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110 metres Hurdles, Men

Date	15 – 16 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Engenho de Dentro, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	40 from 27 countries

The United States had dominated this event since the 1896 Olympics, but they came to Rio with no dominant hurdler. Their best hurdler in recent years had been Aries Merritt, who set a world record after the 2012 Olympics, and was third at the 2015 World Championships while suffering from end-stage kidney disease. After that meet Merritt underwent a kidney transplant and returned to competition in early 2016, but he failed to make the US team at the trials. Another top hurdler was Cuban Dayron Robles, the 2008 Olympic champion and a former world record holder, but he was not in Rio, out with injuries.

In their absence the event was wide open. The event started in a torrential downpour, which affected the first two heats. The rain then relented, and the officials gave the non-qualifiers from the first two heats a re-run in an extra heat, allowing them to qualify on time, but only Deuce Carter was able to do so. The final was won by Jamaican Omar McLeod, who had won the World Indoor Championships over 60 metres earlier in the year. He was followed by Cuban Orlando Ortega (representing Spain in Rio), with France’s Dimitri Bascou taking bronze. Devon Allen finished fifth, the highest placed American. It was the first time in the history of the event that no American won a medal, save for the boycotted 1980 Olympics.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	2624	Omar McLeod	JAM	13.27 (1 h1)	13.15 (1 h2)	13.05 (1)	Gold
2	2368	Orlando Ortega	ESP	13.32 (1 h2)	13.32 (1 h1)	13.17 (2)	Silver
3	2413	Dimitri Bascou	FRA	13.31 (1 h3)	13.23 (1 h3)	13.24 (3)	Bronze
4	2428	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	FRA	13.36 (2 h5)	13.25 (2 h2)	13.29 (4)
5	3045	Devon Allen	USA	13.41 (2 h4)	13.36 (3 h2)	13.31 (5)
6	2194	Johnathan Cabral	CAN	13.63 (4 h2)	13.41 (4 h2)	13.40 (6)
7	2296	Milan Trajkovic	CYP	13.59 (3 h2)	13.31 (2 h3)	13.41 (7)
AC r3/3	3047	Ronnie Ash	USA	13.31 (1 h5)	13.36 (2 h1)	– (DQ)
3 h1 r2/3	2832	Damian Czykier	POL	13.63 (5 h5)	13.50 (3 h1)	–
3 h3 r2/3	3092	Jeff Porter	USA	13.50 (2 h1)	13.45 (3 h3)	–
4 h1 r2/3	2552	Balázs Baji	HUN	13.52 (2 h2)	13.52 (4 h1)	–
4 h3 r2/3	2629	Andrew Riley	JAM	13.52 (3 h3)	13.46 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r2/3	2469	Andy Pozzi	GBR	13.5 (2 h3)	13.67 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	2520	Gregor Traber	GER	13.5 (3 h4)	13.43 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r2/3	2531	Kostas Douvalidis	GRE	13.41 (1 h4)	13.47 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r2/3	2614	Deuce Carter	JAM	– (DQ h2)	13.69 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	2445	Lawrence Clarke	GBR	13.55 (3 h5)	13.46 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r2/3	2354	Yidiel Contreras	ESP	13.62 (5 h4)	13.54 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r2/3	2279	Yordan O'Farril	CUB	13.56 (4 h4)	13.70 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	2891	Antonio Alkana	RSA	13.64 (5 h3)	13.55 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r2/3	2793	Antwon Hicks	NGR	13.70 (4 h1)	14.26 (7 h3)	–
8 h2 r2/3	2307	Petr Svoboda	CZE	13.65 (6 h3)	13.67 (8 h2)	–
9 h2 r2/3	2138	João Vítor de Oliveira	BRA	13.63 (4 h3)	13.85 (9 h2)	–
AC h1 r2/3	2548	Jeffrey Julmis	HAI	13.66 (3 h1)	– (DQ h1)	–
AC h3 r2/3	2154	Éder Souza	BRA	13.61 (4 h5)	– (DQ h3)	–
2 h6 r1/3	2256	Yeison Rivas	COL	13.84 (5 h1)	–	–
3 h6 r1/3	2667	Wataru Yazawa	JPN	13.89 (6 h1)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	2489	Matthias Bühler	GER	13.82 (6 h2)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	2504	Alexander John	GER	– (DQ h1)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	2214	Ronald Forbes	CAY	14.67 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	2938	Milan Ristić	SRB	13.66 (6 h5)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	2736	Ali Kamé	MAD	14.89 (7 h1)	–	–		1
7 h2 r1/3	2718	Xaysa Anousone	LAO	14.40 (7 h2)	–	–		2
7 h3 r1/3	2987	Mikel Thomas	TTO	13.68 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r1/3	2731	Ahmad Hazer	LBN	15.50 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	2233	Xie Wenjun	CHN	13.69 (7 h5)	–	–
8 h3 r1/3	2593	Eddie Lovett	ISV	13.77 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h5 r1/3	2201	Sekou Kaba	CAN	13.70 (8 h5)	–	–
AC h4 r1/3	2414	Wilhem Belocian	FRA	– (DQ h4)	–	–
AC h6 r1/3	2283	Jhoanis Portilla	CUB	13.81 (5 h2)	–	–

Round One (15 August 2016)

Top four in each heat and next four fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One (20:40)

Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Omar McLeod	JAM	13.27	0.168	Q
2	7	Jeff Porter	USA	13.50	0.147	Q
3	9	Jeffrey Julmis	HAI	13.66	0.149	Q
4	8	Antwon Hicks	NGR	13.70	0.151	Q
5	4	Yeison Rivas	COL	13.84	0.143		3
6	6	Wataru Yazawa	JPN	13.89	0.144		4
7	3	Ali Kamé	MAD	14.89	0.152		5
DQ	5	Alexander John	GER	–	[0.173]		6

Heat Two (20:48)

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	8	Orlando Ortega	ESP	13.32	0.124	Q
2	3	Balázs Baji	HUN	13.52	0.151	Q
3	5	Milan Trajkovic	CYP	13.59	0.143	Q
4	2	Johnathan Cabral	CAN	13.63	0.153	Q
5	9	Jhoanis Portilla	CUB	13.81	0.122		7
6	6	Matthias Bühler	GER	13.82	0.145		8
7	4	Xaysa Anousone	LAO	14.40	0.134		9
DQ	7	Deuce Carter	JAM	–	[0.176]

Heat Three (21:16)

Wind	1.4 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Dimitri Bascou	FRA	13.31	0.151	Q
2	9	Andy Pozzi	GBR	13.5	0.127	Q
3	6	Andrew Riley	JAM	13.52	0.136	Q
4	8	João Vítor de Oliveira	BRA	13.63	0.121	Q
5	3	Antonio Alkana	RSA	13.64	0.128	q
6	2	Petr Svoboda	CZE	13.65	0.132	q	10
7	7	Mikel Thomas	TTO	13.68	0.131
8	5	Eddie Lovett	ISV	13.77	0.143

Heat Four (21:24)

Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Kostas Douvalidis	GRE	13.41	0.124	Q
2	9	Devon Allen	USA	13.41	0.127	Q
3	5	Gregor Traber	GER	13.5	0.149	Q
4	6	Yordan O'Farril	CUB	13.56	0.130	Q
5	7	Yidiel Contreras	ESP	13.62	0.137	q
6	4	Ronald Forbes	CAY	14.67	0.131
7	8	Ahmad Hazer	LBN	15.50	0.144
DQ	3	Wilhem Belocian	FRA	–	–

Heat Five (21:32)

Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	9	Ronnie Ash	USA	13.31	0.149	Q
2	3	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	FRA	13.36	0.148	Q
3	5	Lawrence Clarke	GBR	13.55	0.146	Q
4	8	Éder Souza	BRA	13.61	0.134	Q
5	2	Damian Czykier	POL	13.63	0.162	q
6	7	Milan Ristić	SRB	13.66	0.133
7	4	Xie Wenjun	CHN	13.69	0.166
8	6	Sekou Kaba	CAN	13.70	0.141

Heat Six Re-Run (23:15)

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	9	Deuce Carter	JAM	13.51	0.174	q
2	4	Yeison Rivas	COL	13.87	0.165
3	6	Wataru Yazawa	JPN	13.88	0.141
4	8	Matthias Bühler	GER	13.90	0.141
5	2	Alexander John	GER	14.13	0.165
DQ	7	Jhoanis Portilla	CUB	–	[0.137]
DNS	3	Ali Kamé	MAD	–	–
DNS	5	Xaysa Anousone	LAO	–	–

Semi-Finals (16 August 2016)

Top two in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Heat One (20:40)

Wind	0.5 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Orlando Ortega	ESP	13.32	0.138	Q
2	5	Ronnie Ash	USA	13.36	0.183	Q
3	2	Damian Czykier	POL	13.50	0.154
4	6	Balázs Baji	HUN	13.52	0.129
5	4	Andy Pozzi	GBR	13.67	0.127
6	3	Deuce Carter	JAM	13.69	0.171
7	8	Yordan O'Farril	CUB	13.70	0.153
DQ	9	Jeffrey Julmis	HAI	–	[0.156]		11

Heat Two (20:48)

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Omar McLeod	JAM	13.15	0.147	Q
2	5	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	FRA	13.25	0.149	Q
3	6	Devon Allen	USA	13.36	0.120	q
4	9	Johnathan Cabral	CAN	13.41	0.134	q
5	4	Gregor Traber	GER	13.43	0.181
6	8	Lawrence Clarke	GBR	13.46	0.169
7	2	Antonio Alkana	RSA	13.55	0.126
8	1	Petr Svoboda	CZE	13.67	0.181
9	3	João Vítor de Oliveira	BRA	13.85	0.194

Heat Three (20:56)

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Dimitri Bascou	FRA	13.23	0.152	Q
2	8	Milan Trajkovic	CYP	13.31	0.135	Q
3	4	Jeff Porter	USA	13.45	0.150
4	6	Andrew Riley	JAM	13.46	0.150
5	7	Kostas Douvalidis	GRE	13.47	0.145
6	3	Yidiel Contreras	ESP	13.54	0.142
7	2	Antwon Hicks	NGR	14.26	0.170
DQ	9	Éder Souza	BRA	–	[0.137]

Final (16 August 2016 — 22:45)

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Omar McLeod	JAM	13.05	0.142
2	7	Orlando Ortega	ESP	13.17	0.127
3	6	Dimitri Bascou	FRA	13.24	0.131
4	4	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	FRA	13.29	0.142
5	3	Devon Allen	USA	13.31	0.135
6	2	Johnathan Cabral	CAN	13.40	0.146
7	8	Milan Trajkovic	CYP	13.41	0.136
DQ	9	Ronnie Ash	USA	–	[0.160]	12