2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles


The Men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 and 29.
The [|final] featured the three fastest 110 hurdlers in history. World Record Holder Dayron Robles took an early lead but was being passed by former record holder Liu Xiang. Between the last two hurdles, Robles' right arm backswing caught Liu's oncoming left arm. Liu hit the tenth hurdle, with a second arm collision with Robles, slowing Liu enough to finish in third. Robles crossed the finish line first, but after the race, the Chinese team protested and Robles was disqualified, giving the championship to second finisher Jason Richardson.
Andy Turner was separated from David Oliver in a photo finish for the bronze medal, both receiving the same time. 5th place in the race was also so close the photo could not separate the two competitors.

Medalists

Records

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 4 fastest advance to the [|semifinals].
Wind:
Heat 1: +1.0 m/s, Heat 2: −0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +1.4 m/s, Heat 4: −0.3 m/s
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Jason Richardson13.19Q
21Liu Xiang13.20Q
33David Oliver13.27Q
42Dwight Thomas13.31Q
51Andy Turner13.32Q
64Aries Merritt13.36Q
74Dayron Robles13.42Q
83Jiang Fan13.47Q, PB
83Andrew Riley13.47Q
103Dimitri Bascou13.51q
113William Sharman13.52q
121Willi Mathiszik13.53Q
121Richard Phillips13.53q
142Ronald Forbes13.54Q
154Paulo Villar13.55Q
154Shi Dongpeng13.55Q
174Erik Balnuweit13.56
181Ryan Brathwaite13.57
192Konstadinos Douvalidis13.59
203Héctor Cotto13.60
214Emanuele Abate13.63
214Othmane Hadj Lazib13.63
232Lawrence Clarke13.65
242Alexander John13.68
251Sergey Shubenkov13.70
264Park Tae-Kyong13.83
273Lehann Fourie13.86
281Andreas Kundert13.87
292Dominik Bochenek13.96
302Balázs Baji14.06
311Ahmad Hazer14.42
323Kim Fai Iong15.35

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 2 fastest advance to the final.
Wind:
Heat 1: −1.4 m/s, Heat 2: −1.6 m/s
RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12Jason Richardson13.11Q
21Liu Xiang13.31Q
31Dayron Robles13.32Q
41Aries Merritt13.32Q
52David Oliver13.40Q
61Andy Turner13.44q
72William Sharman13.51Q
82Dwight Thomas13.56q
92Shi Dongpeng13.57
101Dimitri Bascou13.62
112Ronald Forbes13.67
122Jiang Fan13.71
131Paulo Villar13.73
142Andrew Riley13.75
151Richard Phillips13.76
161Willi Mathiszik13.81

Final

Wind: −1.1 m/s
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
3Jason Richardson13.16
6Liu Xiang13.27
1Andy Turner13.44
44David Oliver13.44
57Aries Merritt13.67
52William Sharman13.67
8Dwight Thomas
5Dayron Robles