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.

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 fourth, 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:
World record12.80Brussels, Belgium7 September 2012
Championship record12.91Stuttgart, Germany20 August 1993
World Leading12.98Austin, United States7 June 2019
African Record13.11Prague, Czech Republic5 June 2017
Asian Record12.88Lausanne, Switzerland11 July 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record12.80Brussels, Belgium7 September 2012
South American Record13.18Székesfehérvár, Hungary9 July 2019
European Record12.91Stuttgart, Germany20 August 1993
Oceanian record13.29Gothenburg, Sweden11 August 1995

The following records were set at the competition:
RecordAthleteDate
Swiss13.39Jason Joseph30 Sep 2019

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 13.46.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time, was as follows:
DateTimeRound
30 September20:05Heats
2 October20:05Semi-finals
2 October23:00Final

Results

Heats

The first four in each heat and the next four fastest qualified for the semi-finals.

Semi-finals

The first two in each heat and the next two fastest qualify for the final.
RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
125Omar McLeod13.08Q
215Grant Holloway13.10Q
326Pascal Martinot-Lagarde13.12Q,
434Orlando Ortega13.16Q
516Sergey Shubenkov13.18Q
627Xie Wenjun13.22q
737Milan Trajkovic13.29Q,
829Devon Allen13.36q
935Antonio Alkana13.47
1012Dimitri Bascou13.48
1128Chen Kuei-ru13.52
1222Hassane Fofana13.52
1324Jason Joseph13.53
1439Konstadinos Douvalidis13.54
1519Yaqoub Al-Youha13.57
1638Andrew Riley13.57
1736Shunya Takayama13.58
1814Andrew Pozzi13.60
1913Orlando Bennett13.60
1933Wilhem Belocian13.60
2132Nicholas Hough13.61
2223Yohan Chaverra13.76
2318Shane Brathwaite14.29qJ
17Ronald Levy

Final

The final was started on 2 October at 23:00.
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
6Grant Holloway13.10
9Sergey Shubenkov13.15
7Pascal Martinot-Lagarde13.18
5Orlando Ortega13.30Awarded after an appeal
52Xie Wenjun13.29
61Shane Brathwaite13.61
73Devon Allen13.70
88Milan Trajkovic13.87
4Omar McLeod