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110 metres Hurdles, Men

Date	7 – 8 August 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Participants	53 from 33 countries

Although many experts looked to the last two gold medalists, China’s Liu Xiang (2004) or Cuba’s Dayron Robles (2008), as favorites, American Aries Merritt had been having the best year and was undefeated in 2012 coming into London, including a win at the 2012 World Indoors. Merritt had been World Junior Champion back in 2004, but had never before made the Olympic team. Another American was also highly considered, that being Jason Richardson, the 2011 World Champion.

Liu was out of the event quickly. In his heat he slammed the first barrier, and crumpled to the track, having torn his right Achilles’ tendon, the same Achilles that had forced him from the 2008 Olympics. Robles made it to the final, and got a good start, but his hamstring was iffy, and it gave out mid-race. He walked across the line in 42.86 but was later disqualified. In his semi, Merritt showed his form in running 12.94, the fastest time ever outside of a final.

Merritt was off quickly in the final, leading from the start, and was never headed, winning in a PR 12.92, his fifth time of 2012 under 12.95 seconds. Behind him Richardson won the silver, with the bronze going to Jamaican Hansle Parchment. Thirty days after the Olympic final, Merritt shattered the world record, running 12.80 to win the Van Damme Invitational in Brussels. It was the end of one of the great seasons ever in hurdling, as it marked his eighth legal mark under 13.00 in 2012, the most in history.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	3236	Aries Merritt	USA	13.07 (1 h5)	12.94 (1 h2)	12.92 (1)	Gold
2	3246	Jason Richardson	USA	13.33 (1 h2)	13.13 (1 h1)	13.04 (2)	Silver
3	2182	Hansle Parchment	JAM	13.32 (2 h3)	13.14 (2 h3)	13.12 (3)	Bronze
4	1804	Lawrence Clarke	GBR	13.42 (2 h2)	13.31 (3 h1)	13.39 (4)
5	1125	Ryan Brathwaite	BAR	13.23 (2 h5)	13.23 (2 h2)	13.40 (5)
6	1477	Orlando Ortega	CUB	13.26 (1 h3)	13.26 (2 h1)	13.43 (6)
7	2781	Lehann Fourie	RSA	13.49 (2 h4)	13.28 (3 h3)	13.53 (7)
AC r3/3	1478	Dayron Robles	CUB	13.33 (1 h4)	13.10 (1 h3)	– (DQ)
3 h2 r2/3	1363	Xie Wenjun	CHN	13.43 (3 h5)	13.34 (3 h2)	–
4 h1 r2/3	1136	Adrien Deghelt	BEL	13.52 (3 h1)	13.42 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	1840	Andy Turner	GBR	13.42 (1 h6)	13.42 (4 h2)	–
4 h3 r2/3	2127	Emanuele Abate	ITA	13.46 (4 h5)	13.35 (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r2/3	1748	Garfield Darien	FRA	13.54 (4 h1)	13.48 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	2572	Selim Nurudeen	NGR	13.51 (2 h6)	13.55 (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r2/3	3245	Jeff Porter	USA	13.53 (3 h4)	13.41 (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r2/3	3042	Wayne Davis	TTO	13.52 (4 h2)	13.49 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	1740	Dimitri Bascou	FRA	13.57 (4 h4)	13.55 (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r2/3	2829	Sergey Shubenkov	RUS	13.26 (1 h1)	13.41 (6 h3)	–
7 h1 r2/3	1979	Kostas Douvalidis	GRE	13.40 (2 h1)	13.77 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	1421	Paulo Villar	COL	13.55 (5 h1)	13.63 (7 h2)	–
7 h3 r2/3	1162	Maksim Lynsha	BLR	13.47 (3 h2)	13.45 (7 h3)	–
8 h2 r2/3	2827	Konstantin Shabanov	RUS	13.63 (3 h3)	13.65 (8 h2)	–
8 h3 r2/3	1750	Ladji Doucouré	FRA	13.67 (4 h3)	13.74 (8 h3)	–
AC h1 r2/3	2548	Gregory Sedoc	NED	13.52 (3 h6)	– (DNF h1)	–
AC h2 r2/3	2183	Richard Phillips	JAM	13.47 (5 h5)	– (DNF h2)	–
4 h6 r1/3	1633	Jackson Quiñónez	ESP	13.76 (4 h6)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	2185	Andrew Riley	JAM	13.59 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	3050	Mikel Thomas	TTO	13.74 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	1128	Greggmar Swift	BAR	13.62 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	2040	Balázs Baji	HUN	13.76 (5 h6)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	1894	Matthias Bühler	GER	13.68 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	2707	João Almeida	POR	13.69 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	1890	Erik Balnuweit	GER	13.77 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	1906	Alexander John	GER	13.67 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	2044	Dániel Kiss	HUN	13.62 (6 h5)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	1358	Shi Dongpeng	CHN	13.78 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r1/3	2081	Rouhollah Askari	IRI	13.97 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h4 r1/3	2381	Fawaz Al-Shammari	KUW	14.00 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	2805	Aleksey Dryomin	RUS	13.75 (7 h5)	–	–
8 h1 r1/3	1884	David Ilariani	GEO	13.90 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h2 r1/3	1326	Ronald Forbes	CAY	14.21 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h4 r1/3	2742	Héctor Cotto	PUR	14.08 (8 h4)	–	–
8 h5 r1/3	2028	Jeffrey Julmis	HAI	13.87 (8 h5)	–	–
9 h4 r1/3	2421	Ahmad Hazer	LBN	14.82 (9 h4)	–	–
9 h5 r1/3	2038	Ronald Bennett	HON	14.45 (9 h5)	–	–
DNF	2744	Enrique Llanos	PUR	– (DNF h2)	–	–
DNF	1829	Andy Pozzi	GBR	– (DNF h3)	–	–
DQ	2445	Ali Kamé	MAD	– (DQ h3)	–	–
DQ	1110	Shamar Sands	BAH	[35.44] (DQ h3)	–	–
DNF	1126	Shane Brathwaite	BAR	– (DNF h6)	–	–
DNF	1356	Liu Xiang	CHN	– (DNF h6)	–	–
DNF	2664	Artur Noga	POL	– (DNF h6)	–	–
DQ	2909	Moussa Dembélé	SEN	– (DQ h6)	–	–

Round One

Date	7 August 2012 — 10:10
Format	Top 3 in each heat and next six fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	3236	Aries Merritt	USA	13.07	0.142	Q
2	1125	Ryan Brathwaite	BAR	13.23	0.166	Q
=3	2829	Sergey Shubenkov	RUS	13.26	0.157	Q
=3	1477	Orlando Ortega	CUB	13.26	0.158	Q
5	2182	Hansle Parchment	JAM	13.32	0.145	Q
=6	3246	Jason Richardson	USA	13.33	0.192	Q
=6	1478	Dayron Robles	CUB	13.33	0.172	Q
8	1979	Kostas Douvalidis	GRE	13.40	0.163	Q
=9	1804	Lawrence Clarke	GBR	13.42	0.160	Q
=9	1840	Andy Turner	GBR	13.42	0.159	Q
11	1363	Xie Wenjun	CHN	13.43	0.143	Q
12	2127	Emanuele Abate	ITA	13.46	0.146	q
=13	1162	Maksim Lynsha	BLR	13.47	0.168	Q
=13	2183	Richard Phillips	JAM	13.47	0.154	q
15	2781	Lehann Fourie	RSA	13.49	0.159	Q
16	2572	Selim Nurudeen	NGR	13.51	0.141	Q
=17	1136	Adrien Deghelt	BEL	13.52	0.158	Q
=17	3042	Wayne Davis	TTO	13.52	0.169	q
=17	2548	Gregory Sedoc	NED	13.52	0.157	Q
20	3245	Jeff Porter	USA	13.53	0.148	Q
21	1748	Garfield Darien	FRA	13.54	0.171	q
22	1421	Paulo Villar	COL	13.55	0.169	q
23	1740	Dimitri Bascou	FRA	13.57	0.149	q
24	2185	Andrew Riley	JAM	13.59	0.174
=25	1128	Greggmar Swift	BAR	13.62	0.150
=25	2044	Dániel Kiss	HUN	13.62	0.188
27	2827	Konstantin Shabanov	RUS	13.63	0.140	Q
=28	1750	Ladji Doucouré	FRA	13.67	0.170	ADV	1
=28	1906	Alexander John	GER	13.67	0.195
30	1894	Matthias Bühler	GER	13.68	0.157
31	2707	João Almeida	POR	13.69	0.116
32	3050	Mikel Thomas	TTO	13.74	0.135
33	2805	Aleksey Dryomin	RUS	13.75	0.151
34	1633	Jackson Quiñónez	ESP	13.76	0.139
35	2040	Balázs Baji	HUN	13.76	0.154
36	1890	Erik Balnuweit	GER	13.77	0.152
37	1358	Shi Dongpeng	CHN	13.78	0.150
38	2028	Jeffrey Julmis	HAI	13.87	0.161
39	1884	David Ilariani	GEO	13.90	0.158
40	2081	Rouhollah Askari	IRI	13.97	0.182
41	2381	Fawaz Al-Shammari	KUW	14.00	0.174
42	2742	Héctor Cotto	PUR	14.08	0.158
43	1326	Ronald Forbes	CAY	14.21	0.161
44	2038	Ronald Bennett	HON	14.45	0.207
45	2421	Ahmad Hazer	LBN	14.82	0.195
DNF	2744	Enrique Llanos	PUR	–	0.174
DNF	1829	Andy Pozzi	GBR	–	0.143
DNF	1126	Shane Brathwaite	BAR	–	0.124
DNF	1356	Liu Xiang	CHN	–	0.123
DNF	2664	Artur Noga	POL	–	0.173
DQ	1110	Shamar Sands	BAH	[35.44]	[0.160]		2
DQ	2445	Ali Kamé	MAD	–	–		3
DQ	2909	Moussa Dembélé	SEN	–	[0.167]		4

Heat #1

Time	10:10
Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	9	Sergey Shubenkov	RUS	13.26	0.157	Q
2	2	Kostas Douvalidis	GRE	13.40	0.163	Q
3	8	Adrien Deghelt	BEL	13.52	0.158	Q
4	4	Garfield Darien	FRA	13.54	0.171	q
5	3	Paulo Villar	COL	13.55	0.169	q
6	6	Matthias Bühler	GER	13.68	0.157
7	7	Shi Dongpeng	CHN	13.78	0.150
8	5	David Ilariani	GEO	13.90	0.158

Heat #2

Time	10:17
Wind	0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	2	Jason Richardson	USA	13.33	0.192	Q
2	6	Lawrence Clarke	GBR	13.42	0.160	Q
3	3	Maksim Lynsha	BLR	13.47	0.168	Q
4	7	Wayne Davis	TTO	13.52	0.169	q
5	9	Andrew Riley	JAM	13.59	0.174
6	5	João Almeida	POR	13.69	0.116
7	8	Rouhollah Askari	IRI	13.97	0.182
8	1	Ronald Forbes	CAY	14.21	0.161
DNF	4	Enrique Llanos	PUR	–	0.174

Heat #3

Time	10:24
Wind	1.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	4	Orlando Ortega	CUB	13.26	0.158	Q
2	8	Hansle Parchment	JAM	13.32	0.145	Q
3	6	Konstantin Shabanov	RUS	13.63	0.140	Q
4	2	Ladji Doucouré	FRA	13.67	0.170	ADV	5
5	7	Mikel Thomas	TTO	13.74	0.135
6	9	Erik Balnuweit	GER	13.77	0.152
DNF	5	Andy Pozzi	GBR	–	0.143
DQ	3	Ali Kamé	MAD	–	–		6
DQ	1	Shamar Sands	BAH	[35.44]	[0.160]		7

Heat #4

Time	10:31
Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	9	Dayron Robles	CUB	13.33	0.172	Q
2	4	Lehann Fourie	RSA	13.49	0.159	Q
3	2	Jeff Porter	USA	13.53	0.148	Q
4	7	Dimitri Bascou	FRA	13.57	0.149	q
5	1	Greggmar Swift	BAR	13.62	0.150
6	6	Alexander John	GER	13.67	0.195
7	5	Fawaz Al-Shammari	KUW	14.00	0.174
8	8	Héctor Cotto	PUR	14.08	0.158
9	3	Ahmad Hazer	LBN	14.82	0.195

Heat #5

Time	10:38
Wind	0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	7	Aries Merritt	USA	13.07	0.142	Q
2	3	Ryan Brathwaite	BAR	13.23	0.166	Q
3	2	Xie Wenjun	CHN	13.43	0.143	Q
4	1	Emanuele Abate	ITA	13.46	0.146	q
5	9	Richard Phillips	JAM	13.47	0.154	q
6	6	Dániel Kiss	HUN	13.62	0.188
7	5	Aleksey Dryomin	RUS	13.75	0.151
8	8	Jeffrey Julmis	HAI	13.87	0.161
9	4	Ronald Bennett	HON	14.45	0.207

Heat #6

Time	10:45
Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	7	Andy Turner	GBR	13.42	0.159	Q
2	9	Selim Nurudeen	NGR	13.51	0.141	Q
3	8	Gregory Sedoc	NED	13.52	0.157	Q
4	6	Jackson Quiñónez	ESP	13.76	0.139
5	3	Balázs Baji	HUN	13.76	0.154
DNF	2	Shane Brathwaite	BAR	–	0.124
DNF	4	Liu Xiang	CHN	–	0.123
DNF	5	Artur Noga	POL	–	0.173
DQ	1	Moussa Dembélé	SEN	–	[0.167]		8

Semi-Finals

Date	8 August 2012 — 19:15
Format	Top 2 in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Reaction Time
1	3236	Aries Merritt	USA	12.94	0.147	Q
2	1478	Dayron Robles	CUB	13.10	0.162	Q
3	3246	Jason Richardson	USA	13.13	0.160	Q
4	2182	Hansle Parchment	JAM	13.14	0.172	Q
5	1125	Ryan Brathwaite	BAR	13.23	0.159	Q
6	1477	Orlando Ortega	CUB	13.26	0.151	Q
7	2781	Lehann Fourie	RSA	13.28	0.139	q
8	1804	Lawrence Clarke	GBR	13.31	0.159	q
9	1363	Xie Wenjun	CHN	13.34	0.158
10	2127	Emanuele Abate	ITA	13.35	0.150
11	3245	Jeff Porter	USA	13.41	0.153
12	2829	Sergey Shubenkov	RUS	13.41	0.156
=13	1136	Adrien Deghelt	BEL	13.42	0.142
=13	1840	Andy Turner	GBR	13.42	0.151
15	1162	Maksim Lynsha	BLR	13.45	0.167
16	1748	Garfield Darien	FRA	13.48	0.154
17	3042	Wayne Davis	TTO	13.49	0.165
18	2572	Selim Nurudeen	NGR	13.55	0.153
19	1740	Dimitri Bascou	FRA	13.55	0.150
20	1421	Paulo Villar	COL	13.63	0.177
21	2827	Konstantin Shabanov	RUS	13.65	0.154
22	1750	Ladji Doucouré	FRA	13.74	0.189
23	1979	Kostas Douvalidis	GRE	13.77	0.146
DNF	2548	Gregory Sedoc	NED	–	0.189
DNF	2183	Richard Phillips	JAM	–	0.146

Heat #1

Time	19:15
Wind	-0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	5	Jason Richardson	USA	13.13	0.160	Q
2	6	Orlando Ortega	CUB	13.26	0.151	Q
3	4	Lawrence Clarke	GBR	13.31	0.159	q
4	8	Adrien Deghelt	BEL	13.42	0.142
5	3	Garfield Darien	FRA	13.48	0.154
6	2	Wayne Davis	TTO	13.49	0.165
7	7	Kostas Douvalidis	GRE	13.77	0.146
DNF	9	Gregory Sedoc	NED	–	0.189

Heat #2

Time	19:23
Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	7	Aries Merritt	USA	12.94	0.147	Q
2	4	Ryan Brathwaite	BAR	13.23	0.159	Q
3	9	Xie Wenjun	CHN	13.34	0.158
4	6	Andy Turner	GBR	13.42	0.151
5	5	Selim Nurudeen	NGR	13.55	0.153
6	3	Dimitri Bascou	FRA	13.55	0.150
7	2	Paulo Villar	COL	13.63	0.177
8	8	Konstantin Shabanov	RUS	13.65	0.154
DNF	1	Richard Phillips	JAM	–	0.146

Heat #3

Time	19:31
Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	7	Dayron Robles	CUB	13.10	0.162	Q
2	5	Hansle Parchment	JAM	13.14	0.172	Q
3	6	Lehann Fourie	RSA	13.28	0.139	q
4	2	Emanuele Abate	ITA	13.35	0.150
5	9	Jeff Porter	USA	13.41	0.153
6	4	Sergey Shubenkov	RUS	13.41	0.156
7	8	Maksim Lynsha	BLR	13.45	0.167
8	3	Ladji Doucouré	FRA	13.74	0.189

Final Round

Date	8 August 2012 — 21:15
Wind	-0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Automatic)	Reaction Time
1	6	Aries Merritt	USA	12.92	0.143
2	4	Jason Richardson	USA	13.04	0.194
3	7	Hansle Parchment	JAM	13.12	0.172
4	2	Lawrence Clarke	GBR	13.39	0.169
5	8	Ryan Brathwaite	BAR	13.40	0.163
6	9	Orlando Ortega	CUB	13.43	0.135
7	3	Lehann Fourie	RSA	13.53	0.136
DQ	5	Dayron Robles	CUB	–	[0.159]	9