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

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 wind +0.5 | 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 wind -0.5 | 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 wind -1.2 | 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 wind +1.4 | 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 wind +0.4 | 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. | Wu Ching-Jing (TPE) | 14.45 |
| RANK | HEAT 3 wind +0.2 | 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 Söderman (SWE) | 14.01 |
| 6. | Luigi Bertocchi (ITA) | 14.02 |
| 7. | Judex Lefou (MRI) | 14.35 |
| — | Javier Moracho (ESP) | DNS |
| RANK | HEAT 4 wind +0.4 | 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 wind +0.9 | 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 |
