2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 30 September to 2 October.^[1]

Men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Championships
The final underway.
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Dates	30 September (heats) 2 October (semi-finals & final)
Competitors	39 from 27 nations
Winning time	13.10
Medalists
Grant Holloway  United States   Sergey Shubenkov  Authorised Neutral Athletes   Pascal Martinot-Lagarde  France   Orlando Ortega  Spain
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Summary

Five athletes returned from the 2017 final, the defending champion and Olympic champion Omar McLeod, silver medalist Sergey Shubenkov, Olympic silver medalist Orlando Ortega, Devon Allen and Shane Brathwaite, added as a 9th finalist after he was interfered with in the semi-finals when Ronald Levy drifted out of his lane.

In the final, McLeod and American collegian Grant Holloway got out even, but by the second hurdle, Holloway was edging ahead with Ortega the next behind. Holloway was gaining a little on every hurdle, and by the fourth, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde was even with Ortega. As Holloway's lead extended, McLeod pressed. McLeod rattled the eighth hurdle. Ortega again was slightly ahead of Martinot-Lagarde, but Shubenkov was also there moving fast on the outside. McLeod hit the 9th with his foot flat, losing his balance while running at full speed. He popped up trying to get over the final barrier, bumping Ortega to his right as he failed, crashing to the track. Holloway won by a metre with Shubenkov beating Martinot-Lagarde to the line. After the bump, Ortega managed to stay upright, crossing the line in fifth, his arms outstretched as if asking what could be done after he was interfered with.

Holloway continued celebrating all the way through the first turn and half way down the backstretch before dramatically flopping to the track on his back. McLeod was disqualified for interference. After the race, Spain filed a protest and Ortega was awarded a second bronze medal.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

World record	Aries Merritt (USA)	12.80	Brussels, Belgium	7 September 2012
Championship record	Colin Jackson (GBR)	12.91	Stuttgart, Germany	20 August 1993
World Leading	Grant Holloway (USA)	12.98	Austin, United States	7 June 2019
African Record	Antonio Alkana (RSA)	13.11	Prague, Czech Republic	5 June 2017
Asian Record	Liu Xiang (CHN)	12.88	Lausanne, Switzerland	11 July 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Aries Merritt (USA)	12.80	Brussels, Belgium	7 September 2012
South American Record	Gabriel Constantino (BRA)	13.18	Székesfehérvár, Hungary	9 July 2019
European Record	Colin Jackson (GBR)	12.91	Stuttgart, Germany	20 August 1993
Oceanian record	Kyle Vander-Kuyp (AUS)	13.29	Gothenburg, Sweden	11 August 1995

The following records were set at the competition:

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date
Swiss	13.39	Jason Joseph	SUI	30 Sep 2019

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 13.46.^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:^[4]

Date	Time	Round
30 September	20:05	Heats
2 October	20:05	Semi-finals
2 October	23:00	Final

Results

Heats

The first four in each heat (Q) and the next four fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	9	Orlando Ortega	Spain (ESP)	13.15	Q
2	1	9	Omar McLeod	Jamaica (JAM)	13.17	Q
3	4	8	Grant Holloway	United States (USA)	13.22	Q
4	2	6	Sergey Shubenkov	Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)	13.27	Q
5	4	7	Shunya Takayama	Japan (JPN)	13.32	Q
6	1	3	Milan Trajkovic	Cyprus (CYP)	13.37	Q, SB
7	2	8	Xie Wenjun	China (CHN)	13.38	Q
8	2	5	Jason Joseph	Switzerland (SUI)	13.39	Q, NR
9	1	6	Antonio Alkana	South Africa (RSA)	13.41	Q
10	4	4	Konstadinos Douvalidis	Greece (GRE)	13.43	Q, SB
11	4	6	Yaqoub Al-Youha	Kuwait (KUW)	13.43	Q
12	3	5	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	France (FRA)	13.45	Q
13	1	7	Devon Allen	United States (USA)	13.46	Q
14	5	7	Ronald Levy	Jamaica (JAM)	13.48	Q
15	1	2	Hassane Fofana	Italy (ITA)	13.49	q
16	4	5	Orlando Bennett	Jamaica (JAM)	13.50	q
17	2	3	Shane Brathwaite	Barbados (BAR)	13.51	Q
18	3	9	Andrew Pozzi	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	13.53	Q
19	4	2	Dimitri Bascou	France (FRA)	13.53	q
20	5	6	Chen Kuei-ru	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	13.57	Q
21	1	5	Nicholas Hough	Australia (AUS)	13.60	q
22	2	4	Valdó Szűcs	Hungary (HUN)	13.60
23	1	8	Vitali Parakhonka	Belarus (BLR)	13.65
24	5	8	Wilhem Belocian	France (FRA)	13.67	Q
25	3	2	Andrew Riley	Jamaica (JAM)	13.67	Q
26	5	4	Zeng Jianhang	China (CHN)	13.68
27	5	5	Lorenzo Perini	Italy (ITA)	13.70
28	2	9	Elmo Lakka	Finland (FIN)	13.73
29	2	7	Taio Kanai	Japan (JPN)	13.74
30	5	2	Louis François Mendy	Senegal (SEN)	13.75
31	3	8	Yohan Chaverra	Colombia (COL)	13.76	Q
32	2	2	Eduardo Rodrigues	Brazil (BRA)	13.92
33	3	3	Ruan de Vries	South Africa (RSA)	14.07
34	5	3	Roger Iribarne	Cuba (CUB)	14.37
35	4	9	Anousone Xaysa	Laos (LAO)	14.54
36	4	1	Fadane Hamadi	Comoros (COM)	14.79
	3	7	Jeffrey Julmis	Haiti (HAI)	DQ	162.8
	3	4	Daniel Roberts	United States (USA)		168.6
	1	4	Gabriel Constantino	Brazil (BRA)		168.7(b)
	4	3	Damian Czykier	Poland (POL)	DNS
	3	6	Shunsuke Izumiya	Japan (JPN)

Semi-finals

The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualify for the final.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	5	Omar McLeod	Jamaica (JAM)	13.08	Q
2	1	5	Grant Holloway	United States (USA)	13.10	Q
3	2	6	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	France (FRA)	13.12	Q, SB
4	3	4	Orlando Ortega	Spain (ESP)	13.16	Q
5	1	6	Sergey Shubenkov	Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)	13.18	Q
6	2	7	Xie Wenjun	China (CHN)	13.22	q
7	3	7	Milan Trajkovic	Cyprus (CYP)	13.29	Q, SB
8	2	9	Devon Allen	United States (USA)	13.36	q
9	3	5	Antonio Alkana	South Africa (RSA)	13.47
10	1	2	Dimitri Bascou	France (FRA)	13.48
11	2	8	Chen Kuei-ru	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	13.52
12	2	2	Hassane Fofana	Italy (ITA)	13.52
13	2	4	Jason Joseph	Switzerland (SUI)	13.53
14	3	9	Konstadinos Douvalidis	Greece (GRE)	13.54
15	1	9	Yaqoub Al-Youha	Kuwait (KUW)	13.57
16	3	8	Andrew Riley	Jamaica (JAM)	13.57
17	3	6	Shunya Takayama	Japan (JPN)	13.58
18	1	4	Andrew Pozzi	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	13.60
19	1	3	Orlando Bennett	Jamaica (JAM)	13.60
19	3	3	Wilhem Belocian	France (FRA)	13.60
21	3	2	Nicholas Hough	Australia (AUS)	13.61
22	2	3	Yohan Chaverra	Colombia (COL)	13.76
23	1	8	Shane Brathwaite	Barbados (BAR)	14.29	qJ
	1	7	Ronald Levy	Jamaica (JAM)	DQ	168.6

Final

The final was started on 2 October at 23:00.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Grant Holloway	United States (USA)	13.10
	9	Sergey Shubenkov	Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)	13.15
	7	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde	France (FRA)	13.18
	5	Orlando Ortega	Spain (ESP)	13.30	Awarded after an appeal
5	2	Xie Wenjun	China (CHN)	13.29
6	1	Shane Brathwaite	Barbados (BAR)	13.61
7	3	Devon Allen	United States (USA)	13.70
8	8	Milan Trajkovic	Cyprus (CYP)	13.87
	4	Omar McLeod	Jamaica (JAM)	DQ	163.2(b)

References

1. "Start list" (PDF).
2. "110 Metres Hurdles Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
3. "Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019". iaaf.org. 2 August 2019.
4. "110 Metres Hurdles Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
5. "Heats results" (PDF).
6. "110 Metres Hurdles Men − Semi-final − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
7. "110 Metres Hurdles Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2019.