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100 metres Hurdles, Women

Date	6 – 7 August 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Participants	48 from 35 countries

Australian Sally Pearson was the 2011 World Champion and came to London as the heaviest favorite in any women’s event. She had won 16 of her last 18 races since early 2011 coming into the Olympics. Her main challengers were expected to be the American Dawn Harper and Kellie Wells, and Wells had beaten Pearson shortly before the Games in a Diamond League race. The three won their semi-finals, with Pearson leading the qualifiers in 12.39, Harper with 12.46 and Wells in 12.51.

Pearson and Wells took the lead at the start in the final and ran together for most of the race. Harper was in mid-pack halfway through the race but finished strongly to pass Wells and almost catch Pearson, the Australian winning gold in an Olympic record 12.35, Harper only 0.02 back for the silver, as Wells held on for bronze in 12.48. American media darling Lolo Jones placed fourth in 12.58. The finish was close enough that the hurdlers had to wait 20 seconds before the final result was announced.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	1079	Sally Pearson	AUS	12.57 (1 h5)	12.39 (1 h2)	12.35 (1)	Gold
2	3293	Dawn Harper	USA	12.75 (1 h4)	12.46 (1 h1)	12.37 (2)	Silver
3	3324	Kellie Wells	USA	12.69 (1 h3)	12.51 (1 h3)	12.48 (3)	Bronze
4	3301	Lolo Jones	USA	12.68 (1 h6)	12.71 (3 h2)	12.58 (4)
5	1309	Phylicia George	CAN	12.83 (2 h6)	12.65 (2 h3)	12.65 (5)
6	1324	Jessica Zelinka	CAN	12.75 (2 h1)	12.66 (2 h2)	12.69 (6)
7	1093	Beate Schrott	AUT	13.09 (1 h2)	12.83 (2 h1)	13.07 (7)
3 h1 r2/3	2212	Shermaine Williams	JAM	13.07 (5 h3)	12.83 (3 h1)	–
3 h3 r2/3	2853	Tatyana Dektyareva	RUS	12.87 (2 h3)	12.75 (3 h3)	–
4 h1 r2/3	1202	Alina Talay	BLR	12.71 (1 h1)	12.84 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	1872	Tiffany Porter	GBR	12.79 (3 h1)	12.79 (4 h2)	–
4 h3 r2/3	1543	Lucie Škrobákova	CZE	13.01 (3 h3)	12.81 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r2/3	1311	Nikkita Holder	CAN	12.93 (3 h4)	12.93 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	2109	Derval O'Rourke	IRL	12.91 (2 h4)	12.91 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r2/3	1147	Anne Zagré	BEL	13.04 (4 h1)	12.94 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r2/3	1955	Carolin Nytra	GER	13.30 (3 h5)	13.31 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	1143	Eline Berings	BEL	13.46 (2 h2)	13.26 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r2/3	1960	Cindy Roleder	GER	13.06 (4 h3)	13.02 (6 h3)	–
7 h2 r2/3	1117	Ivanique Kemp	BAH	13.51 (3 h2)	13.56 (7 h2)	–
AC h1 r2/3	1789	Reïna-Flor Okori	FRA	13.01 (2 h5)	– (DQ h1)	–
AC h3 r2/3	2149	Marzia Caravelli	ITA	13.01 (3 h6)	– (DQ h3)	–
4 h2 r1/3	2576	Seun Adigun	NGR	13.56 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	1435	Brigith Merlano	COL	13.21 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	2288	Anastasiya Soprunova	KAZ	13.40 (4 h5)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	1388	Sun Yawei	CHN	13.26 (4 h6)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	2940	Marina Tomić	SLO	13.10 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	2286	Anastasiya Pilipenko	KAZ	13.77 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	2364	Jeong Hye-Rim	KOR	13.48 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	2442	Sonata Tamošaitytė	LTU	13.59 (5 h5)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	1983	Noemi Zbären	SUI	13.33 (5 h6)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	1403	Rosvitha Okou	CIV	13.62 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	2965	Lecabela Quaresma	STP	14.54 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	1427	Lina Flórez	COL	13.17 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	2039	Jeimmy Bernárdez	HON	14.36 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	1566	LaVonne Idlette	DOM	13.60 (6 h5)	–	–
6 h6 r1/3	2196	Brigitte Foster-Hylton	JAM	13.98 (6 h6)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	2254	Ayako Kimura	JPN	13.75 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	1274	Marthe Koala	BUR	13.91 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	2918	Dipna Lim Prasad	SGP	14.68 (7 h5)	–	–
7 h6 r1/3	1150	Odile Ahouanwanou	BEN	14.76 (7 h6)	–	–
8 h5 r1/3	2529	Silvia Panguana	MOZ	14.68 (8 h5)	–	–
8 h6 r1/3	1889	Bibiana Olama	GEQ	16.18 (8 h6)	–	–
DQ	2522	Rahamatou Dramé	MLI	– (DQ h1)	–	–
DQ	1194	Katsiaryna Paplauskaya	BLR	– (DQ h5)	–	–
DQ	3102	Nevin Yanıt	TUR	[12.70] (DQ h4)	[12.58] (DQ h3)	[12.58] (DQ)		1
DQ	2857	Yekaterina Galitskaya	RUS	[12.89] (DQ h4)	[12.90] (DQ h1)	–		2
DQ	2871	Yuliya Kondakova	RUS	[13.10] (DQ h6)	[13.13] (DQ h2)	–		3
DQ	2279	Nataliya Ivoninskaya	KAZ	[13.48] (DQ h3)	–	–		4
DNS	1856	Jessica Ennis	GBR	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	2198	Latoya Greaves	JAM	– (DNS h2)	–	–

Round One (6 August 2012 — 10:05)

Top two in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (10:05)

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	9	Alina Talay	BLR	12.71	0.229	Q
2	7	Jessica Zelinka	CAN	12.75	0.160	Q
3	2	Tiffany Porter	GBR	12.79	0.192	Q
4	8	Anne Zagré	BEL	13.04	0.188	q
5	6	Marina Tomić	SLO	13.10	0.145
6	3	Rosvitha Okou	CIV	13.62	0.170
7	5	Ayako Kimura	JPN	13.75	0.169
DQ	4	Rahamatou Dramé	MLI	–	–

Heat Two (10:12)

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Beate Schrott	AUT	13.09	0.172	Q
2	9	Eline Berings	BEL	13.46	0.148	Q
3	8	Ivanique Kemp	BAH	13.51	0.163	Q
4	4	Seun Adigun	NGR	13.56	0.149
5	7	Anastasiya Pilipenko	KAZ	13.77	0.157
6	3	Lecabela Quaresma	STP	14.54	0.165
DNS	2	Jessica Ennis	GBR	–	–
DNS	6	Latoya Greaves	JAM	–	–

Heat Three (10:19)

Wind	-0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	8	Kellie Wells	USA	12.69	0.144	Q
2	6	Tatyana Dektyareva	RUS	12.87	0.168	Q
3	4	Lucie Škrobákova	CZE	13.01	0.172	Q
4	2	Cindy Roleder	GER	13.06	0.153	q
5	7	Shermaine Williams	JAM	13.07	0.164	q
6	9	Lina Flórez	COL	13.17	0.160
7	3	Marthe Koala	BUR	13.91	0.158
DQ	5	Nataliya Ivoninskaya	KAZ	[13.48]	[0.132]		5

Heat Four (10:26)

Wind	-0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Dawn Harper	USA	12.75	0.154	Q
2	6	Derval O'Rourke	IRL	12.91	0.130	q
3	5	Nikkita Holder	CAN	12.93	0.169	q
4	3	Brigith Merlano	COL	13.21	0.201
5	9	Jeong Hye-Rim	KOR	13.48	0.142
6	4	Jeimmy Bernárdez	HON	14.36	0.159
DQ	8	Nevin Yanıt	TUR	[12.70]	[0.161]		6
DQ	7	Yekaterina Galitskaya	RUS	[12.89]	[0.152]	Q	7

Heat Five (10:33)

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	8	Sally Pearson	AUS	12.57	0.150	Q
2	3	Reïna-Flor Okori	FRA	13.01	0.151	Q
3	6	Carolin Nytra	GER	13.30	0.155	Q
4	7	Anastasiya Soprunova	KAZ	13.40	0.166
5	4	Sonata Tamošaitytė	LTU	13.59	0.171
6	2	LaVonne Idlette	DOM	13.60	0.157
7	9	Dipna Lim Prasad	SGP	14.68	0.162
8	5	Silvia Panguana	MOZ	14.68	0.211
DQ	1	Katsiaryna Paplauskaya	BLR	–	[0.175]

Heat Six (10:40)

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Lolo Jones	USA	12.68	0.191	Q
2	3	Phylicia George	CAN	12.83	0.180	Q
3	9	Marzia Caravelli	ITA	13.01	0.164	Q
4	8	Sun Yawei	CHN	13.26	0.155
5	1	Noemi Zbären	SUI	13.33	0.185
6	2	Brigitte Foster-Hylton	JAM	13.98	0.147
7	7	Odile Ahouanwanou	BEN	14.76	0.174
8	5	Bibiana Olama	GEQ	16.18	0.192
DQ	6	Yuliya Kondakova	RUS	[13.10]	[0.175]	Q	8

Semi-Finals (7 August 2012 — 19:15)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One (19:15)

Wind	0.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Dawn Harper	USA	12.46	0.165	Q
2	6	Beate Schrott	AUT	12.83	0.155	Q
3	3	Shermaine Williams	JAM	12.83	0.152
4	5	Alina Talay	BLR	12.84	0.169
5	2	Nikkita Holder	CAN	12.93	0.162
6	8	Carolin Nytra	GER	13.31	0.153
DQ	7	Reïna-Flor Okori	FRA	–	–
DQ	9	Yekaterina Galitskaya	RUS	[12.90]	[0.160]		9

Heat Two (19:23)

Wind	1.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Sally Pearson	AUS	12.39	0.155	Q
2	6	Jessica Zelinka	CAN	12.66	0.160	Q
3	4	Lolo Jones	USA	12.71	0.178	q
4	8	Tiffany Porter	GBR	12.79	0.157
5	3	Derval O'Rourke	IRL	12.91	0.157
6	5	Eline Berings	BEL	13.26	0.149
7	9	Ivanique Kemp	BAH	13.56	0.178
DQ	2	Yuliya Kondakova	RUS	[13.13]	[0.161]		10

Heat Three (19:31)

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Kellie Wells	USA	12.51	0.145	Q
2	7	Phylicia George	CAN	12.65	0.153	q
3	4	Tatyana Dektyareva	RUS	12.75	0.156
4	9	Lucie Škrobákova	CZE	12.81	0.156
5	2	Anne Zagré	BEL	12.94	0.161
6	3	Cindy Roleder	GER	13.02	0.145
DQ	8	Marzia Caravelli	ITA	–	[0.143]
DQ	6	Nevin Yanıt	TUR	[12.58]	[0.160]		11

Final (7 August 2012 — 21:00)

Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Sally Pearson	AUS	12.35	0.137
2	4	Dawn Harper	USA	12.37	0.156
3	5	Kellie Wells	USA	12.48	0.137
4	2	Lolo Jones	USA	12.58	0.163
5	3	Phylicia George	CAN	12.65	0.152
6	8	Jessica Zelinka	CAN	12.69	0.145
7	9	Beate Schrott	AUT	13.07	0.156
DQ	6	Nevin Yanıt	TUR	[12.58]	[0.161]	12