# Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1989 Summer Universiade was held at the Wedaustadion in Duisburg on 29 and 30 August 1989.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Roger Kingdom United States | Emilio Valle Cuba | Florian Schwarthoff West Germany |

## Results
### Heats

Held on 29 August
Wind: Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: +1.1 m/s, Heat 3: +1.3 m/s, Heat 4: +0.3 m/s, Heat 5: 0.0 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Roger Kingdom | United States | 13.36 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Emilio Valle | Cuba | 13.61 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Tomasz Nagórka | Poland | 13.61 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Robert Reading | United States | 13.62 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Dietmar Koszewski | West Germany | 13.65 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Philippe Tourret | France | 13.68 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Florian Schwarthoff | West Germany | 13.70 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Kai Kyllönen | Finland | 13.74 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Ulf Söderman | Sweden | 13.78 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Jiří Hudec | Czechoslovakia | 13.83 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Stelios Bisbas | Greece | 13.84 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Ángel Martín | Spain | 13.89 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Mikael Ylöstalo | Finland | 13.90 | q |
| 14 | 3 | Richard Bucknor | Jamaica | 13.98 | q |
| 15 | 4 | Dmitriy Buldov | Soviet Union | 14.00 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Krzysztof Płatek | Poland | 14.03 | q |
| 17 | 1 | Brett St. Louis | Great Britain | 14.05 | |
| 18 | 5 | Thierry Richard | France | 14.05 | |
| 19 | 4 | Thomas Weimann | Austria | 14.08 | |
| 20 | 3 | Ikechukwu Mbadugha | Nigeria | 14.09 | |
| 21 | 2 | Yang Guang | China | 14.25 | |
| 22 | 3 | Peter Eriksson | Sweden | 14.30 | |
| 23 | 1 | Michel Brodeur | Canada | 14.33 | |
| 24 | 5 | Thomas Zurlinden | Switzerland | 14.41 | |
| 25 | 3 | Grant McNeil | New Zealand | 14.42 | |
| 26 | 5 | Noureddine Tadjine | Algeria | 14.42 | |
| 27 | 2 | Paul Lloyd | New Zealand | 14.48 | |
| 28 | 4 | John Caliguri | Australia | 14.59 | |
| 29 | 5 | Moses Oyiki Orode | Nigeria | 14.70 | |
| 30 | 4 | Javier del Río | Peru | 14.80 | |
| 31 | 4 | Paulo Barrigana | Portugal | 14.80 | |
| 32 | 1 | Hero Prayogo | Indonesia | 15.08 | |
| 33 | 3 | Joe Ross | Canada | 15.21 | |
| 34 | 5 | Lam Wai Keung | Hong Kong | 16.26 | |

### Semifinals

Held on 29 August
Wind: Heat 1: +0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Roger Kingdom | United States | 13.32 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Emilio Valle | Cuba | 13.34 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Florian Schwarthoff | West Germany | 13.38 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Philippe Tourret | France | 13.40 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Tomasz Nagórka | Poland | 13.41 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Robert Reading | United States | 13.51 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Dietmar Koszewski | West Germany | 13.57 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Mikael Ylöstalo | Finland | 13.67 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Jiří Hudec | Czechoslovakia | 13.70 | |
| 10 | 1 | Stelios Bisbas | Greece | 13.85 | |
| 11 | 1 | Dmitriy Buldov | Soviet Union | 13.86 | |
| 11 | 2 | Ulf Söderman | Sweden | 13.86 | |
| 13 | 2 | Richard Bucknor | Jamaica | 13.96 | |
| 14 | 2 | Kai Kyllönen | Finland | 14.00 | |
| 15 | 2 | Ángel Martín | Spain | 14.02 | |
| 16 | 2 | Krzysztof Płatek | Poland | 14.12 | |

### Final

Held on 30 August
Wind: -1.4 m/s
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Roger Kingdom | United States | 13.26 | GR |
| | Emilio Valle | Cuba | 13.52 | |
| | Florian Schwarthoff | West Germany | 13.63 | |
| 4 | Philippe Tourret | France | 13.69 | |
| 5 | Dietmar Koszewski | West Germany | 13.70 | |
| 6 | Robert Reading | United States | 13.78 | |
| 7 | Mikael Ylöstalo | Finland | 13.95 | |
| | Tomasz Nagórka | Poland | DNS | |