2004 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	110 meter hurdles
gender	Men
Attendees	47 athletes from 34 countries
Competition location	Athens Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	August 24, 2004 (preliminary round) August 25, 2004 (quarter-finals) August 26, 2004 (semi-finals) August 27, 2004 (final)
Medalist Liu Xiang ( CHN )   Terrence Trammell ( USA )   Anier García ( CUB )

The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens took place on August 24, 25, 26 and 27, 2004 in the Athens Olympic Stadium. 47 athletes took part.

The Olympic champion was the Chinese Liu Xiang , who set the existing world record in the final . He won ahead of the American Terrence Trammell and the Cuban Anier García .

Jérôme Crews and Mike Fenner took part for Germany . Crews was eliminated in the preliminary round, Fenner in the quarter-finals.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current title holders

Olympic Champion 2000	Anier García ( Cuba )	13.00 s	Sydney 2000
World Champion 2003	Allen Johnson ( USA )	13.12 s	Paris 2003
European Champion 2002	Colin Jackson ( Great Britain )	13.11 s	Munich 2002
Pan American Champion 2003	Yuniel Hernández ( Cuba )	13.35 s	Santo Domingo 2003
Central America and Caribbean champions 2003	110 m hurdles not held as a championship competition		St. George’s 2003
South American Champion 2003	Redelén dos Santos ( Brazil )	13.45 s	Barquisimeto 2003
Asian champion 2003	Shi Dongpeng ( People's Republic of China )	13.50 s	Manila 2003
African champion 2004	Todd Matthews-Jouda ( Sudan )	13.70 s	Brazzaville 2004
Oceania Champion 2002	Avele Tanielu ( Samoa )	15.18 s	Christchurch 2002

Existing records

World record	12.91 s	Colin Jackson ( Great Britain )	Stuttgart , Germany	August 20, 1993
Olympic record	12.95 s	Allen Johnson ( USA )	Atlanta Final , USA	July 29, 1996

Note: All times are local Athens time ( UTC + 2 ).

Preliminary round

A total of six preliminary runs were completed. The first four athletes per run qualified for the quarter-finals. In addition, the eight fastest drivers, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Forward 1

August 24, 2004, 9:35 a.m.

Wind: +1.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Ladji Doucouré	France	13.18	NO
2	Staņislavs Olijars	Latvia	13.27
3	Satoru Tanigawa	Japan	13.39	NO
4th	Márcio de Souza	Brazil	13.43
5	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja	Madagascar	13.46	NO
6th	Felipe Vivancos	Spain	13.47
7th	Jérôme Crews	Germany	13.83
8th	Nenad Lončar	Serbia and Montenegro	14.02

Forward 2

August 24, 2004, 9:42 am

Wind: +1.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Dudley Dorival	Haiti	13.39
2	Yoel Hernández	Cuba	13.41
3	Chris Pinnock	Jamaica	13.42
4th	Todd Matthews-Jouda	Sudan	13.47	NO
5	Terrence Trammell	United States	13.51
6th	Shaun Bownes	South Africa	13.52
7th	Damjan Zlatnar	Slovenia	13.66	NO
8th	Jurica Grabušić	Croatia	13.87

Forward 3

Serhiy Demidiuk from Ukraine was eliminated in sixth place in his heat

August 24, 2004, 9:49 a.m.

Wind: +1.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Liu Xiang	People's Republic of China	13.27
2	Charles Allen	Canada	13.35
3	Robert Kronberg	Sweden	13.47
4th	Igor Peremota	Russia	13.54
5	Masato Naito	Japan	13.56
6th	Serhiy Demidiuk	Ukraine	13.80
7th	Tae-kyong Park	South Korea	13.96
8th	Luís Sá	Portugal	14.01

Forward 4

August 24, 2004, 9:56 a.m.

Wind: −1.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Paulo Villar	Colombia	13.44	NO
2	Matheus Facho Inocêncio	Brazil	13.45
3	Allen Johnson	United States	13.45
4th	Yevgeny Pechonkin	Russia	13.64
5	Gregory Sedoc	Netherlands	13.65
6th	Shi Dongpeng	People's Republic of China	13.68	due to the later disqualification of D. Ross actually in the quarterfinals
7th	Robert Newton	Great Britain	13.85
8th	Edy Jakariya	Indonesia	14.11	NO

Forward 5

The Hungarian Levente Csillag was eliminated as seventh in his preliminary run

The Briton Andrew Turner finished eighth in his heat and did not make the next round

August 24, 2004, 10:03 am

Wind: +0.8 m / s

The American Duane Ross, who crossed the finish line in second place, was banned from the US Anti-Doping Commission for two years due to the results of the investigation into the BALCO affair . His results were retroactively canceled for all competitions with retroactive effect from November 2, 2001. Of course, there was no longer any possibility of retrospectively asserting this decision for eligibility to participate in the quarter-finals here in Athens . Otherwise, instead of Ross, the Chinese Shi Dongpeng would have reached the next round.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Anier García	Cuba	13.24
2	Duane Ross	United States	13.39	later disqualified for doping
3	Mike Fenner	Germany	13.53
4th	Stephen Jones	Barbados	13.56	NO
5	Sergei Chepika	Russia	13.59
6th	Dawit Ilariani	Georgia	13.72
7th	Levente Csillag	Hungary	13.74
8th	Andrew Turner	Great Britain	13.75

Forward 6

August 24, 2004, 10:10 am

Wind: +1.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Maurice Wignall	Jamaica	13.30
2	Richard Phillips	Jamaica	13.39
3	Jackson Quiñónez	Ecuador	13.44	NO
4th	Yuniel Hernández	Cuba	13.48
5	Sultan Tucker	Liberia	13.76
6th	Tarmo Jallai	Estonia	13.77
7th	Mubarak Ata Mubarak	Saudi Arabia	13.81
DNS	Redelén dos Santos	Brazil

Quarter finals

In each of the four quarter-finals, the first three athletes qualified for the semi-finals. In addition, the four fastest times, the so-called lucky losers , made it through. The directly qualified runners are highlighted in light blue, the lucky losers in light green.

Run 1

August 25, 2004, 10:15 p.m.

Wind: +0.4 m / s

The US American Duane Ross, who crossed the finish line in fourth place, was banned from the US Anti-Doping Commission for two years due to the results of investigations from the BALCO affair . His results were retroactively canceled for all competitions with retroactive effect from November 2, 2001. Of course, there was no longer any possibility of retrospectively asserting this decision in any form to qualify for the semi-finals here in Athens . Otherwise, instead of Ross, the German Mike Fenner would have reached the next round.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Ladji Doucouré	France	13.23
2	Charles Allen	Canada	13.30
3	Robert Kronberg	Sweden	13.39
4th	Duane Ross	United States	13.50	later disqualified for doping
5	Yevgeny Pechonkin	Russia	13.53
6th	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja	Madagascar	13.64
7th	Jackson Quiñónez	Ecuador	13.67
DNS	Damjan Zlatnar	Slovenia

Run 2

The American Allen Johnson did not finish in his quarter-finals

Like Johnson, Dutchman Gregory Sedoc did not finish in the quarterfinals

August 25, 2004, 10:22 pm

Wind: +0.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Staņislavs Olijars	Latvia	13.26
2	Anier García	Cuba	13.28
3	Richard Phillips	Jamaica	13.44
4th	Felipe Vivancos	Spain	13.48
5	Mike Fenner	Germany	13.53	due to the later disqualification of D. Ross actually in the semifinals
6th	Stephen Jones	Barbados	13.85
DNF	Allen Johnson	United States
	Gregory Sedoc	Netherlands

Run 3

August 25, 2004, 10:29 pm

Wind: +0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Liu Xiang	People's Republic of China	13.27
2	Yoel Hernández	Cuba	13.29
3	Terrence Trammell	United States	13.34
4th	Chris Pinnock	Jamaica	13.47
5	Márcio de Souza	Brazil	13.54
6th	Masato Naito	Japan	13.54
7th	Igor Peremota	Russia	13.64
8th	Paulo Villar	Colombia	14.03

Run 4

August 25, 2004, 10:36 pm

Wind: 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Matheus Facho Inocêncio	Brazil	13.33
2	Dudley Dorival	Haiti	13.39
3	Maurice Wignall	Jamaica	13.39
4th	Yuniel Hernández	Cuba	13.46
5	Sergei Chepika	Russia	13.55
6th	Shaun Bownes	South Africa	13.62
7th	Satoru Tanigawa	Japan	13.70
8th	Todd Matthews-Jouda	Sudan	13.77

Semifinals

The first four runners in each of the two races (highlighted in light blue) qualified for the final.

Run 1

August 26, 2004, 9:00 p.m.

Wind: −0.1 m / s

The US American Duane Ross, who initially crossed the finish line in fifth place, was banned from the US Anti-Doping Commission for two years due to the results of the investigation into the BALCO affair . His results were retroactively canceled for all competitions with retroactive effect from November 2, 2001.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Maurice Wignall	Jamaica	13.17	NO
2	Liu Xiang	People's Republic of China	13.18
3	Staņislavs Olijars	Latvia	13.20
4th	Charles Allen	Canada	13.23
5	Yoel Hernández	Cuba	13.37
6th	Robert Kronberg	Sweden	13.42
7th	Chris Pinnock	Jamaica	13.57
DOP	Duane Ross	United States	13.30

Run 2

August 26, 2004, 9:09 pm

Wind: 0.0 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Ladji Doucouré	France	13.06	NO
2	Terrence Trammell	United States	13.17
3	Anier García	Cuba	13.30
4th	Matheus Facho Inocêncio	Brazil	13.34
5	Dudley Dorival	Haiti	13.39
6th	Richard Phillips	Jamaica	13.47
7th	Felipe Vivancos	Spain	13.52
DNS	Yuniel Hernández	Cuba

final

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Liu Xiang	People's Republic of China	12.91	WRe / OR
2	Terrence Trammell	United States	13.18
3	Anier García	Cuba	13.20
4th	Maurice Wignall	Jamaica	13.21
5	Staņislavs Olijars	Latvia	13.21
6th	Charles Allen	Canada	13.48
7th	Matheus Facho Inocêncio	Brazil	13.49
8th	Ladji Doucouré	France	13.76

August 27, 2004, 9:30 p.m.

Wind: +0.3 m / s

Eight athletes from eight nations qualified for the final.

The favorites for the gold medal were the Chinese World Cup third Liu Xiang, the Cuban Olympic champion from 2000 Anier García and the US athlete Terrence Trammell, silver medalist from 2000 and World Cup second from 2003. Another candidate for a medal was the Frenchman Ladji Doucouré, who had achieved the fastest time of this competition in the semi-finals here in Athens . Another co-favorite, US runner Allen Johnson, 1996 Olympic champion and reigning world champion, was eliminated in the quarter-finals after a fall.

Liu and Trammell were head to head until the fourth hurdle. From then on, the Chinese pulled away, while Doucouré was able to catch up with Trammell after a weak start and despite an unrhythmic run. The French were even slightly ahead of the American. But at the ninth hurdle Doucouré touched a little, now completely lost his rhythm and also stepped into the following - the last - hurdle. So he stumbled and in the end fell back to eighth and last place in the final. Liu Xiang finished his race confidently and won in a time of 12.91 s, with which he equalized the world record and at the same time set a new Olympic record . The placements behind the Olympic champion were extremely close. Terrence Trammell won the silver medal with just two hundredths of a second ahead of Anier García. The Jamaican Maurice Wignall and the Latvian Staņislavs Olijars finished fourth and fifth in this order, just one hundredth of a second behind the bronze rank. The Canadian Charles Allen finished sixth and the Brazilian Matheus Facho Inocêncio seventh by a significantly greater margin.

Liu Xiang's Olympic victory was the first ever Chinese medal in this discipline.

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  Olympic champion Liu Xiang, People's Republic of China

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  Silver medalist Terrence Trammell, USA

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  The Jamaican Olympic champion Maurice Wignall

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  The Latvian Staņislavs Olijars finished fifth in the final

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  The French Ladji Doucouré came eighth after a stumble

Web links

• SportsReference 110m hurdles , accessed April 24, 2018
• Results on the IAAF website , accessed April 24, 2018
• Official Report of the XXVIIIth Olympiad, Results Athletics , English / French (PDF, 3054 KB), accessed on April 24, 2018

Video

• Liu Xiang Wins Historic 110m Hurdles Gold - Athens 2004 Olympics , published June 19, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed April 24, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 675 , accessed on April 24, 2018
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Message on ESPN dated February 6, 2010 , accessed on April 24, 2018