# 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Grosseto, Italy, at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini on 16, 17 and 18 July. 106.7 cm (3'6) (senior implement) hurdles were used.

## Medalists

| Gold | Aries Merritt United States |
| Silver | Dayron Robles Cuba |
| Bronze | Kevin Craddock United States |

## Results
### Final

18 July Wind: -0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Aries Merritt | United States | 13.56 |
| | Dayron Robles | Cuba | 13.77 |
| | Kevin Craddock | United States | 13.77 |
| 4 | Liu Lilu | China | 13.96 |
| 5 | Rodrigo Pereira | Brazil | 14.10 |
| 6 | Éder de Souza | Brazil | 14.13 |
| 7 | Garfield Darien | France | 14.20 |
| 8 | Jens Werrmann | Germany | 14.29 |

### Semifinals

17 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aries Merritt | United States | 13.65 | Q |
| 2 | Kevin Craddock | United States | 13.74 | Q |
| 3 | Éder de Souza | Brazil | 13.98 | Q |
| 4 | Garfield Darien | France | 14.03 | Q |
| 5 | Alexander John | Germany | 14.10 | |
| 6 | Maksim Lynsha | Belarus | 14.12 | |
| 7 | Patrick Lee | Jamaica | 14.41 | |
| | Nikólaos Filandarákis | Greece | DQ | IAAF rule 162.7 |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Liu Lilu | China | 13.94 | Q |
| 2 | Dayron Robles | Cuba | 13.98 | Q |
| 3 | Rodrigo Pereira | Brazil | 14.03 | Q |
| 4 | Jens Werrmann | Germany | 14.18 | Q |
| 5 | Ruan de Vries | South Africa | 14.37 | |
| 6 | Tomoki Nakamura | Japan | 14.39 | |
| 7 | Aymen Ben Ahmed | Tunisia | 14.57 | |
| | Bano Traoré | France | DNF | |

### Heats

16 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: -0.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Rodrigo Pereira | Brazil | 14.07 | Q |
| 2 | Bano Traoré | France | 14.11 | Q |
| 3 | Patrick Lee | Jamaica | 14.18 | q |
| 4 | Jens Werrmann | Germany | 14.22 | q |
| 5 | Denis Byvakin | Russia | 14.46 | |
| 6 | Yevgeniy Minenko | Israel | 14.73 | |
| 7 | Shinar Shazua Sharuddin | Malaysia | 14.99 | |
| 8 | Lu Chunsheng | China | 15.05 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +1.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Liu Lilu | China | 13.88 | Q |
| 2 | Éder de Souza | Brazil | 14.07 | Q |
| 3 | Alexander John | Germany | 14.10 | q |
| 4 | Tomoki Nakamura | Japan | 14.13 | q |
| 5 | Seleke Samake | Senegal | 14.29 | |
| 6 | Elton Bitincka | Albania | 14.31 | |
| 7 | Christian De La Calle | Spain | 14.51 | |
| 8 | Aurel Baciu | Romania | 14.54 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +1.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Dayron Robles | Cuba | 13.82 | Q |
| 2 | Maksim Lynsha | Belarus | 13.99 | Q |
| 3 | Aymen Ben Ahmed | Tunisia | 14.17 | q |
| 4 | Garfield Darien | France | 14.18 | q |
| 5 | Pavel Filev | Russia | 14.31 | |
| 6 | Jesse King | Barbados | 14.67 | |
| 7 | Stefano Petrolli | Italy | 14.73 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +1.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Aries Merritt | United States | 13.83 | Q |
| 2 | Ruan de Vries | South Africa | 14.13 | Q |
| 3 | John Burstow | Australia | 14.27 | |
| 4 | Mubarak Al-Mabadi | Saudi Arabia | 14.41 | |
| 5 | Kuo Hung-yi | Chinese Taipei | 14.47 | |
| 6 | Marín Norhiher | Mexico | 14.68 | |
| 7 | Emanuele Abate | Italy | 14.84 | |

#### Heat 5

Wind: +1.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Kevin Craddock | United States | 13.82 | Q |
| 2 | Nikólaos Filandarákis | Greece | 14.35 | Q |
| 3 | Leon Fourie | South Africa | 14.49 | |
| 4 | Carlos Jorge | Dominican Republic | 14.50 | |
| 5 | Christophe Du Mée | Mauritius | 14.51 | |
| 6 | Badar Al-Bouainain | Saudi Arabia | 14.52 | |
| 7 | Gregorios Georgiou | Cyprus | 14.70 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 37 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.
* Albania (1)
* Australia (1)
* Barbados (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Brazil (2)
* China (2)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Dominican Republic (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (1)
* Malaysia (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (2)
* Saudi Arabia (2)
* Senegal (1)
* South Africa (2)
* Spain (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* United States (2)