Men's 110 Meter Hurdles Results

Final

After a false start by Mark Crear the field got away cleanly. Dees was to the first hurdle just ahead of the field. But Allen Johnson would lead the rest of the way. Crear moved up as Dees hit the eighth and ninth hurdles. Terrence Trammell ran consistently and finished strong off the last hurdle. Johnson's time of 12.97 is the fastest in the world this year. Crear finished in 13.11 and Trammell in 13.19. Dominique Arnold DNFed after hitting hurdles three and four.

Semis

Semi I

Allen Johnson (13.15) was out well and held the lead through half way. Dominique Arnold (13.14) caught up at hurdle six or seven and held on to win the heat. He becomes the number 11 all-time American ever with his PR run of 13.14. The other two qualifiers were Chris Phillips (13.31) and Larry Wade (13.34).

Semi 2

After several false starts and call-ups the field got away with Tony Dees out fast. Reggie Torian also hada strong first hurdle. Mark Crear took over halfway through the race. By hurdle nine and ten the field was catching Crear. There was a tight blanket finish with Crear (13.34) closing best to win, Terrence Trammell in second, Dawane Wallace in third and Tony Dees finishing in fourth.

Prelims

I: Dawane Wallace looked aggressive in his 13.37 win ahead of Larry Wade (13.48), in his first contest since a car crash seven weeks ago. Chris Phillips (13.56) edged Reggie Torian by 0.03 for 3rd as the latter advanced on time (first 3 automatically advance plus the next 7 fastest times).

II: NCAA champ Terrence Trammell survived some barrier-bashing to win in 13.51, but '96 silver medalist Mark Crear hit several mid-way and struggled home 5th at 13.77. He had to anxiously wait for the compilation of time qualifiers before being assured he would move on, even if as the third-slowest to advance.

III: Dominique Arnold overtook defending Olympic champion Allen Johnson late in the going to win, 13.36-13.42. Johnson admitted, "The middle of the race wasn't good, but I'm satisfied with the race because I advanced to tomorrow."
/Jon Hendershott/