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1972 Olympic Games Munich - Men's 110 m hurdles

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Host City: München, West Germany

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

Date Started: September 3, 1972

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

Date Finished: September 7, 1972

(Competitors: 39; Countries: 27; Finalists: 8)

Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, München

Overview by IAAF

Milburn and Hill were the fastest in the heats with 13.57 and 13.62, and confirmed their form with semi-final wins of 13.44 and 13.47 respectively. Hill displayed a dreadful start and great fluidity over the hurdles in edging Drut (13.49), while Milburn also came from behind in beating Siebeck (13.58). Milburn, the world record holder and favourite, shot out of the blocks in the final, and ripped to a 2m lead by the sixth hurdle, main- taining half of that lead to the tape, reached in a new world record time of 13.24. Behind him, Hill was second early on, but Drut caught him at the fourth barrier and the Frenchman showed a powerful finish in cutting back Milburn’s lead. Hill edged Davenport for third, though the reigning champion was in silver medal position until the eighth hurdle.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The heavy favorite entering the 1972 season was Rod Milburn, who had been undefeated in 1971 and had broken the world record for the 120 yard hurdles, winning the AAU title in 13.0. By the time of the US Olympic Trials, he had won 27 consecutive finals, but in that final, he hit two hurdles early in the race, and barely made the US team. At the Olympics, however, he re-established his superiority, winning the gold medal comfortably with an auto-timed world record of 13.24 over Guy Drut of France, who would later become a member of the IOC. Defending champion Willie Davenport was in the medal race thru eight hurdles but closed poorly and finished fourth.

			Results

*110 m hurdles*	Men		Final	7 September

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	13.24	0.3	Rod Milburn	United States	USA	18 May 50	WR
2	13.34	0.3	Guy Drut	France	FRA	6 Dec 50
3	13.48	0.3	Tom Hill	United States	USA	17 Nov 49
4	13.50	0.3	Willie Davenport	United States	USA	8 Jun 43
5	13.71	0.3	Frank Siebeck	East Germany	GDR	17 Aug 49
6	13.72	0.3	Leszek Wodzynski	Poland	POL	16 Feb 46
7	13.76	0.3	Lubomir Nádenicek	Czechoslovakia	TCH	11 Mar 47
8	13.86	0.3	Petr Čech	Czechoslovakia	TCH	6 Jan 44
*110 m hurdles*	Men		Semifinal 1	4 September

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	13.47	1.2	Tom Hill	United States	USA	17 Nov 49
2	13.49	1.2	Guy Drut	France	FRA	6 Dec 50
3	13.81	1.2	Leszek Wodzynski	Poland	POL	16 Feb 46
4	13.82	1.2	Petr Čech	Czechoslovakia	TCH	6 Jan 44
5	13.90	1.2	Sergio Liani	Italy	ITA	3 Aug 43
6	14.22	1.2	Richard MacDonald	Canada	CAN	21 May 49
7	14.37	1.2	Berwyn Price	Great Britain	GBR	15 Aug 51
8	14.63	1.2	Miroslaw Wodzynski	Poland	POL	13 Jul 51
*110 m hurdles*	Men		Semifinal 2	4 September

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	13.44	0	Rod Milburn	United States	USA	18 May 50
2	13.58	0	Frank Siebeck	East Germany	GDR	17 Aug 49
3	13.73	0	Willie Davenport	United States	USA	8 Jun 43
4	13.89	0	Lubomir Nádenicek	Czechoslovakia	TCH	11 Mar 47
5	14.06	0	Marek Jozwik	Poland	POL	10 Apr 47
6	14.23	0	Günter Nickel	West Germany	FRG	24 Mar 46
7	14.24	0	Alan Pascoe	Great Britain	GBR	1 Oct 47
8	14.45	0	Marco Acerbi	Italy	ITA	29 Apr 49
*110 m hurdles*	Men		Heat 1	3 September

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	13.83	0.2	Frank Siebeck	East Germany	GDR	17 Aug 49
2	13.97	0.2	Willie Davenport	United States	USA	8 Jun 43
3	14.03	0.2	Leszek Wodzynski	Poland	POL	16 Feb 46
4	14.14	0.2	Eckart Berkes	West Germany	FRG	9 Feb 49
5	14.16	0.2	Adeola Aboyade-Cole	Nigeria	NGR	20 Mar 51
6	14.61	0.2	Arnaldo Bristol	Puerto Rico	PUR	11 Sep 45
7	14.78	0.2	Ahmed Ishtiaq Mobarak	Malaysia	MAS	6 Feb 48
8	15.38	0.2	Ahmed Bashir	Pakistan	PAK	1 Dec 49
*110 m hurdles*	Men		Heat 2	3 September

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	13.62	-1.6	Tom Hill	United States	USA	17 Nov 49
2	13.94	-1.6	Berwyn Price	Great Britain	GBR	15 Aug 51
3	13.95	-1.6	Günter Nickel	West Germany	FRG	24 Mar 46
4	14.02	-1.6	Miroslaw Wodzynski	Poland	POL	13 Jul 51
5	14.13	-1.6	Viktor Myasnikov	Soviet Union	URS	3 Sep 48
6	14.56	-1.6	Bo Forssander	Sweden	SWE	2 Aug 42
7	14.74	-1.6	Alberto Matos	Portugal	POR	7 Dec 44
8	14.98	-1.6	Lee Chung-Ping	Chinese Taipei	TPE	19 Oct 49
*110 m hurdles*	Men		Heat 3	3 September

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	13.57	-0.7	Rod Milburn	United States	USA	18 May 50
2	13.93	-0.7	Lubomir Nádenicek	Czechoslovakia	TCH	11 Mar 47
3	14.36	-0.7	Richard MacDonald	Canada	CAN	21 May 49
4	14.46	-0.7	Danny Smith	Bahamas	BAH	15 May 52
5	14.50	-0.7	Jesper Tørring	Denmark	DEN	27 Sep 47
6	14.55	-0.7	Malcolm Baird	Australia	AUS	6 Jul 48
7	14.59	-0.7	Simbara Dembele Maki	Cote d'Ivoire	CIV	12 Oct 40
	DQ	-0.7	Giuseppe Buttari	Italy	ITA	16 Feb 51
*110 m hurdles*	Men		Heat 4	3 September

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	13.99	0.4	Marco Acerbi	Italy	ITA	29 Apr 49
2	14.06	0.4	Marek Jozwik	Poland	POL	10 Apr 47
3	14.08	0.4	Alan Pascoe	Great Britain	GBR	1 Oct 47
4	14.12	0.4	Abdoulaye Sarr	Senegal	SEN	9 Dec 47
5	14.13	0.4	Manfred Schumann	West Germany	FRG	7 Feb 51
6	14.33	0.4	Beat Pfister	Switzerland	SUI	5 Jul 49
7	15.80	0.4	Moreldin Mohamed Hamdi	Sudan	SUD	43
	DNF	0.4	Alejandro Casañas	Cuba	CUB	29 Jan 54
*110 m hurdles*	Men		Heat 5	3 September

Rank	Mark	Wind	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	13.78	0.7	Guy Drut	France	FRA	6 Dec 50
2	13.95	0.7	Sergio Liani	Italy	ITA	3 Aug 43
3	14.04	0.7	Petr Čech	Czechoslovakia	TCH	6 Jan 44
4	14.16	0.7	Godfrey Murray	Jamaica	JAM	6 Aug 50
5	14.21	0.7	Lorand Milassin	Hungary	HUN	18 Jan 48
6	14.31	0.7	David Wilson	Great Britain	GBR	7 Sep 51
7	14.73	0.7	Anthony Nelson	Canada	CAN	30 Nov 50