Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California took place on 5 and 6 August 1984. Twenty-six athletes from 17 nations competed. 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 nation's first championship since 1972 and 16th title in the event overall. Arto Bryggare's bronze was Finland's first medal in the men's high hurdles.

Background This was the 20th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Two finalists from 1980 returned: sixth-place finisher Arto Bryggare of Finland and seventh-place finisher Javier Moracho of Spain. The 1980 champion, Thomas Munkelt of East Germany, was kept out due to the Soviet-led boycott. World record holder Renaldo Nehemiah of the United States was also prevented from competing, because the IOC claimed "he had lost his amateur status" by playing professional football, an entirely different sport. The favorite therefore was 1983 World Champion Greg Foster of the United States, though as usual all of the American hurdlers were potential medalists. Bryggare had come in second at the world championships and was also a contender.

Algeria, the People's Republic of China, Paraguay, Samoa, and the United Arab Emirates each made their first appearance in the event; the Republic of China competed as "Chinese Taipei" for the first time. The United States made its 19th appearance, most of any nation (having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games).

Competition format The competition continued to use the three-round format used since 1908 (except 1960, which had four rounds) and eight-man semifinals and finals used since 1964. The "fastest loser" system, also introduced in 1964, was not used as unnecessary for achieving the correct number of hurdlers advancing to the semifinals and final.

The first round consisted of four heats, with 6 or 7 hurdlers each. The top four hurdlers in each heat advanced to the semifinals. The 16 semifinalists were divided into two semifinals of 8 hurdlers each; the top four hurdlers in each advanced to the 8-man final.Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 280–81.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Greg Foster equalized the standing Olympic record with 13.24 seconds; he and Roger Kingdom both matched that time in the semifinals as well. In the final, Kingdom set a new Olympic record with 13.20 seconds, with Foster also coming in under the old record (with 13.23 seconds).

Schedule

All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

Date Time Round Sunday, 5 August 1984 16:25 Round 1 Monday, 6 August 1984 16:0018:05 SemifinalsFinal

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 2 Arto Bryggare 13.35 2 3 Mark McKoy 13.58 3 5 Daniele Fontecchio 13.75 4 6 Yu Zhicheng 14.20 5 4 Mohamed Ryad Ben Haddad 14.44 6 7 Nicolás Chaparro 15.51 — 1 Mark Holtom Wind: +2.0 m/s

Heat 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Tonie Campbell 13.53 2 4 Carlos Sala 14.02 3 3 Wilbert Greaves 14.04 4 1 Jeff Glass 14.07 5 6 Franck Chevallier 14.32 6 2 Hisham Mohamed Mekin 14.67 Wind: -0.5 m/s

Heat 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 1 Roger Kingdom 13.53 2 3 Javier Moracho 14.05 3 4 Nigel Walker 14.07 4 2 Li Jieqiang 14.29 5 6 Naji Mubarak 14.56 6 5 Eric Spence 14.93 Wind: -0.5 m/s

Heat 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Greg Foster 13.24 , 2 6 Stéphane Caristan 13.45 3 7 Wu Chin-ling 13.91 4 4 Donald Wright 14.00 5 1 Modesto Castillo 14.05 6 5 Mohamed Helal Ali 15.75 — 2 William Fong Wind: +1.7 m/s

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 1 Roger Kingdom 13.24 , 2 5 Tonie Campbell 13.56 3 8 Stéphane Caristan 13.62 4 7 Jeff Glass 13.88 5 6 Javier Moracho 13.89 6 3 Wu Chin-Jing 14.21 7 2 Yu Zhicheng 14.26 — 4 Nigel Walker Wind: +0.7 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4 Greg Foster 13.24 , 2 8 Mark McKoy 13.30 3 5 Arto Bryggare 13.52 4 1 Carlos Sala 13.85 5 6 Wilbert Greaves 13.86 6 2 Daniele Fontecchio 13.86 7 3 Donald Wright 13.93 8 7 Li Jieqiang 14.15 Wind: -1.1 m/s

Final

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 8 Roger Kingdom 0.137 13.20 1 Greg Foster 0.150 13.23 2 Arto Bryggare 0.136 13.40 4 3 Mark McKoy 0.149 13.45 5 7 Tonie Campbell 0.144 13.55 6 6 Stéphane Caristan 0.184 13.71 7 4 Carlos Sala 0.159 13.80 8 5 Jeff Glass 0.170 14.15 Wind: -0.4 m/s

See also 1980 Men's Olympic 110m Hurdles (Moscow) 1982 Men's European Championships 110m Hurdles (Athens) 1983 Men's World Championships 110m Hurdles (Helsinki) 1984 Friendship Games 110m Hurdles (Moscow) 1986 Men's European Championships 110m Hurdles (Stuttgart) 1987 Men's World Championships 110m Hurdles (Rome) 1988 Men's Olympic 110m Hurdles (Seoul)

References

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