# 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 6−7 August.

## Summary

Russian defending champion Sergey Shubenkov, having missed the Olympics due to the drugs scandal, was competing as an Authorised Neutral Athlete. Since the last World Championships, Omar McLeod (Jamaica) had won the Indoor World title and the Olympics and had the year's fastest time. The returning silver medallist was his countryman Hansle Parchment, while the returning bronze medalist was world record holder Aries Merritt (United States), who underwent a kidney transplant four days after the previous championships.
In the final, from the gun, McLeod had a slight lead over the first hurdle and retained the lead throughout. Shubenkov looked to be the only athlete gaining on him from behind. Balázs Baji (Hungary) was close over the first hurdle, but after hitting the second hurdle fell back to sixth before recovering to take the bronze.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Perf. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| World | 12.80 | Aries Merritt | USA | 7 Sep 2012 | Brussels, Belgium |
| Championship | 12.91 | Colin Jackson | GBR | 20 Aug 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany |
| World leading | 12.90 | Omar McLeod | JAM | 24 Jun 2017 | Kingston, Jamaica |
| African | 13.11 | Antonio Alkana | RSA | 5 Jun 2017 | Prague, Czechia |
| Asian | 12.88 | Liu Xiang | CHN | 11 Jul 2006 | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| NACAC | 12.80 | Aries Merritt | USA | 7 Sep 2012 | Brussels, Belgium |
| South American | 13.27A | Paulo Villar | COL | 28 Oct 2011 | Guadalajara, Mexico |
| European | 12.91 | Colin Jackson | GBR | 20 Aug 1993 | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Oceanian | 13.29 | Kyle Vander Kuyp | AUS | 11 Aug 1995 | Gothenburg, Sweden |
No records were set at the competition.

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 13.48.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 6 August | 13:15 | Heats |
| 6 August | 20:10 | Semifinals |
| 7 August | 21:30 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

The first round took place on 6 August in five heats as follows:
| Heat | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Start time | 13:14 | 13:22 | 13:30 | 13:38 | 13:46 |
| Wind (m/s) | −1.5 | +1.3 | +0.1 | +0.7 | +0.6 |
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The first four in each heat ( Q ) and the next four fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | 8 | Aries Merritt | United States (USA) | 13.16 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Omar McLeod | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.23 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 7 | Devon Allen | United States (USA) | 13.26 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | 7 | Andrew Pozzi | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.28 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | 8 | Xie Wenjun | China (CHN) | 13.34 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Balázs Baji | Hungary (HUN) | 13.35 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Garfield Darien | France (FRA) | 13.36 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Orlando Ortega | Spain (ESP) | 13.37 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | 3 | Milan Trajkovic | Cyprus (CYP) | 13.38 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 5 | Shane Brathwaite | Barbados (BAR) | 13.39 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Yidiel Contreras | Spain (ESP) | 13.40 | Q, SB |
| 12 | 1 | 5 | Eddie Lovett | U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) | 13.41 | Q, SB |
| 13 | 5 | 5 | Hansle Parchment | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.42 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Antonio Alkana | South Africa (RSA) | 13.43 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 7 | Sergey Shubenkov | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 13.47 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | 6 | Roger Iribarne | Cuba (CUB) | 13.48 | q |
| 17 | 1 | 9 | Aleec Harris | United States (USA) | 13.50 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | 5 | Matthias Bühler | Germany (GER) | 13.52 | q |
| 19 | 2 | 9 | Damian Czykier | Poland (POL) | 13.53 | Q |
| 20 | 5 | 6 | Johnathan Cabral | Canada (CAN) | 13.53 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | 4 | Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha | Kuwait (KUW) | 13.56 | q |
| 22 | 1 | 2 | Yordan O'Farrill | Cuba (CUB) | 13.56 | q |
| 23 | 3 | 4 | Éder Antônio Souza | Brazil (BRA) | 13.56 | Q |
| 24 | 3 | 9 | Aurel Manga | France (FRA) | 13.58 | |
| 25 | 2 | 3 | Genta Masuno | Japan (JPN) | 13.58 | Q |
| 26 | 1 | 6 | David Omoregie | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.59 | |
| 27 | 5 | 9 | Nicholas Hough | Australia (AUS) | 13.61 | |
| 28 | 3 | 3 | Konstadinos Douvalidis | Greece (GRE) | 13.62 | |
| 29 | 2 | 8 | Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel | Kuwait (KUW) | 13.63 | |
| 30 | 2 | 2 | Ruebin Walters | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 13.63 | |
| 31 | 2 | 6 | Siddhanth Thingalaya | India (IND) | 13.64 | |
| 32 | 1 | 7 | Shunya Takayama | Japan (JPN) | 13.65 | |
| 33 | 2 | 5 | David King | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.67 | |
| 34 | 3 | 7 | Hideki Omuro | Japan (JPN) | 13.78 | |
| 35 | 5 | 4 | Jeffrey Julmis | Haiti (HAI) | 13.78 | |
| 36 | 3 | 2 | Kim Byoung-jun | South Korea (KOR) | 13.81 | |
| 37 | 5 | 3 | Mikel Thomas | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 13.98 | |
| 38 | 1 | 4 | Ahmad Hazer | Lebanon (LIB) | 14.51 | |
| 39 | 1 | 8 | Xaysa Anousone | Laos (LAO) | 14.55 | |
| | 4 | 9 | Ronald Levy | Jamaica (JAM) | DNF | |
| | 5 | 8 | Milan Ristić | Serbia (SRB) | DQ | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 6 August in three heats as follows:
| Heat | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Start time | 20:10 | 20:18 | 20:26 |
| Wind (m/s) | +0.2 | +0.6 | +0.3 |
| Photo finish | link | link | link |
The first two in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 7 | Omar McLeod | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.10 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | Garfield Darien | France (FRA) | 13.17 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 9 | Sergey Shubenkov | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 13.22 | q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Orlando Ortega | Spain (ESP) | 13.23 | q |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Balázs Baji | Hungary (HUN) | 13.23 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 7 | Aries Merritt | United States (USA) | 13.25 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Shane Brathwaite | Barbados (BAR) | 13.26 | Q, SB |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | Hansle Parchment | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.27 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 4 | Devon Allen | United States (USA) | 13.27 | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Andrew Pozzi | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 13.28 | |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | Milan Trajkovic | Cyprus (CYP) | 13.32 | |
| 12 | 3 | 4 | Xie Wenjun | China (CHN) | 13.36 | |
| 13 | 1 | 8 | Aleec Harris | United States (USA) | 13.40 | |
| 14 | 2 | 9 | Damian Czykier | Poland (POL) | 13.42 | |
| 15 | 2 | 3 | Roger Iribarne | Cuba (CUB) | 13.43 | |
| 16 | 3 | 9 | Antonio Alkana | South Africa (RSA) | 13.59 | |
| 17 | 2 | 8 | Yidiel Contreras | Spain (ESP) | 13.65 | |
| 18 | 3 | 6 | Eddie Lovett | U.S. Virgin Islands (ISV) | 13.67 | |
| 19 | 3 | 3 | Éder Antônio Souza | Brazil (BRA) | 13.70 | |
| 20 | 1 | 2 | Genta Masuno | Japan (JPN) | 13.79 | |
| 21 | 2 | 2 | Matthias Bühler | Germany (GER) | 13.79 | |
| 22 | 3 | 8 | Johnathan Cabral | Canada (CAN) | 14.98 | |
| | 1 | 3 | Yaqoub Mohamed Al-Youha | Kuwait (KUW) | DNF | |
| | 3 | 2 | Yordan O'Farrill | Cuba (CUB) | DNF | |

### Final

The final took place on 7 August at 21:31. The wind was 0.0 metres per second and the results were as follows (photo finish):
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Omar McLeod | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.04 |
| | 2 | Sergey Shubenkov | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | 13.14 |
| | 5 | Balázs Baji | Hungary (HUN) | 13.28 |
| 4 | 6 | Garfield Darien | France (FRA) | 13.30 |
| 5 | 9 | Aries Merritt | United States (USA) | 13.31 |
| 6 | 7 | Shane Brathwaite | Barbados (BAR) | 13.32 |
| 7 | 3 | Orlando Ortega | Spain (ESP) | 13.37 |
| 8 | 8 | Hansle Parchment | Jamaica (JAM) | 13.37 |