AthleticsAthletics world record
100 m hurdles, women
12.09 s
- Holder
- Masai Russell
- Date
- Place
- Zurich
- Standing since
- 2026
How the record evolved
The last record set in each decade, up to the current record (highlighted).
| Year | Record | Holder |
|---|---|---|
| 12.09 s | Masai Russell | |
| 12.12 s | Tobi Amusan (NGR) | |
| 12.20 s | Kendra Harrison (USA) | |
| 12.21 s | Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | |
| 12.48 s | Grażyna Rabsztyn (POL) |
Put them in order
Sort these records from the oldest to the most recent.
- 12.09 sMasai Russell
- 12.48 sGrażyna Rabsztyn (POL)
- 12.12 sTobi Amusan (NGR)
- 12.21 sYordanka Donkova (BUL)
What to remember
Ten hurdles of 83.8 cm, the first one 13 metres from the start, the next nine set 8.5 metres apart, then a 10.5-metre run-in to the line. At Weltklasse Zürich on August 27, 2026, American Masai Russell covered that course in 12.09 s, with no wind (0.0 m/s), an average of 29.78 km/h (18.50 mph).
The record has moved in small steps: 12.48 s for Poland's Grażyna Rabsztyn in 1978, 12.21 s for Bulgaria's Yordanka Donkova in 1988, then 12.20 s for American Kendra Harrison in 2016 and 12.12 s for Nigeria's Tobi Amusan in 2022. In 48 years the time dropped by only 3.1%.
Russell had already won the Olympic 100 m hurdles title at the 2024 Games. A sprinter and hurdler, she also ran 7.74 s over the 60 m hurdles and 54.66 s over the 400 m hurdles. In this event, knocked-over hurdles are not penalised, but they are weighted so that hitting them costs time.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of world records in athletics” (revision used 1378411308). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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