# 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 11 and 12 August.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the 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 | David Oliver (USA) | 13.03 | Lausanne, Switzerland | 4 July 2013 |
| African Record | Lehann Fourie (RSA) | 13.24 | Brussels, Belgium | 7 September 2012 |
| 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 | Paulo Villar (COL) | 13.27A | Guadalajara, Mexico | 28 October 2011 |
| 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 |

## Qualification standards

| A time | B time |
| 13.40 | 13.50 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 11 August 2013 | 09:40 | Heats |
| 12 August 2013 | 19:05 | Semifinals |
| 12 August 2013 | 21:30 | Final |

## Results

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

### Heats

Heats were held on 11 August.
Wind: Heat 1: +0.5 m/, Heat 2: -0.3 m/, Heat 3: +0.5 m/, Heat 4: -0.6 m/
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | David Oliver | United States (USA) | 13.05 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | Sergey Shubenkov | Russia (RUS) | 13.16 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 4 | 6 | Andrew Riley | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.27 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | Aries Merritt | United States (USA) | 13.32 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Jason Richardson | United States (USA) | 13.33 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 8 | Thomas Martinot-Lagarde | France (FRA) | 13.33 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 6 | Balázs Baji | Hungary (HUN) | 13.36 | Q, PB |
| 8 | 2 | 8 | Ryan Wilson | United States (USA) | 13.37 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 8 | Konstantin Shabanov | Russia (RUS) | 13.38 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Wayne Davis II | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 13.38 | Q, SB |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Ryan Brathwaite | Barbados (BAR) | 13.40 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Mikel Thomas | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 13.41 | q |
| 13 | 1 | 4 | Hansle Parchment | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.43 | q |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | Artur Noga | Poland (POL) | 13.44 | q |
| 15 | 3 | 7 | Gregory Sedoc | Netherlands (NED) | 13.50 | q, SB |
| 16 | 2 | 9 | William Sharman | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.51 | Q |
| 17 | 1 | 1 | Martin Mazác | Czech Republic (CZE) | 13.52 | |
| 17 | 1 | 5 | Eddie Lovett | U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) | 13.52 | |
| 19 | 4 | 4 | Konstadinos Douvalidis | Greece (GRE) | 13.55 | |
| 20 | 4 | 1 | Ignacio Morales | Cuba (CUB) | 13.59 | |
| 21 | 2 | 3 | Xie Wenjun | China (CHN) | 13.59 | |
| 22 | 2 | 2 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | France (FRA) | 13.63 | |
| 23 | 2 | 7 | Philip Nossmy | Sweden (SWE) | 13.66 | |
| 24 | 3 | 5 | Erik Balnuweit | Germany (GER) | 13.68 | |
| 25 | 3 | 4 | Orlando Ortega | Cuba (CUB) | 13.69 | |
| 26 | 1 | 9 | Jiang Fan | China (CHN) | 13.87 | |
| 27 | 4 | 9 | Greggmar Swift | Barbados (BAR) | 13.79 | |
| 28 | 2 | 5 | Jorge McFarlane | Peru (PER) | 13.93 | |
| 29 | 4 | 7 | Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian | Malaysia (MAS) | 14.45 | |
| 30 | 3 | 9 | Othmane Hadj Lazib | Algeria (ALG) | 14.51 | |
| 31 | 4 | 8 | Lac Jamras Rittidet | Thailand (THA) | 14.71 | |
| 32 | 1 | 6 | Iong Kim Fai | Macau (MAC) | 15.10 | |
| 33 | 2 | 4 | Xaysa Anousone | Laos (LAO) | 16.21 | SB |
| | 3 | 2 | Dwight Thomas | Jamaica (JAM) | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.
Wind: Heat 1: −0.3 m/s, Heat 2: −0.3 m/s.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 7 | Sergey Shubenkov | Russia (RUS) | 13.17 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | David Oliver | United States (USA) | 13.18 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 6 | Ryan Wilson | United States (USA) | 13.20 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 9 | Andrew Riley | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.30 | q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Jason Richardson | United States (USA) | 13.34 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 8 | William Sharman | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.34 | q |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Artur Noga | Poland (POL) | 13.35 | |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Thomas Martinot-Lagarde | France (FRA) | 13.39 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 7 | Aries Merritt | United States (USA) | 13.44 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Mikel Thomas | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 13.46 | |
| 11 | 2 | 5 | Wayne Davis II | Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 13.47 | |
| 12 | 1 | 9 | Balázs Baji | Hungary (HUN) | 13.49 | |
| 13 | 2 | 3 | Gregory Sedoc | Netherlands (NED) | 13.54 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Ryan Brathwaite | Barbados (BAR) | 13.64 | |
| | 1 | 2 | Hansle Parchment | Jamaica (JAM) | DNF | |
| | 1 | 4 | Konstantin Shabanov | Russia (RUS) | DNF | |

### Final

Wind: +0.3 m/s.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | David Oliver | United States (USA) | 13.00 | WL |
| | 9 | Ryan Wilson | United States (USA) | 13.13 | |
| | 5 | Sergey Shubenkov | Russia (RUS) | 13.24 | |
| 4 | 7 | Jason Richardson | United States (USA) | 13.27 | |
| 5 | 2 | William Sharman | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.30 | |
| 6 | 8 | Aries Merritt | United States (USA) | 13.31 | |
| 7 | 6 | Thomas Martinot-Lagarde | France (FRA) | 13.42 | |
| 8 | 3 | Andrew Riley | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.51 | |