Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

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Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date7–8 August
Competitors53 from 33 nations
Winning time12.92
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aries Merritt  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jason Richardson  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hansle Parchment  Jamaica
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The Men's 110 metres hurdles competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 7–8 August.[1]

The qualifying round was notable for who was eliminated. In heat 3, Shamar Sands was in the lead until he hit the sixth hurdle, crashing into the next hurdle and somersaulting into a heap, making him one of three athletes in that heat not to make it to the finish line. In the fifth heat, Aries Merritt ran the fastest qualifying time by far with a 13.07. In the final heat, 2004 gold medalist Liu Xiang reminded viewers of his 2008 performance, failing to clear the first hurdle, and injuring his right achilles. After a minute on the track, Liu got up onto his left leg and hopped off the track. Refusing a wheelchair assist and medical attention, he returned to the track and hopped all the way to the final hurdle. Returning to his assigned lane 4, Liu kissed the top of the tenth hurdle, perhaps signifying the end of his Olympic career. He then hopped across the finish line, where he was assisted off the track by heat winner Andy Turner, Balázs Baji and Jackson Quiñónez.

The semifinal round was again dominated by Merritt running a 12.94. World record holder and defending champion Dayron Robles led Hansle Parchment to the Jamaican national record in 13.14. 13.31 qualified on time.

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 Jason Richardson. Parchment took another .02 off his national record for the bronze, the rest of the field was not even close, more than a quarter of a second behind.[2]

Merritt moves past Renaldo Nehemiah to become the #7 hurdler of all time.[3]

Competition format

The Men's 110m Hurdles competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final.[4] 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.[5]

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
2012 World leading  Aries Merritt (USA) 12.93 Eugene, OR, United States 30 June 2012
London, (CP), United Kingdom 13 July 2012
Monaco, Monaco 20 July 2012
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 World leading  Aries Merritt (USA) 12.92 London, United Kingdom 8 August 2012

The following National record was set during this competition.

Jamaica National Record  Hansle Parchment (JAM) 13.12 s

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 7 August 2012 10:10 Round 1
Wednesday, 8 August 2012 19:15
21:15		 Semifinals
Finals

Results

Official Video of the First Round

Round 1

Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sergey Shubenkov  Russia 13.26 Q
2 Konstadínos Douvalídis  Greece 13.40 Q
3 Adrien Deghelt  Belgium 13.52 Q
4 Garfield Darien  France 13.54 q
5 Paulo Villar  Colombia 13.55 q, SB
6 Matthias Bühler  Germany 13.68
7 Shi Dongpeng  China 13.78
8 David Ilariani  Georgia 13.90

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jason Richardson  United States 13.33 Q
2 Lawrence Clarke  Great Britain 13.42 Q
3 Maksim Lynsha  Belarus 13.47 Q, SB
4 Wayne Davis  Trinidad and Tobago 13.52 q
5 Andrew Riley  Jamaica 13.59
6 João Carlos Almeida  Portugal 13.69
7 Rouhollah Askari  Iran 13.97
8 Ronald Forbes  Cayman Islands 14.21
— Enrique Llanos  Puerto Rico — DNF

Heat 3

Start of heat 3, after Ali Kamé was disqualified for false starting
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Orlando Ortega  Cuba 13.26 Q
2 Hansle Parchment  Jamaica 13.32 Q
3 Konstantin Shabanov  Russia 13.63 Q
4 Ladji Doucouré  France 13.67
5 Mikel Thomas  Trinidad and Tobago 13.74
6 Erik Balnuweit  Germany 13.77
— Andrew Pozzi  Great Britain — DNF
— Shamar Sands  Bahamas — DQ
— Ali Kamé  Madagascar — DQ

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Dayron Robles  Cuba 13.33 Q
2 Lehann Fourie  South Africa 13.49 Q, SB
3 Jeff Porter  United States 13.53 Q
4 Dimitri Bascou  France 13.57 q
5 Greggmar Swift  Barbados 13.62
6 Alexander John  Germany 13.67
7 Fawaz Al-Shammari  Kuwait 14.00
8 Héctor Cotto  Puerto Rico 14.08
9 Ahmad Hazer  Lebanon 14.82

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Aries Merritt  United States 13.07 Q
2 Ryan Brathwaite  Barbados 13.23 Q, SB
3 Xie Wenjun  China 13.43 Q
4 Emanuele Abate  Italy 13.46 q
5 Richard Phillips  Jamaica 13.47 q
6 Dániel Kiss  Hungary 13.62
7 Aleksey Dremin  Russia 13.75 SB
8 Jeffrey Julmis  Haiti 13.87
9 Ronald Bennett  Honduras 14.45

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Andy Turner  Great Britain 13.42 Q
2 Selim Nurudeen  Nigeria 13.51 Q, PB
3 Gregory Sedoc  Netherlands 13.52 Q
4 Balázs Baji  Hungary 13.76
5 Jackson Quiñónez  Spain 13.76 SB
— Shane Brathwaite  Barbados — DNF
— Liu Xiang  China — DNF
— Artur Noga  Poland — DNF
— Moussa Dembélé  Senegal — DQ
Official Video of the Semifinal Round

Semi Finals

Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Wind: Heat 1: -0.5 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Jason Richardson  United States 13.13 Q
2 Orlando Ortega  Cuba 13.26 Q
3 Lawrence Clarke  Great Britain 13.31 q, PB
4 Adrien Deghelt  Belgium 13.42 PB
5 Garfield Darien  France 13.48
6 Wayne Davis  Trinidad and Tobago 13.49
7 Konstadínos Douvalídis  Greece 13.77
— Gregory Sedoc  Netherlands — DNF

Heat 2

Wind: Heat 2: +0.1 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Aries Merritt  United States 12.94 Q
2 Ryan Brathwaite  Barbados 13.23 Q, SB
3 Xie Wenjun  China 13.34 PB
4 Andy Turner  Great Britain 13.42
5 Selim Nurudeen  Nigeria 13.55
6 Dimitri Bascou  France 13.55
7 Paulo Villar  Colombia 13.63
8 Konstantin Shabanov  Russia 13.65
— Richard Phillips  Jamaica — DNF

Heat 3

Wind: Heat 3: +0.1 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Dayron Robles  Cuba 13.10 Q, SB
2 Hansle Parchment  Jamaica 13.14 Q, NR
3 Lehann Fourie  South Africa 13.28 q, PB
4 Emanuele Abate  Italy 13.35
5 Jeff Porter  United States 13.41
6 Sergey Shubenkov  Russia 13.41
7 Maksim Lynsha  Belarus 13.45 PB
8 Ladji Doucouré  France 13.74

Final

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aries Merritt  United States 12.92 WL, PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jason Richardson  United States 13.04
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
— Dayron Robles  Cuba — DNF

References

  1. ^ Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  2. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/OLY12/Results/ResultsByDate.aspx?racedate=08-08-2012/sex=M/discCode=110H/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#detM_110H_hash_f
  3. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=M/all=y/legal=A/disc=110H/detail.html
  4. ^ "Men's 110m Hurdles". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Men's 110m competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
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