Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 43 competitors from 31 nations, with six qualifying heats (43 runners), four second-round races (32) and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took place on Monday September 26, 1988.[1] 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 second man to successfully defend Olympic gold in the event (Lee Calhoun, 1956 and 1960). It was the nation's 17th title in the event. Colin Jackson's silver was Great Britain's first medal in the event since 1936.

Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date25 & 26 September
Competitors41 from 31 nations
Winning time12.98 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Roger Kingdom
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Colin Jackson
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tonie Campbell
 United States
← 1984
1992 →

Background

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This was the 21st appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Four finalists from 1984 returned: gold medalist Roger Kingdom of the United States, fourth-place finisher Mark McKoy of Canada, sixth-place finisher Stéphane Caristan of France, and seventh-place finisher Carlos Sala of Spain. Kingdom was a favorite to repeat, having recovered from two hamstring injuries that had plagued him between Games. His biggest competitor was countryman Greg Foster, who had won the 1987 World Championship, but Foster was forced to withdraw after he broke his arm in a race fall before the U.S. Olympic trials. The next two placers at worlds were the Brits Colin Jackson and Jon Ridgeon, who were expected to challenge Kingdom.[2]

Benin, Fiji, Guyana, South Korea, Mauritius, Nepal, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its 20th appearance, most of any nation (having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games).

Competition format

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The competition expanded to a four-round format (previously used once in 1960), 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 first round consisted of six heats, with 7 or 8 hurdlers each. The top five hurdlers in each heat, along with the two next fastest overall, advanced to the semifinals. The 32 quarterfinalists were divided into four heats of 8 hurdlers each, with the top four in each heat advancing. The 16 semifinalists were divided into two semifinals of 8 hurdlers each; again, the top four hurdlers in each advanced to the 8-man final.[2][3]

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics.

World record   Renaldo Nehemiah (USA) 12.93 Zürich, Switzerland 19 August 1981
Olympic record   Roger Kingdom (USA) 13.20 Los Angeles, United States 6 August 1984

Kingdom broke his own Olympic record in the quarterfinals, with 13.17 seconds, then again in the final with 12.98 seconds.

Schedule

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All times are Korea Standard Time adjusted for daylight savings (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 25 September 1988 11:25
13:14
Round 1
Quarterfinals
Monday, 26 September 1988 13:07
15:38
Semifinals
Final

Results

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Round 1

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Heat 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Colin Jackson   Great Britain 13.50 Q
2 7 Stéphane Caristan   France 13.96 Q
3 4 Andrew Parker   Jamaica 14.00 Q
4 8 Florian Schwarthoff   West Germany 14.13 Q
5 1 Noureddine Tadjine   Algeria 14.36 Q
6 2 Rashid Marzouq Al-Abdulla   Qatar 14.69 q
7 5 José de Souza   Benin 15.05
6 Lyndon Campos   Brazil DNS
Wind: +0.0 m/s

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Tonie Campbell   United States 13.45 Q
2 5 Yu Zhicheng   China 14.07 Q
3 2 Aleksandr Markin   Soviet Union 14.17 Q
4 4 Thomas Kearns   Ireland 14.17 Q
5 7 Modesto Castillo   Dominican Republic 14.40 Q
6 6 Judex Lefou   Mauritius 14.73
1 Stephen Kerho   Canada DNF
Wind: -0.2 m/s

Heat 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 1 Roger Kingdom   United States 13.40 Q
2 2 Tony Jarrett   Great Britain 13.45 Q
3 3 Yang Guang   China 14.01 Q
4 7 Derrick Knowles   Bahamas 14.22 Q
5 6 Zeyad Abdulrazak   Kuwait 14.44 Q
6 5 Youssef Al-Dosari   Saudi Arabia 15.03
4 Benjamin Grant   Sierra Leone DNS
Wind: +0.8 m/s

Heat 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Mark McKoy   Canada 13.78 Q
2 5 Jiří Hudec   Czechoslovakia 13.78 Q
3 3 Philippe Tourret   France 13.88 Q
4 7 Alain Cuypers   Belgium 13.89 Q
5 6 Javier Moracho   Spain 13.96 Q
6 2 Wu Chin-Jing   Chinese Taipei 14.11 q
7 1 Dambar Kunwar   Nepal 16.51
Wind: +0.3 m/s

Heat 5

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Vladimir Shishkin   Soviet Union 13.75 Q
2 6 Mikael Ylöstalo   Finland 13.87 Q
3 2 Erik Jensen   Denmark 13.91 Q
4 4 Carlos Sala   Spain 14.00 Q
5 1 Kim Jin-tae   South Korea 14.06 Q
6 7 João Lima   Portugal 14.73
7 5 Albert Miller   Fiji 14.86
Wind: +1.0 m/s

Heat 6

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Arthur Blake   United States 13.66 Q
2 2 Jonathan Ridgeon   Great Britain 13.75 Q
3 5 Richard Bucknor   Jamaica 13.89 Q
4 4 György Bakos   Hungary 13.94 Q
5 7 Nagi Ghazi Moursine   Iraq 14.46 Q
6 1 Curt Hampstead   Guyana 14.88
7 6 Roberto Carmona   Mexico 15.24
Wind: +0.9 m/s

Overall results for round 1

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Rank Heat Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Roger Kingdom   United States 13.40 Q
2 2 Tonie Campbell   United States 13.45 Q
3 Tony Jarrett   Great Britain 13.45 Q
4 1 Colin Jackson   Great Britain 13.50 Q
5 6 Arthur Blake   United States 13.66 Q
6 5 Vladimir Shishkin   Soviet Union 13.75 Q
6 Jonathan Ridgeon   Great Britain 13.75 Q
8 4 Mark McKoy   Canada 13.78 Q
4 Jiří Hudec   Czechoslovakia 13.78 Q
10 5 Mikael Ylöstalo   Finland 13.87 Q
11 4 Philippe Tourret   France 13.88 Q
12 4 Alain Cuypers   Belgium 13.89 Q
6 Richard Bucknor   Jamaica 13.89 Q
14 5 Erik Jensen   Denmark 13.91 Q
15 6 György Bakos   Hungary 13.94 Q
16 1 Stéphane Caristan   France 13.96 Q
4 Javier Moracho   Spain 13.96 Q
18 1 Andrew Parker   Jamaica 14.00 Q
5 Carlos Sala   Spain 14.00 Q
20 3 Yang Guang   China 14.01 Q
21 5 Kim Jin-tae   South Korea 14.06 Q
22 2 Yu Zhicheng   China 14.07 Q
23 4 Wu Chin-Jing   Chinese Taipei 14.11 q
24 1 Florian Schwarthoff   West Germany 14.13 Q
25 2 Aleksandr Markin   Soviet Union 14.17 Q
26 2 Thomas Kearns   Ireland 14.17 Q
27 3 Derrick Knowles   Bahamas 14.22 Q
28 1 Noureddine Tadjine   Algeria 14.36 Q
29 2 Modesto Castillo   Dominican Republic 14.40 Q
30 3 Zeyad Abdulrazak   Kuwait 14.44 Q
31 6 Nagi Ghazi Moursine   Iraq 14.46 Q
32 1 Rashid Marzouq Al-Abdulla   Qatar 14.69 q
33 2 Judex Lefou   Mauritius 14.73
5 João Lima   Portugal 14.73
35 5 Albert Miller   Fiji 14.86
36 6 Curt Hampstead   Guyana 14.88
37 3 Youssef Al-Dosari   Saudi Arabia 15.03
38 1 José de Souza   Benin 15.05
39 6 Roberto Carmona   Mexico 15.24
40 4 Dambar Kunwar   Nepal 16.51
2 Stephen Kerho   Canada DNF
1 Lyndon Campos   Brazil DNS
3 Benjamin Grant   Sierra Leone DNS

Quarterfinals

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The quarterfinals were held on Sunday 1988-09-25.

Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Roger Kingdom   United States 13.17 Q, OR
2 3 Mark McKoy   Canada 13.56 Q
3 5 Stephane Caristan   France 13.61 Q
4 6 Jiří Hudec   Czechoslovakia 13.65 Q
5 2 Florian Schwarthoff   West Germany 13.67
6 1 Javier Moracho   Spain 13.88
7 7 Thomas Kearns   Ireland 14.30
8 8 Rashid Marzouq Al-Abdulla   Qatar 14.47
Wind: +0.6 m/s

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Tonie Campbell   United States 13.47 Q
2 6 Philippe Tourret   France 13.73 Q
3 5 Jonathan Ridgeon   Great Britain 13.74 Q
4 2 Yu Zhicheng   China 13.95 Q
5 4 Erik Jensen   Denmark 14.02
6 1 Andrew Parker   Jamaica 14.05
7 8 Aleksandr Markin   Soviet Union 14.19
8 7 Zeyad Al-Khudhur   Kuwait 14.56
Wind: +1.0 m/s

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Tony Jarrett   Great Britain 13.59 Q
2 3 Vladimir Shishkin   Soviet Union 13.60 Q
3 6 Mikael Ylöstalo   Finland 13.70 Q
4 1 Carlos Sala   Spain 13.77 Q
5 2 Chin-Jing Wu   Chinese Taipei 14.23
6 8 George Knowles   Bahamas 14.30
7 7 Najil Mohsin   Iraq 14.47
8 4 György Bakos   Hungary 18.02
Wind: +0.2 m/s

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Colin Jackson   Great Britain 13.37 Q
2 6 Arthur Blake   United States 13.65 Q
3 3 Richard Bucknor   Jamaica 13.91 Q
4 5 Alain Cuypers   Belgium 13.97 Q
5 2 Jin-Tae Kim   South Korea 14.00
6 1 Modesto Castillo   Dominican Republic 14.21
7 7 Yang Guang   China 14.24
8 8 Nourreddine Tadjine   Algeria 14.35
Wind: +0.6 m/s

Semifinals

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The semifinals were held on Monday 1988-09-26.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 5 Vladimir Shishkin   Soviet Union 13.46 Q
2 6 Tonie Campbell   United States 13.47 Q
3 4 Colin Jackson   Great Britain 13.55 Q
4 1 Jonathan Ridgeon   Great Britain 13.68 Q
5 3 Stéphane Caristan   France 13.71
6 7 Carlos Sala   Spain 13.85
7 8 Alain Cuypers   Belgium 13.92
8 2 Richard Bucknor   Jamaica 13.98
Wind: +0.0 m/s

Semifinal 2

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Roger Kingdom   United States 13.37 Q
2 4 Arthur Blake   United States 13.52 Q
3 5 Mark McKoy   Canada 13.54 Q
4 6 Tony Jarrett   Great Britain 13.56 Q
5 1 Jiří Hudec   Czechoslovakia 13.73
6 7 Yu Zhicheng   China 13.94
7 8 Philippe Tourret   France 13.96
8 2 Mikael Ylöstalo   Finland 14.09
Wind: -0.7 m/s

Final

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Rank Lane Athlete Nation Reaction Time Notes
  4 Roger Kingdom   United States 0.142 12.98 OR
  1 Colin Jackson   Great Britain 0.131 13.28
  6 Tonie Campbell   United States 0.161 13.38
4 3 Vladimir Shishkin   Soviet Union 0.139 13.51
5 7 Jonathan Ridgeon   Great Britain 0.150 13.52
6 2 Tony Jarrett   Great Britain 0.164 13.54
7 8 Mark McKoy   Canada 0.142 13.61
8 5 Arthur Blake   United States 0.056 13.96
Wind: +1.5 m/s

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's 110 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "110 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, pp. 232–33.
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