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100 metres Hurdles, Women

Date	16 – 17 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Engenho de Dentro, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	47 from 33 countries

The top race in 2016 in this event was considered by many to be the final of the US Olympic Trials. The US women had dominated this event for the past few years and their team was so strong that Dawn Harper-Nelson, 2008 gold medallist and 2012 silver medallist, and world ranked #1 in 2014-15, and Keni Harrison, who would break the world record shortly after the Rio Games, failed to make the US Olympic team. Many people considered that the US might possibly sweep the medals, but the dangerous nature of hurdling made it understood that anything could happen. When the three Americans won their respective semi-finals, however, the sweep talk only increased.

In the end, what did happen was a US sweep, the first ever in this event at the Olympics, and the first ever Olympic sweep by American women in athletics. It was also only the third Olympic medal sweep in a women’s running event, after the 1980 800 metres, by the Soviet Union, and the 2008 100 metres, by Jamaica. Gold went to Brianna Rollins who ran 12.48, to narrowly defeat Nia Ali (12.59) and Kristi Castlin (12.61). Britain’s Cindy Ofili was 2/100ths off the podium.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	1369	Brianna Rollins	USA	12.54 (1 h6)	12.47 (1 h1)	12.48 (1)	Gold
2	1321	Nia Ali	USA	12.76 (1 h2)	12.65 (1 h2)	12.59 (2)	Silver
3	1330	Kristi Castlin	USA	12.68 (1 h1)	12.63 (1 h3)	12.61 (3)	Bronze
4	713	Cindy Ofili	GBR	12.75 (1 h3)	12.71 (2 h3)	12.63 (4)
5	774	Cindy Roleder	GER	12.86 (1 h4)	12.69 (3 h1)	12.74 (5)
6	362	Pedrya Seymour	BAH	12.85 (3 h2)	12.64 (2 h1)	12.76 (6)
7	719	Tiffany Porter	GBR	12.87 (2 h4)	12.82 (4 h1)	12.76 (7)
8	475	Phylicia George	CAN	12.83 (2 h2)	12.77 (2 h2)	12.89 (8)
3 h2 r2/3	1051	Tobi Amusan	NGR	12.99 (5 h5)	12.91 (3 h2)	–
3 h3 r2/3	1073	Isabelle Pedersen	NOR	12.86 (3 h3)	12.88 (3 h3)	–
4 h2 r2/3	752	Nadine Hildebrand	GER	12.84 (2 h3)	12.95 (4 h2)	–
4 h3 r2/3	740	Pamela Dutkiewicz	GER	12.90 (3 h5)	12.92 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r2/3	907	Shermaine Williams	JAM	12.95 (4 h1)	12.86 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	1211	Clélia Rard-Reuse	SUI	12.91 (4 h4)	12.96 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r2/3	898	Megan Simmonds	JAM	12.81 (2 h6)	12.95 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r2/3	561	Andrea Ivančević	CRO	12.90 (4 h3)	12.93 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	659	Nooralotta Neziri	FIN	12.88 (3 h1)	13.04 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r2/3	668	Cindy Billaud	FRA	12.98 (5 h4)	13.03 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r2/3	677	Sandra Gomis	FRA	13.04 (3 h6)	13.23 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	909	Nickiesha Wilson	JAM	12.89 (3 h4)	13.14 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r2/3	402	Alina Talay	BLR	12.74 (2 h5)	13.66 (8 h1)	–
AC h2 r2/3	1140	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	PUR	12.70 (1 h5)	– (DQ h2)	–
AC h3 r2/3	477	Nikkita Holder	CAN	12.92 (4 h5)	– (DQ h3)	–
AC h3 r2/3	381	Anne Zagré	BEL	12.85 (2 h1)	– (DQ h3)	–
4 h2 r1/3	532	Wu Shuijiao	CHN	13.03 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	1046	Nadine Visser	NED	13.07 (4 h6)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	1225	Susanna Kallur	SWE	13.04 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	427	Maíla Machado	BRA	13.09 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	552	Brigith Merlano	COL	13.09 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	430	Fabiana Morães	BRA	13.22 (5 h6)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	625	Caridad Jerez	ESP	13.26 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	327	Shelly Jenneke	AUS	13.26 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	500	Angela Whyte	CAN	13.09 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	366	Kierre Beckles	BAR	13.01 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	1104	Karolina Kołeczek	POL	13.04 (6 h5)	–	–
6 h6 r1/3	1389	Valentina Kibalnikova	UZB	13.29 (6 h6)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	384	Katy Sealy	BIZ	15.79 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r1/3	398	Katsiaryna Paplauskaya	BLR	13.45 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	802	Elisavet Pesiridou	GRE	13.10 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r1/3	1299	Hanna Plotitsyna	UKR	13.12 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	1307	Oksana Shkurat	UKR	13.22 (7 h5)	–	–
7 h6 r1/3	1314	Olena Yanovska	UKR	13.32 (7 h6)	–	–
8 h2 r1/3	350	Beate Schrott	AUT	13.47 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r1/3	932	Anastasiya Pilipenko	KAZ	13.29 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r1/3	462	Marthe Koala	BUR	13.41 (8 h4)	–	–
8 h5 r1/3	1081	Yvette Lewis	PAN	13.35 (8 h5)	–	–
AC h1 r1/3	814	Mulern Jean	HAI	– (DQ h1)	–	–
DNS	736	Reïna-Flor Okori	GEQ	– (DNS h6)	–	–

Round One (16 August 2016)

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

Heat One (11:05)

Wind	-0.5 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Kristi Castlin	USA	12.68	0.142	Q
2	8	Anne Zagré	BEL	12.85	0.158	Q
3	5	Nooralotta Neziri	FIN	12.88	0.144	Q
4	4	Shermaine Williams	JAM	12.95	0.161	q
5	9	Susanna Kallur	SWE	13.04	0.182
6	2	Caridad Jerez	ESP	13.26	0.133
7	7	Katy Sealy	BIZ	15.79	0.193
DQ	3	Mulern Jean	HAI	–	[0.169]

Heat Two (11:12)

Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Nia Ali	USA	12.76	0.157	Q
2	9	Phylicia George	CAN	12.83	0.186	Q
3	7	Pedrya Seymour	BAH	12.85	0.175	Q
4	5	Wu Shuijiao	CHN	13.03	0.154
5	3	Maíla Machado	BRA	13.09	0.155
6	6	Shelly Jenneke	AUS	13.26	0.139
7	2	Katsiaryna Paplauskaya	BLR	13.45	0.188
8	8	Beate Schrott	AUT	13.47	0.140

Heat Three (11:19)

Wind	0.9 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Cindy Ofili	GBR	12.75	0.149	Q
2	5	Nadine Hildebrand	GER	12.84	0.160	Q
3	6	Isabelle Pedersen	NOR	12.86	0.131	Q
4	8	Andrea Ivančević	CRO	12.90	0.155	q
5	7	Brigith Merlano	COL	13.09	0.127
6	3	Angela Whyte	CAN	13.09	0.154
7	4	Elisavet Pesiridou	GRE	13.10	0.174
8	9	Anastasiya Pilipenko	KAZ	13.29	0.129

Heat Four (11:26)

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Cindy Roleder	GER	12.86	0.140	Q
2	9	Tiffany Porter	GBR	12.87	0.144	Q
3	4	Nickiesha Wilson	JAM	12.89	0.130	Q
4	2	Clélia Rard-Reuse	SUI	12.91	0.148	q
5	3	Cindy Billaud	FRA	12.98	0.125	q
6	8	Kierre Beckles	BAR	13.01	0.153
7	5	Hanna Plotitsyna	UKR	13.12	0.142
8	7	Marthe Koala	BUR	13.41	0.143

Heat Five (11:33)

Wind	1.0 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	PUR	12.70	0.180	Q
2	5	Alina Talay	BLR	12.74	0.157	Q
3	7	Pamela Dutkiewicz	GER	12.90	0.132	Q
4	2	Nikkita Holder	CAN	12.92	0.159	q
5	6	Tobi Amusan	NGR	12.99	0.143	q
6	8	Karolina Kołeczek	POL	13.04	0.138
7	9	Oksana Shkurat	UKR	13.22	0.151
8	3	Yvette Lewis	PAN	13.35	0.150

Heat Six (11:40)

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Brianna Rollins	USA	12.54	0.118	Q
2	8	Megan Simmonds	JAM	12.81	0.171	Q
3	6	Sandra Gomis	FRA	13.04	0.159	Q
4	4	Nadine Visser	NED	13.07	0.124
5	9	Fabiana Morães	BRA	13.22	0.138
6	5	Valentina Kibalnikova	UZB	13.29	0.139
7	2	Olena Yanovska	UKR	13.32	0.152
DNS	7	Reïna-Flor Okori	GEQ	–	–

Semi-Finals (17 August 2016)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One (20:45)

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Brianna Rollins	USA	12.47	0.197	Q
2	9	Pedrya Seymour	BAH	12.64	0.183	Q
3	5	Cindy Roleder	GER	12.69	0.139	q
4	4	Tiffany Porter	GBR	12.82	0.131	q
5	2	Shermaine Williams	JAM	12.86	0.156
6	3	Andrea Ivančević	CRO	12.93	0.164
7	8	Sandra Gomis	FRA	13.23	0.166
8	6	Alina Talay	BLR	13.66	0.143

Heat Two (20:53)

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Nia Ali	USA	12.65	0.156	Q
2	6	Phylicia George	CAN	12.77	0.139	Q
3	3	Tobi Amusan	NGR	12.91	0.146
4	4	Nadine Hildebrand	GER	12.95	0.148
5	2	Clélia Rard-Reuse	SUI	12.96	0.156
6	8	Nooralotta Neziri	FIN	13.04	0.151
7	9	Nickiesha Wilson	JAM	13.14	0.137
DQ	7	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	PUR	–	[0.166]

Heat Three (21:01)

Wind	0.8 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Kristi Castlin	USA	12.63	0.154	Q
2	6	Cindy Ofili	GBR	12.71	0.196	Q
3	9	Isabelle Pedersen	NOR	12.88	0.140
4	8	Pamela Dutkiewicz	GER	12.92	0.103
5	7	Megan Simmonds	JAM	12.95	0.174
6	2	Cindy Billaud	FRA	13.03	0.132
DQ	3	Nikkita Holder	CAN	–	[0.146]
DQ	5	Anne Zagré	BEL	–	[0.152]

Final (17 August 2016 — 22:55)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Brianna Rollins	USA	12.48	0.158
2	4	Nia Ali	USA	12.59	0.154
3	7	Kristi Castlin	USA	12.61	0.152
4	8	Cindy Ofili	GBR	12.63	0.161
5	2	Cindy Roleder	GER	12.74	0.130
6	5	Pedrya Seymour	BAH	12.76	0.179
7	3	Tiffany Porter	GBR	12.76	0.142
8	9	Phylicia George	CAN	12.89	0.143