Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

This was the 22nd appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Five finalists from 1988 returned: silver medalist Colin Jackson of Great Britain, fourth-place finisher Vladimir Shishkin of the Soviet Union, sixth-place finisher Tony Jarrett of Great Britain, seventh-place finisher Mark McKoy of Canada, and eighth-place finisher Arthur Blake of the United States. For the third straight Games, Greg Foster of the United States was the reigning world champion; for the second straight Games, he did not make the American Olympic team. McKoy, the 1982 and 1986 Commonwealth champion, was the favorite, though both the United States and Great Britain teams were strong and deep.^[2]

Bahrain, Latvia, the Netherlands Antilles, and Sierra Leone each made their first appearance in the event; some former Soviet republics appeared for the only time as the Unified Team. The United States made its 21st appearance, most of any nation (having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games).

The competition used the four-round format previously used in 1960 and 1988, still using the eight-man semifinals and finals used since 1964. The "fastest loser" system, also introduced in 1964, was used in the first two rounds.

The first round consisted of five heats, with 7 or 8 hurdlers each. The top four hurdlers in each heat, along with the four next fastest overall, advanced to the quarterfinals. Because of a tie, there were actually five "fastest losers" advanced. The 25 quarterfinalists were divided into three heats of 8 hurdlers each (with one having an extra), with the top four in each heat as well as the next four overall 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]

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World record	Roger Kingdom (USA)	12.92	Zürich, Switzerland	16 August 1989
Olympic record	Roger Kingdom (USA)	12.98	Seoul, South Korea	28 September 1988

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	3	Colin Jackson	Great Britain	13.10	Q
2	5	Emilio Valle	Cuba	13.47	Q
3	1	Vladimir Shishkin	Unified Team	13.58	Q
4	8	Laurent Ottoz	Italy	13.71	Q
5	7	Dan Philibert	France	13.72	q
6	2	Richard Bucknor	Jamaica	13.91	q
7	4	Nurherman Majid	Malaysia	14.34
8	6	Albert Miller	Fiji	14.88
				Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Tony Dees	United States	13.38	Q
2	6	Sergey Usov	Unified Team	13.71	Q
3	4	Gheorghe Boroi	Romania	13.82	Q
4	1	Antti Haapakoski	Finland	13.84	Q
5	2	Philippe Tourret	France	13.91	q
6	3	Anthony Knight	Jamaica	14.12
7	7	Judex Lefou	Mauritius	14.45
				Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Jack Pierce	United States	13.47	Q
2	7	Hugh Teape	Great Britain	13.68	Q
3	5	Li Tong	China	13.69	Q
4	4	Igors Kazanovs	Latvia	13.88	Q
5	3	Arto Bryggare	Finland	13.92
6	1	Mircea Oaidă	Romania	14.04
7	2	Joilto Santos Bonfim	Brazil	14.06
8	8	Khaled Abdullah Hassan	Bahrain	15.41
				Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Mark McKoy	Canada	13.26	Q
2	7	Herwig Röttl	Austria	13.41	Q
3	6	Arthur Blake	United States	13.34	Q
4	1	Thomas Kearns	Ireland	13.63	Q
5	2	Dietmar Koszewski	Germany	13.64	q
6	4	Toshihiko Iwasaki	Japan	13.78	q
7	3	Kheir El-Din Obeid	Syria	14.23
8	8	James Sharpe	Netherlands Antilles	14.49
				Wind: +1.8 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Tony Jarrett	Great Britain	13.31	Q
2	7	Florian Schwarthoff	Germany	13.61	Q
3	5	Carlos Sala	Spain	13.62	Q
4	6	Vadim Kurach	Unified Team	13.86	Q
5	1	Sébastien Thibault	France	13.94
6	2	Igor Kováč	Czechoslovakia	14.12
7	8	Benjamin Grant	Sierra Leone	14.27
9	3	Zeiad Al-Kheder	Kuwait	14.51
				Wind: +1.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	1	Colin Jackson	Great Britain	13.10	Q
2	4	Mark McKoy	Canada	13.26	Q
3	5	Tony Jarrett	Great Britain	13.31	Q
4	2	Tony Dees	United States	13.38	Q
5	4	Herwig Röttl	Austria	13.41	Q
7	4	Arthur Blake	United States	13.45	Q
7	3	Jack Pierce	United States	13.47	Q
	1	Emilio Valle	Cuba	13.47	Q
9	1	Vladimir Shishkin	Unified Team	13.58	Q
10	5	Florian Schwarthoff	Germany	13.61	Q
11	5	Carlos Sala	Spain	13.62	Q
12	4	Thomas Kearns	Ireland	13.63	Q
13	4	Dietmar Koszewski	Germany	13.64	q
14	3	Hugh Teape	Great Britain	13.68	Q
15	3	Li Tong	China	13.69	Q
16	1	Laurent Ottoz	Italy	13.71	Q
	2	Sergey Usov	Unified Team	13.71	Q
18	1	Dan Philibert	France	13.72	q
19	4	Toshihiko Iwasaki	Japan	13.78	q
20	2	Gheorghe Boroi	Romania	13.82	Q
21	2	Antti Haapakoski	Finland	13.84	Q
22	5	Vadim Kurach	Unified Team	13.86	Q
23	3	Igors Kazanovs	Latvia	13.88	Q
24	1	Richard Bucknor	Jamaica	13.91	q
	2	Philippe Tourret	France	13.91	q
26	3	Arto Bryggare	Finland	13.92
27	5	Sébastien Thibault	France	13.94
28	3	Mircea Oaidă	Romania	14.04
29	3	Joilto Santos Bonfim	Brazil	14.06
30	2	Anthony Knight	Jamaica	14.12
	5	Igor Kováč	Czechoslovakia	14.12
32	4	Kheir El-Din Obeid	Syria	14.23
33	5	Benjamin Grant	Sierra Leone	14.27
34	1	Nurherman Majid	Malaysia	14.34
35	2	Judex Lefou	Mauritius	14.45
36	4	James Sharpe	Netherlands Antilles	14.49
37	5	Zeiad Al-Kheder	Kuwait	14.51
38	1	Albert Miller	Fiji	14.88
39	3	Khaled Abdullah Hassan	Bahrain	15.41

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	3	Mark McKoy	Canada	13.27	Q
2	5	Florian Schwarthoff	Germany	13.31	Q
3	4	Emilio Valle	Cuba	13.42	Q
4	6	Arthur Blake	United States	13.50	Q
5	8	Hugh Teape	Great Britain	13.50	q
6	1	Laurent Ottoz	Italy	13.76	q
7	7	Toshihiko Iwasaki	Japan	13.88
8	2	Vadim Kurach	Unified Team	14.23
				Wind: -1.1 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	5	Jack Pierce	United States	13.17	Q
2	6	Colin Jackson	Great Britain	13.57	Q
3	4	Herwig Röttl	Austria	13.68	Q
4	2	Igors Kazanovs	Latvia	13.76	Q
5	8	Carlos Sala	Spain	13.80
6	3	Vladimir Shishkin	Unified Team	13.81
7	7	Antti Haapakoski	Finland	14.00
8	1	Philippe Tourret	France	14.09
9	9	Richard Bucknor	Jamaica	14.22
				Wind: -0.6 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	3	Tony Dees	United States	13.31	Q
2	4	Tony Jarrett	Great Britain	13.43	Q
3	1	Sergey Usov	Unified Team	13.61	Q
4	2	Li Tong	China	13.74	Q
5	7	Dan Philibert	France	13.74	q
6	5	Dietmar Koszewski	Germany	13.78	q
7	6	Thomas Kearns	Ireland	13.87
8	8	Gheorghe Boroi	Romania	14.07
				Wind: -0.3 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Jack Pierce	United States	13.21	Q
2	3	Florian Schwarthoff	Germany	13.23	Q
3	6	Tony Jarrett	Great Britain	13.29	Q
4	5	Hugh Teape	Great Britain	13.60	Q
5	2	Sergey Usov	Unified Team	13.67
6	7	Igors Kazanovs	Latvia	13.77
7	8	Dietmar Koszewski	Germany	14.06
—	1	Herwig Röttl	Austria	DNS
				Wind: -0.4 m/s

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	4	Mark McKoy	Canada	13.12	Q
2	7	Colin Jackson	Great Britain	13.19	Q
3	3	Tony Dees	United States	13.31	Q
4	6	Emilio Valle	Cuba	13.45	Q
5	8	Li Tong	China	13.62
6	1	Dan Philibert	France	13.77
7	2	Laurent Ottoz	Italy	13.77
—	5	Arthur Blake	United States	DSQ
				Wind: -0.8 m/s

The final was held on August 3, 1992.

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time
	4	Mark McKoy	Canada	13.12
	7	Tony Dees	United States	13.24
	6	Jack Pierce	United States	13.26
4	8	Tony Jarrett	Great Britain	13.26
5	5	Florian Schwarthoff	Germany	13.29
6	2	Emilio Valle	Cuba	13.41
7	3	Colin Jackson	Great Britain	13.46
8	1	Hugh Teape	Great Britain	14.00
				Wind: +0.8 m/s

• 1988 Men's Olympic 110m Hurdles (Seoul)
• 1990 Men's European Championships 110m Hurdles (Split)
• 1991 Men's World Championships 110m Hurdles (Tokyo)
• 1993 Men's World Championships 110m Hurdles (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Men's European Championships 110m Hurdles (Helsinki)

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• Results