The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain took place on 2 and 3 August 1992. Thirty-nine athletes from 27 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Mark McKoy of Canada, the nation's second title in the event and first since 1920. It broke a two-Games streak of American victories.

Background

This was the 22nd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Five finalists from 1988 returned: silver medalist Colin Jackson of Great Britain, fourth-place finisher Vladimir Shishkin of the Soviet Union, sixth-place finisher Tony Jarrett of Great Britain, seventh-place finisher Mark McKoy of Canada, and eighth-place finisher Arthur Blake of the United States. For the third straight Games, Greg Foster of the United States was the reigning world champion; for the second straight Games, he did not make the American Olympic team. Jackson (the 1990 European and Commonwealth champion) and McKoy (the 1982 and 1986 Commonwealth champion) were the favorites though both the United States and Great Britain teams were strong and deep.

Bahrain, Latvia, the Netherlands Antilles, and Sierra Leone each made their first appearance in the event; some former Soviet republics appeared for the only time as the Unified Team. The United States made its 21st 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 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 two rounds.

The first round consisted of five heats, with 7 or 8 hurdlers each. The top four hurdlers in each heat, along with the four next fastest overall, advanced to the quarterfinals. Because of a tie, there were actually five "fastest losers" advanced. The 25 quarterfinalists were divided into three heats of 8 hurdlers each (with one having an extra), with the top four in each heat as well as the next four overall 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. 5, pp. 45–46.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Date Time Round Sunday, 2 August 1992 10:0018:30 Round 1Quarterfinals Monday, 3 August 1992 18:0020:15 SemifinalsFinal

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Colin Jackson 13.10 2 5 Emilio Valle 13.47 3 1 Vladimir Shishkin 13.58 4 8 Laurent Ottoz 13.71 5 7 Dan Philibert 13.72 6 2 Richard Bucknor 13.91 7 4 Nurherman Majid 14.34 8 6 Albert Miller 14.88 Wind: +0.9 m/s

Heat 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Tony Dees 13.38 2 6 Sergey Usov 13.71 3 4 Gheorghe Boroi 13.82 4 1 Antti Haapakoski 13.84 5 2 Philippe Tourret 13.91 6 3 Anthony Knight 14.12 7 7 Judex Lefou 14.45 Wind: +0.9 m/s

Heat 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 6 Jack Pierce 13.47 2 7 Hugh Teape 13.68 3 5 Li Tong 13.69 4 4 Igors Kazanovs 13.88 5 3 Arto Bryggare 13.92 6 1 Mircea Oaidă 14.04 7 2 Joilto Santos Bonfim 14.06 8 8 Khaled Abdullah Hassan 15.41 Wind: -0.2 m/s

Heat 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Mark McKoy 13.26 2 7 Herwig Röttl 13.41 3 6 Arthur Blake 13.34 4 1 Thomas Kearns 13.63 5 2 Dietmar Koszewski 13.64 6 4 Toshihiko Iwasaki 13.78 7 3 Kheir El-Din Obeid 14.23 8 8 James Sharpe 14.49 Wind: +1.8 m/s

Heat 5

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4 Tony Jarrett 13.31 2 7 Florian Schwarthoff 13.61 3 5 Carlos Sala 13.62 4 6 Vadim Kurach 13.86 5 1 Sébastien Thibault 13.94 6 2 Igor Kováč 14.12 7 8 Benjamin Grant 14.27 9 3 Zeiad Al-Kheder 14.51 Wind: +1.2 m/s

Overall results for round 1

Rank Heat Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 1 Colin Jackson 13.10 2 4 Mark McKoy 13.26 3 5 Tony Jarrett 13.31 4 2 Tony Dees 13.38 5 4 Herwig Röttl 13.41 7 4 Arthur Blake 13.45 7 3 Jack Pierce 13.47 1 Emilio Valle 13.47 9 1 Vladimir Shishkin 13.58 10 5 Florian Schwarthoff 13.61 11 5 Carlos Sala 13.62 12 4 Thomas Kearns 13.63 13 4 Dietmar Koszewski 13.64 14 3 Hugh Teape 13.68 15 3 Li Tong 13.69 16 1 Laurent Ottoz 13.71 2 Sergey Usov 13.71 18 1 Dan Philibert 13.72 19 4 Toshihiko Iwasaki 13.78 20 2 Gheorghe Boroi 13.82 21 2 Antti Haapakoski 13.84 22 5 Vadim Kurach 13.86 23 3 Igors Kazanovs 13.88 24 1 Richard Bucknor 13.91 2 Philippe Tourret 13.91 26 3 Arto Bryggare 13.92 27 5 Sébastien Thibault 13.94 28 3 Mircea Oaidă 14.04 29 3 Joilto Santos Bonfim 14.06 30 2 Anthony Knight 14.12 5 Igor Kováč 14.12 32 4 Kheir El-Din Obeid 14.23 33 5 Benjamin Grant 14.27 34 1 Nurherman Majid 14.34 35 2 Judex Lefou 14.45 36 4 James Sharpe 14.49 37 5 Zeiad Al-Kheder 14.51 38 1 Albert Miller 14.88 39 3 Khaled Abdullah Hassan 15.41

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Mark McKoy 13.27 2 5 Florian Schwarthoff 13.31 3 4 Emilio Valle 13.42 4 6 Arthur Blake 13.50 5 8 Hugh Teape 13.50 6 1 Laurent Ottoz 13.76 7 7 Toshihiko Iwasaki 13.88 8 2 Vadim Kurach 14.23 Wind: -1.1 m/s

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Jack Pierce 13.17 2 6 Colin Jackson 13.57 3 4 Herwig Röttl 13.68 4 2 Igors Kazanovs 13.76 5 8 Carlos Sala 13.80 6 3 Vladimir Shishkin 13.81 7 7 Antti Haapakoski 14.00 8 1 Philippe Tourret 14.09 9 9 Richard Bucknor 14.22 Wind: -0.6 m/s

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Tony Dees 13.31 2 4 Tony Jarrett 13.43 3 1 Sergey Usov 13.61 4 2 Li Tong 13.74 5 7 Dan Philibert 13.74 6 5 Dietmar Koszewski 13.78 7 6 Thomas Kearns 13.87 8 8 Gheorghe Boroi 14.07 Wind: -0.3 m/s

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4 Jack Pierce 13.21 2 3 Florian Schwarthoff 13.23 3 6 Tony Jarrett 13.29 4 5 Hugh Teape 13.60 5 2 Sergey Usov 13.67 6 7 Igors Kazanovs 13.77 7 8 Dietmar Koszewski 14.06 — 1 Herwig Röttl Wind: -0.4 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4 Mark McKoy 13.12 2 7 Colin Jackson 13.19 3 3 Tony Dees 13.31 4 6 Emilio Valle 13.45 5 8 Li Tong 13.62 6 1 Dan Philibert 13.77 7 2 Laurent Ottoz 13.77 — 5 Arthur Blake Wind: -0.8 m/s

Final

The final was held on August 3, 1992.

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time 4 Mark McKoy 13.12 7 Tony Dees 13.24 6 Jack Pierce 13.26 4 8 Tony Jarrett 13.26 5 5 Florian Schwarthoff 13.29 6 2 Emilio Valle 13.41 7 3 Colin Jackson 13.46 8 1 Hugh Teape 14.00 Wind: +0.8 m/s

See also 1988 Men's Olympic 110m Hurdles (Seoul) 1990 Men's European Championships 110m Hurdles (Split) 1991 Men's World Championships 110m Hurdles (Tokyo) 1993 Men's World Championships 110m Hurdles (Stuttgart) 1994 Men's European Championships 110m Hurdles (Helsinki)

References

External links Official Report Results