European Athletics Championships 1994/110 m hurdles of men
16th European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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discipline | 110 meter hurdles | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 31 athletes from 17 countries | ||||||||
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Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 11th (preliminary) August 12th (semifinals / finals) |
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The men's 110-meter hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in 1994 was held on August 11 and 12, 1994 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .
The British hurdlers won two gold and bronze medals in this competition. European champion was the defending champion, reigning world champion and Olympic runner-up in 1988 Colin Jackson . He won ahead of the German Florian Schwarthoff . Bronze went to the European Championships -second of 1990 , WM -third of 1991 and World Cup -second 1993 Tony Jarrett .
Records
Existing records
World record | 12.91 s |
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WM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany | August 20, 1993 |
European record | ||||
Championship record | 13.18 s | EM Split , Yugoslavia | August 29, 1990 |
Record improvements
European champion Colin Jackson improved his own EM record twice:
- 13.16 s - 2nd advance on August 11th
- 13.04s - 1st semi-final on August 12th
Preliminary round
August 11, 1994
The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.
Forward 1
Wind: +0.7 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Florian Schwarthoff |
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13.31 |
2 | Laurent Ottoz |
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13.52 |
3 | Thomas J. Kearns |
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13.60 |
4th | Claes Albihn |
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13.72 |
5 | Igor Kováč |
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13.72 |
6th | Tibor Bédi |
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13.94 |
7th | Gunnar Schrör |
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13.98 |
DNF | Igors Kazanovs |
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Forward 2
Wind: +1.5 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Colin Jackson |
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13.16 CR |
2 | Dan Philibert |
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13.43 |
3 | Mike Fenner |
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13.49 |
4th | Niklas Eriksson |
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13.65 |
5 | Kai Kyllönen |
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13.67 |
6th | Levente Csillag |
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14.02 |
7th | Guntis Peders |
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15.57 |
Forward 3
Wind: +1.3 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Mark McKoy |
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13.50 |
2 | Andy Tulloch |
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13.52 |
3 | Claude Edorh |
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13.53 |
4th | Gheorghe Boroi |
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13.64 |
5 | Jyrki Kaehkonen |
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13.65 |
6th | Hubert Grossard |
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13.67 |
7th | Mathieu Jouÿs |
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13.78 |
8th | Sean Cahill |
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14.16 |
Forward 4
Wind: -0.1 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Tony Jarrett |
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13.43 |
2 | Antti Haapakoski |
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13.49 |
3 | Jonathan Nsenga |
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13.66 |
4th | Gaute Gundersen |
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13.77 |
5 | Vincent Clarico |
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13.81 |
6th | Patrik Torkelsson |
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13.85 |
7th | Robin Korving |
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14.31 |
DNF | Vladimir Belokon |
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Semifinals
August 12, 1994
From the two semi-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.
Run 1
Wind: +1.0 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Colin Jackson |
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13.04 CR |
2 | Dan Philibert |
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13.45 |
3 | Gheorghe Boroi |
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13.53 |
4th | Mike Fenner |
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13.55 |
5 | Andy Tulloch |
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13.62 |
6th | Jonathan Nsenga |
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13.69 |
7th | Jyrki Kaehkonen |
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13.73 |
DNS | Mark McKoy |
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Run 2
Wind: +0.2 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Tony Jarrett |
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13.32 |
2 | Florian Schwarthoff |
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13.38 |
3 | Claude Edorh |
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13.47 |
4th | Antti Haapakoski |
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13.52 |
5 | Laurent Ottoz |
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13.53 |
6th | Thomas J. Kearns |
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13.60 |
7th | Kai Kyllönen |
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13.63 |
8th | Niklas Eriksson |
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13.67 |
Colin Jackson defended his title confidently, meanwhile the Olympic runner-up from 1988 a . a. Became world champion - in addition to many other successes, he won the European Championship title twice and the World Cup title again
Gheorghe Boroi was eighth in this final - four years earlier he had been eliminated in the semifinals
final
August 12, 1994
Wind: +1.1 m / s
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) |
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1 | Colin Jackson |
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13.08 |
2 | Florian Schwarthoff |
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13.16 |
3 | Tony Jarrett |
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13.23 |
4th | Claude Edorh |
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13.41 |
5 | Mike Fenner |
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13.53 |
6th | Antti Haapakoski |
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13.54 |
7th | Dan Philibert |
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13.54 |
8th | Gheorghe Boroi |
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13.61 |
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 1994 at european-athletics.org, accessed on 23 September 2019
- Men 110m Hurdles European Championship 1994 Helsinki on todor66.com, accessed on September 23, 2019
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 1994 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on September 23, 2019
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men 110m Hurdles European Championship 1994 Helsinki, p. 462 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on 23 September 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1994, 110 m hurdles men on sportschau.de, accessed on September 23, 2019
- 16th European Athletics Championships 1994 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on September 23, 2019
Video
- Men's 110m Hurdles Final European Champs Helsinki 1994 on youtube.com (English), accessed September 23, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. Men's 110-meter hurdles , accessed September 23, 2019