The men's 110 metre hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics programme were held at Stadium Australia on Sunday 24 September and Monday 25 September 2000. Forty-four athletes from 31 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Anier García of Cuba, the nation's first championship in the event and first medal in the event since 1980. Mark Crear's bronze made him the 10th man to win a second medal in the event.

Summary

After a false start eliminated nobody, on the second try the field started even. Anier García accelerated his first few steps better and gained a few centimeter lead over the first barrier, which he rattled. Typically fast starting Terrence Trammell was just slightly awkward on his second step losing a slight amount of ground. Defending champion Allen Johnson was close to Garcia, and even after clobbering the first two hurdles, he was pulling even. The entire lead group hit the third hurdle, by now Johnson and Garcia had a clear lead, with Trammell a clear third place. Johnson continued to hit hurdles, losing ground to Garcia, while Mark Crear was emerging ahead of world record holder Colin Jackson by not touching his hurdles while Jackson hit hurdle 4 awkwardly enough to pull him out of contention. Johnson hit the ninth hurdle with his lead heel, not even close to getting over the hurdle. The awkwardness of riding the last hurdle down to the ground lost his forward momentum. Garcia had a metre and a half lead at the finish over Trammell, and while Crear did hit the last hurdle he was able to beat Johnson to the line for bronze.

Background

This was the 24th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The top four finishers from 1996 all returned, along with one other finalist: gold medalist Allen Johnson and silver medalist Mark Crear of the United States, bronze medalist Florian Schwarthoff of Germany (who had also finished fifth in 1992), fourth-place finisher Colin Jackson of Great Britain, and seventh-place finisher Kyle Vander-Kuyp of Australia. Jackson had been in the last three finals, taking silver in 1988 and seventh in 1992. As in 1996, the favorites were Johnson and Jackson (winners of the last four world championships), though Anier García of Cuba had emerged as a challenger after taking second in the 1999 worlds.

Barbados, Liberia, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Trinidad and Tobago each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its 23rd appearance, most of any nation (having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games).

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to three athletes that had run 13.70 seconds or faster during the qualification period. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. If an NOC had no athletes that qualified under that standard, one athlete that had run 13.85 seconds or faster could be entered.http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/tfn_pdfs/ogqualifying_standards.pdf

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 top four runners in each of the initial six heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next eight fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 32 runners competed in 4 heats in the quarterfinals, with the top four runners from each heat qualifying for the semifinals. There were two semifinals, and only the top four from each heat advanced to the final.Official Report, Results Book for Athletics.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition. The following national records were established during the competition:

Nation Athlete Round Time Dudley Dorival Heat 2 13.33 Arlindo Pinheiro Heat 6 15.65 Anier García Final 13.00

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round Sunday, 24 September 2000 10:0020:20 Round 1Quarterfinals Monday, 25 September 2000 18:4020:40 SemifinalsFinal

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 2 Mark Crear 0.228 13.44 2 1 Staņislavs Olijars 0.228 13.56 3 8 Kyle Vander-Kuyp 0.152 13.67 4 5 Paul Sehzue 0.216 14.18 5 5 Charles Allen 0.225 14.21 6 6 Ralf Leberer 0.164 56.74 — 7 Tony Jarrett 0.178 s 3 Marcin Kuśzewski 0.200 s Wind: -0.9 m/s

Heat 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 4 Dudley Dorival 0.203 13.33 , 2 1 Yoel Hernández 0.173 13.53 3 Shaun Bownes 0.187 13.53 4 8 Falk Balzer 0.183 13.67 5 5 Steve Brown 0.182 13.92 6 7 Peter Coghlan 0.198 14.03 7 2 Robert Foster 0.221 14.33 — 6 Mubarak Mubarak 0.423 Wind: +0.4 m/s

Heat 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 8 Anier García 0.235 13.60 2 4 Andrey Kislykh 0.167 13.77 3 5 Balázs Kovács 0.140 13.83 4 8 Jean-Marc Grava 0.200 14.01 5 3 Gabriel Burnett 0.258 14.23 6 2 Raphaël Monachon 0.221 14.80 7 7 Zhivko Videnov 0.122 Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 6 Florian Schwarthoff 0.162 13.55 2 4 Robert Kronberg 0.264 13.58 3 1 Terrence Trammell 0.250 13.59 4 8 Emiliano Pizzoli 0.158 13.65 5 3 Marcio Simao de Souza 0.170 13.70 6 7 Jeff Jackson 0.208 14.05 7 5 Victor Houston 0.230 14.06 8 2 Paolo Della Santa 0.190 14.12 Wind: -0.6 m/s

Heat 5

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 3 Allen Johnson 0.174 13.50 2 7 Evgeny Pechenkin 0.216 13.56 3 6 Jonathan Nsenga 0.185 13.57 4 2 Elmar Lichtenegger 0.212 13.65 5 8 Levente Csillag 0.257 13.66 6 5 Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja 0.218 13.86 7 4 Damien Greaves 0.303 14.01 Wind: +0.1 m/s

Heat 6

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 1 Colin Jackson 0.135 13.38 2 7 Tomasz Ścigaczewski 0.166 13.53 3 5 Andrea Giaconi 0.203 13.62 4 2 Adrian Woodley 0.175 13.71 5 3 Satoru Tanigawa 0.143 13.74 6 4 Arlindo Pinheiro 0.233 15.65 — 6 Robin Korving 8 Igor Kováč Wind: -0.8 m/s

Overall results for round 1

RankAthlete NationHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Record 1 Dudley Dorival 2 4 1 13.33 s Q NR 2 Colin Jackson 6 1 1 13.38 s Q 3 Mark Crear 1 2 1 13.44 s Q 4 Allen Johnson 5 3 1 13.50 s Q 5 Shaun Bownes 2 3 2 13.53 s Q Yoel Hernández 2 1 2 13.53 s Q Tomasz Ścigaczewski 6 7 2 13.53 s Q 8 Florian Schwarthoff 4 6 1 13.55 s Q 9 Staņislavs Olijars 1 1 2 13.56 s Q Evgeny Pechenkin 5 7 2 13.56 s Q 11 Jonathan Nsenga 5 6 3 13.57 s Q 12 Robert Kronberg 4 4 2 13.58 s Q 13 Terrence Trammell 4 1 3 13.59 s Q 14 Anier García 3 8 1 13.60 s Q 15 Andrea Giaconi 6 5 3 13.62 s Q 16 Elmar Lichtenegger 5 2 4 13.65 s Q Emiliano Pizzoli 4 8 4 13.65 s Q 18 Levente Csillag 5 8 5 13.66 s q 19 Falk Balzer 2 8 4 13.67 s Q Kyle Vander-Kuyp 1 8 3 13.67 s Q 21 Marcio Simao de Souza 4 3 5 13.70 s q 22 Adrian Woodley 6 2 4 13.71 s Q 23 Satoru Tanigawa 6 3 5 13.74 s q 24 Andrey Kislykh 3 4 2 13.77 s Q 25 Balázs Kovács 3 5 3 13.83 s Q 26 Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja 5 5 6 13.86 s q 27 Steve Brown 2 5 5 13.92 s q 28 Jean-Marc Grava 3 6 4 14.01 s Q Damien Greaves 5 4 7 14.01 s q 30 Peter Coghlan 2 7 6 14.03 s q 31 Jeff Jackson 4 7 6 14.05 s q 32 Victor Houston 4 5 7 14.06 s 33 Paolo Della Santa 4 2 8 14.12 s 34 Paul Sehzue 1 5 4 14.18 s Q 35 Charles Tyrone Allen 1 4 5 14.21 s 36 Gabriel Burnett 3 3 5 14.23 s 37 Robert Foster 2 2 7 14.33 s 38 Raphael Monachon 3 2 6 14.80 s 39 Arlindo Pinheiro 6 4 6 15.65 s NR 40 Ralf Leberer 1 6 6 56.74 s q Tony Jarrett 1 7 DQ Mubarak Mubarak 2 6 DQ Marcin Kuśzewski 1 3 DNF Zhivko Videnov 3 7 DNF Robin Korving 1 3 DNS Igor Kováč 6 8 DNS

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 3 Anier García 0.207 13.53 2 7 Falk Balzer 0.206 13.59 3 4 Mark Crear 0.144 13.60 4 6 Evgeny Pechenkin 0.155 13.69 5 8 Emiliano Pizzoli 0.153 13.69 6 5 Jonathan Nsenga 0.152 13.73 7 1 Satoru Tanigawa 0.157 13.94 8 2 Damien Greaves 0.239 14.08 Wind: +0.3 m/s

Quarterfinal 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 4 Dudley Dorival 0.180 13.49 2 5 Shaun Bownes 0.203 13.54 3 3 Tomasz Ścigaczewski 0.210 13.60 4 8 Kyle Vander-Kuyp 0.163 13.62 5 9 Ralf Leberer 0.141 13.73 6 7 Levente Csillag 0.183 13.75 7 6 Andrea Giaconi 0.168 13.93 8 1 Jeff Jackson 0.248 14.17 9 2 Paul Sehzue 0.220 14.37 Wind: +0.5 m/s

Quarterfinal 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 3 Florian Schwarthoff 0.190 13.54 2 5 Allen Johnson 0.154 13.55 3 6 Robert Kronberg 0.205 13.56 4 8 Elmar Lichtenegger 0.196 13.73 5 4 Andrey Kislykh 0.154 14.03 6 1 Adrian Woodley 0.178 14.04 7 7 Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja 0.233 14.07 8 2 Steve Brown 0.202 14.12 Wind: -0.6 m/s

Quarterfinal 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 4 Colin Jackson 0.136 13.27 2 6 Terrence Trammell 0.154 13.29 3 3 Staņislavs Olijars 0.164 13.34 4 5 Yoel Hernández 0.176 13.40 5 1 Marcio Simao de Souza 0.154 13.71 6 2 Balázs Kovács 0.155 13.78 7 7 Peter Coghlan 0.182 13.86 8 8 Jean-Marc Grava 0.152 14.47 Wind: +0.3 m/s

Overall results for quarterfinals

RankAthlete NationHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Record 1 Colin Jackson 4 4 1 13.27 s Q 2 Terrence Trammell 4 6 2 13.29 s Q 3 Staņislavs Olijars 4 3 3 13.34 s Q 4 Yoel Hernández 4 5 4 13.40 s Q 5 Dudley Dorival 2 4 1 13.49 s Q 6 Anier García 1 3 1 13.53 s Q 7 Shaun Bownes 2 5 2 13.54 s Q Florian Schwarthoff 3 3 1 13.54 s Q 9 Allen Johnson 3 5 2 13.55 s Q 10 Robert Kronberg 3 6 3 13.56 s Q 11 Falk Balzer 1 7 2 13.59 s Q 12 Mark Crear 1 4 3 13.60 s Q Tomasz Ścigaczewski 2 3 3 13.60 s Q 14 Kyle Vander-Kuyp 2 8 4 13.62 s Q 15 Evgeny Pechenkin 1 6 4 13.63 s Q 16 Emiliano Pizzoli 1 8 5 13.69 s 17 Marcio Simao de Souza 4 1 5 13.71 s 18 Elmar Lichtenegger 3 8 4 13.73 s Q Ralf Leberer 2 9 5 13.73 s Jonathan Nsenga 1 5 6 13.73 s 21 Levente Csillag 2 7 6 13.75 s 22 Balázs Kovács 4 2 6 13.78 s 23 Peter Coghlan 4 7 7 13.86 s SB 24 Andrea Giaconi 2 6 7 13.93 s 25 Satoru Tanigawa 1 1 7 13.94 s 26 Andrey Kislykh 3 4 5 14.03 s 27 Adrian Woodley 3 1 6 14.04 s 28 Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja 3 7 7 14.07 s 29 Damien Greaves 1 2 8 14.08 s 30 Steve Brown 3 2 8 14.12 s 31 Jeff Jackson 2 1 8 14.17 s 32 Paul Sehzue 2 2 9 14.37 s 33 Jean-Marc Grava 4 8 8 14.47 s

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 5 Anier García 0.174 13.16 2 2 Mark Crear 0.193 13.23 3 3 Dudley Dorival 0.168 13.35 4 8 Robert Kronberg 0.154 13.39 5 4 Shaun Bownes 0.167 13.41 6 6 Falk Balzer 0.176 13.59 7 1 Evgeny Pechenkin 0.165 13.62 8 7 Kyle Vander-Kuyp 0.140 13.63 Wind: +0.4 m/s

Semifinal 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 1 4 Terrence Trammell 0.200 13.32 2 3 Allen Johnson 0.166 13.34 3 6 Colin Jackson 0.144 13.34 4 5 Florian Schwarthoff 0.125 13.39 5 7 Yoel Hernández 0.168 13.41 6 2 Staņislavs Olijars 0.166 13.50 7 8 Tomasz Ścigaczewski 0.159 13.51 8 1 Elmar Lichtenegger 0.193 13.59 Wind: +0.1 m/s

Overall results for semifinals

RankAthlete NationHeatLanePlaceTimeQual.Record 1 Anier García 1 5 1 13.16 s Q 2 Mark Crear 1 2 2 13.23 s Q 3 Terrence Trammell 2 4 1 13.32 s Q 4 Allen Johnson 2 3 2 13.33 s Q 5 Colin Jackson 2 6 3 13.34 s Q 6 Dudley Dorival 1 3 3 13.35 s Q 7 Robert Kronberg 1 8 4 13.39 s Q Florian Schwarthoff 2 5 4 13.39 s Q 9 Shaun Bownes 1 4 5 13.41 s SB Yoel Hernández 2 7 5 13.41 s 11 Staņislavs Olijars 2 2 6 13.50 s 12 Tomasz Ścigaczewski 2 8 7 13.51 s 13 Falk Balzer 1 6 6 13.59 s Elmar Lichtenegger 2 1 8 13.59 s 15 Evgeny Pechenkin 1 1 7 13.62 s 16 Kyle Vander-Kuyp 1 7 8 13.63 s

Final

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes 3 Anier García 0.172 13.00 4 Terrence Trammell 0.221 13.16 6 Mark Crear 0.214 13.22 4 5 Allen Johnson 0.182 13.23 5 1 Colin Jackson 0.139 13.28 6 7 Florian Schwarthoff 0.184 13.42 7 2 Dudley Dorival 0.161 13.49 8 8 Robert Kronberg 0.244 13.61 Wind: +0.6 m/s

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