1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
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These are the results of the Women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics
1995 World Championships in Athletics
The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13.This edition featured 1804 athletes from 191 nations....

 in Gothenburg
Gothenburg
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, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

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Medalists

Gold   Gail Devers
Gail Devers
Yolanda Gail Devers is a retired three-time Olympic champion in track and field for the US Olympic Team. Devers was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up near National City, California and graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1984...


United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 (USA)
Silver   Olga Shishigina
Olga Shishigina
Olga Shishigina is a retired Kazakh athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres hurdles. She won an Olympic gold medal in 2000, and many on regional and continental level.She was banned between 1996 and 1998 for failing a drug test.-Personal bests:...


Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

 (KAZ)
Bronze   Yuliya Filippova-Graudyn
Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 (RUS)

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1. 4 Olga Shishigina
Olga Shishigina
Olga Shishigina is a retired Kazakh athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres hurdles. She won an Olympic gold medal in 2000, and many on regional and continental level.She was banned between 1996 and 1998 for failing a drug test.-Personal bests:...

 
12.80 Q
2. 5 Gillian Russell
Gillian Russell
Gillian Russell is a Jamaican athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. In her early career she won four gold medals at the World Junior Championships, which is a record.-Achievements:...

 
12.84 Q
3. 5 Gail Devers
Gail Devers
Yolanda Gail Devers is a retired three-time Olympic champion in track and field for the US Olympic Team. Devers was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up near National City, California and graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1984...

 
12.85 Q
4. 3 Yuliya Filippova-Graudyn  12.90 Q
5. 1 Brigita Bukovec
Brigita Bukovec
Brigita Bukovec is a retired Slovenian hurdler who won a surprising Olympic silver medal in 1996. During the Olympics she set a personal best time with 12.59 seconds....

 
12.93 Q
6. 3 Patricia Girard  12.95 Q
7. 1 Dionne Rose  12.97 Q
8. 3 Michelle Freeman
Michelle Freeman
Michelle Freeman is a former Jamaican track & field athlete who was an Olympic bronze medalist.Freeman was born in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica...

 
12.99 q
8. 5 Julie Baumann
Julie Baumann
Julie Baumann née Rocheleau is a retired Canadian-born Swiss athlete specializing in the 100 meters hurdles.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outdoor*100m hurdles – 12.76 Indoor...

 
12.99 q
10. 3 Lidiya Yurkova  13.00 q
11. 4 Aliuska López
Aliuska López
Aliuska López is a Spanish athlete of Cuban origin. She competes mostly in hurdling. The world junior champion from 1988, she is still the world junior record holder at 100 metres hurdles...

 
13.01 Q
12. 1 Anne Piquereau  13.05 q
13. 4 Jackie Agyepong   United Kingdom 13.06 q
14. 2 Tatyana Reshetnikova  13.07 Q
15. 2 Marsha Guialdo  13.08 Q
16. 1 Caren Jung-Sonn  13.13
16. 2 Monique Ewanje-Epee-Tourret  13.13
16. 4 Nicole Ramalalanirina
Nicole Ramalalanirina
Nicole Ramalalanirina is a French athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. She changed nationality from her native Madagascar in 1998....

 
13.13 q
19. 5 Yelena Ovcharova-Krasovska  13.18
20. 2 Birgit Wolf  13.21
21. 5 Monica Grefstad  13.30
22. 2 María José Mardomingo  13.31
23. 1 Carla Tuzzi  13.32
24. 3 Odalys Adams
Odalys Adams
Odalys Adams is a Cuban hurdler.-Achievements:-External links:...

 
13.33
24. 4 Doris Williams  13.33
26. 4 Sriyani Kulawansa
Sriyani Kulawansa
Mohotti Arachchilage Sriyani Kulawansa-Fonseca is a Sri Lankan hurdler. Her personal best time was 12.91 seconds, achieved in the quarter-finals of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-Achievements:-References:...

 
13.45
27. 3 Heike Blaßneck
Heike Blaßneck
Heike Blaßneck is a retired German hurdler.She finished eighth in 60 m hurdles at the 1998 European Indoor Championships. She represented the sports club LAC Quelle Fürth/München, and won the silver medal at the German championships in 1998.Her personal best time was 12.86 seconds, achieved in...

 
13.47
28. 1 Chan Sau Ying   Hong Kong 13.53
29. 5 Zhou Jing  13.61
30. 5 Veronique Linster  13.74
31. 2 Isabel Abrantes  13.77
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Semifinals

First 4 of each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1. 1 Gail Devers
Gail Devers
Yolanda Gail Devers is a retired three-time Olympic champion in track and field for the US Olympic Team. Devers was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up near National City, California and graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1984...

 
12.67 Q
2. 1 Gillian Russell
Gillian Russell
Gillian Russell is a Jamaican athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. In her early career she won four gold medals at the World Junior Championships, which is a record.-Achievements:...

 
12.74 Q, NR
Jamaican records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Jamaica maintained by its national athletics federation: Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distanceA = affected by altitude...

3. 2 Olga Shishigina
Olga Shishigina
Olga Shishigina is a retired Kazakh athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres hurdles. She won an Olympic gold medal in 2000, and many on regional and continental level.She was banned between 1996 and 1998 for failing a drug test.-Personal bests:...

 
12.78 Q
4. 1 Yuliya Filippova-Graudyn  12.82 Q
4. 2 Brigita Bukovec
Brigita Bukovec
Brigita Bukovec is a retired Slovenian hurdler who won a surprising Olympic silver medal in 1996. During the Olympics she set a personal best time with 12.59 seconds....

 
12.82 Q
6. 1 Julie Baumann
Julie Baumann
Julie Baumann née Rocheleau is a retired Canadian-born Swiss athlete specializing in the 100 meters hurdles.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outdoor*100m hurdles – 12.76 Indoor...

 
12.86 Q
6. 2 Dionne Rose  12.86 Q
8. 1 Patricia Girard  12.87
9. 2 Tatyana Reshetnikova  12.88 Q
10. 2 Marsha Guialdo  12.91
11. 1 Lidiya Yurkova  12.95
12. 2 Aliuska López
Aliuska López
Aliuska López is a Spanish athlete of Cuban origin. She competes mostly in hurdling. The world junior champion from 1988, she is still the world junior record holder at 100 metres hurdles...

 
12.98
13. 2 Anne Piquereau  13.09
14. 1 Jackie Agyepong   United Kingdom 13.14
15. 1 Michelle Freeman
Michelle Freeman
Michelle Freeman is a former Jamaican track & field athlete who was an Olympic bronze medalist.Freeman was born in Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica...

 
13.23
16. 2 Nicole Ramalalanirina
Nicole Ramalalanirina
Nicole Ramalalanirina is a French athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. She changed nationality from her native Madagascar in 1998....

 
13.24

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
5 Gail Devers
Gail Devers
Yolanda Gail Devers is a retired three-time Olympic champion in track and field for the US Olympic Team. Devers was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up near National City, California and graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1984...

 
12.68
4 Olga Shishigina
Olga Shishigina
Olga Shishigina is a retired Kazakh athlete who mainly competed in the 100 metres hurdles. She won an Olympic gold medal in 2000, and many on regional and continental level.She was banned between 1996 and 1998 for failing a drug test.-Personal bests:...

 
12.80
8 Yuliya Filippova-Graudyn  12.85
4 2 Tatyana Reshetnikova  12.87
5 7 Julie Baumann
Julie Baumann
Julie Baumann née Rocheleau is a retired Canadian-born Swiss athlete specializing in the 100 meters hurdles.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outdoor*100m hurdles – 12.76 Indoor...

 
12.95
6 6 Gillian Russell
Gillian Russell
Gillian Russell is a Jamaican athlete who specializes in the 100 metres hurdles. In her early career she won four gold medals at the World Junior Championships, which is a record.-Achievements:...

 
12.96
7 1 Dionne Rose  12.98
8 3 Brigita Bukovec
Brigita Bukovec
Brigita Bukovec is a retired Slovenian hurdler who won a surprising Olympic silver medal in 1996. During the Olympics she set a personal best time with 12.59 seconds....

13.02
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