Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Men's 110 metres hurdles
Games:	2000 Summer
Venue:	Stadium Australia
Date:	24 & 25 September
Competitors:	44
Nations:	31
Win Value:	13.00
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Anier García
Goldnoc:	CUB
Silver:	Terrence Trammell
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Mark Crear
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	1996
Next:	2004

The men's 110 metre hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme were held at Stadium Australia on Sunday 24 September and Monday 25 September 2000.^[1] Forty-four athletes from 31 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Anier García of Cuba, the nation's first championship in the event and first medal in the event since 1980. Mark Crear's bronze made him the 10th man to win a second medal in the event.

Summary

After a false start eliminated nobody, on the second try the field started even. Anier García accelerated his first few steps better and gained a few centimeter lead over the first barrier, which he rattled. Typically fast starting Terrence Trammell was just slightly awkward on his second step losing a slight amount of ground. Defending champion Allen Johnson was close to Garcia, and even after clobbering the first two hurdles, he was pulling even. The entire lead group hit the third hurdle, by now Johnson and Garcia had a clear lead, with Trammell a clear third place. Johnson continued to hit hurdles, losing ground to Garcia, while Mark Crear was emerging ahead of world record holder Colin Jackson by not touching his hurdles while Jackson hit hurdle 4 awkwardly enough to pull him out of contention. Johnson hit the ninth hurdle with his lead heel, not even close to getting over the hurdle. The awkwardness of riding the last hurdle down to the ground lost his forward momentum. Garcia had a metre and a half lead at the finish over Trammell, and while Crear did hit the last hurdle he was able to beat Johnson to the line for bronze.

Background

This was the 24th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The top four finishers from 1996 all returned, along with one other finalist: gold medalist Allen Johnson and silver medalist Mark Crear of the United States, bronze medalist Florian Schwarthoff of Germany (who had also finished fifth in 1992), fourth-place finisher Colin Jackson of Great Britain, and seventh-place finisher Kyle Vander-Kuyp of Australia. Jackson had been in the last three finals, taking silver in 1988 and seventh in 1992. As in 1996, the favorites were Johnson and Jackson (winners of the last four world championships), though Anier García of Cuba had emerged as a challenger after taking second in the 1999 worlds.^[2]

Barbados, Liberia, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Trinidad and Tobago each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its 23rd appearance, most of any nation (having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games).

Qualification

See main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run 13.70 seconds or faster during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run 13.85 seconds or faster could be entered.^[3]

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 top four runners in each of the initial six heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next eight fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 32 runners competed in 4 heats in the quarterfinals, with the top four runners from each heat qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinals, and only the top four from each heat advanced to the final.^[2] ^[4]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition. The following national records were established during the competition:

Athlete	Time
align=left	Heat 2	13.33
align=left	Heat 6	15.65
align=left	Final	13.00

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday, 24 September 2000	10:00 20:20	Round 1 Quarterfinals
Monday, 25 September 2000	18:40 20:40	Semifinals Final

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	2	Mark Crear		0.228	13.44^[5]
2	1	Staņislavs Olijars		0.228	13.56
3	8	Kyle Vander-Kuyp		0.152	13.67
4	5	Paul Sehzue		0.216	14.18
5	5	Charles Allen		0.225	14.21
6	6	Ralf Leberer		0.164	56.74
—	7	Tony Jarrett		0.178 s	data-sort-value=99.99
3	Marcin Kuśzewski		0.200 s	data-sort-value=99.99
				Wind: -0.9 m/s

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	4	Dudley Dorival		0.203	13.33	,
2	1	Yoel Hernández		0.173	13.53
3	Shaun Bownes		0.187	13.53
4	8	Falk Balzer		0.183	13.67
5	5	Steve Brown		0.182	13.92
6	7	Peter Coghlan		0.198	14.03
7	2	Robert Foster		0.221	14.33
data-sort-value=8	—	6	Mubarak Mubarak		0.423	data-sort-value=99.99
				Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	8	Anier García		0.235	13.60
2	4	Andrey Kislykh		0.167	13.77
3	5	Balázs Kovács		0.140	13.83
4	8	Jean-Marc Grava		0.200	14.01
5	3	Gabriel Burnett		0.258	14.23
6	2	Raphaël Monachon		0.221	14.80
7	7	Zhivko Videnov		0.122	data-sort-value=99.99
				Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	6	Florian Schwarthoff		0.162	13.55
2	4	Robert Kronberg		0.264	13.58
3	1	Terrence Trammell		0.250	13.59
4	8	Emiliano Pizzoli		0.158	13.65
5	3	Marcio Simao de Souza		0.170	13.70
6	7	Jeff Jackson		0.208	14.05
7	5	Victor Houston		0.230	14.06
8	2	Paolo Della Santa		0.190	14.12
				Wind: -0.6 m/s

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	3	Allen Johnson		0.174	13.50
2	7	Evgeny Pechenkin		0.216	13.56
3	6	Jonathan Nsenga		0.185	13.57
4	2	Elmar Lichtenegger		0.212	13.65
5	8	Levente Csillag		0.257	13.66
6	5	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja		0.218	13.86
7	4	Damien Greaves		0.303	14.01
				Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	1	Colin Jackson		0.135	13.38
2	7	Tomasz Ścigaczewski		0.166	13.53
3	5	Andrea Giaconi		0.203	13.62
4	2	Adrian Woodley		0.175	13.71
5	3	Satoru Tanigawa		0.143	13.74
6	4	Arlindo Pinheiro		0.233	15.65
—	6	Robin Korving
8	Igor Kováč
				Wind: -0.8 m/s

Overall results for round 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Dudley Dorival		2	4	1	13.33 s	Q	NR
2	Colin Jackson		6	1	1	13.38 s	Q
3	Mark Crear		1	2	1	13.44 s	Q
4	Allen Johnson		5	3	1	13.50 s	Q
5	Shaun Bownes		2	3	2	13.53 s	Q
	Yoel Hernández		2	1	2	13.53 s	Q
	Tomasz Ścigaczewski		6	7	2	13.53 s	Q
8	Florian Schwarthoff		4	6	1	13.55 s	Q
9	Staņislavs Olijars		1	1	2	13.56 s	Q
9	Evgeny Pechenkin		5	7	2	13.56 s	Q
11	Jonathan Nsenga		5	6	3	13.57 s	Q
12	Robert Kronberg		4	4	2	13.58 s	Q
13	Terrence Trammell		4	1	3	13.59 s	Q
14	Anier García		3	8	1	13.60 s	Q
15	Andrea Giaconi		6	5	3	13.62 s	Q
16	Elmar Lichtenegger		5	2	4	13.65 s	Q
16	Emiliano Pizzoli		4	8	4	13.65 s	Q
18	Levente Csillag		5	8	5	13.66 s	q
19	Falk Balzer		2	8	4	13.67 s	Q
19	Kyle Vander-Kuyp		1	8	3	13.67 s	Q
21	Marcio Simao de Souza		4	3	5	13.70 s	q
22	Adrian Woodley		6	2	4	13.71 s	Q
23	Satoru Tanigawa		6	3	5	13.74 s	q
24	Andrey Kislykh		3	4	2	13.77 s	Q
25	Balázs Kovács		3	5	3	13.83 s	Q
26	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja		5	5	6	13.86 s	q
27	Steve Brown		2	5	5	13.92 s	q
28	Jean-Marc Grava		3	6	4	14.01 s	Q
Damien Greaves		5	4	7	14.01 s	q
30	Peter Coghlan		2	7	6	14.03 s	q
31	Jeff Jackson		4	7	6	14.05 s	q
32	Victor Houston		4	5	7	14.06 s
33	Paolo Della Santa		4	2	8	14.12 s
34	Paul Sehzue		1	5	4	14.18 s	Q
35	Charles Tyrone Allen		1	4	5	14.21 s
36	Gabriel Burnett		3	3	5	14.23 s
37	Robert Foster		2	2	7	14.33 s
38	Raphael Monachon		3	2	6	14.80 s
39	Arlindo Pinheiro		6	4	6	15.65 s		NR
40	Ralf Leberer		1	6	6	56.74 s	q
	Tony Jarrett		1	7		DQ
	Mubarak Mubarak		2	6		DQ
	Marcin Kuśzewski		1	3		DNF
	Zhivko Videnov		3	7		DNF
	Robin Korving		1	3		DNS
	Igor Kováč		6	8		DNS

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	3	Anier García		0.207	13.53
2	7	Falk Balzer		0.206	13.59
3	4	Mark Crear		0.144	13.60
4	6	Evgeny Pechenkin		0.155	13.69
5	8	Emiliano Pizzoli		0.153	13.69
6	5	Jonathan Nsenga		0.152	13.73
7	1	Satoru Tanigawa		0.157	13.94
8	2	Damien Greaves		0.239	14.08
				Wind: +0.3 m/s

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	4	Dudley Dorival		0.180	13.49
2	5	Shaun Bownes		0.203	13.54
3	3	Tomasz Ścigaczewski		0.210	13.60
4	8	Kyle Vander-Kuyp		0.163	13.62
5	9	Ralf Leberer		0.141	13.73
6	7	Levente Csillag		0.183	13.75
7	6	Andrea Giaconi		0.168	13.93
8	1	Jeff Jackson		0.248	14.17
9	2	Paul Sehzue		0.220	14.37
				Wind: +0.5 m/s

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	3	Florian Schwarthoff		0.190	13.54
2	5	Allen Johnson		0.154	13.55
3	6	Robert Kronberg		0.205	13.56
4	8	Elmar Lichtenegger		0.196	13.73
5	4	Andrey Kislykh		0.154	14.03
6	1	Adrian Woodley		0.178	14.04
7	7	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja		0.233	14.07
8	2	Steve Brown		0.202	14.12
				Wind: -0.6 m/s

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	4	Colin Jackson		0.136	13.27
2	6	Terrence Trammell		0.154	13.29
3	3	Staņislavs Olijars		0.164	13.34
4	5	Yoel Hernández		0.176	13.40
5	1	Marcio Simao de Souza		0.154	13.71
6	2	Balázs Kovács		0.155	13.78
7	7	Peter Coghlan		0.182	13.86
8	8	Jean-Marc Grava		0.152	14.47
				Wind: +0.3 m/s

Overall results for quarterfinals

Rank	Athlete	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Colin Jackson	4	4	1	13.27 s	Q
2	Terrence Trammell	4	6	2	13.29 s	Q
3	Staņislavs Olijars	4	3	3	13.34 s	Q
4	Yoel Hernández	4	5	4	13.40 s	Q
5	Dudley Dorival	2	4	1	13.49 s	Q
6	Anier García	1	3	1	13.53 s	Q
7	Shaun Bownes	2	5	2	13.54 s	Q
7	Florian Schwarthoff	3	3	1	13.54 s	Q
9	Allen Johnson	3	5	2	13.55 s	Q
10	Robert Kronberg	3	6	3	13.56 s	Q
11	Falk Balzer	1	7	2	13.59 s	Q
12	Mark Crear	1	4	3	13.60 s	Q
12	Tomasz Ścigaczewski	2	3	3	13.60 s	Q
14	Kyle Vander-Kuyp	2	8	4	13.62 s	Q
15	Evgeny Pechenkin	1	6	4	13.63 s	Q
16	Emiliano Pizzoli	1	8	5	13.69 s
17	Marcio Simao de Souza	4	1	5	13.71 s
18	Elmar Lichtenegger	3	8	4	13.73 s	Q
	Ralf Leberer	2	9	5	13.73 s
	Jonathan Nsenga	1	5	6	13.73 s
21	Levente Csillag	2	7	6	13.75 s
22	Balázs Kovács	4	2	6	13.78 s
23	Peter Coghlan	4	7	7	13.86 s		SB
24	Andrea Giaconi	2	6	7	13.93 s
25	Satoru Tanigawa	1	1	7	13.94 s
26	Andrey Kislykh	3	4	5	14.03 s
27	Adrian Woodley	3	1	6	14.04 s
28	Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja	3	7	7	14.07 s
29	Damien Greaves	1	2	8	14.08 s
30	Steve Brown	3	2	8	14.12 s
31	Jeff Jackson	2	1	8	14.17 s
32	Paul Sehzue	2	2	9	14.37 s
33	Jean-Marc Grava	4	8	8	14.47 s

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	5	Anier García		0.174	13.16
2	2	Mark Crear		0.193	13.23
3	3	Dudley Dorival		0.168	13.35
4	8	Robert Kronberg		0.154	13.39
5	4	Shaun Bownes		0.167	13.41
6	6	Falk Balzer		0.176	13.59
7	1	Evgeny Pechenkin		0.165	13.62
8	7	Kyle Vander-Kuyp		0.140	13.63
				Wind: +0.4 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
1	4	Terrence Trammell		0.200	13.32
2	3	Allen Johnson		0.166	13.34
3	6	Colin Jackson		0.144	13.34
4	5	Florian Schwarthoff		0.125	13.39
5	7	Yoel Hernández		0.168	13.41
6	2	Staņislavs Olijars		0.166	13.50
7	8	Tomasz Ścigaczewski		0.159	13.51
8	1	Elmar Lichtenegger		0.193	13.59
				Wind: +0.1 m/s

Overall results for semifinals

Rank	Athlete	Heat	Lane	Place	Time	Qual.	Record
1	Anier García	1	5	1	13.16 s	Q
2	Mark Crear	1	2	2	13.23 s	Q
3	Terrence Trammell	2	4	1	13.32 s	Q
4	Allen Johnson	2	3	2	13.33 s	Q
5	Colin Jackson	2	6	3	13.34 s	Q
6	Dudley Dorival	1	3	3	13.35 s	Q
7	Robert Kronberg	1	8	4	13.39 s	Q
7	Florian Schwarthoff	2	5	4	13.39 s	Q
9	Shaun Bownes	1	4	5	13.41 s		SB
9	Yoel Hernández	2	7	5	13.41 s
11	Staņislavs Olijars	2	2	6	13.50 s
12	Tomasz Ścigaczewski	2	8	7	13.51 s
13	Falk Balzer	1	6	6	13.59 s
13	Elmar Lichtenegger	2	1	8	13.59 s
15	Evgeny Pechenkin	1	1	7	13.62 s
16	Kyle Vander-Kuyp	1	7	8	13.63 s

Final

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Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Reaction	Time	Notes
	3	Anier García		0.172	13.00
	4	Terrence Trammell		0.221	13.16
	6	Mark Crear		0.214	13.22
4	5	Allen Johnson		0.182	13.23
5	1	Colin Jackson		0.139	13.28
6	7	Florian Schwarthoff		0.184	13.42
7	2	Dudley Dorival		0.161	13.49
8	8	Robert Kronberg		0.244	13.61
				Wind: +0.6 m/s

External links

Source: Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm

Notes and References

Web site: Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's 110 metres Hurdles . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172624/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/mens-110-metres-hurdles.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 30 September 2017 . sports-reference.com.
Web site: 110 metres hurdles, Men . Olympedia . 21 August 2020.
http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/tfn_pdfs/ogqualifying_standards.pdf{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Official Report, Results Book for Athletics.
Web site: BBC Sport | Olympics 2000 | Results . 2009-04-15 . 2008-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080201094059/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/static/in_depth/olympics/2000/results_schedule/olymp_res_atht_mens_110m_hurdles.stm . dead .
Web site: LA84 Foundation – official olympic reports . 2008-04-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm . 2008-05-22 .