2025 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Championships were held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 14 and 15 September 2025.

Summary Danielle Williams came in as the reigning champion but Masai Russell had dominated the season. Her 12.17 in May was the second fastest race in history. She backed that up with a 12.19 win at the Silesia Diamond League meet. Only Tobi Amusan had run faster before winning the 2022 World Championship. #6 Grace Stark and =#7Ackera Nugent were all in this field. In a race where the slightest problem can be the difference, Nugent didn't make it out of the semis.

In the final, Stark and Ditaji Kambundji were out fast, first over the first hurdle. By the third hurdle, Kambundji edged ahead. Amusan edged ahead of Stark over the eighth hurdle. That became the finish order with Russell a full tenth behind as the next competitor. With the 12.24 winning time, Kambundji joined that group at #7 all time and improving her own Swiss national record.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record12.12Eugene, United States24 July 2022Championship record World Leading 12.17 Miramar, United States 2 May 2025 African Record 12.12 Eugene, United States 24 July 2022 Asian Record 12.44 Luzern, Switzerland 27 June 1995 European Record 12.21 Stara Zagora, Bulgaria 20 August 1988 North, Central American and Caribbean record 12.17 Miramar, United States 2 May 2025 Oceanian record 12.28 Daegu, South Korea 3 September 2011 South American Record 12.49 Fayetteville, United States 23 May 2024

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 12.73.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), is as follows:

Date Time Round 14 September 11:28 Heats15 September 21:06 Semi-finals 22:20 Final

Results Heats The heats took place on 14 September. The first three athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Masai Russell 12.53 2 7 Marione Fourie 12.86 3 8 Sarah Lavin 12.94 4 6 Luca Kozák 12.96 5 9 Wu Yanni 13.12 6 4 Viktória Forster 13.18 7 3 Denisha Cartwright 13.50 Wind:

Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 6 Danielle Williams 12.40 2 7 Alaysha Johnson 12.76 3 4 Sacha Alessandrini 12.99 4 8 Karin Strametz 13.02 5 5 Aasia Laurencin 13.03 6 3 Yumi Tanaka 13.05 7 2 Lai Yiu Lui 13.43 8 9 Huỳnh Thị Mỹ Tiên 13.77 Wind:

Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Nadine Visser 12.48 2 4 Giada Carmassi 12.83 3 7 Greisys Roble 12.84 4 8 Alicja Sielska 12.99 5 3 Mariam Abdul-Rashid 13.02 6 2 Dina Aulia 13.28 7 9 13.78 — 6 Megan Tapper Wind:

Heat 4 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4 Ackera Nugent 12.54 2 7 Ditaji Kambundji 12.59 3 6 Maayke Tjin-A-Lim 12.71 4 5 Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck 12.74 5 3 Saara Keskitalo 12.95 6 8 Charisma Taylor 12.96 7 9 13.70 8 2 Liz Clay 13.82 Wind:

Heat 5 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Grace Stark 12.46 2 6 Pia Skrzyszowska 12.51 , 3 4 Amoi Brown 12.82 4 5 Mako Fukube 12.92 5 3 Nika Glojnarič 13.13 6 8 Tatiana Aholou 13.21 7 9 Sidonie Fiadanantsoa 13.27 Wind:

Heat 6 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Tobi Amusan 12.53 2 4 Devynne Charlton 12.69 3 3 Elena Carraro 12.86 4 5 Lotta Harala 12.86 5 6 Hitomi Nakajima 12.88 6 8 Anna Tóth 13.06 7 9 Ketiley Batista 13.30 Wind:

Semi-finals The heats took place on 15 September. The first two athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the inal.

Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4 Grace Stark 12.37 2 5 Ditaji Kambundji 12.44 3 7 Ackera Nugent 12.63 4 3 Sarah Lavin 12.86 5 6 Giada Carmassi 12.95 6 8 Greisys Roble 12.97 7 2 Mako Fukube 13.06 9 Lotta Harala Wind:

Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4 Tobi Amusan 12.36 2 5 Nadine Visser 12.45 3 6 Pia Skrzyszowska 12.53 4 7 Alaysha Johnson 12.66 5 8 Elena Carraro 12.79 6 3 Amoi Brown 12.93 7 2 Hitomi Nakajima 13.02 8 9 Saara Keskitalo 13.02 Wind:

Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 6 Masai Russell 12.42 2 5 Danielle Williams 12.44 3 7 Devynne Charlton 12.51 , 4 3 Maayke Tjin-A-Lim 12.85 5 9 Luca Kozák 13.01 6 2 Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck 13.05 7 8 Sacha Alessandrini 13.08 4 Marione Fourie Wind:

Final Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 3 Ditaji Kambundji 12.24 6 Tobi Amusan 12.29 5 Grace Stark 12.34 4 7 Masai Russell 12.44 5 2 Pia Skrzyszowska 12.49 6 9 Devynne Charlton 12.49 7 4 Danielle Williams 12.53 8 8 Nadine Visser 12.56 Wind:

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