The women's 100 metres hurdles competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place between the 7 and 8 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Queen Harrison from the United States.

Summary Over the first hurdle, Sharika Nelvis was first, barely ahead of Andrea Vargas. Over each hurdle, Nelvis gained inches over Vargas. By the sixth hurdle, the two had a stride over the field, with Vanessa Clerveaux battling Megan Simmonds for third. Going into the seventh hurdle, things began to change. Nelvis started to get awkward approaching the hurdle. She still cleared but her balance was off, Vargas continued smoothly into the lead. Nelvis continued swinging her arms and stayed close to Vargas. Clerveaux struggled, while Simmonds was hitting the eighth hurdle, collegian Chanel Brissett pulled even with Simmonds. Nelvis hit the ninth hurdle and lost her step, listing to the left going into the final barrier. Vargas continued to gold, Brissett edging Simmonds for silver while Nelvis barely got over the tenth, finishing in seventh.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record12.20London, Great BritainJuly 22, 2016Pan American Games record12.52Toronto, CanadaJuly 21, 2015

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 7, 2019 15:00 SemifinalAugust 8, 2019 16:45 Final

Results All times shown are in seconds.

KEY:qQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Semifinal Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. The results were as follows:

Wind:Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Andrea Vargas 12.75 Q, NR 2 1 Sharika Nelvis 12.85 Q 3 2 Yanique Thompson 12.90 Q 4 2 Pedrya Seymour 12.94 Q 5 2 Vanessa Clerveaux 12.99 Q 6 2 Chanel Brissett 13.08 q 7 1 Megan Simmonds 13.10 Q 8 1 Genesis Romero 13.18 q 9 2 Diana Bazalar 13.25 NR 10 1 Devynne Charlton 13.49 11 1 Maribel Caicedo 13.53 12 1 Keira Christie-Galloway 13.57 13 2 Yoveinny Mota 13.60 1 Jenea McCammon 2 Phylicia George

Final The results were as follows: Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Andrea Vargas 12.82 2 Chanel Brissett 12.99 9 Megan Simmonds 13.01 4 6 Yanique Thompson 13.11 5 7 Pedrya Seymour 13.12 6 8 Vanessa Clerveaux 13.17 7 5 Sharika Nelvis 13.23 8 3 Genesis Romero 13.44

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