2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles

The Men's 60 metres hurdles event at the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships

2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 10th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Budapest Arena, Hungary between March 5 and March 7, 2004...

was held on March 6.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Allen Johnson Allen Johnson Allen Kenneth Johnson is a retired hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia....	Liu Xiang Liu Xiang Liu Xiang is a Chinese 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men's track and field event for China....	Maurice Wignall Maurice Wignall Maurice Wignall is a Jamaican hurdling athlete.His first appearance in a major international championship was at the 1997 World Championships, where he competed in the long jump competition. He jumped 8.09, which still stands as his personal best.Wignall's success in hurdling came relatively late...

Heat

First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	2	Yuniel Hernández Yuniel Hernández Yuniel Hernández Solar is a Cuban hurdler.His personal best time is 13.26 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Salamanca when he was still only 20 years old. The result places him sixth among Cuban 110 m hurdlers, behind Anier García, Dayron Robles, Emilio Valle, Alejandro Casañas and Yoel...		7.59	Q
	1	Liu Xiang Liu Xiang Liu Xiang is a Chinese 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men's track and field event for China....		7.63	Q
	1	Yoel Hernández		7.64	Q
	3	Stanislavs Olijars Stanislavs Olijars Staņislavs Olijars is a Latvian athlete mainly competing in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the 2000 European indoor champion, and in 2002 he won European indoor and outdoor medals. His best Olympic performance was in 2004, finishing 5th. In 2006, he became European champion in the event...		7.64	Q, SB
	3	Dwight Thomas Dwight Thomas Dwight Thomas O.D is a Jamaican sprinter mainly competing in the 100 metres event and more recently the 110m hurdles....		7.65	Q
	3	Allen Johnson Allen Johnson Allen Kenneth Johnson is a retired hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia....		7.67	Q
	4	Maurice Wignall Maurice Wignall Maurice Wignall is a Jamaican hurdling athlete.His first appearance in a major international championship was at the 1997 World Championships, where he competed in the long jump competition. He jumped 8.09, which still stands as his personal best.Wignall's success in hurdling came relatively late...		7.67	Q
	1	Ivan Bitzi		7.69	Q
	2	Charles Allen Charles Allen (athlete) Charles Allen is a Canadian track and field athlete, specializing in hurdling and sprinting.Born in Georgetown, Guyana, Allen emigrated to Canada, first to Brampton where he attended Turner Fenton Secondary School, and then to Malton where he went to Ascension of Our Lord Secondary School...		7.69	Q
	3	Robert Kronberg Robert Kronberg Leif Robert Kronberg is a Swedish hurdler of Serbian descent.He finished 8th in the 110m hurdles final at the 2000 Olympics. He competed again in the 2004 Olympics, reaching the semi-finals. He has also been a regular competitor in the World Championships in Athletics, being present at every event...		7.69	q
11	2	Sébastien Denis Sébastien Denis Sébastien Denis is a French hurdler.He competed at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and the 2005 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final round....		7.70	Q
12	1	Gregory Sedoc Gregory Sedoc Gregory Sedoc is a Dutch hurdler.He reached his first international final at the 2007 European Indoor Championships in 60 metres hurdles, and won the event, equalling his personal best time of 7.63 seconds which was established in the previous rounds and beating fellow-countryman Marcel van der...		7.72	q
12	1	Redelén dos Santos		7.72	q
12	2	Andrea Giaconi Andrea Giaconi Andrea Giaconi is an Italian hurdler.-Career:He won the silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games. He also participated at the World Championships in 1999 and 2003, the World Indoor Championships in 2004 and 2006 and the 2000 Olympic Games without reaching the final.His personal best time is...		7.72	q, SB
15	4	Shaun Bownes Shaun Bownes Shaun Bownes is a South African hurdler.His personal best time is 13.26 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Heusden. This is the current African record. He also holds the African record in 60 metres hurdles with 7.52 seconds, achieved in February 2001 in Ghent.-Achievements:-External links:...		7.73	Q
16	4	Mohammed Sillah-Freckleton	United Kingdom	7.75	Q
17	4	Shi Dongpeng Shi Dongpeng Shi Dongpeng is a Chinese hurdler who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles.Shi won a silver medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, finished sixth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France and won a silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar...		7.75	PB
18	3	Gergely Palágyi Gergely Palágyi Gergely Palágyi is a Hungarian hurdler who specializes in the 110 metres hurdles.He finished fifth at the 1998 World Junior Championships, and also competed at the 2002 European Indoor Championships, the 2004 World Indoor Championships and the 2005 Summer Universiade without reaching the final...		7.76	PB
19	1	Masato Naito Masato Naito is a Japanese hurdler.He finished fourth at the 2005 Asian Championships and third at the 2006 Asian Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2001, 2003 and 2005 as well as the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the final round....		7.77	NR Japanese records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Japan maintained by Japan's Association of Athletics Federations .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distance# = not officially ratified...
20	1	Serhiy Demydyuk Serhiy Demydyuk Serhiy Demydyuk is a Ukrainian hurdler.He won a bronze medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade, and competed at the 2004 Olympics where was knocked out in the heats...		7.78
20	4	Márcio Simão de Souza		7.78
22	4	Felipe Vivancos Felipe Vivancos Felipe Vivancos Ruiz is a Spanish hurdler. He won the gold medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain....		7.79
23	3	Robert Newton Robert Newton (athlete) Robert Alan Newton is a British hurdling athlete. As of 2004, he was Britain's number one sprint hurdler...	United Kingdom	7.80
24	3	Marcel van der Westen Marcel van der Westen Marcel van der Westen is a Dutch hurdler and tax attorney.He reached his first international final at the 2007 European Indoor Championships in 60 metres hurdles, and won the silver medal behind compatriot Gregory Sedoc.Van der Westen had previously competed at the 2005 World Championships and the...		7.83
24	4	Igor Peremota Igor Peremota Igor Viktorovich Peremota is a Russian hurdler.He won a silver medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade, and competed in the 2004 Olympic Games where he was knocked out in the quarter final...		7.83
26	1	Mohamed Robani Hassan		8.04
27	4	Muhammad Shah Muhammad Shah Muhammad Shah also known as Roshan Akhtar, was a Mughal emperor of India between 1719 and 1748. He was son of Khujista Akhtar Jahan Shah, the fourth son of Bahadur Shah I. Ascending the throne at 17 with the help of the Sayyid Brothers, he later got rid of them with the help of Nizam-ul-Mulk Chin...		8.29
28	2	Sultan Tucker Sultan Tucker Sultan Tucker is a Liberian athlete, specializing in the 110 metres hurdles.Tucker won a bronze in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2002 African Championships...		8.35	q
28	2	Elton Bitincka		8.35
30	2	Arlindo Leócadio Pinheiro		8.70

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Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Liu Xiang Liu Xiang Liu Xiang is a Chinese 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men's track and field event for China....		7.46	Q, AR
	3	Stanislavs Olijars Stanislavs Olijars Staņislavs Olijars is a Latvian athlete mainly competing in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the 2000 European indoor champion, and in 2002 he won European indoor and outdoor medals. His best Olympic performance was in 2004, finishing 5th. In 2006, he became European champion in the event...		7.55	Q, SB
	3	Maurice Wignall Maurice Wignall Maurice Wignall is a Jamaican hurdling athlete.His first appearance in a major international championship was at the 1997 World Championships, where he competed in the long jump competition. He jumped 8.09, which still stands as his personal best.Wignall's success in hurdling came relatively late...		7.55	Q
	3	Allen Johnson Allen Johnson Allen Kenneth Johnson is a retired hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia....		7.58	q
	1	Yoel Hernández		7.59	Q
	2	Yuniel Hernández Yuniel Hernández Yuniel Hernández Solar is a Cuban hurdler.His personal best time is 13.26 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Salamanca when he was still only 20 years old. The result places him sixth among Cuban 110 m hurdlers, behind Anier García, Dayron Robles, Emilio Valle, Alejandro Casañas and Yoel...		7.59	Q
	2	Dwight Thomas Dwight Thomas Dwight Thomas O.D is a Jamaican sprinter mainly competing in the 100 metres event and more recently the 110m hurdles....		7.59	Q, PB
	2	Robert Kronberg Robert Kronberg Leif Robert Kronberg is a Swedish hurdler of Serbian descent.He finished 8th in the 110m hurdles final at the 2000 Olympics. He competed again in the 2004 Olympics, reaching the semi-finals. He has also been a regular competitor in the World Championships in Athletics, being present at every event...		7.61	q
	1	Gregory Sedoc Gregory Sedoc Gregory Sedoc is a Dutch hurdler.He reached his first international final at the 2007 European Indoor Championships in 60 metres hurdles, and won the event, equalling his personal best time of 7.63 seconds which was established in the previous rounds and beating fellow-countryman Marcel van der...		7.66	PB
	3	Andrea Giaconi Andrea Giaconi Andrea Giaconi is an Italian hurdler.-Career:He won the silver medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games. He also participated at the World Championships in 1999 and 2003, the World Indoor Championships in 2004 and 2006 and the 2000 Olympic Games without reaching the final.His personal best time is...		7.66	PB
11	1	Shaun Bownes Shaun Bownes Shaun Bownes is a South African hurdler.His personal best time is 13.26 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Heusden. This is the current African record. He also holds the African record in 60 metres hurdles with 7.52 seconds, achieved in February 2001 in Ghent.-Achievements:-External links:...		7.67
12	1	Sébastien Denis Sébastien Denis Sébastien Denis is a French hurdler.He competed at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and the 2005 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final round....		7.69
13	2	Charles Allen Charles Allen (athlete) Charles Allen is a Canadian track and field athlete, specializing in hurdling and sprinting.Born in Georgetown, Guyana, Allen emigrated to Canada, first to Brampton where he attended Turner Fenton Secondary School, and then to Malton where he went to Ascension of Our Lord Secondary School...		7.71
14	3	Redelén dos Santos		7.74
15	1	Sultan Tucker Sultan Tucker Sultan Tucker is a Liberian athlete, specializing in the 110 metres hurdles.Tucker won a bronze in the 110 metres hurdles at the 2002 African Championships...		7.77
16	2	Mohammed Sillah-Freckleton	United Kingdom	7.80
17	3	Ivan Bitzi		7.82

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	React	Notes
	7	Allen Johnson Allen Johnson Allen Kenneth Johnson is a retired hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia....	7.36	0.144	CR, =AR
	4	Liu Xiang Liu Xiang Liu Xiang is a Chinese 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men's track and field event for China....	7.43	0.143	AR
	6	Maurice Wignall Maurice Wignall Maurice Wignall is a Jamaican hurdling athlete.His first appearance in a major international championship was at the 1997 World Championships, where he competed in the long jump competition. He jumped 8.09, which still stands as his personal best.Wignall's success in hurdling came relatively late...	7.48	0.116	NR Jamaican records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Jamaica maintained by its national athletics federation: Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distanceA = affected by altitude...
4	5	Stanislavs Olijars Stanislavs Olijars Staņislavs Olijars is a Latvian athlete mainly competing in the 110 metres hurdles. He is the 2000 European indoor champion, and in 2002 he won European indoor and outdoor medals. His best Olympic performance was in 2004, finishing 5th. In 2006, he became European champion in the event...	7.49	0.136	PB
5	3	Yuniel Hernández Yuniel Hernández Yuniel Hernández Solar is a Cuban hurdler.His personal best time is 13.26 seconds, achieved in July 2001 in Salamanca when he was still only 20 years old. The result places him sixth among Cuban 110 m hurdlers, behind Anier García, Dayron Robles, Emilio Valle, Alejandro Casañas and Yoel...	7.58	0.144
6	2	Robert Kronberg Robert Kronberg Leif Robert Kronberg is a Swedish hurdler of Serbian descent.He finished 8th in the 110m hurdles final at the 2000 Olympics. He competed again in the 2004 Olympics, reaching the semi-finals. He has also been a regular competitor in the World Championships in Athletics, being present at every event...	7.59	0.149	SB
7	8	Yoel Hernández	7.78	0.133
8	1	Dwight Thomas Dwight Thomas Dwight Thomas O.D is a Jamaican sprinter mainly competing in the 100 metres event and more recently the 110m hurdles....	7.87	0.143

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