1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
# 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 17 and 18 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Gillian Russell Jamaica |
| - | - |
| Silver | Damaris Anderson Cuba |
| Bronze | Svetlana Laukhova Commonwealth of Independent States |

## Results

### Final

18 September Wind: +1.0 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Gillian Russell | Jamaica | 13.21 |
| | Damaris Anderson | Cuba | 13.43 |
| | Svetlana Laukhova | Commonwealth of Independent States | 13.55 |
| 4 | Sonia Paquette | Canada | 13.73 |
| 5 | Kirsten Bolm | Germany | 13.75 |
| 6 | Svetla Damova | Bulgaria | 13.77 |
| 7 | Dawn Burrell | United States | 13.79 |
| | Oraidis Ramírez | Cuba | DNF |

### Semifinals

17 September

**Semifinal 1**

Wind: +0.5 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gillian Russell | Jamaica | 13.15 | Q |
| 2 | Damaris Anderson | Cuba | 13.42 | Q |
| 3 | Kirsten Bolm | Germany | 13.63 | q |
| 4 | Erica Niculae | Romania | 13.72 | |
| 5 | Ryoko Jojima | Japan | 13.73 | |
| 6 | Martina Stoop | Switzerland | 13.81 | |
| 7 | Iina Pekkola | Finland | 13.89 | |
| | Verónica de Paoli | Argentina | DNF | |

**Semifinal 2**

Wind: +0.5 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Svetlana Laukhova | Commonwealth of Independent States | 13.65 | Q |
| 2 | Sonia Paquette | Canada | 13.89 | Q |
| 3 | Bettina Staehli | Switzerland | 13.91 | |
| 4 | Aneta Bednarczyk | Poland | 13.94 | |
| 5 | Carine Boux | Belgium | 14.06 | |
| 6 | Bethan Edwards | United Kingdom | 14.07 | |
| 7 | Megumi Tsuchiya | Japan | 14.08 | |
| 8 | Haïdy Aron | France | 14.28 | |

**Semifinal 3**

Wind: +0.3 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oraidis Ramírez | Cuba | 13.44 | Q |
| 2 | Svetla Damova | Bulgaria | 13.67 | Q |
| 3 | Dawn Burrell | United States | 13.68 | q |
| 4 | Nadège Joseph | France | 13.77 | |
| 5 | Delloreen Ennis | Jamaica | 13.81 | |
| 6 | Hsu Hsiu-Ying | Chinese Taipei | 13.82 | |
| 7 | Melanie Wilkins | United Kingdom | 14.03 | |
| 8 | Janna Nikkel | Canada | 14.15 | |

### Heats

17 September

**Heat 1**

Wind: -0.5 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sonia Paquette | Canada | 13.65 | Q |
| 2 | Nadège Joseph | France | 13.79 | Q |
| 3 | Kirsten Bolm | Germany | 13.80 | Q |
| 4 | Melanie Wilkins | United Kingdom | 13.90 | Q |
| 5 | Patricia Naughton | Ireland | 14.56 | |
| 6 | Rachel Rogers | Fiji | 14.76 | |

**Heat 2**

Wind: -0.3 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Svetla Damova | Bulgaria | 13.79 | Q |
| 2 | Bettina Staehli | Switzerland | 14.02 | Q |
| 3 | Haïdy Aron | France | 14.05 | Q |
| 4 | Verónica de Paoli | Argentina | 14.06 | Q |
| 5 | Iina Pekkola | Finland | 14.21 | q |
| 6 | Megumi Tsuchiya | Japan | 14.26 | q |
| 7 | Panoraia Katsoupi | Greece | 14.79 | |

**Heat 3**

Wind: +0.9 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oraidis Ramírez | Cuba | 13.33 | Q |
| 2 | Erica Niculae | Romania | 13.57 | Q |
| 3 | Dawn Burrell | United States | 13.61 | Q |
| 4 | Aneta Bednarczyk | Poland | 13.84 | Q |
| 5 | Delloreen Ennis | Jamaica | 13.96 | q |
| 6 | Jeanine Ward | Australia | 14.45 | |
| 7 | Mirenda Francourt | Seychelles | 14.68 | |

**Heat 4**

Wind: +0.4 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Svetlana Laukhova | Commonwealth of Independent States | 13.61 | Q |
| 2 | Carine Boux | Belgium | 14.00 | Q |
| 3 | Hsu Hsiu-Ying | Chinese Taipei | 14.07 | Q |
| 4 | Bethan Edwards | United Kingdom | 14.11 | Q |
| 5 | Katja Fust | Germany | 14.29 | |
| 6 | Rachel Links | Australia | 14.45 | |
| 7 | Lillyanne Beining | Papua New Guinea | 14.68 | |

**Heat 5**

Wind: +0.3 m/s

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Gillian Russell | Jamaica | 13.25 | Q |
| 2 | Damaris Anderson | Cuba | 13.66 | Q |
| 3 | Ryoko Jojima | Japan | 13.87 | Q |
| 4 | Martina Stoop | Switzerland | 14.09 | Q |
| 5 | Janna Nikkel | Canada | 14.17 | q |
| 6 | Shandelier Boyd | United States | 15.05 | |
| 7 | Lee Lim-Suk | South Korea | 15.12 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

* Argentina (1)
* Australia (2)
* Belgium (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (2)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Commonwealth of Independent States (1)
* Cuba (2)
* Fiji (1)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (2)
* Papua New Guinea (1)
* Poland (1)
* Romania (1)
* Seychelles (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Switzerland (2)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
