2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles explained

The men's 60 metres hurdles at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 10 and 11 March.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Aries Merritt	Liu Xiang	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		7.30	Sindelfingen, Germany	6 March 1994
Championship record		7.34	Doha, Qatar	14 March 2010
World Leading		7.40	Albuquerque, United States	25 February 2012
African record		7.52	Ghent, Belgium	23 February 2001
Asian record		7.41	Birmingham, Great Britain	18 February 2012
European record		7.30	Sindelfingen, Germany	6 March 1994
North and Central American and Caribbean record		7.33	Düsseldorf, Germany	8 February 2008
Oceanian Record		7.73	Barcelona, Spain	11 March 1995
				12 March 1995
			Paris, France	8 March 1997
South American record		7.60	Karlsruhe, Germany	15 February 2004

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 10, 2012	9:40	Heats
March 11, 2012	14:45	Semifinals
March 11, 2012	17:20	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus 4 fastest times (q) qualified ^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			7.61	Q, PB
2	2			7.62	Q
3	1			7.66	Q
3	4			7.66	Q
5	1			7.67	Q
6	3			7.71	Q
6	4			7.71	Q
8	1			7.72	Q
8	2			7.72	Q
10	1			7.78	q
11	2			7.81	q
11	3			7.81	Q
11	4			7.81	Q
14	4			7.82	q
15	4			7.82	q
16	3			7.83	Q
16	1			7.83
16	4			7.83
19	2			7.85
20	3			7.88
21	2			7.95
22	3			7.96
23	2			7.98
24	3			8.15	SB
25	2			8.16	SB
26	3			8.17
27	1			8.41	SB
28	1			8.84
29	4			9.65
	4
	1
	3

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) qualified.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			7.53	Q
2	1			7.56	Q, PB
3	2			7.60	Q
4	1			7.62	Q
5	2			7.65	Q
6	2			7.65	Q
7	1			7.67	Q
8	2			7.68	Q
9	2			7.71
10	1			7.74
11	2			7.75
12	1			7.76
13	1			7.80
14	1			7.82
15	2			7.92
	2

Final

The final began at 17:21.^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			7.44
	3			7.49
	6			7.53	PB
4	5			7.58
5	2			7.60
6	7			7.63
7	8			7.69
8	1			7.74

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles (heats). Omega Timing. 2012-03-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20120316235420/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-60H-M-h----.RS6.pdf. 2012-03-16. dead.
2. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles (semifinals). Omega Timing. 2012-03-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20120808132822/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-60H-M-sf----.RS6.pdf. 2012-08-08. dead.
3. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles (final). Omega Timing. 2012-03-15.