These are the official results of the women's 100 metres hurdles at the

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. Despite the presence of the world record holder

Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova ( bg, Йорданка Донкова) (born 28 September 1961) is a Bulgarian former hurdling athlete, notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as nine medals at European indoor and outdoor c ...

(who had her career peak four years earlier),

Gail Devers Yolanda Gail Devers ( ; born November 19, 1966) is an American retired track and field sprinter who competed in the 60 metres, 60 m hurdles, 100 m and 100 m hurdles. One of the greatest and most decorated female sprinters of all time, she was t ...

came into this race as the favorite. Though her Olympic history shows her winning the

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twice, the first time earlier in this Olympics, she primarily made her career as a hurdler. And true to form, Devers had a commanding lead in this race, until the final hurdle. Devers came up short and hit the hurdle, foot first, hard, knocking her off balance. She stumbled toward the finish line, falling on the last step, but still finished fifth, .001 out of fourth place.

Voula Patoulidou Paraskevi ("Voula") Patoulidou ( el, Παρασκευή "Βούλα" Πατουλίδου, born 29 March 1965) is a Greek former athlete and politician. Born in Tripotamo (part of Florina prefecture), Patoulidou throughout her athletics career c ...

was the gold medalist, followed by

LaVonna Martin LaVonna Ann Martin-Floreal (born November 18, 1966) is an American former track and field athlete who competed mainly in the 100-meter hurdles. She won an Olympic silver medal in 1992. Career She competed for the United States in the 1992 Summer ...

and Donkova.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Final

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Semi finals

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Quarterfinals

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Heats

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Heat 5. Wind: -0.7m/s

References

External links

Official Report

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