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

Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date 7–8 August
Competitors 53 from 33 nations
Winning time 12.92
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Aries Merritt  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Jason Richardson  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Hansle Parchment  Jamaica
Official Video

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 semi final 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 201210:10Round 1
Wednesday, 8 August 201219:15
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

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Sergey Shubenkov Russia13.26Q
2Konstadínos Douvalídis Greece13.40Q
3Adrien Deghelt Belgium13.52Q
4Garfield Darien France13.54q
5Paulo Villar Colombia13.55q, SB
6Matthias Bühler Germany13.68
7Shi Dongpeng China13.78
8David Ilariani Georgia13.90

Heat 2

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Jason Richardson United States13.33Q
2Lawrence Clarke Great Britain13.42Q
3Maksim Lynsha Belarus13.47Q, SB
4Wayne Davis Trinidad and Tobago13.52q
5Andrew Riley Jamaica13.59
6João Carlos Almeida Portugal13.69
7Rouhollah Askari Iran13.97
8Ronald Forbes Cayman Islands14.21
N/AEnrique Llanos Puerto RicoN/ADNF

Heat 3

Start of heat 3, after Ali Kamé was disqualified for false starting
RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Orlando Ortega Cuba13.26Q
2Hansle Parchment Jamaica13.32Q
3Konstantin Shabanov Russia13.63Q
4Ladji Doucouré France13.67
5Mikel Thomas Trinidad and Tobago13.74
6Erik Balnuweit Germany13.77
N/AAndrew Pozzi Great BritainN/ADNF
N/AShamar Sands BahamasN/ADQ
N/AAli Kamé MadagascarN/ADQ

Heat 4

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Dayron Robles Cuba13.33Q
2Lehann Fourie South Africa13.49Q, SB
3Jeff Porter United States13.53Q
4Dimitri Bascou France13.57q
5Greggmar Swift Barbados13.62
6Alexander John Germany13.67
7Fawaz Al-Shammari Kuwait14.00
8Héctor Cotto Puerto Rico14.08
9Ahmad Hazer Lebanon14.82

Heat 5

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Aries Merritt United States13.07Q
2Ryan Brathwaite Barbados13.23Q, SB
3Xie Wenjun China13.43Q
4Emanuele Abate Italy13.46q
5Richard Phillips Jamaica13.47q
6Dániel Kiss Hungary13.62
7Aleksey Dremin Russia13.75SB
8Jeffrey Julmis Haiti13.87
9Ronald Bennett Honduras14.45

Heat 6

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Andy Turner Great Britain13.42Q
2Selim Nurudeen Nigeria13.51Q, PB
3Gregory Sedoc Netherlands13.52Q
4Balázs Baji Hungary13.76
5Jackson Quiñónez Spain13.76SB
N/AShane Brathwaite BarbadosN/ADNF
N/ALiu Xiang ChinaN/ADNF
N/AArtur Noga PolandN/ADNF
N/AMoussa Dembélé SenegalN/ADQ
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

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Jason Richardson United States13.13Q
2Orlando Ortega Cuba13.26Q
3Lawrence Clarke Great Britain13.31q, PB
4Adrien Deghelt Belgium13.42PB
5Garfield Darien France13.48
6Wayne Davis Trinidad and Tobago13.49
7Konstadínos Douvalídis Greece13.77
N/AGregory Sedoc NetherlandsN/ADNF

Heat 2

Wind: Heat 2: +0.1 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Aries Merritt United States12.94Q
2Ryan Brathwaite Barbados13.23Q, SB
3Xie Wenjun China13.34PB
4Andy Turner Great Britain13.42
5Selim Nurudeen Nigeria13.55
6Dimitri Bascou France13.55
7Paulo Villar Colombia13.63
8Konstantin Shabanov Russia13.65
N/ARichard Phillips JamaicaN/ADNF

Heat 3

Wind: Heat 3: +0.1 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1Dayron Robles Cuba13.10Q, SB
2Hansle Parchment Jamaica13.14Q, NR
3Lehann Fourie South Africa13.28q, PB
4Emanuele Abate Italy13.35
5Jeff Porter United States13.41
6Sergey Shubenkov Russia13.41
7Maksim Lynsha Belarus13.45PB
8Ladji Doucouré France13.74

Final

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Aries Merritt United States12.92WL, PB
2nd, silver medalist(s)Jason Richardson United States13.04
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Hansle Parchment Jamaica13.12NR
4Lawrence Clarke Great Britain13.39
5Ryan Brathwaite Barbados13.40
6Orlando Ortega Cuba13.43
7Lehann Fourie South Africa13.53
N/ADayron Robles CubaN/ADNF

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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