The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 43 competitors from 31 nations, with six qualifying heats (43 runners), four second-round races (32) and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took place on Monday September 26, 1988. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Roger Kingdom of the United States, the second man to successfully defend Olympic gold in the event (Lee Calhoun, 1956 and 1960). It was the nation's 17th title in the event. Colin Jackson's silver was Great Britain's first medal in the event since 1936.

Background

This was the 21st appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Four finalists from 1984 returned: gold medalist Roger Kingdom of the United States, fourth-place finisher Mark McKoy of Canada, sixth-place finisher Stéphane Caristan of France, and seventh-place finisher Carlos Sala of Spain. Kingdom was a favorite to repeat, having recovered from two hamstring injuries that had plagued him between Games. His biggest competitor was countryman Greg Foster, who had won the 1987 World Championship, but Foster was forced to withdraw after he broke his arm in a race fall before the U.S. Olympic trials. The next two placers at worlds were the Brits Colin Jackson and Jon Ridgeon, who were expected to challenge Kingdom.

Benin, Fiji, Guyana, South Korea, Mauritius, Nepal, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its 20th appearance, most of any nation (having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games).

Competition format

The competition expanded to a four-round format (previously used once in 1960), 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 six heats, with 7 or 8 hurdlers each. The top five hurdlers in each heat, along with the two next fastest overall, advanced to the semifinals. The 32 quarterfinalists were divided into four heats of 8 hurdlers each, with the top four in each heat advancing. The 16 semifinalists were divided into two semifinals of 8 hurdlers each; again, the top four hurdlers in each advanced to the 8-man final.Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 232–33.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Kingdom broke his own Olympic record in the quarterfinals, with 13.17 seconds, then again in the final with 12.98 seconds.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

Date Time Round Sunday, 25 September 1988 11:2513:14 Round 1Quarterfinals Monday, 26 September 1988 13:0715:38 SemifinalsFinal

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Colin Jackson 13.50 2 7 Stéphane Caristan 13.96 3 4 Andrew Parker 14.00 4 8 Florian Schwarthoff 14.13 5 1 Noureddine Tadjine 14.36 6 2 Rashid Marzouq Al-Abdulla 14.69 7 5 José de Souza 15.05 — 6 Lyndon Campos Wind: +0.0 m/s

Heat 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Tonie Campbell 13.45 2 5 Yu Zhicheng 14.07 3 2 Aleksandr Markin 14.17 4 4 Thomas Kearns 14.17 5 7 Modesto Castillo 14.40 6 6 Judex Lefou 14.73 — 1 Stephen Kerho Wind: -0.2 m/s

Heat 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 1 Roger Kingdom 13.40 2 2 Tony Jarrett 13.45 3 3 Yang Guang 14.01 4 7 Derrick Knowles 14.22 5 6 Zeyad Abdulrazak 14.44 6 5 Youssef Al-Dosari 15.03 — 4 Benjamin Grant Wind: +0.8 m/s

Heat 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4 Mark McKoy 13.78 2 5 Jiří Hudec 13.78 3 3 Philippe Tourret 13.88 4 7 Alain Cuypers 13.89 5 6 Javier Moracho 13.96 6 2 Wu Chin-Jing 14.11 7 1 Dambar Kunwar 16.51 Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 5

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Vladimir Shishkin 13.75 2 6 Mikael Ylöstalo 13.87 3 2 Erik Jensen 13.91 4 4 Carlos Sala 14.00 5 1 Kim Jin-tae 14.06 6 7 João Lima 14.73 7 5 Albert Miller 14.86 Wind: +1.0 m/s

Heat 6

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Arthur Blake 13.66 2 2 Jonathan Ridgeon 13.75 3 5 Richard Bucknor 13.89 4 4 György Bakos 13.94 5 7 Nagi Ghazi Moursine 14.46 6 1 Curt Hampstead 14.88 7 6 Roberto Carmona 15.24 Wind: +0.9 m/s

Overall results for round 1

Rank Heat Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Roger Kingdom 13.40 2 2 Tonie Campbell 13.45 3 Tony Jarrett 13.45 4 1 Colin Jackson 13.50 5 6 Arthur Blake 13.66 6 5 Vladimir Shishkin 13.75 6 Jonathan Ridgeon 13.75 8 4 Mark McKoy 13.78 4 Jiří Hudec 13.78 10 5 Mikael Ylöstalo 13.87 11 4 Philippe Tourret 13.88 12 4 Alain Cuypers 13.89 6 Richard Bucknor 13.89 14 5 Erik Jensen 13.91 15 6 György Bakos 13.94 16 1 Stéphane Caristan 13.96 4 Javier Moracho 13.96 18 1 Andrew Parker 14.00 5 Carlos Sala 14.00 20 3 Yang Guang 14.01 21 5 Kim Jin-tae 14.06 22 2 Yu Zhicheng 14.07 23 4 Wu Chin-Jing 14.11 24 1 Florian Schwarthoff 14.13 25 2 Aleksandr Markin 14.17 26 2 Thomas Kearns 14.17 27 3 Derrick Knowles 14.22 28 1 Noureddine Tadjine 14.36 29 2 Modesto Castillo 14.40 30 3 Zeyad Abdulrazak 14.44 31 6 Nagi Ghazi Moursine 14.46 32 1 Rashid Marzouq Al-Abdulla 14.69 33 2 Judex Lefou 14.73 5 João Lima 14.73 35 5 Albert Miller 14.86 36 6 Curt Hampstead 14.88 37 3 Youssef Al-Dosari 15.03 38 1 José de Souza 15.05 39 6 Roberto Carmona 15.24 40 4 Dambar Kunwar 16.51 — 2 Stephen Kerho 1 Lyndon Campos 3 Benjamin Grant

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were held on Sunday 1988-09-25.

Quarterfinal 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4 Roger Kingdom 13.17 , 2 3 Mark McKoy 13.56 3 5 Stephane Caristan 13.61 4 6 Jiří Hudec 13.65 5 2 Florian Schwarthoff 13.67 6 1 Javier Moracho 13.88 7 7 Thomas Kearns 14.30 8 8 Rashid Marzouq Al-Abdulla 14.47 Wind: +0.6 m/s

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Tonie Campbell 13.47 2 6 Philippe Tourret 13.73 3 5 Jonathan Ridgeon 13.74 4 2 Yu Zhicheng 13.95 5 4 Erik Jensen 14.02 6 1 Andrew Parker 14.05 7 8 Aleksandr Markin 14.19 8 7 Zeyad Al-Khudhur 14.56 Wind: +1.0 m/s

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Tony Jarrett 13.59 2 3 Vladimir Shishkin 13.60 3 6 Mikael Ylöstalo 13.70 4 1 Carlos Sala 13.77 5 2 Chin-Jing Wu 14.23 6 8 George Knowles 14.30 7 7 Najil Mohsin 14.47 8 4 György Bakos 18.02 Wind: +0.2 m/s

Quarterfinal 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4 Colin Jackson 13.37 2 6 Arthur Blake 13.65 3 3 Richard Bucknor 13.91 4 5 Alain Cuypers 13.97 5 2 Jin-Tae Kim 14.00 6 1 Modesto Castillo 14.21 7 7 Yang Guang 14.24 8 8 Nourreddine Tadjine 14.35 Wind: +0.6 m/s

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on Monday 1988-09-26.

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Vladimir Shishkin 13.46 2 6 Tonie Campbell 13.47 3 4 Colin Jackson 13.55 4 1 Jonathan Ridgeon 13.68 5 3 Stéphane Caristan 13.71 6 7 Carlos Sala 13.85 7 8 Alain Cuypers 13.92 8 2 Richard Bucknor 13.98 Wind: +0.0 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Roger Kingdom 13.37 2 4 Arthur Blake 13.52 3 5 Mark McKoy 13.54 4 6 Tony Jarrett 13.56 5 1 Jiří Hudec 13.73 6 7 Yu Zhicheng 13.94 7 8 Philippe Tourret 13.96 8 2 Mikael Ylöstalo 14.09 Wind: -0.7 m/s

Final

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 4 Roger Kingdom 0.142 12.98 1 Colin Jackson 0.131 13.28 6 Tonie Campbell 0.161 13.38 4 3 Vladimir Shishkin 0.139 13.51 5 7 Jonathan Ridgeon 0.150 13.52 6 2 Tony Jarrett 0.164 13.54 7 8 Mark McKoy 0.142 13.61 8 5 Arthur Blake 0.056 13.96 Wind: +1.5 m/s

See also 1987 Men's World Championships 110m Hurdles (Rome) 1990 Men's European Championships 110m Hurdles (Split) 1991 Men's World Championships 110m Hurdles (Tokyo) 1992 Men's Olympic 110m Hurdles (Barcelona)

References

External links Official Report