European Athletics Championships 2014/110 m hurdles of men

22nd European Athletics Championships
discipline	110 meter hurdles
gender	Men
Attendees	30 athletes from 19 countries
venue	Zurich
Competition location	Letzigrund Stadium
Competition phase	August 13th (preliminary) August 14th (semifinals / finals)
Medalist Sergei Schubenkow ( RUS )   William Sharman ( GBR )   Pascal Martinot-Lagarde ( FRA )

The Letzigrund stadium in Zurich

The 110-meter hurdles of the men at the 2014 European Athletics Championships was on 13 and 14 August 2014 in the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich held.

European champion was the Russian defending champion and third in the 2013 World Cup, Sergei Schubenkow . He won ahead of the British William Sharman . Bronze went to the Frenchman Pascal Martinot-Lagarde .

Existing records

World record	12.80 s	Aries Merritt	Brussels , Belgium	September 7, 2012
European record	12.91 s	Colin Jackson	WM Stuttgart , Federal Republic of Germany	August 20, 1993
Championship record	13.02 s		EM Budapest , Hungary	August 22, 1998

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Preliminary round

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

Gregory Sedoc missed the next lap by four hundredths of a second

August 13, 2014, 11:40 a.m.

Wind: -0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	France	13.29
2	Artur Noga	Poland	13.44
3	Erik Balnuweit	Germany	13.48
4th	Konstadínos Douvalídis	Greece	13.54
5	Gregory Sedoc	Netherlands	13.58
6th	Lorenzo Perini	Italy	13.77
7th	Arttu Hirvonen	Finland	13.87
8th	Vladimir Vukicevic	Norway	13.97

Forward 2

As seventh of his race, Milan Traikovitz was eliminated in the preliminary round

August 13, 2014, 11:50 am

Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Dimitri Bascou	France	13.35
2	Gregor Traber	Germany	13.43
3	Lawrence Clarke	Great Britain	13.46
4th	Paolo Dal Molin	Italy	13.54
5	João Carlos Almeida	Portugal	13.58
6th	Tobias Furer	Switzerland	13.78
7th	Milan Traikovitz	Cyprus	13.78
8th	Alexander Brorsson	Sweden	13.92

Forward 3

Fifth place in his preliminary run was not enough for Dominik Bochenek to take part in the semi-finals

August 13, 2014, 12:00 p.m.

Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	William Sharman	Great Britain	13.29
2	Balázs Baji	Hungary	13.37
3	Matthias Bühler	Germany	13.40
4th	Konstantin Schabanow	Russia	13.51
5	Dominik Bochenek	Poland	13.66
6th	Viliam Papšo	Slovakia	14.19
DNS	Jussi Kanervo	Finland
	Milan Ristić	Serbia

Forward 4

August 13, 2014, 12:10 p.m.

Wind: +0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Sergei Schubenkow	Russia	13.29
2	Thomas Martinot-Lagarde	France	13.46
3	Petr Svoboda	Czech Republic	13.50
4th	Andrew Turner	Great Britain	13.51
5	Hassane Fofana	Italy	13.55
6th	Dániel Kiss	Hungary	13.64
7th	Andreas Martinsen	Switzerland	13.97
8th	Adrien Deghelt	Belgium	14.33

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  Hassane Fofana (far left) was only a hundredth of a second missing to make it to the semi-finals

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  With his sixth place in the fourth heat, Dániel Kiss (center) did not reach the next round

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  Andreas Martinsen finished seventh in his preliminary run and was eliminated

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  With a time well over fourteen seconds, Adrien Deghelt had no chance

Semifinals

From each of the two semi-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - as well as the two fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.

Run 1

August 14, 2014, 7:15 p.m.

Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	William Sharman	Great Britain	13.16
2	Sergei Schubenkow	Russia	13.16
3	Lawrence Clarke	Great Britain	13.47
4th	Erik Balnuweit	Germany	13.49
5	Thomas Martinot-Lagarde	France	13.50
6th	Konstadínos Douvalídis	Greece	13.56
7th	Gregor Traber	Germany	13.58
8th	Paolo Dal Molin	Italy	13.72

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  Erik Balnuweit's fourth place wasn't quite enough to take part in the final

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  Konstadínos Douvalídis came in his semi-final run in fifth place and was eliminated

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  Gregor Traber failed in the semifinals as seventh of his race

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  Paolo Dal Molin landed a bit behind in the first semi-final race and was therefore not in the final

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  Matthias Bühler, like two other runners, had achieved 13.39 seconds and retired by a few thousandths of a second

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  Andrew Turner, 2010 European Champion, did not reach the finals this time as seventh in his semifinals

Run 2

August 14, 2014, 7:25 pm

Wind: -0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	France	13.17
2	Balázs Baji	Hungary	13.31
3	Dimitri Bascou	France	13.33
4th	Petr Svoboda	Czech Republic	13.39
5	Artur Noga	Poland	13.39
6th	Matthias Bühler	Germany	13.39
7th	Andrew Turner	Great Britain	13.57
8th	Konstantin Schabanow	Russia	13.66

final

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  Shortly after the start in the finals over 110 meter hurdles

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  In the final v. l. To the right: Balázs Baji, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde and Sergei Schubenkow

August 14, 2014, 9:50 pm

Wind: +0.5 m / s

In a close race, Dimitri Bascou, fourth in the 2010 European Championship , finished second, but was then disqualified because his opponent Balázs Baji was handicapped on the branch lane.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Sergei Schubenkow	Russia	13.19
2	William Sharman	Great Britain	13.27
3	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	France	13.29
4th	Balázs Baji	Hungary	13.29 NO
5	Petr Svoboda	Czech Republic	13.63
6th	Artur Noga	Poland	14.25
DSQ	Dimitri Bascou	France	IAAF Rule 163.2 - Disability
DNS	Lawrence Clarke	Great Britain

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  Sergei Schubenkow, third in the 2013 World Cup , defended his title

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  Vice European Champion William Sharman

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  Bronze medalist
  Pascal Martinot-Lagarde

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  The fourth-placed Balázs Baji

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  Petr Svoboda reached fifth place

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  Artur Noga, 2012 EM -Dritter came here to sixth place

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  Dimitri Bascou, fourth in the 2010 European Championship , was disqualified because his opponent was handicapped on the branch line

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  Lawrence Clarke did not run for the final

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Zurich 2014 at european-athletics.org, accessed on February 3, 2020
• Men 110m Hurdles European Championship 2014 Zurich on todor66.com, accessed on February 3, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2014 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on February 3, 2020
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2014, 110 m hurdles men on sportschau.de, accessed on February 3, 2020
• 22nd European Athletics Championships 2014 in Zurich, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on February 3, 2020

Video

• Men's 110m Hurdles FINAL European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 on youtube.com, accessed on February 3, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Men's 110-meter hurdles , accessed February 3, 2020
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 110 m Hurdles Men , Spanish / English, p. 17 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on February 3, 2020
3. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 88 (PDF; 4364 kB), accessed on February 3, 2020