2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
These are the official results of the women's Osaka, Japan. There were a total number of 74 participating athletes, with eight qualifying heats and the final held on Monday August 27.
Medalists
| Gold | (JAM) |
| Silver | Lauryn Williams United States (USA)
|
| Bronze | Carmelita Jeter United States (USA)
|
Records
| World Record |  Florence Griffith Joyner (USA)
|
10.49 | Indianapolis, United States | 16 July 1988 |
| Championship Record | Marion Jones (USA)
|
10.70 | Seville, Spain | 22 August 1999 |
Results
Heats
First 3 of each Heat qualifies (Q) plus the 8 fastest non-direct qualifiers (q) reached the Quarterfinals.
Heat 1
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA)
|
11.07 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Kim Gevaert |  Belgium (BEL)
|
11.09 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 4 | Susanthika Jayasinghe |  Sri Lanka (SRI)
|
11.13 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 7 | Merlene Ottey |  Slovenia (SLO)
|
11.64 | |
| 5 | 3 | Inna Eftimova |  Bulgaria (BUL)
|
11.66 | |
| 6 | 8 | Nataliya Pohrebnyak |  Ukraine (UKR)
|
11.71 | |
| 7 | 5 | Fatou Tiyana |  Gambia (GAM)
|
12.44 | PB |
| 8 | 6 | Jenny Keni |  Solomon Islands (SOL)
|
13.31 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Veronica Campbell |
 Jamaica (JAM)
|
11.33 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Laura Turner |  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
|
11.43 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Lucimar Aparecida de Moura |
 Brazil (BRA)
|
11.49 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Mae Koime |  Papua New Guinea (PNG)
|
11.64 | |
| 5 | 4 | Anastasiya Vinogradova |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)
|
11.74 | |
| 6 | 6 | Marestella Torres |
 Philippines (PHI)
|
12.44 | PB |
| 7 | 7 | Yvonne Bennett |  Northern Mariana Islands (NMI)
|
13.16 | NR |
| 8 | 2 | Shokhida Ziyaeva |  Tajikistan (TJK)
|
13.16 | |
| 9 | 9 | Aleksandra Vojneska |
 Macedonia (MKD)
|
13.24 |
Heat 3
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Sally McLellan |
 Australia (AUS)
|
11.14 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 5 | Tezzhan Naimova |
Bulgaria (BUL)
|
11.15 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Tahesia Harrigan |
 British Virgin Islands (IVB)
|
11.26 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Affoue Amandine Allou |
 Ivory Coast (CIV)
|
11.27 | q, PB |
| 5 | 9 | Verena Sailer |  Germany (GER)
|
11.33 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Valentina Nazarova |
 Turkmenistan (TKM)
|
12.02 | SB |
| 7 | 8 | Charlene Attard |  Malta (MLT)
|
12.06 | |
| 8 | 6 | Selloane Tsoaeli |  Lesotho (LES)
|
13.29 | PB |
| 9 | 3 | Sry Hang |  Cambodia (CAM)
|
13.55 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Christine Arron |  France (FRA)
|
11.27 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie |  Bahamas (BAH)
|
11.36 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Ivet Lalova |
Bulgaria (BUL)
|
11.47 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | Irina Khabarova |  Russia (RUS)
|
11.49 | q |
| 5 | 4 | Nombulelo Constance Mkenku |  South Africa (RSA)
|
11.50 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Momoko Takahashi |  Japan (JPN)
|
11.98 | |
| 7 | 5 | Barbara Rustignoli |  San Marino (SMR)
|
13.33 | SB |
| 8 | 8 | Maria Ikelap |  Micronesia (FSM)
|
13.93 | SB |
Heat 5
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas (BAH)
|
11.32 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM)
|
11.35 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Sasha Springer |
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
|
11.50 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Guzel Khubbieva |  Uzbekistan (UZB)
|
11.59 | |
| 5 | 9 | Carima Louami | France (FRA)
|
11.59 | |
| 6 | 2 | Gloria Diogo |  São Tomé and Príncipe (STP)
|
12.21 | SB |
| 7 | 3 | Sze-Min Choo |  Singapore (SIN)
|
12.29 | SB |
| 8 | 5 | Loi Ieong |  Macau (MAC)
|
12.76 | SB |
| 9 | 1 | Fathia Ali Bouraleh |  Djibouti (DJI)
|
14.14 |
Heat 6
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Mechelle Lewis | United States (USA)
|
11.16 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | Jamaica (JAM)
|
11.29 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Montell Douglas | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
|
11.39 | Q |
| 4 | 9 | Daria Korczyńska |  Poland (POL)
|
11.41 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Ekaterina Grigorieva |
Russia (RUS)
|
11.44 | q |
| 6 | 7 | Kin Yee Wan |
 Hong Kong (HKG)
|
12.12 | |
| 7 | 5 | Elis Lapenmal |  Vanuatu (VAN)
|
13.10 | PB |
| 8 | 8 | Lilly Pine |  Kiribati (KIR)
|
13.86 | PB |
| 9 | 6 | Waseelah Fadhl Saad |
 Yemen (YEM)
|
14.31 | SB |
Heat 7
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Yevgeniya Polyakova | Russia (RUS)
|
11.30 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Lauryn Williams | United States (USA)
|
11.41 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Johanna Manninen |  Finland (FIN)
|
11.52 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Paulette Zang-Milama |
 Gabon (GAB)
|
11.53 | |
| 5 | 2 | Myriam Leonie Mani |
 Cameroon (CMR)
|
11.55 | |
| 6 | 8 | Tamicka Clarke | Bahamas (BAH)
|
11.59 | |
| 7 | 5 | Florence Dembert |  Chad (CHA)
|
13.01 | PB |
| 8 | 4 | Fatima Mohammadi |  Afghanistan (AFG)
|
16.17 | PB |
Heat 8
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Torri Edwards | United States (USA)
|
11.14 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Oludamola Osayomi |  Nigeria (NGR)
|
11.15 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 6 | Vida Anim |  Ghana (GHA)
|
11.22 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | Jeanette Kwakye | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
|
11.26 | q, PB |
| 5 | 1 | Sherry Fletcher |  Grenada (GRN)
|
11.28 | q |
| 6 | 5 | Milena Milašević |  Montenegro (MNE)
|
12.24 | NR |
| 7 | 2 | Rosa Mystique Jones |  Nauru (NRU)
|
12.69 | SB |
| 8 | 9 | Felicia Saburo |  Palau (PLW)
|
13.40 | PB |
| 9 | 8 | Bounkou Camara |  Mauritania (MTN)
|
13.93 | SB |
Quarterfinals
First 4 of each Quarterfinal qualified (Q) for the Semifinals.
Heat 1
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Torri Edwards | United States (USA)
|
11.13 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM)
|
11.20 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Oludamola Osayomi | Nigeria (NGR)
|
11.21 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Yevgeniya Polyakova | Russia (RUS)
|
11.24 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Sherry Fletcher | Grenada (GRN)
|
11.32 | |
| 6 | 8 | Tahesia Harrigan |
British Virgin Islands (IVB)
|
11.33 | |
| 7 | 2 | Lucimar Aparecida de Moura |
Brazil (BRA)
|
11.61 | |
| - | 9 | Nombulelo Constance Mkenku | South Africa (RSA)
|
DNS |
Heat 2
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Veronica Campbell |
Jamaica (JAM)
|
11.08 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium (BEL)
|
11.15 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA)
|
11.17 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Laura Turner | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
|
11.32 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Irina Khabarova | Russia (RUS)
|
11.38 | SB |
| 6 | 8 | Affoue Amandine Allou |
Ivory Coast (CIV)
|
11.57 | |
| - | 2 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka (SRI)
|
DSQ | |
| - | 9 | Johanna Manninen | Finland (FIN)
|
DSQ |
Heat 3
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Christine Arron | France (FRA)
|
11.17 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | Jamaica (JAM)
|
11.23 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Mechelle Lewis | United States (USA)
|
11.25 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | Bahamas (BAH)
|
11.29 | Q |
| 5 | 9 | Ivet Lalova |
Bulgaria (BUL)
|
11.33 | |
| 6 | 2 | Montell Douglas | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
|
11.43 | |
| 7 | 3 | Verena Sailer | Germany (GER)
|
11.43 | |
| 8 | 8 | Daria Korczyńska | Poland (POL)
|
11.44 |
Heat 4
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time (sec) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas (BAH)
|
11.15 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 6 | Lauryn Williams | United States (USA)
|
11.16 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Tezzhan Naimova |
Bulgaria (BUL)
|
11.21 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Sally McLellan |
Australia (AUS)
|
11.31 | Q |
| 5 | 9 | Vida Anim | Ghana (GHA)
|
11.36 | |
| 6 | 8 | Jeanette Kwakye | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)
|
11.40 | |
| 7 | 2 | Ekaterina Grigorieva |
Russia (RUS)
|
11.49 | |
| 8 | 3 | Sasha Springer |
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
|
11.56 |
Semifinals
First 4 of each Semifinal qualified (Q) for the final.
Heat 1
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Torri Edwards | United States (USA) |
11.02 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Lauryn Williams | United States (USA) |
11.09 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 4 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM) |
11.12 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Oludamola Osayomi | Nigeria (NGR) |
11.18 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Tezzhan Naimova |
Bulgaria (BUL) |
11.18 | |
| 6 | 6 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas (BAH) |
11.22 | |
| 7 | 9 | Laura Turner | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |
11.32 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sally McLellan |
Australia (AUS) |
11.32 |
Heat 2
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Veronica Campbell |
Jamaica (JAM) |
10.99 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Christine Arron | France (FRA) |
11.04 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 5 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium (BEL) |
11.06 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA) |
11.08 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | Mechelle Lewis | United States (USA) |
11.16 | |
| 6 | 2 | Yevgeniya Polyakova | Russia (RUS) |
11.16 | |
| 7 | 4 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | Jamaica (JAM) |
11.21 | |
| 8 | 9 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | Bahamas (BAH) |
11.25 |
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Veronica Campbell |
Jamaica (JAM)
|
11.01 | |
|
Lauryn Williams | United States (USA)
|
11.01 | SB |
|
Carmelita Jeter | United States (USA)
|
11.02 | PB |
| 4 | Torri Edwards | United States (USA)
|
11.05 | |
| 5 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium (BEL)
|
11.05 | SB |
| 6 | Christine Arron | France (FRA)
|
11.08 | |
| 7 | Kerron Stewart | Jamaica (JAM)
|
11.12 | |
| 8 | Oludamola Osayomi | Nigeria (NGR)
|
11.26 |