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

Athletics at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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The Men's 110 metres Hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 43 competitors, 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.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Roger Kingdom
United States (USA)
 Colin Jackson
Great Britain (GBR)
 Tonie Campbell
United States (USA)

Records

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

World Record 12.93 Renaldo Nehemiah Zürich (SUI) August 19, 1981
Olympic Record 13.20 Roger Kingdom Los Angeles (USA) August 6, 1984

The following Olympic records were set during this competition.

Date Event Athlete Time OR WR
September 25, 1988 Quarterfinal  Roger Kingdom (USA) 13.17s OR
September 28, 1988 Final  Roger Kingdom (USA) 12.98s OR

Final

RANK FINAL TIME
 Roger Kingdom (USA) 12.98(OR)
 Colin Jackson (GBR) 13.28
 Tonie Campbell (USA) 13.38
4.  Vladimir Shishkin (URS) 13.51
5.  Jonathan Ridgeon (GBR) 13.52
6.  Tony Jarrett (GBR) 13.54
7.  Mark McKoy (CAN) 13.61
8.  Arthur Blake (USA) 13.96

Semi finals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Vladimir Shishkin (URS) 13.46
2.  Tonie Campbell (USA) 13.47
3.  Colin Jackson (GBR) 13.55
4.  Jonathan Ridgeon (GBR) 13.68
5.  Stéphane Caristan (FRA) 13.71
6.  Carlos Sala (ESP) 13.85
7.  Alain Cuypers (BEL) 13.92
8.  Richard Bucknor (JAM) 13.98
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Roger Kingdom (USA) 13.37
2.  Arthur Blake (USA) 13.52
3.  Mark McKoy (CAN) 13.54
4.  Tony Jarrett (GBR) 13.56
5.  Jiří Hudec (TCH) 13.73
6.  Yu Zhicheng (CHN) 13.94
7.  Philippe Tourret (FRA) 13.96
8.  Mikael Ylöstalo (FIN) 14.09

Quarter finals

RANK HEAT 1 TIME
1.  Roger Kingdom (USA) 13.17(OR)
2.  Mark McKoy (CAN) 13.56
3.  Stephane Caristan (FRA) 13.61
4.  Jiří Hudec (TCH) 13.65
5.  Florian Schwarthoff (FRG) 13.67
6.  Javier Moracho (ESP) 13.88
7.  Thomas Kearns (IRL) 14.30
8.  Rashid Marzouq Al-Abdulla (QAT) 14.47
RANK HEAT 2 TIME
1.  Tonie Campbell (USA) 13.47
2.  Philippe Tourret (FRA) 13.73
3.  Jonathan Ridgeon (GBR) 13.74
4.  Yu Zhicheng (CHN) 13.95
5.  Erik Jensen (DEN) 14.02
6.  Andrew Parker (JAM) 14.05
7.  Aleksandr Markin (URS) 14.19
8.  Zeyad Alkhudhur (KUW) 14.56
RANK HEAT 3 TIME
1.  Tony Jarrett (GBR) 13.59
2.  Vladimir Shishkin (URS) 13.60
3.  Mikael Ylöstalo (FIN) 13.70
4.  Carlos Sala (ESP) 13.77
5.  Chin-Jing Wu (TPE) 14.23
6.  George Knowles (BAH) 14.30
7.  Najil Mohsin (IRQ) 14.47
8.  György Bakos (HUN) 18.02
RANK HEAT 4 TIME
1.  Colin Jackson (GBR) 13.37
2.  Arthur Blake (USA) 13.65
3.  Richard Bucknor (JAM) 13.91
4.  Alain Cuypers (BEL) 13.97
5.  Jin-Tae Kim (KOR) 14.00
6.  Modesto Castillo (DOM) 14.21
7.  Yang Guang (CHN) 14.24
8.  Nourreddine Tadjine (ALG) 14.35

See also

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