# 2025 World Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 meters at the 2025 [World Athletics Championships](https://www.edgepedia.org/world-athletics-championships) was held at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo, with round 1 on 13 September 2025 and the semifinals and final on 14 September. [Melissa Jefferson](https://www.edgepedia.org/melissa-jefferson)-Wooden of the United States won the final in a championship record of 10.61 seconds, taking her first individual global title ahead of Jamaica's Tina Clayton and [Saint Lucia](https://www.edgepedia.org/saint-lucia)'s Julien Alfred.[1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Champion | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden (USA), 10.61 seconds, a championship record[1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m) |
| Winning margin | 0.15 seconds over silver medallist Tina Clayton, the second-biggest winning margin in World Championships history[1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m) |
| Record context | 10.61 beat Sha'Carri Richardson's 10.65 championship record from Budapest 2023 and equalled Elaine Thompson-Herah's 10.61 Olympic record from the Tokyo 2021 Games in the same stadium[1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m) • [2](https://worldathletics.org/download/competition?filename=AT-100-W-h----.RS4.pdf&path=%5Cpdf%5C7190593%5C&updatedOn=09%2F13%2F2025+10%3A40%3A37&urlslug=Phase+Summary) |
| All-time rank | The time placed Jefferson-Wooden fourth on the women's world all-time list, behind only Florence Griffith-Joyner, Elaine Thompson-Herah, and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce[1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m) • [3](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/14/melissa-jefferson-wooden-womens-100m-final-gold-world-athletics-championships) |
| Medalists | Gold Jefferson-Wooden (USA) 10.61; silver Tina Clayton (JAM) 10.76; bronze Julien Alfred (LCA) 10.84[1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m) |
| Schedule | Round 1 on 13 September at 18:55 local time; semifinals at 20:20 and final at 22:13 on 14 September[1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m) |
| Wind in the final | +0.3 m/s[4](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025-7190593/news/series/day-two-or-facts-and-figures-world-championships-tokyo-25) |
## The final
Jefferson-Wooden arrived in Tokyo unbeaten over 100 meters all season, with the three fastest times of 2025 to her name, and translated that form into a dominant win in the steamy heat of Tokyo.[1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m) • [5](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cp8jk5gg7ezo) The race looked close for about the first 30 meters, with the reigning Olympic champion [Julien Alfred](https://www.edgepedia.org/julien-alfred) getting out fast, but Jefferson-Wooden exploded from the blocks and quickly took control, winning by 0.15 seconds, the second-biggest winning margin in World Championships history.[3](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/14/melissa-jefferson-wooden-womens-100m-final-gold-world-athletics-championships) • [1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m)
The complete final result:[1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m)
| Pos | Athlete | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | USA | 10.61 (CR) |
| 2 | Tina Clayton | JAM | 10.76 (PB) |
| 3 | Julien Alfred | LCA | 10.84 |
| 4 | Shericka Jackson | JAM | 10.88 |
| 5 | Sha'Carri Richardson | USA | 10.94 (SB) |
| 6 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | JAM | 11.03 |
| 7 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou-Smith | CIV | 11.04 |
| 8 | Dina Asher-Smith | GBR | 11.08 |
**Silver and bronze.** Tina Clayton, 21 years old, moved up as Alfred faltered and took silver in a personal best of 10.76, putting Jamaica back on the world podium in the event.[3](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/14/melissa-jefferson-wooden-womens-100m-final-gold-world-athletics-championships) • [1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m) Alfred, who had won Saint Lucia's first [Olympic medal](https://www.edgepedia.org/olympic-medal) in Paris in 2024, secured her country's first World Athletics Championships medal despite pulling her hamstring during the race.[1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m)
**The defending champion and the farewell.** [Sha'Carri Richardson](https://www.edgepedia.org/shacarri-richardson), the 2023 world champion, barely reached the final: a slip at the start of her semifinal prompted a green card and a restart, and a stumble during her transition left her second-from-last before she fought back to third in 11.00, a season's best that was enough to advance.[1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m) In the final she finished fifth in 10.94.[1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m) [Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce](https://www.edgepedia.org/shelly-ann-fraser-pryce), 38, finished sixth in 11.03 in what was her last global championship race; she had won this title five times between 2009 and 2022, and her career brought 25 world and Olympic medals.[1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m) • [3](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/14/melissa-jefferson-wooden-womens-100m-final-gold-world-athletics-championships)
## The rounds before the final
Alfred laid down a marker in the heats with the fastest first-round time of 10.93, then won her semifinal despite slowing over the final 30 meters.[1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m) Jefferson-Wooden responded with the fastest semifinal time of 10.73, run with apparent ease.[1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m) Her previous personal best of 10.65 had come at the US trials, so the final lowered her best by 0.19 seconds in a single race after an injury-plagued 2024.[1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m) • [3](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/14/melissa-jefferson-wooden-womens-100m-final-gold-world-athletics-championships)
## The champion's season
Jefferson-Wooden, 24, was an Olympic bronze medallist in the 100 meters in Paris in 2024 and had previously been part of the United States' world 4x100m relay titles in 2022 and 2023.[1](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m) • [6](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2025/09/14/oblique-seville-et-melissa-jefferson-wooden-en-or-sur-100-m-un-partout-entre-la-jamaique-et-les-etats-unis-pour-la-suprematie-sur-le-sprint-mondial_6641176_3242.html) In 2025 she put together a perfect season of 12 consecutive victories over 100 meters.[7](https://worldathletics.org/news/series/2025-review-sprints) Riding that momentum, she completed the sprint double in Tokyo four days later, winning the 200 meters in a world-leading 21.68 in the absence of the injured Olympic champion [Gabby Thomas](https://www.edgepedia.org/gabby-thomas).[7](https://worldathletics.org/news/series/2025-review-sprints) Asked after the 100m final whether she might one day chase the world record of 10.49 held by Florence Griffith-Joyner, she did not rule it out, saying Griffith-Joyner "has put a number out there that's definitely worth chasing."[3](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/14/melissa-jefferson-wooden-womens-100m-final-gold-world-athletics-championships)
## Historical context
Before Tokyo 2025, only four nations had won the women's 100m title at the World Championships: the United States (9 titles), Jamaica (6), East Germany and Germany (3), and Ukraine (1).[8](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025-7190593/news/series/world-championships-tokyo-25-facts-figures-women-100m) Jamaica had won six of the nine previous editions, five of them through Fraser-Pryce, while the defending champion in Tokyo was the American Richardson.[6](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2025/09/14/oblique-seville-et-melissa-jefferson-wooden-en-or-sur-100-m-un-partout-entre-la-jamaique-et-les-etats-unis-pour-la-suprematie-sur-le-sprint-mondial_6641176_3242.html) Jefferson-Wooden succeeded a line of American champions that included Richardson (2023), Torie Bowie (2017), and [Carmelita Jeter](https://www.edgepedia.org/carmelita-jeter) (2011).[6](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2025/09/14/oblique-seville-et-melissa-jefferson-wooden-en-or-sur-100-m-un-partout-entre-la-jamaique-et-les-etats-unis-pour-la-suprematie-sur-le-sprint-mondial_6641176_3242.html)
The 2023 final in Budapest had been the first nine-woman final in championship history, after Ewa Swoboda of Poland and Dina Asher-Smith of Britain were given identical times in the semifinals; the Tokyo final reverted to the standard eight lanes.[8](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025-7190593/news/series/world-championships-tokyo-25-facts-figures-women-100m)
## References
1. [Jefferson-Wooden breaks championship record to win 100m in Tokyo, World Athletics (14 Sep 2025)](https://worldathletics.org/women-in-athletics/news/world-championships-tokyo-25-report-womens-100m)
2. [World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025, 100m Women Round 1 phase summary (official results PDF)](https://worldathletics.org/download/competition?filename=AT-100-W-h----.RS4.pdf&path=%5Cpdf%5C7190593%5C&updatedOn=09%2F13%2F2025+10%3A40%3A37&urlslug=Phase+Summary)
3. [Melissa Jefferson-Wooden surges to gold and place among fastest women, The Guardian (14 Sep 2025)](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/sep/14/melissa-jefferson-wooden-womens-100m-final-gold-world-athletics-championships)
4. [wch tokyo 25 facts and figures - day two | news | tokyo 25 | world athletics championships](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025-7190593/news/series/day-two-or-facts-and-figures-world-championships-tokyo-25)
5. [Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Oblique Seville win 100m titles, BBC Sport](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/cp8jk5gg7ezo)
6. [Oblique Seville et Melissa Jefferson-Wooden en or sur 100 m, Le Monde (14 Sep 2025)](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2025/09/14/oblique-seville-et-melissa-jefferson-wooden-en-or-sur-100-m-un-partout-entre-la-jamaique-et-les-etats-unis-pour-la-suprematie-sur-le-sprint-mondial_6641176_3242.html)
7. [2025 review: sprints, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/news/series/2025-review-sprints)
8. [WCH Tokyo 25 facts and figures: women's 100m, World Athletics](https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-tokyo-2025-7190593/news/series/world-championships-tokyo-25-facts-figures-women-100m)
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