1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles explained

These are the official results of the Men's 110 metres Hurdles event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 39 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday September 3, 1987.

Medalists

Gold	Greg Foster United States (USA)
Silver	Jonathan Ridgeon Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Colin Jackson Great Britain (GBR)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record		12.93	Zürich, Switzerland	August 19, 1981
Championship Record		13.22	Helsinki, Finland	August 12, 1983

Final

RANK	FINAL wind +0.5	TIME
		13.21
		13.29
		13.38
4.		13.41
5.		13.48
6.		13.55
7.		13.71
-		DNS

Semi-finals

Held on Tuesday 1987-09-01

RANK	HEAT 1 wind -0.5	TIME
1.		13.34
2.		13.41
3.		13.60
4.		13.62
5.		13.63
6.		13.68
7.		13.78
8.		13.98

RANK	HEAT 2 wind -1.2	TIME
1.		13.42
2.		13.45
3.		13.58
4.		13.58
5.		13.62
6.		13.68
7.		13.90
8.		14.06

Qualifying heats

Held on Tuesday 1987-09-01

RANK	HEAT 1 wind +1.4	TIME
1.		13.20
2.		13.37
3.		13.48
4.		13.48
5.		13.72
6.		14.04
7.		14.06
8.		15.67

RANK	HEAT 2 wind +0.4	TIME
1.		13.50
2.		13.62
3.		13.63
4.		13.91
5.		13.94
6.		13.97
7.		14.25
8.		14.45

RANK	HEAT 3 wind +0.2	TIME
1.		13.46
2.		13.56
3.		13.70
4.		13.90
5.		14.01
6.		14.02
7.		14.35
-		DNS

RANK	HEAT 4 wind +0.4	TIME
1.		13.61
2.		13.62
3.		13.80
4.		14.02
5.		14.39
6.		14.41
-		DNF
-		DNS

RANK	HEAT 5 wind +0.9	TIME
1.		13.44
2.		13.76
3.		13.81
4.		13.82
5.		13.87
6.		13.90
-		DNF

References

Results