2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles

The men's 60 metres hurdles at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 10 and 11 March.

Aries Merritt en route to victory.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Aries Merritt
  United States
Liu Xiang
  China
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde
  France

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record   Colin Jackson (GBR) 7.30 Sindelfingen, Germany 6 March 1994
Championship record   Dayron Robles (CUB) 7.34 Doha, Qatar 14 March 2010
World Leading   Dexter Faulk (USA) 7.40 Albuquerque, United States 25 February 2012
African record   Shaun Bownes (RSA) 7.52 Ghent, Belgium 23 February 2001
Asian record   Liu Xiang (CHN) 7.41 Birmingham, Great Britain 18 February 2012
European record   Colin Jackson (GBR) 7.30 Sindelfingen, Germany 6 March 1994
North and Central American
and Caribbean record
  Dayron Robles (CUB) 7.33 Düsseldorf, Germany 8 February 2008
Oceanian Record   Kyle Vander Kuyp (AUS) 7.73 Barcelona, Spain 11 March 1995
12 March 1995
Paris, France 8 March 1997
South American record   Márcio de Souza (BRA) 7.60 Karlsruhe, Germany 15 February 2004

Qualification standards

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Indoor Outdoor
7.74 13.55 (110 mH)

Schedule

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Date Time Round
March 10, 2012 9:40 Heats
March 11, 2012 14:45 Semifinals
March 11, 2012 17:20 Final

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) plus 4 fastest times (q) qualified [1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Andrew Pozzi   Great Britain 7.61 Q, PB
2 2 Liu Xiang   China 7.62 Q
3 1 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde   France 7.66 Q
3 4 Aries Merritt   United States 7.66 Q
5 1 Lehann Fourie   South Africa 7.67 Q
6 3 Emanuele Abate   Italy 7.71 Q
6 4 Richard Phillips   Jamaica 7.71 Q
8 1 Konstantin Shabanov   Russia 7.72 Q
8 2 Helge Schwarzer   Germany 7.72 Q
10 1 Paolo dal Molin   Italy 7.78 q
11 2 Balázs Baji   Hungary 7.81 q
11 3 Maksim Lynsha   Belarus 7.81 Q
11 4 Artur Noga   Poland 7.81 Q
14 4 Orlando Ortega   Cuba 7.82 q
15 4 Ben Reynolds   Ireland 7.82 q
16 3 Jackson Quiñónez   Spain 7.83 Q
16 1 Konstadinos Douvalidis   Greece 7.83
16 4 Gregor Traber   Germany 7.83
19 2 Dominik Bochenek   Poland 7.85
20 3 Evgeniy Borisov   Russia 7.88
21 2 Ronald Forbes   Cayman Islands 7.95
22 3 Eric Keddo   Jamaica 7.96
23 2 Abdulaziz Al-Mandeel   Kuwait 7.98
24 3 Shi Dongpeng   China 8.15 SB
25 2 Jorge McFarlane   Peru 8.16 SB
26 3 Alexandros Stavrides   Cyprus 8.17
27 1 Kim Fai Iong   Macau 8.41 SB
28 1 Ali Hazer   Lebanon 8.84
29 4 Enrique Llanos   Puerto Rico 9.65
4 Mensah Elliott   Gambia DNF
1 Othmane Hadj Lazib   Algeria DQ
3 Kevin Craddock   United States DNS

Semifinals

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Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) qualified.[2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Liu Xiang   China 7.53 Q
2 1 Andrew Pozzi   Great Britain 7.56 Q, PB
3 2 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde   France 7.60 Q
4 1 Emanuele Abate   Italy 7.62 Q
5 2 Aries Merritt   United States 7.65 Q
6 2 Lehann Fourie   South Africa 7.65 Q
7 1 Konstantin Shabanov   Russia 7.67 Q
8 2 Artur Noga   Poland 7.68 Q
9 2 Orlando Ortega   Cuba 7.71
10 1 Maksim Lynsha   Belarus 7.74
11 2 Helge Schwarzer   Germany 7.75
12 1 Balázs Baji   Hungary 7.76
13 1 Ben Reynolds   Ireland 7.80
14 1 Jackson Quiñónez   Spain 7.82
15 2 Paolo dal Molin   Italy 7.92
2 Richard Phillips   Jamaica DNS

Final

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The final began at 17:21.[3]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Aries Merritt   United States 7.44
  3 Liu Xiang   China 7.49
  6 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde   France 7.53 PB
4 5 Andrew Pozzi   Great Britain 7.58
5 2 Konstantin Shabanov   Russia 7.60
6 7 Emanuele Abate   Italy 7.63
7 8 Lehann Fourie   South Africa 7.69
8 1 Artur Noga   Poland 7.74

References

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  1. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  2. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
  3. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-03-15.