2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

Jason Richardson winning the 110m hurdles. In background Andy Turner.

The Men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 and 29.

Summary

The final featured the three fastest 110 hurdlers in history. World Record Holder Dayron Robles took an early lead but was being passed by former record holder Liu Xiang. Between the last two hurdles, Robles' right arm backswing caught Liu's oncoming left arm. Liu hit the tenth hurdle, with a second arm collision with Robles, slowing Liu enough to finish in third. Robles crossed the finish line first, but after the race, the Chinese team protested and Robles was disqualified under IAAF Rule 163.2 for obstruction, giving the championship to second finisher Jason Richardson. ^[1] Andy Turner was separated from David Oliver in a photo finish for the bronze medal, both receiving the same time. 5th place in the race was also so close the photo could not separate the two competitors. ^[2]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jason Richardson   United States  (USA)	Liu Xiang   China  (CHN)	Andy Turner   Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)

Records

World record	Dayron Robles  (CUB)	12.87	Ostrava, Czech Republic	June 12, 2008
Championship record	Colin Jackson  (GBR)	12.91	Stuttgart, Germany	August 20, 1993
World leading	David Oliver  (USA)	12.94	Eugene, United States	June 4, 2011
African record	Shaun Bownes  (RSA)	13.26	Heusden, Netherlands	July 14, 2001
Asian record	Liu Xiang  (CHN)	12.88	Lausanne, Switzerland	July 11, 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Dayron Robles  (CUB)	12.87	Ostrava, Czech Republic	June 12, 2008
South American record	Redelén dos Santos  (BRA)	13.29	Lisbon, Portugal	June 13, 2004
European record	Colin Jackson  (GBR)	12.91	Stuttgart, Germany	August 20, 1993
Oceanian record	Kyle Vander Kuyp  (AUS)	13.29	Gothenburg, Sweden	August 11, 1995

Qualification standards

A time	B time
13.52	13.60

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 28, 2011	09:50	Heats
August 29, 2011	19:00	Semifinals
August 29, 2011	21:25	Final

Results

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.0 m/s, Heat 2: −0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +1.4 m/s, Heat 4: −0.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Jason Richardson	United States  (USA)	13.19	Q
2	1	Liu Xiang	China  (CHN)	13.20	Q
3	3	David Oliver	United States  (USA)	13.27	Q
4	2	Dwight Thomas	Jamaica  (JAM)	13.31	Q
5	1	Andy Turner	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	13.32	Q
6	4	Aries Merritt	United States  (USA)	13.36	Q
7	4	Dayron Robles	Cuba  (CUB)	13.42	Q
8	3	Jiang Fan	China  (CHN)	13.47	Q, PB
8	3	Andrew Riley	Jamaica  (JAM)	13.47	Q
10	3	Dimitri Bascou	France  (FRA)	13.51	q
11	3	William Sharman	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	13.52	q
12	1	Willi Mathiszik	Germany  (GER)	13.53	Q
12	1	Richard Phillips	Jamaica  (JAM)	13.53	q
14	2	Ronald Forbes	Cayman Islands  (CAY)	13.54	Q
15	4	Paulo Villar	Colombia  (COL)	13.55	Q
15	4	Shi Dongpeng	China  (CHN)	13.55	Q
17	4	Erik Balnuweit	Germany  (GER)	13.56
18	1	Ryan Brathwaite	Barbados  (BAR)	13.57
19	2	Konstadinos Douvalidis	Greece  (GRE)	13.59
20	3	Héctor Cotto	Puerto Rico  (PUR)	13.60
21	4	Emanuele Abate	Italy  (ITA)	13.63
21	4	Othmane Hadj Lazib	Algeria  (ALG)	13.63
23	2	Lawrence Clarke	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	13.65
24	2	Alexander John	Germany  (GER)	13.68
25	1	Sergey Shubenkov	Russia  (RUS)	13.70
26	4	Park Tae-Kyong	South Korea  (KOR)	13.83
27	3	Lehann Fourie	South Africa  (RSA)	13.86
28	1	Andreas Kundert	Switzerland  (SUI)	13.87
29	2	Dominik Bochenek	Poland  (POL)	13.96
30	2	Balázs Baji	Hungary  (HUN)	14.06
31	1	Ahmad Hazer	Lebanon  (LIB)	14.42
32	3	Kim Fai Iong	Macau  (MAC)	15.35

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: −1.4 m/s, Heat 2: −1.6 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Jason Richardson	United States  (USA)	13.11	Q
2	1	Liu Xiang	China  (CHN)	13.31	Q
3	1	Dayron Robles	Cuba  (CUB)	13.32	Q
4	1	Aries Merritt	United States  (USA)	13.32	Q
5	2	David Oliver	United States  (USA)	13.40	Q
6	1	Andy Turner	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	13.44	q
7	2	William Sharman	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	13.51	Q
8	2	Dwight Thomas	Jamaica  (JAM)	13.56	q
9	2	Shi Dongpeng	China  (CHN)	13.57
10	1	Dimitri Bascou	France  (FRA)	13.62
11	2	Ronald Forbes	Cayman Islands  (CAY)	13.67
12	2	Jiang Fan	China  (CHN)	13.71
13	1	Paulo Villar	Colombia  (COL)	13.73
14	2	Andrew Riley	Jamaica  (JAM)	13.75
15	1	Richard Phillips	Jamaica  (JAM)	13.76
16	1	Willi Mathiszik	Germany  (GER)	13.81

Final

Wind: −1.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Jason Richardson	United States  (USA)	13.16
	6	Liu Xiang	China  (CHN)	13.27
	1	Andy Turner	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	13.44	13.432
4	4	David Oliver	United States  (USA)	13.44	13.440
5	7	Aries Merritt	United States  (USA)	13.67
5	2	William Sharman	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	13.67
	8	Dwight Thomas	Jamaica  (JAM)	DNF
	5	Dayron Robles	Cuba  (CUB)	13.14	DSQ [3]

References

1. "Dayron Robles disqualified". BBC Sport. August 29, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
2. "Turner gets his hands on bronze after touch robs Robles of gold". The Independent. UK. August 30, 2011. Archived from the original on November 12, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
3. "IAAF.org Day 3 Results". IAAF. 2011. Archived from the original on September 15, 2011. Retrieved August 29, 2011.