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110 metres Hurdles, Men

Date	28 – 29 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Centennial Olympic Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	62 from 39 countries

The 1995 World Champion was Allen Johnson (USA), while the 1993 World Championships gold medalist was 1988 Olympic silver medalist, Colin Jackson (GBR). Jackson had also won the European and Commonwealth titles in 1990 and 1994. The two were considered co-favorites in Atlanta. But the final was not close. Johnson pulled clear at the fourth hurdle and won easily over American Mark Crear, while Jackson finished out of the medals in fourth place.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	2368	Allen Johnson	USA	13.66 (1 h5)	13.27 (1 h4)	13.10 (1 h1)	12.95 (1)	Gold	OR
2	2344	Mark Crear	USA	13.44 (1 h3)	13.14 (1 h2)	13.22 (3 h2)	13.09 (2)	Silver
3	1573	Florian Schwarthoff	GER	13.39 (1 h2)	13.27 (2 h2)	13.13 (1 h2)	13.17 (3)	Bronze
4	1489	Colin Jackson	GBR	13.36 (1 h4)	13.33 (1 h3)	13.17 (2 h1)	13.19 (4)
5	1290	Emilio Valle	CUB	13.35 (2 h7)	13.29 (2 h4)	13.18 (3 h1)	13.20 (5)
6	2400	Eugene Swift	USA	13.36 (1 h8)	13.37 (1 h1)	13.21 (2 h2)	13.23 (6)
7	1064	Kyle Vander-Kuyp	AUS	13.32 (1 h7)	13.49 (3 h4)	13.38 (4 h1)	13.40 (7)
8	1267	Erick Batte	CUB	13.47 (2 h2)	13.46 (3 h3)	13.26 (4 h2)	13.43 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	2053	Krzysztof Mehlich	POL	13.81 (2 h5)	13.51 (4 h4)	13.55 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	1430	Vincent Clarico	FRA	13.52 (2 h6)	13.57 (4 h1)	13.43 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	2102	Gheorghe Boroi	ROU	13.66 (4 h3)	13.56 (4 h3)	13.57 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	1738	Robert Foster	JAM	13.58 (3 h8)	13.51 (2 h1)	13.49 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	1112	Sven Pieters	BEL	13.56 (3 h3)	13.36 (2 h3)	13.59 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	1861	Igors Kazanovs	LAT	13.74 (4 h7)	13.42 (3 h2)	14.13 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	1554	Eric Kaiser	GER	13.64 (2 h4)	– (DNF h1)	13.59 (8 h1)	–
9 h1 r3/4	1229	Li Tong	CHN	13.57 (2 h8)	13.43 (4 h2)	13.60 (9 h1)	–
AC h2 r3/4	1109	Johan Lisabeth	BEL	13.72 (4 h2)	13.53 (3 h1)	– (DNF h2)	–
5 h1 r2/4	1864	Guntis Peders	LAT	13.72 (3 h4)	13.59 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	1671	T. J. Kearns	IRL	13.67 (3 h6)	13.55 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	1073	Mark McKoy	AUT	13.70 (2 h1)	13.64 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	1641	Levente Csillag	HUN	13.64 (4 h8)	13.61 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	1150	Pedro Chiamulera	BRA	13.70 (4 h6)	13.77 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	1271	Anier García	CUB	13.56 (2 h3)	13.58 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	1542	Claude Edorh	GER	13.74 (4 h1)	13.64 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	1513	Andy Tulloch	GBR	13.56 (3 h2)	13.68 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	1111	Jonathan N'Senga	BEL	13.61 (3 h7)	13.63 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	2237	Igor Kováč	SVK	13.62 (1 h1)	13.70 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	1160	Walmes de Souza	BRA	13.82 (3 h5)	14.12 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	1449	Émmanuel Romary	FRA	13.68 (5 h8)	13.81 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	2138	Andrey Kislykh	RUS	13.74 (3 h1)	13.74 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r2/4	1204	Tim Kroeker	CAN	13.74 (5 h7)	14.14 (8 h4)	–	–
AC h1 r2/4	1490	Tony Jarrett	GBR	13.47 (1 h6)	– (DQ h1)	–	–
4 h4 r1/4	1591	Frank Boateng	GHA	13.87 (4 h4)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	1601	Stelios Bismbas	GRE	13.85 (4 h5)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	1225	Chen Yanhao	CHN	13.76 (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	2246	Claes Albihn	SWE	13.79 (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	1171	Emerson Perín	BRA	13.76 (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	1987	William Erese	NGR	13.98 (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	1405	Antti Haapakoski	FIN	13.90 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	2152	Yevgeny Pechonkin	RUS	13.86 (5 h6)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	1301	Tomáš Dvořák	CZE	13.78 (6 h1)	–	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	1997	Moses Oyiki	NGR	14.04 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	1637	Wagner Marseille	HAI	13.95 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	1402	Joe Naivalu	FIJ	14.23 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	1340	Miguel de los Santos	ESP	14.01 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	1072	Elmar Lichtenegger	AUT	14.03 (6 h6)	–	–	–
6 h7 r1/4	1345	Jesús Font	ESP	13.90 (6 h7)	–	–	–
6 h8 r1/4	1372	Carlos Sala	ESP	13.94 (6 h8)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	2087	Mickey Soto	PUR	13.94 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h2 r1/4	1666	Seán Cahill	IRL	14.28 (7 h2)	–	–	–
7 h3 r1/4	1075	Herwig Röttl	AUT	14.08 (7 h3)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	1979	Steve Adegbite	NGR	14.06 (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	1293	Prodromos Katsantonis	CYP	14.34 (7 h6)	–	–	–
7 h7 r1/4	2212	Mahesh Perera	SRI	14.24 (7 h7)	–	–	–
7 h8 r1/4	1824	Yeniya Shorokhov	KGZ	14.29 (7 h8)	–	–	–
8 h1 r1/4	1950	Judex Lefou	MRI	14.69 (8 h1)	–	–	–
8 h2 r1/4	2408	Yury Aristov	UZB	15.04 (8 h2)	–	–	–
8 h3 r1/4	1179	Fawaz Ismail Johar	BRN	14.32 (8 h3)	–	–	–
8 h6 r1/4	1216	Hakim Mazou	CGO	14.52 (8 h6)	–	–	–
8 h7 r1/4	2033	José Riesco	PER	14.29 (8 h7)	–	–	–
8 h8 r1/4	1634	Paul Tucker	GUY	14.65 (8 h8)	–	–	–
AC h5 r1/4	1258	Henry Andrade	CPV	– (DNF h5)	–	–	–
DNS	1917	Nur Herman Majid	MAS	– (DNS h4)	–	–	–
DNS	2028	Curt Young	PAN	– (DNS h4)	–	–	–

Round One (28 July 1996)

Top three in each heat and next eight fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One (10:45)

Wind	-0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Igor Kováč	SVK	13.62	0.175	Q
2	8	Mark McKoy	AUT	13.70	0.152	Q
3	1	Andrey Kislykh	RUS	13.74	0.150	Q
4	6	Claude Edorh	GER	13.74	0.177	q	1
5	3	Chen Yanhao	CHN	13.76	0.156
6	4	Tomáš Dvořák	CZE	13.78	0.146
7	2	Mickey Soto	PUR	13.94	0.178
8	7	Judex Lefou	MRI	14.69	0.220

Heat Two (10:50)

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Florian Schwarthoff	GER	13.39	0.210	Q
2	8	Erick Batte	CUB	13.47	0.222	Q
3	3	Andy Tulloch	GBR	13.56	0.160	Q
4	5	Johan Lisabeth	BEL	13.72	0.166	q
5	2	Claes Albihn	SWE	13.79	0.152
6	1	Moses Oyiki	NGR	14.04	0.148
7	4	Seán Cahill	IRL	14.28	0.144
8	6	Yury Aristov	UZB	15.04	0.200

Heat Three (10:55)

Wind	1.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	1	Mark Crear	USA	13.44	0.221	Q
2	6	Anier García	CUB	13.56	0.159	Q
3	8	Sven Pieters	BEL	13.56	0.164	Q	2
4	3	Gheorghe Boroi	ROU	13.66	0.128	q
5	5	Emerson Perín	BRA	13.76	0.181
6	2	Wagner Marseille	HAI	13.95	0.157
7	7	Herwig Röttl	AUT	14.08	0.166		3
8	4	Fawaz Ismail Johar	BRN	14.32	0.167		4

Heat Four (11:00)

Wind	-0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	8	Colin Jackson	GBR	13.36	0.140	Q
2	5	Eric Kaiser	GER	13.64	0.178	Q
3	3	Guntis Peders	LAT	13.72	0.143	Q
4	4	Frank Boateng	GHA	13.87	0.211
5	7	William Erese	NGR	13.98	0.171		5
6	6	Joe Naivalu	FIJ	14.23	0.156
DNS	2	Nur Herman Majid	MAS	–	–
DNS	1	Curt Young	PAN	–	–

Heat Five (11:05)

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Allen Johnson	USA	13.66	0.172	Q
2	4	Krzysztof Mehlich	POL	13.81	0.200	Q
3	3	Walmes de Souza	BRA	13.82	0.192	Q
4	8	Stelios Bismbas	GRE	13.85	0.182
5	5	Antti Haapakoski	FIN	13.90	0.152
6	7	Miguel de los Santos	ESP	14.01	0.161
7	1	Steve Adegbite	NGR	14.06	0.161
DNF	2	Henry Andrade	CPV	–	0.178

Heat Six (11:10)

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	7	Tony Jarrett	GBR	13.47	0.149	Q
2	1	Vincent Clarico	FRA	13.52	0.177	Q
3	8	T. J. Kearns	IRL	13.67	0.169	Q
4	6	Pedro Chiamulera	BRA	13.70	0.160	q
5	5	Yevgeny Pechonkin	RUS	13.86	0.150
6	2	Elmar Lichtenegger	AUT	14.03	0.184
7	4	Prodromos Katsantonis	CYP	14.34	0.176
8	3	Hakim Mazou	CGO	14.52	0.193		6

Heat Seven (11:15)

Wind	2.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Kyle Vander-Kuyp	AUS	13.32	0.156	Q
2	8	Emilio Valle	CUB	13.35	0.183	Q
3	6	Jonathan N'Senga	BEL	13.61	0.169	Q	7
4	4	Igors Kazanovs	LAT	13.74	0.145	q	8
5	2	Tim Kroeker	CAN	13.74	0.188	q
6	7	Jesús Font	ESP	13.90	0.172
7	3	Mahesh Perera	SRI	14.24	0.201
8	1	José Riesco	PER	14.29	0.168

Heat Eight (11:20)

Wind	2.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	2	Eugene Swift	USA	13.36	0.161	Q
2	3	Li Tong	CHN	13.57	0.156	Q
3	6	Robert Foster	JAM	13.58	0.169	Q
4	7	Levente Csillag	HUN	13.64	0.185	q	9
5	5	Émmanuel Romary	FRA	13.68	0.161	q
6	4	Carlos Sala	ESP	13.94	0.153
7	8	Yeniya Shorokhov	KGZ	14.29	0.179
8	1	Paul Tucker	GUY	14.65	0.184

Quarter-Finals (28 July 1996)

Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One (18:30)

Wind	1.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Eugene Swift	USA	13.37	0.155	Q
2	7	Robert Foster	JAM	13.51	0.156	Q
3	8	Johan Lisabeth	BEL	13.53	0.156	Q
4	5	Vincent Clarico	FRA	13.57	0.167	Q
5	2	Guntis Peders	LAT	13.59	0.151
6	1	Pedro Chiamulera	BRA	13.77	0.176
DNF	3	Eric Kaiser	GER	–	0.149	q	10
DQ	4	Tony Jarrett	GBR	–	[0.139]		11

Heat Two (18:35)

Wind	1.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Mark Crear	USA	13.14	0.127	Q
2	4	Florian Schwarthoff	GER	13.27	0.165	Q
3	1	Igors Kazanovs	LAT	13.42	0.139	Q
4	6	Li Tong	CHN	13.43	0.180	Q
5	2	T. J. Kearns	IRL	13.55	0.119
6	3	Anier García	CUB	13.58	0.164
7	8	Jonathan N'Senga	BEL	13.63	0.176
8	7	Émmanuel Romary	FRA	13.81	0.173

Heat Three (18:40)

Wind	1.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Colin Jackson	GBR	13.33	0.126	Q
2	8	Sven Pieters	BEL	13.36	0.160	Q
3	4	Erick Batte	CUB	13.46	0.208	Q
4	2	Gheorghe Boroi	ROU	13.56	0.149	Q
5	6	Mark McKoy	AUT	13.64	0.166
6	1	Claude Edorh	GER	13.64	0.170
7	5	Igor Kováč	SVK	13.70	0.190		12
8	7	Andrey Kislykh	RUS	13.74	0.145

Heat Four (18:45)

Wind	0.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	3	Allen Johnson	USA	13.27	0.173	Q
2	5	Emilio Valle	CUB	13.29	0.198	Q
3	4	Kyle Vander-Kuyp	AUS	13.49	0.152	Q
4	6	Krzysztof Mehlich	POL	13.51	0.183	Q
5	8	Levente Csillag	HUN	13.61	0.147
6	2	Andy Tulloch	GBR	13.68	0.169
7	1	Walmes de Souza	BRA	14.12	0.214
8	7	Tim Kroeker	CAN	14.14	0.168

Semi-Finals (29 July 1996)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One (18:20)

Wind	0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	5	Allen Johnson	USA	13.10	0.194	Q
2	6	Colin Jackson	GBR	13.17	0.139	Q
3	4	Emilio Valle	CUB	13.18	0.198	Q
4	7	Kyle Vander-Kuyp	AUS	13.38	0.156	Q
5	8	Krzysztof Mehlich	POL	13.55	0.189
6	1	Gheorghe Boroi	ROU	13.57	0.137
7	3	Sven Pieters	BEL	13.59	0.136
8	9	Eric Kaiser	GER	13.59	0.168
9	2	Li Tong	CHN	13.60	0.143

Heat Two (18:26)

Wind	1.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Florian Schwarthoff	GER	13.13	0.156	Q
2	4	Eugene Swift	USA	13.21	0.158	Q
3	3	Mark Crear	USA	13.22	0.194	Q
4	8	Erick Batte	CUB	13.26	0.168	Q
5	2	Vincent Clarico	FRA	13.43	0.173
6	5	Robert Foster	JAM	13.49	0.182
7	1	Igors Kazanovs	LAT	14.13	0.172
DNF	7	Johan Lisabeth	BEL	–	0.155

Final (29 July 1996 — 20:50)

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	6	Allen Johnson	USA	12.95	0.170	OR
2	8	Mark Crear	USA	13.09	0.124
3	3	Florian Schwarthoff	GER	13.17	0.164
4	5	Colin Jackson	GBR	13.19	0.133
5	7	Emilio Valle	CUB	13.20	0.179
6	4	Eugene Swift	USA	13.23	0.151
7	2	Kyle Vander-Kuyp	AUS	13.40	0.160
8	1	Erick Batte	CUB	13.43	0.160