2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres explained

The women's 100 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 28 to 29 September 2019.^[1]

Summary

This was the first major championships for Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce after giving birth and the maternity leave in 2017. Here, against the Olympic Champion Elaine Thompson and the defending champion Tori Bowie, Fraser-Pryce dominated the heats and the semi-finals. In the final, she took the lead on the first step and pulled away to a dominating victory in a world-leading time of 10.71. While Marie-Josée Ta Lou was the next fastest out of the blocks, Dina Asher-Smith closed quickly to overtake Ta Lou for a clear silver medal, leaving the defending silver medalist with the bronze.

For 32-year-old Fraser-Pryce, it was only .01 off of her personal best and Marion Jones' Championship record, and one of the fastest times in history. Asher-Smith's 10.83 was the British national record.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

Record		Athlete		Date	Location
World	10.49	Florence Griffith-Joyner	United States	16 Jul 1988	Indianapolis, United States
Championship	10.70	Marion Jones	United States		Seville, Spain
World leading	10.73	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	21 Jun 2019	Kingston, Jamaica
		Elaine Thompson	Jamaica	21 Jun 2019	Kingston, Jamaica
African	10.78	Murielle Ahouré	Cote d'Ivoire	11 Jun 2016	Montverde, United States
Asian	10.79	Li Xuemei		18 Oct 1997	Shanghai, China
NACAC	10.49	Florence Griffith-Joyner	United States	16 Jul 1988	Indianapolis, United States
South American	10.91	Rosângela Santos	Brazil	6 Aug 2017	London, Great Britain
European	10.73	Christine Arron	France	19 Aug 1998	Budapest, Hungary
Oceanian	11.11	Melissa Breen	Australia	9 Feb 2014	Canberra, Australia

The following records were set at the competition:

Record		Athlete		Date
Nepalese	12.72	Sarswati Chaudhary		28 Sep 2019
World Leading	10.71	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	29 Sep 2019
British	10.83	Dina Asher-Smith	United Kingdom

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:^[3]

Date	Time	Round
28 September	16:30	Heats
29 September	21:20	Semi-finals
	23:20	Final

Results

Heats

The first 3 in each heat ( 

Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:^[4]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			10.80	Q
2	2			10.85	Q,
3	4			10.96	Q
4	1			11.05	Q,
5	2			11.12	Q,
6	3			11.14	Q
7	5			11.17	Q
8	6			11.17	Q
9	5			11.18	Q
10	2			11.19	Q
11	4			11.20	Q
12	6			11.20	Q
13	4			11.20	Q
14	3			11.21	Q
15	3			11.23	Q
16	4			11.24	q
17	6			11.25	Q
18	2			11.28	q
19	3			11.28	q
20	1			11.29	Q
21	1			11.29	q
22	5			11.30	Q
23	2			11.30	q
24	6			11.31	q
25	4			11.32
26	6			11.32
27	3			11.34
28	3			11.35
29	6			11.36
30	1			11.39
31	6			11.40
32	5			11.40
33	5			11.41
34	1			11.42
35	2			11.48
36	4			11.48
37	3			11.48
38	4			11.51
39	5			11.58
40	5			11.73
41	2			11.79
42	1			11.96
43	6			12.10
44	2			12.17
45	4			12.67
46	1			12.72	NR
47	3			13.14
	5

Semi-finals

The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualify for the final.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			10.81	Q
2	2			10.87	Q,
3	1			10.87	Q
4	1			11.00	Q
5	3			11.05	Q,
6	2			11.06	Q
7	3			11.07	q
8	1			11.10	q
9	2			11.10
10	2			11.17
11	1			11.18
12	3			11.19
13	1			11.20
13	2			11.20
15	1			11.24
16	2			11.27
17	1			11.28
18	3			11.29
19	2			11.29
20	1			11.30
21	3			11.31
22	3			11.35
	2
	3

Final

The final was started on 29 September at 23:20.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6			10.71
	7			10.83
	4			10.90
4	5			10.93
5	8			11.02
6	9			11.06
7	3			11.19
	2

Notes and References

1. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-100-W-h----.SL2.pdf Start list
2. Web site: 100 Metres Women − Records. IAAF. 27 September 2019.
3. Web site: Women's 100 Metres − Timetable. IAAF. 27 September 2019.
4. Web site: Heats results.
5. Web site: Semifinals results.
6. Web site: Final results.