Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

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Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
RoblesBeijing.jpg
Dayron Robles of Cuba winning the 110 meters hurdles
Venue Beijing National Stadium
DatesAugust 18 (heats)
August 20 (semifinals)
August 21 (final)
Competitors43 from 33 nations
Winning time12.93
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Dayron Robles Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Silver medal icon.svg David Payne Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg David Oliver Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2004
2012  

The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 1821 August at the Beijing National Stadium. [1] [2] Forty-two athletes from 32 nations competed. [3] The event was won by Dayron Robles of Cuba, the nation's second gold medal in the high hurdles.

Summary

Dayron Robles was the clear favorite, having set the world record just two months earlier. He didn't disappoint leading the semi-final round by almost a tenth of a second, a huge margin on this level. In the final, Robles was out first, clearly ahead by the first hurdle; he pulled away to a clear victory. The two Americans, David Payne and David Oliver were clearly separating from the others for second place, Payne slightly ahead of Oliver, with only Ladji Doucouré within a stride of Oliver. Doucouré looked to be faster, and on the final dash to the finish line was clearly gaining on Oliver, who himself was gaining on Payne to make the finish much closer. Robles more than doubled his margin from the semifinal round, almost a quarter of a second ahead of Payne.

Background

This was the 26th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Four finalists from 2004 returned: gold medalist Liu Xiang of China, silver medalist Terrence Trammell of the United States, fourth-place finisher Maurice Wignall of Jamaica, and eighth-place finisher Ladji Doucouré of France; fifth-place finisher Staņislavs Olijars of Latvia was entered but did not start. Since winning the gold in 2004, Liu had broken the world record in 2006 and won the world championship in 2007. However, Dayron Robles of Cuba had bettered Liu's mark two months before the Games and was favored over the home country hero. Further, there were rumors of Liu being injured. [3]

Belarus and the Cayman Islands each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its 25th appearance, most of any nation (having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games).

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to three entrants providing they had met the A qualifying standard (13.55) in the qualifying period (1 January 2007 to 23 July 2008). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing he had met the B standard (13.72) in the same qualifying period. [4] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.

Competition format

The competition used the four-round format previously used in 1960 and since 1988, still using the eight-man semifinals and finals used since 1964. The "fastest loser" system, also introduced in 1964, was used in the first round.

The first round consisted of six heats, with 7 or 8 hurdlers each. The top four hurdlers in each heat, along with the eight next fastest overall, advanced to the quarterfinals. The 32 quarterfinalists were divided into four heats of 8 hurdlers each, with the top three in each heat, and the four next fastest overall, advancing. The 16 semifinalists were divided into two semifinals of 8 hurdlers each; the top four hurdlers in each advanced to the 8-man final. [3] [5]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World recordFlag of Cuba.svg  Dayron Robles  (CUB)12.87 Ostrava, Czech Republic 12 June 2008
Olympic recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Xiang  (CHN)12.91 Athens, Greece 27 August 2004

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event. The following national records were set during the competition:

NationAthleteRoundTime
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Ryan Brathwaite Heat 313.38
Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands Ronald Forbes Heat 313.59
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Konstadinos Douvalidis Quarterfinal 113.46
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea Lee Jung-Joon Quarterfinal 113.55

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

DateTimeRound
Monday, 18 August 200811:10Round 1
Tuesday, 19 August 200820:45Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 20 August 200821:30Semifinals
Thursday, 21 August 200821:40Final

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the quarterfinals.

Heat 1

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
16 Dayron Robles Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0.18013.39Q
24 Andrew Turner Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0.15113.56Q
35 Ji Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0.18613.57Q
48 Richard Phillips Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.16013.60Q
53 Evgeniy Borisov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0.18713.90
62 Oleg Normatov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 0.17714.00
77 Jurica Grabušic Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 0.20714.18
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 2

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
16 David Oliver Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.16713.30Q
25 Jackson Quiñónez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0.17913.41Q
32 Shamar Sands Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 0.16713.45Q
43 Gregory Sedoc Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0.15513.50Q, SB
58 Lee Jung-Joon Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 0.12813.65q
64 Mikel Thomas Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 0.15913.69q, PB
77 Damjan Zlatnar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 0.12413.84q
Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 3

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
14 Paulo Villar Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0.14413.37Q, SB
22 Ryan Brathwaite Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 0.15613.38Q, NR
35 Petr Svoboda Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0.15313.43Q
47 Shi Dongpeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0.20313.53Q
58 Ronald Forbes Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 0.17013.59q, NR
66 Héctor Cotto Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 0.14013.72q
79 Dudley Dorival Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 0.16513.78q, SB
83 Abdul Rashid Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 0.17214.52
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 4

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
12 David Payne Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.15213.42Q
26 Ladji Doucouré Flag of France.svg  France 0.15513.52Q
38 Selim Nurudeen Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 0.17413.58Q, PB
45 Maurice Wignall Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.17413.61Q, SB
57 Maksim Lynsha Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 0.19613.86
63 Stanislav Sajdok Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0.16313.89
74 Masato Naito Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0.16813.96
Wind: -1.1 m/s

Heat 5

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
14 Artur Noga Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0.17513.53Q
25 Igor Peremota Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0.14213.59Q
36 Dániel Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0.15313.61Q, SB
48 Anselmo da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0.13713.81Q
53 Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 0.17413.91
2 Terrence Trammell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.242DNF
7 Staņislavs Olijars Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia DNS
Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 6

Van der Westen false-started; Liu was clearly in discomfort during the abortive run. He withdrew rather than returning to the starting blocks.

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
18 Konstadinos Douvalidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0.14913.49Q, =NR
25 Marcel van der Westen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0.16213.54Q
37 Allan Scott Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0.14613.56Q
44 Samuel Coco-Viloin Flag of France.svg  France 0.17613.60Q
53 Mohamed Issa Al-Thawadi Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 0.12713.64q, SB
66 David Ilariani Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 0.15513.75q
2 Liu Xiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China DNF
Wind: +0.1 m/s

Overall results for round 1

RankHeatAthleteNationTimeNotes
12 David Oliver Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.30Q
23 Paulo Villar Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 13.37Q, SB
33 Ryan Brathwaite Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 13.38Q, NR
41 Dayron Robles Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 13.39Q
52 Jackson Quiñónez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13.41Q
64 David Payne Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.42Q
73 Petr Svoboda Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 13.43Q
82 Shamar Sands Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 13.45Q
96 Konstadinos Douvalidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 13.49Q, =NR
102 Gregory Sedoc Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13.50Q, SB
114 Ladji Doucouré Flag of France.svg  France 13.52Q
125 Artur Noga Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 13.53Q
123 Shi Dongpeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 13.53Q
146 Marcel van der Westen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13.54Q
156 Allan Scott Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13.56Q
151 Andrew Turner Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13.56Q
171 Ji Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 13.57Q
184 Selim Nurudeen Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 13.58Q, PB
193 Ronald Forbes Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 13.59q, NR
195 Igor Peremota Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 13.59Q
216 Samuel Coco-Viloin Flag of France.svg  France 13.60Q
211 Richard Phillips Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 13.60Q
235 Dániel Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 13.61Q, SB
234 Maurice Wignall Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 13.61Q, SB
256 Mohamed Issa Al-Thawadi Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 13.64q, SB
262 Lee Jung-Joon Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 13.65q
272 Mikel Thomas Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 13.69q, PB
283 Héctor Cotto Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 13.72q
296 David Ilariani Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 13.75q
303 Dudley Dorival Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 13.78q, SB
315 Anselmo da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 13.81Q
322 Damjan Zlatnar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 13.84q
334 Maksim Lynsha Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 13.86
344 Stanislav Sajdok Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 13.89
351 Evgeniy Borisov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 13.90
365 Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 13.91
374 Masato Naito Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 13.96
381 Oleg Normatov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 14.00
391 Jurica Grabušic Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 14.18
403 Abdul Rashid Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 14.52
6 Liu Xiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China DNF
5 Terrence Trammell Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF
5 Staņislavs Olijars Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia DNS

Quarterfinals

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

Quarterfinal 1

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
14 David Payne Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.15813.24Q
27 Petr Svoboda Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0.17513.41Q
39 Shi Dongpeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0.14813.42Q
45 Konstadinos Douvalidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0.15913.46q, NR
58 Richard Phillips Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.13613.48q, SB
63 Mikel Thomas Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 0.15613.62PB
76 Igor Peremota Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0.14313.70
82 Héctor Cotto Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 0.15213.73
Wind: +0.1 m/s

Quarterfinal 2

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
14 Dayron Robles Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0.16713.19Q
26 Artur Noga Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0.16113.36Q, PB
39 Gregory Sedoc Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0.15313.43Q, SB
48 Samuel Coco-Viloin Flag of France.svg  France 0.18813.51q
55 Andrew Turner Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0.14713.53
63 Lee Jung-Joon Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 0.13813.55NR
77 Shamar Sands Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 0.22713.55
82 David Ilariani Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 0.14913.74
Wind: +0.0 m/s

Quarterfinal 3

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
18 Maurice Wignall Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.17313.36Q, SB
25 Ryan Brathwaite Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 0.16213.44Q
37 Paulo Villar Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0.15313.46Q
44 Marcel van der Westen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0.14913.48q
59 Dániel Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0.15913.63
66 Allan Scott Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0.12113.66
73 Dudley Dorival Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 0.14213.71SB
2 Mohamed Issa Al-Thawadi Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar DSQ
Wind: +0.0 m/s

Quarterfinal 4

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
15 David Oliver Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.15613.16Q
27 Ladji Doucouré Flag of France.svg  France 0.19013.39Q
34 Jackson Quiñónez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0.16713.47Q
49 Selim Nurudeen Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 0.19413.66
53 Ronald Forbes Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 0.17513.72
66 Ji Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0.17313.80
78 Anselmo da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0.15413.84
2 Damjan Zlatnar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia DNS
Wind: +0.1 m/s

Overall results for quarterfinals

RankHeatAthleteNationTimeNotes
14 David Oliver Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.16Q
22 Dayron Robles Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 13.19Q
31 David Payne Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.24Q
42 Artur Noga Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 13.36Q, PB
43 Maurice Wignall Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 13.36Q, SB
64 Ladji Doucouré Flag of France.svg  France 13.39Q
71 Petr Svoboda Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 13.41Q
81 Shi Dongpeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 13.42Q
92 Gregory Sedoc Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13.43Q, SB
103 Ryan Brathwaite Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 13.44Q
111 Konstadinos Douvalidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 13.46q, NR
113 Paulo Villar Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 13.46Q
134 Jackson Quiñónez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13.47Q
141 Richard Phillips Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 13.48q, SB
143 Marcel van der Westen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13.48q
162 Samuel Coco-Viloin Flag of France.svg  France 13.51q
172 Andrew Turner Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13.53
182 Lee Jung-Joon Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 13.55NR
192 Shamar Sands Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 13.55
201 Mikel Thomas Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 13.62PB
213 Dániel Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 13.63
224 Selim Nurudeen Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 13.66
223 Allan Scott Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13.66
241 Igor Peremota Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 13.70
253 Dudley Dorival Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 13.71SB
264 Ronald Forbes Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands 13.72
271 Héctor Cotto Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 13.73
282 David Ilariani Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 13.74
294 Ji Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 13.80
304 Anselmo da Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 13.84
3 Mohamed Issa Al-Thawadi Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar DSQ
4 Damjan Zlatnar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) advance to the Final.

Semifinal 1

Men's 110m Hurdles Semifinal 1 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 110m Hurdles Semifinal 1.jpg
Men's 110m Hurdles Semifinal 1

The first semifinal start at 21:30 on 20 August 2008.

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
14 Dayron Robles Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0.22113.12Q
26 David Payne Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.17713.21Q, SB
35 Ladji Doucouré Flag of France.svg  France 0.18313.22Q, SB
43 Richard Phillips Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.15313.43Q, SB
52 Konstadinos Douvalidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0.15713.55
68 Gregory Sedoc Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0.16213.60
77 Petr Svoboda Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0.18213.60
89 Paulo Villar Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0.15313.85
Wind: -0.4 m/s

Semifinal 2

The second semifinal started at 21:39 on 20 August 2008.

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
16 David Oliver Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.16913.31Q
25 Artur Noga Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0.18113.34Q, PB
39 Jackson Quiñónez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0.17313.40Q, =SB
47 Maurice Wignall Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.14113.40Q
58 Shi Dongpeng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0.14113.42
63 Marcel van der Westen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0.12413.45
74 Ryan Brathwaite Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 0.14713.59
82 Samuel Coco-Viloin Flag of France.svg  France 0.18713.65
Wind: -0.4 m/s

Final

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg6 Dayron Robles Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0.18312.93
Silver medal icon.svg5 David Payne Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.17513.17SB
Bronze medal icon.svg7 David Oliver Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.15813.18PB
48 Ladji Doucouré Flag of France.svg  France 0.17013.24
54 Artur Noga Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0.16913.36
62 Maurice Wignall Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.16313.46
73 Richard Phillips Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.15413.60
89 Jackson Quiñónez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0.18713.69
Wind: +0.1 m/s

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