2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.

Medalists Gold Jeneba Tarmoh Silver Ashleigh Nelson Bronze Sheniqua Ferguson

Results

Final 9 July Wind: -0.6 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Jeneba Tarmoh 11.37 Ashleigh Nelson 11.49 Sheniqua Ferguson 11.52 4 Rosângela Santos 11.63 5 Shayla Mahan 11.66 6 Andreea Ogrăzeanu 11.67 7 Meritzer Williams 11.82 Mariya Serkova DNS

Semifinals 8 July

Semifinal 1 Wind: 0.0 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sheniqua Ferguson 11.56 Q 2 Shayla Mahan 11.66 Q 3 Melissa Breen 11.70 4 Emilie Gaydu 11.76 5 Gabriela Laleva 11.81 6 Folake Akinyemi 11.81 7 Shawna Anderson 11.84 8 Tameka Williams 11.99

Semifinal 2 Wind: -0.7 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ashleigh Nelson 11.43 Q 2 Meritzer Williams 11.58 Q 3 Agnes Osazuwa 11.68 4 Janelle Redhead 11.71 5 Yasmin Kwadwo 11.75 6 Bárbara Leôncio 11.76 7 Jamile Samuel 11.79 8 Maja Mihalinec 11.81

Semifinal 3 Wind: -0.5 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jeneba Tarmoh 11.38 Q 2 Rosângela Santos 11.51 Q 3 Andreea Ogrăzeanu 11.54 q 4 Mariya Serkova 11.60 q 5 Elaine O'Neill 11.75 6 Kaycea Jones 11.86 7 Loreanne Kuhurima 11.94 8 Constance Mkenku 12.13

Heats 8 July

Heat 1 Wind: -1.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Ashleigh Nelson 11.55 Q 2 Andreea Ogrăzeanu 11.85 Q 3 Niamh Whelan 11.96 4 Anne Zagré 11.98 5 Weronika Wedler 12.02 6 Isabelle Eurenius 12.19 7 Yekaterina Filatova 12.28 8 Alba Obesso 12.31

Heat 2 Wind: -0.1 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Jeneba Tarmoh 11.56 Q 2 Bárbara Leôncio 11.80 Q 3 Loreanne Kuhurima 11.83 q 4 Cornnelly Calydon 11.98 5 Estela García 12.03 6 Jasmin Showlah 12.08 7 Olga Bludova 12.57 8 Dana Thoma 13.80 9 Tahmina Kohistani 15.00

Heat 3 Wind: -1.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Elaine O'Neill 12.00 Q 2 Tameka Williams 12.10 Q 3 Nelcy Caicedo 12.12 4 Yelizaveta Bryzhina 12.21 5 Susan Akene 12.35 6 Alja Sitar 12.38 7 Osiris Morales 12.43 8 Kirsten Niuwendam 12.76

Heat 4 Wind: -3.3 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Janelle Redhead 11.76 Q 2 Meritzer Williams 11.76 Q 3 Rosângela Santos 11.78 q 4 Tameka Rawlins 12.10 5 Chantal Grant 12.20 6 Viktorya Pyatachenko 12.26 7 Vanina Nguen 12.35 8 Ivana Rožman 12.96

Heat 5 Wind: -0.8 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Sheniqua Ferguson 11.59 Q 2 Melissa Breen 11.66 Q 3 Maja Mihalinec 11.72 q 4 Shawna Anderson 11.83 q 5 Folake Akinyemi 11.87 q 6 Allison Peter 12.16 7 Jenna Jokela 12.20

Heat 6 Wind: -1.2 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Agnes Osazuwa 11.68 Q 2 Emilie Gaydu 11.69 Q 3 Jamile Samuel 11.80 q 4 Kaycea Jones 11.89 q 5 Sergine Kouanga 11.94 6 Asuka Terada 12.53 7 Kai Selvon 12.56 Souheir Bouali DQ IAAF rule 162.7

Heat 7 Wind: -1.6 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Mariya Serkova 11.63 Q 2 Gabriela Laleva 11.85 Q 3 Nadja Bahl 11.97 4 Martina Balboni 12.01 5 Sintara Seangdee 12.03 6 Joan Healy 12.05 7 Ewa Zarębska 12.09 8 Leung Hau Sze 12.76

Heat 8 Wind: -1.9 m/s Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Shayla Mahan 11.61 Q 2 Constance Mkenku 11.69 Q 3 Yasmin Kwadwo 11.90 q 4 Ilenia Draisci 12.02 5 Caroline Lundahl 12.05 6 Tia Rolle 12.29 7 Lin Wen-Wen 12.33 8 Yelena Ryabova 13.22 9 Shirley Vunatup 13.58

Participation According to an unofficial count, 65 athletes from 45 countries participated in the event.

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