2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles


The men's 60 metres hurdles at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 and 4 March 2018.

Summary

led both qualifying rounds to prove he was a leading contender. Four the third championship in a row, France put two athletes into the final, one of them was returning silver medalist Pascal Martinot-Lagarde in his fourth straight final. Outdoor world record holder Aries Merritt also made the final, though expectations for him are not as lofty since his kidney transplant.
After setting his national record as the #2 qualifier in the semi-finals, Milan Trajkovic false started himself out of the finals. Pozzi was the first over the first hurdle, but only inches ahead of Jarret Eaton. Between hurdles, Eaton exploded to almost a foot advantage over the next hurdle, about the same advantage Pozzi held over Martinot-Lagarde. Both Pozzi and Martinot-Lagarde rattled the second hurdle, though Martinot-Lagarde lost more ground being knocked off balance. Eaton extended his lead, doubling it over the third hurdle, which he rattled. Martinot-Lagarde slammed the third hurdle and was out of contention, replaced by his teammate Aurel Manga and Merritt another two feet behind Pozzi. Going over the fourth hurdle, Merritt looked to have a slight advantage over Manga but by the final barrier Manga had the advantage. Eaton slammed the final hurdle, losing some of his momentum, Pozzi caught him before the finish. Manga clearly beat Merritt to the line for bronze.

Results

Heats

The heats were started on 3 March at 18:30.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
148Andrew Pozzi7.53Q, SB
226Jarret Eaton7.56Q
311Milan Trajkovic7.56Q
428Roger Iribarne7.59Q, PB
544Aries Merritt7.61Q
616Aurel Manga7.62Q
752Pascal Martinot-Lagarde7.62Q
837Ahmad Al-Molad7.63Q
933Ronald Levy7.65Q
1022Balázs Baji7.66Q
1143Konstadinos Douvalidis7.66Q, SB
1246Erik Balnuweit7.67Q
1331Yidiel Contreras7.68Q, SB
1455Petr Svoboda7.68Q
1517Koen Smet7.69Q
1614David King7.69Q
1757Johnathan Cabral7.70Q
1847Xie Wenjun7.71q, SB
1927Vitali Parokhonka7.71Q
2035Gabriel Constantino7.72Q
2124Damian Czykier7.75q
2212Nicholas Hough7.76q, SB
2345Abdulaziz Al Mandeel7.77q
2453Eddie Lovett7.78Q
2556Hassane Fofana7.81
2615Vladimir Vukicevic7.81
2732Paolo Dal Molin7.81
2823Mikel Thomas7.84SB
2925Ben Reynolds7.89
3054Jason Joseph7.89
3138Siddhanth Thingalaya7.93
3251Genta Masuno7.97PB
3334Rio Maholtra7.98NR
3436Javier McFarlane8.00PB
3542Cheung Wang Fung8.06
3613Dawid Żebrowski8.32
3758Namataiki Tevenino8.98SB
18Mohammed Sad Al-Khfaji

Semifinal

The semifinals were started on 4 March at 15:05.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
124Andrew Pozzi7.46,
235Milan Trajkovic7.51, NR
334Pascal Martinot-Lagarde7.52,
413Aurel Manga7.55
523Roger Iribarne7.58,
614Jarret Eaton7.58
726Aries Merritt7.60
821Gabriel Constantino7.61
936Ronald Levy7.62
1015Balázs Baji7.64
1133Petr Svoboda7.64
1216Ahmad Al-Molad7.66
1328Yidiel Contreras7.68
1425Konstadinos Douvalidis7.68
1522Abdulaziz Al Mandeel7.69
1618Koen Smet7.69
1738Erik Balnuweit7.70
1817David King7.70
1937Johnathan Cabral7.71
2032Xie Wenjun7.76
2131Damian Czykier7.78
2212Nicholas Hough7.79
2311Eddie Lovett7.90
2427Vitali Parokhonka8.00

Final

The final was started on March 4 at 17:00.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Andrew Pozzi7.46
7Jarret Eaton7.47
5Aurel Manga7.54
41Aries Merritt7.56
53Pascal Martinot-Lagarde7.68
62Gabriel Constantino7.71
78Roger Iribarne7.78
6Milan Trajkovic162.8