Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

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Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Liu Xiang London 2012.jpg
Liu Xiang carried off by his competitors
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date7–8 August
Competitors53 from 33 nations
Winning time12.92
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aries Merritt  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jason Richardson  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hansle Parchment  Jamaica
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The men's 110 metres hurdles competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 7–8 August.[1] Fifty-three athletes from 33 nations competed.[2] The event was won by Aries Merritt of the United States, the nation's first championship in the event since 1996 and 19th overall. Hansle Parchment's bronze was Jamaica's first medal in the men's high hurdles.

Summary[]

The qualifying round was notable for who was eliminated. In heat 3, Shamar Sands was in the lead until he hit the sixth hurdle, crashing into the next hurdle and somersaulting into a heap, making him one of three athletes in that heat not to make it to the finish line. In the fifth heat, Aries Merritt ran the fastest qualifying time by far with a 13.07. In the final heat, 2004 gold medalist Liu Xiang reminded viewers of his 2008 performance, failing to clear the first hurdle, and injuring his right achilles. After a minute on the track, Liu got up onto his left leg and hopped off the track. Refusing a wheelchair assist and medical attention, he returned to the track and hopped all the way to the final hurdle. Returning to his assigned lane 4, Liu kissed the top of the tenth hurdle, perhaps signifying the end of his Olympic career. He then hopped across the finish line, where he was assisted off the track by heat winner Andy Turner, Balázs Baji and Jackson Quiñónez.

The semifinal round was again dominated by Merritt running a 12.94. World record holder and defending champion Dayron Robles led Hansle Parchment to the Jamaican national record in 13.14. 13.31 qualified on time.

In the final, Robles and Merritt got the fastest starts but Merritt pulled ahead at hurdle 3, by hurdle 5 Robles was wincing in pain, pushing over the sixth hurdle and holding his leg. Merritt continued to a personal best 12.92 and a .12 win over reigning world champion Jason Richardson. Parchment took another .02 off his national record for the bronze, the rest of the field was not even close, more than a quarter of a second behind.[3]

Merritt moves past Renaldo Nehemiah to become the #7 hurdler of all time.[4]

Background[]

This was the 27th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Five finalists from 2008 returned: gold medalist Dayron Robles of Cuba, fourth-place finisher Ladji Doucouré of France, fifth-place finisher Artur Noga of Poland, seventh-place finisher Richard Phillips of Jamaica, and eighth-place finisher Jackson Quiñónez of Spain. The 2004 gold medalist Liu Xiang of China, who had been unable to run in the first round in 2008 due to injury, also returned. Favorites included Liu (who had taken second at the 2011 world championships), Robles (who still held the world record), Jason Richardson of the United States (who was the 2011 world champion), and Aries Merritt of the United States (who was undefeated in 2012, including the world indoor championships).[2]

Honduras, Iran, and Lebanon each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its 26th 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 met the A standard, or 1 athlete if they met the B standard. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The qualifying time standards could be obtained in various meets during the qualifying period that had the approval of the IAAF. Only outdoor meets, not indoor meets, were eligible. The A standard for the 2012 men's 110 metres hurdles was 13.52 seconds; the B standard was 13.60 seconds. The qualifying period for was from 1 May 2011 to 8 July 2012. NOCs could also have an athlete enter the 110 metres hurdles through a universality place. NOCs could enter one male athlete in an athletics event, regardless of time, if they had no male athletes meeting the qualifying A or B standards in any men's athletic event.[5][6][7]

Competition format[]

Despite a larger field than past years, the competition narrowed from four rounds to three. The men's 110 metres hurdles competition consisted of heats (Round 1), semifinals, and a final.[8] The fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the semifinals along with the fastest overall competitors not already qualified that were required to fill the available spaces in the semifinals.[9]

Records[]

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

World record  Dayron Robles (CUB) 12.87 Ostrava, Czech Republic 12 June 2008
Olympic record  Liu Xiang (CHN) 12.91 Athens, Greece 27 August 2004

The following national record was set during this competition.

Jamaica National Record  Hansle Parchment (JAM) 13.12

Schedule[]

After two Games in which all rounds were on separate days, the 2012 schedule returned to having the semifinals and final on the same day.

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 7 August 2012 10:10 Round 1
Wednesday, 8 August 2012 19:15
21:15
Semifinals
Finals

Results[]

Round 1[]

Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 Sergey Shubenkov  Russia 0.157 13.26 Q
2 2 Konstadínos Douvalídis  Greece 0.163 13.40 Q
3 8 Adrien Deghelt  Belgium 0.158 13.52 Q
4 4 Garfield Darien  France 0.171 13.54 q
5 3 Paulo Villar  Colombia 0.169 13.55 q, SB
6 6 Matthias Bühler  Germany 0.157 13.68
7 7 Shi Dongpeng  China 0.150 13.78
8 5 David Ilariani  Georgia 0.158 13.90
Wind: +0.6 m/s

Heat 2[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 2 Jason Richardson  United States 0.192 13.33 Q
2 6 Lawrence Clarke  Great Britain 0.160 13.42 Q
3 3 Maksim Lynsha  Belarus 0.168 13.47 Q, SB
4 7 Wayne Davis  Trinidad and Tobago 0.169 13.52 q
5 9 Andrew Riley  Jamaica 0.174 13.59
6 5 João Carlos Almeida  Portugal 0.116 13.69
7 8 Rouhollah Askari  Iran 0.182 13.97
8 1 Ronald Forbes  Cayman Islands 0.161 14.21
4 Enrique Llanos  Puerto Rico DNF
Wind: +0.8 m/s

Heat 3[]

Start of heat 3, after Ali Kamé was disqualified for false starting

Ali Kamé was disqualified for false starting. Andrew Pozzi failed to finish the race. Shamar Sands crashed over the sixth hurdle; he eventually finished but was officially disqualified for not jumping each hurdle. Doucouré was obstructed by Sands and advanced to the semifinals.

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 4 Orlando Ortega  Cuba 0.158 13.26 Q
2 8 Hansle Parchment  Jamaica 0.145 13.32 Q
3 6 Konstantin Shabanov  Russia 0.140 13.63 Q
4 2 Ladji Doucouré  France 0.170 13.67 q
5 7 Mikel Thomas  Trinidad and Tobago 0.135 13.74
6 9 Erik Balnuweit  Germany 0.152 13.77
5 Andrew Pozzi  Great Britain 0.143 DNF
3 Shamar Sands  Bahamas 0.160 35.44 DSQ
1 Ali Kamé  Madagascar DSQ
Wind: +1.2 m/s

Heat 4[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 9 Dayron Robles  Cuba 0.172 13.33 Q
2 4 Lehann Fourie  South Africa 0.159 13.49 Q, SB
3 2 Jeff Porter  United States 0.148 13.53 Q
4 7 Dimitri Bascou  France 0.149 13.57 q
5 1 Greggmar Swift  Barbados 0.150 13.62
6 6 Alexander John  Germany 0.195 13.67
7 5 Fawaz Al-Shammari  Kuwait 0.174 14.00
8 8 Héctor Cotto  Puerto Rico 0.158 14.08
9 3 Ahmad Hazer  Lebanon 0.195 14.82
Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 5[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 7 Aries Merritt  United States 0.142 13.07 Q
2 3 Ryan Brathwaite  Barbados 0.166 13.23 Q, SB
3 2 Xie Wenjun  China 0.143 13.43 Q
4 1 Emanuele Abate  Italy 0.146 13.46 q
5 9 Richard Phillips  Jamaica 0.154 13.47 q
6 6 Dániel Kiss  Hungary 0.188 13.62
7 5 Aleksey Dremin  Russia 0.151 13.75 SB
8 8 Jeffrey Julmis  Haiti 0.161 13.87
9 4 Ronald Bennett  Honduras 0.207 14.45
Wind: +0.7 m/s

Heat 6[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 7 Andy Turner  Great Britain 0.159 13.42 Q
2 9 Selim Nurudeen  Nigeria 0.141 13.51 Q, PB
3 8 Gregory Sedoc  Netherlands 0.157 13.52 Q
4 6 Balázs Baji  Hungary 0.139 13.76
5 3 Jackson Quiñónez  Spain 0.154 13.76 SB
2 Shane Brathwaite  Barbados 0.124 DNF
4 Liu Xiang  China 0.123 DNF
5 Artur Noga  Poland 0.173 DNF
1 Moussa Dembélé  Senegal 0.167 DSQ
Wind: +0.4 m/s

Semifinals[]

Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Semifinal 1[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 5 Jason Richardson  United States 0.160 13.13 Q
2 6 Orlando Ortega  Cuba 0.151 13.26 Q
3 4 Lawrence Clarke  Great Britain 0.159 13.31 q, PB
4 8 Adrien Deghelt  Belgium 0.142 13.42 PB
5 3 Garfield Darien  France 0.154 13.48
6 2 Wayne Davis  Trinidad and Tobago 0.165 13.49
7 7 Konstadínos Douvalídis  Greece 0.146 13.77
9 Gregory Sedoc  Netherlands 0.189 DNF
Wind: -0.5 m/s

Heat 2[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 7 Aries Merritt  United States 0.147 12.94 Q
2 4 Ryan Brathwaite  Barbados 0.159 13.23 Q, SB
3 9 Xie Wenjun  China 0.158 13.34 PB
4 6 Andy Turner  Great Britain 0.151 13.42
5 5 Selim Nurudeen  Nigeria 0.153 13.55
6 3 Dimitri Bascou  France 0.150 13.55
7 2 Paulo Villar  Colombia 0.177 13.63
8 8 Konstantin Shabanov  Russia 0.154 13.65
1 Richard Phillips  Jamaica 0.146 DNF
Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 3[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1 7 Dayron Robles  Cuba 0.162 13.10 Q, SB
2 5 Hansle Parchment  Jamaica 0.172 13.14 Q, NR
3 6 Lehann Fourie  South Africa 0.139 13.28 q, PB
4 2 Emanuele Abate  Italy 0.150 13.35
5 9 Jeff Porter  United States 0.153 13.41
6 4 Sergey Shubenkov  Russia 0.156 13.41
7 8 Maksim Lynsha  Belarus 0.167 13.45 PB
8 3 Ladji Doucouré  France 0.189 13.74
Wind: +0.1 m/s

Final[]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Aries Merritt  United States 0.143 12.92 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Jason Richardson  United States 0.194 13.04
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Hansle Parchment  Jamaica 0.172 13.12 NR
4 2 Lawrence Clarke  Great Britain 0.169 13.39
5 8 Ryan Brathwaite  Barbados 0.163 13.40
6 9 Orlando Ortega  Cuba 0.135 13.43
7 3 Lehann Fourie  South Africa 0.136 13.53
5 Dayron Robles  Cuba 0.159 DNF
Wind: -0.3 m/s

References[]

  1. ^ Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  2. ^ a b "110 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. ^ "World Athletics".
  4. ^ "100 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2021".
  5. ^ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXX OLYMPIAD" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Olympic Qualifying Procedures for Athletics". Telegraph. 15 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Amended Qualifying Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  8. ^ "Men's 110m Hurdles". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Men's 110m competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
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