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Olympic Events in Athletics - 110 metres Hurdles (Men's)

110 metres Hurdles (Men's)

First Gold Medalist
USA Tom Curtis

Games: 29 games in 20 countries
First Held: 1896 Summer Games
Last Held: 2016 Summer Games

Participants: 684 from 118 countries
Top Athlete Medalist(s): 12 athletes with 2 medals
Top Country Medalist(s): USA United States (57 medals)

The sprint hurdles at the Summer Olympics have been contested over a variety of distances at the multi-sport event. The men's 110 metres hurdles has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first edition in 1896. A men's 200 metres hurdles was also briefly held, from 1900 to 1904. The first women's sprint hurdling event was added to the programme at the 1932 Olympics in the form of the 80 metres hurdles. At the 1972 Games the women's distance was extended to the 100 metres hurdles, which is the current international standard.

The Olympic records are 12.91 seconds for the men's 110 m hurdles, set by Liu Xiang in 2004, and 12.35 seconds for the women's 100 m hurdles, set by Sally Pearson in 2012. The fastest time recorded at the Olympics for the men's 200 m hurdles was 24.6 seconds by 1904 winner Harry Hillman. Maureen Caird won the last women's Olympic 80 m hurdles race in 1968 with a record of 10.39 seconds. The men's 110 m hurdles world record has been broken at the Olympics on six occasions: 1908, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1972 and 2004. The women's 100 m hurdles world record has been broken only once, by Annelie Ehrhardt at the inaugural 1972 Olympic final. In contrast the 80 m hurdles world record was set at the Olympics in 1932 (four times), 1936, and 1952 (twice)
 
Overview
Sport Athletics
Gender Men
Years held Men 110 m: 1896 – 2016
Olympic record
Men 12.91 Liu Xiang (2004)
Reigning champion
Men  Omar McLeod (JAM)

Only three athletes have won two Olympic sprint hurdles gold medals: on the men's side, Lee Calhoun and Roger Kingdom, and on the women's side Shirley Strickland. Strickland is also the only athlete to win three such Olympic medals, having won a bronze medal before her victories. Alvin Kraenzlein is the only athlete to have won two hurdles medals at the same Olympics, having taken the 110 m and 200 m titles. Historically, hurdlers also competed in other individual sprinting events (Harrison Dillard and Fanny Blankers-Koen were also 100 metres Olympic champions), but this became rare after the 1950s.

The United States has dominated the men's event: with 19 gold medals and 56 medals in total, the nation won over half the available medals in the history of the competition. The United States has swept the medals on eight occasions and an American man has been on the podium every edition except the 1980 Moscow Olympics, which it boycotted. Though less dominant in the women's events, it shares the most number of women's gold medals with Australia, having four each.

110 Meter Hurdle For Men at Olympics

110 meter Hurdle for Men at Olympics: The hurdling events are the running events which involve running over hurdles set on the track. The 110 meter hurdle race for men is the standard sprint hurdle held in the international competitions.

 
The hurdle races are generally held only in the Olympics. The event is also known as the high hurdle race.

In the 110 meter hurdle event, ten hurdles are placed along the track. The standard height of the hurdles used in the men's event is 1.067 meter or 3 ½ feet. The distance between the starting point and the first hurdle is 13.72 meter. For the next nine hurdles, there is a gap of 9.14 meters between two consecutive hurdles. The finishing line is 14.02 meter away from the last hurdle. The hurdles are set in such a manner that, if any runner comes into contact with them during the race, the hurdles will fall over. If the hurdles are knocked down unintentionally, that is not counted as an offence.

The 110 meter hurdle event is very technical race to win. The event demands excellent speed along with fine technique on the part of the athletes. A fully skilled hurdler seems to be running through the hurdles. Their jumps over the hurdles looks as if they are running with their body lifted in the air for a little longer time. Generally, the hurdlers use their same lead leg while going over each hurdle.

110 meter Hurdle for Men in Summer Olympics: The 110 meter hurdle event for men was introduced to the Olympic competition in the 1896 Athens Summer Games. Since then, the event has been contested regularly at every Summer Games. American athletes have been dominating the event throughout the history of the event.

Rules for 110 meter Hurdle for Men at Olympics: The International Association of Athletics Federations or IAAF has set rules to be followed in the track and field athletics competitions at the international level. The rules relevant for the 110 meter hurdle event at the international competitions are-

  • The hurdles are generally made of metal. Wood is used to make the top bar of the hurdle.
  • The hurdles are adjustable in different height for different events.
  • The length and width of each hurdle is determined by the IAAF. The top bar of each hurdle is painted white and black in color.
  • Runners are not allowed to leave or change their respective lanes.
  • An athlete is disqualified from the competition if he knocks down the hurdles intentionally. However, if the hurdles are overturned accidentally, then that is not considered to be punishable.
  • An athlete cannot obstruct his competitors' way during the race. If found, an athlete can be disqualified from the competition. A re-run of the event can also be arranged.
  • If an athlete steps out of the track during the race, he is not allowed to join his competitors.
  • The athlete not finishing the race is not given any credit.
  • Only the automatic timing device approved by the IAAF can be used for measuring the time during the races.

Medal Winners in the 110 meter Hurdle for Men: The American athletes have been leading the domain of the 110 meter hurdle event since the time it was included in the Olympic schedule. Liu Xiang, Anier Garcia, Allen Johnson, Mark McKoy, Roger Kingdom, Thomas Munkelt, Guy Drut, Rodney Milburn, Willie Davenport, Hayes Jones, Lee Calhoun, Harrison Dillard, William Porter, Forrest Towns, George Saling, Sydney Atkinson, Daniel Kinsey, Earl Thomson, Frederick Kelly, Forrest Smithson, Robert Leavitt, Frederick Schule, Alvin Kraenzlein and Thomas Curtis are some leading athletes who has won medals in the 110 meter hurdle event.

Trivia: In the 1896 Athens Summer Games, the final in the 110 meter event was held between only two athletes. The other two competitors, who had qualified for the final backed out from the competition.

Lee Calhoun and Roger Kingdom of the United States of America are the only athletes to win the Olympic title in the 110 meter hurdle event more than once.

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Olympic history: Men’s 110m hurdles

A look back at the men’s 110m hurdles as Steve Smythe reflects on the history of events at the Olympics

This looks like being an open event in Rio and there are some doubts as to who might be there as surprise world champion Sergey Shubenkov’s appearance depends on the IAAF’s decision on the Russian doping scandal. Knowing which three Americans will be in Brazil isn’t easy either.

The most competitive race of the year may well be at the US Olympic trials – six athletes ran 13.25 or faster in 2015. Defending champion Aries Merritt is recovering from a kidney operation but pre op showed he was in form with a third place finish in Beijing.

The 2013 world champion David Oliver was the fastest American in 2015 with four marks at 13.08 or faster but lacks consistency in major events.

Aleec Harris, former world champion and Olympic bronze medallist Jason Richardson and Ronnie Ash look the other most likely challengers based on 2015 form.

Jamaica should also have a strong team headed by Olympic and world silver medallist Hansle Parchment and 12.97 performer Omer McCleod.

Cuban world leader Orlando Ortega and France’s enigmatic Pascal Martinot-Lagarde look the best of the rest.

Britain could well provide a finalist through either Andy Pozzi, Will Sharman or 2012 fourth-placer Lawrence Clarke or possibly even European under-23 champion David Omoregie.

1896-2012

The inaugural Olympic final in Athens in 1896 had just two starters. American Thomas Curtis took the lead after the final hurdle to edge victory in 17.6. One of the original finalists decided to focus on the pole vault and another to assist a marathoner which was at the same time!

American domination continued as they won the next five Olympics, the best of which was a clean sweep of the medals in London in 1908 led by Forest Smithson’s world record in 15.0. USA had all four finalists in London and had five of the six finalists in Stockholm in 1912.

Post World War I in Antwerp in 1920 saw the first non-American win though Earl Thomson had lived in California since the age of eight. He won gold for his country of birth Canada in what was recognised as a world record 14.8, though he had run a superior time of 14.4 for the very slightly shorter 120 yards.

In Paris in 1924, Sydney Atkinson should have won but clipped the last hurdle and was pipped by American Dan Kinsey.

Four years later in Amsterdam, Atkinson’s South African team-mate George Weightman-Smith set a 14.6 world record in the semi-finals but could only finish fifth in the final as Atkinson made up for his loss with a narrow win in 14.8.

USA was back in command in Los Angeles in 1932. George Sailing won in 14.6 after a 14.4 semi-final. They also won  in 1936 in Berlin as Forest Towns won in a time of 14.2 after equalling his own world record of 14.1 in his semi-final.

After the war, American dominance was maintained. They won the next seven finals.

William Porter got the Olympic record below 14 seconds with a 13.9 world record in London in 1948 as America took the medals. World record-holder Harrison Dillard went out in the US hurdles trials but he did win the Olympic 100m before returning four years later to win gold in Helsinki in 13.7 but was helped by his main  rival Jack Davis hitting the ninth hurdle and the pair shared an Olympic record 13.5.

In Melbourne in 1956, Davis again shared the Olympic record and the winning time but this time his 13.5 fell short of team-mate Lee Calhoun. Calhoun also won in Rome in 1960.

Hayes Jones was third in Italy but he won gold in Tokyo in the fastest electrical time yet of 13.67. After four clean sweeps in the last four Games, this was only a USA one-two as US trial winner Willie Davenport injured himself in the semi-finals.

Davenport was fully fit in Mexico City in 1968 and won in a fast 13.33 which at the time was given as 13.3 and equaling Ervin Hall’s semi-final time. Hall finished second.

Davenport finished fourth in 1972 in Munich as Rod Milburn powered to a world record equaling 13.2 (13.24 electrical).

France’s Guy Drut finished a metre back in second and in Montreal in 1976 he became the first non-English speaking winner. In his fourth Olympics, Davenport finished third and also competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics.

There were no Americans in Moscow in 1980 due to the boycott over the Russian invasion of Afghanistan which almost certainly cost world record-holder Renaldo Nehemiah the gold medal and a US clean- sweep. In their absence East Germany’s Thomas Munkelt won gold in the slowest time since 1964.

Americans were back but East Germany were absent in Los Angeles in 1984. Roger Kingdom surprised inaugural World champion Greg Foster and won in an Olympic record 13.20 to Foster’s 13.23.

Kingdom was the favourite in 1988 in Seoul after dominating his event that year and took gold with the biggest margin in 68 years as he reduced the Olympic record to below 13 seconds with victory in 12.98.

Mark McKoy had finished fourth in 1984 and seventh in 1988 and fled Seoul after Ben Johnson failed a drugs test, fearing testing having admitted to drugs use himself. He was actually banned by the Canadian authorities for two years for not being available for the relay team there. He trained in Britain in 1991 and 1992 with British hope Colin Jackson and ultimately won comfortably in Barcelona.

In 1996 in Atlanta, world champion Allen Johnson reduced the Olympic record to 12.95 despite knocking down eight hurdles.

Johnson was favourite to defend in Sydney but knocked down all ten hurdles to finish fourth as gold decisively went to Anier Garcia in exactly 13.00.

USA also lost out on gold in both 2004 (see memorable Olympics below) and 2008.

In the latter Games, Dayron Robles, who had set a world record of 12.87 earlier in the year, won Olympic gold in 12.93.

There was a similar time in London in 2012 with Aries Merritt winning comfortably in 12.92 to give USA their 20th gold medal as Robles pulled up injured. Merritt set a still-standing world record of 12.80 shortly after the Games.

Most memorable Olympic 110m hurdles: Athens 2004

Liu Xiang first came to global prominence with a third place in the 2003 World Championships.

Defending champion and four-time world champion Allen Johnson was eliminated in the quarter finals when falling.

After a 13.06 semi final win many thought Ladji Doucoure looked favourite but in the final it was Liu and American Terrence Trammell who were clear leaders. After halfway, Liu went well clear and pulled away to win easily by almost three metres. He was shocked to see it was not only a still standing Olympic record but he also equalled Jackson’s world record with a 12.91 clocking.

He became China’s first ever Olympic track gold medallist. In 2006 Liu improved the world record to 12.88 in Lausanne and won the 2007 world title. Under huge pressure in Beijing in 2008 as China’s biggest star he succumbed to injury.

In Athens Trammell finished second for the second Games after Doucoure, who had passed him clattered the last two hurdles and finished a tailed off last. Doucoure did go on to win the 2005 world title.

Medal summary

Men's 110 metres hurdles

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1896 Athens Thomas Curtis
 United States
Grantley Goulding
 Great Britain
none awarded
1900 Paris Alvin Kraenzlein
 United States
John McLean
 United States
Fred Moloney
 United States
1904 St. Louis Frederick Schule
 United States
Thaddeus Shideler
 United States
Lesley Ashburner
 United States
1908 London Forrest Smithson
 United States
John Garrels
 United States
Arthur Shaw
 United States
1912 Stockholm Fred Kelly
 United States
James Wendell
 United States
Martin Hawkins
 United States
1920 Antwerp Earl Thomson
 Canada
Harold Barron
 United States
Feg Murray
 United States
1924 Paris Daniel Kinsey
 United States
Sid Atkinson
 South Africa
Sten Pettersson
 Sweden
1928 Amsterdam Sid Atkinson
 South Africa
Steve Anderson
 United States
John Collier
 United States
1932 Los Angeles George Saling
 United States
Percy Beard
 United States
Don Finlay
 Great Britain
1936 Berlin Forrest Towns
 United States
Don Finlay
 Great Britain
Fritz Pollard
 United States
1948 London William Porter
 United States
Clyde Scott
 United States
Craig Dixon
 United States
1952 Helsinki Harrison Dillard
 United States
Jack Davis
 United States
Arthur Barnard
 United States
1956 Melbourne Lee Calhoun
 United States
Jack Davis
 United States
Joel Shankle
 United States
1960 Rome Lee Calhoun
 United States
Willie May
 United States
Hayes Jones
 United States
1964 Tokyo Hayes Jones
 United States
Blaine Lindgren
 United States
Anatoly Mikhailov
 Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City Willie Davenport
 United States
Ervin Hall
 United States
Eddy Ottoz
 Italy
1972 Munich Rod Milburn
 United States
Guy Drut
 France
Thomas Hill
 United States
1976 Montreal Guy Drut
 France
Alejandro Casañas
 Cuba
Willie Davenport
 United States
1980 Moscow Thomas Munkelt
 East Germany
Alejandro Casañas
 Cuba
Aleksandr Puchkov
 Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles Roger Kingdom
 United States
Greg Foster
 United States
Arto Bryggare
 Finland
1988 Seoul Roger Kingdom
 United States
Colin Jackson
 Great Britain
Tonie Campbell
 United States
1992 Barcelona Mark McKoy
 Canada
Tony Dees
 United States
Jack Pierce
 United States
1996 Atlanta Allen Johnson
 United States
Mark Crear
 United States
Florian Schwarthoff
 Germany
2000 Sydney Anier García
 Cuba
Terrence Trammell
 United States
Mark Crear
 United States
2004 Athens Liu Xiang
 China
Terrence Trammell
 United States
Anier García
 Cuba
2008 Beijing Dayron Robles
 Cuba
David Payne
 United States
David Oliver
 United States
2012 London Aries Merritt
 United States
Jason Richardson
 United States
Hansle Parchment
 Jamaica
2016 Rio Omar McLeod
 Jamaica
Orlando Ortega
 Spain
Dimitri Bascou
 France

Multiple medalists

RankAthleteNationOlympicsGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Lee Calhoun  United States (USA) 1952–1956 2 0 0 2
Roger Kingdom  United States (USA) 1984–1988 2 0 0 2
3 Sydney Atkinson  South Africa (RSA) 1924–1928 1 1 0 2
Guy Drut  France (FRA) 1972–1976 1 1 0 2
5 Hayes Jones  United States (USA) 1960–1964 1 0 1 2
Willie Davenport  United States (USA) 1968–1976 1 0 1 2
Anier Garcia  Cuba (CUB) 2000–2004 1 0 1 2
8 Jack Davis  United States (USA) 1952–1956 0 2 0 2
Alejandro Casanas  Cuba (CUB) 1976–1980 0 2 0 2
Terrence Trammell  United States (USA) 2000–2004 0 2 0 2
11 Don Finlay  Great Britain (GBR) 1932–1936 0 1 1 2
Mark Crear  United States (USA) 1996–2000 0 1 1 2

Medals by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA) 19 20 17 56
2  Cuba (CUB) 2 2 1 5
3  Canada (CAN) 2 0 0 2
4  France (FRA) 1 1 0 2
 South Africa (RSA) 1 1 0 2
6  Jamaica (JAM) 1 0 1 2
7  China (CHN) 1 0 0 1
 East Germany (GDR) 1 0 0 1
9  Great Britain (GBR) 0 3 1 4
10  Soviet Union (URS) 0 0 2 2
11  Finland (FIN) 0 0 1 1
 Germany (GER) 0 0 1 1
 Italy (ITA) 0 0 1 1
 Sweden (SWE) 0 0 1 1

Intercalated Games

The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.

At this event a men's 110 m hurdles race was held. For the top two finishers, American hurdler Robert Leavitt and British athlete Alfred Healey, this was the peak of their respective careers. Bronze medalist Vincent Duncker of Germany was the joint 100 metres world record holder at the time.

GamesGoldSilverBronze
1906 Athens  Robert Leavitt (USA)  Alfred Healey (GBR)  Vincent Duncker (GER)

110 metres Hurdles (Men's) History Year by Year (by IAAF) 1896-2012

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Athens, 7 Apr 1896
(Competitors: 9; Countries: 6; Finalists: 2)

Final

PlaceAthleteTime
1  Thomas Curtis (USA) 17.6 s
2  Grantley Goulding (GBR) 17.6 s
 William Hoyt (USA) DNS
 Frantz Reichel (FRA) DNS
The heats were won by Goulding in 18.4 from Alajos Szokolyi (HUN), and by Curtis (18.0) from William Hoyt (USA). The Slovak-born Hungarian (aka Alojz Szokol) didn’t appear for the final, and Hoyt decided to concentrate on the pole vault, which he won. Curtis started faster than Goulding and was quicker between the hurdles, but Goulding’s better technique over the very solid barriers got him to the 10th hurdle in the lead. Curtis’s speed told on the run-in, and he got to the line just under half a metre ahead.
Paris, 14 Jul 1900
(Competitors: 9; Countries: 3; Finalists: 5)

Final

PlaceAthleteTime
1  Alvin Kraenzlein (USA) 15.4 s WR
2  John McLean (USA) (15.5)
3  Frederick Moloney (USA) (15.6)
4  Jean Lécuyer (FRA) Unknown
 Norman Pritchard (IND) DNF
Kraenzlein improved the Olympic record to 15.6 in his heat – a world best over the metric distance. Behind him, Moloney (16.0e) and McLean (16.0e) were much quicker than Pritchard, winner of the other heat in 16.6. Lécuyer made the final without having to run, as his opposition didn’t turn up. Moloney and McLean then won repechage heats to qualify. McLean got a flying start in the final, and led by 4m at the first hurdle. However, Kraenzlein was the finest hurdler of his era, the first to use the single arm thrust technique used by all the modern top hurdlers, and the first to run over the hurdles rather than jump. He caught McLean by the eighth hurdle, and crossed the line 2.5m ahead. Again, it was a world’s best for 110m hurdles, though his best over the slightly shorter 120y (109.73m) was 15.2.
St. Louis, 3 Sep 1904
(Competitors: 6; Countries: 2; Finalists: 4)

Final

PlaceAthleteTime
1  Fred Schule (USA) 16.0
2  Thaddeus Shideler (USA) 16.3
3  Lesley Ashburner (USA) 16.4
4  Frank Castleman (USA)  
Schule, the 1903 US Champion, and Castleman, the 1904 US Champion won the heats in 16.2. In the final Schule and Shideler ran together for half the race, and then Schule drew away to win handily from Shideler, with Ashburner a metre in third place. The slow times were due to a headwind.
Athens, 1 May 1906
(Competitors: 15; Countries: 8; Finalists: 5)
1 (2) Robert Leavitt USA 16.2
2 (4) Alfred Healey GBR 16.2e
3 (3) Vincent Duncker RSA 16.3e
4 (1) Hugo Friend USA 16.4e
5 (5) Henri Molinié FRA  
Healey and Leavitt won their heats in 16.5, with Friend, the US Champion winning his heat in 16.5. Duncker, a South African who had trained in Germany and arrived in Athens with the German team, won the repechage heat in 17.4. Friend hit the first hurdle, and could not get back on terms with Leavitt and Healey, who raced neck and neck the whole way. Healey led at the last hurdle, but Leavitt got ahead by 30cm on the run-in.
London, 25 Jul 1908
(Competitors: 26; Countries: 11; Finalists: 4)

Final

Smithson pulled away from his countrymen at every set of hurdles to win by five meters and set a new world record.

PlaceNameNationTime
1 Forrest Smithson United States 15.0 seconds WR
2 John Garrels United States (15.7 seconds)
3 Arthur Shaw United States (15.8 seconds)
4 William Rand United States (16.0 seconds)
Smithson, Rand, Garrels and Alfred Healey (GBR) all ran 15.8 in their heats, the fastest of the 14 first round races. Shaw ran 15.6 in the first semi-final, and was followed by Smithson, who equalled the Olympic record. The third race saw Rand win the closest semi-final in 15.8 from Healey (15.9). The Briton was three tenths faster than Garrels who won the last semi-final in an eased-up 16.2. Smithson got a fine start in the final, and increased his lead on the grass course in the centre of the stadium throughout the race, winning by almost seven yards. Photos showing Smithson, a deeply religious man, carrying a bible while running over a hurdle, were taken after the race.
Stockholm, 12 Jul 1912
(Competitors: 21; Countries: 9; Finalists: 6)

Final

The final was held on Friday, July 12, 1912. Nicholson fell at the eighth hurdle, leaving Kelly to hold on and win by a narrow margin over Wendell.

PlaceAthleteTime
1  Fred Kelly (USA) 15.1
2  James Wendell (USA) 15.2
3  Martin Hawkins (USA) 15.3
4  John Case (USA) 15.3
5  Kenneth Powell (GBR) 15.5
 John Nicholson (USA) DNF
The first two in each heat qualified for the second round, and George Chisholm (USA) was the fastest man in round 1 with 15.3. Chisholm placed second in his second round race, and so missed the final, as Wendell got home 2m ahead in 15.5, after Gerard Anderson (GBR) led by 2m until falling at the eighth hurdle. Case and Nicholson were the fastest of the round with 15.4 clockings. The final got under way at the third time of asking, with Nicholson and Powell slowest away. By the eighth hurdle Nicholson had caught Wendell and Kelly, but fell at that barrier, leaving Kelly to get home first with his last few strides, missing the Olympic Record by just one tenth of a second.
Antwerp, 18 Aug 1920
(Competitors: 24; Countries: 15; Finalists: 6)

Final

The final was held on Wednesday, August 18, 1920.

PlaceAthleteTime
1  Earl Thomson (CAN) 14.8 WR
2  Harold Barron (USA) 15.1
3  Feg Murray (USA) 15.1
4  Harry Wilson (NZL) 15.2
5  Walker Smith (USA) 15.3
6  Carl-Axel Christiernsson (SWE) 15.3
Thomson had won the IC4A title in May in a world record 14.4, and was a clear favourite, but was beaten by Barron by 2m in 15.2 in the first round. The two men then won their semi-finals in 15.0, equalling the Olympic record. In the final Barron was drawn in lane 1 with Thomson in the outside lane. Thomson, using his double arm shift whereby both arms were thrust forward as he crossed the hurdle, was the first man to rise at the first obstacle, inches ahead of Wilson and Barron. He was threatened by the American for the first half of the race, and then the strength of the big (1.90/84Kg) Canadian began to tell. He won by just under 2m in a metric world record of 14.8, with Barron an equal distance clear of Murray and Wilson. Though a world record, this time was 0.4 seconds slower than his best over 120 yards (109.73m).
Paris, 9 Jul 1924
(Competitors: 28; Countries: 15; Finalists: 6)

Final

The final was held on Wednesday, July 9, 1924. George Guthrie finished third, but was disqualified for knocking over three hurdles, which was not in accordance with the rules in force at that time.

PlaceAthleteTime
1  Daniel Kinsey (USA) 15.0
2  Sydney Atkinson (RSA) 15.0
3  Sten Pettersson (SWE) 15.4
4  Carl-Axel Christiernsson (SWE) 15.5
5  Karl Anderson (USA)  
 George Guthrie (USA) DSQ
Atkinson was the fastest in the first round, winning the eighth and last heat in 15.2. He repeated that time in the semi-finals, though on this occasion was just beaten by Guthrie, who also ran 15.2. In the final Kinsey was leading at the first hurdle, just ahead of Atkinson and Anderson, with Guthrie just behind. These four were clear of their Swedish opposition approaching the last barrier, when Anderson fell after hitting the ninth hurdle hard. Kinsey was still just ahead of Atkinson and managed to stay 30cm ahead of the South African’s charge, though Atkinson was off balance from hitting the last hurdle. Guthrie was just behind these two, but subsequently disqualified (under the rules of the day) for knocking over three hurdles. A time of 15.9 credited to Anderson was clearly incorrect as photos show him still behind the last hurdle prostrate as the winner finished.
Amsterdam, 1 Aug 1928
(Competitors: 41; Countries: 24; Finalists: 6)

Final

RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes
1 Sydney Atkinson South Africa 14.8  
2 Steve Anderson United States 14.8  
3 John Collier United States 14.9  
4 Leighton Dye United States 14.9  
5 George Weightman-Smith South Africa 15.0  
6 Fred Gaby Great Britain 15.2  
Weightman-Smith was fastest in the first round with 14.8, while six others ran 15.0, and he was again quickest in the semis, this time running a world record 14.6. The first two heats saw Dye and Anderson clock 14.8, with Sweden’s teenager Eric Wennström just eliminated behind Gaby as both ran 14.9 behind Dye. Another Swede, former world record holder Sten Pettersson also missed the final by one place. Collier was fastest off the blocks in the final, with Atkinson just behind him. Atkinson and Anderson soon went clear of Collier, while Weightman-Smith was hindered by smacking a hurdle hard. In a desperately close finish Atkinson edged Anderson by less than six inches, with Dye a similarly slim margin clear of Weightman-Smith for fourth place.
Los Angeles, 3 Aug 1932
(Competitors: 17; Countries: 10; Finalists: 6)

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st George Saling United States 14.57  
2nd Percy Beard United States 14.69  
3rd Don Finlay Great Britain 14.74  
4 Jack Keller United States 14.81  
5 Lord Burghley Great Britain 14.83  
- Willi Welscher Germany   DQ
Beard (14.7), Finlay (14.8), Welscher (14.8) and Keller (14.9) were the heat winners, and Keller then won the first semi-final in 14.5, one tenth ahead of Lord Burghley and Finlay, while Saling equalled the world record of 14.4 ahead of Beard (14.6) in the other semi-final. The final got under way at 15:45 with Keller on the outside fastest away, Beard on the inside closed up on Keller, catching him when he hit the fifth hurdle. Beard caught the sixth barrier, and Saling went into the lead. Saling hit the 10th and stumbled, but was well in the lead by then and won by more than a metre from Beard. Finlay prevented a USA clean sweep, catching Keller with a driving finish. Welscher was disqualified for knocking over three hurdles, a harsh rule in view of the hindering effect of hitting the old fashioned barriers.
Berlin, 6 Aug 1936
(Competitors: 31; Countries: 20; Finalists: 6)

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st Forrest Towns United States 14.2  
2nd Don Finlay Great Britain 14.4  
3rd Fritz Pollard United States 14.4  
4 Håkan Lidman Sweden 14.4  
5 John Thornton Great Britain 14.7  
6 Larry O'Connor Canada 14.8
Towns, who had run 14.1 four times before the Games, and Fritz Pollard, the first world class black hurdler, were favourites for the gold and silver. Towns was fastest in both preliminary rounds, clocking 14.5 and then 14.1 to equal his world record. Lidman ran 14.5 behind Towns, a time emulated by Finlay in winning the other semi, just ahead of Pollard after the American had led for most of the race. In the final Pollard got a superb start and led Towns by half a metre at the second hurdle, which he hit. Towns caught him at the third hurdle, and went clear for good. Pollard was still second at the 10th hurdle, but hit it, and lost the silver to Finlay on the run-in, with Lidman inches behind in fourth place. Towns went on to run 13.7 three weeks later.
London, 4 Aug 1948
(Competitors: 28; Countries: 18; Finalists: 6)

Final

RankNameNationalityTime (hand)Notes
1st William Porter United States 13.9 OR
2nd Clyde Scott United States 14.1  
3rd Craig Dixon United States 14.1  
4 Alberto Triulzi Argentina 14.6  
5 Peter Gardner Australia 14.7 Est
6 Håkan Lidman Sweden 14.8 Est
Harrison Dillard was holder of the world record, but he fell in the US Trials, won by Bill Porter in an electrically-timed 13.90. The three selected Americans were clearly the class of the field, and Dixon (14.2) and Porter (14.3) were 0.3 faster than anyone else in the heats. The same differential remained in the semi-finals, as Dixon ran 14.2 ahead of Gardner’s 14.5, and was followed by Porter, edging Scott, 14.1 to 14.2, some 0.4 ahead of Triulzi. The biggest event in round 1 for the home crowd was the demise of Finlay. The British veteran, who first ran internationally in 1929, was leading in heat 5 by a metre when he fell at the final hurdle. In the final, the burly (1.83/82Kg) Scott was off the fastest and led until the third hurdle, when Dixon took over. He led until the eighth hurdle, when Porter surged past. Scott finished quickly, but Porter held on in a frenzied finish. The official winning margin of 0.2 was clearly incorrect, as less than one tenth of a second separated the first three men.
Helsinki, 24 Jul 1952
(Competitors: 30; Countries: 20; Finalists: 6)

Final

RankNameNationalityTime (automatic)Notes
1st Harrison Dillard United States 13.91 OR
2nd Jack Davis United States 14.00  
3rd Arthur Barnard United States 14.40  
4 Yevhen Bulanchyk Soviet Union 14.73  
5 Ken Doubleday Australia 14.82  
6 Ray Weinberg Australia 15.15
Dillard equalled Porter’s Olympic record of 13.9 in the first round, an auto-timed 14.01, with Davis clocking 14.0 (14.23) in his heat, almost four tenths quicker than the next best in the field. Dillard then won his semi-final in 14.0 (14.14) 3m ahead of Barnard – 14.2 (14.44). Davis won the other semi, easing up in 14.4 (14.62) after an atrocious start. Davis had a false start in the final, and while he ran well at the second attempt, he was a yard behind Dillard, a superb starter, by the first hurdle. Davis closed on Dillard, almost catching him, but Dillard was technically faultless. Davis’s rush was affected by hitting the seventh and ninth hurdles. Dillard won by three-quarters of a metre, looking entirely unruffled by the pressure he had been under, with Barnard 4m behind, well clear of Bulanchik for third.
Melbourne, 26 Nov 1956
(Competitors: 24; Countries: 15; Finalists: 6)

Final classification

RANKNAME ATHLETEHEATSEMIFINAL
Med 1.png  Lee Calhoun (USA) 14.1 14.0 13.5
Med 2.png  Jack Davis (USA) 14.0 14.0 13.5
Med 3.png  Joel Shankle (USA) 14.0 14.0 14.1
4.  Martin Lauer (EUA) 14.2 14.4 14.5
5.  Stanko Lorger (YUG) 14.6 14.6 14.5
6.  Boris Stolyarov (URS) 11.4 14.5 14.6
In 1952 Dillard and Davis had been in a different class from the opposition, and in Melbourne the superiority of the top two was even more emphatic. Davis ran an unratified 13.3y just before the Games, and had set a world record of 13.4 in the US Championships, but was only just favoured over Calhoun, with whom he had tied for first in the US Olympic Trials. The rivalry between the two men was bitter after Davis had stated that Calhoun was “a flash in the pan” and wouldn’t be able to go the distance outdoors. In the heats Davis and US third string Shankle ran 14.0, while Calhoun and the talented Lauer ran 14.1. All three Americans ran 14.0 in the semi-finals, with Lauer next fastest (14.4). Calhoun and Lorger were fastest off the blocks in the final, and by the second hurdle it was clearly a duel between the two star Americans. The margin scarcely varied from the 30cm Calhoun took at the start and Davis was never able to get closer. The two men flashed across the line in 13.70 and 13.73 respectively, remarkable running on a soft cinder surface into a strong headwind. Experts considered that on a good hard surface and with no wind, the time would have been three or four tenths faster.
Rome, 5 Sep 1960
(Competitors: 36; Countries: 21; Finalists: 6)

Final

wind = 0.1 m/s.

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st Lee Calhoun United States 13.98  
2nd Willie May United States 13.99  
3rd Hayes Jones United States 14.17  
4 Martin Lauer Germany 14.20  
5 Keith Gardner British West Indies 14.55  
6 Valentin Chistyakov Soviet Union 14.71  
Calhoun, who had equalled the Lauer’s world record of 13.2 two weeks earlier, was favourite, but May was fastest in the first two rounds, clocking 14.0 then 13.8. He was pushed by Anatoliy Mikhailov (URS) in the second round, the Russian running 13.9. Lauer also ran 13.9 in his heat. May won the first semi handily from Jones, 13.7 (13.87) to 14.1 (14.22). Calhoun had a similar victory over Lauer in the second semi 13.7 (13.87) to 14.0 (14.15), while Mikhailov failed to finish. As in 1956, Calhoun took a metre advantage by the first hurdle in the final, and his principal opponent then tried to cut away the deficit. May was perhaps six inches behind at the last hurdle and closed to within three inches as both lunged desperately for the tape, Calhoun falling past the line in his efforts. The battle for third was similarly close, with Jones beating Lauer off the last hurdle by 30cm. The slow time is explained by the strong crosswind, which hindered the balance of the runners.
Tokyo, 18 Oct 1964
(Competitors: 37; Countries: 24; Finalists: 8)

Final

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1 Hayes Jones United States 13.67
2 Blaine Lindgren United States 13.74
3 Anatoly Mikhailov Soviet Union 13.78
4 Eddy Ottoz Italy 13.84
5 Gurbachan Singh Randhawa India 14.09
6 Marcel Duriez France 14.09
7 Giovanni Cornacchia Italy 14.12
8 Giorgio Mazza Italy 14.17
The first round saw no-one run faster than 14.1. On the next day, in the wet and cold (14°C), Mikhailov won the first semi in 13.9w, with Willie Davenport the US Trials winner back in seventh, impeded by an injured thigh. Lindgren won the other semi-final, also in 13.9, with Jones easing through in 14.0, and Ottoz the slowest qualifier for the final with 14.1 (14.12). As in the three previous finals, the gold was won at the start. Jones, reputed to be the fastest starter in the world, was almost a metre clear at the first hurdle. Lindgren closed all the way, and was fractionally ahead coming off the last hurdle. But Jones’s speed (9.4 for 100y) was too much for Lindgren, who lost a little ground by leaning for the line too early. Behind him Mikhailov and Ottoz closed rapidly, with the Italian – for once without his trademark sunglasses – finishing fastest of all for fourth, a metre behind Lindgren. For Jones, it was the final outdoor race of his career.
Mexico City, 17 Oct 1968
(Competitors: 33; Countries: 24; Finalists: 8)

Final

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1st Willie Davenport United States 13.3  
2nd Ervin Hall United States 13.4  
3rd Eddy Ottoz Italy 13.4  
4 Leon Coleman United States 13.6  
5 Werner Trzmiel West Germany 13.6  
6 Bo Forssander Sweden 13.7  
7 Marcel Duriez France 13.7  
8 Pierre Schoebel France 14.0  
Ottoz equalled the Olympic record in the heats, running 13.5 – an Olympic best of 13.61 on electric timing. The three Americans – Davenport 13.6 (13.65), Hall 13.7 (13.75) and Coleman 13.7 (13.77) – were the next fastest. Taking advantage of a near-maximum legal wind (1.8), Hall ran a lifetime best of 13.3 (13.38) to smash the Olympic record, leading Ottoz – 13.5 (13.53) home in the first semi-final. In the other heat Davenport duplicated Ottoz’s time in windless conditions with Coleman right next to him in second with 13.5 (13.54). Davenport blasted the start in the final, and was never threatened, flowing to victory in 13.3, which on electric timing was 13.33, the fastest ever run. Behind him Hall and Coleman battled for second, with Ottoz in fourth after a dismal start. Coleman hit the sixth hurdle, and Ottoz went past. He gained on Hall all the way to the finish, losing silver by 30cm.
Munich, 7 Sep 1972
(Competitors: 39; Countries: 27; Finalists: 8)

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st Rod Milburn United States 13.24 WR
2nd Guy Drut France 13.34  
3rd Tom Hill United States 13.48  
4 Willie Davenport United States 13.50  
5 Frank Siebeck East Germany 13.71  
6 Leszek Wodzyński Poland 13.72  
7 Lubomír Nádeníček Czechoslovakia 13.76  
8 Petr Čech Czechoslovakia 13.86  
Milburn and Hill were the fastest in the heats with 13.57 and 13.62, and confirmed their form with semi-final wins of 13.44 and 13.47 respectively. Hill displayed a dreadful start and great fluidity over the hurdles in edging Drut (13.49), while Milburn also came from behind in beating Siebeck (13.58). Milburn, the world record holder and favourite, shot out of the blocks in the final, and ripped to a 2m lead by the sixth hurdle, main- taining half of that lead to the tape, reached in a new world record time of 13.24. Behind him, Hill was second early on, but Drut caught him at the fourth barrier and the Frenchman showed a powerful finish in cutting back Milburn’s lead. Hill edged Davenport for third, though the reigning champion was in silver medal position until the eighth hurdle.
Montreal, 28 Jul 1976
(Competitors: 24; Countries: 17; Finalists: 8)

Final

  • Held on July 28, 1976
RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png  Guy Drut (FRA) 13.30
Med 2.png  Alejandro Casañas (CUB) 13.33
Med 3.png  Willie Davenport (USA) 13.38
4.  Charles W. Foster (USA) 13.41
5.  Thomas Munkelt (GDR) 13.44
6.  James Owens (USA) 13.73
7.  Vyacheslav Kulebyakin (URS) 13.93
8.  Viktor Myasnikov (URS) 13.94
With five to qualify from each of the three first round heats, there was little pressure on the favourites. Drut (14.04) eased through his race, while Foster ran the fastest of the day with 13.68. After Foster won the first semi-final in 13.45 from Munkelt (13.48), Casañas then ran 13.34, well clear of Drut (13.49) and Davenport (13.55). Drut got an electrifying start in the final, and was slightly ahead of the rest, led by Davenport, by the first hurdle, with Casañas recovering from a poor start. The top five were all in with a chance of gold until the eighth hurdle, where Drut got away from Davenport, and Casañas went past Munkelt, then Foster, before catching Davenport at the 10th hurdle. Drut led by half a metre at the 10th, and held 30cm of that lead at the finish. France had expected Drut to win, and he performed brilliantly under that pressure, as did Davenport, competing in his fourth straight Olympics, a remarkable record.
Moscow, 27 Jul 1980
(Competitors: 23; Countries: 16; Finalists: 8)

Final

RankFinalTime
Med 1.png  Thomas Munkelt (GDR) 13.39
Med 2.png  Alejandro Casañas (CUB) 13.40
Med 3.png  Aleksandr Puchkov (URS) 13.44
4.  Andrey Prokofyev (URS) 13.49
5.  Jan Pusty (POL) 13.68
6.  Arto Bryggare (FIN) 13.76
7.  Javier Moracho (ESP) 13.78
8.  Yuriy Chervanyov (URS) 15.80
This was one of the worst hit events of the Moscow Games, as the world’s top two men – Greg Foster and world record holder Renaldo Nehemiah, who between them ran 14 of the 15 fastest times of 1980 – were missing because of the boycott. Casañas and Munkelt were the fastest in the first two rounds, with 13.46 and 13.55 in the heats, succeeded by 13.44 and 13.49 in the semi-finals. In the final Casañas led the field to the first hurdle, which he hit hard, and when he did the same at the second, Munkelt was in the lead. Casañas gained all the way from the third hurdle, and at the 10th was just behind, with Puchkov 20cm back, and Prokofyev fourth half a metre behind the East German. Puchkov hit the last hurdle so hard that it smashed, looking as fragile as balsa wood. The Russian bumped Munkelt and both lost ground to Casañas, who finished centimetres behind Munkelt, with Puchkov outleaning Prokofyev for third.
Los Angeles, 6 Aug 1984
(Competitors: 26; Countries: 17; Finalists: 8)

Final

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png  Roger Kingdom (USA) 13.20
Med 2.png  Greg Foster (USA) 13.23
Med 3.png  Arto Bryggare (FIN) 13.40
4.  Mark McKoy (CAN) 13.45
5.  Tonie Campbell (USA) 13.55
6.  Stéphane Caristan (FRA) 13.71
7.  Carlos Sala (ESP) 13.80
8.  Jeff Glass (CAN) 14.15
Foster, the World Champion and favourite, ran an Olympic record 13.24 in the first round, after Bryggare had impressed with 13.35 in the first heat. Kingdom then equalled Foster’s 13.24 in the first semi-final, and Foster himself again ran 13.24 to edge fast-starting Mark McKoy’s 13.30. The Canadian started fastest in the final, but hit the first hurdle, and Foster took the lead, with Bryggare third and Kingdom fourth. Despite hitting six hurdles, Kingdom gained all the way on Foster, and off the last hurdle was inches behind. Foster looked across from lane 1 to Kingdom out in lane 8, and lost the race to Kingdom’s closing charge. Behind them Bryggare held off McKoy, and Campbell hit five hurdles to preclude any possibility of a medal. Kingdom was unaware that he’d won until he saw the video replay, while Foster was characteristically philosophical about second place; “I don’t know if glancing across at Roger cost me the race … I’m happy it’s over.”
Seoul, 28 Sep 1988
(Competitors: 41; Countries: 31; Finalists: 8)

Final

RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png  Roger Kingdom (USA) 12.98(OR)
Med 2.png  Colin Jackson (GBR) 13.28
Med 3.png  Tonie Campbell (USA) 13.38
4.  Vladimir Shishkin (URS) 13.51
5.  Jonathan Ridgeon (GBR) 13.52
6.  Tony Jarrett (GBR) 13.54
7.  Mark McKoy (CAN) 13.61
8.  Arthur Blake (USA) 13.96
Campbell, an Olympian for the third time, was the fastest in the first round, running 13.45, but the favourite, Kingdom was biding his time. In the second round Kingdom clocked 13.17, the fastest quarter-final ever. Kingdom ran a toned down 13.37 in his semi-final, 0.15 ahead of Blake, while the other semi-final was won surprisingly by Shishkin in 13.46, just ahead of Campbell (13.47). In the final Blake got a superb start, too superb as it happened, as he reacted in 0.056 seconds, rather quicker than the 0.100 proscribed legal level. Blake and McKoy were three-quarters of a metre ahead of Kingdom at the first hurdle, but Blake quickly fell apart, and McKoy started hitting hurdles, with the result that Kingdom caught him at the fourth barrier. From that point on Kingdom was at least three hundreths faster between each hurdle than the rest of the field, and he powered through the finish a full three tenths ahead, the biggest margin of victory other than Smithson’s 1908 win. Only Nehemiah (12.93) and Kingdom himself (12.97A) had ever dipped below 13 seconds prior to Kingdom’s Olympic run. Jackson outran Campbell over the last four hurdles to take silver, while Shishkin won the race for fourth, just holding off the powerful closing rushes of Ridgeon and Jarrett.
Barcelona, 3 Aug 1992
(Competitors: 39; Countries: 27; Finalists: 8)

Final

  • Held on August 3, 1992
RANKFINALTIME
Med 1.png  Mark McKoy (CAN) 13.12
Med 2.png  Tony Dees (USA) 13.24
Med 3.png  Jack Pierce (USA) 13.26
4.  Tony Jarrett (GBR) 13.26
5.  Florian Schwarthoff (GER) 13.29
6.  Emilio Valle (CUB) 13.41
7.  Colin Jackson (GBR) 13.46
8.  Hugh Teape (GBR) 14.00
Jackson ran the fastest time of the Games – 13.10 – in winning the first heat, but injured his ribs in the next round, and was below par after that. His training partner, McKoy, was the second quickest in the first round with 13.26, and won his next race in 13.27. The following heat in round 2 was won by Pierce, who beat Jackson by four tenths in 13.17. Pierce (13.21) and McKoy (13.12) were the winners in the semi-finals, with the tall (2.01m) Schwarthoff impressive in the first heat with 13.23 ahead of Jarrett (13.29). Jackson was still able to run 13.19 behind McKoy. In the final, the Canadian rocketed off the blocks, leading to the first hurdle, and only smacked the last hurdle en route to his second 13.12 of the day. Dees held second throughout the race, although he was only 0.02 clear of Pierce and Jarrett at the finish.
Atlanta, 29 Jul 1996
(Competitors: 62; Countries: 39; Finalists: 8)

Final

RANKFINALTIMELANE
Med 1.png  Allen Johnson (USA) 12.95 6
Med 2.png  Mark Crear (USA) 13.09 8
Med 3.png  Florian Schwarthoff (GER) 13.17 3
4.  Colin Jackson (GBR) 13.19 5
5.  Emilio Valle (CUB) 13.20 7
6.  Eugene Swift (USA) 13.23 4
7.  Kyle Vander-Kuyp (AUS) 13.40 2
8.  Erik Batte (CUB) 13.43 1
Jackson (13.36) and Vander-Kuyp (13.32w) were the fastest in round 1. Crear ran the fastest ever quarter-final with 13.14. Two-time finalist Jarrett had a desperate time, falling after cramping and accidentally hindering Germany’s Eric Kaiser, which resulted in the Briton’s disqualification. Reigning champion McKoy, now running for Austria, went out with 13.64 in a heat won by Jackson in 13.33, while race favourite Johnson won the final heat in 13.27. Johnson returned the next day to win the first semi-final in 13.10, despite a sluggish reaction time (0.194), with Jackson (13.17) and Valle (13.18) impressive behind him. In the other semi, 13.26 was necessary to make the final, with Schwarthoff very impressive in running 13.13, while Crear duplicated Johnson’s reaction time and struggled to run 13.22 behind Swift (13.21). Crear matched Johnson in the final until the fourth hurdle, when the US Trials winner (in a US record 12.92) drew clear to win in 12.95. Crear finished a metre clear of Schwarthoff, Jackson and Valle.
Sydney, 25 Sep 2000
(Competitors: 44; Countries: 35; Finalists: 8)

Final

Heat 1 of 1
Date: Monday 25 September 2000
PlaceAthleteNationLaneReactionTimeRecord
1 Anier García Cuba 3 0.172 s 13.00 s NR
2 Terrence Trammell United States 4 0.221 s 13.22 s PB
3 Mark Crear United States 6 0.214 s 13.22 s  
4 Allen Johnson United States 5 0.182 s 13.23 s  
5 Colin Jackson Great Britain 1 0.139 s 13.28 s  
6 Florian Schwarthoff Germany 7 0.184 s 13.42 s  
7 Dudley Dorival Haiti 2 0.161 s 13.49 s  
8 Robert Kronberg Sweden 8 0.244 s 13.61 s  
Reigning champion Johnson and Anier García were the favourites, the only men under 13.10 prior to the Games. Dorival (13.33) and World Champion Jackson (13.28) were the fastest in the first two rounds. García was an easy winner of the first semi-final from Crear 13.16 to 13.23. Trammell won a close race in the other heat in 13.32 from Johnson (13.33) and Jackson (13.34). García was the smoothest in the final and won easily from Trammell, with both running lifetime bests. Crear repeated his solid semi-final, overtaking Johnson on the run-in for the bronze. Jackson – in his fourth consecutive final – hit too many barriers to have any medal chances.
Athens, 27 Aug 2004
(Competitors: 47; Countries: 34; Finalists: 8)

Final

Wind: +0.3 m/s

RankLaneNameNationalityReactionResultNotes
1st 4 Liu Xiang China 0.139 12.91 =WR
2nd 6 Terrence Trammell United States 0.154 13.18  
3rd 7 Anier García Cuba 0.169 13.20 SB
4 5 Maurice Wignall Jamaica 0.164 13.21  
5 2 Staņislavs Olijars Latvia 0.174 13.21  
6 1 Charles Allen Canada 0.139 13.48  
7 8 Matheus Inocêncio Brazil 0.169 13.49  
8 3 Ladji Doucouré France 0.204 13.76  
Conditions were perfect for the heats, with temperatures of 27° and with largely favourable following winds. Doucouré opened proceedings by setting a French record of 13.18. Reigning champion García was next quickest with 13.24. Doucouré (13.23) was again fastest in the first heat of the next round, but the big shock came in the second race, won by Olijar (13.26) ahead of Garcia (13.28), but which saw the demise of Allen Johnson. The favourite to regain the title won in 1996 hit three hurdles hard, finally falling at the ninth. In more than a decade of international hurdling Johnson had only once previously fallen. Wignall won the first semi-final ahead of Liu, 13.17 to 13.18, with Duane Ross (USA) eliminated despite running 13.30. Doucouré again improved in the other race with a magnificent 13.06, ahead of Trammell’s 13.17. Liu and Trammell led at the first hurdle in the final, with Doucouré lagging after a very slow reaction to the gun. Liu escaped from Trammell at the fourth hurdle, when the Chinese athlete’s cleaner hurdle clearances began to tell. García closed in on the American, and Doucouré’s quickness came to the fore, as he moved into second place by the eighth. The Frenchman hit the ninth, skewed the 10th and slipped to last place after losing his balance. Liu flowed onwards oblivious to the events behind him, and reached the line in the photo-cell time of 12.94, a time which was unusually amended to a world record equaling 12.91. Trammell won the battle for silver, and García edged Wignall and Olijar for bronze.
Beijing, 21 Aug 2008
(Competitors: 42; Countries: 32; Finalists: 8)

Final

RankLaneAthleteNationalityTimeNotesReact
1st 6 Dayron Robles Cuba 12.93   0.183
2nd 5 David Payne United States 13.17 SB 0.175
3rd 7 David Oliver United States 13.18 PB 0.158
4 8 Ladji Doucouré France 13.24   0.170
5 4 Artur Noga Poland 13.36   0.169
6 2 Maurice Wignall Jamaica 13.46   0.163
7 3 Richard Phillips Jamaica 13.60   0.154
8 9 Jackson Quiñónez Spain 13.69   0.187
The favourite was Robles, who in June had lowered the world record to 12.87. Reigning champion Liu Xiang and 12.95 performer Oliver were regarded as the most likely to beat the Cuban. The last two heats were dramatic as first Terrence Trammell – silver medallist in Atlanta and Athens – pulled out injured after one hurdle. Then in the final heat, Liu appeared incomfortable as he practised his starts. He was clearly nursing a foot injury, but settled down to race. After the first start there was a recall and after that point Liu withdrew, shocking the 91,000 crowd. His coach later appeared in tears on Chinese television which also showed behind-the-scenes coverage of Liu before the heat when he could be seen kicking a wall in frustration. Oliver (13.30) was the fastest in the first round, and the next day ran 13.16 in the last quarter-final, after Payne (13.24), Robles (13.19) and Wignall (13.36) had won the other heats. Robles looked very easy winning his semi-final in 13.13, ahead of Payne (13.21) and a resurging Doucouré (13.22), while Oliver won the other semi in 13.31 ahead of Poland’s rising star Noga (13.34). Robles had the winning of the final by the time he reached the first hurdle, taking just seven strides compared with eight by all the other finalists. He flowed majestically away from the field barely touching two of the hurdles, and won by 2½ metres. Payne was second from start to finish, and just held off the charge of Oliver.
London, 8 Aug 2012
(Competitors: 44; Countries: 29, Finalists: 8)

Final

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1st Aries Merritt United States 12.92 WL, PB
2nd Jason Richardson United States 13.04  
3rd Hansle Parchment Jamaica 13.12 NR
4 Lawrence Clarke Great Britain 13.39  
5 Ryan Brathwaite Barbados 13.40  
6 Orlando Ortega Cuba 13.43  
7 Lehann Fourie South Africa 13.53  
N/A Dayron Robles Cuba N/A DNF
Merritt had ducked under 13 seconds no less than five times prior to the Games, but lost to 2004 champion Liu Xiang 12.87w to 12.96 earlier in the season. The American was appreciably quicker than anyone else in the first round, but Liu hit the first hurdle hard and fell with a damaged Achilles. For the second successive Games, he failed to complete
one race. Merritt, whose emergence at high world class in 2012 was attributed to his conversion from eight to seven strides at the start of his race, zipped to the fastest ever semi-final time of 12.94. The other races in that round were taken by Richardson (13.13) and the sharp looking Robles (13.10) ahead of Parchment’s Jamaican record of 13.14. In the final Robles and Merritt were fastest away with the Cuban slightly ahead until the third hurdle, when Merritt took charge.
Richardson passed Robles at the fourth, but was never able to get close to Merritt, who won in 12.92, more than a metre ahead of Richardson and Parchment – the first Jamaican medallist in the event. Robles pulled up with a leg injury at the eighth hurdle and crossed the line in 42.86, but was disqualified for deliberately knocking over a hurdle.
Merritt’s performance capped a series of runs among the best ever seen in the event, with his fastest 10 races up to the Olympic final averaging
12.971.
Rio de Janeiro, 16 Aug 2016
(Competitors: 40; Countries: 27, Finalists: 8)

Final

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Omar McLeod  Jamaica 13.05  
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Orlando Ortega  Spain 13.17  
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Dimitri Bascou  France 13.24  
4 4 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde  France 13.29  
5 3 Devon Allen  United States 13.31  
6 2 Johnathan Cabral  Canada 13.40  
7 8 Milan Trajkovic  Cyprus 13.41  
9 Ronnie Ash  United States DQ R168.7
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The 2012 Olympic champion Aries Merritt did not return after failing at the American Olympic Trials primarily due to a congenital kidney issue diagnosed in 2013 and undergoing kidney transplant in 2015. Olympic medallists David Oliver and Jason Richardson also did not compete. With Sergey Shubenkov absent due to the Russian team's doping ban and an injury to Hansle Parchment, none of the 2012 Olympic or 2015 World Championships podium athletes was present. The top entrant was Omar McLeod, who held the season-leading time of 12.98 seconds and won 60 m hurdles gold at the 2016 World Indoor Championships. Devon Allen, an American college football player, was his nation's trials winner and ranked second globally on 13.03 seconds, just ahead of Cuban-Spaniard Orlando Ortega. France and the United States provided the next fastest entrants in Dimitri Bascou, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, Ronnie Ash and Jeff Porter.

The final started with all eight competitors reaching the first hurdle virtually at the same time. In the center of the track Omar McLeod touching down fractionally ahead of Dimitri Bascou and Pascal Martinot-Lagarde the two Frenchmen who sandwiched him and Milan Trajkovic in lane 8. Going into the second hurdle Bascou gained the fractional edge, but the three in the center of the track ran almost in synchronization for five hurdles, pulling away from the rest of the field. By the sixth hurdle, McLeod had again gained the fractional edge. McLeod continued smoothly but Martinot-Lagarde hit the sixth hurdle and Bascou was awkward going into the seventh hurdle giving McLeod the break away. Over the next two hurdles, McLeod extended his lead as Orlando Ortega and Ronnie Ash began to emerge ahead of the row of hurdlers across the track. Ash hit the ninth hurdle so badly when he arrived at the tenth hurdle he was short, his lead foot hitting the barrier at toe level, knocking the hurdle over and knocking Ash off balance, still in third place but falling. McLeod continued to finish with more than a metre lead over Ortega. Bascou had the lead over his teammate Martinot-Lagarde and American footballer Devon Allen. Ash took several awkward steps and somersaulted over the finish line in last, only to be disqualified for not properly clearing the hurdle.

The following evening the medals were presented by Richard Peterkin, IOC member, Saint Lucia and Bernard Amsalem, Council Member of the IAAF.

110 metres Hurdles (Men's) Progression of Olympic Record

  
Men                  
110 metres high hurdles
18,4   h1     Grantley Goulding   GBR Athens 1896
18   h2     Tom Curtis   USA Athens 1896
17,6   1     Tom Curtis   USA Athens 1896
15,6   h1     Alvin Kraenzlein   USA Paris 1900
15,4   1     Alvin Kraenzlein   USA Paris 1900
15,4   s2     Forrest Smithson   USA London 1908
15   1   WR Forrest Smithson   USA London 1908
15   s1     Hal Barron   USA Antwerp 1920
15   s2     Earl Thomson   CAN Antwerp 1920
14,8   1   WR Earl Thomson   CAN Antwerp 1920
14,8   h3   =WR George Weightman-Smith   RSA Amsterdam 1928
14,8   s1   =WR Leighton Dye   USA Amsterdam 1928
14,8   s2   =WR Steve Anderson   USA Amsterdam 1928
14,6   s3   WR George Weightman-Smith   RSA Amsterdam 1928
14,5 14,63 s1     Jack Keller   USA Los Angeles 1932
14,4 14,55 s2   =WR George Saling   USA Los Angeles 1932
14,1   s1   =WR Forrest Towns   USA Berlin 1936
14,1   s2     Bill Porter   USA London 1948
13,9   1     Bill Porter   USA London 1948
13,9 14,03 h1 <2.0   Harrison Dillard   USA Helsinki 1952
13,7 13,91 1 <2.0   Harrison Dillard   USA Helsinki 1952
13,7 14.00 2 <2.0   Jack Davis   USA Helsinki 1952
13,5 13.70 1 -1,9   Lee Calhoun   USA Melbourne 1956
13,5 [13.73] 2 -1,9   Jack Davis   USA Melbourne 1956
[13.6] 13,67 1 +2.0   Hayes Jones   USA Tokyo 1964
13.5A 13.61A h3 +1.7   Eddy Ottoz   ITA Mexico City 1968
13.3A 13.38A s1 +1.8   Erv Hall   USA Mexico City 1968
13.3A 13.33A 1 0   Willie Davenport   USA Mexico City 1968
  13,24 1 +0.3 WR Rod Milburn   USA Munich 1972
  13,24 h4 +1.7   Greg Foster   USA Los Angeles 1984
  13,24 s1 +0.7   Roger Kingdom   USA Los Angeles 1984
  13,24 s2 -1,1   Greg Foster   USA Los Angeles 1984
  13.20 1 -0,4   Roger Kingdom   USA Los Angeles 1984
  13,17 q2 +0.6   Roger Kingdom   USA Seoul 1988
  12,98 1 +1.5   Roger Kingdom   USA Seoul 1988
  12,95 1 +0.6   Allen Johnson   USA Atlanta 1996
  12,91 1 +0.3   Liu Xiang   CHN Athens 2004
Low-Altitude Progression
13,5 13.70 1 -1,9   Lee Calhoun   USA Melbourne 1956
13,5 [13.73] 2 -1,9   Jack Davis   USA Melbourne 1956
  13,47 s1 +1.3   Thomas Hill   USA Munich 1972
  13,44 s2 0   Rod Milburn   USA Munich 1972
  13,24 1 +0.3 WR Rod Milburn   USA Munich 1972
  13,24 h4 +1.7   Greg Foster   USA Los Angeles 1984
  13,24 s1 +0.7   Roger Kingdom   USA Los Angeles 1984
  13,24 s2 -1,1   Greg Foster   USA Los Angeles 1984
  13.20 1 -0,4   Roger Kingdom   USA Los Angeles 1984
  13,17 q2 +0.6   Roger Kingdom   USA Seoul 1988
  12,98 1 +1.5   Roger Kingdom   USA Seoul 1988
  12,95 1 +0.6   Allen Johnson   USA Atlanta 1996
  12,91 1 +0.3   Liu Xiang   CHN Athens 2004
Automatic Timing Progression
  14.80 h1   WRa Percy Beard   USA Los Angeles 1932
  14,63 s1   WRa Jack Keller   USA Los Angeles 1932
  14,55 s2   WRa George Saling   USA Los Angeles 1932
  14,03 h1 <2.0 WRa Harrison Dillard   USA Helsinki 1952
  13,91 1 <2.0 WRa Harrison Dillard   USA Helsinki 1952
  13.70 1 -1,9 WRa Lee Calhoun   USA Melbourne 1956
  13,67 1     Hayes Jones   USA Tokyo 1964
  13.65A h2 +1.0   Willie Davenport   USA Mexico City 1968
  13.61A h3 +1.7   Eddy Ottoz   ITA Mexico City 1968
  13.38A s1 +1.8 WRa Erv Hall   USA Mexico City 1968
  13.33A 1 0 WRa Willie Davenport   USA Mexico City 1968
  13,24 1 +0.3 WRa Rod Milburn   USA Munich 1972
  13,24 h4 +1.7   Greg Foster   USA Los Angeles 1984
  13,24 s1 +0.7   Roger Kingdom   USA Los Angeles 1984
  13,24 s2 -1,1   Greg Foster   USA Los Angeles 1984
  13.20 1 -0,4   Roger Kingdom   USA Los Angeles 1984
  13,17 q2 +0.6   Roger Kingdom   USA Seoul 1988
  12,98 1 +1.5   Roger Kingdom   USA Seoul 1988
  12,95 1 +0.6   Allen Johnson   USA Atlanta 1996
  12,91 1 +0.3   Liu Xiang   CHN Athens 2004
Low-Altitude Automatic Timing Progression
  13,67 1     Hayes Jones   USA Tokyo 1964
  13,47 s1 +1.3   Thomas Hill   USA Munich 1972
  13,44 s2 0   Rod Milburn   USA Munich 1972
  13,24 1 +0.3 WRa Rod Milburn   USA Munich 1972
  13,24 h4 +1.7   Greg Foster   USA Los Angeles 1984
  13,24 s1 +0.7   Roger Kingdom   USA Los Angeles 1984
  13,24 s2 -1,1   Greg Foster   USA Los Angeles 1984
  13.20 1 -0,4   Roger Kingdom   USA Los Angeles 1984
  13,17 q2 +0.6   Roger Kingdom   USA Seoul 1988
  12,98 1 +1.5   Roger Kingdom   USA Seoul 1988
  12,95 1 +0.6   Allen Johnson   USA Atlanta 1996
  12,91 1 +0.3   Liu Xiang   CHN Athens 2004

110 metres Hurdles (Men's) 200 All time Best Perfomances

  
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      110 m hurdles                  
1 12.91 0.3 Liu Xiang 13 Jul 1983 China CHN 1 Final Athens 26 August 2004
2 12.92 -0.3 Aries Merritt 24 Jul 1985 United States USA 1 Final London 8 August 2012
3 12.93 0.1 Dayron Robles 19 Nov 1986 Cuba CUB 1 Final Beijing 21 August 2008
4 12.94 0.1 Aries Merritt 24 Jul 1985 United States USA 1 Semifinal 2 London 8 August 2012
5 12.95 0.6 Allen Johnson 1 Mar 1971 United States USA 1 Final Atlanta 29 July 1996
6 12.98 1.5 Roger Kingdom 26 Aug 1962 United States USA 1 Final Seoul 26 September 1988
7 13.00 0.6 Anier García 9 Mar 1976 Cuba CUB 1 Final Sydney 25 September 2000
8 13.04 -0.3 Jason Richardson 4 Apr 1986 United States USA 2 Final London 8 August 2012
9 13.05 0.2 Omar McLeod 25 Apr 1994   JAM 1 Final Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
10 13.06 0 Ladji Doucouré 28 Mar 1983 France FRA 1 Semifinal 2 Athens 26 August 2004
11 13.07 0.7 Aries Merritt 24 Jul 1985 United States USA 1 Heat 5 London 7 August 2012
12 13.09 0.6 Mark Crear 2 Oct 1968 United States USA 2 Final Atlanta 29 July 1996
13 13.10 0.9 Colin Jackson 18 Feb 1967 Great Britain GBR 1 Heat 1 Barcelona 2 August 1992
14 13.10 0.5 Allen Johnson 1 Mar 1971 United States USA 1 Semifinal 1 Atlanta 29 July 1996
15 13.10 0.1 Dayron Robles 19 Nov 1986 Cuba CUB 1 Semifinal 3 London 8 August 2012
16 13.12 -0.8 Mark McKoy 10 Dec 1961 Canada CAN 1 Semifinal 2 Barcelona 3 August 1992
17 13.12 0.8 Mark McKoy 10 Dec 1961 Canada CAN 1 Final Barcelona 3 August 1992
18 13.12 -0.4 Dayron Robles 19 Nov 1986 Cuba CUB 1 Semifinal 1 Beijing 20 August 2008
19 13.12 -0.3 Hansle Parchment 17 Jun 1990 Jamaica JAM 3 Final London 8 August 2012
20 13.13 1.7 Florian Schwarthoff 7 May 1968 Germany GER 1 Semifinal 2 Atlanta 29 July 1996
21 13.13 -0.5 Jason Richardson 4 Apr 1986 United States USA 1 Semifinal 1 London 8 August 2012
22 13.14 1.1 Mark Crear 2 Oct 1968 United States USA 1 Heat 2 Atlanta 28 July 1996
23 13.14 0.1 Hansle Parchment 17 Jun 1990 Jamaica JAM 2 Semifinal 3 London 8 August 2012
24 13.15 -0.1 Omar McLeod 25 Apr 1994   JAM 1 Semifinal 2 Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
25 13.16 0.4 Anier García 9 Mar 1976 Cuba CUB 1 Semifinal 1 Sydney 25 September 2000
26 13.16 0.6 Terrence Trammell 23 Nov 1978 United States USA 2 Final Sydney 25 September 2000
27 13.16 0.1 David Oliver 24 Apr 1982 United States USA 1 Heat 4 Beijing 19 August 2008
28 13.17 0.6 Roger Kingdom 26 Aug 1962 United States USA 1 Heat 1 Seoul 25 September 1988
29 13.17 -0.6 Jack Pierce 23 Sep 1962 United States USA 1 Heat 2 Barcelona 2 August 1992
30 13.17 0.5 Colin Jackson 18 Feb 1967 Great Britain GBR 2 Semifinal 1 Atlanta 29 July 1996
31 13.17 0.6 Florian Schwarthoff 7 May 1968 Germany GER 3 Final Atlanta 29 July 1996
32 13.17 -0.1 Maurice Wignall 17 Apr 1976 Jamaica JAM 1 Semifinal 1 Athens 26 August 2004
33 13.17 0 Terrence Trammell 23 Nov 1978 United States USA 2 Semifinal 2 Athens 26 August 2004
34 13.17 0.1 David Payne 24 Jul 1982 United States USA 2 Final Beijing 21 August 2008
35 13.17 0.2 Orlando Ortega 29 Jul 1991   ESP 2 Final Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
36 13.18 0.5 Emilio Valle 21 Apr 1967 Cuba CUB 3 Semifinal 1 Atlanta 29 July 1996
37 13.18 -0.1 Liu Xiang 13 Jul 1983 China CHN 2 Semifinal 1 Athens 26 August 2004
38 13.18 0.3 Terrence Trammell 23 Nov 1978 United States USA 2 Final Athens 26 August 2004
39 13.18 1.5 Ladji Doucouré 28 Mar 1983 France FRA 1 Heat 1 Athens 24 August 2004
40 13.18 0.1 David Oliver 24 Apr 1982 United States USA 3 Final Beijing 21 August 2008
41 13.19 -0.8 Colin Jackson 18 Feb 1967 Great Britain GBR 2 Semifinal 2 Barcelona 3 August 1992
42 13.19 0.6 Colin Jackson 18 Feb 1967 Great Britain GBR 4 Final Atlanta 29 July 1996
43 13.19 0 Dayron Robles 19 Nov 1986 Cuba CUB 1 Heat 2 Beijing 19 August 2008
44 13.20 -0.4 Roger Kingdom 26 Aug 1962 United States USA 1 Final Los Angeles 6 August 1984
45 13.20 0.6 Emilio Valle 21 Apr 1967 Cuba CUB 5 Final Atlanta 29 July 1996
46 13.20 -0.1 Staņislav Olijar 22 Mar 1979 Latvia LAT 3 Semifinal 1 Athens 26 August 2004
47 13.20 0.3 Anier García 9 Mar 1976 Cuba CUB 3 Final Athens 26 August 2004
48 13.21 -0.4 Jack Pierce 23 Sep 1962 United States USA 1 Semifinal 1 Barcelona 3 August 1992
49 13.21 1.7 Eugene Swift 14 Sep 1964 United States USA 2 Semifinal 2 Atlanta 29 July 1996
50 13.21 0.3 Maurice Wignall 17 Apr 1976 Jamaica JAM 4 Final Athens 26 August 2004
51 13.21 0.3 Staņislav Olijar 22 Mar 1979 Latvia LAT 5 Final Athens 26 August 2004
52 13.21 -0.4 David Payne 24 Jul 1982 United States USA 2 Semifinal 1 Beijing 20 August 2008
53 13.22 1.7 Mark Crear 2 Oct 1968 United States USA 3 Semifinal 2 Atlanta 29 July 1996
54 13.22 0.6 Mark Crear 2 Oct 1968 United States USA 3 Final Sydney 25 September 2000
55 13.22 -0.4 Ladji Doucouré 28 Mar 1983 France FRA 3 Semifinal 1 Beijing 20 August 2008
56 13.23 -0.4 Greg Foster 4 Aug 1958 United States USA 2 Final Los Angeles 6 August 1984
57 13.23 -0.4 Florian Schwarthoff 7 May 1968 Germany GER 2 Semifinal 1 Barcelona 3 August 1992
58 13.23 0.6 Eugene Swift 14 Sep 1964 United States USA 6 Final Atlanta 29 July 1996
59 13.23 0.4 Mark Crear 2 Oct 1968 United States USA 2 Semifinal 1 Sydney 25 September 2000
60 13.23 0.6 Allen Johnson 1 Mar 1971 United States USA 4 Final Sydney 25 September 2000
61 13.23 -0.1 Charles Allen 29 Mar 1977 Canada CAN 4 Semifinal 1 Athens 26 August 2004
62 13.23 0.4 Ladji Doucouré 28 Mar 1983 France FRA 1 Heat 1 Athens 25 August 2004
63 13.23 0.1 Ryan Brathwaite 6 Jun 1988 Barbados BAR 2 Semifinal 2 London 8 August 2012
64 13.23 0.7 Ryan Brathwaite 6 Jun 1988 Barbados BAR 2 Heat 5 London 7 August 2012
65 13.23 0.3 Dimitri Bascou 20 Jul 1987   FRA 1 Semifinal 3 Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
66 13.24 0.3 Rod Milburn 18 May 1950 United States USA 1 Final Munich 7 September 1972
67 13.24 -1.1 Greg Foster 4 Aug 1958 United States USA 1 Semifinal 2 Los Angeles 6 August 1984
68 13.24 0.7 Roger Kingdom 26 Aug 1962 United States USA 1 Semifinal 1 Los Angeles 6 August 1984
69 13.24 1.7 Greg Foster 4 Aug 1958 United States USA 1 Heat 4 Los Angeles 5 August 1984
70 13.24 0.8 Tony Dees 6 Aug 1963 United States USA 2 Final Barcelona 3 August 1992
71 13.24 0.8 Anier García 9 Mar 1976 Cuba CUB 1 Heat 5 Athens 24 August 2004
72 13.24 0.1 David Payne 24 Jul 1982 United States USA 1 Heat 1 Beijing 19 August 2008
73 13.24 0.1 Ladji Doucouré 28 Mar 1983 France FRA 4 Final Beijing 21 August 2008
74 13.24 0.2 Dimitri Bascou 20 Jul 1987   FRA 3 Final Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
75 13.25 -0.1 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde 22 Sep 1991   FRA 2 Semifinal 2 Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
76 13.26 0.8 Jack Pierce 23 Sep 1962 United States USA 3 Final Barcelona 3 August 1992
77 13.26 0.8 Tony Jarrett 13 Aug 1968 Great Britain GBR 4 Final Barcelona 3 August 1992
78 13.26 1.8 Mark McKoy 10 Dec 1961 Canada CAN 1 Heat 4 Barcelona 2 August 1992
79 13.26 1.7 Erick Batte 10 Dec 1974 Cuba CUB 4 Semifinal 2 Atlanta 29 July 1996
80 13.26 0.2 Staņislav Olijar 22 Mar 1979 Latvia LAT 1 Heat 2 Athens 25 August 2004
81 13.26 0.8 Liu Xiang 13 Jul 1983 China CHN 1 Heat 3 Athens 25 August 2004
82 13.26 -0.5 Orlando Ortega 29 Jul 1991 Cuba CUB 2 Semifinal 1 London 8 August 2012
83 13.26 0.6 Sergey Shubenkov 4 Oct 1990 Russia RUS 1 Heat 1 London 7 August 2012
84 13.26 1.2 Orlando Ortega 29 Jul 1991 Cuba CUB 1 Heat 3 London 7 August 2012
85 13.27 -1.1 Mark McKoy 10 Dec 1961 Canada CAN 1 Heat 1 Barcelona 2 August 1992
86 13.27 0.1 Allen Johnson 1 Mar 1971 United States USA 1 Heat 4 Atlanta 28 July 1996
87 13.27 1.1 Florian Schwarthoff 7 May 1968 Germany GER 2 Heat 2 Atlanta 28 July 1996
88 13.27 0.3 Colin Jackson 18 Feb 1967 Great Britain GBR 1 Heat 4 Sydney 24 September 2000
89 13.27 1.3 Liu Xiang 13 Jul 1983 China CHN 1 Heat 3 Athens 24 August 2004
90 13.27 1.5 Staņislav Olijar 22 Mar 1979 Latvia LAT 2 Heat 1 Athens 24 August 2004
91 13.27 0.1 Omar McLeod 25 Apr 1994   JAM 1 Heat 1 Rio de Janeiro 15 August 2016
92 13.28 1.5 Colin Jackson 18 Feb 1967 Great Britain GBR 2 Final Seoul 26 September 1988
93 13.28 0.6 Colin Jackson 18 Feb 1967 Great Britain GBR 5 Final Sydney 25 September 2000
94 13.28 0.2 Anier García 9 Mar 1976 Cuba CUB 2 Heat 2 Athens 25 August 2004
95 13.28 0.1 Lehann Fourie 16 Feb 1987 South Africa RSA 3 Semifinal 3 London 8 August 2012
96 13.29 -0.4 Tony Jarrett 13 Aug 1968 Great Britain GBR 3 Semifinal 1 Barcelona 3 August 1992
97 13.29 0.8 Florian Schwarthoff 7 May 1968 Germany GER 5 Final Barcelona 3 August 1992
98 13.29 0.1 Emilio Valle 21 Apr 1967 Cuba CUB 2 Heat 4 Atlanta 28 July 1996
99 13.29 0.3 Terrence Trammell 23 Nov 1978 United States USA 2 Heat 4 Sydney 24 September 2000
100 13.29 0.8 Yoel Hernández 12 Dec 1977 Cuba CUB 2 Heat 3 Athens 25 August 2004
101 13.29 0.2 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde 22 Sep 1991   FRA 4 Final Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
102 13.30 0 Guy Drut 6 Dec 1950 France FRA 1 Final Montreal 28 July 1976
103 13.30 -1.1 Mark McKoy 10 Dec 1961 Canada CAN 2 Semifinal 2 Los Angeles 6 August 1984
104 13.30 0 Anier García 9 Mar 1976 Cuba CUB 3 Semifinal 2 Athens 26 August 2004
105 13.30 0.4 Charles Allen 29 Mar 1977 Canada CAN 2 Heat 1 Athens 25 August 2004
106 13.30 1.2 Maurice Wignall 17 Apr 1976 Jamaica JAM 1 Heat 6 Athens 24 August 2004
107 13.30 0.1 David Oliver 24 Apr 1982 United States USA 1 Heat 2 Beijing 18 August 2008
108 13.31 -1.1 Florian Schwarthoff 7 May 1968 Germany GER 2 Heat 1 Barcelona 2 August 1992
109 13.31 -0.8 Tony Dees 6 Aug 1963 United States USA 3 Semifinal 2 Barcelona 3 August 1992
110 13.31 -0.3 Tony Dees 6 Aug 1963 United States USA 1 Heat 3 Barcelona 2 August 1992
111 13.31 1.2 Tony Dees 6 Aug 1963 United States USA 1 Heat 5 Barcelona 2 August 1992
112 13.31 -0.4 David Oliver 24 Apr 1982 United States USA 1 Semifinal 2 Beijing 20 August 2008
113 13.31 -0.5 Lawrence Clarke 12 Mar 1990 Great Britain GBR 3 Semifinal 1 London 8 August 2012
114 13.31 1.4 Dimitri Bascou 20 Jul 1987   FRA 1 Heat 3 Rio de Janeiro 15 August 2016
115 13.31 -0.2 Ronnie Ash 2 Jul 1988   USA 1 Heat 5 Rio de Janeiro 15 August 2016
116 13.31 0.3 Milan Trajkovic 17 Mar 1992   CYP 2 Semifinal 3 Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
117 13.31 0.2 Devon Allen 12 Dec 1994   USA 5 Final Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
118 13.32 0.1 Terrence Trammell 23 Nov 1978 United States USA 1 Semifinal 2 Sydney 25 September 2000
119 13.32 1.2 Hansle Parchment 17 Jun 1990 Jamaica JAM 2 Heat 3 London 7 August 2012
120 13.32 0.5 Orlando Ortega 29 Jul 1991   ESP 1 Semifinal 1 Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
121 13.32 0.4 Orlando Ortega 29 Jul 1991   ESP 1 Heat 2 Rio de Janeiro 15 August 2016
122 13.33   Willie Davenport   1943 United States USA 1 Final Mexico 17 October 1968
123 13.33 0 Alejandro Casañas 29 Jan 1954 Cuba CUB 2 Final Montreal 28 July 1976
124 13.33 1.4 Colin Jackson 18 Feb 1967 Great Britain GBR 1 Heat 3 Atlanta 28 July 1996
125 13.33 0.1 Allen Johnson 1 Mar 1971 United States USA 2 Semifinal 2 Sydney 25 September 2000
126 13.33 0.4 Dudley Dorival 1 Sep 1975 Haiti HAI 1 Heat 2 Sydney 24 September 2000
127 13.33 0 Mateus Facho Inocêncio 17 May 1981 Brazil BRA 1 Heat 4 Athens 25 August 2004
128 13.33 0.1 Dayron Robles 19 Nov 1986 Cuba CUB 1 Heat 4 London 7 August 2012
129 13.33 0.8 Jason Richardson 4 Apr 1986 United States USA 1 Heat 2 London 7 August 2012
130 13.34 0.3 Guy Drut 6 Dec 1950 France FRA 2 Final Munich 7 September 1972
131 13.34 0 Alejandro Casañas 29 Jan 1954 Cuba CUB 1 Semifinal 2 Montreal 28 July 1976
132 13.34 0.1 Colin Jackson 18 Feb 1967 Great Britain GBR 3 Semifinal 2 Sydney 25 September 2000
133 13.34 0.3 Staņislav Olijar 22 Mar 1979 Latvia LAT 3 Heat 4 Sydney 24 September 2000
134 13.34 0 Mateus Facho Inocêncio 17 May 1981 Brazil BRA 4 Semifinal 2 Athens 26 August 2004
135 13.34 0.8 Terrence Trammell 23 Nov 1978 United States USA 3 Heat 3 Athens 25 August 2004
136 13.34 -0.4 Artur Noga 2 May 1988 Poland POL 2 Semifinal 2 Beijing 20 August 2008
137 13.34 0.1 Xie Wenjun 11 Jul 1990 China CHN 3 Semifinal 2 London 8 August 2012
138 13.35 0.2 Arto Bryggare 26 May 1958 Finland FIN 1 Heat 1 Los Angeles 5 August 1984
139 13.35 0.4 Dudley Dorival 1 Sep 1975 Haiti HAI 3 Semifinal 1 Sydney 25 September 2000
140 13.35 1.3 Charles Allen 29 Mar 1977 Canada CAN 2 Heat 3 Athens 24 August 2004
141 13.35 0.1 Emanuele Abate 8 Jul 1985 Italy ITA 4 Semifinal 3 London 8 August 2012
142 13.36 -0.1 Colin Jackson 18 Feb 1967 Great Britain GBR 1 Heat 4 Atlanta 28 July 1996
143 13.36 1.4 Sven Pieters 5 Jun 1976 Belgium BEL 2 Heat 3 Atlanta 28 July 1996
144 13.36 0 Maurice Wignall 17 Apr 1976 Jamaica JAM 1 Heat 3 Beijing 19 August 2008
145 13.36 0 Artur Noga 2 May 1988 Poland POL 2 Heat 2 Beijing 19 August 2008
146 13.36 0.1 Artur Noga 2 May 1988 Poland POL 5 Final Beijing 21 August 2008
147 13.36 0.5 Ronnie Ash 2 Jul 1988   USA 2 Semifinal 1 Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
148 13.36 -0.2 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde 22 Sep 1991   FRA 2 Heat 5 Rio de Janeiro 15 August 2016
149 13.36 -0.1 Devon Allen 12 Dec 1994   USA 3 Semifinal 2 Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
150 13.37 -0.7 Roger Kingdom 26 Aug 1962 United States USA 1 Semifinal 2 Seoul 26 September 1988
151 13.37 0.6 Colin Jackson 18 Feb 1967 Great Britain GBR 1 Heat 4 Seoul 25 September 1988
152 13.37 1.2 Eugene Swift 14 Sep 1964 United States USA 1 Heat 1 Atlanta 28 July 1996
153 13.37 -0.1 Yoel Hernández 12 Dec 1977 Cuba CUB 5 Semifinal 1 Athens 26 August 2004
154 13.37 0.2 Paulo Villar 28 Jul 1978 Colombia COL 1 Heat 3 Beijing 18 August 2008
155 13.38   Erv Hall   1947 United States USA 1 Semi-Finals Heat One Mexico 17 October 1968
156 13.38 0 Willie Davenport 8 Jun 1943 United States USA 3 Final Montreal 28 July 1976
157 13.38 1.5 Tonie Campbell 14 Jun 1960 United States USA 3 Final Seoul 26 September 1988
158 13.38 0.9 Tony Dees 6 Aug 1963 United States USA 1 Heat 2 Barcelona 2 August 1992
159 13.38 0.5 Kyle Vander-Kuyp 30 May 1971 Australia AUS 4 Semifinal 1 Atlanta 29 July 1996
160 13.38 -0.8 Colin Jackson 18 Feb 1967 Great Britain GBR 1 Heat 6 Sydney 24 September 2000
161 13.38 0.2 Ryan Brathwaite 6 Jun 1988 Barbados BAR 2 Heat 3 Beijing 18 August 2008
162 13.39 0.9 Thomas Munkelt 3 Aug 1952 East Germany GDR 1 Final Moscow 27 July 1980
163 13.39 0.2 Florian Schwarthoff 7 May 1968 Germany GER 1 Heat 2 Atlanta 28 July 1996
164 13.39 0.1 Florian Schwarthoff 7 May 1968 Germany GER 4 Semifinal 2 Sydney 25 September 2000
165 13.39 0.4 Robert Kronberg 15 Aug 1976 Sweden SWE 4 Semifinal 1 Sydney 25 September 2000
166 13.39 0 Dudley Dorival 1 Sep 1975 Haiti HAI 2 Heat 4 Athens 25 August 2004
167 13.39 0 Maurice Wignall 17 Apr 1976 Jamaica JAM 3 Heat 4 Athens 25 August 2004
168 13.39 0 Dudley Dorival 1 Sep 1975 Haiti HAI 5 Semifinal 2 Athens 26 August 2004
169 13.39 0.4 Robert Kronberg 15 Aug 1976 Sweden SWE 3 Heat 1 Athens 25 August 2004
170 13.39 1.2 Richard Phillips 26 Jan 1983 Jamaica JAM 2 Heat 6 Athens 24 August 2004
171 13.39 1.5 Satoru Tanigawa 5 Jul 1972 Japan JPN 3 Heat 1 Athens 24 August 2004
172 13.39 1.8 Dudley Dorival 1 Sep 1975 Haiti HAI 1 Heat 2 Athens 24 August 2004
173 13.39 0.1 Ladji Doucouré 28 Mar 1983 France FRA 2 Heat 4 Beijing 19 August 2008
174 13.39 0.3 Dayron Robles 19 Nov 1986 Cuba CUB 1 Heat 1 Beijing 18 August 2008
175 13.39 -0.3 Lawrence Clarke 12 Mar 1990 Great Britain GBR 4 Final London 8 August 2012
176 13.40 0.9 Alejandro Casañas 29 Jan 1954 Cuba CUB 2 Final Moscow 27 July 1980
177 13.40 -0.4 Arto Bryggare 26 May 1958 Finland FIN 3 Final Los Angeles 6 August 1984
178 13.40 0.8 Roger Kingdom 26 Aug 1962 United States USA 1 Heat 3 Seoul 25 September 1988
179 13.40 0.6 Kyle Vander-Kuyp 30 May 1971 Australia AUS 7 Final Atlanta 29 July 1996
180 13.40 0.3 Yoel Hernández 12 Dec 1977 Cuba CUB 4 Heat 4 Sydney 24 September 2000
181 13.40 -0.4 Jackson Quiñónez 12 Jun 1980 Spain ESP 3 Semifinal 2 Beijing 20 August 2008
182 13.40 -0.4 Maurice Wignall 17 Apr 1976 Jamaica JAM 4 Semifinal 2 Beijing 20 August 2008
183 13.40 -0.3 Ryan Brathwaite 6 Jun 1988 Barbados BAR 5 Final London 8 August 2012
184 13.40 0.6 Konstadínos Douvalídis 10 Mar 1987 Greece GRE 2 Heat 1 London 7 August 2012
185 13.40 0.2 Johnathan Cabral 31 Dec 1992   CAN 6 Final Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
186 13.41 0 Charles Foster 2 Jul 1953 United States USA 4 Final Montreal 28 July 1976
187 13.41 0.8 Emilio Valle 21 Apr 1967 Cuba CUB 6 Final Barcelona 3 August 1992
188 13.41 1.8 Herwig Röttl 30 Jan 1968 Austria AUT 2 Heat 4 Barcelona 2 August 1992
189 13.41 0.1 Yoel Hernández 12 Dec 1977 Cuba CUB 5 Semifinal 2 Sydney 25 September 2000
190 13.41 0.4 Shaun Bownes 24 Oct 1970 South Africa RSA 5 Semifinal 1 Sydney 25 September 2000
191 13.41 1.8 Yoel Hernández 12 Dec 1977 Cuba CUB 2 Heat 2 Athens 24 August 2004
192 13.41 0.1 Jackson Quiñónez 12 Jun 1980 Spain ESP 2 Heat 2 Beijing 18 August 2008
193 13.41 0.1 Petr Svoboda 10 Oct 1984 Czech Republic CZE 2 Heat 1 Beijing 19 August 2008
194 13.41 0.1 Jeff Porter 27 Nov 1985 United States USA 5 Semifinal 3 London 8 August 2012
195 13.41 0.1 Sergey Shubenkov 4 Oct 1990 Russia RUS 6 Semifinal 3 London 8 August 2012
196 13.41 0.1 Konstadínos Douvalídis 10 Mar 1987   GRE 1 Heat 4 Rio de Janeiro 15 August 2016
197 13.41 0.2 Milan Trajkovic 17 Mar 1992   CYP 7 Final Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
198 13.41 -0.1 Johnathan Cabral 31 Dec 1992   CAN 4 Semifinal 2 Rio de Janeiro 16 August 2016
199 13.41 0.1 Devon Allen 12 Dec 1994   USA 2 Heat 4 Rio de Janeiro 15 August 2016
200 13.42   Erv Hall   1947 United States USA 2 Final Mexico 17 October 1968
201 13.42 -1.1 Emilio Valle 21 Apr 1967 Cuba CUB 3 Heat 1 Barcelona 2 August 1992
202 13.42 1.1 Igors Kazanovs 24 Sep 1963 Latvia LAT 3 Heat 2 Atlanta 28 July 1996
203 13.42 0.6 Florian Schwarthoff 7 May 1968 Germany GER 6 Final Sydney 25 September 2000
204 13.42 -0.1 Robert Kronberg 15 Aug 1976 Sweden SWE 6 Semifinal 1 Athens 26 August 2004
205 13.42 1.8 Chris Pinnock 26 Mar 1979 Jamaica JAM 3 Heat 2 Athens 24 August 2004
206 13.42 -1.1 David Payne 24 Jul 1982 United States USA 1 Heat 4 Beijing 18 August 2008
207 13.42 -0.4 Shi Dongpeng 6 Jan 1984 China CHN 5 Semifinal 2 Beijing 20 August 2008
208 13.42 0.1 Shi Dongpeng 6 Jan 1984 China CHN 3 Heat 1 Beijing 19 August 2008
209 13.42 -0.5 Adrien Deghelt 10 May 1985 Belgium BEL 4 Semifinal 1 London 8 August 2012
210 13.42 0.1 Andy Turner 19 Sep 1980 Great Britain GBR 4 Semifinal 2 London 8 August 2012
211 13.42 0.4 Andy Turner 19 Sep 1980 Great Britain GBR 1 Heat 6 London 7 August 2012
212 13.42 0.8 Lawrence Clarke 12 Mar 1990 Great Britain GBR 2 Heat 2 London 7 August 2012
      110 m hurdles(w)                  
1 13.32 2.3 Kyle Vander-Kuyp 30 May 1971 Australia AUS 1 Heat 7 Atlanta 28 July 1996
2 13.35 2.3 Emilio Valle 21 Apr 1967 Cuba CUB 2 Heat 7 Atlanta 28 July 1996
 
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  13.30 -0.1 Duane Ross 5 Dec 1972 United States USA 5 Semifinal 1 Athens 26 August 2004
  13.39 0.8 Duane Ross 5 Dec 1972 United States USA 2 Heat 5 Athens 24 August 2004

 

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