2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
Introduction The ''' men's 110 metres hurdles''' at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium 19 and 20 August.Just as he had done at the 2008 Olympic final, former world record holder Liu Xiang missed the competition through injury, leaving the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Dayron Robles as the favourite. Furthermore, two of the fastest hurdlers of the season, David Oliver and Dexter Faulk, had not been selected for the American team, which featured David Payne, Terrence Trammell, and Aries Merritt as the main challengers to Robles. Twenty-one-year-old Ryan Brathwaite was a much improved hurdler that season, and Dwight Thomas and Maurice Wignall of Jamaica were other contenders.The heats stage was one of the more eventful of the championships: Robles struggled to qualify in third as he was hampered by an injury, Merritt did not progress from his race (having earlier suffered a twisted ankle), and Andy Turner (another carrying an injury) was also eliminated. Dániel Kiss was the fastest of the round, setting a Hungarian record. Brathwaite was the only pre-race favourite to win in the heats, while Alexander John and Ji Wei were the other fastest hurdlers. In the semi-finals, Trammell and Petr Svoboda were the top two in the first semi-final, and Payne and Brathwaite (who set a national record), took the second race. William Sharman set a personal best to win the third semi-final, which saw Robles pull up due to injury and Kiss eliminated.In the final, Brathwaite started poorly but was soon level with Payne and Trammell. The three remained even after the final hurdle and, with one hundredth of a second between them, it was a photo finish. Brathwaite emerged as the winner with a national record of 13.14 seconds, Trammell was the silver medallist, and Payne took the bronze. Sharman took fourth with a personal best of 13.30 seconds and Wignall finished fifth, clocking 13.31 seconds, his best of the year.Although he had entered the competition as an outside medal possibility, Brathwaite became the youngest ever champion in the event, and was also Barbados' first ever gold medallist in athletics at either the World Championships or the Olympic Games. Unable to capitalise on the absence of Xiang and Robles, perennial minor medallists Payne and Trammell again missed out on the gold medal. After Brathwaite, fourth-placed William Sharman was the other surprise of the race: he was a last minute addition to the British team, and his two personal best performances turned him from a rank outsider to Europe's fastest at the competition.
Medalists '''Gold''' Ryan Brathwaite''Barbados (BAR)'''''Silver''' Terrence Trammell''United States (USA)'''''Bronze''' David Payne''United States (USA)''
Records '''World record''''''12.87'''Ostrava, Czech Republic 12 June 2008'''Championship record''''''12.91'''Stuttgart, Germany20 August 1993'''World leading''''''13.04'''Ostrava, Czech Republic17 June 2009'''African record''''''13.26'''Heusden, Netherlands14 July 2001'''Asian record''''''12.88'''Lausanne, Switzerland11 July 2006'''North American record''''''12.87'''Ostrava, Czech Republic12 June 2008'''South American record''''''13.29'''Lisbon, Portugal13 June 2004'''European record''''''12.91'''Stuttgart, Germany20 August 1993'''Oceanian record''''''13.29'''Gothenburg, Sweden11 August 1995
Qualification standards A timeB time 13.55 13.62
Schedule  Date Time Round19 August 2009  '''11:35'''   '''Heats'''20 August 2009  '''18:15'''   '''Semi-finals'''20 August 2009  '''20:55'''   '''Final'''
Results ===Heats===Qualification: First 3 in each heat ('''Q''') and the next 6 fastest ('''q''') advance to the semi-finals.Rank  Heat   Name  Nationality  Time  Notes     6  Dániel Kiss    13.34   Q, '''NR'''     4  Ryan Brathwaite    13.35  Q    4  Alexander John    13.41    Q     5  Ji Wei     13.51  Q     5  Terrence Trammell    13.51    Q    4  William Sharman    13.52   Q     6  Paulo Villar     13.52  Q, SB     5  Gregory Sedoc    13.54   Q     6  David Payne    13.54   Q   10    5  Dimitri Bascou    13.55  q   11   1  Shi Dongpeng    13.56  Q  11   3  Petr Svoboda    13.56 Q   11   3  Garfield Darien    13.56   Q    11   3  Artur Noga     13.56  Q 15    1  Dwight Thomas    13.57   Q  15   5  Shamar Sands    13.57   q  17   4  Staņislavs Olijars    13.59   q  18  4  Maksim Lynsha    13.61  q   18   6  Dayron Capetillo     13.61  q  20   2  Maurice Wignall    13.62   Q   21   1  Jackson Quiñónez    13.63    Q  21    4  Evgeniy Borisov    13.63  q  23  2  Helge Schwarzer    13.66   Q   24   2  Dayron Robles    13.67  Q   24    1  Lehann Fourie    13.67    26   5  Selim Nurudeen    13.68   27   3  Aries Merritt    13.70    27   6  Richard Phillips    13.70        29   3  Serhiy Demydyuk    13.71   SB  30   2  Cédric Lavanne     13.72   30   2  Felipe Vivancos    13.72     32   1  Andy Turner    13.73      33   6  Matthias Bühler    13.75   34   3  Adrien Deghelt     13.78     35   5  Héctor Cotto    13.81   36   1  Lee Jung-Joon    13.83    SB  36   3  Gianni Frankis    13.83     38   1  Tasuku Tanonaka    13.84    39   6  David Ilariani    13.86   40  4  Park Tae-Kyong    13.93   41   5  Rayzam Shah Wan Sofian    14.06   42    2  Damien Broothaerts    14.15     43   6  Abdul Hakeem Abdul Halim    14.63  SB  44   4  Ahmad Hazer    14.74   45   3  Toriki Urarii    15.01  SB       1  Joseph-Berlioz Randriamihaja           2  Yin Jing        '''Key''':  Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best===Semi-finals===Qualification: First 2 in each semi-final ('''Q''') and the next 2 fastest ('''q''') advance to the final.Rank  Heat   Name  Nationality  Time  Notes     2  Ryan Brathwaite    13.18  Q, '''NR'''     1  Terrence Trammell    13.24    Q     2  David Payne    13.24   Q      1  Petr Svoboda    13.33 Q, SB     2  Dwight Thomas    13.37  q    3  William Sharman    13.38   Q, PB     1  Ji Wei     13.41  q, SB   2  Shi Dongpeng    13.42  SB     1  Artur Noga     13.43  SB     3  Maurice Wignall    13.43   Q, SB  11   1  Paulo Villar     13.44  SB  12   2  Gregory Sedoc    13.45   12   3  Dániel Kiss    13.45    14  2  Maksim Lynsha    13.46  PB  15   3  Shamar Sands    13.47   16    2  Dimitri Bascou    13.49  PB   17   1  Staņislavs Olijars    13.50     18   1  Jackson Quiñónez    13.54       19   1   Dayron Capetillo     13.55    20  3  Garfield Darien    13.57   21    3  Evgeniy Borisov    13.63   22  2  Alexander John    13.64     23  3  Helge Schwarzer    13.72      3 Dayron Robles      ===Final===Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes     Ryan Brathwaite    13.14  '''NR'''     Terrence Trammell    13.15        David Payne   13.15   4  William Sharman    13.30  PB  5  Maurice Wignall    13.31   SB  6   Petr Svoboda    13.38   7  Dwight Thomas    13.56    8  Ji Wei     13.57
References ;General* 110 metres hurdles results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-25.;Specific