110 metres Hurdles, Men
| Date | 5 – 6 August 1984 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California |
| Participants | 26 from 17 countries |
The Soviet boycott cost the field only one top hurdler, Thomas Munkelt (GDR), the 1980 gold medalist and European Champion in 1978 and 1982. But it is unlikely he would have been a factor for the gold medal. The favorite was 1983 World Champion Greg Foster. The best hurdler since 1980 had been Renaldo Nehemiah, world record holder with 12.98 set in 1981, but he had turned to professional football and was not eligible to compete. Foster ran 13.24 in the heats to equal the Olympic record but that mark was tied in the semi-final by American Roger Kingdom. In the final, Foster took the lead by the second hurdle, but Kingdom pulled even at the eighth hurdle, and won the gold medal by inches.
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | R1 | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 912 | Roger Kingdom |  USA | 13.53 (1 h3) | 13.24 (1 h1) | 13.20 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 898 | Greg Foster | USA | 13.24 (1 h4) | 13.24 (1 h2) | 13.23 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 251 | Arto Bryggare |  FIN | 13.35 (1 h1) | 13.52 (3 h2) | 13.40 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 132 | Mark McKoy |  CAN | 13.58 (2 h1) | 13.30 (2 h2) | 13.45 (4) | |||
| 5 | 890 | Tonie Campbell | USA | 13.53 (1 h2) | 13.56 (2 h1) | 13.55 (5) | |||
| 6 | 277 | Stéphane Caristan |  FRA | 13.45 (2 h4) | 13.62 (3 h1) | 13.71 (6) | |||
| 7 | 239 | Carlos Sala |  ESP | 14.02 (2 h2) | 13.85 (4 h2) | 13.80 (7) | |||
| 8 | 119 | Jeff Glass | CAN | 14.07 (4 h2) | 13.88 (4 h1) | 14.15 (8) | |||
| 5 h1 r2/3 | 234 | Javier Moracho | ESP | 14.05 (2 h3) | 13.89 (5 h1) | – | |||
| 5 h2 r2/3 | 368 | Wilbert Greaves |  GBR | 14.04 (3 h2) | 13.86 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 6 h1 r2/3 | 848 | Wu Chin-Jing |  TPE | 13.91 (3 h4) | 14.21 (6 h1) | – | |||
| 6 h2 r2/3 | 503 | Daniele Fontecchio |  ITA | 13.75 (3 h1) | 13.86 (6 h2) | – | |||
| 7 h1 r2/3 | 172 | Yu Zhicheng |  CHN | 14.20 (4 h1) | 14.26 (7 h1) | – | |||
| 7 h2 r2/3 | 41 | Don Wright |  AUS | 14.00 (4 h4) | 13.93 (7 h2) | – | |||
| 8 h2 r2/3 | 166 | Li Jieqiang | CHN | 14.29 (4 h3) | 14.15 (8 h2) | – | |||
| AC h1 r2/3 | 400 | Nigel Walker | GBR | 14.07 (3 h3) | – (DNF h1) | – | |||
| 5 h1 r1/3 | 5 | Mohamed Ryad Ben Haddad |  ALG | 14.44 (5 h1) | – | – | |||
| 5 h2 r1/3 | 278 | Franck Chevallier | FRA | 14.32 (5 h2) | – | – | |||
| 5 h3 r1/3 | 610 | Naji Mubarak |  KUW | 14.56 (5 h3) | – | – | |||
| 5 h4 r1/3 | 976 | Modesto Castillo |  DOM | 14.05 (5 h4) | – | – | |||
| 6 h1 r1/3 | 709 | Nicolás Chaparro |  PAR | 15.51 (6 h1) | – | – | |||
| 6 h2 r1/3 | 213 | Hisham Mekin |  EGY | 14.67 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
| 6 h3 r1/3 | 142 | Eric Spence | CAN | 14.93 (6 h3) | – | – | |||
| 6 h4 r1/3 | 865 | Mohamed Helal Ali |  UAE | 15.75 (6 h4) | – | – | |||
| AC h1 r1/3 | 372 | Mark Holtom | GBR | – (DQ h1) | – | – | |||
| AC h4 r1/3 | 746 | William Fong |  SAM | – (DNF h4) | – | – |
Round One (5 August 1984 — 16:25)
Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.
Heat One
| Wind | 2.0 m/s |
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| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Arto Bryggare | FIN | 13.35 | |||
| 2 | 3 | Mark McKoy | CAN | 13.58 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Daniele Fontecchio | ITA | 13.75 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Yu Zhicheng | CHN | 14.20 | |||
| 5 | 4 | Mohamed Ryad Ben Haddad | ALG | 14.44 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Nicolás Chaparro | PAR | 15.51 | |||
| 1 | Mark Holtom | GBR | – |
Heat Two
| Wind | -0.5 m/s |
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| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Tonie Campbell | USA | 13.53 | |||
| 2 | 4 | Carlos Sala | ESP | 14.02 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Wilbert Greaves | GBR | 14.04 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Jeff Glass | CAN | 14.07 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Franck Chevallier | FRA | 14.32 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Hisham Mekin | EGY | 14.67 |
Heat Three
| Wind | -0.5 m/s |
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| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Roger Kingdom | USA | 13.53 | |||
| 2 | 3 | Javier Moracho | ESP | 14.05 | |||
| 3 | 4 | Nigel Walker | GBR | 14.07 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Li Jieqiang | CHN | 14.29 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Naji Mubarak | KUW | 14.56 | |||
| 6 | 5 | Eric Spence | CAN | 14.93 |
Heat Four
| Wind | 1.7 m/s |
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| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Greg Foster | USA | 13.24 | |||
| 2 | 6 | Stéphane Caristan | FRA | 13.45 | |||
| 3 | 7 | Wu Chin-Jing | TPE | 13.91 | |||
| 4 | 4 | Don Wright | AUS | 14.00 | |||
| 5 | 1 | Modesto Castillo | DOM | 14.05 | |||
| 6 | 5 | Mohamed Helal Ali | UAE | 15.75 | |||
| 2 | William Fong | SAM | – |
Semi-Finals (6 August 1984 — 16:00)
Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
Heat One
| Wind | 0.7 m/s |
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| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Roger Kingdom | USA | 13.24 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Tonie Campbell | USA | 13.56 | |||
| 3 | 8 | Stéphane Caristan | FRA | 13.62 | |||
| 4 | 7 | Jeff Glass | CAN | 13.88 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Javier Moracho | ESP | 13.89 | |||
| 6 | 3 | Wu Chin-Jing | TPE | 14.21 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Yu Zhicheng | CHN | 14.26 | |||
| 4 | Nigel Walker | GBR | – |
Heat Two
| Wind | -1.1 m/s |
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| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Greg Foster | USA | 13.24 | |||
| 2 | 8 | Mark McKoy | CAN | 13.30 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Arto Bryggare | FIN | 13.52 | |||
| 4 | 1 | Carlos Sala | ESP | 13.85 | |||
| 5 | 6 | Wilbert Greaves | GBR | 13.86 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Daniele Fontecchio | ITA | 13.86 | |||
| 7 | 3 | Don Wright | AUS | 13.93 | |||
| 8 | 7 | Li Jieqiang | CHN | 14.15 |
Final (6 August 1984 — 18:05)
| Wind | -0.4 m/s |
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| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | Reaction Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Roger Kingdom | USA | 13.20 | 0.137 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Greg Foster | USA | 13.23 | 0.150 | |||
| 3 | 2 | Arto Bryggare | FIN | 13.40 | 0.136 | |||
| 4 | 3 | Mark McKoy | CAN | 13.45 | 0.149 | |||
| 5 | 7 | Tonie Campbell | USA | 13.55 | 0.144 | |||
| 6 | 6 | Stéphane Caristan | FRA | 13.71 | 0.184 | |||
| 7 | 4 | Carlos Sala | ESP | 13.80 | 0.159 | |||
| 8 | 5 | Jeff Glass | CAN | 14.15 | 0.170 |