| Caption: | Florian Schwarthoff, Ingo Pawelke, and Colin Jackson, 2016 |
| Birth Place: | Dortmund, West Germany |
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Florian Schwarthoff (born May 7, 1968, in Dortmund) is a former German hurdler best known for winning a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Schwarthoff had his best season in 1995 when set a new German record of 13.05 sec. in Bremen. He was expected to compete for a silver or bronze medal at the World Championships in Gothenburg behind the overwhelming favourite Allen Johnson from the United States. However, Schwarthoff did not finish the semi-final as he fell over a hurdle. Schwarthoff remained for several years a world class hurdler but never won a gold medal.
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| 1987 | European Junior Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.81 |
| World Championships | Rome, Italy | 15th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.98 | ||
| 1988 | Budapest, Hungary | 5th | 60 m hurdles | 7.77 | ||
| Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 17th (qf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.67 | ||
| 1989 | European Indoor Championships | The Hague, Netherlands | 6th | 60 m hurdles | 7.72 | |
| Universiade | Duisburg, West Germany | bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd | 110 m hurdles | 13.63 | |
| 1990 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd | 60 m hurdles | 7.61 |
| European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 8th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.59 | ||
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| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 7th | 110 m hurdles | 13.41 | |
| – | 4 × 100 m relay | DQ | ||||
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 5th | 110 m hurdles | 13.29 | |
| 1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 4th | 60 m hurdles | 7.54 | |
| World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 5th | 110 m hurdles | 13.27 | ||
| 1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 2nd | 110 m hurdles | 13.16 | |
| World Cup | London, United Kingdom | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 13.47 | ||
| 1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 2nd (qf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.24[2] | |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | bgcolor=CC9966 | 3rd | 110 m hurdles | 13.17 |
| 3rd (h) | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.77[3] | ||||
| 1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 13.20 | |
| 1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 13.23 | |
| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 7th | 110 m hurdles | 13.39 | |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 6th | 110 m hurdles | 13.42 | |
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 11th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.58[4] | |
| 2002 | European Indoor Championships | Vienna, Austria | 4th | 60 m hurdles | 7.59 | |
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 13.37 | ||