WCH Tokyo 25 brushstroke (© World Athletics)
Last three sets of World Athletics Championships medallists
2023: Grant Holloway (USA) – 12.96 (0.0), Hansle Parchment (JAM) – 13.07, Daniel Roberts (USA) – 13.09
2022: Grant Holloway (USA) – 13.03 (+1.2), Trey Cunningham (USA) – 13.08, Asier Martínez (ESP) – 13.17
2019: Grant Holloway (USA) – 13.10 (+0.6), Sergey Shubenkov (ANA/RUS) – 13.15, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (FRA) – 13.18 / Orlando Ortega (ESP) – 13.30*
*Ortega crossed the line in fifth place but had clearly been obstructed while vying for a medal with Martinot-Lagarde, so it was agreed to award both a bronze
Last two sets of Olympic medallists
2020: Hansle Parchment (JAM) – 13.04 (-0.5), Grant Holloway (USA) – 13.09, Ronald Levy (JAM) – 13.10
Fastest winning times in World Athletics Championships history
Colin Jackson (GBR) – 12.91 +0.5 (1993)
Allen Johnson (USA) – 12.93 0.0 (1997)
Liu Xiang (CHN) – 12.95 +1.7 (2007)
Slowest winning time in World Athletics Championships history
Greg Foster (USA) – 13.42 +1.3 (1983)
Best marks on Japanese soil
12.95 (+1.7) 1 Liu Xiang (CHN) - Osaka (World Championships) 31.08.2007
12.98 (+0.2) 1 Colin Jackson (GBR) - Tokyo 15.09.1995
12.99 (+1.7) 2 Terrence Trammell (USA) - Osaka (World Championships) 31.08.2007
Best marks on Asian soil
12.87 (+0.6) 1 Cordell Tinch (USA) - Shaoxing/Keqiao 03.05.2025
12.93 (+0.1) 1 Dayron Robles (CUB) - Beijing (Olympics) 21.08.2008
12.95 (+1.7) 1 Liu Xiang (CHN) - Osaka (World Championships) 31.08.2007
Biggest winning margins
0.13s – 2013: Sergey Shubenkov (RUS) – 13.00, Ryan Wilson (USA) – 13.13
0.12s – 1997: Allen Johnson (USA) – 12.93, Colin Jackson (GBR) – 13.05
0.11s – 2011: Jason Richardson (USA) – 13.16, Liu Xiang (CHN) – 13.27
0.11s – 2023: Grant Holloway (USA) – 12.96, Hansle Parchment (JAM) – 13.07
Smallest winning margins
0.00s – 1991: Greg Foster (USA) – 13.06, Jack Pierce (USA) – 13.06
0.01s – 2005: Ladji Doucoure (FRA) – 13.07, Liu Xiang (CHN) – 13.08
0.01s – 2009: Ryan Brathwaite (BAR) – 13.14, Terrence Trammell (USA) – 13.15
Best mark by round
Heat — 13.05 (−0.6) David Oliver (USA), 2013
Quarterfinal — 13.13 (−0.4) Duane Ross (USA), 1999
Semifinal — 13.01 (−0.6) Grant Holloway (USA), 2022
Final — 12.91 (+0.5) Colin Jackson (GBR), 1993
Multiple winners
1983/87/91 - Greg Foster (USA)
1993/99 - Colin Jackson (GBR)
1995/97/01/03 - Allen Johnson (USA)
2019/22/23 - Grant Holloway (USA)
Winners by country
12 - United States
2 - Great Britain
1 - France
1 - China
1 - Barbados
1 - Russia
1 - Jamaica
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