# 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 10 and 11 August. 106.7 cm (3'6) (senior implement) hurdles were used.

## Medalists

| Gold | Antti Haapakoski Finland |
| Silver | Alexis Sánchez Cuba |
| Bronze | Kyle Vander-Kuyp Australia |

## Results
### Final

11 August Wind: -0.2 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Antti Haapakoski | Finland | 13.74 |
| | Alexis Sánchez | Cuba | 13.75 |
| | Kyle Vander-Kuyp | Australia | 13.85 |
| 4 | Phillip Riley | United States | 13.94 |
| 5 | Eliecer Pulgar | Venezuela | 14.02 |
| 6 | Mike Fenner | East Germany | 14.18 |
| 7 | José Pérez | Cuba | 14.19 |
| 8 | Gaute Gundersen | Norway | 14.21 |

### Semifinals

11 August

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: +1.0 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alexis Sánchez | Cuba | 13.85 | Q |
| 2 | Mike Fenner | East Germany | 13.88 | Q |
| 3 | Eliecer Pulgar | Venezuela | 14.00 | Q |
| 4 | Gaute Gundersen | Norway | 14.11 | Q |
| 5 | Glenn Terry | United States | 14.14 | |
| 6 | Dmitriy Kolesnichenko | Soviet Union | 14.28 | |
| 7 | Thierry Herbe | France | 14.41 | |
| 8 | Tim Kroeker | Canada | 14.42 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: +3.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Antti Haapakoski | Finland | 13.67 w | Q |
| 2 | Kyle Vander-Kuyp | Australia | 13.93 w | Q |
| 3 | Phillip Riley | United States | 13.98 w | Q |
| 4 | José Pérez | Cuba | 14.08 w | Q |
| 5 | Artur Kohutek | Poland | 14.36 w | |
| 6 | Armin Toomra | Soviet Union | 14.48 w | |
| 7 | Richard Harbour | United Kingdom | 14.51 w | |
| 8 | Claude Edorh | West Germany | 14.60 w | |

### Heats

10 August

#### Heat 1

Wind: +0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | José Pérez | Cuba | 14.02 | Q |
| 2 | Artur Kohutek | Poland | 14.16 | Q |
| 3 | Kyle Vander-Kuyp | Australia | 14.19 | Q |
| 4 | Richard Harbour | United Kingdom | 14.37 | q |
| 5 | Armin Toomra | Soviet Union | 14.39 | q |
| 6 | Herwigh Kranz | East Germany | 14.69 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Glenn Terry | United States | 14.18 | Q |
| 2 | Eliecer Pulgar | Venezuela | 14.23 | Q |
| 3 | Tim Kroeker | Canada | 14.46 | Q |
| 4 | Thierry Herbe | France | 14.47 | q |
| 5 | Peter Frei | Switzerland | 14.51 | |
| 6 | Tsai Ming-Yuan | Chinese Taipei | 15.14 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: +0.6 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Antti Haapakoski | Finland | 14.03 | Q |
| 2 | Mike Fenner | East Germany | 14.16 | Q |
| 3 | Claude Edorh | West Germany | 14.40 | Q |
| 4 | Emmanuel Pilutti | France | 14.50 | |
| 5 | Keiichiro Seki | Japan | 14.68 | |
| 6 | Johan Lisabeth | Belgium | 14.69 | |
| 7 | Marco Mina | Peru | 14.74 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: +0.3 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Alexis Sánchez | Cuba | 13.89 | Q |
| 2 | Phillip Riley | United States | 14.09 | Q |
| 3 | Gaute Gundersen | Norway | 14.18 | Q |
| 4 | Dmitriy Kolesnichenko | Soviet Union | 14.34 | q |
| 5 | Krzysztof Skwarek | Poland | 14.62 | |
| 6 | Jean-Paul Bruwier | Belgium | 14.77 | |
| 7 | Christoph Pöstinger | Austria | 14.80 | |
| 8 | Ivo Seyzov | Bulgaria | 15.24 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (2)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Cuba (2)
* East Germany (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (2)
* Japan (1)
* Norway (1)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (2)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Switzerland (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
* Venezuela (1)
* West Germany (1)