2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium 19 and 20 August.

Just as he had done at the 2008 Olympic final, former world record holder Liu Xiang missed the competition through injury, leaving the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Dayron Robles as the favourite. Furthermore, two of the fastest hurdlers of the season,[1] David Oliver and Dexter Faulk, had not been selected for the American team, which featured David Payne, Terrence Trammell, and Aries Merritt as the main challengers to Robles. Twenty-one-year-old Ryan Brathwaite was a much improved hurdler that season, and Dwight Thomas and Maurice Wignall of Jamaica were other contenders.[2]

The heats stage was one of the more eventful of the championships: Robles struggled to qualify in third as he was hampered by an injury, Merritt did not progress from his race (having earlier suffered a twisted ankle), and Andy Turner (another carrying an injury) was also eliminated. Dániel Kiss was the fastest of the round, setting a Hungarian record. Brathwaite was the only pre-race favourite to win in the heats, while Alexander John and Ji Wei were the other fastest hurdlers.[3] In the semi-finals, Trammell and Petr Svoboda were the top two in the first semi-final, and Payne and Brathwaite (who set a national record), took the second race. William Sharman set a personal best to win the third semi-final, which saw Robles pull up due to injury and Kiss eliminated.[4]

In the final, Brathwaite started poorly but was soon level with Payne and Trammell. The three remained even after the final hurdle and, with one hundredth of a second between them, it was a photo finish. Brathwaite emerged as the winner with a national record of 13.14 seconds, Trammell was the silver medallist, and Payne took the bronze. Sharman took fourth with a personal best of 13.30 seconds and Wignall finished fifth, clocking 13.31 seconds, his best of the year.[5]

Although he had entered the competition as an outside medal possibility, Brathwaite became the youngest ever champion in the event, and was also Barbados' first ever gold medallist in athletics at either the World Championships or the Olympic Games. Unable to capitalise on the absence of Xiang and Robles, perennial minor medallists Payne and Trammell again missed out on the gold medal. After Brathwaite, fourth-placed William Sharman was the other surprise of the race: he was a last minute addition to the British team, and his two personal best performances turned him from a rank outsider to Europe's fastest at the competition.[5][6]

Medalists

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Gold   Ryan Brathwaite
Barbados (BAR)
Silver   Terrence Trammell
United States (USA)
Bronze   David Payne
United States (USA)

Records

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World record   Dayron Robles (CUB) 12.87 Ostrava, Czech Republic 12 June 2008
Championship record   Colin Jackson (GBR) 12.91 Stuttgart, Germany 20 August 1993
World leading   Dayron Robles (CUB) 13.04 Ostrava, Czech Republic 17 June 2009
African record   Shaun Bownes (RSA) 13.26 Heusden, Netherlands 14 July 2001
Asian record   Liu Xiang (CHN) 12.88 Lausanne, Switzerland 11 July 2006
North American record   Dayron Robles (CUB) 12.87 Ostrava, Czech Republic 12 June 2008
South American record   Redelén dos Santos (BRA) 13.29 Lisbon, Portugal 13 June 2004
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

Qualification standards

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A time B time
13.55 13.62

Schedule

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Date Time Round
19 August 2009 11:35 Heats
20 August 2009 18:15 Semi-finals
20 August 2009 20:55 Final

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semi-finals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Dániel Kiss   Hungary (HUN) 13.34 Q, NR
2 4 Ryan Brathwaite   Barbados (BAR) 13.35 Q
3 4 Alexander John   Germany (GER) 13.41 Q
4 5 Ji Wei   China (CHN) 13.51 Q
4 5 Terrence Trammell   United States (USA) 13.51 Q
6 4 William Sharman   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13.52 Q
6 6 Paulo Villar   Colombia (COL) 13.52 Q, SB
8 5 Gregory Sedoc   Netherlands (NED) 13.54 Q
8 6 David Payne   United States (USA) 13.54 Q
10 5 Dimitri Bascou   France (FRA) 13.55 q
11 1 Shi Dongpeng   China (CHN) 13.56 Q
11 3 Petr Svoboda   Czech Republic (CZE) 13.56 Q
11 3 Garfield Darien   France (FRA) 13.56 Q
11 3 Artur Noga   Poland (POL) 13.56 Q
15 1 Dwight Thomas   Jamaica (JAM) 13.57 Q
15 5 Shamar Sands   Bahamas (BAH) 13.57 q
17 4 Staņislavs Olijars   Latvia (LAT) 13.59 q
18 4 Maksim Lynsha   Belarus (BLR) 13.61 q
18 6 Dayron Capetillo   Cuba (CUB) 13.61 q
20 2 Maurice Wignall   Jamaica (JAM) 13.62 Q
21 1 Jackson Quiñónez   Spain (ESP) 13.63 Q
21 4 Evgeniy Borisov   Russia (RUS) 13.63 q
23 2 Helge Schwarzer   Germany (GER) 13.66 Q
24 2 Dayron Robles   Cuba (CUB) 13.67 Q
24 1 Lehann Fourie   South Africa (RSA) 13.67
26 5 Selim Nurudeen   Nigeria (NGR) 13.68
27 3 Aries Merritt   United States (USA) 13.70
27 6 Richard Phillips   Jamaica (JAM) 13.70
29 3 Serhiy Demydyuk   Ukraine (UKR) 13.71 SB
30 2 Cédric Lavanne   France (FRA) 13.72
30 2 Felipe Vivancos   Spain (ESP) 13.72
32 1 Andy Turner   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13.73
33 6 Matthias Bühler   Germany (GER) 13.75
34 3 Adrien Deghelt   Belgium (BEL) 13.78
35 5 Héctor Cotto   Puerto Rico (PUR) 13.81
36 1 Lee Jung-Joon   South Korea (KOR) 13.83 SB
36 3 Gianni Frankis   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13.83
38 1 Tasuku Tanonaka   Japan (JPN) 13.84
39 6 David Ilariani   Georgia (GEO) 13.86
40 4 Park Tae-Kyong   South Korea (KOR) 13.93
41 5 Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian   Malaysia (MAS) 14.06
42 2 Damien Broothaerts   Belgium (BEL) 14.15
43 6 Abdul Hakeem Abdul Halim   Singapore (SIN) 14.63 SB
44 4 Ahmad Hazer   Lebanon (LIB) 14.74
45 3 Toriki Urarii   French Polynesia (PYF) 15.01 SB
1 Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja   Madagascar (MAD) DNF
2 Yin Jing   China (CHN) DNS

Key: Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Semi-finals

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Qualification: First 2 in each semi-final (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Ryan Brathwaite   Barbados (BAR) 13.18 Q, NR
2 1 Terrence Trammell   United States (USA) 13.24 Q
2 2 David Payne   United States (USA) 13.24 Q
4 1 Petr Svoboda   Czech Republic (CZE) 13.33 Q, SB
5 2 Dwight Thomas   Jamaica (JAM) 13.37 q
6 3 William Sharman   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13.38 Q, PB
7 1 Ji Wei   China (CHN) 13.41 q, SB
8 2 Shi Dongpeng   China (CHN) 13.42 SB
9 1 Artur Noga   Poland (POL) 13.43 SB
9 3 Maurice Wignall   Jamaica (JAM) 13.43 Q, SB
11 1 Paulo Villar   Colombia (COL) 13.44 SB
12 2 Gregory Sedoc   Netherlands (NED) 13.45
12 3 Dániel Kiss   Hungary (HUN) 13.45
14 2 Maksim Lynsha   Belarus (BLR) 13.46 PB
15 3 Shamar Sands   Bahamas (BAH) 13.47
16 2 Dimitri Bascou   France (FRA) 13.49 PB
17 1 Staņislavs Olijars   Latvia (LAT) 13.50
18 1 Jackson Quiñónez   Spain (ESP) 13.54
19 1 Dayron Capetillo   Cuba (CUB) 13.55
20 3 Garfield Darien   France (FRA) 13.57
21 3 Evgeniy Borisov   Russia (RUS) 13.63
22 2 Alexander John   Germany (GER) 13.64
23 3 Helge Schwarzer   Germany (GER) 13.72
3 Dayron Robles   Cuba (CUB) DNF

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Ryan Brathwaite   Barbados (BAR) 13.14 NR
  Terrence Trammell   United States (USA) 13.15
  David Payne   United States (USA) 13.15
4 William Sharman   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 13.30 PB
5 Maurice Wignall   Jamaica (JAM) 13.31 SB
6 Petr Svoboda   Czech Republic (CZE) 13.38
7 Dwight Thomas   Jamaica (JAM) 13.56
8 Ji Wei   China (CHN) 13.57

References

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General
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  1. ^ 110 Metres Hurdles 2009. IAAF (2009-08-20). Retrieved on 2009-08-25. Archived 2009-09-08.
  2. ^ Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-09). Men's 110m Hurdles - PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-25. Archived 2009-09-08.
  3. ^ Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-19). Event Report - Men's 110m Hurdles - Heats Archived 2009-08-22 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-25.
  4. ^ Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-20). Event Report - Men's 110m Hurdles - Semi-Final Archived 2009-08-22 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-25.
  5. ^ a b Mulkeen, Jon (2009-08-20). Event Report - Men's 110m Hurdles - Final Archived 2009-08-26 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-25.
  6. ^ Arcoleo, Laura (2009-08-20). ‘More to come’ from hurdles surprise Brathwaite Archived 2009-08-26 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-25.