Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
Men's 110 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Date | 25 & 26 September | |||||||||
Competitors | 41 from 31 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 12.98 OR | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1988 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 |
3000 m | women | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
Wheelchair races | ||
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 | ![]() | 12.93 | Zürich, Switzerland | 19 August 1981 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 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 |
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Sunday, 25 September 1988 | 11:25 13:14 | Round 1 Quarterfinals |
Monday, 26 September 1988 | 13:07 15:38 | Semifinals Final |
Results
Heat 1
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 3 | Colin Jackson | ![]() | 13.50 | Q |
2 | 7 | Stéphane Caristan | ![]() | 13.96 | Q |
3 | 4 | Andrew Parker | ![]() | 14.00 | Q |
4 | 8 | Florian Schwarthoff | ![]() | 14.13 | Q |
5 | 1 | Noureddine Tadjine | ![]() | 14.36 | Q |
6 | 2 | Rashid Marzouq Al-Abdulla | ![]() | 14.69 | q |
7 | 5 | José de Souza | ![]() | 15.05 | |
— | 6 | Lyndon Campos | ![]() | DNS | |
Wind: +0.0 m/s |
Heat 2
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 3 | Tonie Campbell | ![]() | 13.45 | Q |
2 | 5 | Yu Zhicheng | ![]() | 14.07 | Q |
3 | 2 | Aleksandr Markin | ![]() | 14.17 | Q |
4 | 4 | Thomas Kearns | ![]() | 14.17 | Q |
5 | 7 | Modesto Castillo | ![]() | 14.40 | Q |
6 | 6 | Judex Lefou | ![]() | 14.73 | |
— | 1 | Stephen Kerho | ![]() | DNF | |
Wind: -0.2 m/s |
Heat 3
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | Roger Kingdom | ![]() | 13.40 | Q |
2 | 2 | Tony Jarrett | ![]() | 13.45 | Q |
3 | 3 | Yang Guang | ![]() | 14.01 | Q |
4 | 7 | Derrick Knowles | ![]() | 14.22 | Q |
5 | 6 | Zeyad Abdulrazak | ![]() | 14.44 | Q |
6 | 5 | Youssef Al-Dosari | ![]() | 15.03 | |
— | 4 | Benjamin Grant | ![]() | DNS | |
Wind: +0.8 m/s |
Heat 4
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Mark McKoy | ![]() | 13.78 | Q |
2 | 5 | Jiří Hudec | ![]() | 13.78 | Q |
3 | 3 | Philippe Tourret | ![]() | 13.88 | Q |
4 | 7 | Alain Cuypers | ![]() | 13.89 | Q |
5 | 6 | Javier Moracho | ![]() | 13.96 | Q |
6 | 2 | Wu Chin-Jing | ![]() | 14.11 | q |
7 | 1 | Dambar Kunwar | ![]() | 16.51 | |
Wind: +0.3 m/s |
Heat 5
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 3 | Vladimir Shishkin | ![]() | 13.75 | Q |
2 | 6 | Mikael Ylöstalo | ![]() | 13.87 | Q |
3 | 2 | Erik Jensen | ![]() | 13.91 | Q |
4 | 4 | Carlos Sala | ![]() | 14.00 | Q |
5 | 1 | Kim Jin-tae | ![]() | 14.06 | Q |
6 | 7 | João Lima | ![]() | 14.73 | |
7 | 5 | Albert Miller | ![]() | 14.86 | |
Wind: +1.0 m/s |
Heat 6
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 3 | Arthur Blake | ![]() | 13.66 | Q |
2 | 2 | Jonathan Ridgeon | ![]() | 13.75 | Q |
3 | 5 | Richard Bucknor | ![]() | 13.89 | Q |
4 | 4 | György Bakos | ![]() | 13.94 | Q |
5 | 7 | Nagi Ghazi Moursine | ![]() | 14.46 | Q |
6 | 1 | Curt Hampstead | ![]() | 14.88 | |
7 | 6 | Roberto Carmona | ![]() | 15.24 | |
Wind: +0.9 m/s |
Overall results for round 1
Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals were held on Sunday 1988-09-25.
Quarterfinal 1
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Roger Kingdom | ![]() |
13.17 | Q, OR |
2 | 3 | Mark McKoy | ![]() |
13.56 | Q |
3 | 5 | Stephane Caristan | ![]() |
13.61 | Q |
4 | 6 | Jiří Hudec | ![]() |
13.65 | Q |
5 | 2 | Florian Schwarthoff | ![]() |
13.67 | |
6 | 1 | Javier Moracho | ![]() |
13.88 | |
7 | 7 | Thomas Kearns | ![]() |
14.30 | |
8 | 8 | Rashid Marzouq Al-Abdulla | ![]() |
14.47 | |
Wind: +0.6 m/s |
Quarterfinal 2
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 3 | Tonie Campbell | ![]() |
13.47 | Q |
2 | 6 | Philippe Tourret | ![]() |
13.73 | Q |
3 | 5 | Jonathan Ridgeon | ![]() |
13.74 | Q |
4 | 2 | Yu Zhicheng | ![]() |
13.95 | Q |
5 | 4 | Erik Jensen | ![]() |
14.02 | |
6 | 1 | Andrew Parker | ![]() |
14.05 | |
7 | 8 | Aleksandr Markin | ![]() |
14.19 | |
8 | 7 | Zeyad Al-Khudhur | ![]() |
14.56 | |
Wind: +1.0 m/s |
Quarterfinal 3
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 5 | Tony Jarrett | ![]() |
13.59 | Q |
2 | 3 | Vladimir Shishkin | ![]() |
13.60 | Q |
3 | 6 | Mikael Ylöstalo | ![]() |
13.70 | Q |
4 | 1 | Carlos Sala | ![]() |
13.77 | Q |
5 | 2 | Chin-Jing Wu | ![]() |
14.23 | |
6 | 8 | George Knowles | ![]() |
14.30 | |
7 | 7 | Najil Mohsin | ![]() |
14.47 | |
8 | 4 | György Bakos | ![]() |
18.02 | |
Wind: +0.2 m/s |
Quarterfinal 4
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 4 | Colin Jackson | ![]() |
13.37 | Q |
2 | 6 | Arthur Blake | ![]() |
13.65 | Q |
3 | 3 | Richard Bucknor | ![]() |
13.91 | Q |
4 | 5 | Alain Cuypers | ![]() |
13.97 | Q |
5 | 2 | Jin-Tae Kim | ![]() |
14.00 | |
6 | 1 | Modesto Castillo | ![]() |
14.21 | |
7 | 7 | Yang Guang | ![]() |
14.24 | |
8 | 8 | Nourreddine Tadjine | ![]() |
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 |
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1 | 5 | Vladimir Shishkin | ![]() |
13.46 | Q |
2 | 6 | Tonie Campbell | ![]() |
13.47 | Q |
3 | 4 | Colin Jackson | ![]() |
13.55 | Q |
4 | 1 | Jonathan Ridgeon | ![]() |
13.68 | Q |
5 | 3 | Stéphane Caristan | ![]() |
13.71 | |
6 | 7 | Carlos Sala | ![]() |
13.85 | |
7 | 8 | Alain Cuypers | ![]() |
13.92 | |
8 | 2 | Richard Bucknor | ![]() |
13.98 | |
Wind: +0.0 m/s |
Semifinal 2
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | 3 | Roger Kingdom | ![]() |
13.37 | Q |
2 | 4 | Arthur Blake | ![]() |
13.52 | Q |
3 | 5 | Mark McKoy | ![]() |
13.54 | Q |
4 | 6 | Tony Jarrett | ![]() |
13.56 | Q |
5 | 1 | Jiří Hudec | ![]() |
13.73 | |
6 | 7 | Yu Zhicheng | ![]() |
13.94 | |
7 | 8 | Philippe Tourret | ![]() |
13.96 | |
8 | 2 | Mikael Ylöstalo | ![]() |
14.09 | |
Wind: -0.7 m/s |
Final
Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Reaction | Time | Notes |
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![]() | 4 | Roger Kingdom | ![]() |
0.142 | 12.98 | OR |
![]() | 1 | Colin Jackson | ![]() |
0.131 | 13.28 | |
![]() | 6 | Tonie Campbell | ![]() |
0.161 | 13.38 | |
4 | 3 | Vladimir Shishkin | ![]() |
0.139 | 13.51 | |
5 | 7 | Jonathan Ridgeon | ![]() |
0.150 | 13.52 | |
6 | 2 | Tony Jarrett | ![]() |
0.164 | 13.54 | |
7 | 8 | Mark McKoy | ![]() |
0.142 | 13.61 | |
8 | 5 | Arthur Blake | ![]() |
0.056 | 13.96 | |
Wind: +1.5 m/s |
See also
References
- "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.
- "110 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 232–33.
External links
- (in English) Official Report