2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

Men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2015 World Championships
The medalists L-R: Merritt, Shubenkov, Parchment
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	26 August (heats) 27 August (semifinals) 28 August (final)
Competitors	42 from 27 nations
Winning time	12.98
Medalists
Sergey Shubenkov    Russia   Hansle Parchment    Jamaica   Aries Merritt    United States
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The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 26, 27 and 28 August. ^[1]

Summary

The returning champion was David Oliver, while world leader in 2015 Orlando Ortega is ineligible after switching his nationality to Spain (after defecting to the USA at the 2013 Championships). World record holder Aries Merritt was here, just days before a scheduled kidney transplant. ^{[2] [3]}

The heats will be remembered for the false start disqualification of Ronnie Ash. Similar to Jon Drummond's incident in 2003, Ash refused to accept the disqualification and took several minutes before being convinced to leave the track. ^[4]

In the finals, Oliver was the first to the first hurdle, and he hit it badly. Dimitri Bascou was the next to show a microscopic lead which only lasted until he clobbered the third hurdle, giving world #2 Omar McLeod three steps in the lead until he flipped the fourth hurdle. Merritt and Sergey Shubenkov were the next leaders. Merritt seemed to be running too close to the hurdles and had to slow to compensate giving Shubenkov a slight edge. Hansle Parchment built up speed and even though he hit the tenth hurdle, had more speed to the finish. ^[5] His late rush passed Merritt to earn silver and make for a challenge to Shubenkov for the gold. Shubenkov's 12.98 was a new Russian National Record. ^[6]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: ^[7]

World record	Aries Merritt  (USA)	12.80	Brussels, Belgium	7 September 2012
Championship record	Colin Jackson  (GBR)	12.91	Stuttgart, Germany	20 August 1993
World Leading	Orlando Ortega  (CUB)	12.94	Saint-Denis, France	4 July 2015
African Record	Lehann Fourie  (RSA)	13.24	Brussels, Belgium	7 September 2012
Asian Record	Liu Xiang  (CHN)	12.88	Lausanne, Switzerland	11 July 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Aries Merritt  (USA)	12.80	Brussels, Belgium	7 September 2012
South American Record	Paulo Villar  (COL)	13.27 A	Guadalajara, Mexico	28 October 2011
European Record	Colin Jackson  (GBR)	12.91	Stuttgart, Germany	20 August 1993
Oceanian record	Kyle Vander Kuyp  (AUS)	13.29	Gothenburg, Sweden	11 August 1995

Qualification standards

Entry standards [8]
13.47

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
26 August 2015	11:20	Heats
27 August 2015	19:05	Semifinals
28 August 2015	21:20	Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

KEY:

q

Fastest non-qualifiers

Q

Qualified

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the Semifinals. Heats were held on 26 August. ^[9]

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: -1.0 m/s, Heat 4: -0.7 m/s, Heat 5: -1.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	7	David Oliver	United States	13.15	Q
2	5	7	Aries Merritt	United States	13.25	Q
3	1	9	Shane Brathwaite	Barbados	13.28	Q
4	5	4	Dimitri Bascou	France	13.29	Q
5	5	8	Sergey Shubenkov	Russia	13.31	Q
6	4	4	Hansle Parchment	Jamaica	13.33	Q
7	4	8	Matthias Bühler	Germany	13.35	Q, SB
7	2	5	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	France	13.35	Q
9	4	6	Aleec Harris	United States	13.41	Q
9	4	2	Greggmar Swift	Barbados	13.41	Q
11	4	3	Jhoanis Portilla	Cuba	13.43	q
11	3	3	Garfield Darien	France	13.43	Q
11	2	4	Andrew Riley	Jamaica	13.43	Q
11	1	4	Omar McLeod	Jamaica	13.43	Q
15	1	7	Xie Wenjun	China	13.44	Q
15	2	8	Gregor Traber	Germany	13.44	Q
17	3	6	Balázs Baji	Hungary	13.45	Q
18	5	2	Sekou Kaba	Canada	13.46	Q
19	1	5	Yidiel Contreras	Spain	13.48	Q
20	2	2	Artur Noga	Poland	13.49	Q
21	3	4	Johnathan Cabral	Canada	13.55	Q
22	3	9	João Vítor de Oliveira	Brazil	13.57	q
23	3	8	Konstadinos Douvalidis	Greece	13.58	q
24	5	5	Lawrence Clarke	Great Britain & N.I.	13.61	q
25	5	3	Antonio Alkana	South Africa	13.63
26	3	2	Yordan O'Farrill	Cuba	13.64
27	5	9	Eddie Lovett	U.S. Virgin Islands	13.65
28	4	7	Nicholas Hough	Australia	13.69
29	4	9	Ben Reynolds	Ireland	13.72
30	2	9	Ronald Forbes	Cayman Islands	13.78
31	2	7	Jonathan Mendes	Brazil	13.86
32	4	5	Milan Ristić	Serbia	13.89
33	3	1	Bano Traoré	Mali	13.91
34	1	1	Éder Antônio Souza	Brazil	13.96
35	1	2	Jamras Rittidet	Thailand	14.00
36	1	6	Welington Zaza	Liberia	14.56
37	3	5	Xaysa Anousone	Laos	14.74
	1	3	Mikel Thomas	Trinidad and Tobago	DQ	R168.7(b)
	1	8	Alexander John	Germany	DQ	R162.7
	2	3	Ronnie Ash	United States	DQ	R162.7
	2	6	Petr Svoboda	Czech Republic	DQ	R162.7
	5	6	Zhang Honglin	China	DNF

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final. ^[10]

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Aries Merritt	United States	13.08	Q, SB
2	1	6	Sergey Shubenkov	Russia	13.09	Q
3	2	6	Omar McLeod	Jamaica	13.14	Q
4	1	5	Hansle Parchment	Jamaica	13.16	Q
4	3	6	Dimitri Bascou	France	13.16	Q, PB
6	3	4	David Oliver	United States	13.17	Q
6	2	4	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	France	13.17	q
8	1	4	Garfield Darien	France	13.25	q
9	1	8	Aleec Harris	United States	13.29
10	1	7	Shane Brathwaite	Barbados	13.31
11	3	5	Matthias Bühler	Germany	13.34	PB
12	2	2	Johnathan Cabral	Canada	13.37	PB
12	2	9	Gregor Traber	Germany	13.37
12	3	2	Artur Noga	Poland	13.37	SB
15	2	7	Xie Wenjun	China	13.39
16	3	7	Andrew Riley	Jamaica	13.43
17	2	8	Greggmar Swift	Barbados	13.44
18	1	2	João Vítor de Oliveira	Brazil	13.45	PB
19	3	9	Balázs Baji	Hungary	13.51
20	3	3	Lawrence Clarke	Great Britain & N.I.	13.53
21	3	8	Yidiel Contreras	Spain	13.57
22	1	9	Sekou Kaba	Canada	13.58
23	1	1	Petr Svoboda	Czech Republic	13.67
24	2	3	Konstadinos Douvalidis	Greece	13.79
	1	3	Jhoanis Portilla	Cuba	DNF

Final

The final was held at 21:20. ^[11]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7	Sergey Shubenkov	Russia	12.98	NR
	8	Hansle Parchment	Jamaica	13.03	SB
	4	Aries Merritt	United States	13.04	SB
4	2	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	France	13.17
5	5	Dimitri Bascou	France	13.17
6	6	Omar McLeod	Jamaica	13.18
7	9	David Oliver	United States	13.33
8	3	Garfield Darien	France	13.34

References

1. "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
2. "Merritt goes for gold ahead of kidney op".
3. Start list
4. "Newser | Headline News Summaries, World News, and Breaking News".
5. "REPORT: MEN'S 110M HURDLES FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
6. "Russia's Sergey Shubenkopv failt to lift gloom over doping allegations". Guardian. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
7. "Records & Lists – 110 meters hurdles". IAAF . Retrieved 17 August 2015.
8. IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 17 August 2015
9. Heats results
10. Semifinals results
11. Final results