The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 30 September to 2 October.

Summary Five athletes returned from the 2017 final, the defending champion and Olympic champion Omar McLeod, silver medalist Sergey Shubenkov, Olympic silver medalist Orlando Ortega, Devon Allen and Shane Brathwaite, added as a 9th finalist after he was interfered with in the semi-finals when Ronald Levy drifted out of his lane.

In the final, McLeod and American collegian Grant Holloway got out even, but by the second hurdle, Holloway was edging ahead with Ortega the next behind. Holloway was gaining a little on every hurdle, and by the fourth, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde was even with Ortega. As Holloway's lead extended, McLeod pressed. McLeod rattled the eighth hurdle. Ortega again was slightly ahead of Martinot-Lagarde, but Shubenkov was also there moving fast on the outside. McLeod hit the 9th with his foot flat, losing his balance while running at full speed. He popped up trying to get over the final barrier, bumping Ortega to his right as he failed, crashing to the track. Holloway won by a metre with Shubenkov beating Martinot-Lagarde to the line. After the bump, Ortega managed to stay upright, crossing the line in fifth, his arms outstretched as if asking what could be done after he was interfered with.

Holloway continued celebrating all the way through the first turn and half way down the backstretch before dramatically flopping to the track on his back. McLeod was disqualified for interference. After the race, Spain filed a protest and Ortega was awarded a second bronze medal.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

World record12.80Brussels, Belgium7 September 2012Championship record12.91Stuttgart, Germany20 August 1993World Leading12.98Austin, United States7 June 2019African Record13.11Prague, Czech Republic5 June 2017Asian Record12.88Lausanne, Switzerland11 July 2006North, Central American and Caribbean record12.80Brussels, Belgium7 September 2012South American Record13.18Székesfehérvár, Hungary9 July 2019European Record12.91Stuttgart, Germany20 August 1993Oceanian record13.29Gothenburg, Sweden11 August 1995 The following records were set at the competition:

Record Athlete Date Swiss13.39Jason Joseph30 Sep 2019

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 13.46.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows: Date Time Round30 September 20:05 Heats2 October 20:05 Semi-finals2 October 23:00 Final

Results

Heats The first four in each heat (Q) and the next four fastest (q) qualified for the semi-finals.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 5 9 Orlando Ortega 13.15 Q 2 1 9 Omar McLeod 13.17 Q 3 4 8 Grant Holloway 13.22 Q 4 2 6 Sergey Shubenkov 13.27 Q 5 4 7 Shunya Takayama 13.32 Q 6 1 3 Milan Trajkovic 13.37 Q, 7 2 8 Xie Wenjun 13.38 Q 8 2 5 Jason Joseph 13.39 Q, 9 1 6 Antonio Alkana 13.41 Q 10 4 4 Konstadinos Douvalidis 13.43 Q, 11 4 6 Yaqoub Al-Youha 13.43 Q 12 3 5 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde 13.45 Q 13 1 7 Devon Allen 13.46 Q 14 5 7 Ronald Levy 13.48 Q 15 1 2 Hassane Fofana 13.49 q 16 4 5 Orlando Bennett 13.50 q 17 2 3 Shane Brathwaite 13.51 Q 18 3 9 Andrew Pozzi 13.53 Q 19 4 2 Dimitri Bascou 13.53 q 20 5 6 Chen Kuei-ru 13.57 Q 21 1 5 Nicholas Hough 13.60 q 22 2 4 Valdó Szűcs 13.60 23 1 8 Vitali Parakhonka 13.65 24 5 8 Wilhem Belocian 13.67 Q 25 3 2 Andrew Riley 13.67 Q 26 5 4 Zeng Jianhang 13.68 27 5 5 Lorenzo Perini 13.70 28 2 9 Elmo Lakka 13.73 29 2 7 Taio Kanai 13.74 30 5 2 Louis François Mendy 13.75 31 3 8 Yohan Chaverra 13.76 Q 32 2 2 Eduardo Rodrigues 13.92 33 3 3 Ruan de Vries 14.07 34 5 3 Roger Iribarne 14.37 35 4 9 Anousone Xaysa 14.54 36 4 1 Fadane Hamadi 14.79 3 7 Jeffrey Julmis 3 4 Daniel Roberts 1 4 Gabriel Constantino 4 3 Damian Czykier 3 6 Shunsuke Izumiya

Semi-finals The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 5 Omar McLeod 13.08 Q 2 1 5 Grant Holloway 13.10 Q 3 2 6 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde 13.12 Q, 4 3 4 Orlando Ortega 13.16 Q 5 1 6 Sergey Shubenkov 13.18 Q 6 2 7 Xie Wenjun 13.22 q 7 3 7 Milan Trajkovic 13.29 Q, 8 2 9 Devon Allen 13.36 q 9 3 5 Antonio Alkana 13.47 10 1 2 Dimitri Bascou 13.48 11 2 8 Chen Kuei-ru 13.52 12 2 2 Hassane Fofana 13.52 13 2 4 Jason Joseph 13.53 14 3 9 Konstadinos Douvalidis 13.54 15 1 9 Yaqoub Al-Youha 13.57 16 3 8 Andrew Riley 13.57 17 3 6 Shunya Takayama 13.58 18 1 4 Andrew Pozzi 13.60 19 1 3 Orlando Bennett 13.60 19 3 3 Wilhem Belocian 13.60 21 3 2 Nicholas Hough 13.61 22 2 3 Yohan Chaverra 13.76 23 1 8 Shane Brathwaite 14.29 qJ 1 7 Ronald Levy

Final The final was started on 2 October at 23:00.

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Grant Holloway 13.10 9 Sergey Shubenkov 13.15 7 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde 13.18 5 Orlando Ortega 13.30 Awarded after an appeal 5 2 Xie Wenjun 13.29 6 1 Shane Brathwaite 13.61 7 3 Devon Allen 13.70 8 8 Milan Trajkovic 13.87 4 Omar McLeod

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