The women's

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 h ...

at the

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was held at the

Luzhniki Stadium Luzhniki Stadium ( rus, стадион «Лужники», p=stədʲɪˈon lʊʐnʲɪˈkʲi, ''Stadion Luzhniki'') is the national stadium of Russia, located in its capital city, Moscow. The full name of the stadium is Grand Sports Arena of the ...

on 12–15 August. In the heats and semis it was the same two names, now lined up next to each other.

Brianna Rollins Brianna Rollins-McNeal (born August 18, 1991) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. She is the 2016 Olympic champion and the 2013 World champion in the 100 metres hurdles. Her time of 12.26 is tied as ...

has set the event on fire all season long, winning the

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in the fastest time in the last 20 years and

Sally Pearson Sally Pearson, OAM (née McLellan; born 19 September 1986) is an Australian former athlete. She is the 2011 and 2017 World champion and 2012 Olympic champion in the 100 metres hurdles. She also won a silver medal in the 100 m hurdles at t ...

the defending champion and Olympic champion, who had that same honor before Rollins. In the final it was Pearson out first, but Rollins did what she has done all year, run faster than everybody else. Pearson equalled her season best from the semis in second,

Tiffany Porter Dr. Tiffany Adaeze Porter ( Ofili; born 13 November 1987) is a track and field athlete with joint British and American nationality who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles. She represented the United States as a junior, but began representing Gr ...

put in a personal best 12.55 to push Dawn Harper off the medal stand only the second time at a major since the 2008 Olympics.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the

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. Wind: Heat 1: −0.5 m/s, Heat 2: −0.5 m/s, Heat 3: −0.5 m/s, Heat 4: −0.4 m/s, Heat 5: −0.8 m/s.

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the

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. Wind: Heat 1: −0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: -0.7 m/s.

Final

The final was started at 19:50.Final Results
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References

External links

100 metres hurdles results
at IAAF website {{DEFAULTSORT:2013 World Championships in Athletics - Women's 100 metres hurdles

Sprint hurdles at the World Athletics Championships 2013 in women's athletics