The men's

110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hur ...

at the

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was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 20 and 21 August 2023.

Summary

The field got out evenly but the story remained the same as the 2020 Olympics, the 2022 Indoor Championships and the 2019 and 2022 World Championships, coming off the first hurdle

Grant Holloway Stanley Grant Holloway (born November 19, 1997) is an American hurdler and sprinter. He is the 2019 and 2022 world champion in the 110 meters hurdles, 2020 Olympic silver medalist in the same event, and current world record holder in the indoo ...

had the lead. Over the next four hurdles, he opened a full metre on Daniel Roberts who had separated into a clear second. As

Freddie Crittenden Freddie Crittenden III (born 3 August 1994) is an American athlete who specializes in the 110 metres hurdles. He won the silver medal in the 100 m hurdles at the 2019 Pan American Games ; ay, Taqinipuniw anatt’apxtanxa'' , nations part ...

was edging into a clear third place, an American sweep looked to be developing. At the Olympics,

Hansle Parchment Hansle Parchment (born 17 June 1990) is a Jamaican track and field athlete, competing in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the reigning Olympic champion in the event. Parchment is an alumnus of the University of the West Indies, Kingston and won a ...

closed fast as Holloway slowed over the final five hurdles. Here, Parchment was next to last over the fifth hurdle but he was just getting up his head of steam. By the ninth hurdle, Parchment was past Crittenden, then he pulled even with Roberts over the tenth. Holloway didn't slow down enough for a clear victory. Roberts and Parchment battled to the line with Parchment getting the knod for silver. After the race, Holloway walked around the stadium showing 3 fingers to indicate this was three times in a row.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 13.28 seconds.

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), is as follows:

Results

Round 1 (heats)

Round 1 took place on 20 August, with the 45 athletes involved being split into 5 heats of 9 athletes each. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 4 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-final. The overall results were as follows: Wind:
Heat 1: −0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: −0.6 m/s, Heat 5: −0.9 m/s

Semi-final

The semi-final took place on 21 August, with the 25 athletes involved being split into 3 heats. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows: Wind:
Heat 1: −0.2 m/s, Heat 2: −0.2 m/s, Heat 3: −0.1 m/s

Final

The final was started at 21:43 on 21 August. The results were as follows: Wind: 0.0 m/s

References

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