| Final Wind 0.1m/s | time | L | React. | | 1. Dayron Robles |  Cuba | 12.93s | 6 | 0.183 | | 2. David Payne |  United States | 13.17s | 5 | 0.175 | | 3. David Oliver | United States | 13.18s | 7 | 0.158 | | 4. Ladji Doucouré |  France | 13.24s | 8 | 0.170 | | 5. Artur Noga |  Poland | 13.36s | 4 | 0.169 | | 6. Maurice Wignall |  Jamaica | 13.46s | 2 | 0.163 | | 7. Richard Phillips | Jamaica | 13.60s | 3 | 0.154 | | 8. Jackson Quinonez |  Spain | 13.69s | 9 | 0.187 |
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| Semi 1 20.08 21:30 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Dayron Robles | CUB | 13.12s | 4 | 1. | | 2. David Payne | USA | 13.21s | 6 | 2. | | 3. Ladji Doucoure | FRA | 13.22s | 5 | 3. | | 4. Richard Phillips | JAM | 13.43s | 3 | 9. | | 5. Konstadinos Douvalidis | GRE | 13.55s | 2 | 11. | | 7. Petr Svoboda | CZE | 13.60s | 7 | 13. | | 6. Gregory Sedoc | NED | 13.60s | 8 | 14. | | 8. Paulo Villar | COL | 13.85s | 9 | 16. |
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| Semi 2 20.08 21:39 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. David Oliver | USA | 13.31s | 6 | 4. | | 2. Artur Noga | POL | 13.34s | 5 | 5. | | 3. Jackson Quinonez | ESP | 13.40s | 9 | 6. | | 4. Maurice Wignall | JAM | 13.40s | 7 | 7. | | 5. Dongpeng Shi | CHN | 13.42s | 8 | 8. | | 6. Marcel van der Westen | NED | 13.45s | 3 | 10. | | 7. Ryan Brathwaite | BAR | 13.59s | 4 | 12. | | 8. Samuel Coco-Viloin | FRA | 13.65s | 2 | 15. |
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The favourite was Robles, who in June had lowered the world record
to 12.87. Reigning champion Liu Xiang and 12.95 performer Oliver
were regarded as the most likely to beat the Cuban.
The last two heats were dramatic as first Terrence Trammell - silver
medallist in Atlanta and Athens - pulled out injured after one hurdle.
Then in the final heat, Liu appeared incomfortable as he practised his
starts. He was clearly nursing a foot injury, but settled down to race.
After the first start there was a recall and after that point Liu withdrew,
shocking the 91,000 crowd. His coach later appeared in tears on
Chinese television which also showed behind-the-scenes coverage of
Liu before the heat when he could be seen kicking a wall in frustration.
Oliver (13.30) was the fastest in the first round, and the next day ran
13.16 in the last quarter-final, after Payne (13.24), Robles (13.19) and
Wignall (13.36) had won the other heats. Robles looked very easy win-
ning his semi-final in 13.13, ahead of Payne (13.21) and a resurging
Doucouré (13.22), while Oliver won the other semi in 13.31 ahead of
Poland’s rising star Noga (13.34).
Robles had the winning of the final by the time he reached the first
hurdle, taking just seven strides compared with eight by all the other
finalists. He flowed majestically away from the field barely touching
two of the hurdles, and won by 2½ metres. Payne was second from start
to finish, and just held off the charge of Oliver.
| Quarter 1 19.08 20:45 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. David Payne | USA | 13.24s | 4 | 3. | | 2. Petr Svoboda | CZE | 13.41s | 7 | 7. | | 3. Dongpeng Shi | CHN | 13.42s | 9 | 8. | | 4. Konstadinos Douvalidis | GRE | 13.46s | 5 | 11. | | 5. Richard Phillips | JAM | 13.48s | 8 | 14. | | 6. Mikel Thomas | TRT | 13.62s | 3 | 20. | | 7. Igor Peremota | RUS | 13.70s | 6 | 24. | | 8. Hector Cotto | PRO | 13.73s | 2 | 27. |
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| Quarter 2 19.08 20:53 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Dayron Robles | CUB | 13.19s | 4 | 2. | | 2. Artur Noga | POL | 13.36s | 6 | 4. | | 3. Gregory Sedoc | NED | 13.43s | 9 | 9. | | 4. Samuel Coco-Viloin | FRA | 13.51s | 8 | 16. | | 5. Andrew Turner | GBR | 13.53s | 5 | 17. | | 6. Jung-Joon Lee | KOR | 13.55s | 3 | 18. | | 7. Shamar Sands | BAH | 13.55s | 7 | 18. | | 8. David Ilariani | GEO | 13.74s | 2 | 28. |
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| Quarter 3 19.08 21:02 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Maurice Wignall | JAM | 13.36s | 8 | 4. | | 2. Ryan Brathwaite | BAR | 13.44s | 5 | 10. | | 3. Paulo Villar | COL | 13.46s | 7 | 12. | | 4. Marcel van der Westen | NED | 13.48s | 4 | 14. | | 5. Daniel Kiss | HUN | 13.63s | 9 | 21. | | 6. Allan Scott | GBR | 13.66s | 6 | 22. | | 7. Dudley Dorival | HAI | 13.71s | 3 | 25. | | -. Mohammed Issa Al-Thawadi | QAT | | 2 | |
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| Quarter 4 19.08 21:10 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. David Oliver | USA | 13.16s | 5 | 1. | | 2. Ladji Doucoure | FRA | 13.39s | 7 | 6. | | 3. Jackson Quinonez | ESP | 13.47s | 4 | 13. | | 4. Selim Nurudeen | NGR | 13.66s | 9 | 22. | | 5. Ronald Forbes | CAY | 13.72s | 3 | 26. | | 6. Wei Ji | CHN | 13.80s | 6 | 29. | | 7. Anselmo da Silva | BRA | 13.84s | 8 | 30. | | -. Damjan Zlatnar | SLO | | 2 | |
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| Heat 1 18.08 11:10 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Dayron Robles | CUB | 13.39s | 6 | 4. | | 2. Andrew Turner | GBR | 13.56s | 4 | 15. | | 3. Wei Ji | CHN | 13.57s | 5 | 17. | | 4. Richard Phillips | JAM | 13.60s | 8 | 21. | | 5. Evgeniy Borisov | RUS | 13.90s | 3 | 35. | | 6. Oleg Normatov | UZB | 14.00s | 2 | 38. | | 7. Jurica Grabusic | CRO | 14.18s | 7 | 39. |
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| Heat 2 18.08 11:18 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. David Oliver | USA | 13.30s | 6 | 1. | | 2. Jackson Quinonez | ESP | 13.41s | 5 | 5. | | 3. Shamar Sands | BAH | 13.45s | 2 | 8. | | 4. Gregory Sedoc | NED | 13.50s | 3 | 10. | | 5. Jung-Joon Lee | KOR | 13.65s | 8 | 26. | | 6. Mikel Thomas | TRT | 13.69s | 4 | 27. | | 7. Damjan Zlatnar | SLO | 13.84s | 7 | 32. |
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| Heat 3 18.08 11:26 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Paulo Villar | COL | 13.37s | 4 | 2. | | 2. Ryan Brathwaite | BAR | 13.38s | 2 | 3. | | 3. Petr Svoboda | CZE | 13.43s | 5 | 7. | | 4. Dongpeng Shi | CHN | 13.53s | 7 | 12. | | 5. Ronald Forbes | CAY | 13.59s | 8 | 19. | | 6. Hector Cotto | PRO | 13.72s | 6 | 28. | | 7. Dudley Dorival | HAI | 13.78s | 9 | 30. | | 8. Abdul Rashid | PAK | 14.52s | 3 | 40. |
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| Heat 4 18.08 11:34 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. David Payne | USA | 13.42s | 2 | 6. | | 2. Ladji Doucoure | FRA | 13.52s | 6 | 11. | | 3. Selim Nurudeen | NGR | 13.58s | 8 | 18. | | 4. Maurice Wignall | JAM | 13.61s | 5 | 23. | | 5. Maksim Lynsha | BLR | 13.86s | 7 | 33. | | 6. Stanislav Sajdok | CZE | 13.89s | 3 | 34. | | 7. Masato Naito | JPN | 13.96s | 4 | 37. |
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| Heat 5 18.08 11:42 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Artur Noga | POL | 13.53s | 4 | 12. | | 2. Igor Peremota | RUS | 13.59s | 5 | 19. | | 3. Daniel Kiss | HUN | 13.61s | 6 | 23. | | 4. Anselmo da Silva | BRA | 13.81s | 8 | 31. | | 5. Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja | MAD | 13.91s | 3 | 36. | | -. Terrence Trammell | USA | | 2 | | | -. Stanislavs Olijars | LAT | | 7 | |
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| Heat 6 18.08 11:50 | Team | time | L | Rk. | | 1. Konstadinos Douvalidis | GRE | 13.49s | 8 | 9. | | 2. Marcel van der Westen | NED | 13.54s | 5 | 14. | | 3. Allan Scott | GBR | 13.56s | 7 | 15. | | 4. Samuel Coco-Viloin | FRA | 13.60s | 4 | 21. | | 5. Mohammed Issa Al-Thawadi | QAT | 13.64s | 3 | 25. | | 6. David Ilariani | GEO | 13.75s | 6 | 29. | | -. Xiang Liu | CHN | | 2 | |
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