Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 15–16 August at the Olympic Stadium.[1] Forty athletes from 27 nations competed.[2] The event was won by Omar McLeod of Jamaica, the nation's first gold medal and second medal overall (after a bronze four years earlier) in the event. Orlando Ortega's silver was Spain's first medal in the men's high hurdles, while Dimitri Bascou's bronze was France's first medal in the event since 1976.

Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Interior view of the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, where the Men's 110m hurdles took place.
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates15 August 2016
(heats)
16 August 2016
(semi-final & final)
Competitors40 from 27 nations
Winning time13.05
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Omar McLeod  Jamaica
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Orlando Ortega  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dimitri Bascou  France
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For the first time, American hurdlers competed, but failed to win a medal: the other occasion there were no American medalists was in 1980, when the United States boycotted the Olympics.

Background

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This was the 28th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. 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.[3][4][5][2]

Laos and Serbia each made their first appearance in the event (however, Serbia's predecessor nations Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro had appeared before). The United States made its 27th appearance, most of any nation (having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games).

Summary

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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.

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's 110 metres hurdles event if all athletes meet the entry standard during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard was 13.47 seconds. The qualifying period was from 1 May 2015 to 11 July 2016. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Only outdoor meets were accepted. NOCs could also use their universality place—each NOC could enter one male athlete regardless of time if they had no male athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the 110 metres hurdles.[6][7] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.

Competition format

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The competition was divided into three rounds: a heats stage with five races, three semifinal races, and a final. The top three from each heat qualified for the semifinal, plus the nine fastest non-qualifiers. The top two finishers from each of the semifinals qualified for the final, as did the next two fastest hurdlers.

The first two heats in the first round were run in the rain. It was determined the non-qualifiers from those heats were disadvantaged in time comparison, and those athletes were allowed to run in a repechage round to improve their qualifying time. Two athletes, Deuce Carter and Alexander John, had been disqualified for failure to properly clear hurdles in those earlier races and were allowed to re-enter. Carter qualified for the semifinals from the special race.

Records

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Prior to this competition, the existing global and area records were as follows:

World record   Aries Merritt (USA) 12.80 Brussels, Belgium 7 September 2012
Olympic record   Liu Xiang (CHN) 12.91 Athens, Greece 27 August 2004
World Leading   Omar McLeod (JAM) 12.98 Shanghai, China 14 May 2016
Area Time (s) Wind Athlete Nation
Africa (records) 13.24 +0.3 Lehann Fourie   South Africa
Asia (records) 12.88 +1.1 Liu Xiang   China
Europe (records) 12.91 +0.5 Colin Jackson   Great Britain
North, Central America
and Caribbean
(records)
12.80 WR +0.3 Aries Merritt   United States
Oceania (records) 13.29 +0.6 Kyle Vander Kuyp   Australia
South America (records) 13.27 +1.6 Paulo Villar   Colombia

Schedule

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All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)

Date Time Round
Monday, 15 August 2016 20:40 Heats
Tuesday, 16 August 2016 20:40
22:45
Semifinals
Finals

Results

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Round 1

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Qualification rule: first 4 of each heat (Q) plus the 4 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 2 Omar McLeod   Jamaica 0.168 13.27 Q
2 7 Jeff Porter   United States 0.147 13.50 Q
3 9 Jeffrey Julmis   Haiti 0.149 13.66 Q
4 8 Antwon Hicks   Nigeria 0.151 13.70 Q
5 4 Yeison Rivas   Colombia 0.143 13.84 R
6 6 Wataru Yazawa   Japan 0.144 13.89 R
7 3 Kame Ali   Madagascar 0.152 14.89 R, SB
5 Alexander John   Germany 0.173 DQ R168.7, R
Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 8 Orlando Ortega   Spain 0.124 13.32 Q
2 3 Balázs Baji   Hungary 0.151 13.52 Q
3 5 Milan Trajkovic   Cyprus 0.143 13.59 Q
4 2 Johnathan Cabral   Canada 0.153 13.63 Q
5 9 Jhoanis Portilla   Cuba 0.122 13.81 R
6 6 Matthias Buhler   Germany 0.145 13.82 R
7 4 Xaysa Anousone   Laos 0.134 14.40 R
7 Deuce Carter   Jamaica 0.176 DQ R168.7, R
Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 3

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Petr Svoboda was originally disqualified under Rule 168.7. His advancement later to the semifinals indicates a reversal of that decision.[8]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 Dimitri Bascou   France 0.151 13.31 Q
2 9 Andrew Pozzi   Great Britain 0.127 13.50 Q
3 6 Andrew Riley   Jamaica 0.136 13.52 Q
4 8 João Vítor de Oliveira   Brazil 0.121 13.63 Q, SB
5 3 Antonio Alkana   South Africa 0.128 13.64 q
6 2 Petr Svoboda   Czech Republic 0.132 13.65 q
7 7 Mikel Thomas   Trinidad and Tobago 0.131 13.68
8 5 Eddie Lovett   Virgin Islands 0.143 13.77
Wind: +1.4 m/s

Heat 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 2 Konstadinos Douvalidis   Greece 0.124 13.41 Q
2 9 Devon Allen   United States 0.127 13.41 Q
3 5 Gregor Traber   Germany 0.149 13.50 Q
4 6 Yordan O'Farrill   Cuba 0.130 13.56 Q
5 7 Yidiel Contreras   Spain 0.137 13.62 q
6 4 Ronald Forbes   Cayman Islands 0.131 14.67
7 8 Ahmad Hazer   Lebanon 0.144 15.50
3 Wilhem Belocian   France DQ R162.7
Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 5

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 Ronnie Ash   United States 0.149 13.31 Q
2 3 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde   France 0.148 13.36 Q
3 5 Lawrence Clarke   Great Britain 0.146 13.55 Q
4 8 Éder Antônio Souza   Brazil 0.134 13.61 Q, SB
5 2 Damian Czykier   Poland 0.162 13.63 q
6 7 Milan Ristic   Serbia 0.133 13.66
7 4 Xie Wenjun   China 0.166 13.69
8 6 Sekou Kaba   Canada 0.141 13.70
Wind: −0.2 m/s

Repechage

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 Deuce Carter   Jamaica 0.174 13.51 q
2 4 Yeison Rivas   Colombia 0.165 13.87
3 6 Wataru Yazawa   Japan 0.141 13.88
4 8 Matthias Buhler   Germany 0.141 13.90
5 2 Alexander John   Germany 0.165 14.13
7 Jhoanis Portilla   Cuba 0.137 DQ R168.7
3 Kame Ali   Madagascar DNS
5 Xaysa Anousone   Laos DNS
Wind: −0.1 m/s

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 7 Orlando Ortega   Spain 0.138 13.32 Q
2 5 Ronnie Ash   United States 0.183 13.36 Q
3 2 Damian Czykier   Poland 0.154 13.50
4 6 Balázs Baji   Hungary 0.129 13.52
5 4 Andrew Pozzi   Great Britain 0.127 13.67
6 3 Deuce Carter   Jamaica 0.171 13.69
7 8 Yordan O'Farrill   Cuba 0.153 13.70
9 Jeffrey Julmis   Haiti 0.156 DQ R168.7
Wind: +0.5 m/s

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 7 Omar McLeod   Jamaica 0.147 13.15 Q
2 5 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde   France 0.149 13.25 Q
3 6 Devon Allen   United States 0.120 13.36 q
4 9 Johnathan Cabral   Canada 0.134 13.41 q
5 4 Gregor Traber   Germany 0.181 13.43
6 8 Lawrence Clarke   Great Britain 0.169 13.46
7 2 Antonio Alkana   South Africa 0.126 13.55
8 1 Petr Svoboda   Czech Republic 0.181 13.67
9 3 João Vítor de Oliveira   Brazil 0.194 13.85
Wind: −0.1 m/s

Semifinal 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 Dimitri Bascou   France 0.152 13.23 Q
2 8 Milan Trajkovic   Cyprus 0.135 13.31 Q
3 4 Jeff Porter   United States 0.150 13.45
4 6 Andrew Riley   Jamaica 0.150 13.46
5 7 Konstadinos Douvalidis   Greece 0.145 13.47
6 3 Yidiel Contreras   Spain 0.142 13.54
7 2 Antwon Hicks   Nigeria 0.170 14.26
9 Éder Antônio Souza   Brazil 0.137 DQ R168.7
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Final

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
  5 Omar McLeod   Jamaica 0.142 13.05
  7 Orlando Ortega   Spain 0.127 13.17
  6 Dimitri Bascou   France 0.131 13.24
4 4 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde   France 0.142 13.29
5 3 Devon Allen   United States 0.135 13.31
6 2 Johnathan Cabral   Canada 0.146 13.40
7 8 Milan Trajkovic   Cyprus 0.136 13.41
9 Ronnie Ash   United States 0.160 DQ R168.7
Wind: +0.2 m/s

References

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  2. ^ a b "110 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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