Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
| Men's 110 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | ||||||||||
 Dayron Robles of Cuba winning the 110 meters hurdles | ||||||||||
| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | |||||||||
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| Dates | August 18 (heats) August 20 (semifinals) August 21 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 43 from 33 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics  | ||||
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| Track events | ||||
| 100 m | men | women | ||
| 200 m | men | women | ||
| 400 m | men | women | ||
| 800 m | men | women | ||
| 1500 m | men | women | ||
| 5000 m | men | women | ||
| 10,000 m | men | women | ||
| 100 m hurdles | women | |||
| 110 m hurdles | men | |||
| 400 m hurdles | men | women | ||
| 3000 m steeplechase |
men | women | ||
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women | ||
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women | ||
| Road events | ||||
| Marathon | men | women | ||
| 20 km walk | men | women | ||
| 50 km walk | men | |||
| Field events | ||||
| Long jump | men | women | ||
| Triple jump | men | women | ||
| High jump | men | women | ||
| Pole vault | men | women | ||
| Shot put | men | women | ||
| Discus throw | men | women | ||
| Javelin throw | men | women | ||
| Hammer throw | men | women | ||
| Combined events | ||||
| Heptathlon | women | |||
| Decathlon | men | |||
The Men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 18–21 August at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]
Dayron Robles was the clear favorite, having set the world record just two months earlier. He didn't disappoint leading the semi-final round by almost a tenth of a second, a huge margin on this level.
In the final, Robles was out first, clearly ahead by the first hurdle. From there all he did was run smoothly and pull away to a clear, dominating victory. The race for second place was almost as dominant, the two Americans, David Payne and David Oliver were clearly separating from the others, Payne slightly ahead of Oliver, with only Ladji Doucouré within a stride of Oliver. Doucouré looked to be faster, mainly because of less refined form, but on the final dash to the finish line was clearly gaining on Oliver, who himself was gaining on Payne to make the finish much closer. Robles more than doubled his margin from the semi-final round, almost a quarter of a second ahead of Payne.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
| World record |  Dayron Robles (CUB) | 12.87 s | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 12 June 2008 |
| Olympic record |  Liu Xiang (CHN) | 12.91 s | Athens, Greece | 27 August 2004 |
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to three entrants providing they had met the A qualifying standard (13.55) in the qualifying period (1 January 2007 to 23 July 2008). NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing he had met the B standard (13.72) in the same qualifying period.[2]
Results
Round 1
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advance to the Round 2.
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Round 2
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.
Semifinals
Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) advance to the Final.
Semifinal 1
20 August 2008 - 21:30 Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes | React |
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| 1 | 4 | Dayron Robles | Cuba | 13.12 | Q | 0.221 |
| 2 | 6 | David Payne |  United States | 13.21 | Q, SB | 0.177 |
| 3 | 5 | Ladji Doucouré |  France | 13.22 | Q, SB | 0.183 |
| 4 | 3 | Richard Phillips |  Jamaica | 13.43 | Q, SB | 0.153 |
| 5 | 2 | Konstadinos Douvalidis |  Greece | 13.55 | 0.157 | |
| 6 | 8 | Gregory Sedoc |  Netherlands | 13.60 | 0.162 | |
| 7 | 7 | Petr Svoboda |  Czech Republic | 13.60 | 0.182 | |
| 8 | 9 | Paulo Villar |  Colombia | 13.85 | 0.153 |
Semifinal 2
20 August 2008 - 21:39 Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes | React |
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| 1 | 6 | David Oliver | United States | 13.31 | Q | 0.169 |
| 2 | 5 | Artur Noga |  Poland | 13.34 | Q, PB | 0.181 |
| 3 | 9 | Jackson Quiñónez |  Spain | 13.40 | Q, =SB | 0.173 |
| 4 | 7 | Maurice Wignall | Jamaica | 13.40 | Q | 0.141 |
| 5 | 8 | Shi Dongpeng | China | 13.42 | 0.141 | |
| 6 | 3 | Marcel van der Westen | Netherlands | 13.45 | 0.124 | |
| 7 | 4 | Ryan Brathwaite |  Barbados | 13.59 | 0.147 | |
| 8 | 2 | Samuel Coco-Viloin | France | 13.65 | 0.187 |
Final
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes | React |
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6 | Dayron Robles | Cuba | 12.93 | 0.183 | |
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5 | David Payne | United States | 13.17 | SB | 0.175 |
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7 | David Oliver | United States | 13.18 | PB | 0.158 |
| 4 | 8 | Ladji Doucouré | France | 13.24 | 0.170 | |
| 5 | 4 | Artur Noga | Poland | 13.36 | 0.169 | |
| 6 | 2 | Maurice Wignall | Jamaica | 13.46 | 0.163 | |
| 7 | 3 | Richard Phillips | Jamaica | 13.60 | 0.154 | |
| 8 | 9 | Jackson Quiñónez | Spain | 13.69 | 0.187 | |
References
- ↑ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ↑ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.