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1991 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

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These are the official results of the Men's 110 metres Hurdles event at the 1991 IAAF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total number of 38 participating athletes, with two semi-finals and five qualifying heats and the final held on Thursday August 29, 1991.

Summary

All the eyes were on 33 year old Greg Foster, who was, as yet, undefeated in World Championship finals. Foster had lane 4 in the center of the track. Missing was the reigning double Olympic Champion and world record holder Roger Kingdom out with an ACL surgery. Next to Foster in lane 5 was the leading qualifier from the semis was Tony Jarrett, who had just edged Foster in that semi. The other semi was significantly slower, won by Jack Pierce.

Before the gun went off, Foster was already running—a false start, common and legal in this era. When the starter raised the gun again, Foster had a strike against him, meaning he could be disqualified for a second offense. Ostensibly that should make Foster more cautious. The next start was legal, Mark McKoy got a good start and had a clear lead over the first hurdle, with Foster just inches ahead of the wall of competitors almost a full stride behind. Over the next two hurdles, Foster made up most of the gap. Challenged to his right, McKoy began to struggle, Foster taking a clear lead. Behind them, Pierce was separating from the group in third place. By the sixth hurdle, Pierce caught McKoy and had the momentum chasing Foster. The next chaser was Jarrett, who caught McKoy over the eighth hurdle. Pierce was gaining on Foster but was still half a metre behind over the last hurdle. In the run in to the finish line, that half metre disappeared, the two hit the finish line together with Pierce clearly ahead just inches past the finish line. Jarrett continued on to take bronze almost .2 of a second behind the leaders.

With new technology, Japanese officials were able to display the finish picture quickly after the race, still looking like a tie. Three minutes later, Foster was announced as the winner, now for the third time in a row.

Medalists

Bronze	GBR Tony Jarrett
Great Britain (GBR)

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Heats	Semi-Finals	Final
27.08.1991 – 10:00h
27.08.1991 – 17:00h
29.08.1991 – 18:30h

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
[[Image:Med 1.png]]	Greg Foster	13.06
[[Image:Med 2.png]]	Jack Pierce	13.06
[[Image:Med 3.png]]	Tony Jarrett	13.25
4.	Mark McKoy	13.30
5.	Dan Philibert	13.33
6.	Vladimir Shishkin	13.39
7.	Florian Schwarthoff	13.41
8.	Li Tong	13.46

Semi-finals

Held on Tuesday 1991-08-27

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Jack Pierce	13.36
2.	Florian Schwarthoff	13.41
3.	Li Tong	13.50
4.	Vladimir Shishkin	13.52
5.	Alexis Sánchez	13.81
6.	Igor Kovac	13.89
7.	Thomas Kearns	14.02
—	Colin Jackson	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Tony Jarrett	13.23
2.	Greg Foster	13.23
3.	Mark McKoy	13.28
4.	Dan Philibert	13.38
5.	Igors Kazanovs	13.65
6.	David Nelson	13.67
7.	Liviu Giurgian	13.82
8.	Jiří Hudec	13.95

Qualifying heats

Held on Tuesday 1991-08-27

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Thomas Kearns	13.71
2.	Jiří Hudec	13.72
3.	Liviu Giurgian	13.84
4.	Sebastien Thibault	13.92
5.	Loi Nguyen Van	14.74
—	Ruhan Isim	DNF
—	Tomasz Nagórka	DNF
—	Renaldo Nehemiah	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Greg Foster	13.32
2.	Dan Philibert	13.34
3.	Igors Kazanovs	13.70
3.	Igor Kovac	13.70
5.	Joilto Bonfim	13.72
6.	Mike Fenner	13.78
7.	Antti Haapakoski	13.88

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Li Tong	13.34
2.	Tony Jarrett	13.40
3.	Alexis Sánchez	13.58
4.	Dietmar Koszewski	13.67
5.	Mircea Oaida	13.68
6.	Gennadiy Dakshevich	13.69
7.	Georgi Georgiev	14.19
8.	Judex Lefou	14.26

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Jack Pierce	13.23
2.	Mark McKoy	13.39
3.	David Nelson	13.42
4.	Piotr Wójcik	13.47
5.	Herwig Röttl	13.66
6.	John Caliguri	13.77
7.	Zeiad Al-Kheder	14.48
—	Rashid Al-Abdulla	DNF

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Colin Jackson	13.25
2.	Florian Schwarthoff	13.39
3.	Vladimir Shishkin	13.51
4.	Toshihiko Iwasaki	13.58
5.	Kai Kyllonen	13.60
6.	Carlos Sala	13.73
7.	Elvis Cedeño	13.85

References

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