1987 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

Events at the 1987 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's 110 metres Hurdles event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total number of 39 participating athletes, with five qualifying heats, two semi-finals and the final held on Thursday September 3, 1987.

Medalists

Gold	Greg Foster United States (USA)
Silver	Jonathan Ridgeon Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Colin Jackson Great Britain (GBR)

Records

Existing records at the start of the event.

World Record	Renaldo Nehemiah (USA)	12.93	Zürich, Switzerland	August 19, 1981
Championship Record	Greg Foster (USA)	13.22	Helsinki, Finland	August 12, 1983

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Greg Foster (USA)	13.21
	Jonathan Ridgeon (GBR)	13.29
	Colin Jackson (GBR)	13.38
4.	Jack Pierce (USA)	13.41
5.	Igors Kazanovs (URS)	13.48
6.	Carlos Sala (ESP)	13.55
7.	Mark McKoy (CAN)	13.71
—	Arto Bryggare (FIN)	DNS

Semi-Finals

• Held on Tuesday 1987-09-01

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Jonathan Ridgeon (GBR)	13.34
2.	Greg Foster (USA)	13.41
3.	Carlos Sala (ESP)	13.60
4.	Arto Bryggare (FIN)	13.62
5.	Aleksandr Markin (URS)	13.63
6.	Krzysztof Płatek (POL)	13.68
7.	Aleš Höffer (TCH)	13.78
8.	Florian Schwarthoff (FRG)	13.98

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Mark McKoy (CAN)	13.42
2.	Jack Pierce (USA)	13.45
3.	Igors Kazanovs (URS)	13.58
4.	Colin Jackson (GBR)	13.58
5.	Stéphane Caristan (FRA)	13.62
6.	Nigel Walker (GBR)	13.68
7.	György Bakos (HUN)	13.90
8.	Jiří Hudec (TCH)	14.06

Qualifying heats

• Held on Tuesday 1987-09-01

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Greg Foster (USA)	13.20
2.	Colin Jackson (GBR)	13.37
3.	Carlos Sala (ESP)	13.48
4.	Jiří Hudec (TCH)	13.48
5.	Florian Schwarthoff (FRG)	13.72
6.	Fabien Niederhauser (SUI)	14.04
7.	Erik Jensen (DEN)	14.06
8.	Mauricio Carranza (ESA)	15.67

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Mark McKoy (CAN)	13.50
2.	Arto Bryggare (FIN)	13.62
3.	Krzysztof Płatek (POL)	13.63
4.	Lyndon Campos (BRA)	13.91
5.	Andrew Parker (JAM)	13.94
6.	Yu Zhicheng (CHN)	13.97
7.	Antonio Lanau (ESP)	14.25
8.	Ching-Jing Wu (TPE)	14.45

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Jonathan Ridgeon (GBR)	13.46
2.	Aleksandr Markin (URS)	13.56
3.	Aleš Höffer (TCH)	13.70
4.	Mikael Ylostalo (FIN)	13.90
5.	Ulf Soderman (SWE)	14.01
6.	Luigi Bertocchi (ITA)	14.02
7.	Judex Lefou (MRI)	14.35
—	Javier Moracho (ESP)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Jack Pierce (USA)	13.61
2.	Nigel Walker (GBR)	13.62
3.	Igors Kazanovs (URS)	13.80
4.	Thomas Kearns (IRL)	14.02
5.	Derek Knowles (BAH)	14.39
6.	João Lima (POR)	14.41
—	Jean-Marc Muster (SUI)	DNF
—	Steve Kerho (CAN)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Stéphane Caristan (FRA)	13.44
2.	György Bakos (HUN)	13.76
3.	Cletus Clark (USA)	13.81
4.	Michael Radzey (FRG)	13.82
5.	Gianni Tozzi (ITA)	13.87
6.	Sergey Usov (URS)	13.90
—	Alain Cuypers (BEL)	DNF

See also

• 1983 Men's World Championships 110m Hurdles (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic 110m Hurdles (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships 110m Hurdles (Stuttgart)
• 1988 Men's Olympic 110m Hurdles (Seoul)
• 1991 Men's World Championships 110m Hurdles (Tokyo)

References

• Results