The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 5 to 6 October 2019.

Summary This event lost its defending champion when Sally Pearson retired from the sport two months earlier. The Olympic champion Brianna McNeal disappeared quickly after twitching in her blocks before the gun and being disqualified for a false start in her heat. Even after losing the =#4 and #6 runners in history, the final still sported the world record holder, Kendra Harrison, the season's world leader Danielle Williams with the #7 time in history set a little over two months earlier and the #16 runner in history Janeek Brown from winning the NCAA Championships 4 months earlier, the last two among three Jamaicans who made it to the final.

At the gun of the final, Harrison and Williams got out together with the lead. In lane 9, Megan Tapper got one of the worst starts imaginable to a world championship final, stuttering to the first hurdle and hitting it. By the second hurdle, Olympic silver medalist Nia Ali joined Harrison and Williams in the lead. Over the next two hurdles, Ali and Williams mirrored each other as Harrison lost a few inches. As they cleared the sixth hurdle, Williams began losing ground, as Ali pressed a definite advantage which she continued to expand over the remaining hurdles. Harrison also went past Williams as Tobi Amusan was gaining from behind. Ali crossed the finish line with more than a metre over Harrison. Harrison held off Amusan to get bronze.

Ali's 12.34 winning time took a tenth of a second off her personal best, moving her from =#26 of all time to =#9 with Sharika Nelvis. In fifth place, Andrea Vargas improved her own Costa Rican national record for the fourth time in the 2019 season.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

Record Athlete Date LocationWorld12.20Kendra Harrison22 Jul 2016London, Great BritainChampionship12.28Sally Pearson3 Sep 2011Daegu, South KoreaWorld Leading12.32Danielle Williams20 Jul 2019London, Great BritainAfrican12.44Glory Alozie8 Aug 1998Fontvieille, Monaco28 Aug 1998Brussels, Belgium28 Aug 1999Seville, SpainAsian12.44Olga Shishigina27 Jun 1995Luzern, SwitzerlandNACAC12.20Kendra Harrison22 Jul 2016London, Great BritainSouth American12.71Maurren MaggiManaus, BrazilEuropean12.21Yordanka Donkova20 Aug 1988Stara Zagora, BulgariaOceanian12.28Sally Pearson3 Sep 2011Daegu, South Korea

The following records were set at the competition:

Record Athlete Date Costa Rican12.68Andrea Vargas5 Oct 2019Dutch12.62Nadine Visser6 Oct 2019Costa Rican12.65Andrea Vargas12.64

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:

Date Time Round5 October 17:15 Heats6 October 19:02 Semi-finals6 October 20:50 Final

Results Heats The first four in each heat (Q) and the next four fastest (q) qualified for the semi-final.Heats results

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 9 Tobi Amusan 12.48 Q, 2 3 5 Danielle Williams 12.51 Q 3 4 4 Kendra Harrison 12.55 Q 4 1 7 Nia Ali 12.59 Q 5 5 4 Janeek Brown 12.61 Q 6 3 8 Andrea Vargas 12.68 Q, 7 5 5 Nadine Visser 12.75 Q 8 4 8 Cindy Roleder 12.76 Q, 9 5 7 Karolina Kołeczek 12.78 Q 10 1 4 Megan Tapper 12.78 Q 11 2 8 Luminosa Bogliolo 12.80 Q 12 4 3 Elvira Herman 12.84 Q 13 2 7 Yanique Thompson 12.85 Q 14 2 4 Anne Zagré 12.91 Q, 15 5 3 Nooralotta Neziri 12.92 q 16 4 2 Reetta Hurske 12.96 Q 17 5 6 Rikenette Steenkamp 12.97 q, 18 3 3 Annimari Korte 12.97 Q 19 1 2 Cindy Ofili 12.97 Q 20 5 2 Michelle Jenneke 12.98 q, 21 3 6 Luca Kozák 13.00 Q 22 3 7 Beate Schrott 13.08 q 23 2 5 Brianna Beahan 13.11 Q 24 4 5 Gréta Kerekes 13.11 25 3 4 Celeste Mucci 13.14 26 1 9 Génesis Romero 13.14 Q 27 4 7 Vanessa Clerveaux 13.15 28 2 6 Ayako Kimura 13.19 29 1 5 Asuka Terada 13.20 30 4 6 Hanna Plotitsyna 13.30 31 1 8 Stanislava Škvarková 13.44 32 5 8 Laura Valette 13.47 33 3 2 Phylicia George 13.49 34 2 2 Fanny Quenot 13.51 35 1 6 Adrine Monagi 14.00 36 4 9 Irina Velihanova 14.79 1 3 Solène Ndama 2 3 Brianna McNeal

Semi-finals The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 6 Danielle Williams 12.41 Q 2 1 7 Nia Ali 12.44 Q, 3 3 5 Tobi Amusan 12.48 Q, 4 2 5 Kendra Harrison 12.58 Q 5 2 4 Megan Tapper 12.61 Q, 6 1 5 Nadine Visser 12.62 q, 7 3 7 Janeek Brown 12.62 Q 8 3 4 Andrea Vargas 12.65 q, 9 3 6 Elvira Herman 12.78 10 2 6 Yanique Thompson 12.80 11 1 4 Cindy Roleder 12.86 12 2 8 Karolina Kołeczek 12.86 13 1 8 Luca Kozák 12.87 14 2 2 Nooralotta Neziri 12.89 15 2 9 Cindy Ofili 12.95 16 2 3 Rikenette Steenkamp 12.96 17 1 9 Annimari Korte 12.97 18 2 7 Luminosa Bogliolo 13.06 19 1 2 Michelle Jenneke 13.09 20 1 3 Génesis Romero 13.18 21 3 8 Reetta Hurske 13.24 22 3 3 Beate Schrott 13.25 23 3 2 Brianna Beahan 13.38 3 9 Anne Zagré

Final The final was started on 6 October at 20:51.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Nia Ali 12.34 6 Kendra Harrison 12.46 5 Danielle Williams 12.47 4 7 Tobi Amusan 12.49 5 3 Andrea Vargas 12.64 6 2 Nadine Visser 12.66 7 8 Janeek Brown 12.88 9 Megan Tapper

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