2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles explained

Event:Men's 110 metres hurdles
Competition:2019 World Championships
Venue:Khalifa International Stadium
Dates:30 September (heats)
2 October (semi-finals & final)
Competitors:39
Nations:27
Win Value:13.10
Gold:Grant Holloway
Goldnoc:USA
Silver:Sergey Shubenkov
Silvernoc:ANA
Bronze2:Orlando Ortega
Bronzenoc:FRA
Bronzenoc2:ESP
Longnames:yes
Prev:2017
Next:2022

The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 30 September to 2 October.[1]

Summary

Five athletes returned from the 2017 final, the defending champion and Olympic champion Omar McLeod, silver medalist Sergey Shubenkov, Olympic silver medalist Orlando Ortega, Devon Allen and Shane Brathwaite, added as a 9th finalist after he was interfered with in the semi-finals when Ronald Levy drifted out of his lane.

In the final, McLeod and American collegian Grant Holloway got out even, but by the second hurdle, Holloway was edging ahead with Ortega the next behind. Holloway was gaining a little on every hurdle, and by the fourth, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde was even with Ortega. As Holloway's lead extended, McLeod pressed. McLeod rattled the eighth hurdle. Ortega again was slightly ahead of Martinot-Lagarde, but Shubenkov was also there moving fast on the outside. McLeod hit the 9th with his foot flat, losing his balance while running at full speed. He popped up trying to get over the final barrier, bumping Ortega to his right as he failed, crashing to the track. Holloway won by a metre with Shubenkov beating Martinot-Lagarde to the line. After the bump, Ortega managed to stay upright, crossing the line in fifth, his arms outstretched as if asking what could be done after he was interfered with.

Holloway continued celebrating all the way through the first turn and half way down the backstretch before dramatically flopping to the track on his back. McLeod was disqualified for interference. After the race, Spain filed a protest and Ortega was awarded a second bronze medal.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

World record12.80Brussels, Belgium7 September 2012
Championship record12.91Stuttgart, Germany20 August 1993
World Leading12.98Austin, United States7 June 2019
African Record13.11Prague, Czech Republic5 June 2017
Asian Record12.88Lausanne, Switzerland11 July 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record12.80Brussels, Belgium7 September 2012
South American Record13.18Székesfehérvár, Hungary9 July 2019
European Record12.91Stuttgart, Germany20 August 1993
Oceanian record13.29Gothenburg, Sweden11 August 1995
The following records were set at the competition:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 13.46.[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[4]

DateTimeRound
30 September 20:05 Heats
2 October 20:05 Semi-finals
2 October 23:00 Final

Results

Heats

The first four in each heat (Q) and the next four fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.[5]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 5 9 13.15 Q
2 1 9 13.17 Q
3 4 8 13.22 Q
4 2 6 13.27 Q
5 4 7 13.32 Q
6 1 3 13.37 Q,
7 2 8 13.38 Q
8 2 5 13.39 Q,
9 1 6 13.41 Q
10 4 4 13.43 Q,
11 4 6 13.43 Q
12 3 5 13.45 Q
13 1 7 13.46 Q
14 5 7 13.48 Q
15 1 2 13.49 q
16 4 5 13.50 q
17 2 3 13.51 Q
18 3 9 13.53 Q
19 4 2 13.53 q
20 5 6 13.57 Q
21 1 5 13.60 q
22 2 4 13.60
23 1 8 13.65
24 5 8 13.67 Q
25 3 2 13.67 Q
26 5 4 13.68
27 5 5 13.70
28 2 9 13.73
29 2 7 13.74
30 5 2 13.75
31 3 8 13.76 Q
32 2 2 13.92
33 3 3 14.07
34 5 3 14.37
35 4 9 14.54
36 4 1 14.79
3 7
3 4
1 4
4 3
3 6

Semi-finals

The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualify for the final.[6]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 5 13.08 Q
2 1 5 13.10 Q
3 2 6 13.12 Q,
4 3 4 13.16 Q
5 1 6 13.18 Q
6 2 7 13.22 q
7 3 7 13.29 Q,
8 2 9 13.36 q
9 3 5 13.47
10 1 2 13.48
11 2 8 13.52
12 2 2 13.52
13 2 4 13.53
14 3 9 13.54
15 1 9 13.57
16 3 8 13.57
17 3 6 13.58
18 1 4 13.60
19 1 3 13.60
19 3 3 13.60
21 3 2 13.61
22 2 3 13.76
23 1 8 14.29 qJ
1 7

Final

The final was started on 2 October at 23:00.[7]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
6 13.10
9 13.15
7 13.18
5 13.30 Awarded after an appeal
5 2 13.29
6 1 13.61
7 3 13.70
8 8 13.87
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Start list.
  2. Web site: 110 Metres Hurdles Men − Records. IAAF. 21 September 2019.
  3. News: Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019. iaaf.org. 2 August 2019.
  4. Web site: 110 Metres Hurdles Men − Timetable. IAAF. 21 September 2019.
  5. Web site: Heats results.
  6. Web site: 110 Metres Hurdles Men − Semi-final − Summary. IAAF. 2 October 2019. 3 October 2019.
  7. Web site: 110 Metres Hurdles Men − Final − Results. IAAF. 3 October 2019. 4 October 2019.