2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Men's 60 metres hurdles
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Medalists

Gold
Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang is a Chinese 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men's track and field event for China....

 
Silver
Allen Johnson
Allen Johnson
Allen Kenneth Johnson is a retired hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia....

 
Bronze
Staņislavs Olijars
Stanislavs Olijars
Staņislavs Olijars is a Latvian athlete mainly competing in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the 2000 European indoor champion, and in 2002 he won European indoor and outdoor medals. His best Olympic performance was in 2004, finishing 5th. In 2006, he became European champion in the event...

 
Evgeniy Borisov
Evgeniy Borisov
Evgeniy Borisov is a Russian hurdler. He placed third at the 60 metres hurdles at the 2008 World Indoor Championships in Valencia alongside Staņislavs Olijars. His personal best in the 60 m hurdles came at the 2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup in Moscow when he won the event in 7.44, breaking his...

 

Heats

Heat Lane Name Country Mark Q React
1 5 Jackson Quiñónez
Jackson Quiñónez
Jackson Quiñónez Vernaza is a Spanish hurdler of Afro-Ecuadorian descent. He represented his birth country Ecuador until October 2005....

 
7.58 Q 0.168
1 6 Thomas Blaschek
Thomas Blaschek
Thomas Blaschek is a German hurdler. His personal best time is 13.31 seconds, achieved in July 2005 in Cuxhaven. This ranks him fifth among German 110 m hurdlers, behind Florian Schwarthoff, Mike Fenner, Eric Kaiser and Falk Balzer....

 
7.61 Q 0.126
1 4 Adrien Deghelt
Adrien Deghelt
Adrien Deghelt is a Belgian hurdler.As a junior Deghelt won the silver medal at the 2007 European U23 Championships. He competed at the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships, the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final...

 
7.73 PB Q 0.130
1 3 Damjan Zlatnar
Damjan Zlatnar
Damjan Zlatnar is a Slovenian athlete who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles.He competed at the 1999 World Indoor Championships, the 2001 World Championships the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2007 European Indoor Championships, the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships and the...

 
7.76 Q 0.127
1 7 Anselmo da Silva  7.80 PB q 0.123
1 2 Dominik Bochenek  7.83 q 0.123
2 3 Staņislavs Olijars
Stanislavs Olijars
Staņislavs Olijars is a Latvian athlete mainly competing in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the 2000 European indoor champion, and in 2002 he won European indoor and outdoor medals. His best Olympic performance was in 2004, finishing 5th. In 2006, he became European champion in the event...

 
7.72 Q 0.181
2 4 Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang is a Chinese 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men's track and field event for China....

 
7.73 SB Q 0.105
2 6 Maksim Lynsha  7.80 Q 0.259
2 8 Samuel Coco-Viloin
Samuel Coco-Viloin
Samuel Coco-Viloin is a track and field hurdler who competes internationally for France.Coco-Viloin represented France at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Martial Mbandjock, Manuel Reynaert and Yannick Lesourd...

 
7.85 Q 0.154
2 2 Decosma Wright  7.85 0.269
2 7 Shamar Sands
Shamar Sands
Shamar Sands is a Bahamian track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metre hurdles. He is the national record holder in the event with 13.40 seconds...

 
7.97 SB 0.227
2 5 Dayron Robles
Dayron Robles
Dayron Robles is a track and field athlete who specialises in the 110 metre hurdles.He won his first major medal in the 60 metres hurdles at the 2006 World Indoor Championships. He finished the 2006 season having improved his outdoor best to 13 seconds and become the Central American and...

 
8.53 0.174
3 4 Petr Svoboda
Petr Svoboda (hurdles)
Petr Svoboda is a Czech athlete, competing in the hurdle sprint. He currently holds national records in both 110 metres hurdles and 60 metres hurdles...

 
7.71 Q 0.163
3 8 Robert Kronberg
Robert Kronberg
Leif Robert Kronberg is a Swedish hurdler of Serbian descent.He finished 8th in the 110m hurdles final at the 2000 Olympics. He competed again in the 2004 Olympics, reaching the semi-finals. He has also been a regular competitor in the World Championships in Athletics, being present at every event...

 
7.73 Q 0.160
3 7 Yoel Hernández  7.74 Q 0.251
3 5 Evgeniy Borisov
Evgeniy Borisov
Evgeniy Borisov is a Russian hurdler. He placed third at the 60 metres hurdles at the 2008 World Indoor Championships in Valencia alongside Staņislavs Olijars. His personal best in the 60 m hurdles came at the 2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup in Moscow when he won the event in 7.44, breaking his...

 
7.79 Q 0.247
3 3 Éder Antonio Souza  7.89 0.194
3 2 Yuji Ohashi  8.01 PB 0.162
3 6 Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian  8.26 0.246
4 4 Allan Scott
Allan Scott (athlete)
Allan Scott is a Scottish hurdler. Scott, a member of the Shaftsbury Barnet Harriers athletics club, represented Great Britain at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-References:**Power of 10 profile for...

 
7.64 Q 0.149
4 6 Allen Johnson
Allen Johnson
Allen Kenneth Johnson is a retired hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia....

 
7.67 Q 0.171
4 3 Paulo Villar
Paulo Villar
Paulo César Villar Nieto is a Colombian hurdling athlete.At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games he finished second in 13.29 seconds, equalling the South American record of Brazilian Redelén dos Santos as well as establishing a new national record.-Achievements:-References:*...

 
7.68 Q 0.152
4 5 Shi Dongpeng
Shi Dongpeng
Shi Dongpeng is a Chinese hurdler who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles.Shi won a silver medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, finished sixth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France and won a silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar...

 
7.72 SB Q 0.150
4 7 Masato Naito
Masato Naito
is a Japanese hurdler.He finished fourth at the 2005 Asian Championships and third at the 2006 Asian Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2001, 2003 and 2005 as well as the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final round....

 
7.75 NR q 0.140
4 2 Stanislav Sajdok  7.81 q 0.243
5 3 David Oliver  7.59 Q 0.225
5 7 Maurice Wignall
Maurice Wignall
Maurice Wignall is a Jamaican hurdling athlete.His first appearance in a major international championship was at the 1997 World Championships, where he competed in the long jump competition. He jumped 8.09, which still stands as his personal best.Wignall's success in hurdling came relatively late...

 
7.61 SB Q 0.173
5 6 Willi Mathiszik  7.70 Q 0.146
5 5 Alexandru Mihailescu  7.88 Q 0.183
5 4 Igor Peremota
Igor Peremota
Igor Viktorovich Peremota is a Russian hurdler.He won a silver medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade, and competed in the 2004 Olympic Games where he was knocked out in the quarter final...

 
7.93 0.143
5 8 Rene Oruman  8.00 0.165
5 2 Toriki Urarii  8.52 PB 0.297

Semifinals

Heat Lane Name Country Mark Q React
1 5 Allan Scott
Allan Scott (athlete)
Allan Scott is a Scottish hurdler. Scott, a member of the Shaftsbury Barnet Harriers athletics club, represented Great Britain at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-References:**Power of 10 profile for...

 
7.57 Q 0.159
1 3 Allen Johnson
Allen Johnson
Allen Kenneth Johnson is a retired hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia....

 
7.64 Q 0.241
1 8 Shi Dongpeng
Shi Dongpeng
Shi Dongpeng is a Chinese hurdler who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles.Shi won a silver medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, finished sixth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France and won a silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar...

 
7.65 SB 0.147
1 4 Robert Kronberg
Robert Kronberg
Leif Robert Kronberg is a Swedish hurdler of Serbian descent.He finished 8th in the 110m hurdles final at the 2000 Olympics. He competed again in the 2004 Olympics, reaching the semi-finals. He has also been a regular competitor in the World Championships in Athletics, being present at every event...

 
7.75 0.172
1 6 Petr Svoboda
Petr Svoboda (hurdles)
Petr Svoboda is a Czech athlete, competing in the hurdle sprint. He currently holds national records in both 110 metres hurdles and 60 metres hurdles...

 
7.81 0.149
1 2 Masato Naito
Masato Naito
is a Japanese hurdler.He finished fourth at the 2005 Asian Championships and third at the 2006 Asian Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2001, 2003 and 2005 as well as the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final round....

 
7.85 0.237
1 1 Anselmo da Silva  7.94 0.225
1 7 Maksim Lunsha  8.03 0.238
2 6 Thomas Blaschek
Thomas Blaschek
Thomas Blaschek is a German hurdler. His personal best time is 13.31 seconds, achieved in July 2005 in Cuxhaven. This ranks him fifth among German 110 m hurdlers, behind Florian Schwarthoff, Mike Fenner, Eric Kaiser and Falk Balzer....

 
7.59 Q 0.120
2 8 Evgeniy Borisov
Evgeniy Borisov
Evgeniy Borisov is a Russian hurdler. He placed third at the 60 metres hurdles at the 2008 World Indoor Championships in Valencia alongside Staņislavs Olijars. His personal best in the 60 m hurdles came at the 2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup in Moscow when he won the event in 7.44, breaking his...

 
7.61 Q 0.142
2 5 Jackson Quiñónez
Jackson Quiñónez
Jackson Quiñónez Vernaza is a Spanish hurdler of Afro-Ecuadorian descent. He represented his birth country Ecuador until October 2005....

 
7.63 q 0.229
2 7 Adrien Deghelt
Adrien Deghelt
Adrien Deghelt is a Belgian hurdler.As a junior Deghelt won the silver medal at the 2007 European U23 Championships. He competed at the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships, the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final...

 
7.69 PB 0.140
2 3 Maurice Wignall
Maurice Wignall
Maurice Wignall is a Jamaican hurdling athlete.His first appearance in a major international championship was at the 1997 World Championships, where he competed in the long jump competition. He jumped 8.09, which still stands as his personal best.Wignall's success in hurdling came relatively late...

 
7.70 0.259
2 4 Paulo Villar
Paulo Villar
Paulo César Villar Nieto is a Colombian hurdling athlete.At the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games he finished second in 13.29 seconds, equalling the South American record of Brazilian Redelén dos Santos as well as establishing a new national record.-Achievements:-References:*...

 
7.81 0.259
2 2 Samuel Coco-Viloin
Samuel Coco-Viloin
Samuel Coco-Viloin is a track and field hurdler who competes internationally for France.Coco-Viloin represented France at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay together with Martial Mbandjock, Manuel Reynaert and Yannick Lesourd...

 
7.93 0.242
2 1 Dominik Bochenek  7.97 0.268
3 5 Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang is a Chinese 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men's track and field event for China....

 
7.57 SB Q 0.177
3 6 Staņislavs Olijars
Stanislavs Olijars
Staņislavs Olijars is a Latvian athlete mainly competing in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the 2000 European indoor champion, and in 2002 he won European indoor and outdoor medals. His best Olympic performance was in 2004, finishing 5th. In 2006, he became European champion in the event...

 
7.60 SB Q 0.152
3 7 Yoel Hernández  7.63 q 0.176
3 4 David Oliver  7.65 0.275
3 3 Willi Mathiszik  7.76 0.232
3 8 Damjan Zlatnar
Damjan Zlatnar
Damjan Zlatnar is a Slovenian athlete who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles.He competed at the 1999 World Indoor Championships, the 2001 World Championships the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2007 European Indoor Championships, the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships and the...

 
7.77 0.129
3 1 Stanislav Sajdok  7.85 0.214
3 2 Alexandru Mihailescu  7.96 0.249

Final

Heat Lane Name Country Mark React
6 Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang is a Chinese 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men's track and field event for China....

 
7.46 SB 0.217
8 Allen Johnson
Allen Johnson
Allen Kenneth Johnson is a retired hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia....

 
7.55 0.176
3 Staņislavs Olijars
Stanislavs Olijars
Staņislavs Olijars is a Latvian athlete mainly competing in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the 2000 European indoor champion, and in 2002 he won European indoor and outdoor medals. His best Olympic performance was in 2004, finishing 5th. In 2006, he became European champion in the event...

 
7.60 SB 0.136
7 Evgeniy Borisov
Evgeniy Borisov
Evgeniy Borisov is a Russian hurdler. He placed third at the 60 metres hurdles at the 2008 World Indoor Championships in Valencia alongside Staņislavs Olijars. His personal best in the 60 m hurdles came at the 2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup in Moscow when he won the event in 7.44, breaking his...

 
7.60 0.232
5 5 Thomas Blaschek
Thomas Blaschek
Thomas Blaschek is a German hurdler. His personal best time is 13.31 seconds, achieved in July 2005 in Cuxhaven. This ranks him fifth among German 110 m hurdlers, behind Florian Schwarthoff, Mike Fenner, Eric Kaiser and Falk Balzer....

 
7.64 0.198
6 4 Allan Scott
Allan Scott (athlete)
Allan Scott is a Scottish hurdler. Scott, a member of the Shaftsbury Barnet Harriers athletics club, represented Great Britain at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.-References:**Power of 10 profile for...

 
7.65 0.148
7 1 Jackson Quiñónez
Jackson Quiñónez
Jackson Quiñónez Vernaza is a Spanish hurdler of Afro-Ecuadorian descent. He represented his birth country Ecuador until October 2005....

 
7.66 0.217
8 2 Yoel Hernández 7.91 0.249
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