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110 metres Hurdles, Men

Date	27 – 28 November 1956
Status	Olympic
Location	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria
Participants	24 from 15 countries

At the US Olympic Trials, Lee Calhoun had tied for first with 1952 silver medalist Jack Davis. Davis was likely a slight favorite, as the world record holder, set in winning the 1956 AAU Championship. The final was close throughout. Calhoun got a slight lead at the start and Davis never fully closed, losing out by 3/100ths of a second at the line. In two consecutive Olympics, Davis had lost the gold medals by a combined margin of 0.12 seconds. Duke University’s Joel Shankle won the bronze medal for the USA, the third consecutive Olympics at which US hurdlers had swept the high hurdle medals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	250	Lee Calhoun	USA	14.1 (1 h2)	14.0 (1 h2)	13.5 (1)	Gold	OR
2	251	Jack Davis	USA	14.0 (1 h1)	14.0 (1 h1)	13.5 (2)	Silver
3	252	Joel Shankle	USA	14.0 (1 h3)	14.0 (2 h2)	14.1 (3)	Bronze
4	238	Martin Lauer	GER	14.2 (1 h4)	14.4 (2 h1)	14.5 (4)
5	255	Stanko Lorger	YUG	14.6 (2 h2)	14.6 (3 h1)	14.5 (5)
6	254	Boris Stolyarov	URS	14.3 (3 h4)	14.5 (3 h2)	14.6 (6)
4 h1 r2/3	10	Evaristo Iglesias	CUB	14.3 (2 h4)	14.6 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	239	Bert Steines	GER	14.3 (2 h3)	14.5 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/3	237	Edmond Roudnitska	FRA	14.3 (2 h1)	14.9 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	37	Ghulam Raziq	PAK	14.5 (3 h1)	14.6 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r2/3	248	Danie Burger	RSA	14.4 (3 h3)	15.0 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	664	Jean-Claude Bernard	FRA	14.7 (3 h2)	14.6 (6 h2)	–
4 h1 r1/3	244	Eamonn Kinsella	IRL	14.6 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	242	Jack Parker	GBR	14.8 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	253	Anatoly Mikhaylov	URS	14.5 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	241	Peter Hildreth	GBR	14.5 (4 h4)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	235	Ken Doubleday	AUS	14.8 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	234	John Chittick	AUS	14.9 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	23	Keith Gardner	JAM	14.6 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	240	Ioannis Kampadelis	GRE	15.1 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	676	Guillermo Zapata	COL	15.3 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	246	Kalim Khawaja Ghani	PAK	16.1 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	236	Bob Joyce	AUS	14.7 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	2423	Sri Chand Ram	IND	15.2 (6 h4)	–	–
DNS	247	Amadeo Francis	PUR	– (DNS h1)	–	–

Round One

Date	27 November 1956 — 15:20
Format	Top 3 in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	251	Jack Davis	USA	14.17	14.0	Q
2	252	Joel Shankle	USA	14.20	14.0	Q
3	250	Lee Calhoun	USA	14.36	14.1	Q
4	238	Martin Lauer	GER	14.41	14.2	Q
5	237	Edmond Roudnitska	FRA	14.49	14.3	Q
6	10	Evaristo Iglesias	CUB	14.52	14.3	Q
7	254	Boris Stolyarov	URS	14.54	14.3	Q
8	239	Bert Steines	GER	14.59	14.3	Q
9	248	Danie Burger	RSA	14.59	14.4	Q
10	253	Anatoly Mikhaylov	URS	14.63	14.5
=11	37	Ghulam Raziq	PAK	14.65	14.5	Q
=11	23	Keith Gardner	JAM	14.65	14.6
13	244	Eamonn Kinsella	IRL	14.66	14.6
14	241	Peter Hildreth	GBR	14.68	14.5
15	255	Stanko Lorger	YUG	14.75	14.6	Q
16	664	Jean-Claude Bernard	FRA	14.88	14.7	Q
17	235	Ken Doubleday	AUS	14.98	14.8
18	242	Jack Parker	GBR	15.00	14.8
19	236	Bob Joyce	AUS	15.02	14.7
20	234	John Chittick	AUS	15.18	14.9
21	240	Ioannis Kampadelis	GRE	15.28	15.1
22	2423	Sri Chand Ram	IND	15.40	15.2
23	676	Guillermo Zapata	COL	15.58	15.3
24	246	Kalim Khawaja Ghani	PAK	16.32	16.1
DNS	247	Amadeo Francis	PUR	–	–

Heat #1

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Jack Davis	USA	14.0	14.17	Q
2	3	Edmond Roudnitska	FRA	14.3	14.49	Q
3	6	Ghulam Raziq	PAK	14.5	14.65	Q
4	4	Eamonn Kinsella	IRL	14.6	14.66
5	1	Ken Doubleday	AUS	14.8	14.98
6	2	Guillermo Zapata	COL	15.3	15.58
DNS	7	Amadeo Francis	PUR	–	–

Heat #2

Wind	-3.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	6	Lee Calhoun	USA	14.1	14.36	Q
2	1	Stanko Lorger	YUG	14.6	14.75	Q
3	2	Jean-Claude Bernard	FRA	14.7	14.88	Q
4	3	Jack Parker	GBR	14.8	15.00
5	5	John Chittick	AUS	14.9	15.18
6	4	Kalim Khawaja Ghani	PAK	16.1	16.32

Heat #3

Wind	-0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	2	Joel Shankle	USA	14.0	14.20	Q
2	5	Bert Steines	GER	14.3	14.59	Q
3	4	Danie Burger	RSA	14.4	14.59	Q
4	3	Anatoly Mikhaylov	URS	14.5	14.63
5	6	Keith Gardner	JAM	14.6	14.65
6	1	Bob Joyce	AUS	14.7	15.02

Heat #4

Wind	-0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	6	Martin Lauer	GER	14.2	14.41	Q
2	4	Evaristo Iglesias	CUB	14.3	14.52	Q
3	2	Boris Stolyarov	URS	14.3	14.54	Q
4	5	Peter Hildreth	GBR	14.5	14.68
5	3	Ioannis Kampadelis	GRE	15.1	15.28
6	1	Sri Chand Ram	IND	15.2	15.40

Semi-Finals

Date	28 November 1956 — 14:30
Format	Top 3 in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	250	Lee Calhoun	USA	14.18	14.0	Q
2	252	Joel Shankle	USA	14.23	14.0	Q
3	251	Jack Davis	USA	14.28	14.0	Q
4	238	Martin Lauer	GER	14.57	14.4	Q
5	254	Boris Stolyarov	URS	14.64	14.5	Q
6	239	Bert Steines	GER	14.70	14.5
7	255	Stanko Lorger	YUG	14.73	14.6	Q	1
8	10	Evaristo Iglesias	CUB	14.73	14.6		2
9	37	Ghulam Raziq	PAK	14.74	14.6
10	664	Jean-Claude Bernard	FRA	14.78	14.6
11	237	Edmond Roudnitska	FRA	14.87	14.9
12	248	Danie Burger	RSA	14.95	15.0

Heat #1

Wind	-2.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	6	Jack Davis	USA	14.0	14.28	Q
2	3	Martin Lauer	GER	14.4	14.57	Q
3	5	Stanko Lorger	YUG	14.6	14.73	Q	3
4	1	Evaristo Iglesias	CUB	14.6	14.73		4
5	2	Edmond Roudnitska	FRA	14.9	14.87
6	4	Danie Burger	RSA	15.0	14.95

Heat #2

Wind	-1.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	5	Lee Calhoun	USA	14.0	14.18	Q
2	4	Joel Shankle	USA	14.0	14.23	Q
3	2	Boris Stolyarov	URS	14.5	14.64	Q
4	6	Bert Steines	GER	14.5	14.70
5	3	Ghulam Raziq	PAK	14.6	14.74
6	1	Jean-Claude Bernard	FRA	14.6	14.78

Final Round

Date	28 November 1956 — 16:05

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	2	Lee Calhoun	USA	13.5	13.70	OR
2	5	Jack Davis	USA	13.5	13.73	=OR
3	1	Joel Shankle	USA	14.1	14.25
4	6	Martin Lauer	GER	14.5	14.67
5	3	Stanko Lorger	YUG	14.5	14.68
6	4	Boris Stolyarov	URS	14.6	14.71