# 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The Men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 28 and 29.

## Summary

The final featured the three fastest 110 hurdlers in history. World Record Holder Dayron Robles took an early lead but was being passed by former record holder Liu Xiang. Between the last two hurdles, Robles' right arm backswing caught Liu's oncoming left arm. Liu hit the tenth hurdle, with a second arm collision with Robles, slowing Liu enough to finish in third. Robles crossed the finish line first, but after the race, the Chinese team protested and Robles was disqualified under IAAF Rule 163.2 for obstruction, giving the championship to second finisher Jason Richardson. Andy Turner was separated from David Oliver in a photo finish for the bronze medal, both receiving the same time. 5th place in the race was also so close the photo could not separate the two competitors.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Jason Richardson United States (USA) | Liu Xiang China (CHN) | Andy Turner Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) |

## Records

| World record | Dayron Robles (CUB) | 12.87 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | June 12, 2008 |
| Championship record | Colin Jackson (GBR) | 12.91 | Stuttgart, Germany | August 20, 1993 |
| World leading | David Oliver (USA) | 12.94 | Eugene, United States | June 4, 2011 |
| African record | Shaun Bownes (RSA) | 13.26 | Heusden, Netherlands | July 14, 2001 |
| Asian record | Liu Xiang (CHN) | 12.88 | Lausanne, Switzerland | July 11, 2006 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Dayron Robles (CUB) | 12.87 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | June 12, 2008 |
| South American record | Redelén dos Santos (BRA) | 13.29 | Lisbon, Portugal | June 13, 2004 |
| European record | Colin Jackson (GBR) | 12.91 | Stuttgart, Germany | August 20, 1993 |
| Oceanian record | Kyle Vander Kuyp (AUS) | 13.29 | Gothenburg, Sweden | August 11, 1995 |

## Qualification standards

| A time | B time |
| 13.52 | 13.60 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| August 28, 2011 | 09:50 | Heats |
| August 29, 2011 | 19:00 | Semifinals |
| August 29, 2011 | 21:25 | Final |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.
Wind: Heat 1: +1.0 m/s, Heat 2: −0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +1.4 m/s, Heat 4: −0.3 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Jason Richardson | United States (USA) | 13.19 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Liu Xiang | China (CHN) | 13.20 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | David Oliver | United States (USA) | 13.27 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Dwight Thomas | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.31 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Andy Turner | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.32 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Aries Merritt | United States (USA) | 13.36 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Dayron Robles | Cuba (CUB) | 13.42 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Jiang Fan | China (CHN) | 13.47 | Q, PB |
| 8 | 3 | Andrew Riley | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.47 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Dimitri Bascou | France (FRA) | 13.51 | q |
| 11 | 3 | William Sharman | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.52 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Willi Mathiszik | Germany (GER) | 13.53 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Richard Phillips | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.53 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Ronald Forbes | Cayman Islands (CAY) | 13.54 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Paulo Villar | Colombia (COL) | 13.55 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Shi Dongpeng | China (CHN) | 13.55 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | Erik Balnuweit | Germany (GER) | 13.56 | |
| 18 | 1 | Ryan Brathwaite | Barbados (BAR) | 13.57 | |
| 19 | 2 | Konstadinos Douvalidis | Greece (GRE) | 13.59 | |
| 20 | 3 | Héctor Cotto | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 13.60 | |
| 21 | 4 | Emanuele Abate | Italy (ITA) | 13.63 | |
| 21 | 4 | Othmane Hadj Lazib | Algeria (ALG) | 13.63 | |
| 23 | 2 | Lawrence Clarke | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.65 | |
| 24 | 2 | Alexander John | Germany (GER) | 13.68 | |
| 25 | 1 | Sergey Shubenkov | Russia (RUS) | 13.70 | |
| 26 | 4 | Park Tae-Kyong | South Korea (KOR) | 13.83 | |
| 27 | 3 | Lehann Fourie | South Africa (RSA) | 13.86 | |
| 28 | 1 | Andreas Kundert | Switzerland (SUI) | 13.87 | |
| 29 | 2 | Dominik Bochenek | Poland (POL) | 13.96 | |
| 30 | 2 | Balázs Baji | Hungary (HUN) | 14.06 | |
| 31 | 1 | Ahmad Hazer | Lebanon (LIB) | 14.42 | |
| 32 | 3 | Kim Fai Iong | Macau (MAC) | 15.35 | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
Wind: Heat 1: −1.4 m/s, Heat 2: −1.6 m/s
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Jason Richardson | United States (USA) | 13.11 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Liu Xiang | China (CHN) | 13.31 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Dayron Robles | Cuba (CUB) | 13.32 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Aries Merritt | United States (USA) | 13.32 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | David Oliver | United States (USA) | 13.40 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Andy Turner | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.44 | q |
| 7 | 2 | William Sharman | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.51 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Dwight Thomas | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.56 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Shi Dongpeng | China (CHN) | 13.57 | |
| 10 | 1 | Dimitri Bascou | France (FRA) | 13.62 | |
| 11 | 2 | Ronald Forbes | Cayman Islands (CAY) | 13.67 | |
| 12 | 2 | Jiang Fan | China (CHN) | 13.71 | |
| 13 | 1 | Paulo Villar | Colombia (COL) | 13.73 | |
| 14 | 2 | Andrew Riley | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.75 | |
| 15 | 1 | Richard Phillips | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.76 | |
| 16 | 1 | Willi Mathiszik | Germany (GER) | 13.81 | |

### Final

Wind: −1.1 m/s
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Jason Richardson | United States (USA) | 13.16 | |
| | 6 | Liu Xiang | China (CHN) | 13.27 | |
| | 1 | Andy Turner | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.44 | 13.432 |
| 4 | 4 | David Oliver | United States (USA) | 13.44 | 13.440 |
| 5 | 7 | Aries Merritt | United States (USA) | 13.67 | |
| 5 | 2 | William Sharman | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.67 | |
| | 8 | Dwight Thomas | Jamaica (JAM) | DNF | |
| | 5 | Dayron Robles | Cuba (CUB) | 13.14 | DSQ |