Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Men's 110 metres hurdles
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Date:	28 & 29 July
Competitors:	62
Nations:	39
Win Value:	12.95
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Allen Johnson
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Mark Crear
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Florian Schwarthoff
Bronzenoc:	GER
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The men's 110 metres hurdles was an event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The final was held on July 29, 1996.^[1] Sixty-two athletes from 39 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Allen Johnson of the United States, the nation's 18th title in the event. Florian Schwarthoff's bronze was the first medal in the event for Germany, though East Germany had won gold in 1980.

Background

This was the 23rd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Five finalists from 1992 returned: gold medalist Mark McKoy (then of Canada, now of Austria), fourth-place finisher Tony Jarrett of Great Britain, fifth-place finisher Florian Schwarthoff of Germany, sixth-place finisher Emilio Valle of Cuba, and seventh-place finisher Colin Jackson of Great Britain. McKoy, Jarrett, and Jackson had all been finalists in 1988 as well, with Jackson taking silver in Seoul. Jackson was favored to return to the podium and possibly win; he had taken the 1993 world, 1990 and 1994 European, and 1990 and 1994 Commonwealth championships and broken the world record in 1993. His main competition was Allen Johnson of the United States, the 1995 world champion.^[2]

Cape Verde, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Ghana, Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, and Uzbekistan each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its 22nd appearance, most of any nation (having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games).

Competition format

The competition used the four-round format previously used in 1960 and since 1988, still using the eight-man semifinals and finals used since 1964. The "fastest loser" system, also introduced in 1964, was used in the first round.

The first round consisted of eight heats, with 8 hurdlers each (before withdrawals left one heat with only 6). The top three hurdlers in each heat, along with the eight next fastest overall, advanced to the quarterfinals. The 32 quarterfinalists were divided into four heats of 8 hurdlers each, with the top four in each heat advancing. One additional hurdler advanced due to being obstructed. The 17 semifinalists were divided into two semifinals of 8 hurdlers each (with one having an extra due to the obstruction); again, the top four hurdlers in each advanced to the 8-man final.^{[2] [3]}

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Allen Johnson set a new Olympic record with 12.95 seconds in the final.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday, 28 July 1996	10:45 18:30	Round 1 Quarterfinals
Monday, 29 July 1996	18:20 20:50	Semifinals Final

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	5			0.175	13.62
2	8			0.152	13.70
3	1			0.150	13.74
4	6			0.177	13.74
5	3			0.156	13.76
6	4			0.146	13.78
7	2			0.178	13.94
8	7			0.220	14.69
				Wind: -0.5 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	7			0.210	13.39
2	8			0.222	13.47
3	3			0.160	13.56
4	5			0.166	13.72
5	2			0.152	13.79
6	1			0.148	14.04
7	4			0.144	14.28
8	6			0.200	15.04
				Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	1			0.221	13.44
2	6			0.159	13.56
3	8			0.164	13.56
4	3			0.128	13.66
5	5			0.181	13.76
6	2			0.157	13.95
7	7			0.166	14.08
8	4			0.167	14.32
				Wind: +1.0 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	8			0.140	13.36
2	5			0.178	13.64
3	3			0.143	13.72
4	4			0.211	13.87
5	7			0.171	13.98
6	6			0.156	14.23
—	2
1
				Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	6			0.172	13.66
2	4			0.200	13.81
3	3			0.192	13.82
4	8			0.182	13.85
5	5			0.152	13.90
6	7			0.161	14.01
7	1			0.161	14.06
data-sort-value=8	—	2			0.178	data-sort-value=99.98
				Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	7			0.149	13.47
2	1			0.177	13.52
3	8			0.169	13.67
4	6			0.160	13.70
5	5			0.150	13.86
6	2			0.184	14.03
7	4			0.176	14.34
8	3			0.193	14.52
				Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	5			0.156	13.32
2	8			0.183	13.35
3	6			0.169	13.61
4	4			0.145	13.74
5	2			0.188	13.74
6	7			0.172	13.90
7	3			0.201	14.24
8	1			0.168	14.29
				Wind: +2.3 m/s

Heat 8

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	2			0.161	13.36
2	3			0.156	13.57
3	6			0.169	13.58
4	7			0.185	13.64
5	5			0.161	13.68
6	4			0.153	13.94
7	8			0.179	14.29
8	1			0.184	14.65
				Wind: +2.8 m/s

Overall results for round 1

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7			13.32
2	7			13.35
3	4			13.36
	8			13.36
5	2			13.39
6	3			13.44
7	2			13.47
	6			13.47
9	6			13.52
10	2			13.56
	3			13.56
	3			13.56
13	8			13.57
14	8			13.58
15	7			13.61
16	1			13.62
17	4			13.64
	8			13.64
19	3			13.66
	5			13.66
21	6			13.67
22	8			13.68
23	1			13.70
	6			13.70
25	2			13.72
	4			13.72
27	1			13.74
	1			13.74
	7			13.74
	7			13.74
31	1			13.76
	3			13.76
33	1			13.78
34	2			13.79
35	5			13.81
36	5			13.82
37	5			13.85
38	6			13.86
39	4			13.87
40	5			13.90
	7			13.90
42	1			13.94
	8			13.94
44	3			13.95
45	4			13.98
46	5			14.01
47	6			14.03
48	2			14.04
49	5			14.06
50	3			14.08
51	4			14.23
52	7			14.24
53	2			14.28
54	7			14.29
	8			14.29
56	3			14.32
57	6			14.34
58	6			14.52
59	8			14.65
60	1			14.69
61	2			15.04
data-sort-value=62	—	5			data-sort-value=99.98
—	4			data-sort-value=99.99
4			data-sort-value=99.99

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Jarrett's obstruction of Kaiser resulted in Jarrett being disqualified and Kaiser advancing to the semifinals despite not finishing the race.

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	6			0.155	13.37
2	7			0.156	13.51
3	8			0.156	13.53
4	5			0.167	13.57
5	2			0.151	13.59
6	1			0.176	13.77
data-sort-value=7	—	3			0.149	data-sort-value=99.98
data-sort-value=8	—	4			0.139	data-sort-value=99.99
				Wind: +1.2 m/s

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	5			0.127	13.14
2	4			0.165	13.27
3	1			0.139	13.42
4	6			0.180	13.43
5	2			0.119	13.55
6	3			0.164	13.58
7	8			0.176	13.63
8	7			0.173	13.81
				Wind: +1.1 m/s

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	3			0.126	13.33
2	8			0.160	13.36
3	4			0.208	13.46
4	2			0.149	13.56
5	6			0.166	13.64
6	1			0.170	13.64
7	5			0.190	13.70
8	7			0.145	13.74
				Wind: +1.4 m/s

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	3			0.173	13.27
2	5			0.198	13.29
3	4			0.152	13.49
4	6			0.183	13.51
5	8			0.147	13.61
6	2			0.169	13.68
7	1			0.214	14.12
8	7			0.168	14.14
				Wind: +0.1 m/s

Overall results for quarterfinals

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	2			13.14
2	2			13.27
	4			13.27
4	4			13.29
5	3			13.33
6	3			13.36
7	1			13.37
8	2			13.42
9	2			13.43
10	3			13.46
11	4			13.49
12	1			13.51
	4			13.51
14	1			13.53
15	2			13.55
16	3			13.56
17	1			13.57
18	2			13.58
19	1			13.59
20	4			13.61
21	2			13.63
22	3			13.64
23	3			13.64
24	4			13.68
25	3			13.70
26	3			13.74
27	1			13.77
28	2			13.81
29	4			14.12
30	4			14.14
data-sort-value=31	—	1			data-sort-value=99.98
data-sort-value=32	—	1			data-sort-value=99.99

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time !	Notes
1	5			0.194	13.10
2	6			0.139	13.17
3	4			0.198	13.18
4	7			0.156	13.38
5	8			0.189	13.55
6	1			0.137	13.57
7	3			0.136	13.59
8	9			0.168	13.59
9	2			0.143	13.60
				Wind: +0.5 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time !	Notes
1	6			0.156	13.13
2	4			0.158	13.21
3	3			0.194	13.22
4	8			0.168	13.26
5	2			0.173	13.43
6	5			0.182	13.49
7	1			0.172	14.13
data-sort-value=8	—	7			0.155	data-sort-value=99.99
				Wind: +1.7 m/s

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time
	6			0.170	12.95
	8			0.124	13.09
	3			0.164	13.17
4	5			0.133	13.19
5	7			0.179	13.20
6	4			0.151	13.23
7	2			0.160	13.40
8	1			0.160	13.43
				Wind: +0.6 m/s

See also

• 1992 Men's Olympic 110m Hurdles (Barcelona)
• 1993 Men's World Championships 110m Hurdles (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Men's European Championships 110m Hurdles (Helsinki)
• 1995 Men's World Championships 110m Hurdles (Gothenburg)
• 1997 Men's World Championships 110m Hurdles (Athens)
• 1998 Men's European Championships 110m Hurdles (Budapest)
• 1999 Men's World Championships 110m Hurdles (Seville)
• 2000 Men's Olympic 110m Hurdles (Sydney)

External links

• Official Report
• Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 110 metres Hurdles . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172604/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ATH/mens-110-metres-hurdles.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 30 September 2017 . sports-reference.com.
2. Web site: 110 metres Hurdles, Men . Olympedia . 21 August 2020.
3. Official Report, vol. 3, p. 82.