This was the thirtieth time that the men's 110 metres hurdles was contested at the Summer Olympics.

Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli, Rachid Muratake, Enrique Llopis, Rasheed Broadbell and Shunsuke Izumiya were the only other athletes worldwide to run 13.10 or better.

Roberts hit the fourth hurdle but maintained his advantage over Rachid Muratake leading a wall of hurdlers across the track.

The fully automatic timing photo finish revealed Roberts had beaten Broadbell by .003.

[3] The men's 110 metres hurdles has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first edition in 1896.