2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres

The women's 100 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.

Medalists

Gold	Jeneba Tarmoh United States
Silver	Ashleigh Nelson United Kingdom
Bronze	Sheniqua Ferguson Bahamas

Results

Final

9 July
Wind: -0.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jeneba Tarmoh	United States	11.37
	Ashleigh Nelson	United Kingdom	11.49
	Sheniqua Ferguson	Bahamas	11.52
4	Rosângela Santos	Brazil	11.63
5	Shayla Mahan	United States	11.66
6	Andreea Ogrăzeanu	Romania	11.67
7	Meritzer Williams	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.82
	Mariya Serkova	Russia	DNS

Semifinals

8 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: 0.0 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sheniqua Ferguson	Bahamas	11.56	Q
2	Shayla Mahan	United States	11.66	Q
3	Melissa Breen	Australia	11.70
4	Emilie Gaydu	France	11.76
5	Gabriela Laleva	Bulgaria	11.81
6	Folake Akinyemi	Norway	11.81
7	Shawna Anderson	Jamaica	11.84
8	Tameka Williams	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.99

Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.7 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ashleigh Nelson	United Kingdom	11.43	Q
2	Meritzer Williams	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.58	Q
3	Agnes Osazuwa	Nigeria	11.68
4	Janelle Redhead	Grenada	11.71
5	Yasmin Kwadwo	Germany	11.75
6	Bárbara Leôncio	Brazil	11.76
7	Jamile Samuel	Netherlands	11.79
8	Maja Mihalinec	Slovenia	11.81

Semifinal 3

Wind: -0.5 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jeneba Tarmoh	United States	11.38	Q
2	Rosângela Santos	Brazil	11.51	Q
3	Andreea Ogrăzeanu	Romania	11.54	q
4	Mariya Serkova	Russia	11.60	q
5	Elaine O'Neill	United Kingdom	11.75
6	Kaycea Jones	Jamaica	11.86
7	Loreanne Kuhurima	Netherlands	11.94
8	Constance Mkenku	South Africa	12.13

Heats

8 July

Heat 1

Wind: -1.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Ashleigh Nelson	United Kingdom	11.55	Q
2	Andreea Ogrăzeanu	Romania	11.85	Q
3	Niamh Whelan	Ireland	11.96
4	Anne Zagré	Belgium	11.98
5	Weronika Wedler	Poland	12.02
6	Isabelle Eurenius	Sweden	12.19
7	Yekaterina Filatova	Russia	12.28
8	Alba Obesso	Spain	12.31

Heat 2

Wind: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jeneba Tarmoh	United States	11.56	Q
2	Bárbara Leôncio	Brazil	11.80	Q
3	Loreanne Kuhurima	Netherlands	11.83	q
4	Cornnelly Calydon	France	11.98
5	Estela García	Spain	12.03
6	Jasmin Showlah	Finland	12.08
7	Olga Bludova	Kazakhstan	12.57
8	Dana Thoma	Nauru	13.80
9	Tahmina Kohistani	Afghanistan	15.00

Heat 3

Wind: -1.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Elaine O'Neill	United Kingdom	12.00	Q
2	Tameka Williams	Saint Kitts and Nevis	12.10	Q
3	Nelcy Caicedo	Colombia	12.12
4	Yelizaveta Bryzhina	Ukraine	12.21
5	Susan Akene	Nigeria	12.35
6	Alja Sitar	Slovenia	12.38
7	Osiris Morales	Puerto Rico	12.43
8	Kirsten Niuwendam	Suriname	12.76

Heat 4

Wind: -3.3 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Janelle Redhead	Grenada	11.76	Q
2	Meritzer Williams	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.76	Q
3	Rosângela Santos	Brazil	11.78	q
4	Tameka Rawlins	Barbados	12.10
5	Chantal Grant	Canada	12.20
6	Viktorya Pyatachenko	Ukraine	12.26
7	Vanina Nguen	Bulgaria	12.35
8	Ivana Rožman	North Macedonia	12.96

Heat 5

Wind: -0.8 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sheniqua Ferguson	Bahamas	11.59	Q
2	Melissa Breen	Australia	11.66	Q
3	Maja Mihalinec	Slovenia	11.72	q
4	Shawna Anderson	Jamaica	11.83	q
5	Folake Akinyemi	Norway	11.87	q
6	Allison Peter	U.S. Virgin Islands	12.16
7	Jenna Jokela	Finland	12.20

Heat 6

Wind: -1.2 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Agnes Osazuwa	Nigeria	11.68	Q
2	Emilie Gaydu	France	11.69	Q
3	Jamile Samuel	Netherlands	11.80	q
4	Kaycea Jones	Jamaica	11.89	q
5	Sergine Kouanga	Cameroon	11.94
6	Asuka Terada	Japan	12.53
7	Kai Selvon	Trinidad and Tobago	12.56
	Souheir Bouali	Algeria	DQ	IAAF rule 162.7

Heat 7

Wind: -1.6 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Mariya Serkova	Russia	11.63	Q
2	Gabriela Laleva	Bulgaria	11.85	Q
3	Nadja Bahl	Germany	11.97
4	Martina Balboni	Italy	12.01
5	Sintara Seangdee	Thailand	12.03
6	Joan Healy	Ireland	12.05
7	Ewa Zarębska	Poland	12.09
8	Leung Hau Sze	Hong Kong	12.76

Heat 8

Wind: -1.9 m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Shayla Mahan	United States	11.61	Q
2	Constance Mkenku	South Africa	11.69	Q
3	Yasmin Kwadwo	Germany	11.90	q
4	Ilenia Draisci	Italy	12.02
5	Caroline Lundahl	Sweden	12.05
6	Tia Rolle	Bahamas	12.29
7	Lin Wen-Wen	Chinese Taipei	12.33
8	Yelena Ryabova	Turkmenistan	13.22
9	Shirley Vunatup	Papua New Guinea	13.58

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 65 athletes from 45 countries participated in the event.

• Afghanistan (1)
• Algeria (1)
• Australia (1)
• Bahamas (2)
• Barbados (1)
• Belgium (1)
• Brazil (2)
• Bulgaria (2)
• Cameroon (1)
• Canada (1)
• Chinese Taipei (1)
• Colombia (1)
• Finland (2)
• France (2)
• Germany (2)
• Grenada (1)
• Hong Kong (1)
• Ireland (2)
• Italy (2)
• Jamaica (2)
• Japan (1)
• Kazakhstan (1)
• North Macedonia (1)
• Nauru (1)
• Netherlands (2)
• Nigeria (2)
• Norway (1)
• Papua New Guinea (1)
• Poland (2)
• Puerto Rico (1)
• Romania (1)
• Russia (2)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
• Slovenia (2)
• South Africa (1)
• Spain (2)
• Suriname (1)
• Sweden (2)
• Thailand (1)
• Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Turkmenistan (1)
• Ukraine (2)
• United Kingdom (2)
• United States (2)
• U.S. Virgin Islands (1)