Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date25 & 26 September
Competitors41 from 31 nations
Winning time12.98 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Roger Kingdom
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Colin Jackson
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tonie Campbell
 United States
Athletics at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 43 competitors from 31 nations, with six qualifying heats (43 runners), four second-round races (32) and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took place on Monday September 26, 1988.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Roger Kingdom of the United States, the second man to successfully defend Olympic gold in the event (Lee Calhoun, 1956 and 1960). It was the nation's 17th title in the event. Colin Jackson's silver was Great Britain's first medal in the event since 1936.

Background

This was the 21st appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Four finalists from 1984 returned: gold medalist Roger Kingdom of the United States, fourth-place finisher Mark McKoy of Canada, sixth-place finisher Stéphane Caristan of France, and seventh-place finisher Carlos Sala of Spain. Kingdom was a favorite to repeat, having recovered from two hamstring injuries that had plagued him between Games. His biggest competitor was countryman Greg Foster, who had won the 1987 World Championship, but Foster was forced to withdraw after he broke his arm in a race fall before the U.S. Olympic trials. The next two placers at worlds were the Brits Colin Jackson and Jon Ridgeon, who were expected to challenge Kingdom.[2]

Benin, Fiji, Guyana, South Korea, Mauritius, Nepal, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its 20th appearance, most of any nation (having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games).

Competition format

The competition expanded to a four-round format (previously used once in 1960), still using the eight-man semifinals and finals used since 1964. The "fastest loser" system, also introduced in 1964, was used in the first round.

The first round consisted of six heats, with 7 or 8 hurdlers each. The top five hurdlers in each heat, along with the two next fastest overall, advanced to the semifinals. The 32 quarterfinalists were divided into four heats of 8 hurdlers each, with the top four in each heat advancing. The 16 semifinalists were divided into two semifinals of 8 hurdlers each; again, the top four hurdlers in each advanced to the 8-man final.[2][3]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World record  Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) 12.93 Zürich, Switzerland 19 August 1981
Olympic record  Roger Kingdom (USA) 13.20 Los Angeles, United States 6 August 1984

Kingdom broke his own Olympic record in the quarterfinals, with 13.17 seconds, then again in the final with 12.98 seconds.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 25 September 1988 11:25
13:14		 Round 1
Quarterfinals
Monday, 26 September 1988 13:07
15:38		 Semifinals
Final

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Colin Jackson  Great Britain 13.50 Q
2 7 Stéphane Caristan  France 13.96 Q
3 4 Andrew Parker  Jamaica 14.00 Q
4 8 Florian Schwarthoff  West Germany 14.13 Q
5 1 Noureddine Tadjine  Algeria 14.36 Q
6 2 Rashid Marzouq Al-Abdulla  Qatar 14.69 q
7 5 José de Souza  Benin 15.05
— 6 Lyndon Campos  Brazil DNS
Wind: +0.0 m/s

Heat 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Tonie Campbell  United States 13.45 Q
2 5 Yu Zhicheng  China 14.07 Q
3 2 Aleksandr Markin  Soviet Union 14.17 Q
4 4 Thomas Kearns  Ireland 14.17 Q
5 7 Modesto Castillo  Dominican Republic 14.40 Q
6 6 Judex Lefou  Mauritius 14.73
— 1 Stephen Kerho  Canada DNF
Wind: -0.2 m/s

Heat 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 1 Roger Kingdom  United States 13.40 Q
2 2 Tony Jarrett  Great Britain 13.45 Q
3 3 Yang Guang  China 14.01 Q
4 7 Derrick Knowles  Bahamas 14.22 Q
5 6 Zeyad Abdulrazak  Kuwait 14.44 Q
6 5 Youssef Al-Dosari  Saudi Arabia 15.03
— 4 Benjamin Grant  Sierra Leone DNS
Wind: +0.8 m/s

Heat 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Mark McKoy  Canada 13.78 Q
2 5 Jiří Hudec  Czechoslovakia 13.78 Q
3 3 Philippe Tourret  France 13.88 Q
4 7 Alain Cuypers  Belgium 13.89 Q
5 6 Javier Moracho  Spain 13.96 Q
6 2 Wu Chin-Jing  Chinese Taipei 14.11 q
7 1 Dambar Kunwar  Nepal 16.51
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 5

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Vladimir Shishkin  Soviet Union 13.75 Q
2 6 Mikael Ylöstalo  Finland 13.87 Q
3 2 Erik Jensen  Denmark 13.91 Q
4 4 Carlos Sala  Spain 14.00 Q
5 1 Kim Jin-tae  South Korea 14.06 Q
6 7 João Lima  Portugal 14.73
7 5 Albert Miller  Fiji 14.86
Wind: +1.0 m/s

Heat 6

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Arthur Blake  United States 13.66 Q
2 2 Jonathan Ridgeon  Great Britain 13.75 Q
3 5 Richard Bucknor  Jamaica 13.89 Q
4 4 György Bakos  Hungary 13.94 Q
5 7 Nagi Ghazi Moursine  Iraq 14.46 Q
6 1 Curt Hampstead  Guyana 14.88
7 6 Roberto Carmona  Mexico 15.24
Wind: +0.9 m/s

Overall results for round 1

Rank Heat Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Roger Kingdom  United States 13.40 Q
2 2 Tonie Campbell  United States 13.45 Q
3 Tony Jarrett  Great Britain 13.45 Q
4 1 Colin Jackson  Great Britain 13.50 Q
5 6 Arthur Blake  United States 13.66 Q
6 5 Vladimir Shishkin  Soviet Union 13.75 Q
6 Jonathan Ridgeon  Great Britain 13.75 Q
8 4 Mark McKoy  Canada 13.78 Q
4 Jiří Hudec  Czechoslovakia 13.78 Q
10 5 Mikael Ylöstalo  Finland 13.87 Q
11 4 Philippe Tourret  France 13.88 Q
12 4 Alain Cuypers  Belgium 13.89 Q
6 Richard Bucknor  Jamaica 13.89 Q
14 5 Erik Jensen  Denmark 13.91 Q
15 6 György Bakos  Hungary 13.94 Q
16 1 Stéphane Caristan  France 13.96 Q
4 Javier Moracho  Spain 13.96 Q
18 1 Andrew Parker  Jamaica 14.00 Q
5 Carlos Sala  Spain 14.00 Q
20 3 Yang Guang  China 14.01 Q
21 5 Kim Jin-tae  South Korea 14.06 Q
22 2 Yu Zhicheng  China 14.07 Q
23 4 Wu Chin-Jing  Chinese Taipei 14.11 q
24 1 Florian Schwarthoff  West Germany 14.13 Q
25 2 Aleksandr Markin  Soviet Union 14.17 Q
26 2 Thomas Kearns  Ireland 14.17 Q
27 3 Derrick Knowles  Bahamas 14.22 Q
28 1 Noureddine Tadjine  Algeria 14.36 Q
29 2 Modesto Castillo  Dominican Republic 14.40 Q
30 3 Zeyad Abdulrazak  Kuwait 14.44 Q
31 6 Nagi Ghazi Moursine  Iraq 14.46 Q
32 1 Rashid Marzouq Al-Abdulla  Qatar 14.69 q
33 2 Judex Lefou  Mauritius 14.73
5 João Lima  Portugal 14.73
35 5 Albert Miller  Fiji 14.86
36 6 Curt Hampstead  Guyana 14.88
37 3 Youssef Al-Dosari  Saudi Arabia 15.03
38 1 José de Souza  Benin 15.05
39 6 Roberto Carmona  Mexico 15.24
40 4 Dambar Kunwar  Nepal 16.51
— 2 Stephen Kerho  Canada DNF
1 Lyndon Campos  Brazil DNS
3 Benjamin Grant  Sierra Leone DNS

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on Sunday 1988-09-25.

Quarterfinal 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Roger Kingdom  United States 13.17 Q, OR
2 3 Mark McKoy  Canada 13.56 Q
3 5 Stephane Caristan  France 13.61 Q
4 6 Jiří Hudec  Czechoslovakia 13.65 Q
5 2 Florian Schwarthoff  West Germany 13.67
6 1 Javier Moracho  Spain 13.88
7 7 Thomas Kearns  Ireland 14.30
8 8 Rashid Marzouq Al-Abdulla  Qatar 14.47
Wind: +0.6 m/s

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Tonie Campbell  United States 13.47 Q
2 6 Philippe Tourret  France 13.73 Q
3 5 Jonathan Ridgeon  Great Britain 13.74 Q
4 2 Yu Zhicheng  China 13.95 Q
5 4 Erik Jensen  Denmark 14.02
6 1 Andrew Parker  Jamaica 14.05
7 8 Aleksandr Markin  Soviet Union 14.19
8 7 Zeyad Al-Khudhur  Kuwait 14.56
Wind: +1.0 m/s

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Tony Jarrett  Great Britain 13.59 Q
2 3 Vladimir Shishkin  Soviet Union 13.60 Q
3 6 Mikael Ylöstalo  Finland 13.70 Q
4 1 Carlos Sala  Spain 13.77 Q
5 2 Chin-Jing Wu  Chinese Taipei 14.23
6 8 George Knowles  Bahamas 14.30
7 7 Najil Mohsin  Iraq 14.47
8 4 György Bakos  Hungary 18.02
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Quarterfinal 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Colin Jackson  Great Britain 13.37 Q
2 6 Arthur Blake  United States 13.65 Q
3 3 Richard Bucknor  Jamaica 13.91 Q
4 5 Alain Cuypers  Belgium 13.97 Q
5 2 Jin-Tae Kim  South Korea 14.00
6 1 Modesto Castillo  Dominican Republic 14.21
7 7 Yang Guang  China 14.24
8 8 Nourreddine Tadjine  Algeria 14.35
Wind: +0.6 m/s

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on Monday 1988-09-26.

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Vladimir Shishkin  Soviet Union 13.46 Q
2 6 Tonie Campbell  United States 13.47 Q
3 4 Colin Jackson  Great Britain 13.55 Q
4 1 Jonathan Ridgeon  Great Britain 13.68 Q
5 3 Stéphane Caristan  France 13.71
6 7 Carlos Sala  Spain 13.85
7 8 Alain Cuypers  Belgium 13.92
8 2 Richard Bucknor  Jamaica 13.98
Wind: +0.0 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Roger Kingdom  United States 13.37 Q
2 4 Arthur Blake  United States 13.52 Q
3 5 Mark McKoy  Canada 13.54 Q
4 6 Tony Jarrett  Great Britain 13.56 Q
5 1 Jiří Hudec  Czechoslovakia 13.73
6 7 Yu Zhicheng  China 13.94
7 8 Philippe Tourret  France 13.96
8 2 Mikael Ylöstalo  Finland 14.09
Wind: -0.7 m/s

Final

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Roger Kingdom  United States 0.142 12.98 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Colin Jackson  Great Britain 0.131 13.28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Tonie Campbell  United States 0.161 13.38
4 3 Vladimir Shishkin  Soviet Union 0.139 13.51
5 7 Jonathan Ridgeon  Great Britain 0.150 13.52
6 2 Tony Jarrett  Great Britain 0.164 13.54
7 8 Mark McKoy  Canada 0.142 13.61
8 5 Arthur Blake  United States 0.056 13.96
Wind: +1.5 m/s

See also

References

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 110 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "110 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 232–33.

External links

  • (in English) Official Report
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