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

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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

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

Records

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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

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A time B time
13.52 13.60

Schedule

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

Results

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

Heats

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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

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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

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Wind: −1.1 m/s

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Jason Richardson  United States (USA) 13.16
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Liu Xiang  China (CHN) 13.27
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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  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.
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