The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 16–17 August at the Olympic Stadium.

Summary The United States came into this event with the top 25 performances and top 7 athletes in the world in 2016. But only three athletes can come from one country. World #1 Kendra Harrison failed to qualify at the United States Olympic Trials. Three weeks after the trials, she set the world record, surpassing Yordanka Donkova's 28 year old mark. World #4 Jasmin Stowers, #6 Queen Harrison and #7 Sharika Nelvis also were beaten at the Trials.

The semi-finals foretold the dominance of the American team as they each won one of the three semi finals. In the final, Brianna Rollins had already achieved the lead by the first hurdle and by the second hurdle it was clear her closest pursuer was Nia Ali. Sisters Cindy Ofili and Tiffany Porter, American born but competing for Great Britain, their mother's homeland, were even in the third-place position. By the fourth barrier, Kristi Castlin was in a battle for last place with Phylicia George and Cindy Roleder, half a stride behind Rollins. Between the fourth and sixth hurdles, Castlin got rolling, gaining and then passing Pedrya Seymour, Porter and finally over the last hurdle, Ofili. Rollins had a clear one metre victory. On the run in, Castlin came very close to Ali as Ofili gave her best desperate lean.

It was an American sweep. The United States has swept the men's 110 metres hurdles six times, this was the first time for women and the first time the women's event has been swept by any country. It was also the first time that the United States has swept the medals in an Olympic women's track and field event.

The following evening the medals were presented by Paul Tergat, IOC member, Kenya and Stephanie Hightower, Council Member of the IAAF.

Competition format The women's 100m Hurdles competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. The fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the Semifinals along with the fastest overall competitors not already qualified that were required to fill the available spaces in the Semifinals. A total of eight competitors qualified for the Final from the Semifinals.

Records , the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record12.20London, United Kingdom22 July 2016Olympic record12.35London, United Kingdom7 August 20122016 World leading12.20London, United Kingdom22 July 2016

Schedule All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3) Date Time RoundTuesday, 16 August 2016 11:05HeatsWednesday, 17 August 2016 20:4522:55SemifinalsFinals

Results Heats Qualification rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Kristi Castlin 12.68 2 Anne Zagré 12.85 3 Nooralotta Neziri 12.88 4 Shermaine Williams 12.95 5 Susanna Kallur 13.04 6 Caridad Jerez 13.26 7 Katy Sealy 15.79 Mulern Jean

Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Nia Ali 12.76 2 Phylicia George 12.83 3 Pedrya Seymour 12.85 4 Wu Shuijiao 13.03 5 Maila Machado 13.09 6 Michelle Jenneke 13.26 7 Ekaterina Poplavskaya 13.45 8 Beate Schrott 13.47

Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Cindy Ofili 12.75 2 Nadine Hildebrand 12.84 3 Isabelle Pedersen 12.86 , 4 Andrea Ivančević 12.90 , 5 Brigitte Merlano 13.09 6 Angela Whyte 13.09 7 Elisavet Pesiridou 13.10 8 Anastassiya Pilipenko 13.29

Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Cindy Roleder 12.86 2 Tiffany Porter 12.87 3 Nickiesha Wilson 12.89 , 4 Clélia Reuse 12.91 5 Cindy Billaud 12.98 6 Kierre Beckles 13.01 7 Hanna Plotitsyna 13.12 8 Marthe Koala 13.41

Heat 5 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn 12.70 2 Alina Talay 12.74 3 Pamela Dutkiewicz 12.90 4 Nikkita Holder 12.92 , 5 Oluwatobiloba Amusan 12.99 6 Karolina Kołeczek 13.04 7 Oksana Shkurat 13.22 8 Yvette Lewis 13.35

Heat 6 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Brianna Rollins 12.54 2 Megan Simmonds 12.81 3 Sandra Gomis 13.04 4 Nadine Visser 13.07 5 Fabiana Moraes 13.22 6 Valentina Kibalnikova 13.29 7 Olena Yanovska 13.32 Reïna-Flor Okori

Semifinals Semifinal 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Brianna Rollins 12.47 2 Pedrya Seymour 12.64 3 Cindy Roleder 12.69 4 Tiffany Porter 12.82 5 Shermaine Williams 12.86 6 Andrea Ivančević 12.93 7 Sandra Gomis 13.23 8 Alina Talay 13.66

Semifinal 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Nia Ali 12.65 2 Phylicia George 12.77 3 Oluwatobiloba Amusan 12.91 4 Nadine Hildebrand 12.95 5 Clélia Reuse 12.96 6 Nooralotta Neziri 13.04 7 Nickiesha Wilson 13.14 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn

Semifinal 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Kristi Castlin 12.63 2 Cindy Ofili 12.71 3 Isabelle Pedersen 12.88 4 Pamela Dutkiewicz 12.92 5 Megan Simmonds 12.95 6 Cindy Billaud 13.03 Nikkita Holder Anne Zagré

Final Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Brianna Rollins 12.48 Nia Ali 12.59 Kristi Castlin 12.61 4 Cindy Ofili 12.63 5 Cindy Roleder 12.74 6 Pedrya Seymour 12.76 7 Tiffany Porter 8 Phylicia George 12.89

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