2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 17. The Jamaican team had three strong contenders for the 100 m title in reigning champion Veronica Campbell-Brown, Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser, and Kerron Stewart. The American squad featured Muna Lee, Lauryn Williams, and an in-form Carmelita Jeter. Other medal contenders are Bahamians Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie and Chandra Sturrup, and Kelly-Ann Baptiste, who have all run under eleven seconds prior to the tournament.
Jeter was the fastest qualifier in the heats, and finished 0.02 seconds outside her personal best to win her quarter-final. Stewart was the fastest in the [|quarterfinals] with 10.92 seconds, and Campbell-Brown won her race as the third athlete to run under eleven seconds that day. On the second day of competition, Shelly-Ann Fraser ran the fastest ever semi-final in 10.79 seconds, with Stewart just behind in 10.84 seconds. Jeter ran a personal best of 10.83 seconds to reach the [|final], in which half the competitors were Jamaican.
In the final, a quick start saw Fraser lead from the outset of the race and Stewart's late challenge was not enough to beat her compatriot. Stewart's personal-best-equalling 10.75 seconds earned her the silver medal, and Jeter took the bronze with a 10.90 second run, somewhat short of the time she produced in the semi-finals. The 2007 gold and silver medallists ran season's bests but missed out on the medals, with Campbell-Brown in fourth and Williams in fifth. Fraser's win in 10.73 seconds was a Jamaican record and made her the joint third fastest 100 m athlete ever with Christine Arron. Furthermore, she became only the second woman to win consecutive Olympic and World Championship titles, after Gail Devers. As amazing as her start appeared, Fraser only had the fourth fastest reaction time in the field.

Medalists

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World record	10.49	Indianapolis, United States	16 July 1988
Championship record	10.70	Seville, Spain	22 August 1999
World leading	10.75	Rome, Italy	10 July 2009
African record	10.90	La Laguna, Spain	5 June 1999
Asian record	10.79	Shanghai, China	18 October 1997
North American record	10.49	Indianapolis, United States	16 July 1988
South American record	11.17	Bogotá, Colombia	25 June 1999
European record	10.73	Budapest, Hungary	19 August 1998
Oceanian record	11.12	Sestriere, Italy	31 July 1994

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 5 fastest advance to the quarterfinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Carmelita Jeter		11.22	Q
	4	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie		11.26	Q
	8	Chandra Sturrup		11.28	Q
	5	Aleen Bailey		11.29	Q
	4	Verena Sailer		11.29	Q
	2	Kerron Stewart		11.31	Q
	6	Veronica Campbell-Brown		11.34	Q
	6	Ezinne Okparaebo		11.35	Q
	7	Lauryn Williams		11.36	Q
	6	Semoy Hackett		11.36	Q
11	2	Vida Anim		11.38	Q
12	7	Tahesia Harrigan		11.39	Q
13	1	Lucimar de Moura		11.41	Q
13	1	Shelly-Ann Fraser		11.41	Q
13	5	Yevgeniya Polyakova		11.41	Q
16	9	Kelly-Ann Baptiste		11.42	Q
17	9	Muna Lee		11.44	Q
18	5	Myriam Soumaré		11.45	Q
19	8	Anna Geflikh		11.47	Q
19	3	Virgil Hodge		11.47	Q
19	9	Eleni Artymata		11.47	Q
22	2	Ivet Lalova		11.48	Q, SB
23	3	Roqaya Al-Gassra		11.49	Q, SB
23	4	Oludamola Osayomi		11.49	Q
23	1	Marion Wagner		11.49	Q
26	2	Chisato Fukushima		11.52	q
27	7	Nataliya Pohrebnyak		11.54	Q
27	5	Ayanna Hutchinson		11.54	q
29	6	Sheniqua Ferguson		11.57	q
30	1	Yomara Hinestroza		11.61	q
31	8	Guzel Khubbieva		11.63	Q
32	4	Sónia Tavares		11.64	q
32	3	Carol Rodríguez		11.64
34	3	Halimat Ismaila		11.74
34	1	Ruddy Zang Milama		11.74
36	7	Momoko Takahashi		11.75
37	6	Gloria Diogo		11.78
38	2	Ahamada Feta		11.80
39	9	Courtney Patterson		11.88
39	9	Pia Tajnikar		11.88
41	8	Serafi Anelies Unani		12.05	PB
42	3	Yah Soucko Koïta		12.16	SB
43	2	Fatou Tiyana		12.22	PB
44	5	Ani Khachikyan		12.30	SB
44	1	Balpreet Kaur Purba		12.30	SB
46	2	Dana Hussein Abdul-Razzaq		12.38	SB
47	4	Ivana Rožman		12.60
48	5	Alice Khan		12.64	PB
49	7	Martina Pretelli		12.65
50	7	Terani Faremiro		12.96	PB
51	8	Elis Lapenmal		13.11	SB
52	5	Mariama Bah		13.33	PB
53	6	Philaylack Sackpaseuth		13.42	PB
53	3	Rosa Mystique Jones		13.42	SB
55	9	Pauline Kwalea		13.67	SB
56	4	Sorai Bella Reklai		13.75	PB
56	6	Asenate Manoa		13.75	NR
58	9	Beatriz Mangue		14.03
59	8	Savannah Sanitoa		14.23	SB
60	4	Robina Muqimyar		14.24	SB
61	7	Tioiti Katutu		14.38	PB
	1	Yvonne Bennett			DNS
	8	Blessing Okagbare			DNS

Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 4 fastest advance to the [|semifinals].

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Kerron Stewart		10.92	Q
	4	Carmelita Jeter		10.94	Q
	3	Veronica Campbell-Brown		10.99	Q
	4	Shelly-Ann Fraser		11.02	Q
	4	Kelly-Ann Baptiste		11.05	Q
	2	Lauryn Williams		11.06	Q, SB
	1	Chandra Sturrup		11.06	Q
	3	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie		11.08	Q
	2	Aleen Bailey		11.12	Q
10	3	Muna Lee		11.13	Q, SB
11	2	Tahesia Harrigan		11.21	Q
12	3	Verena Sailer		11.26	q
13	2	Vida Anim		11.34	q
14	1	Semoy Hackett		11.37	Q
14	2	Eleni Artymata		11.37	q, PB
16	2	Ayanna Hutchinson		11.40	q
17	1	Guzel Khubbieva		11.43
17	2	Chisato Fukushima		11.43
19	4	Lucimar de Moura		11.44
19	1	Ezinne Okparaebo		11.44
21	2	Myriam Soumaré		11.45
22	3	Anna Geflikh		11.46
23	3	Nataliya Pohrebnyak		11.49
24	4	Virgil Hodge		11.51
24	3	Roqaya Al-Gassra		11.51
26	1	Yevgeniya Polyakova		11.52
27	1	Ivet Lalova		11.54
28	4	Oludamola Osayomi		11.55
28	3	Sónia Tavares		11.55
30	4	Sheniqua Ferguson		11.59
31	4	Marion Wagner		11.64
32	1	Yomara Hinestroza		11.76

Semifinals

First 4 of each Semifinal qualified directly for the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	6	Shelly-Ann Fraser		0.156	10.79	Q, SB
2	4	Kerron Stewart		0.155	10.84	Q
3	5	Lauryn Williams		0.148	11.01	Q, SB
4	3	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie		0.146	11.03	Q
5	7	Kelly-Ann Baptiste		0.141	11.07
6	2	Verena Sailer		0.149	11.24
7	8	Tahesia Harrigan		0.146	11.34
8	1	Ayanna Hutchinson		0.169	11.58

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
1	4	Carmelita Jeter		0.144	10.83	Q, PB
2	3	Veronica Campbell-Brown		0.148	11.00	Q
3	5	Chandra Sturrup		0.127	11.01	Q
4	6	Aleen Bailey		0.199	11.16	Q
5	8	Muna Lee		0.179	11.18
6	1	Vida Anim		0.125	11.43
7	7	Semoy Hackett		0.131	11.45
8	2	Eleni Artymata		0.164	11.49

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	React	Time	Notes
	3	Shelly-Ann Fraser		0.146	10.73	WL, NR
	4	Kerron Stewart		0.170	10.75	=PB
	5	Carmelita Jeter		0.160	10.90
4	6	Veronica Campbell-Brown		0.135	10.95	SB
5	8	Lauryn Williams		0.158	11.01	SB
6	2	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie		0.130	11.05
7	7	Chandra Sturrup		0.137	11.05
8	1	Aleen Bailey		0.173	11.16

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