The men's 110 metres hurdles was an event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The final was held on July 29, 1996. Sixty-two athletes from 39 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Allen Johnson of the United States, the nation's 18th title in the event. Florian Schwarthoff's bronze was the first medal in the event for Germany, though East Germany had won gold in 1980.

Background

This was the 23rd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Five finalists from 1992 returned: gold medalist Mark McKoy (then of Canada, now of Austria), fourth-place finisher Tony Jarrett of Great Britain, fifth-place finisher Florian Schwarthoff of Germany, sixth-place finisher Emilio Valle of Cuba, and seventh-place finisher Colin Jackson of Great Britain. McKoy, Jarrett, and Jackson had all been finalists in 1988 as well, with Jackson taking silver in Seoul. Jackson was favored to return to the podium and possibly win; he had taken the 1993 world, 1990 and 1994 European, and 1990 and 1994 Commonwealth championships and broken the world record in 1993. His main competition was Allen Johnson of the United States, the 1995 world champion.

Cape Verde, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Ghana, Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, and Uzbekistan each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its 22nd appearance, most of any nation (having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games).

Competition format

The competition used the four-round format previously used in 1960 and since 1988, still using the eight-man semifinals and finals used since 1964. The "fastest loser" system, also introduced in 1964, was used in the first round.

The first round consisted of eight heats, with 8 hurdlers each (before withdrawals left one heat with only 6). The top three hurdlers in each heat, along with the eight next fastest overall, advanced to the quarterfinals. The 32 quarterfinalists were divided into four heats of 8 hurdlers each, with the top four in each heat advancing. One additional hurdler advanced due to being obstructed. The 17 semifinalists were divided into two semifinals of 8 hurdlers each (with one having an extra due to the obstruction); again, the top four hurdlers in each advanced to the 8-man final.Official Report, vol. 3, p. 82.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Allen Johnson set a new Olympic record with 12.95 seconds in the final.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Date Time Round Sunday, 28 July 1996 10:4518:30 Round 1Quarterfinals Monday, 29 July 1996 18:2020:50 SemifinalsFinal

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 5 Igor Kováč 0.175 13.62 2 8 Mark McKoy 0.152 13.70 3 1 Andrey Kislykh 0.150 13.74 4 6 Claude Edorh 0.177 13.74 5 3 Chen Yanhao 0.156 13.76 6 4 Tomáš Dvořák 0.146 13.78 7 2 Mickey Soto 0.178 13.94 8 7 Judex Lefou 0.220 14.69 Wind: -0.5 m/s

Heat 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 7 Florian Schwarthoff 0.210 13.39 2 8 Erik Batte 0.222 13.47 3 3 Andy Tulloch 0.160 13.56 4 5 Johan Lisabeth 0.166 13.72 5 2 Claes Albihn 0.152 13.79 6 1 Moses Oyiki 0.148 14.04 7 4 Sean Cahill 0.144 14.28 8 6 Yury Aristov 0.200 15.04 Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 1 Mark Crear 0.221 13.44 2 6 Anier García 0.159 13.56 3 8 Sven Pieters 0.164 13.56 4 3 Gheorghe Boroi 0.128 13.66 5 5 Emerson Perin 0.181 13.76 6 2 Wagner Marseille 0.157 13.95 7 7 Herwig Röttl 0.166 14.08 8 4 Fawaz Ismail Johar 0.167 14.32 Wind: +1.0 m/s

Heat 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 8 Colin Jackson 0.140 13.36 2 5 Eric Kaiser 0.178 13.64 3 3 Guntis Peders 0.143 13.72 4 4 Frank Boateng 0.211 13.87 5 7 William Erese 0.171 13.98 6 6 Joe Naivalu 0.156 14.23 — 2 Nur Herman Majid 1 Curt Young Wind: -0.1 m/s

Heat 5

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 6 Allen Johnson 0.172 13.66 2 4 Krzysztof Mehlich 0.200 13.81 3 3 Walmes de Souza 0.192 13.82 4 8 Stelios Bisbas 0.182 13.85 5 5 Antti Haapakoski 0.152 13.90 6 7 Miguel de los Santos 0.161 14.01 7 1 Steve Adegbite 0.161 14.06 — 2 Henry Andrade 0.178 Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 6

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 7 Tony Jarrett 0.149 13.47 2 1 Vincent Clarico 0.177 13.52 3 8 Thomas Kearns 0.169 13.67 4 6 Pedro Chiamulera 0.160 13.70 5 5 Evgeny Pechonkin 0.150 13.86 6 2 Elmar Lichtenegger 0.184 14.03 7 4 Prodromos Katsantonis 0.176 14.34 8 3 Hakim Mazou 0.193 14.52 Wind: +0.2 m/s

Heat 7

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 5 Kyle Vander Kuyp 0.156 13.32 2 8 Emilio Valle 0.183 13.35 3 6 Jonathan Nsenga 0.169 13.61 4 4 Igors Kazanovs 0.145 13.74 5 2 Tim Kroeker 0.188 13.74 6 7 Jesús Font 0.172 13.90 7 3 Mahesh Perera 0.201 14.24 8 1 José Riesco 0.168 14.29 Wind: +2.3 m/s

Heat 8

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 2 Eugene Swift 0.161 13.36 2 3 Li Tong 0.156 13.57 3 6 Robert Foster 0.169 13.58 4 7 Levente Csillag 0.185 13.64 5 5 Emmanuel Romary 0.161 13.68 6 4 Carlos Sala 0.153 13.94 7 8 Yeniya Shorokhov 0.179 14.29 8 1 Paul Tucker 0.184 14.65 Wind: +2.8 m/s

Overall results for round 1

Rank Heat Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Kyle Vander Kuyp 13.32 2 7 Emilio Valle 13.35 3 4 Colin Jackson 13.36 8 Eugene Swift 13.36 5 2 Florian Schwarthoff 13.39 6 3 Mark Crear 13.44 7 2 Erik Batte 13.47 6 Tony Jarrett 13.47 9 6 Vincent Clarico 13.52 10 2 Andy Tulloch 13.56 3 Anier García 13.56 3 Sven Pieters 13.56 13 8 Li Tong 13.57 14 8 Robert Foster 13.58 15 7 Jonathan Nsenga 13.61 16 1 Igor Kováč 13.62 17 4 Eric Kaiser 13.64 8 Levente Csillag 13.64 19 3 Gheorghe Boroi 13.66 5 Allen Johnson 13.66 21 6 Thomas Kearns 13.67 22 8 Emmanuel Romary 13.68 23 1 Mark McKoy 13.70 6 Pedro Chiamulera 13.70 25 2 Johan Lisabeth 13.72 4 Guntis Peders 13.72 27 1 Andrey Kislykh 13.74 1 Claude Edorh 13.74 7 Igors Kazanovs 13.74 7 Tim Kroeker 13.74 31 1 Chen Yanhao 13.76 3 Emerson Perin 13.76 33 1 Tomáš Dvořák 13.78 34 2 Claes Albihn 13.79 35 5 Krzysztof Mehlich 13.81 36 5 Walmes de Souza 13.82 37 5 Stelios Bisbas 13.85 38 6 Evgeny Pechonkin 13.86 39 4 Frank Boateng 13.87 40 5 Antti Haapakoski 13.90 7 Jesús Font 13.90 42 1 Mickey Soto 13.94 8 Carlos Sala 13.94 44 3 Wagner Marseille 13.95 45 4 William Erese 13.98 46 5 Miguel de los Santos 14.01 47 6 Elmar Lichtenegger 14.03 48 2 Moses Oyiki 14.04 49 5 Steve Adegbite 14.06 50 3 Herwig Röttl 14.08 51 4 Joe Naivalu 14.23 52 7 Mahesh Perera 14.24 53 2 Sean Cahill 14.28 54 7 José Riesco 14.29 8 Yeniya Shorokhov 14.29 56 3 Fawaz Ismail Johar 14.32 57 6 Prodromos Katsantonis 14.34 58 6 Hakim Mazou 14.52 59 8 Paul Tucker 14.65 60 1 Judex Lefou 14.69 61 2 Yury Aristov 15.04 — 5 Henry Andrade — 4 Nur Herman Majid 4 Curt Young

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Jarrett's obstruction of Kaiser resulted in Jarrett being disqualified and Kaiser advancing to the semifinals despite not finishing the race.

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 6 Eugene Swift 0.155 13.37 2 7 Robert Foster 0.156 13.51 3 8 Johan Lisabeth 0.156 13.53 4 5 Vincent Clarico 0.167 13.57 5 2 Guntis Peders 0.151 13.59 6 1 Pedro Chiamulera 0.176 13.77 — 3 Eric Kaiser 0.149 — 4 Tony Jarrett 0.139 Wind: +1.2 m/s

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 5 Mark Crear 0.127 13.14 2 4 Florian Schwarthoff 0.165 13.27 3 1 Igors Kazanovs 0.139 13.42 4 6 Li Tong 0.180 13.43 5 2 Thomas Kearns 0.119 13.55 6 3 Anier García 0.164 13.58 7 8 Jonathan Nsenga 0.176 13.63 8 7 Emmanuel Romary 0.173 13.81 Wind: +1.1 m/s

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 3 Colin Jackson 0.126 13.33 2 8 Sven Pieters 0.160 13.36 3 4 Erik Batte 0.208 13.46 4 2 Gheorghe Boroi 0.149 13.56 5 6 Mark McKoy 0.166 13.64 6 1 Claude Edorh 0.170 13.64 7 5 Igor Kováč 0.190 13.70 8 7 Andrey Kislykh 0.145 13.74 Wind: +1.4 m/s

Quarterfinal 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 3 Allen Johnson 0.173 13.27 2 5 Emilio Valle 0.198 13.29 3 4 Kyle Vander Kuyp 0.152 13.49 4 6 Krzysztof Mehlich 0.183 13.51 5 8 Levente Csillag 0.147 13.61 6 2 Andy Tulloch 0.169 13.68 7 1 Walmes de Souza 0.214 14.12 8 7 Tim Kroeker 0.168 14.14 Wind: +0.1 m/s

Overall results for quarterfinals

Rank Heat Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 2 Mark Crear 13.14 2 2 Florian Schwarthoff 13.27 4 Allen Johnson 13.27 4 4 Emilio Valle 13.29 5 3 Colin Jackson 13.33 6 3 Sven Pieters 13.36 7 1 Eugene Swift 13.37 8 2 Igors Kazanovs 13.42 9 2 Li Tong 13.43 10 3 Erik Batte 13.46 11 4 Kyle Vander Kuyp 13.49 12 1 Robert Foster 13.51 4 Krzysztof Mehlich 13.51 14 1 Johan Lisabeth 13.53 15 2 Thomas Kearns 13.55 16 3 Gheorghe Boroi 13.56 17 1 Vincent Clarico 13.57 18 2 Anier García 13.58 19 1 Guntis Peders 13.59 20 4 Levente Csillag 13.61 21 2 Jonathan Nsenga 13.63 22 3 Mark McKoy 13.64 23 3 Claude Edorh 13.64 24 4 Andy Tulloch 13.68 25 3 Igor Kováč 13.70 26 3 Andrey Kislykh 13.74 27 1 Pedro Chiamulera 13.77 28 2 Emmanuel Romary 13.81 29 4 Walmes de Souza 14.12 30 4 Tim Kroeker 14.14 — 1 Eric Kaiser — 1 Tony Jarrett

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 5 Allen Johnson 0.194 13.10 2 6 Colin Jackson 0.139 13.17 3 4 Emilio Valle 0.198 13.18 4 7 Kyle Vander-Kuyp 0.156 13.38 5 8 Krzysztof Mehlich 0.189 13.55 6 1 Gheorghe Boroi 0.137 13.57 7 3 Sven Pieters 0.136 13.59 8 9 Eric Kaiser 0.168 13.59 9 2 Li Tong 0.143 13.60 Wind: +0.5 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 6 Florian Schwarthoff 0.156 13.13 2 4 Eugene Swift 0.158 13.21 3 3 Mark Crear 0.194 13.22 4 8 Erik Batte 0.168 13.26 5 2 Vincent Clarico 0.173 13.43 6 5 Robert Foster 0.182 13.49 7 1 Igors Kazanovs 0.172 14.13 — 7 Johan Lisabeth 0.155 Wind: +1.7 m/s

Final

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time 6 Allen Johnson 0.170 12.95OR 8 Mark Crear 0.124 13.09 3 Florian Schwarthoff 0.164 13.17 4 5 Colin Jackson 0.133 13.19 5 7 Emilio Valle 0.179 13.20 6 4 Eugene Swift 0.151 13.23 7 2 Kyle Vander-Kuyp 0.160 13.40 8 1 Erik Batte 0.160 13.43 Wind: +0.6 m/s

See also 1992 Men's Olympic 110m Hurdles (Barcelona) 1993 Men's World Championships 110m Hurdles (Stuttgart) 1994 Men's European Championships 110m Hurdles (Helsinki) 1995 Men's World Championships 110m Hurdles (Gothenburg) 1997 Men's World Championships 110m Hurdles (Athens) 1998 Men's European Championships 110m Hurdles (Budapest) 1999 Men's World Championships 110m Hurdles (Seville) 2000 Men's Olympic 110m Hurdles (Sydney)

References

External links Official Report Results