European Athletics Championships 2016/110 m hurdles of men

23rd European Athletics Championships
discipline	110 meter hurdles
gender	Men
Attendees	31 athletes from 16 countries
venue	Amsterdam
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 8th (preliminary) July 9th (semifinals / finals)
Medalist Dimitri Bascou ( FRA )   Balázs Baji ( HUN )   Wilhem Belocian ( FRA )

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam

The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 2016 European Athletics Championships was held on July 8th and 9th, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .

In this competition, the French hurdlers won two medals, gold and bronze. European champion was Dimitri Bascou . Silver went to the Hungarian Balázs Baji . Third place went to Wilhem Belocian .

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.

execution

For this discipline, a new competition mode was used for the first time. The eleven strongest athletes on the European annual best list did not yet have to compete in the preliminary round, but only entered in the semi-finals.

Preliminary round

July 5, 2016, 5:35 p.m.

The preliminary round was carried out in three 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

Ben Reynolds retired as seventh of his race in the preliminary round

July 8, 2016, 12:55 pm

Wind: +0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Milan Traikovitz	Cyprus	13.39 NO
2	Yidiel Contreras	Spain	13.46
3	Andreas Martinsen	Denmark	13.65
4th	Hassane Fofana	Italy	13.71
5	Elmo Lakka	Finland	13.72
6th	Serhiy Kopanayko	Ukraine	13.74
7th	Ben Reynolds	Ireland	13.87

Forward 2

His fifth place in the second run was not enough for Dominik Bochenek to advance

July 8, 2016, 1:03 pm

Wind: -0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Emanuele Abate	Italy	13.63
2	Matthias Bühler	Germany	13.75
3	Javier Colomo	Spain	13.76
4th	Vladimir Vukicevic	Norway	13.76
5	Dominik Bochenek	Poland	13.87
6th	Tobias Furer	Switzerland	14.08
7th	Artem Shamatryn	Ukraine	14.47

Forward 3

As fourth of his prelim, Gregory Sedoc did not reach the next round

July 8, 2016, 1:11 p.m.

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	David King	Great Britain	13.55
2	Lorenzo Perini	Italy	13.68
3	Valdó Szűcs	Hungary	13.76
4th	Gregory Sedoc	Netherlands	13.92
5	Brahian Peña	Switzerland	13.98
6th	Gerard Porras	Spain	14.11

Semifinals

July 6, 2016, 5:35 p.m.

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

Run 1

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  Matthias Bühler failed to finish sixth in his race in the semifinals

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  Valdó Szűcs sixth place in his semifinals was not enough for the final

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  Javier Colomo finished eighth in the first semifinals and was eliminated

July 9, 2016, 7:15 p.m.

Wind: -0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Andrew Pozzi	Great Britain	13.21
2	Aurel Manga	France	13.36
3	Milan Traikovitz	Cyprus	13.40
4th	Milan Ristić	Serbia	13.45
5	Matthias Bühler	Germany	13.65
6th	Valdó Szűcs	Hungary	13.76
7th	Lorenzo Perini	Italy	13.79
8th	Javier Colomo	Spain	13.88

Run 2

July 9, 2016, 7:23 pm

Wind: -1.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Wilhem Belocian	France	13.28
2	Balázs Baji	Hungary	13.29
3	Damian Czykier	Poland	13.32
4th	Emanuele Abate	Italy	13.54
5	Vladimir Vukicevic	Norway	13.54 NO
6th	David King	Great Britain	13.54
7th	Alexander John	Germany	13.60
8th	Elmo Lakka	Finland	13.87

Hurdles eliminated in the second semifinals:

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  Emanuele Abate - fourth place

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  Vladimir Vukicevic - sixth with a Norwegian record

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  Alexander John - seventh place

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  Elmo Lakka - eighth place

Run 3

Hurdler in the third semifinals

July 9, 2016, 7:31 pm

Wind: -0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Dimitri Bascou	France	13.20
2	Yidiel Contreras	Spain	13.47
3	Lawrence Clarke	Great Britain	13.47
4th	Konstadínos Douvalídis	Greece	13.50
5	Hassane Fofana	Italy	13.52
6th	Gregor Traber	Germany	13.66
7th	Andreas Martinsen	Denmark	13.89
8th	Serhiy Kopanayko	Ukraine	13.97

Hurdles eliminated in the third semifinals:

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  Lawrence Clarke - third place, he was a hundredth of a second short of the final

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  Konstadínos Douvalídis - fourth place

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  Hassane Fofana (far left) - fifth place

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  Gregor Traber - sixth place

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  Andreas Martinsen - seventh place

final

Final in the hurdles sprint

July 9, 2016, 9:30 p.m.

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Dimitri Bascou	France	13.25
2	Balázs Baji	Hungary	13.28 NO
3	Wilhem Belocian	France	13.33
4th	Damian Czykier	Poland	13.40
5	Milan Traikovitz	Cyprus	13.44
6th	Aurel Manga	France	13.47
7th	Yidiel Contreras	Spain	13.54
DNS	Andrew Pozzi	Great Britain

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  European champion Dimitri Bascou

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  Vice European Champion Balázs Baji

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  Wilhem Belocian (left) won the bronze medal

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  Fourth placed Damian Czykier

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  Aurel Manga reached number six

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  Yidiel Contreras came in seventh place

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  Andrew Pozzi - did not run in the final

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Amsterdam 2016 at european-athletics.org, accessed on February 26, 2020
• Men 110m Hurdles European Championship 2016 Amsterdam on todor66.com, accessed on February 26, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2016 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on February 26, 2020
• 23rd European Athletics Championships 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands from ifosta.de, accessed on February 26, 2020

Video

• 110m Hurdles Men's Final - European Athletics Championships 2016 on youtube.com, accessed February 26, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Men's 110-meter hurdles , accessed February 26, 2020
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, 110 m Hurdles Men , Spanish / English, p. 17 (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on February 26, 2020