The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 22 to 24.
The top two runners in each of the initial five heats automatically qualified for the semifinals. The next six fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. There were two semifinal heats, and only the top four from each heat advanced to the final. Two time Olympic 100 meter gold medalist and defending world champion at 100 meter hurdles Gail Devers continued her run of Olympic misfortune in the hurdles, falling with a calf injury at the first hurdle of her first-round heat.
Joanna Hayes led through all the rounds, her closest competitor, Perdita Felicien. In the final, Felicien crashed the first hurdle with her lead leg, falling to her right and taking out Irina Shevchenko along with her. In the lane to her left, Hayes zoomed away from the field unabated, challenged by American teammate Melissa Morrison through the first four hurdles, which Morrison clipped, almost turned sideways to keep her balance and slowing through the next two hurdles. Lacena Golding-Clarke and Olena Krasovska battled on the inside of the track. As Krasovska began to edge ahead for the silver, Clarke slowed over the last four hurdles while Morrison battled back to take the bronze.
Records Prior to the competition, the existing World record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows:
The following records were established during the competition:
Date Event Athlete Nation Time Record 24 August Final Joanna Hayes 12.37
Qualification The qualification period for athletics was 1 January 2003 to 9 August 2004. For the women's 100 metres hurdles, each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run the race in 12.96 seconds or faster during the qualification period. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run the race in 13.11 seconds or faster could be entered.
Schedule All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2) Date Time RoundSunday, 22 August 2004 19:35 Round 1Monday, 23 August 2004 19:00 SemifinalsTuesday, 24 August 2004 22:30 Final
Results
Round 1 Qualification rule: The first two finishers in each heat (Q) plus the next six fastest overall runners (q) advanced to the semifinals.
Heat 1 Wind: −1.2 m/s
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes14 Melissa Morrison 0.15412.76Q23 Delloreen Ennis-London 0.15712.77Q36 Nadine Faustin 0.19112.94q47 Aliuska López 0.21013.2152 Anay Tejeda 0.15713.2465 Juliane Sprenger-Afflerbach 0.20213.2871 Irina Lenskiy 0.24813.7588 Céline Laporte 0.17213.92
Heat 2 Wind: −0.9 m/s
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes12 Brigitte Foster 0.15412.83Q27 Glory Alozie 0.27912.92Q36 Angela Whyte 0.24513.01q48 Linda Ferga-Khodadin 0.27913.0254 Jenny Kallur 0.23313.1161 Nadine Hentschke 0.17613.3673 Rosa Rakotozafy 0.17913.6785 Trecia Roberts 0.20213.80
Heat 3 Wind: 0.0 m/s
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes16 Mariya Koroteyeva 0.19412.72Q24 Perdita Felicien 0.17312.73Q35 Lacena Golding-Clarke 0.16512.86q43 Susanna Kallur 0.24212.89q, SB52 Flora Redoumi 0.18413.1467 Maíla Machado 0.22613.3578 Su Yiping 0.23013.53
Heat 4 Wind: −1.4 m/s
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes13 Joanna Hayes 0.17512.71Q24 Natalia Rusakova 0.20112.90Q31 Aurelia Trywiańska 0.18413.0142 Nicole Ramalalanirina 0.18513.0756 Priscilla Lopes 0.20513.0867 Sarah Claxton 0.24113.1475 Derval O'Rourke 0.19813.4688 Maria-Joëlle Conjungo 0.18314.24
Heat 5 Wind: −0.9 m/s
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes15 Reïna-Flor Okori 0.18612.81Q, PB23 Irina Shevchenko 0.18012.82Q32 Olena Krasovska 0.20112.84q47 Kirsten Bolm 0.17012.85q58 Lucie Martincová 0.18913.516 Gail Devers 0.1704 Svetla Pishtikova
Semifinals Qualification rule: The first four finishers in each heat (Q) moved on to the final.
Semifinal 1 Wind: +1.7 m/s
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes14 Perdita Felicien 0.17112.49Q26 Melissa Morrison 0.15612.53Q, =PB31 Olena Krasovska 0.14512.58Q, PB45 Mariya Koroteyeva 0.16612.60Q, PB53 Delloreen Ennis-London 0.16712.6068 Glory Alozie 0.16512.6277 Susanna Kallur 0.17312.67PB82 Nadine Faustin 0.17012.74NR
Semifinal 2 Wind: +1.9 m/s
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes15 Joanna Hayes 0.19012.48Q, PB23 Irina Shevchenko 0.16012.67Q, =PB32 Lacena Golding-Clarke 0.15312.69Q, =PB47 Angela Whyte 0.11712.69Q, PB51 Natalia Rusakova 0.17812.7666 Reïna-Flor Okori 0.18712.81=PB8 Kirsten Bolm 0.1944 Brigitte Foster
Final Wind: +1.5 m/s
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 4 Joanna Hayes 0.16912.37 1 Olena Krasovska 0.15112.45PB 3 Melissa Morrison 0.14512.56 4 7 Mariya Koroteyeva 0.19512.72 5 2 Lacena Golding-Clarke 0.14912.73 6 8 Angela Whyte 0.15512.81 5 Perdita Felicien 0.167 6 Irina Shevchenko 0.155
References
External links IAAF Athens 2004 Olympic Coverage