3	4	5	13.19 s
27	Perdita Felicien		4	5	6	13.21 s
28	Deborah Edwards		1	3	5	13.24 s
29	Nadiya Bodrova		1	2	6	13.25 s
30	Manuela Bosco		1	5	7	13.51 s
Hannah Cooper		5	2	7	13.51 s
32	Vũ Bích Hường		3	5	6	13.61 s
33	Anita Trumpe		4	3	7	13.77 s
34	Rosa Rakotozafy		3	2	7	13.80 s
35	Maria-Joëlle Conjungo		2	5	7	13.95 s
36	Naide Gomes		4	7	8	14.43 s
37	Ana Siulolo Liku		3	8	8	14.58 s
38	Verónica de Paoli		2	8	8	14.61 s

Round 2

Heat 1 of 3 Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	2	Melissa Morrison		3	0.169 s	12.76 s	Q
2	7	Glory Alozie		6	0.261 s	12.84 s	Q
3	10	Aliuska López		4	0.157 s	12.92 s	Q
4	11T	Natalya Shekhodanova		7	0.203 s	12.96 s	Q
5	20	Nadine Faustin		1	0.182 s	13.25 s
6	21	Patricia Girard		8	0.181 s	13.43 s
7	22	Michelle Freeman		2	0.188 s	13.52 s
		Katie Anderson		5	0.141 s	DNF

Heat 2 of 3 Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Olga Shishigina		4	0.248 s	12.66 s	Q
2	4	Sharon Couch		5	0.152 s	12.78 s	Q
3	5	Nicole Ramalalanirina		3	0.157 s	12.79 s	Q
4	6	Delloreen Ennis-London		6	0.185 s	12.80 s	Q
5	11T	Trecia Roberts		1	0.201 s	12.96 s	q	SB
6	16T	Yvonne Kanazawa		2	0.184 s	13.11 s	q
7	18	Sriyani Kulawansa Fonseka		7	0.179 s	13.19 S
		Yuliya Graudyn		8	0.149 s	DNF

Heat 3 of 3 Date: Monday 25 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	3	Gail Devers		6	0.181 s	12.77 s	Q
2	8T	Linda Ferga		3	0.245 s	12.88 s	Q
3	8T	Brigitte Foster		5	0.189 s	12.88 s	Q
4	11T	Svetlana Laukhova		4	0.155 s	12.96 s	Q	SB
5	14	Olena Krasovska		8	0.165 s	13.02 s	q
6	15	Svetla Dimitrova		7	0.182 s	13.04 s	q
7	16T	Angela Atede		1	0.197 s	13.11 S
8	19	Diane Allahgreen		2	0.158 s	13.22 s

Round 2 – Overall

Round 2 Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Olga Shishigina		2	4	1	12.66 s	Q
2	Melissa Morrison		1	3	1	12.76 s	Q
3	Gail Devers		3	6	1	12.77 s	Q
4	Sharon Couch		2	5	2	12.78 s	Q
5	Nicole Ramalalanirina		2	3	3	12.79 s	Q
6	Delloreen Ennis-London		2	6	4	12.80 s	Q
7	Gloria Alozie		1	6	2	12.84 s	Q
8	Linda Ferga		3	3	2	12.88 s	Q
Brigitte Foster		3	5	3	12.88 s	Q
10	Aliuska López		1	4	3	12.92 s	Q
11	Svetlana Laukhova		3	4	4	12.96 s	Q	SB
Natalya Shekhodanova		1	7	4	12.96 s	Q
Trecia Roberts		2	1	5	12.96 s	q	SB
14	Olena Krasovska		3	8	5	13.02 s	q
15	Svetla Dimitrova		3	7	6	13.04 s	q
16	Yvonne Kanazawa		2	2	6	13.11 s	q
Angela Atede		3	1	7	13.11 s
18			2	7	7	13.19 s
19	Diane Allahgreen		3	2	8	13.22 s
20	Nadine Faustin		1	1	5	13.25 s
21	Patricia Girard		1	8	6	13.43 s
22	Michelle Freeman		1	2	7	13.52 s
	Katie Anderson		1	5		DNF
	Yuliya Graudyn		2	8		DNF

Semi-finals

Heat 1 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	4	Nicole Ramalalanirina		6	0.177 s	12.77 s	Q
2	5	Melissa Morrison		3	0.201 s	12.84 s	Q
3	6	Linda Ferga		4	0.229 s	12.87 s	Q
4	7T	Delloreen Ennis-London		2	0.166 s	12.90 s	Q
5	9	Natalya Shekhodanova		7	0.214 s	12.92 s
6	10T	Svetla Dimitrova		1	0.197 s	12.95 s
7	13			8	0.160 s	13.02 s
		Gail Devers		5	0.213 s	DNF

Heat 2 of 2 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	Gloria Alozie		5	0.241 s	12.68 s	Q
2	2	Brigitte Foster		3	0.205 s	12.70 s	Q	PB
3	3	Olga Shishigina		6	0.206 s	12.71 s	Q
4	7T	Aliuska López		2	0.185 s	12.90 s	Q
5	10T	Svetlana Laukhova		1	0.169 s	12.95 s		SB
6	12			4	0.177 s	13.00 s
7	14	Trecia Roberts		8	0.225 s	13.15 s
8	15	Yvonne Kanazawa		7	0.202 s	13.16 s

Semi-finals – overall

Semi-Finals Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Gloria Alozie		2	5	1	12.68 s	Q
2	Brigitte Foster		2	3	2	12.70 s	Q	PB
3	Olga Shishigina		2	6	3	12.71 s	Q
4	Nicole Ramalalanirina		1	6	1	12.77 s	Q
5	Melissa Morrison		1	3	2	12.84 s	Q
6			1	4	3	12.87 s	Q
7	Delloreen Ennis-London		1	2	4	12.90 s	Q
Aliuska López		2	2	4	12.90 s	Q
9	Natalya Shekhodanova		1	7	5	12.92 s
10	Svetla Dimitrova		1	1	6	12.95 s
Svetlana Laukhova		2	1	5	12.95 s		SB
12	Sharon Couch		2	4	6	13.00 s
13	Olena Krasovska		1	8	7	13.02 s
14	Trecia Roberts		2	8	7	13.15 s
15	Yvonne Kanazawa		2	7	8	13.16 s
	Gail Devers		1	5		DNF

Finals

Heat 1 of 1 Date: Wednesday 27 September 2000
Place	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Record
	Olga Shishigina		7	0.237 s	12.65 s
	Gloria Alozie		3	0.217 s	12.68 s
	Melissa Morrison		6	0.180 s	12.76 s
4	Delloreen Ennis-London		8	0.156 s	12.80 s
5	Aliuska López		1	0.179 s	12.83 s
6	Nicole Ramalalanirina		4	0.194 s	12.91 s
7			2	0.294 s	13.11 s
8	Brigitte Foster		5	0.217 s	13.49 s

External links

• Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Hurdles . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173128/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/womens-100-metres-hurdles.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 30 September 2017 . sports-reference.com.