# 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles

The Men's 60 metres hurdles event at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 6.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Allen Johnson United States | Liu Xiang China | Maurice Wignall Jamaica |

## Results
### Heat

First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Yuniel Hernández | Cuba | 7.59 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Liu Xiang | China | 7.63 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Yoel Hernández | Cuba | 7.64 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Stanislavs Olijars | Latvia | 7.64 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 3 | Dwight Thomas | Jamaica | 7.65 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Allen Johnson | United States | 7.67 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Maurice Wignall | Jamaica | 7.67 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Ivan Bitzi | Switzerland | 7.69 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Charles Allen | Canada | 7.69 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Robert Kronberg | Sweden | 7.69 | q |
| 11 | 2 | Sébastien Denis | France | 7.70 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Gregory Sedoc | Netherlands | 7.72 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Redelén dos Santos | Brazil | 7.72 | q |
| 12 | 2 | Andrea Giaconi | Italy | 7.72 | q, SB |
| 15 | 4 | Shaun Bownes | South Africa | 7.73 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Mohammed Sillah-Freckleton | Great Britain | 7.75 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | Shi Dongpeng | China | 7.75 | PB |
| 18 | 3 | Gergely Palágyi | Hungary | 7.76 | PB |
| 19 | 1 | Masato Naito | Japan | 7.77 | NR |
| 20 | 1 | Serhiy Demydyuk | Ukraine | 7.78 | |
| 20 | 4 | Márcio Simão de Souza | Brazil | 7.78 | |
| 22 | 4 | Felipe Vivancos | Spain | 7.79 | |
| 23 | 3 | Robert Newton | Great Britain | 7.80 | |
| 24 | 3 | Marcel van der Westen | Netherlands | 7.83 | |
| 24 | 4 | Igor Peremota | Russia | 7.83 | |
| 26 | 1 | Mohamed Robani Hassan | Malaysia | 8.04 | |
| 27 | 4 | Muhammad Shah | Pakistan | 8.29 | |
| 28 | 2 | Sultan Tucker | Liberia | 8.35 | q |
| 28 | 2 | Elton Bitincka | Albania | 8.35 | |
| 30 | 2 | Arlindo Leócadio Pinheiro | São Tomé and Príncipe | 8.70 | |
| | 2 | Duane Ross | United States | DQ | |

### Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Liu Xiang | China | 7.46 | Q, AR |
| 2 | 3 | Stanislavs Olijars | Latvia | 7.55 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 3 | Maurice Wignall | Jamaica | 7.55 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Allen Johnson | United States | 7.58 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Yoel Hernández | Cuba | 7.59 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Yuniel Hernández | Cuba | 7.59 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Dwight Thomas | Jamaica | 7.59 | Q, PB |
| 8 | 2 | Robert Kronberg | Sweden | 7.61 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Gregory Sedoc | Netherlands | 7.66 | PB |
| 9 | 3 | Andrea Giaconi | Italy | 7.66 | PB |
| 11 | 1 | Shaun Bownes | South Africa | 7.67 | |
| 12 | 1 | Sébastien Denis | France | 7.69 | |
| 13 | 2 | Charles Allen | Canada | 7.71 | |
| 14 | 3 | Redelén dos Santos | Brazil | 7.74 | |
| 15 | 1 | Sultan Tucker | Liberia | 7.77 | |
| 16 | 2 | Mohammed Sillah-Freckleton | Great Britain | 7.80 | |
| 17 | 3 | Ivan Bitzi | Switzerland | 7.82 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | React | Notes |
| | 7 | Allen Johnson | United States | 7.36 | 0.144 | CR, =AR |
| | 4 | Liu Xiang | China | 7.43 | 0.143 | AR |
| | 6 | Maurice Wignall | Jamaica | 7.48 | 0.116 | NR |
| 4 | 5 | Stanislavs Olijars | Latvia | 7.49 | 0.136 | PB |
| 5 | 3 | Yuniel Hernández | Cuba | 7.58 | 0.144 | |
| 6 | 2 | Robert Kronberg | Sweden | 7.59 | 0.149 | SB |
| 7 | 8 | Yoel Hernández | Cuba | 7.78 | 0.133 | |
| 8 | 1 | Dwight Thomas | Jamaica | 7.87 | 0.143 | |