European Athletics Championships 1962/110 m hurdles of men

7th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 110-meter hurdles
city	Belgrade
Stadion	Partizan Stadium
Attendees	23 athletes from 13 countries
Competition phase	September 13th (preliminary) September 15th (semi-finals) September 16th (final)
Medalist
gold	Anatoly Mikhailov ( URS )
silver	Giovanni Cornacchia ( ITA )
bronze	Nikolai Berezuzky ( URS )

Panoramic view of the Partizan Stadium 2014 - 52nd years after the European Championships there

The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held on September 13, 15 and 16, 1962 in Belgrade's Partizan Stadium .

With gold and bronze, the Soviet hurdlers won two medals. European champion was Anatoly Michailow . He won ahead of the Italian Giovanni Cornacchia . Bronze went to Nikolai Berezuzky.

Existing records

World record	13.2 s	Martin Lauer	Zurich , Switzerland	July 7, 1959
		Lee Calhoun	Bern , Switzerland	August 21, 1960
European record		Martin Lauer	Zurich , Switzerland	July 7, 1959
Championship record	13.7 s		EM Stockholm , Sweden	August 24, 1958

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Preliminary round

September 13, 1962

The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals. In addition, Klaus Nüske, who was fourth in the first prelim, was admitted to the semi-finals. The reason for this remains unclear.

Forward 1

Wind: +2.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Nikolai Berezuzky	Soviet Union	14.2
2	Valentin Chistyakov	Soviet Union	14.2
3	Giorgio Mazza	Italy	14.3
4th	Klaus Nüske	Germany	14.3
5	Ivan Čierny	Czechoslovakia	14.6

Forward 2

Wind: +3.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Stanko Lorger	Yugoslavia	14.4
2	Bob Birrell	Great Britain	14.4
3	Klaus Schiess	Switzerland	14.7
4th	Hans-Werner Regenbrecht	Germany	15.2
5	Emilio Campra	Spain	15.4
DNF	Nereo Svara	Italy
	Marcel Duriez	France

Forward 3

Wind: +3.3 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Anatoly Mikhailov	Soviet Union	14.0
2	Georgios Marsellos	Greece	14.2
3	Wilfried Geeroms	Belgium	14.5
4th	Jiří Černošek	Czechoslovakia	14.7

Forward 4

Wind: +3.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Michel Chardel	France	14.0
2	Laurie Taitt	Great Britain	14.0
3	Giovanni Cornacchia	Italy	14.0
4th	Edward Bugała	Poland	14.4
5	Milad Petrušić	Yugoslavia	14.6
6th	Herbert Striker	Germany	14.6
DSQ	Çetin Şahiner	Turkey

Semifinals

September 15, 1962, 6:10 p.m.

In each of the two semi-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final. Since there were two third-placed runners in the first semifinal race and both had qualified, the final field was increased to seven runners.

Run 1

Wind: -1.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Valentin Chistyakov	Soviet Union	14.3
2	Giovanni Cornacchia	Italy	14.3
3	Stanko Lorger	Yugoslavia	14.5
	Michel Chardel	France	14.5
5	Bob Birrell	Great Britain	14.5
6th	Klaus Nüske	Germany	14.5
7th	Klaus Schiess	Switzerland	15.0

Run 2

Wind: -2.4 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Anatoly Mikhailov	Soviet Union	14.1
2	Nikolai Berezuzky	Soviet Union	14.3
3	Giorgio Mazza	Italy	14.3
4th	Laurie Taitt	Great Britain	14.4
5	Wilfried Geeroms	Belgium	14.5
6th	Georgios Marsellos	Greece	14.9

final

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  Giorgio Mazza finished in the finals as with the European Championships in 1958 to fifth place

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  The Vice European Champion from 1958 Stanko Lorger came in seventh

September 16, 1962, 5:15 p.m.

Wind: −0.1 m / s

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Anatoly Mikhailov	Soviet Union	13.8 NO
2	Giovanni Cornacchia	Italy	14.0
3	Nikolai Berezuzky	Soviet Union	14.2
4th	Michel Chardel	France	14.2
5	Giorgio Mazza	Italy	14.3
6th	Valentin Chistyakov	Soviet Union	14.4
7th	Stanko Lorger	Yugoslavia	14.5

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Beograd 1962 from european-athletics.org, accessed on May 9, 2019
• Men 110m_Hurdles European Championship 1962 Beograd on todor66.com, accessed May 9, 2019
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 1962 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on May 9, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1962, 110 m hurdles men on sportschau.de, accessed on May 9, 2019
• 7th European Athletics Championships 1962 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from ifosta.de, accessed on May 9, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ ^{a b} IAAF world records. Men's 110-meter hurdles , accessed May 9, 2019