Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
Rank Lane Athlete Nationality Time Notes React
1 6 David Oliver United States 13.31 Q 0.169
2 5 Artur Noga Poland 13.34 Q , PB 0.181
3 9 Jackson Quiñónez Spain 13.40 Q , =SB 0.173
4 7 Maurice Wignall Jamaica 13.40 Q 0.141
5 8 Shi Dongpeng China 13.42 0.141
6 3 Marcel van der Westen Netherlands 13.45 0.124
7 4 Ryan Brathwaite Barbados 13.59 0.147
8 2 Samuel Coco-Viloin France 13.65 0.187
Results -- Semifinals
20 August 2008 - 21:39 Wind : -0.4 m/s
The Men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 18-21 August at the Beijing National Stadium. Dayron Robles was the clear favorite, having set the world record just two months earlier. He didn't disappoint leading the semi-final round by almost a tenth of a second, a huge margin on this level. In the final, Robles was out first, clearly ahead by the first hurdle. From there all he did was run smoothly and pull away to a clear, dominating victory. The race for second place was almost as dominant, the two Americans, David Payne and David Oliver were clearly separating from the others, Payne slightly ahead of Oliver, with only Ladji Doucouré within a stride of Oliver. Doucouré looked to be faster, mainly because of less refined form, but on the final dash to the finish line was clearly gaining on Oliver, who himself was gaining on Payne to make the finish much closer. Robles more than doubled his margin from the semi-final round, almost a quarter of a second ahead of Payne.