Athletics At The 2015 African Games – Women's 100 Metres Hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 2015 African Games was held on 13 and 14 September. Medalists Results Heats Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final. Wind:Heat 1: +0.2 m/s, Heat 2: 0.0 m/s Final Wind: -0.1 m/s References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2015 African Games - Women's 100 metres hurdles 100 100 or one hundred ( Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ... 2015 in women's athletics ...
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100 Metres Hurdles
The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is placed after a run-up of 13 metres from the starting line. The next 9 hurdles are set at a distance of 8.5 metres from each other, and the home stretch from the last hurdle to the finish line is 10.5 metres long. The hurdles are set up so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner, but weighted so this is disadvantageous. Fallen hurdles do not count against runners provided that they do not run into them on purpose. Like the 100 metres sprint, the 100 m hurdles begins with athletes in starting blocks. The fastest 100 m hurdlers run the distance in a time of around 12.5 seconds. The world record set by Oluwatobiloba Amusan, Tobi Amusan stands at 12.12 seconds. History The race started back in the 1830s in England wher ...
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