# 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 19 July. 106.7 cm (3'6) (senior implement) hurdles were used.

## Medalists

| Gold | Colin Jackson United Kingdom |
| Silver | Jon Ridgeon United Kingdom |
| Bronze | Emilio Valle Cuba |

## Results
### Final

19 July Wind: -0.8 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Colin Jackson | United Kingdom | 13.44 |
| | Jon Ridgeon | United Kingdom | 13.91 |
| | Emilio Valle | Cuba | 14.00 |
| 4 | Philippe Tourret | France | 14.11 |
| 5 | Norbert Tomaschek | Austria | 14.43 |
| 6 | Thomas Weimann | Austria | 14.46 |
| 7 | Vyacheslav Ivashchenko | Soviet Union | 14.48 |
| 8 | Mikhail Ryabukhin | Soviet Union | 14.49 |

### Semifinals

19 July

#### Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.7 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Jon Ridgeon | United Kingdom | 13.94 | Q |
| 2 | Emilio Valle | Cuba | 14.02 | Q |
| 3 | Thomas Weimann | Austria | 14.48 | Q |
| 4 | Mikhail Ryabukhin | Soviet Union | 14.51 | Q |
| 5 | Hiroshi Kakimori | Japan | 14.52 | |
| 6 | Markus Rappe | West Germany | 14.77 | |
| 7 | Jamie Hence | United States | 14.84 | |
| 8 | Akwasi Abrefa | Ghana | 15.43 | |

#### Semifinal 2

Wind: +0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Colin Jackson | United Kingdom | 13.72 | Q |
| 2 | Philippe Tourret | France | 14.18 | Q |
| 3 | Vyacheslav Ivashchenko | Soviet Union | 14.32 | Q |
| 4 | Norbert Tomaschek | Austria | 14.34 | Q |
| 5 | Manuel Mayor | Cuba | 14.46 | |
| 6 | Takahiro Matsuhisa | Japan | 14.49 | |
| 7 | Hermann Clark | United States | 14.68 | |
| 8 | Frank Mene | Nigeria | 15.04 | |

### Heats

18 July

#### Heat 1

Wind: -0.4 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Philippe Tourret | France | 14.48 | Q |
| 2 | Takahiro Matsuhisa | Japan | 14.55 | Q |
| 3 | Hermann Clark | United States | 14.58 | Q |
| 4 | Markus Rappe | West Germany | 14.61 | Q |
| 5 | Mauro Re | Italy | 14.66 | |
| 6 | Steve Yorston | Canada | 14.82 | |
| 7 | Roberto Mobarec | Bolivia | 16.19 | |

#### Heat 2

Wind: +1.1 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Mikhail Ryabukhin | Soviet Union | 14.40 | Q |
| 2 | Thomas Weimann | Austria | 14.53 | Q |
| 3 | Frank Mene | Nigeria | 14.88 | Q |
| 4 | Akwasi Abrefa | Ghana | 14.98 | Q |
| 5 | Antonio Piedra | Spain | 14.99 | |

#### Heat 3

Wind: -0.5 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Emilio Valle | Cuba | 14.22 | Q |
| 2 | Jon Ridgeon | United Kingdom | 14.26 | Q |
| 3 | Vyacheslav Ivashchenko | Soviet Union | 14.41 | Q |
| 4 | Norbert Tomaschek | Austria | 14.42 | Q |
| 5 | Jorge Guevara | Mexico | 15.33 | |
| 6 | Adnan Aly | Kuwait | 15.90 | |
| 7 | Paolo Bertolissi | Italy | 16.18 | |

#### Heat 4

Wind: -0.9 m/s
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Colin Jackson | United Kingdom | 14.25 | Q |
| 2 | Manuel Mayor | Cuba | 14.41 | Q |
| 3 | Hiroshi Kakimori | Japan | 14.48 | Q |
| 4 | Jamie Hence | United States | 14.56 | Q |
| 5 | Grigorios Zagoras | Greece | 14.71 | |
| 6 | Colin Grant | Canada | 14.77 | |
| 7 | Yasser Abdulrahman Fallatah Kadhy | Saudi Arabia | 16.24 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
* Austria (2)
* Bolivia (1)
* Canada (2)
* Cuba (2)
* France (1)
* Ghana (1)
* Greece (1)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (2)
* Kuwait (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* West Germany (1)