The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest from 22 to 24 August 2023.

Summary In the first round, former world record holder Kendra Harrison ran 12.24, equalling her own #4 performance in history, leaving her with three of the top 5 races ever. Even her 12.33 in the semi-finals had only been beaten by ten women ever, but four of them made the finals along with her: Tobi Amusan, the defending champion who set the world record in the semi-final round at the previous championships; Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Olympic Champion; Nia Ali, 2019 champion; and Danielle Williams, the 2015 champion. From that elite field, Devynne Charlton was the first one over the first hurdle. Charlton maintained that advantage as Camacho-Quinn and Harrison were trying to reel her in while Ali was hitting hurdles. Almost unnoticed in lane 2, Williams was getting up a head of steam, pulling even with Charlton by the fifth hurdle and taking a clear lead by the seventh. By the eighth, Harrison had gotten by Charlton and had separated to second. At the ninth, Camacho-Quinn got past Charlton and moving the fastest. Camacho-Quinn and Harrison cleared the last hurdle together, still marginally behind Williams. Camacho-Quinn closed quickly to make a photo finish with Williams, leaving Harrison with bronze. The photo gave it to Williams.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record12.12Eugene, United States24 July 2022Championship recordWorld Leading12.30 Fontvieille, Monaco21 July 2023African Record12.12Eugene, United States24 July 2022Asian Record12.44Luzern, Switzerland27 June 1995North, Central American and Caribbean record12.20London, United Kingdom22 July 2016South American Record12.71Manaus, Brazil19 May 2001European Record12.21Stara Zagora, Bulgaria20 August 1988Oceanian record12.28Daegu, South Korea3 September 2011

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 12.78 seconds.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date Time Round 22 August 18:40 Heats 23 August 20:45 Semi-finals 24 August 21:22 Final

Results

Round 1 (heats) Round 1 will take place on 22 August, with the 43 athletes involved being split into 5 heats of 9 athletes each. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 4 fastest ( q ) qualify for the semi-final. The overall results were as follows:

Wind:Heat 1: +0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.1 m/s, Heat 3: +0.1 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s, Heat 5: +0.4 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Kendra Harrison 12.24 Q, 2 3 Devynne Charlton 12.44 Q, 3 5 Tobi Amusan 12.48 Q 4 4 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn 12.50 Q 5 5 Megan Tapper 12.51 Q 6 3 Danielle Williams 12.51 Q, 7 2 Nia Ali 12.55 Q 8 1 Ackera Nugent 12.60 Q 9 1 Masai Russell 12.60 Q 10 2 Pia Skrzyszowska 12.65 Q 11 4 Nadine Visser 12.68 Q 12 1 Sarah Lavin 12.69 Q 13 4 Ditaji Kambundji 12.71 Q 14 1 Cyréna Samba-Mayela 12.71 Q 15 2 Marione Fourie 12.71 Q 15 2 Luca Kozák 12.71 Q, 15 5 Michelle Jenneke 12.71 Q 18 3 Cindy Sember 12.83 Q, 19 1 Mette Graversgaard 12.87 q 20 1 Michelle Harrison 12.88 q 21 5 Natalia Christofi 12.90 Q 22 4 Celeste Mucci 12.90 Q 23 3 Reetta Hurske 12.92 q 24 5 Maayke Tjin A-Lim 12.92 q 25 4 Laëticia Bapté 12.93 26 5 Ebony Morrison 12.93 27 3 Anna Tóth 12.95 28 4 Mariam Abdul-Rashid 13.04 29 4 Jyothi Yarraji 13.05 30 3 Taylon Bieldt 13.05 31 3 Hannah Jones 13.05 32 1 Gréta Kerekes 13.09 33 2 Lotta Harala 13.11 34 5 Yumi Tanaka 13.12 35 5 Nika Glojnarič 13.13 36 2 Asuka Terada 13.15 37 2 Sidonie Fiadanantsoa 13.18 38 4 Klaudia Siciarz 13.25 39 1 Masumi Aoki 13.26 40 2 Viktória Forster 13.47 41 3 Dina Aulia 13.54 42 2 Caroline de Melo Tomaz 13.59 43 4 Naomi Akakpo 13.96

Semi-final The semi-final took place on 23 August, with the 24 athletes involved being split into 3 heats. 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: +0.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.7 m/s, Heat 3: -0.4 m/s Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Kendra Harrison 12.33 Q 2 3 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn 12.41 Q 3 1 Devynne Charlton 12.49 Q 4 3 Nia Ali 12.49 Q 5 3 Danielle Williams 12.50 q, 6 1 Ditaji Kambundji 12.50 q 7 1 Megan Tapper 12.55 8 2 Tobi Amusan 12.56 Q 9 2 Ackera Nugent 12.60 Q 10 2 Nadine Visser 12.62 11 1 Sarah Lavin 12.62 12 3 Pia Skrzyszowska 12.71 13 2 Luca Kozák 12.73 14 3 Michelle Jenneke 12.80 15 3 Marione Fourie 12.89 16 3 Mette Graversgaard 12.94 17 2 Cyréna Samba-Mayela 12.95 18 1 Cindy Sember 12.97 19 2 Celeste Mucci 12.97 20 3 Michelle Harrison 13.05 21 2 Reetta Hurske 13.05 22 1 Maayke Tjin A-Lim 13.05 23 1 Natalia Christofi 13.15 2 Masai Russell

Final The final started at 21:22 on 24 August. The overall results were as follows:

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Danielle Williams 12.43 7 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn 12.44 4 Kendra Harrison 12.46 4 6 Devynne Charlton 12.52 5 8 Ackera Nugent 12.61 6 5 Tobi Amusan 12.62 7 9 Ditaji Kambundji 12.70 8 3 Nia Ali 12.78

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