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1964 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan - Men's 110 m Hurdles

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Host City: Tokyo, Japan

Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Date Started: October 17, 1964

Format: Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Date Finished: October 18, 1964

(Competitors: 37; Countries: 24; Finalists: 8)

Venue(s): National Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Overview by IAAF

The first round saw no-one run faster than 14.1. On the next day, in the wet and cold (14°C), Mikhailov won the first semi in 13.9w, with Willie Davenport the US Trials winner back in seventh, impeded by an injured thigh. Lindgren won the other semi-final, also in 13.9, with Jones easing through in 14.0, and Ottoz the slowest qualifier for the final with 14.1 (14.12). As in the three previous finals, the gold was won at the start. Jones, reputed to be the fastest starter in the world, was almost a metre clear at the first hurdle. Lindgren closed all the way, and was fractionally ahead coming off the last hurdle. But Jones’s speed (9.4 for 100y) was too much for Lindgren, who lost a little ground by leaning for the line too early. Behind him Mikhailov and Ottoz closed rapidly, with the Italian – for once without his trademark sunglasses – finishing fastest of all for fourth, a metre behind Lindgren. For Jones, it was the final outdoor race of his career.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The two co-favorites were Americans Blaine Lindgren and Hayes Jones, the 1960 bronze medalist. The chance for a fifth consecutive US medal sweep went away in the semi-finals when Willie Davenport injured his thigh. In the final Jones was away quickly – he was considered the fastest starter in the world. But Lindgren closed and was even at the last hurdle, only to lose out on the run-in. Anatoly Mikhaylov finished third to get the first Soviet medal in this event.

				Results

*110 m Hurdles*	Men			Final	18 October

Rank	Mark			Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	13.67			Hayes Jones	United States	USA	26	OR	13.6 h
2	13.74			Blaine Lindgren	United States	USA	25		13.7 h
3	13.78			Anatoly Mikhaylov	Soviet Union	URS	27		13.7 h
4	13.84			Eddy Ottoz	Italy	ITA	20		13.8 h
5	14.09			Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	India	IND	25		14.0 h
6	14.09			Marcel Duriez	France	FRA	24		14.0 h
7	14.12			Giovanni Cornacchia	Italy	ITA	25		14.1 h
8	14.17			Giorgio Mazza	Italy	ITA	25		14.1 h
*110 m Hurdles*	Men			Semi-Finals Heat One	18 October

Rank	Mark			Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	13.90	w	Q	Anatoly Mikhaylov	Soviet Union	URS	27		13.9w h
2	14.04	w	Q	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	India	IND	25		14.0w h
3	14.06	w	Q	Giorgio Mazza	Italy	ITA	25		14.0w h
4	14.10	w	Q	Marcel Duriez	France	FRA	24		14.0w h
5	14.14	w		Hinrich John	Germany	GER	28		14.1w h
6	14.23	w		Lázaro Betancourt	Cuba	CUB	28		14.2w h
7	14.28	w		Willie Davenport	United States	USA	21		14.2w h
AC	DQ			Valentin Chistyakov	Soviet Union	URS	24
*110 m Hurdles*	Men			Semi-Finals Heat Two	18 October

Rank	Mark			Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	13.95		Q	Blaine Lindgren	United States	USA	25		13.9 h
2	14.06		Q	Giovanni Cornacchia	Italy	ITA	25		14.0 h
3	14.06		Q	Hayes Jones	United States	USA	26		14.0 h
4	14.12		Q	Eddy Ottoz	Italy	ITA	20		14.1 h
5	14.21			Bo Forssander	Sweden	SWE	22		14.2 h
6	14.27			Aleksandr Kontarev	Soviet Union	URS	26		14.2 h
7	14.30			Hirokazu Yasuda	Japan	JPN	28		14.3 h
8	14.65			Mike Parker	Great Britain	GBR	26		14.6 h
*110 m Hurdles*	Men			Round One Heat One	17 October

Rank	Mark			Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	14.26		Q	Giorgio Mazza	Italy	ITA	25		14.2 h
2	14.44		Q	Willie Davenport	United States	USA	21		14.2 h
3	14.53		Q	Hirokazu Yasuda	Japan	JPN	28		14.5 h
4	14.57			Folu Erinle	Nigeria	NGR	24		14.5 h
5	14.68			Aggrey Awori	Uganda	UGA	25		14.6 h
6	14.69			Arnaldo Bristol	Puerto Rico	PUR	19		14.6 h
7	14.80			Wallie Babb	Zambia	ZAM	23		14.7 h
*110 m Hurdles*	Men			Round One Heat Two	17 October

Rank	Mark			Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	14.200		Q	Blaine Lindgren	United States	USA	25		14.2 h
2	14.26		Q	Aleksandr Kontarev	Soviet Union	URS	26		14.2 h
3	14.39		Q	Hinrich John	Germany	GER	28		14.3 h
4	14.52			Laurie Taitt	Great Britain	GBR	30		14.5 h
5	14.76			Ghulam Raziq	Pakistan	PAK	31		14.7 h
6	14.93			Heriberto Cruz	Puerto Rico	PUR	25		14.9 h
7	15.2			Juan Carlos Dyrzka	Argentina	ARG	23
8	15.3			Simbara Maki	Cote d'Ivoire	CIV	25
*110 m Hurdles*	Men			Round One Heat Three	17 October

Rank	Mark			Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	14.13		Q	Anatoly Mikhaylov	Soviet Union	URS	27		14.1 h
2	14.25		Q	Giovanni Cornacchia	Italy	ITA	25		14.2 h
3	14.35		Q	Bo Forssander	Sweden	SWE	22		14.3 h
4	14.82			Cliff Nuttall	Canada	CAN	23		14.8 h
5	14.83			Bernard Fournet	France	FRA	22		14.8 h
6	15.12			Çetin Şahiner	Turkey	TUR	29		15.1 h
7	15.5			Virgil Okiring	Uganda	UGA	22
*110 m Hurdles*	Men			Round One Heat Four	17 October

Rank	Mark			Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	14.63		Q	Eddy Ottoz	Italy	ITA	20		14.6 h
2	14.67		Q	Lázaro Betancourt	Cuba	CUB	28		14.6 h
3	14.75		Q	Valentin Chistyakov	Soviet Union	URS	24		14.7 h
4	14.93			Léopold Marien	Belgium	BEL	30		14.9 h
5	14.97			Georgios Marsellos	Greece	GRE	27		14.9 h
6	15.17			Kuda Ditta	Malaysia	MAS	27		15.1 h
7	15.19			Christian Voigt	Germany	GER	20		15.1 h
8	16.2			Samir Vincent	Iraq	IRQ	23
*110 m Hurdles*	Men			Round One Heat Five	17 October

Rank	Mark			Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	14.22		Q	Marcel Duriez	France	FRA	24		14.2 h
2	14.24		Q	Hayes Jones	United States	USA	26		14.2 h
3	14.26		Q	Mike Parker	Great Britain	GBR	26		14.2 h
4	14.37		Q	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	India	IND	25		14.3 h
5	14.38			Werner Trzmiel	Germany	GER	22		14.3 h
6	14.58			Akira Tanaka	Japan	JPN	22		14.5 h
7	14.70			Edward Akika	Nigeria	NGR	23		14.7 h