Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	110 meter hurdles
gender	Men
Attendees	53 athletes from 33 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium London
Competition phase	August 7, 2012 (preliminary round) August 8, 2012 (semi-finals / finals)
Medalist Aries Merritt ( USA )   Jason Richardson ( USA )   Hansle Parchment ( JAM )

The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on August 7th and 8th, 2012 at the Olympic Stadium in London . 53 athletes took part.

The American Aries Merritt became Olympic champion . His compatriot Jason Richardson won the silver medal in front of the Jamaican Hansle Parchment .

Erik Balnuweit , Matthias Bühler and Alexander John started for Germany . All three failed in the preliminary round.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current title holders

Olympic champion	Dayron Robles ( Cuba )	12.93 s	Beijing 2008
World Champion	Jason Richardson ( USA )	13.16 s	Daegu 2011
European champion	Sergei Schubenkow ( Russia )	13.16 s	Helsinki 2012
Central America and Caribbean champions	Eric Keddo ( Jamaica )	13.49 s	Mayagüez 2011
South America champion	Matheus Facho Inocêncio ( Brazil )	13.70 s	Buenos Aires 2011
Asian champion	Liu Xiang ( People's Republic of China )	13.22 s	Kobe 2011
African champions	Lehann Fourie ( South Africa )	13.60 s	Porto-Novo 2012
Oceania Champion	Competition not in the championship program		Gold Coast 2012

Existing records

World record	Dayron Robles ( Cuba )	12.87 s	Ostrava , Czech Republic	June 12, 2008
Olympic record	Liu Xiang ( People's Republic of China )	12.91 s	Athens Final , Greece	August 27, 2004

Note:
All times in this post are local time according to London time ( UTC ± 0 ).

Prelims

Six preliminary runs were carried out. The first three athletes per run qualified for the semifinals. In addition, the six 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

August 7, 2012, 10:10 a.m.
Wind: +0.6 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Sergei Schubenkow	Russia	13.26
2	Konstandinos Douvalidis	Greece	13.40
3	Adrien Deghelt	Belgium	13.52
4th	Garfield Darien	France	13.54
5	Paulo Villar	Colombia	13.55
6th	Matthias Bühler	Germany	13.68
7th	Shi Dongpeng	People's Republic of China	13.78
8th	David Ilariani	Georgia	13.90

Forward 2

August 7, 2012, 10:17 a.m.
Wind: +0.8 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Jason Richardson	United States	13.33
2	Lawrence Clarke	Great Britain	13.42
3	Maxim Lynsha	Belarus	13.47
4th	Wayne Davis	Trinidad and Tobago	13.52
5	Andrew Riley	Jamaica	13.59
6th	João Carlos Almeida	Portugal	13.69
7th	Rouhollah Askari	Iran	13.97
8th	Ronald Forbes	Cayman Islands	14.21
DNF	Enrique Llanos	Puerto Rico

Forward 3

August 7, 2012, 10:24 a.m.
Wind: +1.2 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Orlando Ortega	Cuba	13.26
2	Hansle Parchment	Jamaica	13.32
3	Konstantin Schabanow	Russia	13.63
4th	Ladji Doucouré	France	13.67	Wildcard to the semi-finals after being impeded by Shamar Sands
5	Mikel Thomas	Trinidad and Tobago	13.74
6th	Erik Balnuweit	Germany	13.77
DNF	Andrew Pozzi	Great Britain
DSQ	Shamar Sands	Bahamas		IAAF Rule 168.7 b - Deliberately knocking over the hurdle
	Ali Kamé	Madagascar		IAAF Rule 162.7 - false start

Forward 4

August 7, 2012, 10:31 a.m.
Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Dayron Robles	Cuba	13.33
2	Lehann Fourie	South Africa	13.49
3	Jeff Porter	United States	13.53
4th	Dimitri Bascou	France	13.57
5	Greggmar Swift	Barbados	13.62
6th	Alexander John	Germany	13.67
7th	Fawaz Al-Shammari	Kuwait	14.00
8th	Hector Cotto	Puerto Rico	14.08
9	Ahmad Hazer	Lebanon	14.82

Forward 5

August 7, 2012, 10:38 a.m.
Wind: +0.7 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Aries Merritt	United States	13.07
2	Ryan Brathwaite	Barbados	13.23
3	Xie Wenjun	People's Republic of China	13.43
4th	Emanuele Abate	Italy	13.46
5	Richard Phillips	Jamaica	13.47
6th	Dániel Kiss	Hungary	13.62
7th	Alexei Drjomin	Russia	13.75
8th	Jeffrey Julmis	Haiti	13.87
9	Ronald Bennett	Honduras	14.45

Forward 6

August 7, 2012, 10:45 a.m.
Wind: +0.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Andrew Turner	Great Britain	13.42
2	Selim Nurudeen	Nigeria	13.51
3	Gregory Sedoc	Netherlands	13.52
4th	Balázs Baji	Hungary	13.76
5	Jackson Quiñónez	Spain	13.76
DNF	Shane Brathwaite	Barbados
	Liu Xiang	People's Republic of China
	Artur Noga	Poland
DSQ	Moussa Dembélé	Senegal		IAAF Rule 163.6 / 168.7 - Leaving the track / Deliberately knocking over the hurdle

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  As sixth of his preliminary run, the German Matthias Bühler did not reach the next round

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  Erik Balnuweit from Germany was eliminated in sixth place in his preliminary run

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  Alexander John was not enough his sixth place in the preliminary round to survive the preliminary round

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  Ronald Bennett from Honduras failed to finish ninth in his run

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  The Spaniard Jackson Quiñónez did not make it to the semi-finals as fifth in his heat

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  The Pole Artur Noga did not reach the finish in his heat and was eliminated

Semifinals

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

Run 1

August 8, 2012, 7:15 p.m.
Wind: −0.5 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Jason Richardson	United States	13.13
2	Orlando Ortega	Cuba	13.26
3	Lawrence Clarke	Great Britain	13.31
4th	Adrien Deghelt	Belgium	13.42
5	Garfield Darien	France	13.48
6th	Wayne Davis	Trinidad and Tobago	13.49
7th	Konstandinos Douvalidis	Greece	13.77
DNF	Gregory Sedoc	Netherlands

Run 2

August 8, 2012, 7:23 p.m.
Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Aries Merritt	United States	12.94
2	Ryan Brathwaite	Barbados	13.23
3	Xie Wenjun	People's Republic of China	13.34
4th	Andrew Turner	Great Britain	13.42
5	Selim Nurudeen	Nigeria	13.55
6th	Dimitri Bascou	France	13.55
7th	Paulo Villar	Colombia	13.63
8th	Konstantin Schabanow	Russia	13.65
DNF	Richard Phillips	Jamaica

Run 3

August 8, 2012, 7:31 p.m.
Wind: +0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Dayron Robles	Cuba	13.10
2	Hansle Parchment	Jamaica	13.14	NO
3	Lehann Fourie	South Africa	13.28
4th	Emanuele Abate	Italy	13.35
5	Jeff Porter	United States	13.41
6th	Sergei Schubenkow	Russia	13.41
7th	Maxim Lynsha	Belarus	13.45
8th	Ladji Doucouré	France	13.74

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  The Belgian Adrien Deghelt was eliminated in fourth of his run in the semi-finals

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  The Frenchman Garfield Darien was fifth in his semi-final run and did not reach the final

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  Gregory Sedoc from the Netherlands did not reach the goal in his semi-finals and was eliminated

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  Fourth place in his semi-final was not enough for Briton Andrew Turner to start in the final

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  The Frenchman Dimitri Bascou failed in sixth place in his semi-final run

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  Sergei Schubenkow from Russia did not reach the finals by finishing sixth in his semi-finals

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  With eighth place in his race, Ladji Doucouré from France was eliminated in the semi-finals

final

August 8, 2012, 9:15 p.m.
Wind: −0.3 m / s

Two Americans and two Cubans as well as one participant each from Barbados, Great Britain, Jamaica and South Africa had qualified for the final.

The favorites were the 2008 Olympic champion Dayron Robles from Cuba, the reigning world champion Jason Richardson from the USA and his compatriot Aries Merritt as the best of the year.

Robles got off to a good start in the final. However, he suffered from a tendon injury. He knocked over the sixth hurdle and was subsequently disqualified for doing this on purpose.

Merritt had the best start and was in the lead from the start. He won with a new Olympic record ahead of Jason Richardson and the Jamaican Hansle Parchment. The Briton Lawrence Clarke crossed the finish line in fourth and Ryan Brathwaite from Barbados in fifth. Just behind, Cuban Orlando Ortega finished sixth ahead of Lehann Fourie from South Africa.

In the 27th Olympic final, Aries Merritt ran for the 19th US victory. It was also the 13th double success for the USA in this discipline.

Hansle Parchment became the first Jamaican medalist over the 110 meter hurdles .

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)	annotation
1	Aries Merritt	United States	12.92	OR
2	Jason Richardson	United States	13.04
3	Hansle Parchment	Jamaica	13.12	NO
4th	Lawrence Clarke	Great Britain	13.39
5	Ryan Brathwaite	Barbados	13.40
6th	Orlando Ortega	Cuba	13.43
7th	Lehann Fourie	South Africa	13.53
DSQ	Dayron Robles	Cuba		IAAF Rule 168.7 b - Deliberately knocking over the hurdle

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  Olympic Champion:
  Aries Merritt, USA

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  Silver medal:
  Jason Richardson, USA

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  Bronze medal:
  Hansle Parchment, Jamaica

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  Ryan Brathwait from Barbados finished fifth in the Olympics

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  The Cuban Orlando Ortega finished sixth

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  Dayron Robles from Cuba was disqualified in the final

Web links

• SportsReference 110m hurdles , accessed September 12, 2018
• Official report , accessed September 12, 2018
• Results on the website of the IAAF World Athletics Federation (English) , accessed on September 12, 2018

Video recordings

• Prelims on youtube.com, published August 7, 2012, accessed September 12, 2018
• Semi-finals on youtube.com, published August 8, 2012, accessed September 12, 2018
• Finale on youtube.com, published August 8, 2012, accessed September 12, 2018

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 675 , accessed on September 12, 2018
2. ↑ ^{a b} IAAF competition rules, page 93 , accessed on September 12, 2018
3. ↑ IAAF competition rules, page 71 , accessed on September 12, 2018
4. ↑ IAAF competition rules, pages 74 and 93 , accessed on September 12, 2018