Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
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The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 15–16 August at the Olympic Stadium.[1] Forty athletes from 27 nations competed.[2] The event was won by Omar McLeod of Jamaica, the nation's first gold medal and second medal overall (after a bronze four years earlier) in the event. Orlando Ortega's silver was Spain's first medal in the men's high hurdles, while Dimitri Bascou's bronze was France's first medal in the event since 1976.
Quick Facts Men's 110 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, Venue ...
Men's 110 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 15 August 2016 (heats) 16 August 2016 (semi-final & final) | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 27 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 13.05 | ||||||||||||
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For the first time, American hurdlers competed, but failed to win a medal: the other occasion there were no American medalists was in 1980, when the United States boycotted the Olympics.