2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles

The men's 60 metres hurdles at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 and 4 March 2018.[1][2]

Men's 60 metres hurdles
at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
VenueArena Birmingham
Dates3–4 March
Competitors38 from 33 nations
Winning time7.46
Medalists
gold medal    Great Britain
silver medal    United States
bronze medal    France
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Summary

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Andrew Pozzi led both qualifying rounds to prove he was a leading contender. Four the third championship in a row, France put two athletes into the final, one of them was returning silver medalist Pascal Martinot-Lagarde in his fourth straight final. Outdoor world record holder Aries Merritt also made the final, though expectations for him are not as lofty since his kidney transplant.

After setting his national record as the #2 qualifier in the semi-finals, Milan Trajkovic false started himself out of the finals. Pozzi was the first over the first hurdle, but only inches ahead of Jarret Eaton. Between hurdles, Eaton exploded to almost a foot (30 cm) advantage over the next hurdle, about the same advantage Pozzi held over Martinot-Lagarde. Both Pozzi and Martinot-Lagarde rattled the second hurdle, though Martinot-Lagarde lost more ground being knocked off balance. Eaton extended his lead, doubling it over the third hurdle, which he rattled. Martinot-Lagarde slammed the third hurdle and was out of contention, replaced by his teammate Aurel Manga and Merritt another two feet behind Pozzi. Going over the fourth hurdle, Merritt looked to have a slight advantage over Manga but by the final barrier Manga had the advantage. Eaton slammed the final hurdle, losing some of his momentum, Pozzi caught him before the finish. Manga clearly beat Merritt to the line for bronze.

Results

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Heats

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The heats were started on 3 March at 18:30.[3]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 8 Andrew Pozzi   Great Britain 7.53 Q, SB
2 2 6 Jarret Eaton   United States 7.56 Q
3 1 1 Milan Trajkovic   Cyprus 7.56 Q
4 2 8 Roger Iribarne   Cuba 7.59 Q, PB
5 4 4 Aries Merritt   United States 7.61 Q
6 1 6 Aurel Manga   France 7.62 Q
7 5 2 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde   France 7.62 Q
8 3 7 Ahmad Al-Molad   Saudi Arabia 7.63 Q
9 3 3 Ronald Levy   Jamaica 7.65 Q
10 2 2 Balázs Baji   Hungary 7.66 Q
11 4 3 Konstadinos Douvalidis   Greece 7.66 Q, SB
12 4 6 Erik Balnuweit   Germany 7.67 Q
13 3 1 Yidiel Contreras   Spain 7.68 Q, SB
14 5 5 Petr Svoboda   Czech Republic 7.68 Q
15 1 7 Koen Smet   Netherlands 7.69 Q
16 1 4 David King   Great Britain 7.69 Q
17 5 7 Johnathan Cabral   Canada 7.70 Q
18 4 7 Xie Wenjun   China 7.71 q, SB
19 2 7 Vitali Parokhonka   Belarus 7.71 Q
20 3 5 Gabriel Constantino   Brazil 7.72 Q
21 2 4 Damian Czykier   Poland 7.75 q
22 1 2 Nicholas Hough   Australia 7.76 q, SB
23 4 5 Abdulaziz Al Mandeel   Kuwait 7.77 q
24 5 3 Eddie Lovett   United States Virgin Islands 7.78 Q
25 5 6 Hassane Fofana   Italy 7.81
26 1 5 Vladimir Vukicevic   Norway 7.81
27 3 2 Paolo Dal Molin   Italy 7.81
28 2 3 Mikel Thomas   Trinidad and Tobago 7.84 SB
29 2 5 Ben Reynolds   Ireland 7.89
30 5 4 Jason Joseph   Switzerland 7.89
31 3 8 Siddhanth Thingalaya   India 7.93
32 5 1 Genta Masuno   Japan 7.97 PB
33 3 4 Rio Maholtra   Indonesia 7.98 NR
34 3 6 Javier McFarlane   Peru 8.00 PB
35 4 2 Cheung Wang Fung   Hong Kong 8.06
36 1 3 Dawid Żebrowski   Poland 8.32
37 5 8 Namataiki Tevenino   French Polynesia 8.98 SB
1 8 Mohammed Sad Al-Khfaji   Iraq DNS

Semifinal

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The semifinals were started on 4 March at 15:05.[4]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 4 Andrew Pozzi   Great Britain 7.46 Q, SB
2 3 5 Milan Trajkovic   Cyprus 7.51 Q, NR
3 3 4 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde   France 7.52 Q, SB
4 1 3 Aurel Manga   France 7.55 Q
5 2 3 Roger Iribarne   Cuba 7.58 Q, PB
6 1 4 Jarret Eaton   United States 7.58 Q
7 2 6 Aries Merritt   United States 7.60 q
8 2 1 Gabriel Constantino   Brazil 7.61 q
9 3 6 Ronald Levy   Jamaica 7.62
10 1 5 Balázs Baji   Hungary 7.64
11 3 3 Petr Svoboda   Czech Republic 7.64
12 1 6 Ahmad Al-Molad   Saudi Arabia 7.66
13 2 8 Yidiel Contreras   Spain 7.68 SB
14 2 5 Konstadinos Douvalidis   Greece 7.68
15 2 2 Abdulaziz Al Mandeel   Kuwait 7.69 SB
16 1 8 Koen Smet   Netherlands 7.69
17 3 8 Erik Balnuweit   Germany 7.70
18 1 7 David King   Great Britain 7.70
19 3 7 Johnathan Cabral   Canada 7.71
20 3 2 Xie Wenjun   China 7.76
21 3 1 Damian Czykier   Poland 7.78
22 1 2 Nicholas Hough   Australia 7.79
23 1 1 Eddie Lovett   United States Virgin Islands 7.90
24 2 7 Vitali Parokhonka   Belarus 8.00

Final

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The final

The final was started on March 4 at 17:00.[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Andrew Pozzi   Great Britain 7.46 SB
  7 Jarret Eaton   United States 7.47
  5 Aurel Manga   France 7.54
4 1 Aries Merritt   United States 7.56
5 3 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde   France 7.68
6 2 Gabriel Constantino   Brazil 7.71
7 8 Roger Iribarne   Cuba 7.78
6 Milan Trajkovic   Cyprus DQ 162.8[6]

References

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  1. ^ "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ Heats results
  4. ^ Semifinals results
  5. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  6. ^ False start