| Final 21:30 Wind 0.3m/s | time | L | | 1. Xiang Liu |  China | 12.91s | 4 | | 2. Terrence Trammell |  United States | 13.18s | 6 | | 3. Anier Garcia |  Cuba | 13.20s | 7 | | 4. Maurice Wignall |  Jamaica | 13.21s | 5 | | 5. Stanislavs Olijars |  Latvia | 13.21s | 2 | | 6. Charles Allen |  Canada | 13.48s | 1 | | 7. Mateus Facho Inocêncio |  Brazil | 13.49s | 8 | | 8. Ladji Doucoure |  France | 13.76s | 3 |
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| | | Venue: Athens Olympic Stadium, Marousi 72,000. | | Quota: 47 competitors from 34 nations. |
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| Semi 1 21:00 | time | L | | 1. Maurice Wignall | Jamaica | 13.17s | 7 | | 2. Xiang Liu | China | 13.18s | 4 | | 3. Stanislavs Olijars | Latvia | 13.20s | 6 | | 4. Charles Allen | Canada | 13.23s | 3 | | 5. Duane Ross | United States | 13.30s | 8 | | 6. Yoel Hernändez | Cuba | 13.37s | 5 | | 7. Robert Kronberg |  Sweden | 13.42s | 1 | | 8. Chris Pinnock | Jamaica | 13.57s | 2 |
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| Semi 2 21:09 | time | L | | 1. Ladji Doucoure | France | 13.06s | 5 | | 2. Terrence Trammell | United States | 13.17s | 2 | | 3. Anier Garcia | Cuba | 13.30s | 6 | | 4. Mateus Facho Inocêncio | Brazil | 13.34s | 3 | | 5. Dudley Dorival |  Haiti | 13.39s | 4 | | 6. Richard Phillips | Jamaica | 13.47s | 7 | | 7. Felipe Vivancos |  Spain | 13.52s | 8 | | -. Yuniel Hernändez | Cuba | DNS | 1 |
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Conditions were perfect for the heats, with temperatures of 27° and
with largely favourable following winds. Doucouré opened proceed-
ings by setting a French record of 13.18. Reigning champion GarcÃa
was next quickest with 13.24. Doucouré (13.23) was again fastest in
the first heat of the next round, but the big shock came in the second
race, won by Olijar (13.26) ahead of Garcia (13.28), but which saw the
demise of Allen Johnson. The favourite to regain the title won in 1996
hit three hurdles hard, finally falling at the ninth. In more than a decade
of international hurdling Johnson had only once previously fallen.
Wignall won the first semi-final ahead of Liu, 13.17 to 13.18, with
Duane Ross (USA) eliminated despite running 13.30. Doucouré again
improved in the other race with a magnificent 13.06, ahead of
Trammell’s 13.17. Liu and Trammell led at the first hurdle in the final,
with Doucouré lagging after a very slow reaction to the gun. Liu
escaped from Trammell at the fourth hurdle, when the Chinese athlete’s
cleaner hurdle clearances began to tell. GarcÃa closed in on the
American, and Doucouré’s quickness came to the fore, as he moved
into second place by the eighth. The Frenchman hit the ninth, skewed
the 10th and slipped to last place after losing his balance. Liu flowed
onwards oblivious to the events behind him, and reached the line in the
photo-cell time of 12.94, a time which was unusually amended to a
world record equaling 12.91. Trammell won the battle for silver, and
GarcÃa edged Wignall and Olijar for bronze.
| Quarter 1 22:15 | time | L | | 1. Ladji Doucoure | France | 13.23s | 3 | | 2. Charles Allen | Canada | 13.30s | 4 | | 3. Robert Kronberg | Sweden | 13.39s | 8 | | 4. Duane Ross | United States | 13.50s | 5 | | 5. Yevgeniy Pechonkin |  Russia | 13.53s | 1 | | 6. Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja |  Madagascar | 13.64s | 7 | | 7. Jackson Quiñonez |  Ecuador | 13.67s | 6 | | -. Damjan Zlatnar |  Slovenia | DNS | 2 |
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| Quarter 2 22:22 | time | L | | 1. Stanislavs Olijars | Latvia | 13.26s | 5 | | 2. Anier Garcia | Cuba | 13.28s | 4 | | 3. Richard Phillips | Jamaica | 13.44s | 3 | | 4. Felipe Vivancos | Spain | 13.48s | 2 | | 5. Mike Fenner |  Germany | 13.53s | 8 | | 6. Stephen Jones |  Barbados | 13.85s | 7 | | -. Gregory Sedoc |  Netherlands | DNF | 1 | | -. Allen Johnson | United States | DNF | 6 |
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| Quarter 3 22:29 | time | L | | 1. Xiang Liu | China | 13.26s | 6 | | 2. Yoel Hernändez | Cuba | 13.29s | 4 | | 3. Terrence Trammell | United States | 13.34s | 7 | | 4. Chris Pinnock | Jamaica | 13.47s | 3 | | 5. Märcio Simão de Souza | Brazil | 13.54s | 2 | | 6. Masato Naito |  Japan | 13.54s | 1 | | 7. Igor Peremota | Russia | 13.64s | 8 | | 8. Paulo Villar |  Colombia | 14.03s | 5 |
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| Quarter 4 22:36 | time | L | | 1. Mateus Facho Inocêncio | Brazil | 13.33s | 4 | | 2. Dudley Dorival | Haiti | 13.39s | 3 | | 3. Maurice Wignall | Jamaica | 13.39s | 6 | | 4. Yuniel Hernändez | Cuba | 13.46s | 1 | | 5. Sergey Chepiga | Russia | 13.55s | 7 | | 6. Shaun Bownes |  South Africa | 13.62s | 2 | | 7. Satoru Tanigawa | Japan | 13.70s | 5 | | 8. Todd Matthews-Jouda |  Sudan | 13.77s | 8 |
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| Heat 1 09:35 | time | L | | 1. Ladji Doucoure | France | 13.18s | 8 | | 2. Stanislavs Olijars | Latvia | 13.27s | 4 | | 3. Satoru Tanigawa | Japan | 13.39s | 5 | | 4. Märcio Simão de Souza | Brazil | 13.43s | 3 | | 5. Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja | Madagascar | 13.46s | 7 | | 6. Felipe Vivancos | Spain | 13.47s | 1 | | 7. Jerome Crews | Germany | 13.83s | 2 | | 8. Nenad Loncar |  SCG | 14.02s | 6 |
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| Heat 2 09:42 | time | L | | 1. Dudley Dorival | Haiti | 13.39s | 1 | | 2. Yoel Hernändez | Cuba | 13.41s | 4 | | 3. Chris Pinnock | Jamaica | 13.42s | 8 | | 4. Todd Matthews-Jouda | Sudan | 13.47s | 2 | | 5. Terrence Trammell | United States | 13.51s | 3 | | 6. Shaun Bownes | South Africa | 13.52s | 5 | | 7. Damjan Zlatnar | Slovenia | 13.66s | 6 | | 8. Jurica Grabušic |  Croatia | 13.87s | 7 |
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| Heat 3 09:49 | time | L | | 1. Xiang Liu | China | 13.27s | 4 | | 2. Charles Allen | Canada | 13.35s | 6 | | 3. Robert Kronberg | Sweden | 13.47s | 7 | | 4. Igor Peremota | Russia | 13.54s | 5 | | 5. Masato Naito | Japan | 13.56s | 2 | | 6. Serhiy Demydyuk |  Ukraine | 13.80s | 1 | | 7. Tae-kyong Park |  South Korea | 13.96s | 3 | | 8. Luis Sä |  Portugal | 14.01s | 8 |
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| Heat 4 09:56 | time | L | | 1. Paulo Villar | Colombia | 13.44s | 4 | | 2. Mateus Facho Inocêncio | Brazil | 13.45s | 5 | | 3. Allen Johnson | United States | 13.45s | 2 | | 4. Yevgeniy Pechonkin | Russia | 13.64s | 1 | | 5. Gregory Sedoc | Netherlands | 13.65s | 7 | | 6. Dongpeng Shi | China | 13.68s | 8 | | 7. Robert Newton |  Great Britain | 13.85s | 6 | | 8. Edy Jakariya |  Indonesia | 14.11s | 3 |
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| Heat 5 10:03 | time | L | | 1. Anier Garcia | Cuba | 13.24s | 2 | | 2. Duane Ross | United States | 13.39s | 4 | | 3. Mike Fenner | Germany | 13.53s | 7 | | 4. Stephen Jones | Barbados | 13.56s | 6 | | 5. Sergey Chepiga | Russia | 13.59s | 1 | | 6. David Ilariani |  Georgia | 13.72s | 8 | | 7. Levente Csillag |  Hungary | 13.74s | 3 | | 8. Andrew Turner | Great Britain | 13.75s | 5 |
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| Heat 6 10:10 | time | L | | 1. Maurice Wignall | Jamaica | 13.30s | 2 | | 2. Richard Phillips | Jamaica | 13.39s | 8 | | 3. Jackson Quiñonez | Ecuador | 13.44s | 6 | | 4. Yuniel Hernändez | Cuba | 13.48s | 5 | | 5. Sultan Tucker |  Liberia | 13.76s | 4 | | 6. Tarmo Jallai |  Estonia | 13.77s | 1 | | 7. Mubarak Ata Mubarak |  Saudi Arabia | 13.81s | 7 | | -. Redelen dos Santos | Brazil | DNS | 3 |
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