1960 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	110 meter hurdles
gender	Men
Attendees	36 athletes from 21 countries
Competition location	Stadio Olimpico
Competition phase	September 3, 1960 (heats / quarter-finals) September 5, 1960 (semi-finals / finals)
Medalist Lee Calhoun ( USA )   Willie May ( USA )   Hayes Jones ( USA )

The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome took place on September 3 and 5, 1960 at the Stadio Olimpico . 36 athletes took part.

The US team celebrated a triple success. Lee Calhoun won the gold medal, silver to Willie May and bronze to Hayes Jones .

Martin Lauer , Karl-Ernst Schottes and Klaus Gerbig started for Germany . Schottes and Gerbig failed in their quarterfinals. Lauer was able to qualify for the final and finished fourth there. Runners from Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Existing records

World record	13.2 s	Martin Lauer ( FR Germany )	Zurich , Switzerland	July 7, 1959
		Lee Calhoun ( USA )	Bern , Switzerland	August 21, 1960
Olympic record	13.5 s	Lee Calhoun ( USA )	Melbourne finals , Australia	November 28, 1956
		Jack Davis ( USA )

Conducting the competition

The runners started six heats on September 3rd. The four best runners each qualified for the quarter-finals on the same day on which the three best runners reached the semifinals. The two semi-finals and the final took place on September 5th. From the preliminary decisions, the first three came to the final.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Time schedule

September 3, 9:00 a.m .: Preliminaries
September 3, 6:10 p.m .: Quarter-finals
September 5, 3:15 p.m .: Semi-finals
September 5, 4:45 p.m .: Final

Prelims

Date: September 3, 1960, from 9:00 a.m.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Martin Lauer	Germany	14.3 s	14.45 s
2	Jean Baptiste Okello	Uganda	14.4 s	14.59 s
3	Giovanni Cornacchia	Italy	14.6 s	14.77 s
4th	Marcel Duriez	France	14.7 s	14.90 s
5	Seraphino Antao	Kenya	15.0 s	15.13 s
6th	Çetin Şahiner	Turkey	15.6 s	15.75 s

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Hayes Jones	United States	14.2 s	14.32 s
2	Mikola Berezuzki	Soviet Union	14.3 s	14.50 s
3	Milad Petrušić	Yugoslavia	14.6 s	14.74 s
4th	Paolo Zamboni	Italy	14.7 s	14.82 s
5	John Chittick	Australia	14.7 s	14.86 s
DNF	Abdul Wardak	Afghanistan

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Willie May	United States	14.0 s	14.16 s
2	Valentin Chistyakov	Soviet Union	14.3 s	14.45 s
3	Bob Birrell	Great Britain	14.7 s	14.82 s
4th	Klaus Gerbig	Germany	14.7 s	14.87 s
5	Saka Oloko	Nigeria	14.9 s	15.04 s
6th	Nazzar Al-Jamali	Iraq	15.8 s	15.99 s

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Lee Calhoun	United States	14.3 s	14.37 s
2	Edmond Roudnitska	France	14.4 s	14.53 s
3	Ghulam Raziq	Pakistan	14.6 s	14.68 s
4th	Peter Hildreth	Great Britain	14.8 s	14.90 s
5	Georgios Marsellos	Greece	14.8 s	14.92 s
6th	Pétur Rögnvaldsson	Iceland	15.2 s	15.38 s
DNF	Isaac Elie	Sudan

Forward 5

The Yugoslav Stanko Lorger made it to the semi-finals.

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Keith Gardner	West Indian Federation	14.3 s	14.46 s
2	Stanko Lorger	Yugoslavia	14.4 s	14.56 s
3	Nereo Svara	Italy	14.9 s	15.03 s
4th	Vic Matthews	Great Britain	14.9 s	15.07 s
5	Jagmohan Singh	India	15.2 s	15.34 s
6th	Abdul Malik	Pakistan	15.4 s	15.52 s

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Anatoly Mikhailov	Soviet Union	14.4 s	14.53 s
2	Karl-Ernst Schottes	Germany	14.8 s	14.90 s
3	Roman Muzyk	Poland	14.8 s	14.94 s
4th	Aggrey Awori	Uganda	15.2 s	15.36 s
5	Jacques Déprez	France	17.1 s	17.24 s

Quarter finals

Date: September 3, 1960, from 6.10 p.m.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Lee Calhoun	United States	14.1 s	14.16 s
2	Jean Baptiste Okello	Uganda	14.3 s	14.48 s
3	Mikola Berezuzki	Soviet Union	14.4 s	14.57 s
4th	Giovanni Cornacchia	Italy	14.5 s	14.68 s
5	Peter Hildreth	Great Britain	14.6 s	14.78 s
6th	Karl-Ernst Schottes	Germany	14.6 s	14.81 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Martin Lauer	Germany	13.9 s	14.06 s
2	Keith Gardner	West Indian Federation	14.3 s	14.45 s
3	Ghulam Raziq	Pakistan	14.4 s	14.51 s
4th	Edmond Roudnitska	France	14.5 s	14.66 s
5	Milad Petrušić	Yugoslavia	14.6 s	14.71 s
6th	Paolo Zamboni	Italy	14.9 s	15.02 s

Run 3

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Willie May	United States	13.8 s	13.92 s
2	Anatoly Mikhailov	Soviet Union	13.9 s	14.02 s
3	Stanko Lorger	Yugoslavia	14.4 s	14.56 s
4th	Aggrey Awori	Uganda	14.8 s	14.94 s
5	Klaus Gerbig	Germany	14.8 s	14.97 s
6th	Vic Matthews	Great Britain	15.0 s	15.12 s

Run 4

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Hayes Jones	United States	14.1 s	14.19 s
2	Valentin Chistyakov	Soviet Union	14.3 s	14.51 s
3	Nereo Svara	Italy	14.4 s	14.59 s
4th	Roman Muzyk	Poland	14.5 s	14.68 s
5	Bob Birrell	Great Britain	14.6 s	14.78 s
6th	Marcel Duriez	France	15.0 s	15.19 s

Semifinals

Date: September 5, 1960, from 3:15 p.m.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Willie May	United States	13.7 s	13.87 s
2	Hayes Jones	United States	14.1 s	14.22 s
3	Keith Gardner	West Indian Federation	14.2 s	14.32 s
4th	Nereo Svara	Italy	14.3 s	14.50 s
5	Jean Baptiste Okello	Uganda	14.4 s	14.59 s
6th	Mikola Berezuzki	Soviet Union	14.6 s	14.69 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Lee Calhoun	United States	13.7 s	13.88 s
2	Martin Lauer	Germany	14.0 s	14.13 s
3	Valentin Chistyakov	Soviet Union	14.3 s	14.46 s
4th	Ghulam Raziq	Pakistan	14.3 s	14.49 s
5	Stanko Lorger	Yugoslavia	14.5 s	14.83 s
DNF	Anatoly Mikhailov	Soviet Union

final

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Lee Calhoun	United States	13.8 s	13.98 s
2	Willie May	United States	13.8 s	13.99 s
3	Hayes Jones	United States	14.0 s	14.17 s
4th	Martin Lauer	Germany	14.0 s	14.20 s
5	Keith Gardner	West Indian Federation	14.4 s	14.55 s
6th	Valentin Chistyakov	Soviet Union	14.6 s	14.71 s

Date: September 5, 1960, 4:45 p.m.

Defending champion Lee Calhoun, who set Martin Lauer's world record shortly before the games, was seen as the favorite . Lauer, European champion from 1958 , was considered his greatest competitor, but he no longer had the shape from his world record year 1959.

The fastest from the starting blocks in the final came Calhoun, who was very thin over the entire distance. His compatriot Willie May, however, was right on his heels. Calhoun threw himself into the target, which brought him the Olympic victory. May was only a hundredth of a second behind. Hayes Jones completed the US team's triple success, Lauer finished fourth.

In the 14th Olympic final, Lee Calhoun achieved the twelfth victory of a US runner. It was also the sixth US win in a row. Calhoun himself repeated his Olympic victory in 1956 after being banned for a year in 1958 because he had accepted gifts on a television program on the occasion of his wedding.

So far, the USA has recorded eight triple successes over 110 meter hurdles , the last four in a row.

Of the 41 medals awarded so far - in 1896 there was only a first and a second place - US runners won 34.

The times achieved seem disappointing at first. However, the runners faced a pretty strong headwind. In other disciplines, too, the wind information was obviously only accurate and correct with a tailwind, but always showed a value of 0.000 m / s with a headwind.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 195–197

Web links

• SportsReference 110m hurdles , accessed October 12, 2017
• Official report pp. 107–110, engl. (PDF), accessed on October 12, 2017
• 1960 Olympics 110M Hurdles; Willie May versus Lee Calhoun , published March 28, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed October 12, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 110 m hurdles men on www.rekorde-im-sport.de, accessed on October 12, 2017
2. ^ Official report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 63f (English) on library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 12, 2017
3. ^ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 107f (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 12, 2017
4. ↑ ^{a b} Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 109 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 12, 2017
5. ↑ Official Report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 110 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 12, 2017
6. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)
7. ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 196
8. ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 196f