The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 20 and 21 August 2023.
Summary
The field got out evenly but the story remained the same as the 2020 Olympics, the 2022 Indoor Championships and the 2019 and 2022 World Championships, coming off the first hurdle Grant Holloway had the lead. Over the next four hurdles, he opened a full metre on Daniel Roberts who had separated into a clear second. As Freddie Crittenden was edging into a clear third place, an American sweep looked to be developing. At the Olympics, Hansle Parchment closed fast as Holloway slowed over the final five hurdles. Here, Parchment was next to last over the fifth hurdle but he was just getting up his head of steam. By the ninth hurdle, Parchment was past Crittenden, then he pulled even with Roberts over the tenth. Holloway didn't slow down enough for a clear victory. Roberts and Parchment battled to the line with Parchment getting the knod for silver. After the race, Holloway walked around the stadium showing 3 fingers to indicate this was three times in a row.
Records
Before the competition records were as follows:
Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 13.28 seconds.
Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), is as follows:
Results
Round 1 (heats) Round 1 took place on 20 August, with the 45 athletes involved being split into 5 heats of 9 athletes each. The first 4 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 4 fastest ( q ) qualified for the semi-final. The overall results were as follows:
Wind:Heat 1: −0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.5 m/s, Heat 3: 0.0 m/s, Heat 4: −0.6 m/s, Heat 5: −0.9 m/s
Semi-final
The semi-final took place on 21 August, with the 25 athletes involved being split into 3 heats. The first 2 athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next 2 fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
Wind:Heat 1: −0.2 m/s, Heat 2: −0.2 m/s, Heat 3: −0.1 m/s
Final
The final was started at 21:43 on 21 August. The results were as follows: