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110 metres Hurdles, Men

Date	25 – 26 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Ol-lim-pik Ju-gyeong-gi-jang, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul
Participants	41 from 31 countries

The 1983 and 1987 World Champion was Greg Foster, but he had broken his forearm shortly before the US Trials and failed to make the team. Although he had missed much of the 1985-87 seasons with injuries, defending gold medalist Roger Kingdom was back, having recovered his form, being undefeated in the early 1988 season. He was expected to be challenged by the silver and bronze medalists from the 1987 Worlds, Britain’s Jon Ridgeon and Colin Jackson. But the final was no contest. Kingdom ran 12.98, only the second time below 13 seconds at low-altitude, to defend his Olympic title and won by three metres over Jackson.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	1101	Roger Kingdom	USA	13.40 (1 h3)	13.17 (1 h1)	13.37 (1 h2)	12.98 (1)	Gold	OR
2	428	Colin Jackson	GBR	13.50 (1 h1)	13.37 (1 h4)	13.55 (3 h1)	13.28 (2)	Silver
3	1078	Tonie Campbell	USA	13.45 (1 h2)	13.47 (1 h2)	13.47 (2 h1)	13.38 (3)	Bronze
4	1029	Vladimir Shishkin	URS	13.75 (1 h5)	13.60 (2 h3)	13.46 (1 h1)	13.51 (4)
5	449	Jon Ridgeon	GBR	13.75 (2 h6)	13.74 (3 h2)	13.68 (4 h1)	13.52 (5)
6	429	Tony Jarrett	GBR	13.45 (2 h3)	13.59 (1 h3)	13.56 (4 h2)	13.54 (6)
7	170	Mark McKoy	CAN	13.78 (1 h4)	13.56 (2 h1)	13.54 (3 h2)	13.61 (7)
8	1074	Arthur J. Blake	USA	13.66 (1 h6)	13.65 (2 h4)	13.52 (2 h2)	13.96 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	321	Stéphane Caristan	FRA	13.96 (2 h1)	13.61 (3 h1)	13.71 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	976	Jiří Hudec	TCH	13.78 (2 h4)	13.65 (4 h1)	13.73 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	282	Carlos Sala	ESP	14.00 (4 h5)	13.77 (4 h3)	13.85 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	208	Yu Zhicheng	CHN	14.07 (2 h2)	13.95 (4 h2)	13.94 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	81	Alain Cuypers	BEL	13.89 (4 h4)	13.97 (4 h4)	13.92 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	352	Philippe Tourret	FRA	13.88 (3 h4)	13.73 (2 h2)	13.96 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	611	Richard Bucknor	JAM	13.89 (3 h6)	13.91 (3 h4)	13.98 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r3/4	316	Mikael Ylöstalo	FIN	13.87 (2 h5)	13.70 (3 h3)	14.09 (8 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/4	389	Florian Schwarthoff	FRG	14.13 (4 h1)	13.67 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	232	Erik Jensen	DEN	13.91 (3 h5)	14.02 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	1008	Wu Chin-Jing	TPE	14.11 (6 h4)	14.23 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	688	Kim Jin-Tae	KOR	14.06 (5 h5)	14.00 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	273	Javier Moracho	ESP	13.96 (5 h4)	13.88 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	621	Andrew Parker	JAM	14.00 (3 h1)	14.05 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	68	Derrick Knowles	BAH	14.22 (4 h3)	14.30 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	241	Modesto Castillo	DOM	14.40 (5 h2)	14.21 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	549	T. J. Kearns	IRL	14.17 (4 h2)	14.30 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	1047	Aleksandr Markin	URS	14.17 (3 h2)	14.19 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	561	Nagi Ghazi Moursine	IRQ	14.46 (5 h6)	14.47 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	207	Yang Guang	CHN	14.01 (3 h3)	14.24 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h1 r2/4	887	Rashid Sheban Marzouk	QAT	14.69 (6 h1)	14.47 (8 h1)	–	–			1
8 h2 r2/4	713	Zeyad Abdulrazak	KUW	14.44 (5 h3)	14.56 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	522	György Bakos	HUN	13.94 (4 h6)	18.02 (8 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r2/4	10	Noureddine Tadjine	ALG	14.36 (5 h1)	14.35 (8 h4)	–	–
6 h2 r1/4	777	Judex Lefou	MRI	14.73 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	707	Youssef Al-Dosari	KSA	15.03 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	868	João Lima	POR	14.73 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	505	Curt Hampstead	GUY	14.88 (6 h6)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	90	José de Souza	BEN	15.05 (7 h1)	–	–	–
7 h4 r1/4	783	Dambar Kuwar	NEP	16.51 (7 h4)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	293	Albert Miller	FIJ	14.86 (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h6 r1/4	760	Roberto Carmona	MEX	15.24 (7 h6)	–	–	–
AC h2 r1/4	161	Steve Kerho	CAN	– (DNF h2)	–	–	–
DNS	114	Lyndon Campos	BRA	– (DNS h1)	–	–	–
DNS	915	Benjamin Grant	SLE	– (DNS h3)	–	–	–

Round One (25 September 1988)

Top five in each heat and next two fastest advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat One (11:25)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Colin Jackson	GBR	13.50	Q
2	7	Stéphane Caristan	FRA	13.96	Q
3	4	Andrew Parker	JAM	14.00	Q
4	8	Florian Schwarthoff	FRG	14.13	Q
5	1	Noureddine Tadjine	ALG	14.36	Q
6	2	Rashid Sheban Marzouk	QAT	14.69	q	2
7	5	José de Souza	BEN	15.05
DNS	6	Lyndon Campos	BRA	–

Heat Two (11:32)

Wind	-0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Tonie Campbell	USA	13.45	Q
2	5	Yu Zhicheng	CHN	14.07	Q
3	2	Aleksandr Markin	URS	14.17	Q
4	4	T. J. Kearns	IRL	14.17	Q
5	7	Modesto Castillo	DOM	14.40	Q
6	6	Judex Lefou	MRI	14.73
DNF	1	Steve Kerho	CAN	–

Heat Three (11:38)

Wind	0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	1	Roger Kingdom	USA	13.40	Q
2	2	Tony Jarrett	GBR	13.45	Q
3	3	Yang Guang	CHN	14.01	Q
4	7	Derrick Knowles	BAH	14.22	Q
5	6	Zeyad Abdulrazak	KUW	14.44	Q
6	5	Youssef Al-Dosari	KSA	15.03
DNS	4	Benjamin Grant	SLE	–

Heat Four (11:44)

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Mark McKoy	CAN	13.78	Q
2	5	Jiří Hudec	TCH	13.78	Q
3	3	Philippe Tourret	FRA	13.88	Q
4	7	Alain Cuypers	BEL	13.89	Q
5	6	Javier Moracho	ESP	13.96	Q
6	2	Wu Chin-Jing	TPE	14.11	q
7	1	Dambar Kuwar	NEP	16.51

Heat Five (11:48)

Wind	1.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Vladimir Shishkin	URS	13.75	Q
2	6	Mikael Ylöstalo	FIN	13.87	Q
3	2	Erik Jensen	DEN	13.91	Q
4	4	Carlos Sala	ESP	14.00	Q
5	1	Kim Jin-Tae	KOR	14.06	Q
6	7	João Lima	POR	14.73
7	5	Albert Miller	FIJ	14.86

Heat Six (11:52)

Wind	0.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Arthur J. Blake	USA	13.66	Q
2	2	Jon Ridgeon	GBR	13.75	Q
3	5	Richard Bucknor	JAM	13.89	Q
4	4	György Bakos	HUN	13.94	Q
5	7	Nagi Ghazi Moursine	IRQ	14.46	Q
6	1	Curt Hampstead	GUY	14.88
7	6	Roberto Carmona	MEX	15.24

Quarter-Finals (25 September 1988)

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

Heat One (13:14)

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Roger Kingdom	USA	13.17	QOR
2	3	Mark McKoy	CAN	13.56	Q
3	5	Stéphane Caristan	FRA	13.61	Q
4	6	Jiří Hudec	TCH	13.65	Q
5	2	Florian Schwarthoff	FRG	13.67
6	1	Javier Moracho	ESP	13.88
7	7	T. J. Kearns	IRL	14.30
8	8	Rashid Sheban Marzouk	QAT	14.47		3

Heat Two (13:17)

Wind	1.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Tonie Campbell	USA	13.47	Q
2	6	Philippe Tourret	FRA	13.73	Q
3	5	Jon Ridgeon	GBR	13.74	Q
4	2	Yu Zhicheng	CHN	13.95	Q
5	4	Erik Jensen	DEN	14.02
6	1	Andrew Parker	JAM	14.05
7	8	Aleksandr Markin	URS	14.19
8	7	Zeyad Abdulrazak	KUW	14.56

Heat Three (13:22)

Wind	0.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Tony Jarrett	GBR	13.59	Q
2	3	Vladimir Shishkin	URS	13.60	Q
3	6	Mikael Ylöstalo	FIN	13.70	Q
4	1	Carlos Sala	ESP	13.77	Q
5	2	Wu Chin-Jing	TPE	14.23
6	8	Derrick Knowles	BAH	14.30
7	7	Nagi Ghazi Moursine	IRQ	14.47
8	4	György Bakos	HUN	18.02

Heat Four (13:29)

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	4	Colin Jackson	GBR	13.37	Q
2	6	Arthur J. Blake	USA	13.65	Q
3	3	Richard Bucknor	JAM	13.91	Q
4	5	Alain Cuypers	BEL	13.97	Q
5	2	Kim Jin-Tae	KOR	14.00
6	1	Modesto Castillo	DOM	14.21
7	7	Yang Guang	CHN	14.24
8	8	Noureddine Tadjine	ALG	14.35

Semi-Finals (26 September 1988)

Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One (13:07)

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	5	Vladimir Shishkin	URS	13.46	Q
2	6	Tonie Campbell	USA	13.47	Q
3	4	Colin Jackson	GBR	13.55	Q
4	1	Jon Ridgeon	GBR	13.68	Q
5	3	Stéphane Caristan	FRA	13.71
6	7	Carlos Sala	ESP	13.85
7	8	Alain Cuypers	BEL	13.92
8	2	Richard Bucknor	JAM	13.98

Heat Two (13:11)

Wind	-0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)
1	3	Roger Kingdom	USA	13.37	Q
2	4	Arthur J. Blake	USA	13.52	Q
3	5	Mark McKoy	CAN	13.54	Q
4	6	Tony Jarrett	GBR	13.56	Q
5	1	Jiří Hudec	TCH	13.73
6	7	Yu Zhicheng	CHN	13.94
7	8	Philippe Tourret	FRA	13.96
8	2	Mikael Ylöstalo	FIN	14.09

Final (26 September 1988 — 15:38)

Wind	1.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (A)	Reaction Time
1	4	Roger Kingdom	USA	12.98	0.142	OR
2	1	Colin Jackson	GBR	13.28	0.131
3	6	Tonie Campbell	USA	13.38	0.161
4	3	Vladimir Shishkin	URS	13.51	0.139
5	7	Jon Ridgeon	GBR	13.52	0.150
6	2	Tony Jarrett	GBR	13.54	0.164
7	8	Mark McKoy	CAN	13.61	0.142
8	5	Arthur J. Blake	USA	13.96	0.056