The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in four rounds at the Stade de France in Paris, France, between 4 and 8 August 2024. This was the thirtieth time that the men's 110 metres hurdles was contested at the Summer Olympics.
Summary Grant Holloway had one item on his resume' to settle. He was not the returning Olympic Champion. That title went to Hansle Parchment, with Holloway silver. Since 2019, Holloway had won three straight World Championships, two straight Indoor Championships, set the Indoor World Record and ran the second fastest time in history, only .01 off of Aries Merritt's world record. The Olympic bronze medalist Ronald Levy and 2022 silver medalist Trey Cunningham did not return. The 2022 bronze medalist was Asier Martínez. The 2023 silver medalist was Parchment with Daniel Roberts bronze in 2023. Making the US team is frequently harder than the Olympics, demonstrated by the top four times of the year being the top four in the US Trials. Freddie Crittenden made it but 4th place Cordell Tinch, 5th place Ja'qualon Scott, heat winner Jamal Britt and Walmart employee Dylan Beard, all 13.10 or better were left at home. Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli, Rachid Muratake, Enrique Llopis, Rasheed Broadbell and Shunsuke Izumiya were the only other athletes worldwide to run 13.10 or better.https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/hurdles/110-metres-hurdles/all/men/senior/2024?regionType=world&timing=electronic&windReading=regular&page=1&bestResultsOnly=false&maxResultsByCountry=all&eventId=10229611&ageCategory=senior
In the final Roberts got a fantastic start to get over there first hurdle ahead. Holloway's acceleration put him ahead by the second. Roberts hit the fourth hurdle but maintained his advantage over Rachid Muratake leading a wall of hurdlers across the track. With the fastest 5 hurdles in the world in his pocket, Holloway was well ahead. While he slowed the last two hurdles, he was so far ahead he was unchallenged for gold. Going into hurdle 8, Rasheed Broadbell was surging, Roberts was ahead but losing ground. Dragging the last hurdle Roberts pushed for the finish line to try to hold off Broadbell, leaning early for the line, Roberts leaned again, diving across the finish line before crashing to the track. The fully automatic timing photo finish revealed Roberts had beaten Broadbell by .003.
Background The men's 110 metres hurdles has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first edition in 1896. +Global records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsRecordAthlete (Nation)Time (s)LocationDateWorld record12.80"All time Top lists – Senior – 110 Metres Hurdles men", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Brussels, Belgium7 September 2012Olympic record12.91Athens, Greece27 August 2004World leading12.86"Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – 110 Metres Hurdles men", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Eugene, United States28 June 2024 +Area records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsArea RecordAthlete (Nation)Time (s)Africa 13.11Asia 12.88Europe 12.91North, Central America and Caribbean 12.80 Oceania 13.29South America 13.17
Qualification
For the men's 110 metres hurdles event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024.Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024. 40 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by running the entry standard of 13.27 seconds or faster or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.
Results
Heats The heats were held on 4 August, starting at 11:50 (UTC+2) in the morning."Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
Heat 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 8Rachid Muratake13.22 2 9Enrique Llopis13.28 3 4Eduardo Rodrigues13.37 4 6Manuel Mordi13.48 5 7Raphaël Mohamed13.61 63John Cabang13.66 75Jakub Szymański13.75 82Martín Sáenz13.83 Wind: +0.1 m/s
Heat 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 9Louis Francois Mendy13.31, 2 7Orlando Bennett13.35 3 6Michael Obasuyi13.41 4 5Asier Martínez13.47 5 8Amine Bouanani13.58 62Enzo Diessl13.63 74David Yefremov13.88 83Freddie Crittenden18.27 Wind: 0.0 m/s
Heat 3 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7Xu Zhuoyi13.40 2 6Antoine Andrews13.43 (.421) 3 3Daniel Roberts13.43 (.423) 4 2Milan Trajkovic13.43 (.425) 5 8Hansle Parchment13.43 (.430) 64Rafael Pereira13.47 75Craig Thorne13.60 89Krzysztof Kiljan13.67 Wind: +1.1 m/s
Heat 4 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 6Jason Joseph13.26 2 7Lorenzo Simonelli13.27 (.263) 3 9Shunsuke Izumiya13.27 (.270) 4 5Tade Ojora13.35, 5 8Wilhelm Belocian13.48 62Liu Junxi13.54 73Ellie Bacari13.66 84Damian Czykier13.99 Wind: +0.3 m/s
Heat 5 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 6Grant Holloway13.01 2 8Rasheed Broadbell13.42 3 9Sasha Zhoya13.43 4 5Shunya Takayama13.46 5 2Tayleb Willis13.63 63Qin Weibo13.64 74Elmo Lakka13.847Yaqoub Alyouha Wind: +0.7 m/s
Repechage round The repechage round was held on 6 August, starting at 10:50 (UTC+2) in the morning.
Heat 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes12Freddie Crittenden13.4225Asier Martínez13.4638Liu Junxi13.5247Enzo Diessl13.5654Craig Thorne13.6266Krzysztof Kiljan13.7373Elmo Lakka13.75 Wind: +0.2 m/s
Heat 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes13Rafael Pereira13.54 (.536)27Raphaël Mohamed13.54 (.538)36Amine Bouanani13.54 (.539)45Manuel Mordi13.5554Damian Czykier13.712David Yefremov8John Cabang Wind: -0.5 m/s
Heat 3 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes13Qin Weibo13.4422Wilhelm Belocian13.45 (.445), 37Shunya Takayama13.45 (.450)45Jakub Szymański13.6356Tayleb Willis13.6768Martín Sáenz13.9574Elie Bacari14.13 Wind: -1.1 m/s
Semi-finals The semi-finals were held on 7 August, starting at 19:05 (UTC+2) in the evening.
Semifinal 1 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes16Grant Holloway12.9825Enrique Llopis13.1733Hansle Parchment13.19, = 44Rachid Muratake13.2658Michael Obasuyi13.3662Qin Weibo13.41 (.408)79Raphaël Mohamed13.41 (.410)87Antoine Andrews13.43 Wind: +0.1 m/s
Semifinal 2 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes16Rasheed Broadbell13.2122Freddie Crittenden13.2334Louis François Mendy13.34 (.334)48Sasha Zhoya13.34 (.334)57Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli13.4065Jason Joseph13.4473Tade Ojora13.4789Rafael Pereira13.87 Wind: -0.1 m/s
Semifinal 3 Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes17Orlando Bennett13.09, 28Daniel Roberts13.1035Shunsuke Izumiya13.32 (.316)33Milan Trajkovic13.32 (.316)52Asier Martínez13.35 66Eduardo de Deus13.4374Xu Zhuoyi13.4889Wilhem Belocian13.52 Wind: +0.6 m/s
Final The final was held on 8 August, starting at 21:45 (UTC+2) in the evening. Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes6Grant Holloway 12.994Daniel Roberts13.09 (.085)5Rasheed Broadbell13.09 (.088)43Enrique Llopis13.2059Rachid Muratake13.2168Freddie Crittenden13.3277Orlando Bennett13.3482Hansle Parchment13.39 Wind: -0.1 m/s
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