Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The Men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 18-21 August at the Beijing National Stadium.
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:No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee was able to enter up to three entrants providing they had met the A qualifying standard in the qualifying period. NOCs were also permitted to enter one athlete providing he had met the B standard in the same qualifying period.Results
Round 1
Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next 8 fastest advance to the [|Round 2].| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | David Oliver | 13.30 | Q | |
| 2 | 3 | Paulo Villar | 13.37 | Q, SB | |
| 3 | 3 | Ryan Brathwaite | 13.38 | Q, NR | |
| 4 | 1 | Dayron Robles | 13.39 | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | Jackson Quiñónez | 13.41 | Q | |
| 6 | 4 | David Payne | 13.42 | Q | |
| 7 | 3 | Petr Svoboda | 13.43 | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | Shamar Sands | 13.45 | Q | |
| 9 | 6 | Konstadinos Douvalidis | 13.49 | Q, =NR | |
| 10 | 2 | Gregory Sedoc | 13.50 | Q, SB | |
| 11 | 4 | Ladji Doucouré | 13.52 | Q | |
| 12 | 5 | Artur Noga | 13.53 | Q | |
| 12 | 3 | Shi Dongpeng | 13.53 | Q | |
| 14 | 6 | Marcel van der Westen | 13.54 | Q | |
| 15 | 6 | Allan Scott | 13.56 | Q | |
| 15 | 1 | Andrew Turner | 13.56 | Q | |
| 17 | 1 | Ji Wei | 13.57 | Q | |
| 18 | 4 | Selim Nurudeen | 13.58 | Q, PB | |
| 19 | 3 | Ronald Forbes | 13.59 | q, NR | |
| 19 | 5 | Igor Peremota | 13.59 | Q | |
| 21 | 6 | Samuel Coco-Viloin | 13.60 | Q | |
| 21 | 1 | Richard Phillips | 13.60 | Q | |
| 23 | 5 | Dániel Kiss | 13.61 | Q, SB | |
| 23 | 4 | Maurice Wignall | 13.61 | Q, SB | |
| 25 | 6 | Mohamed Issa Al-Thawadi | 13.64 | q, SB | |
| 26 | 2 | Lee Jung-Joon | 13.65 | q | |
| 27 | 2 | Mikel Thomas | 13.69 | q, PB | |
| 28 | 3 | Héctor Cotto | 13.72 | q | |
| 29 | 6 | David Ilariani | 13.75 | q | |
| 30 | 3 | Dudley Dorival | 13.78 | q, SB | |
| 31 | 5 | Anselmo da Silva | 13.81 | Q | |
| 32 | 2 | Damjan Zlatnar | 13.84 | q | |
| 33 | 4 | Maksim Lynsha | 13.86 | ||
| 34 | 4 | Stanislav Sajdok | 13.89 | ||
| 35 | 1 | Evgeniy Borisov | 13.90 | ||
| 36 | 5 | Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja | 13.91 | ||
| 37 | 4 | Masato Naito | 13.96 | ||
| 38 | 1 | Oleg Normatov | 14.00 | ||
| 39 | 1 | Jurica Grabušic | 14.18 | ||
| 40 | 3 | Abdul Rashid | 14.52 | ||
| 6 | Liu Xiang | ||||
| 5 | Terrence Trammell | ||||
| 5 | Staņislavs Olijars |
Round 2
Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 4 fastest advance to the [|Semifinals].| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | David Oliver | 13.16 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Dayron Robles | 13.19 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | David Payne | 13.24 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | Artur Noga | 13.36 | Q, PB | |
| 4 | 3 | Maurice Wignall | 13.36 | Q, SB | |
| 6 | 4 | Ladji Doucouré | 13.39 | Q | |
| 7 | 1 | Petr Svoboda | 13.41 | Q | |
| 8 | 1 | Shi Dongpeng | 13.42 | Q | |
| 9 | 2 | Gregory Sedoc | 13.43 | Q, SB | |
| 10 | 3 | Ryan Brathwaite | 13.44 | Q | |
| 11 | 1 | Konstadinos Douvalidis | 13.46 | q, NR | |
| 11 | 3 | Paulo Villar | 13.46 | Q | |
| 13 | 4 | Jackson Quiñónez | 13.47 | Q | |
| 14 | 1 | Richard Phillips | 13.48 | q, SB | |
| 14 | 3 | Marcel van der Westen | 13.48 | q | |
| 16 | 2 | Samuel Coco-Viloin | 13.51 | q | |
| 17 | 2 | Andrew Turner | 13.53 | ||
| 18 | 2 | Lee Jung-Joon | 13.55 | NR | |
| 19 | 2 | Shamar Sands | 13.55 | ||
| 20 | 1 | Mikel Thomas | 13.62 | PB | |
| 21 | 3 | Dániel Kiss | 13.63 | ||
| 22 | 4 | Selim Nurudeen | 13.66 | ||
| 22 | 3 | Allan Scott | 13.66 | ||
| 24 | 1 | Igor Peremota | 13.70 | ||
| 25 | 3 | Dudley Dorival | 13.71 | SB | |
| 26 | 4 | Ronald Forbes | 13.72 | ||
| 27 | 1 | Héctor Cotto | 13.73 | ||
| 28 | 2 | David Ilariani | 13.74 | ||
| 29 | 4 | Ji Wei | 13.80 | ||
| 30 | 4 | Anselmo da Silva | 13.84 | ||
| 3 | Mohamed Issa Al-Thawadi | ||||
| 4 | Damjan Zlatnar |
Semifinals
Qualification: First 4 in each heat advance to the [|Final].Semifinal 1
20 August 2008 - 21:30Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes | React |
| 1 | 4 | Dayron Robles | 13.12 | Q | 0.221 | |
| 2 | 6 | David Payne | 13.21 | Q, SB | 0.177 | |
| 3 | 5 | Ladji Doucouré | 13.22 | Q, SB | 0.183 | |
| 4 | 3 | Richard Phillips | 13.43 | Q, SB | 0.153 | |
| 5 | 2 | Konstadinos Douvalidis | 13.55 | 0.157 | ||
| 6 | 8 | Gregory Sedoc | 13.60 | 0.162 | ||
| 7 | 7 | Petr Svoboda | 13.60 | 0.182 | ||
| 8 | 9 | Paulo Villar | 13.85 | 0.153 |
Semifinal 2
20 August 2008 - 21:39Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes | React |
| 1 | 6 | David Oliver | 13.31 | Q | 0.169 | |
| 2 | 5 | Artur Noga | 13.34 | Q, PB | 0.181 | |
| 3 | 9 | Jackson Quiñónez | 13.40 | Q, =SB | 0.173 | |
| 4 | 7 | Maurice Wignall | 13.40 | Q | 0.141 | |
| 5 | 8 | Shi Dongpeng | 13.42 | 0.141 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Marcel van der Westen | 13.45 | 0.124 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Ryan Brathwaite | 13.59 | 0.147 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Samuel Coco-Viloin | 13.65 | 0.187 |