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2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

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2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
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The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 26, 27 and 28 August.[1]

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The returning champion was David Oliver, while world leader in 2015 Orlando Ortega is ineligible after switching his nationality to Spain (after defecting to the USA at the 2013 Championships). World record holder Aries Merritt was here, just days before a scheduled kidney transplant.[2][3]

The heats will be remembered for the false start disqualification of Ronnie Ash. Similar to Jon Drummond's incident in 2003, Ash refused to accept the disqualification and took several minutes before being convinced to leave the track.[4]

In the finals, Oliver was the first to the first hurdle, and he hit it badly. Dimitri Bascou was the next to show a microscopic lead which only lasted until he clobbered the third hurdle, giving world #2 Omar McLeod three steps in the lead until he flipped the fourth hurdle. Merritt and Sergey Shubenkov were the next leaders. Merritt seemed to be running too close to the hurdles and had to slow to compensate giving Shubenkov a slight edge. Hansle Parchment built up speed and even though he hit the tenth hurdle, had more speed to the finish.[5] His late rush passed Merritt to earn silver and make for a challenge to Shubenkov for the gold. Shubenkov's 12.98 was a new Russian National Record.[6]

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Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[7]

World record  Aries Merritt (USA) 12.80 Brussels, Belgium 7 September 2012
Championship record  Colin Jackson (GBR) 12.91 Stuttgart, Germany 20 August 1993
World Leading  Orlando Ortega (CUB) 12.94 Saint-Denis, France 4 July 2015
African Record  Lehann Fourie (RSA) 13.24 Brussels, Belgium 7 September 2012
Asian Record  Liu Xiang (CHN) 12.88 Lausanne, Switzerland 11 July 2006
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Aries Merritt (USA) 12.80 Brussels, Belgium 7 September 2012
South American Record  Paulo Villar (COL) 13.27A Guadalajara, Mexico 28 October 2011
European Record  Colin Jackson (GBR) 12.91 Stuttgart, Germany 20 August 1993
Oceanian record  Kyle Vander Kuyp (AUS) 13.29 Gothenburg, Sweden 11 August 1995
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Schedule

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All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

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KEY: qFastest non-qualifiers QQualified NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the Semifinals. Heats were held on 26 August.[9]

Wind:
Heat 1: -1.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: -1.0 m/s, Heat 4: -0.7 m/s, Heat 5: -1.2 m/s

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Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.[10]

Wind:
Heat 1: 0.0 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s, Heat 3: -0.1 m/s

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Final

The final was held at 21:20.[11]

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