1996 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)
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sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 110 meter hurdles | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 62 athletes from 40 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Centennial Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 28, 1996 (preliminary round / quarter-finals) July 29, 1996 (semi-finals / final) |
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The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta was held on July 28 and 29, 1996 at the Centennial Olympic Stadium . 62 athletes took part.
The American Allen Johnson became Olympic champion . He won ahead of his compatriot Mark Crear and the German Florian Schwarthoff .
In addition to medalists Schwarthoff, Claude Edorh and Eric Kaiser started for Germany. Edorh was eliminated in the quarter-finals, Kaiser made it to the semi-finals. Elmar Lichtenegger and Herwig Röttl took part
for Austria . The Olympic champion from Barcelona , the Canadian Mark McKoy , also started here for Austria. Lichtenegger and Röttl failed in the preliminary round, McKoy in the quarter-finals.
Athletes from Switzerland and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Current title holders
Olympic champion 1992 |
Mark McKoy ( Canada )
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13.12 s | Barcelona 1992 |
World Champion 1995 |
Allen Johnson ( USA )
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13.00 s | Gothenburg 1995 |
European Champion 1994 |
Colin Jackson ( Great Britain )
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13.08 s | Helsinki 1994 |
Pan American champion 1995 |
Roger Kingdom ( USA )
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13.39 s | Mar del Plata 1995 |
Central America and Caribbean champions 1995 | Erik Batte ( Cuba )
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13.49 s | Guatemala City 1995 |
South American Champion 1995 | Joilto Bonfim ( Brazil )
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13.92 s | Manaus 1995 |
Asian champion 1995 | Chen Yanhao ( People's Republic of China )
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13.65 s | Jakarta 1995 |
African champion 1996 | William Erese ( Nigeria )
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13.7 s | Yaoundé 1996 |
Oceania Champion 1994 | Nick Bolton ( New Zealand )
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14.67 s | Auckland 1994 |
Existing records
World record | 12.91 s |
Colin Jackson ( Great Britain )
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Stuttgart , Germany | August 20, 1993 |
Olympic record | 12.98 s |
Roger Kingdom ( USA )
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Final from Seoul , South Korea | September 26, 1988 |
Note: All times are Atlanta local time ( UTC − 5 ).
Preliminary round
July 28, 1996, from 10:45 am
The athletes started a total of eight heats. The first three hurdles qualified for the quarter-finals. In addition, the eight fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Igor Kováč |
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13.62 | |
2 | Mark McKoy |
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13.70 | |
3 | Andrei Kislych |
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13.74 | |
4th | Claude Edorh |
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13.74 | |
5 | Chen Yanhao |
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13.76 | |
6th | Tomáš Dvořák |
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13.78 | |
7th | Miguel Soto |
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13.94 | |
8th | Judex Lefou |
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14.69 |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Florian Schwarthoff |
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13.39 | |
2 | Erik Batte |
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13.47 | |
3 | Andrew Tulloch |
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13.56 | |
4th | Johan Lisabeth |
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13.72 | |
5 | Claes Albihn |
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13.79 | |
6th | Moses Oyiki |
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14.04 | |
7th | Seán Cahill |
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14.28 | |
8th | Yuri Aristov |
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15.04 |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Mark Crear |
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13.44 | |
2 | Anier García |
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13.56 | |
3 | Sven Pieters |
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13.56 | |
4th | Gheorghe Boroi |
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13.66 | |
5 | Emerson Perín |
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13.76 | |
6th | Wagner Marseille |
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13.95 | |
7th | Herwig Röttl |
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14.08 | |
8th | Fawaz Ismail Johar |
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14.32 |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Colin Jackson |
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13.36 | |
2 | Eric Kaiser |
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13.64 | |
3 | Guntis Peders |
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13.72 | |
4th | Frank Mensah |
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13.87 | |
5 | William Erese |
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13.98 | |
6th | Joe Naivalu |
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14.23 | |
DNS | Herman Majid |
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Curt Young |
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Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Allen Johnson |
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13.66 | |
2 | Krzysztof Mehlich |
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13.81 | |
3 | Walmes de Souza |
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13.82 | |
4th | Stelios Bisbas |
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13.85 | |
5 | Antti Haapakoski |
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13.90 | |
6th | Miguel de los Santos |
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14.01 | |
7th | Steve Adegbite |
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14.06 | |
DNF | Henry Andrade |
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Forward 6
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Tony Jarrett |
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13.47 | |
2 | Vincent Clarico |
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13.52 | |
3 | Thomas Kearns |
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13.67 | |
4th | Pedro Chiamulera |
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13.70 | |
5 | Yevgeny Pechonkin |
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13.86 | |
6th | Elmar Lichtenegger |
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14.03 | |
7th | Prodromos Katsantonis |
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14.34 | |
8th | Hakim Mazou |
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14.52 |
Forward 7
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Kyle Vander Kuyp |
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13.32 | |
2 | Emilio Valle |
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13.35 | |
3 | Jonathan Nsenga |
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13.61 | |
4th | Igors Kazanovs |
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13.74 | |
5 | Timothy Kroeker |
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13.74 | |
6th | Jesús Font |
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13.90 | |
7th | Mahesh Perera |
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14.24 | |
8th | José Riesco |
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14.29 |
Forward 8
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Eugene Swift |
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13.36 | |
2 | Li Tong |
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13.57 | |
3 | Robert Foster |
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13.58 | |
4th | Levente Csillag |
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13.64 | |
5 | Emmanuel Romary |
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13.68 | |
6th | Carlos Sala |
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13.94 | |
7th | Jenija Schorochow |
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14.29 | |
8th | Paul Tucker |
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14.65 |
Quarter finals
July 28, 1996, from 6:30 p.m.
In each of the four quarter-finals, the first four athletes qualified for the semi-finals (highlighted in light blue).
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Eugene Swift |
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13.37 | |
2 | Robert Foster |
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13.51 | |
3 | Johan Lisabeth |
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13.53 | |
4th | Vincent Clarico |
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13.57 | |
5 | Guntis Peders |
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13.59 | |
6th | Pedro Chiamulera |
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13.77 | |
DNF | Eric Kaiser |
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DSQ | Tony Jarrett |
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Eric Kaiser from Germany was unable to finish his race due to a handicap from the British Tony Jarrett. Jarrett was disqualified, Kaiser could start with a wildcard in the semifinals (highlighted in light green).
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Mark Crear |
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13.14 | |
2 | Florian Schwarthoff |
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13.27 | |
3 | Igors Kazanovs |
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13.42 | |
4th | Li Tong |
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13.43 | |
5 | Thomas Kearns |
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13.55 | |
6th | Anier García |
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13.58 | |
7th | Jonathan Nsenga |
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13.63 | |
8th | Emmanuel Romary |
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13.81 |
Run 3
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Colin Jackson |
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13.33 | |
2 | Sven Pieters |
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13.36 | |
3 | Erik Batte |
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13.46 | |
4th | Gheorghe Boroi |
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13.56 | |
5 | Mark McKoy |
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13.64 | |
6th | Claude Edorh |
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13.64 | |
7th | Igor Kováč |
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13.70 | |
8th | Andrei Kislych |
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13.74 |
Run 4
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Allen Johnson |
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13.27 | |
2 | Emilio Valle |
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13.29 | |
3 | Kyle Vander Kuyp |
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13.49 | |
4th | Krzysztof Mehlich |
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13.51 | |
5 | Levente Csillag |
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13.61 | |
6th | Andrew Tulloch |
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13.68 | |
7th | Walmes de Souza |
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14.12 | |
8th | Timothy Kroeker |
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14.14 |
Semifinals
July 29, 1996
In each of the two semi-finals, the first four athletes qualified for the final (highlighted in light blue).
Run 1
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space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Allen Johnson |
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13.10 | |
2 | Colin Jackson |
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13.17 | |
3 | Emilio Valle |
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13.18 | |
4th | Kyle Vander Kuyp |
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13.38 | |
5 | Krzysztof Mehlich |
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13.55 | |
6th | Gheorghe Boroi |
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13.57 | |
7th | Sven Pieters |
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13.59 | |
8th | Eric Kaiser |
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13.59 | |
9 | Li Tong |
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13.60 |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Florian Schwarthoff |
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13.13 | |
2 | Eugene Swift |
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13.21 | |
3 | Mark Crear |
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13.22 | |
4th | Erik Batte |
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13.26 | |
5 | Vincent Clarico |
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13.43 | |
6th | Robert Foster |
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13.49 | |
7th | Igors Kazanovs |
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14.13 | |
DNF | Johan Lisabeth |
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final
space | Surname | nation | Time (s) | annotation |
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1 | Allen Johnson |
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12.95 | OR |
2 | Mark Crear |
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13.09 | |
3 | Florian Schwarthoff |
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13.17 | |
4th | Colin Jackson |
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13.19 | |
5 | Emilio Valle |
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13.20 | |
6th | Eugene Swift |
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13.23 | |
7th | Kyle Vander Kuyp |
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13.40 | |
8th | Erik Batte |
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13.43 |
July 29, 1996
All three Americans and two Cubans had qualified for the final. The final field was completed by one starter each from Australia, Germany and Great Britain.
American world champion Allen Johnson and European champion Colin Jackson from Great Britain, who also held the world record , were considered favorites . Also contenders for top positions were the British Vice World Champion Tony Jarrett and the German Vice European Champion Florian Schwarthoff. Of them, however, Jarrett had already been disqualified in the quarterfinals due to a disability and thus eliminated.
Johnson got off the blocks very quickly. He took the hurdles impressively quickly and flawlessly. At the fourth hurdle his compatriot Mark Crear was closest to him. Jackson couldn't keep up and was clearly behind. Schwarthoff, on the other hand, did not start so well, but got better and better into the race and won the bronze medal behind Olympic champion Allen Johnson and second Mark Crear. Johnson improved Roger Kingdom's Olympic record by three hundredths of a second. Jackson came in fourth, two hundredths of a second behind Schwarthoff, ahead of Cuban Emilio Valle and American Eugene Swift.
In the 23rd Olympic final, Allen Johnson ran the 110 meter hurdles for the 18th US victory . It was also the 13th double victory for US athletes in this discipline.
literature
- Gerd Rubenbauer (ed.), Olympic Summer Games Atlanta 1996 with reports by Britta Kruse, Johannes Ebert, Andreas Schmidt and Ernst Christian Schütt, comments: Gerd Rubenbauer and Hans Schwarz, Chronik Verlag im Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh / Munich 1996, p. 28, 30f
Web links
- SportsReference 110m hurdles , accessed March 1, 2018
- Official Report, Part III on the Olympic Games in Atlanta , p. 82, English / French (PDF, 13,520 MB), accessed on March 1, 2018
Video
- Men's 110m Hurdles Final Atlanta Olympics 1996 , posted June 20, 2016 on youtube.com, accessed March 1, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 675 , accessed on March 1, 2018
- ↑ a b c d Official Report, Part III on the Olympic Games in Atlanta ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , P. 82, English / French (PDF, 13,520 MB), accessed on March 1, 2018