# 2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 30 September to 2 October.

## Summary

Five athletes returned from the 2017 final, the defending champion and Olympic champion Omar McLeod, silver medalist Sergey Shubenkov, Olympic silver medalist Orlando Ortega, Devon Allen and Shane Brathwaite, added as a 9th finalist after he was interfered with in the semi-finals when Ronald Levy drifted out of his lane.
In the final, McLeod and American collegian Grant Holloway got out even, but by the second hurdle, Holloway was edging ahead with Ortega the next behind. Holloway was gaining a little on every hurdle, and by the fourth, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde was even with Ortega. As Holloway's lead extended, McLeod pressed. McLeod rattled the eighth hurdle. Ortega again was slightly ahead of Martinot-Lagarde, but Shubenkov was also there moving fast on the outside. McLeod hit the 9th with his foot flat, losing his balance while running at full speed. He popped up trying to get over the final barrier, bumping Ortega to his right as he failed, crashing to the track. Holloway won by a metre with Shubenkov beating Martinot-Lagarde to the line. After the bump, Ortega managed to stay upright, crossing the line in fifth, his arms outstretched as if asking what could be done after he was interfered with.
Holloway continued celebrating all the way through the first turn and half way down the backstretch before dramatically flopping to the track on his back. McLeod was disqualified for interference. After the race, Spain filed a protest and Ortega was awarded a second bronze medal.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| World record | Aries Merritt (USA) | 12.80 | Brussels, Belgium | 7 September 2012 |
| Championship record | Colin Jackson (GBR) | 12.91 | Stuttgart, Germany | 20 August 1993 |
| World Leading | Grant Holloway (USA) | 12.98 | Austin, United States | 7 June 2019 |
| African Record | Antonio Alkana (RSA) | 13.11 | Prague, Czech Republic | 5 June 2017 |
| Asian Record | Liu Xiang (CHN) | 12.88 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 11 July 2006 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Aries Merritt (USA) | 12.80 | Brussels, Belgium | 7 September 2012 |
| South American Record | Gabriel Constantino (BRA) | 13.18 | Székesfehérvár, Hungary | 9 July 2019 |
| 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 |
The following records were set at the competition:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
| Swiss | 13.39 | Jason Joseph | SUI | 30 Sep 2019 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 13.46.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 30 September | 20:05 | Heats |
| 2 October | 20:05 | Semi-finals |
| 2 October | 23:00 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first four in each heat (Q) and the next four fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | 9 | Orlando Ortega | Spain (ESP) | 13.15 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 9 | Omar McLeod | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.17 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 8 | Grant Holloway | United States (USA) | 13.22 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Sergey Shubenkov | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 13.27 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 7 | Shunya Takayama | Japan (JPN) | 13.32 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Milan Trajkovic | Cyprus (CYP) | 13.37 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | 8 | Xie Wenjun | China (CHN) | 13.38 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 5 | Jason Joseph | Switzerland (SUI) | 13.39 | Q, NR |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Antonio Alkana | South Africa (RSA) | 13.41 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | Konstadinos Douvalidis | Greece (GRE) | 13.43 | Q, SB |
| 11 | 4 | 6 | Yaqoub Al-Youha | Kuwait (KUW) | 13.43 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | 5 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | France (FRA) | 13.45 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Devon Allen | United States (USA) | 13.46 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 7 | Ronald Levy | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.48 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Hassane Fofana | Italy (ITA) | 13.49 | q |
| 16 | 4 | 5 | Orlando Bennett | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.50 | q |
| 17 | 2 | 3 | Shane Brathwaite | Barbados (BAR) | 13.51 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 9 | Andrew Pozzi | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.53 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | 2 | Dimitri Bascou | France (FRA) | 13.53 | q |
| 20 | 5 | 6 | Chen Kuei-ru | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 13.57 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | 5 | Nicholas Hough | Australia (AUS) | 13.60 | q |
| 22 | 2 | 4 | Valdó Szűcs | Hungary (HUN) | 13.60 | |
| 23 | 1 | 8 | Vitali Parakhonka | Belarus (BLR) | 13.65 | |
| 24 | 5 | 8 | Wilhem Belocian | France (FRA) | 13.67 | Q |
| 25 | 3 | 2 | Andrew Riley | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.67 | Q |
| 26 | 5 | 4 | Zeng Jianhang | China (CHN) | 13.68 | |
| 27 | 5 | 5 | Lorenzo Perini | Italy (ITA) | 13.70 | |
| 28 | 2 | 9 | Elmo Lakka | Finland (FIN) | 13.73 | |
| 29 | 2 | 7 | Taio Kanai | Japan (JPN) | 13.74 | |
| 30 | 5 | 2 | Louis François Mendy | Senegal (SEN) | 13.75 | |
| 31 | 3 | 8 | Yohan Chaverra | Colombia (COL) | 13.76 | Q |
| 32 | 2 | 2 | Eduardo Rodrigues | Brazil (BRA) | 13.92 | |
| 33 | 3 | 3 | Ruan de Vries | South Africa (RSA) | 14.07 | |
| 34 | 5 | 3 | Roger Iribarne | Cuba (CUB) | 14.37 | |
| 35 | 4 | 9 | Anousone Xaysa | Laos (LAO) | 14.54 | |
| 36 | 4 | 1 | Fadane Hamadi | Comoros (COM) | 14.79 | |
| | 3 | 7 | Jeffrey Julmis | Haiti (HAI) | DQ | 162.8 |
| | 3 | 4 | Daniel Roberts | United States (USA) | DQ | 168.6 |
| | 1 | 4 | Gabriel Constantino | Brazil (BRA) | DQ | 168.7(b) |
| | 4 | 3 | Damian Czykier | Poland (POL) | DNS | DNS |
| | 3 | 6 | Shunsuke Izumiya | Japan (JPN) | DNS | DNS |

### Semi-finals

The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualify for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Omar McLeod | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.08 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 5 | Grant Holloway | United States (USA) | 13.10 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | France (FRA) | 13.12 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | Orlando Ortega | Spain (ESP) | 13.16 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Sergey Shubenkov | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 13.18 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 7 | Xie Wenjun | China (CHN) | 13.22 | q |
| 7 | 3 | 7 | Milan Trajkovic | Cyprus (CYP) | 13.29 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 2 | 9 | Devon Allen | United States (USA) | 13.36 | q |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | Antonio Alkana | South Africa (RSA) | 13.47 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Dimitri Bascou | France (FRA) | 13.48 | |
| 11 | 2 | 8 | Chen Kuei-ru | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 13.52 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Hassane Fofana | Italy (ITA) | 13.52 | |
| 13 | 2 | 4 | Jason Joseph | Switzerland (SUI) | 13.53 | |
| 14 | 3 | 9 | Konstadinos Douvalidis | Greece (GRE) | 13.54 | |
| 15 | 1 | 9 | Yaqoub Al-Youha | Kuwait (KUW) | 13.57 | |
| 16 | 3 | 8 | Andrew Riley | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.57 | |
| 17 | 3 | 6 | Shunya Takayama | Japan (JPN) | 13.58 | |
| 18 | 1 | 4 | Andrew Pozzi | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.60 | |
| 19 | 1 | 3 | Orlando Bennett | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.60 | |
| 19 | 3 | 3 | Wilhem Belocian | France (FRA) | 13.60 | |
| 21 | 3 | 2 | Nicholas Hough | Australia (AUS) | 13.61 | |
| 22 | 2 | 3 | Yohan Chaverra | Colombia (COL) | 13.76 | |
| 23 | 1 | 8 | Shane Brathwaite | Barbados (BAR) | 14.29 | qJ |
| | 1 | 7 | Ronald Levy | Jamaica (JAM) | DQ | 168.6 |

### Final

The final was started on 2 October at 23:00.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Grant Holloway | United States (USA) | 13.10 | |
| | 9 | Sergey Shubenkov | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 13.15 | |
| | 7 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | France (FRA) | 13.18 | |
| | 5 | Orlando Ortega | Spain (ESP) | 13.30 | Awarded after an appeal |
| 5 | 2 | Xie Wenjun | China (CHN) | 13.29 | |
| 6 | 1 | Shane Brathwaite | Barbados (BAR) | 13.61 | |
| 7 | 3 | Devon Allen | United States (USA) | 13.70 | |
| 8 | 8 | Milan Trajkovic | Cyprus (CYP) | 13.87 | |
| | 4 | Omar McLeod | Jamaica (JAM) | DQ | 163.2(b) |