World Athletics Championships 1995/110 m hurdles of men

5th World Athletics Championships
discipline	110 meter hurdles
gender	Men
Attendees	48 athletes from 30 countries
venue	Gothenburg
Competition location	Ullevi Stadium
Competition phase	August 11th (heats / quarter-finals) August 12th (semi-finals / finals)
Medalist Allen Johnson ( USA )   Tony Jarrett ( GBR )   Roger Kingdom ( USA )

The Gothenburg Ullevi Stadium in 2006

The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 1995 World Athletics Championships was held on August 11th and 12th, 1995 in Gothenburg's Ullevi Stadium .

With gold and bronze, the US hurdlers won two medals in this competition. World champion Allen Johnson , who on his first of four World Cup came -Titeln. Second place went to the British vice world champion from 1993 , world championship third from 1991 , vice European champion from 1990 and European championship third from 1994, Tony Jarrett . The two-time Olympic champion ( 1984 / 1988 ) Roger Kingdom won the bronze medal.

Existing records

World record	12.91 s	Colin Jackson	World Cup 1993 in Stuttgart , Germany	August 20, 1993
World championship record

The existing world championship record was not set and not improved at these world championships.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was carried out in six runs. The first four athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - as well as the eight fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the quarter-finals.

Forward 1

August 11, 1995, 10:35 a.m.

Wind: −0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jack Pierce	United States	13.48
2	Emilio Valle	Cuba	13.55
3	Andy Tulloch	Great Britain	13.69
4th	Kai Kyllönen	Finland	13.81
5	Frank Asselman	Belgium	13.85
6th	Aleksandr Yenko	Moldova	13.97
7th	Emmanuel Romary	France	14.11
8th	Sean Cahill	Ireland	14.33

Forward 2

August 11, 1995, 10:41 am

Wind: ± 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Florian Schwarthoff	Germany	13.45
2	Kyle Vander-Kuyp	Australia	13.47
3	Dan Philibert	France	13.60
4th	Johan Lisabeth	Belgium	13.76
5	Herwig Röttl	Austria	13.85
6th	Gaute Gundersen	Norway	13.95
7th	Pedro Chiamulera	Brazil	14.33
8th	Mahesh Perera	Sri Lanka	14.64

Forward 3

August 11, 1995, 10:47 am

Wind: +1.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Antti Haapakoski	Finland	13.50
2	Eric Kaiser	Germany	13.63
3	George Boroi	Romania	13.65
4th	Neil Owen	Great Britain	13.74
5	Levente Csillag	Hungary	13.75
6th	Tim Kroeker	Canada	13.76
7th	Wagner Marseille	Haiti	14.03
8th	Arturo Rodríguez	Chile	14.11

Forward 4

August 11, 1995, 10:53 am

Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Roger Kingdom	United States	13.35
2	Erik Batte	Cuba	13.44
3	Chen Yanhao	People's Republic of China	13.58
4th	Claes Albihn	Sweden	13.60
5	Guntis Peders	Latvia	13.78
6th	Walmes de Souza	Brazil	13.84
7th	Jonathan Nsenga	Belgium	13.84
8th	Carlos Sala	Spain	14.01

Forward 5

August 11, 1995, 10:59 am

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Allen Johnson	United States	13.44
2	Robert Foster	Jamaica	13.49
3	Vincent Clarico	France	13.67
4th	Patrik Torkelson	Sweden	13.72
5	Sven Göhler	Germany	13.74
6th	Jyrki Kaehkonen	Finland	13.77
7th	Gennady Dakshevich	Russia	13.82
8th	Gunnar Schrör	Switzerland	13.95

Forward 6

August 11, 1995, 11:05 am

Wind: −0.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Tony Jarrett	Great Britain	13.57
2	Igor Kováč	Slovakia	13.66
3	Igors Kazanovs	Latvia	13.74
4th	Niklas Eriksson	Sweden	13.85
5	Joílto Bonfim	Brazil	13.91
6th	William Erese	Nigeria	13.92
7th	Just Herman Majid	Malaysia	14.19
8th	Prodromos Katsantonis	Cyprus	14.28

Quarter finals

From the four quarter-finals, the first four athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.

Quarter-finals 1

August 11, 1995, 5:55 pm

Wind: +0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Kyle Vander-Kuyp	Australia	13.29
2	Roger Kingdom	United States	13.32
3	Robert Foster	Jamaica	13.60
4th	Andy Tulloch	Great Britain	13.62
5	Jonathan Nsenga	Belgium	13.67
6th	Vincent Clarico	France	13.86
DNF	Sven Göhler	Germany
	Niklas Eriksson	Sweden

Quarter-finals 2

August 11, 1995, 6:01 pm

Wind: +2.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Jack Pierce	United States	13.34
2	Igor Kováč	Slovakia	13.40
3	Antti Haapakoski	Finland	13.57
4th	Neil Owen	Great Britain	13.82
5	Patrik Torkelson	Sweden	13.84
6th	Tim Kroeker	Canada	13.88
7th	Walmes de Souza	Brazil	13.91
8th	Chen Yanhao	People's Republic of China	18.02

Quarter-finals 3

August 11, 1995, 6:07 pm

Wind: +0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Tony Jarrett	Great Britain	13.23
2	Florian Schwarthoff	Germany	13.24
3	Dan Philibert	France	13.43
4th	Emilio Valle	Cuba	13.47
5	Claes Albihn	Sweden	13.52
6th	Johan Lisabeth	Belgium	13.77
7th	Guntis Peders	Latvia	13.84
8th	Jyrki Kaehkonen	Finland	13.98

Quarter-finals 4

Levente Csillag (here in 2015) was eliminated in sixth place in his race in the quarterfinals

August 11, 1995, 6:13 p.m.

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Erik Batte	Cuba	13.44
2	Eric Kaiser	Germany	13.50
3	Allen Johnson	United States	13.54
4th	Igors Kazanovs	Latvia	13.55
5	George Boroi	Romania	13.79
6th	Levente Csillag	Hungary	13.92
7th	Gennady Dakshevich	Russia	14.11
DNF	Kai Kyllönen	Finland

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.

Semi-final run 1

August 12, 1995, 6:20 pm

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Allen Johnson	United States	13.25
2	Jack Pierce	United States	13.27
3	Emilio Valle	Cuba	13.27
4th	Kyle Vander-Kuyp	Australia	13.36
5	Igor Kováč	Slovakia	13.45
6th	Antti Haapakoski	Finland	13.54
7th	Andy Tulloch	Great Britain	13.62
8th	Eric Kaiser	Germany	13.71

Semi-final run 2

Florian Schwarthoff (far left in 2016) , Vice European Champion from 1994 , was a candidate for a medal, but fell in his semi-final and was eliminated

August 12, 1995, 6:26 p.m.

Wind: +1.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Tony Jarrett	Great Britain	13.19
2	Roger Kingdom	United States	13.36
3	Erik Batte	Cuba	13.39
4th	Dan Philibert	France	13.49
5	Robert Foster	Jamaica	13.55
6th	Igors Kazanovs	Latvia	13.61
7th	Neil Owen	Great Britain	13.91
DNF	Florian Schwarthoff	Germany

final

Top favorite Allen Johnson won his first of four World Cup titles - one year later he became  Olympic champion

August 12, 1995, 8:05 pm

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Allen Johnson	United States	13.00
2	Tony Jarrett	Great Britain	13.04
3	Roger Kingdom	United States	13.19
4th	Jack Pierce	United States	13.27
5	Kyle Vander-Kuyp	Australia	13.30
6th	Dan Philibert	France	13.34
7th	Erik Batte	Cuba	13.38
8th	Emilio Valle	Cuba	13.43

Video

• World Championships in Athletics 1995 - 110m hurdles men's final , video posted October 29, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed May 26, 2020

Web links

• 5th IAAF World Championships in Athletics , accessed on May 18, 2020
• Men 110m Hurdles Athletics V World Championship 1995 Goteborg (SWE) on todor66.com (English), accessed May 18, 2020
• Results in the IAAF Statistics Handbook for the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Men 110m Hurdles, Gothenborg 1995, p. 148 (PDF 10.3 MB), English, accessed on May 26, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 110 m hurdles men on rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on May 24, 2020