Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles explained

Event:Women's 100 metres hurdles
Games:2020 Summer
Venue:Japan National Stadium
Dates:31 July 2021 (round 1)
1 August 2021 (semifinals)
2 August 2021
(final)
Competitors:40
Nations:28
Win Value:12.37 s
Gold:Jasmine Camacho-Quinn
Goldnoc:PUR
Silver:Kendra Harrison
Silvernoc:USA
Bronze:Megan Tapper
Bronzenoc:JAM
Prev:2016
Next:2024

The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 31 July and 2 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium.[1] 40 athletes from 28 nations competed.[2] In the semifinals, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico broke the Olympic record, running 12.26 secs, to go equal fourth on the world all-time list. The following day in the final, she won the gold medal with a time of 12.37 secs. American world record holder Keni Harrison finished second to clinch silver and the bronze to Jamaica's Megan Tapper.

Summary

Jasmine Camacho-Quinn came into the Olympics with the top 3 times of the year, making her the one to beat. After failing to make it to the 2016 Olympics, Kendra Harrison set the world record as a consolation. Five years later, this was her first Olympics. In the semi-final round, Camacho-Quinn confirmed her favorite status by setting the Olympic Record at 12.26, which also equalled the

  1. 4 time in history
and set her national record. It took 12.67 just to get into the final.

From the gun, the final was a two-person race, Henderson out fast but Camacho-Quinn almost matching her for the first couple of hurdles. From there, Camacho-Quinn just was moving faster, passing over the fourth hurdle and pulling away on every hurdle after that. Out in lane 8, Megan Tapper was the next closest, slowly gaining on Harrison. Camacho-Quinn was the clear winner. Tapper couldn't catch Harrison for silver, but the judges spent several minutes confirming the photo finish before posting the next two places. The winning time was 12.37 as every athlete save Tapper and 4th place Tobi Amusan had run faster in the semifinals the previous evening.

Background

This was the 13th appearance of the event, having appeared at every Olympics since 1972.

Qualification

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the women's 100 metres hurdles event if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 12.84 seconds. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, will then be used to qualify athletes until the cap of 40 is reached.[2] [3]

The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The world rankings period start date was also changed from 1 May 2019 to 30 June 2020; athletes who had met the qualifying standard during that time were still qualified, but those using world rankings would not be able to count performances during that time. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Only outdoor meets are eligible. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period.[2] [4]

NOCs can also use their universality place—each NOC can enter one female athlete regardless of time if they had no female athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the 100 metres hurdles.[2]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing global and area records were as follows.

AreaTime (s)WindAthleteNation
12.44 +0.4
12.44 –0.8
12.21 +0.7
12.20 +0.3
12.28 +1.1
12.71 +0.1

The following record was established during the competition:

The following national records were established during the competition:

Nation Athlete Round Time Notes
align=left Italy align=left Semifinals 12.75
align=left Puerto Rico align=left Semifinals 12.26
align=left Liberia align=left Semifinals 12.74

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The women's 100 metres hurdles took place over three consecutive days.[1]

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 31 July 2021 9:00 Round 1
Sunday, 1 August 2021 19:00 Semifinals
Tuesday, 2 August 2021 9:00Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification Rules: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Wind readings- Heat 1: +1.0 m/s; Heat 2: +0.4 m/s; Heat 3: +0.4 m/s; Heat 4: -1.1 m/s; Heat 5: +0.3 m/s

Heat 1

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
16Andrea Vargas12.71,
29Nadine Visser12.72,
38Gabbi Cunningham12.83
45Cindy Sember13.00
53Jiamin Chen13.09
64Reetta Hurske13.10
72Ayako Kimura13.25
87Ricarda Lobe13.43

Heat 2

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
16Kendra Harrison12.74
23Liz Clay12.87
32Luminosa Bogliolo12.93
44Elvira Herman12.95
57Mulern Jean12.99,
69Ebony Morrison13.00
78Sarah Lavin13.16
85Laura Valette14.52

Heat 3

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
14Tobi Amusan12.72
28Yanique Thompson12.74
36Pia Skrzyszowska12.75,
49Devynne Charlton12.84
57Annimari Korte13.06
63Marthe Koala13.11
72Masumi Aoki13.59
—5Elisavet Pesiridou—

Heat 4

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
19Britany Anderson12.67
23Christina Clemons12.91
34Luca Kozak12.97
47Pedrya Seymour13.04
55Elisa Maria di Lazzaro13.08
62Teresa Errandonea13.15
78Ketiley Batista13.40
—6Cyrena Samba-Mayela—

Heat 5

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
12Jasmine Camacho-Quinn12.41
25Megan Tapper12.53,
38Anne Zagre12.83,
46Tiffany Porter12.85
54Asuka Terada12.95
63Klaudia Siciarz12.98
79Zoe Sedney13.03
87Ditaji Kambundji13.17
91Ana Camila Pirelli13.98

Semifinals

Qualification rules: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the finals.

Wind readings- Heat 1: -0.8 m/s; Heat 2: +0.0 m/s; Heat 3: -0.2 m/s

Semifinal 1

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
15Tobi Amusan12.62
28Devynne Charlton12.66
34Andrea Vargas12.69
47Christina Clemons12.76
52Klaudia Siciarz12.84
63Asuka Terada13.06
9Luca Kozak
6Yanique Thompson

Semifinal 2

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
14Britany Anderson12.40,
27Kendra Harrison12.51
36Liz Clay12.71
48Luminosa Bogliolo12.75
5 9Tiffany Porter12.86
65Pia Skrzyszowska12.89
72Mulern Jean13.09(0.088)
83Pedrya Seymour13.09(0.090)

Semifinal 3

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
17Jasmine Camacho-Quinn12.26,,
24Megan Tapper12.62
36Nadine Visser12.63,
48Gabbi Cunningham12.67
59Elvira Herman12.71
62Ebony Morrison12.74
73Cindy Sember12.76
85Anne Zagre12.78

Final

Wind reading: -0.3 m/s

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
5 0.149 12.37
4 0.158 12.52
9 0.166 12.55
4 6 0.161 12.60
5 3 0.152 12.73
6 8 0.144 12.74
7 2 0.172 13.01
8 7 0.164 13.24

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics Competition Schedule . Tokyo 2020 . 22 June 2021 . 9 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210709200259/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/schedule/athletics-schedule . dead .
  2. News: Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Athletics. IAAF. PDF. 31 March 2019.
  3. News: IAAF to follow other sports with world ranking system for athletes. BBC Sport. 7 March 2018 . 2 August 2018.
  4. News: Olympic qualification period suspended until 1 December 2020. World Athletics. 6 April 2020. 9 April 2020.

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