Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
Men's 110 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Olympic Stadium | |||||||||||||
Date | 7–8 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 53 from 33 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 12.92 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's 110 metres hurdles competition at the
Summary
The qualifying round was notable for who was eliminated. In heat 3,
The semifinal round was again dominated by Merritt running a 12.94. World record holder and defending champion
In the final, Robles and Merritt got the fastest starts but Merritt pulled ahead at hurdle 3, by hurdle 5 Robles was wincing in pain, pushing over the sixth hurdle and holding his leg. Merritt continued to a personal best 12.92 and a .12 win over reigning world champion
Merritt moves past Renaldo Nehemiah to become the #7 hurdler of all time.[4]
Background
This was the 27th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Five finalists from 2008 returned: gold medalist Dayron Robles of Cuba, fourth-place finisher Ladji Doucouré of France, fifth-place finisher Artur Noga of Poland, seventh-place finisher Richard Phillips of Jamaica, and eighth-place finisher Jackson Quiñónez of Spain. The 2004 gold medalist Liu Xiang of China, who had been unable to run in the first round in 2008 due to injury, also returned. Favorites included Liu (who had taken second at the 2011 world championships), Robles (who still held the world record), Jason Richardson of the United States (who was the 2011 world champion), and Aries Merritt of the United States (who was undefeated in 2012, including the world indoor championships).[2]
Honduras, Iran, and Lebanon each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its 26th appearance, most of any nation (having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games).
Qualification
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Competition format
Despite a larger field than past years, the competition narrowed from four rounds to three. The men's 110 metres hurdles competition consisted of heats (Round 1), semifinals, and a final.[8] The fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the semifinals along with the fastest overall competitors not already qualified that were required to fill the available spaces in the semifinals.[9]
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
World record | Dayron Robles (CUB) | 12.87 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 12 June 2008 |
Olympic record | Liu Xiang (CHN) | 12.91 | Athens, Greece | 27 August 2004 |
The following national record was set during this competition.
Jamaica National Record
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Hansle Parchment (JAM) | 13.12 |
Schedule
After two Games in which all rounds were on separate days, the 2012 schedule returned to having the semifinals and final on the same day.
All times are
Date | Time | Round |
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Tuesday, 7 August 2012 | 10:10 | Round 1 |
Wednesday, 8 August 2012 | 19:15 21:15 |
Semifinals Finals |
Results
Round 1
Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.
Heat 1
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
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1 | 9 | Sergey Shubenkov | Russia | 0.157 | 13.26 | Q |
2 | 2 | Konstadínos Douvalídis |
Greece | 0.163 | 13.40 | Q |
3 | 8 | Adrien Deghelt | Belgium | 0.158 | 13.52 | Q |
4 | 4 | Garfield Darien | France | 0.171 | 13.54 | q |
5 | 3 | Paulo Villar | Colombia | 0.169 | 13.55 | q, SB |
6 | 6 | Matthias Bühler | Germany | 0.157 | 13.68 | |
7 | 7 | Shi Dongpeng | China | 0.150 | 13.78 | |
8 | 5 | David Ilariani | Georgia | 0.158 | 13.90 | |
Wind: +0.6 m/s |
Heat 2
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
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1 | 2 | Jason Richardson |
United States | 0.192 | 13.33 | Q |
2 | 6 | Lawrence Clarke | Great Britain | 0.160 | 13.42 | Q |
3 | 3 | Maksim Lynsha | Belarus | 0.168 | 13.47 | Q, SB |
4 | 7 | Wayne Davis | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.169 | 13.52 | q |
5 | 9 | Andrew Riley | Jamaica | 0.174 | 13.59 | |
6 | 5 | João Carlos Almeida | Portugal | 0.116 | 13.69 | |
7 | 8 | Rouhollah Askari | Iran | 0.182 | 13.97 | |
8 | 1 | Ronald Forbes | Cayman Islands | 0.161 | 14.21 | |
— | 4 | Enrique Llanos | Puerto Rico | DNF | ||
Wind: +0.8 m/s |
Heat 3
Ali Kamé was disqualified for false starting. Andrew Pozzi failed to finish the race. Shamar Sands crashed over the sixth hurdle; he eventually finished but was officially disqualified for not jumping each hurdle. Doucouré was obstructed by Sands and advanced to the semifinals.
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Orlando Ortega | Cuba | 0.158 | 13.26 | Q |
2 | 8 | Hansle Parchment | Jamaica | 0.145 | 13.32 | Q |
3 | 6 | Konstantin Shabanov | Russia | 0.140 | 13.63 | Q |
4 | 2 | Ladji Doucouré | France | 0.170 | 13.67 | q |
5 | 7 | Mikel Thomas | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.135 | 13.74 | |
6 | 9 | Erik Balnuweit | Germany | 0.152 | 13.77 | |
— | 5 | Andrew Pozzi | Great Britain | 0.143 | DNF | |
3 | Shamar Sands | Bahamas | 0.160 | DSQ | ||
1 | Ali Kamé | Madagascar | DSQ | |||
Wind: +1.2 m/s |
Heat 4
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
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1 | 9 | Dayron Robles | Cuba | 0.172 | 13.33 | Q |
2 | 4 | Lehann Fourie | South Africa | 0.159 | 13.49 | Q, SB |
3 | 2 | Jeff Porter | United States | 0.148 | 13.53 | Q |
4 | 7 | Dimitri Bascou | France | 0.149 | 13.57 | q |
5 | 1 | Greggmar Swift | Barbados | 0.150 | 13.62 | |
6 | 6 | Alexander John | Germany | 0.195 | 13.67 | |
7 | 5 | Fawaz Al-Shammari | Kuwait | 0.174 | 14.00 | |
8 | 8 | Héctor Cotto | Puerto Rico | 0.158 | 14.08 | |
9 | 3 | Ahmad Hazer | Lebanon | 0.195 | 14.82 | |
Wind: +0.1 m/s |
Heat 5
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
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1 | 7 | Aries Merritt | United States | 0.142 | 13.07 | Q |
2 | 3 | Ryan Brathwaite | Barbados | 0.166 | 13.23 | Q, SB |
3 | 2 | Xie Wenjun | China | 0.143 | 13.43 | Q |
4 | 1 | Emanuele Abate | Italy | 0.146 | 13.46 | q |
5 | 9 | Richard Phillips | Jamaica | 0.154 | 13.47 | q |
6 | 6 | Dániel Kiss |
Hungary | 0.188 | 13.62 | |
7 | 5 | Aleksey Dremin |
Russia | 0.151 | 13.75 | SB |
8 | 8 | Jeffrey Julmis | Haiti | 0.161 | 13.87 | |
9 | 4 | Ronald Bennett | Honduras | 0.207 | 14.45 | |
Wind: +0.7 m/s |
Heat 6
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
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1 | 7 | Andy Turner |
Great Britain | 0.159 | 13.42 | Q |
2 | 9 | Selim Nurudeen | Nigeria | 0.141 | 13.51 | Q, PB |
3 | 8 | Gregory Sedoc | Netherlands | 0.157 | 13.52 | Q |
4 | 6 | Balázs Baji | Hungary | 0.139 | 13.76 | |
5 | 3 | Jackson Quiñónez | Spain | 0.154 | 13.76 | SB |
— | 2 | Shane Brathwaite | Barbados | 0.124 | DNF | |
4 | Liu Xiang | China | 0.123 | DNF | ||
5 | Artur Noga | Poland | 0.173 | DNF | ||
1 | Moussa Dembélé | Senegal | 0.167 | DSQ | ||
Wind: +0.4 m/s |
Semifinals
Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.
Semifinal 1
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Jason Richardson |
United States | 0.160 | 13.13 | Q |
2 | 6 | Orlando Ortega | Cuba | 0.151 | 13.26 | Q |
3 | 4 | Lawrence Clarke | Great Britain | 0.159 | 13.31 | q, PB |
4 | 8 | Adrien Deghelt | Belgium | 0.142 | 13.42 | PB |
5 | 3 | Garfield Darien | France | 0.154 | 13.48 | |
6 | 2 | Wayne Davis | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.165 | 13.49 | |
7 | 7 | Konstadínos Douvalídis |
Greece | 0.146 | 13.77 | |
— | 9 | Gregory Sedoc | Netherlands | 0.189 | DNF | |
Wind: -0.5 m/s |
Heat 2
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
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1 | 7 | Aries Merritt | United States | 0.147 | 12.94 | Q |
2 | 4 | Ryan Brathwaite | Barbados | 0.159 | 13.23 | Q, SB |
3 | 9 | Xie Wenjun | China | 0.158 | 13.34 | PB |
4 | 6 | Andy Turner |
Great Britain | 0.151 | 13.42 | |
5 | 5 | Selim Nurudeen | Nigeria | 0.153 | 13.55 | |
6 | 3 | Dimitri Bascou | France | 0.150 | 13.55 | |
7 | 2 | Paulo Villar | Colombia | 0.177 | 13.63 | |
8 | 8 | Konstantin Shabanov | Russia | 0.154 | 13.65 | |
— | 1 | Richard Phillips | Jamaica | 0.146 | DNF | |
Wind: +0.1 m/s |
Heat 3
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
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1 | 7 | Dayron Robles | Cuba | 0.162 | 13.10 | Q, SB |
2 | 5 | Hansle Parchment | Jamaica | 0.172 | 13.14 | Q, NR
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3 | 6 | Lehann Fourie | South Africa | 0.139 | 13.28 | q, PB |
4 | 2 | Emanuele Abate | Italy | 0.150 | 13.35 | |
5 | 9 | Jeff Porter | United States | 0.153 | 13.41 | |
6 | 4 | Sergey Shubenkov | Russia | 0.156 | 13.41 | |
7 | 8 | Maksim Lynsha | Belarus | 0.167 | 13.45 | PB |
8 | 3 | Ladji Doucouré | France | 0.189 | 13.74 | |
Wind: +0.1 m/s |
Final
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
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6 | Aries Merritt | United States | 0.143 | 12.92 | PB | |
4 | Jason Richardson |
United States | 0.194 | 13.04 | ||
7 | Hansle Parchment | Jamaica | 0.172 | 13.12 | NR
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4 | 2 | Lawrence Clarke | Great Britain | 0.169 | 13.39 | |
5 | 8 | Ryan Brathwaite | Barbados | 0.163 | 13.40 | |
6 | 9 | Orlando Ortega | Cuba | 0.135 | 13.43 | |
7 | 3 | Lehann Fourie | South Africa | 0.136 | 13.53 | |
— | 5 | Dayron Robles | Cuba | 0.159 | DNF | |
Wind: -0.3 m/s |
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