# 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10–12 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Yordan Luis O'Farrill Cuba |
| Silver | Nicholas Hough Australia |
| Bronze | Wilhem Belocian France |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Wayne Davis (USA) | 13.08 | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 31 July 2009 |
| Championship Record | Artur Noga (POL) | 13.23 | Beijing, China | 20 August 2006 |
| World Junior Leading | James Gladman (GBR) | 13.30 | Mannheim, Germany | 23 June 2012 |
| Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics |||||
| Championship Record | Yordan Luis O'Farrill (CUB) | 13.18 | Barcelona, Spain | 12 July 2012 |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: The first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 8 fastest times (q) qualified
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | Yordan O'Farrill | Cuba | 13.44 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | Nicholas Hough | Australia | 13.51 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | 8 | Wilhem Belocian | France | 13.63 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 5 | 2 | James Gladman | Great Britain | 13.69 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 4 | Jussi Kanervo | Finland | 13.73 | Q |
| 6 | 8 | 8 | Dondre Echols | United States | 13.74 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | 8 | Shinya Tanaka | Japan | 13.77 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 7 | 4 | Chu Pengfei | China | 13.77 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 8 | Brahian Peña | Switzerland | 13.79 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | 4 | Stefan Fennell | Jamaica | 13.81 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 3 | Cheng Yun-yin | Chinese Taipei | 13.82 | q |
| 11 | 6 | 6 | Calvin Arsenault | Canada | 13.82 | q, PB |
| 13 | 1 | 5 | Elmo Lakka | Finland | 13.84 | Q |
| 14 | 8 | 2 | Yanick Hart | Jamaica | 13.87 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Lucas Carvalho | Brazil | 13.89 | q |
| 16 | 7 | 7 | Máté Gönczöl | Hungary | 13.89 | Q |
| 17 | 7 | 8 | Kirill Nevdakh | Russia | 13.89 | q |
| 18 | 5 | 5 | Supun Viraj Randeniya | Sri Lanka | 13.90 | Q, NJ |
| 19 | 1 | 3 | Ruebin Walters | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.92 | q, PB |
| 19 | 3 | 6 | Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha | Kuwait | 13.92 | q |
| 19 | 8 | 7 | Lorenzo Perini | Italy | 13.92 | q |
| 22 | 2 | 5 | Jonas Christen | Germany | 13.94 | Q |
| 23 | 6 | 5 | Kittipong Kongdee | Thailand | 13.94 | q |
| 24 | 5 | 3 | Sebastian Barth | Germany | 13.97 | |
| 25 | 4 | 2 | César Ramírez | Mexico | 14.01 | |
| 26 | 3 | 3 | Lorenzo Vergani | Italy | 14.03 | |
| 27 | 2 | 7 | Grzegorz Szade | Poland | 14.04 | Q |
| 27 | 2 | 6 | Joshua Thompson | United States | 14.04 | Q |
| 29 | 3 | 5 | Shunya Takayama | Japan | 14.06 | PB |
| 30 | 1 | 8 | Filip Drozdowski | Poland | 14.09 | |
| 31 | 5 | 7 | Moussa Mohamed Al-Sabyani | Saudi Arabia | 14.13 | |
| 32 | 5 | 8 | Rio Maholtra | Indonesia | 14.16 | |
| 33 | 8 | 3 | José Chorro | El Salvador | 14.17 | |
| 34 | 8 | 5 | Sebastian Kapferer | Austria | 14.21 | |
| 35 | 1 | 6 | Moriel Pitt | Bahamas | 14.25 | |
| 36 | 3 | 7 | Maor Szeged | Israel | 14.28 | |
| 37 | 6 | 7 | Tre Adderley | Bahamas | 14.29 | |
| 38 | 2 | 4 | Diego Lyon | Chile | 14.31 | |
| 38 | 5 | 4 | David Franco | Venezuela | 14.31 | |
| 40 | 2 | 3 | Valdó Szücs | Hungary | 14.32 | |
| 40 | 1 | 7 | Javier Colomo | Spain | 14.32 | |
| 40 | 8 | 6 | Marc José | Spain | 14.32 | |
| 43 | 6 | 2 | Can Yıldırım | Turkey | 14.36 | |
| 44 | 4 | 6 | Mui Ching Yeung | Hong Kong | 14.38 | |
| 44 | 5 | 6 | Facundo Andrada | Argentina | 14.38 | |
| 46 | 4 | 5 | Gabriel Slythe-Léveillé | Canada | 14.40 | |
| 46 | 7 | 2 | Rami Gharsali | Tunisia | 14.40 | |
| 48 | 8 | 4 | Angus Julies | South Africa | 14.41 | |
| 49 | 3 | 4 | Zlatko Lefterov | Bulgaria | 14.42 | |
| 49 | 7 | 6 | Nader Ahmed Al-Haydar | Saudi Arabia | 14.42 | |
| 51 | 7 | 5 | Vitali Parakhonka | Belarus | 14.47 | |
| 52 | 2 | 8 | Stanislav Ostanin | Kazakhstan | 14.84 | |
| 53 | 4 | 9 | FC Pieterse | Namibia | 14.93 | |
| 54 | 6 | 9 | Xaysa Anousone | Laos | 14.94 | PB |
| 55 | 2 | 2 | Djanny Kina Sielele | France | 14.98 | |
| 56 | 1 | 4 | Patricio Colarte | Chile | 15.89 | |
| | 4 | 7 | Martins Ogierakhi | Nigeria | DNS | |
| | 7 | 3 | Ahmed Keswani | Jordan | DNS | |

### Semi-final

Qualification: The first 2 of each heat (Q) and the 2 fastest times (q) qualified
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Yordan O'Farrill | Cuba | 13.28 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 6 | Wilhem Belocian | France | 13.30 | Q, NJ |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | James Gladman | Great Britain | 13.37 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Nicholas Hough | Australia | 13.49 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 6 | Shinya Tanaka | Japan | 13.61 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 3 | 4 | Jussi Kanervo | Finland | 13.61 | q, NJ |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Chu Pengfei | China | 13.62 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Dondre Echols | United States | 13.71 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 8 | Joshua Thompson | United States | 13.71 | |
| 10 | 3 | 3 | Ruebin Walters | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.73 | PB |
| 11 | 2 | 8 | Cheng Yun-yin | Chinese Taipei | 13.73 | |
| 12 | 2 | 5 | Elmo Lakka | Finland | 13.74 | |
| 13 | 2 | 9 | Yanick Hart | Jamaica | 13.76 | |
| 14 | 1 | 4 | Jonas Christen | Germany | 13.76 | |
| 15 | 2 | 2 | Calvin Arsenault | Canada | 13.84 | |
| 16 | 1 | 3 | Kirill Nevdakh | Russia | 13.85 | |
| 17 | 1 | 9 | Máté Gönczöl | Hungary | 13.87 | |
| 18 | 3 | 5 | Brahian Peña | Switzerland | 13.90 | |
| 19 | 1 | 2 | Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha | Kuwait | 13.91 | |
| 20 | 3 | 3 | Lucas Carvalho | Brazil | 13.93 | |
| 21 | 1 | 8 | Grzegorz Szade | Poland | 14.05 | |
| 22 | 2 | 3 | Lorenzo Perini | Italy | 15.07 | |
| – | 1 | 5 | Stefan Fennell | Jamaica | – | DSQ |
| – | 3 | 9 | Supun Viraj Randeniya | Sri Lanka | – | DSQ |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Note |
| | 6 | Yordan O'Farrill | Cuba | 13.18 | CR |
| | 5 | Nicholas Hough | Australia | 13.27 | AJ |
| | 4 | Wilhem Belocian | France | 13.29 | NJ |
| 4 | 7 | James Gladman | Great Britain | 13.37 | |
| 5 | 3 | Jussi Kanervo | Finland | 13.62 | |
| 6 | 9 | Dondre Echols | United States | 13.71 | |
| 7 | 8 | Shinya Tanaka | Japan | 13.72 | |
| 8 | 2 | Chu Pengfei | China | 13.77 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 56 athletes from 42 countries participated in the event.
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Bahamas (2)
* Belarus (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (2)
* Chile (2)
* China (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Cuba (1)
* El Salvador (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (2)
* Indonesia (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (2)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kuwait (1)
* Laos (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Namibia (1)
* Poland (2)
* Russia (1)
* Saudi Arabia (2)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (2)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Thailand (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Tunisia (1)
* Turkey (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
* Venezuela (1)