Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

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Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Hansle Parchment Beijing 2015.jpg
Gold medalist Hansle Parchment (shown at 2015 World Championships)
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates3 August 2021
(round 1)
4 August 2021
(semifinals)
5 August 2021
(final)
Competitors40 from 29 nations
Winning time13.04
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Hansle Parchment Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Silver medal icon.svg Grant Holloway Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Ronald Levy Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
  2016
2024  

The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place between 3 and 5 August 2021 at the Olympic Stadium. [1] Approximately forty athletes were expected to compete; the exact number was dependent on how many nations used universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 40 qualifying through time or ranking (1 universality place was used in 2016). [2] 40 athletes from 29 nations competed. Hansle Parchment of Jamaica won the gold medal, the nation's second consecutive victory in the event. His countryman Ronald Levy took bronze. American Grant Holloway earned silver, placing the United States back on the podium in the event after the nation missed the medals for the first time in Rio 2016 (excluding the boycotted 1980 Games).

Summary

Coming in to the Olympics, Grant Holloway was the clear favorite. He was undefeated and tickled the world record with a 12.81 to win the US Trials, the #2 time in history. He was the only athlete under 13 seconds all year. His closest competitor on the yearly list was defending champion Omar McLeod from the heats of the Jamaican Olympic Trials. But McLeod failed to qualify for the Olympics from the strong field in those trials. McLeod tried to appeal to change the team makeup, but which deserving athlete would be left home to make room for him? His appeal failed. As expected, Holloway had the fastest times in the heats and the semis. 2012 bronze medalist Hansle Parchment was also in contention.

In the final, the script looked the same. Holloway was first out of the blocks, first over the first hurdle and had a clear lead over the closely matched wall of athletes behind him. By the fourth hurdle, Holloway had close to a metre lead, Ronald Levy then Andrew Pozzi emerged in second and third. Devon Allen and Hansle Parchment were close behind. Over the next three hurdles, Parchment made a big move to separate from the others, still a metre down on Holloway. Over the final three hurdles, Holloway lost his momentum. Parchment and the wall gained steadily. Holloway was still first over the last hurdle, but the thundering herd was approaching. Parchment went by with 10 metres to go. The next was Levy but Holloway executed a better lean at the finish, officially credited with .01 advantage over Levy to take silver. Two of the three people who beat McLeod at the Jamaican trials ended up on the podium. [3]

Background

This was the 29th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics.

Comoros and Hong Kong competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles for the first time. The United States made its 28th appearance, most of any nation (having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games).

Qualification

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 or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 13.32 seconds. This standard was "set for the sole purpose of qualifying athletes with exceptional performances unable to qualify through the IAAF World Rankings pathway." The world rankings, based on the average of the best five results for the athlete over the qualifying period and weighted by the importance of the meet, will then be used to qualify athletes until the cap of 40 is reached. [2] [4]

The qualifying period was originally from 1 May 2019 to 29 June 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the period was suspended from 6 April 2020 to 30 November 2020, with the end date extended to 29 June 2021. The world rankings period start date was also changed from 1 May 2019 to 30 June 2020; athletes who had met the qualifying standard during that time were still qualified, but those using world rankings would not be able to count performances during that time. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Only outdoor meets are eligible. The most recent Area Championships may be counted in the ranking, even if not during the qualifying period. [2] [5]

NOCs can also use their universality place—each NOC can 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. [2]

Entry number: 40.

Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOCNominated athletes
Entry standard – 13.323Flag of France.svg  France Wilhem Belocian
Aurel Manga
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde
3Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Ronald Levy
Hansle Parchment
Damion Thomas
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Shunsuke Izumiya
Taio Kanai
Shunya Takayama
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States Devon Allen
Grant Holloway
Daniel Roberts
2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Gabriel Constantino
Eduardo de Deus
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Asier Martínez
Orlando Ortega
1Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC Sergey Shubenkov
1Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Shane Brathwaite
1Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Vitali Parakhonka
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Michael Obasuyi
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Xie Wenjun
1Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus Milan Trajkovic
1Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Elmo Lakka
1Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Andrew Pozzi
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Paolo Dal Molin
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Antonio Alkana
World ranking1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Nicholas Hough
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Rafael Henrique Pereira
1Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Chen Kuei-ru
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Gregor Traber
1Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain David King
1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Konstantinos Douvalidis
1Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Valdó Szűcs
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Hassane Fofana
1Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Yaqoub Al-Youha
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Damian Czykier
1Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Jason Joseph
Universality places1Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros Fadane Hamadi
1Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong Chan Chung Wang
1Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Jérémie Lararaudeuse
Total40

Competition format

The event continued to use the three-round format used previously in 1908–1956, 1964–1984, and since 2012. [6]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Aries Merritt  (USA)12.80 Brussels, Belgium 7 September 2012
Olympic recordFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liu Xiang  (CHN)12.91 Athens, Greece 27 August 2004
World LeadingFlag of the United States.svg  Grant Holloway  (USA)12.81 Eugene, Oregon, United States26 June 2021
AreaTime (s)WindAthleteNation
Africa ( records )13.11+1.8 Antonio Alkana Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Asia ( records )12.88+1.1 Liu Xiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Europe ( records )12.91+0.5 Colin Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
North, Central America
and the Caribbean
( records )
12.80 WR +0.3 Aries Merritt Flag of the United States.svg United States
Oceania ( records )13.29+0.6 Kyle Vander Kuyp Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
South America ( records )13.18+0.8 Gabriel Constantino Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

The men's 110 metres hurdles took place over three consecutive days. [1]

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 3 August 202119:00Round 1
Wednesday, 4 August 20219:00Semifinals
Thursday, 5 August 20219:00Final

Results

Round 1

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

Heat 1

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
14 Ronald Levy Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 13.17 Q
26 Jason Joseph Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 13.31 Q, SB
39 Valdó Szűcs Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 13.50 (13.496) Q
42 Andrew Pozzi Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 13.50 (13.500) Q
55 Gabriel Constantino Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 13.55 q
68 Michael Obasuyi Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 13.65
77 Louis François Mendy Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 13.84 SB
3 Wilhem Belocian Flag of France.svg  France DQ

Heat 2

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
17 Asier Martínez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 13.32 Q
25 Daniel Roberts Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.41 Q
38 Damion Thomas Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 13.54 Q
42 Milan Trajkovic Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 13.59 Q, SB
59 Vitali Parakhonka Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 13.61
64 Shane Brathwaite Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 13.64
73 Yaqoub Al-Youha Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 13.69 SB
86 Hassane Fofana Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 13.70

Heat 3

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
19 Grant Holloway Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.02 Q
27 Hansle Parchment Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 13.23 Q
33 Nicholas Hough Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 13.57 Q
45 Damian Czykier Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 13.61 Q
54 Gregor Traber Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 13.65
62 Shunya Takayama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 13.98
71 Jérémie Lararaudeuse Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 14.03 PB
88 Fadane Hamadi Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 14.99
6 Sergey Shubenkov Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC DNS

Heat 4

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
18 Aurel Manga Flag of France.svg  France 13.24 Q, =PB
26 Shunsuke Izumiya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 13.28 Q
34 Rafael Henrique Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 13.46 Q
42 Xie Wenjun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 13.51 Q
53 Chen Kuei-ru Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 13.53 q, SB
61 David King Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 13.55 q
79 Eddie Lovett Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 14.17 SB
87 Chan Chung Wang Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 14.23
5 Orlando Ortega Flag of Spain.svg  Spain DNS

Heat 5

RankLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
15 Devon Allen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 13.21 Q
23 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde Flag of France.svg  France 13.37 Q, SB
37 Taio Kanai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 13.41 Q
48 Paolo Dal Molin Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 13.44 Q
56 Elmo Lakka Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 13.48 q
64 Antonio Alkana Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 13.55 SB
72 Konstantinos Douvalidis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 13.63 SB
89 Eduardo de Deus Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 13.78

Semifinals

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

Semifinal 1

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
17 Ronald Levy Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.15413.23 Q
24 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde Flag of France.svg  France 0.15513.25 Q, SB
36 Asier Martínez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0.15013.27 q, PB
48 Andrew Pozzi Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 0.14813.32 q
55 Daniel Roberts Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.19513.33
62 Damian Czykier Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0.15213.63
79 Nicholas Hough Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 0.16313.88
83 Gabriel Constantino Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0.15913.89

Semifinal 2

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
15 Devon Allen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.12113.18 Q
26 Aurel Manga Flag of France.svg  France 0.15113.24 Q, =PB
38 Damion Thomas Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.13513.39
49 Paolo Dal Molin Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0.13313.40
54 Jason Joseph Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 0.13513.46
62 Chen Kuei-ru Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 0.14613.57
73 Elmo Lakka Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0.13913.67
87 Taio Kanai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0.12726.11

Semifinal 3

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
14 Grant Holloway Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.13013.13 Q
26 Hansle Parchment Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.14513.23 Q
37 Shunsuke Izumiya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0.14113.35
49 Valdó Szűcs Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0.14013.40
58 Xie Wenjun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0.15413.58
65 Rafael Henrique Pereira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0.15413.62
72 David King Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 0.14113.67
83 Milan Trajkovic Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 0.14714.01

Final

RankLaneAthleteNationReactionTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg7 Hansle Parchment Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.13013.04 SB
Silver medal icon.svg4 Grant Holloway Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.13613.09
Bronze medal icon.svg5 Ronald Levy Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.14613.10
46 Devon Allen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0.13313.14
58 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde Flag of France.svg  France 0.12013.16 SB
62 Asier Martínez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0.15513.22 PB
73 Andrew Pozzi Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 0.14013.30
89 Aurel Manga Flag of France.svg  France 0.15113.38
Wind: -0.5 m/s

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