The women's 100 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 20 and 21 August 2023.
Summary
The field had five of the fastest eight of all time: #3 defending champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, #5 Shericka Jackson, the world leader for 2023, #7 Sha'Carri Richardson; and #8 Marie-Josée Ta Lou. In the semi-finals, Jackson, Richardson and Ta Lou were all in semi #2, with only two automatic qualifiers. Jackson and Ta Lou ended up in a virtual tie at 10.79 leaving Richardson to have to wait in the holding room. Her 10.84 easily held up but because she finished third in the semis, she was given an outside lane in the final.
In the final, the slowest qualifier Ewa Swoboda got the marginally best start, but the field got out to a fairly even start, save Richardson who was slightly behind. "Mommy Rocket” Fraser-Pryce did not get out to her typical dominating start. Over the next 30 metres, Fraser-Pryce, Jackson and Swoboda gained a slight edge on the rest of the field. Out in lane 9, Richardson recaptured the lost ground from the start to pull even with Ta Lou and Swoboda. With 40 meters to go, Jackson had gained a slight edge on Fraser-Pryce, but Swoboda had not gone away. Behind them, Julien Alfred, Ta Lou and Richardson had emerged from the others. Coming into the finish, the two Jamaican athletes were focusing on each other in the center of the track as Richardson picked off Asher-Smith, Swoboda, Ta Lou, Fraser-Pryce, and finally Jackson with 15 meters to go. Richardson crossed the line with her arms outstretched and emerged victorious by .07 seconds, Jackson in 2nd and the defending champion Fraser-Pryce in 3rd. Not only did Richardson win the World Championship, she beat Fraser-Pryce's Championship Record and tied Marion Jones and Jackson's time earlier in the season as #5 of all time.
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthlete & LocationDate World Record10.49Indianapolis, United States16 July 1988Championship Record10.67Eugene, United States17 July 20222023 World Leading10.65Kingston, Jamaica7 July 2023African Record10.72Monte Carlo, Monaco10 August 2022Asian Record10.79Shanghai, China18 October 1997North, Central American and Caribbean Record10.49Indianapolis, United States16 July 1988South American Record10.91London, United Kingdom6 August 2017European Record10.73Budapest, Hungary19 August 1998Oceanian Record10.96 La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland2 July 2023 The following records were set at the competition:
Record Athlete Date Championship record10.65Sha'Carri Richardson21 Aug 2023= World Leading
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 11.08 seconds.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:
Date Time Round20 August12:10 Heats21 August 20:35 Semi-finals21:50 Final
Results Round 1 (heats) Round 1 took place on 20 August, with the 56 athletes involved being split into 7 heats of 8 athletes each. The first 3 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 3 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-final. The overall results were as follows:
Wind: Rank Heat # Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 Sha'Carri Richardson 10.92 Q 2 3 Ewa Swoboda 10.98 Q 3 1 Julien Alfred 10.99 Q 4 2 Brittany Brown 11.01 Q 5 7 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 11.01 Q 6 5 Natasha Morrison 11.02 Q 7 1 Daryll Neita 11.03 Q 8 2 Dina Asher-Smith 11.04 Q 9 3 Tamari Davis 11.06 Q 10 4 Shericka Jackson 11.06 Q 11 7 Mujinga Kambundji 11.08 Q 12 6 Marie-Josée Ta Lou 11.08 Q 13 1 Gina Bass 11.10 Q 14 3 N'Ketia Seedo 11.11 Q, 15 6 Shashalee Forbes 11.12 Q 16 5 Zaynab Dosso 11.14 Q, = 17 7 Zoe Hobbs 11.14 Q 18 4 Michelle-Lee Ahye 11.16 Q, 19 3 Rani Rosius 11.18 q, 6 Boglárka Takács 11.18 Q 21 4 Gina Lückenkemper 11.21 Q 22 4 Rosemary Chukwuma 11.24 q 23 1 Géraldine Frey 11.26 q 24 5 Maboundou Koné 11.26 25 2 Jaël Bestué 11.28 Q 26 7 Lorène Dorcas Bazolo 11.29 27 7 Khamica Bingham 11.29 28 3 Murielle Ahouré-Demps 11.29 29 3 Leah Bertrand 11.32 30 5 Krystsina Tsimanouskaya 11.32 31 2 Veronica Shanti Pereira 11.33 32 2 Halle Hazzard 11.34 33 6 Patrizia van der Weken 11.38 34 4 Olivia Fotopoulou 11.38 35 1 Delphine Nkansa 11.40 36 6 Bree Masters 11.43 7 Rebekka Haase 11.43 38 6 Magdalena Stefanowicz 11.43 39 5 Torrie Lewis 11.45 40 6 Arialis Gandulla 11.47 41 1 Ángela Gabriela Tenorio 11.52 42 4 Vitoria Cristina Rosa 11.57 43 4 Natacha Ngoye Akamabi 11.60 44 1 Farzaneh Fasihi 11.63 45 7 Arisa Kimishima 11.73 46 3 Mudhawi Alshammari 11.93 47 2 Salomé Kora 12.18 48 4 12.46 49 3 Silina Pha Aphay 12.67 50 2 Chloe David 12.88 51 1 Zarinae Sapong 13.04 52 6 13.20 53 5 Sydney Francisco 13.48 54 7 13.54 5 Imani Lansiquot 2 Yunisleidy García
Semi-final The semi-final took place on 21 August, with the 24 athletes involved being split into 3 heats of 8 athletes each (using lanes 2 to 9). The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
Wind:Heat 1: −0.4 m/s, Heat 2: −0.4 m/s, Heat 3: −0.1 m/s Rank Heat # Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 7 Marie-Josée Ta Lou 10.79 Q 2 5 Shericka Jackson 10.79 Q 3 2 6 Sha'Carri Richardson 10.84 q 4 1 7 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 10.89 Q 5 3 5 Julien Alfred 10.92 Q 6 3 4 Brittany Brown 10.97 Q 7 1 6 Tamari Davis 10.98 Q 8 1 5 Ewa Swoboda 11.01 q 3 7 Dina Asher-Smith 11.01 q 10 2 8 Zoe Hobbs 11.02 11 1 4 Daryll Neita 11.03 12 3 6 Natasha Morrison 11.03 13 2 4 Mujinga Kambundji 11.04 14 2 3 Shashalee Forbes 11.12 15 3 8 N'Ketia Seedo 11.17 16 1 2 Gina Lückenkemper 11.18 1 3 Michelle-Lee Ahye 11.18 18 3 3 Gina Bass 11.19 19 1 8 Zaynab Dosso 11.19 20 3 2 Rani Rosius 11.20 21 2 9 Jaël Bestué 11.25 22 1 9 Rosemary Chukwuma 11.26 23 2 2 Boglárka Takács 11.26 24 3 9 Géraldine Frey 11.28
Final The final started at 21:50 on 21 August. The results were as follows:
Wind: +0.8 m/s Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 9 Sha'Carri Richardson 10.65 , PB, =WL 4 Shericka Jackson 10.72 5 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 10.77 4 7 Marie-Josée Ta Lou 10.81 5 6 Julien Alfred 10.93 6 1 Ewa Swoboda 10.97 7 3 Brittany Brown 10.97 8 2 Dina Asher-Smith 11.00 9 8 Tamari Davis 11.03
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