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110 metres Hurdles, Men

Date	16 – 17 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Ciudad de México
Participants	33 from 24 countries

In the semi-final, Erv Hall (USA) ran 13.38, the fastest auto-time ever. Willie Davenport won the second semi in 13.53. Davenport ran almost a perfect race in the final, taking the lead early, and defeating Hall by a full metre. Italy’s Eddy Ottoz broke up the American medal sweep by winning the bronze medal. In 1969, both Hall and Davenport equaled the hand-timed world record of 13.2, although at different meets.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	266	Willie Davenport	USA	13.6 (1 h2)	13.5 (1 h2)	13.3 (1)	Gold
2	277	Erv Hall	USA	13.7 (1 h1)	13.3 (1 h1)	13.4 (2)	Silver
3	515	Eddy Ottoz	ITA	13.5 (1 h3)	13.5 (2 h1)	13.4 (3)	Bronze
4	263	Leon Coleman	USA	13.7 (1 h4)	13.5 (2 h2)	13.6 (4)
5	50	Werner Trzmiel	FRG	13.8 (2 h3)	13.5 (3 h2)	13.6 (5)
6	727	Bo Forssander	SWE	13.9 (2 h4)	13.7 (3 h1)	13.7 (6)
7	358	Marcel Duriez	FRA	13.9 (2 h5)	13.7 (4 h2)	13.7 (7)
8	368	Pierre Schoebel	FRA	13.8 (2 h1)	13.7 (4 h1)	14.0 (8)
5 h1 r2/3	20	Hinrich John	FRG	13.8 (2 h2)	13.8 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	831	Oleg Stepanenko	URS	13.9 (4 h2)	13.8 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r2/3	752	Daniel Riedo	SUI	14.0 (3 h1)	14.0 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	648	Kjellfred Weum	NOR	14.0 (3 h4)	14.0 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r2/3	208	Juan Morales	CUB	13.9 (3 h3)	14.0 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	512	Sergio Liani	ITA	13.9 (3 h5)	14.0 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r2/3	795	Viktor Balikhin	URS	13.8 (1 h5)	14.1 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r2/3	689	Arnaldo Bristol	PUR	13.9 (3 h2)	14.1 (8 h2)	–
4 h1 r1/3	500	Giovanni Cornacchia	ITA	14.1 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	108	Gary Knoke	AUS	14.1 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	416	Mike Parker	GBR	14.1 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	417	Alan Pascoe	GBR	13.9 (4 h5)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	491	Franklin Blyden	ISV	14.7 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	180	Hernando Arrechea	COL	14.0 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	425	Stuart Storey	GBR	14.1 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	228	Patricio Saavedra	CHI	14.4 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	220	Lubomír Nádeníček	TCH	14.1 (5 h5)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	574	Kimaru Songok	KEN	14.7 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	589	Ishtiaq Mubarak	MAS	14.3 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	194	Simbara Maki	CIV	14.3 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	332	Rogelio Onofre	PHI	15.0 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	660	Alfredo Deza	PER	14.3 (6 h5)	–	–
7 h2 r1/3	765	Su Po-Tai	TPE	15.0 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	584	Fernand Tovondray	MAD	14.9 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	699	Radhamés Mora	DOM	16.8 (7 h5)	–	–
DNS	214	Bernard Kender	CHA	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	746	Werner Kuhn	SUI	– (DNS h4)	–	–

Round One

Date	16 October 1968 — 10:00
Format	Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	277	Erv Hall	USA	13.7	13.75	Q
2	368	Pierre Schoebel	FRA	13.8	13.83	Q
3	752	Daniel Riedo	SUI	14.0	14.10	Q
4	500	Giovanni Cornacchia	ITA	14.1	14.13
5	491	Franklin Blyden	ISV	14.7	14.74
6	574	Kimaru Songok	KEN	14.7	14.76
DNS	214	Bernard Kender	CHA	–	–

Heat #2

Wind	1.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	266	Willie Davenport	USA	13.6	13.65	Q
2	20	Hinrich John	FRG	13.8	13.87	Q
3	689	Arnaldo Bristol	PUR	13.9	13.92	Q
4	831	Oleg Stepanenko	URS	13.9	13.95	q
5	180	Hernando Arrechea	COL	14.0	14.09
6	589	Ishtiaq Mubarak	MAS	14.3	14.36
7	765	Su Po-Tai	TPE	15.0	15.11

Heat #3

Wind	1.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	515	Eddy Ottoz	ITA	13.5	13.61	Q=OR
2	50	Werner Trzmiel	FRG	13.8	13.87	Q
3	208	Juan Morales	CUB	13.9	13.94	Q
4	108	Gary Knoke	AUS	14.1	14.14
5	425	Stuart Storey	GBR	14.1	14.20
6	194	Simbara Maki	CIV	14.3	14.32
7	584	Fernand Tovondray	MAD	14.9	15.00

Heat #4

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	263	Leon Coleman	USA	13.7	13.77	Q
2	727	Bo Forssander	SWE	13.9	14.00	Q
3	648	Kjellfred Weum	NOR	14.0	14.08	Q
4	416	Mike Parker	GBR	14.1	14.16
5	228	Patricio Saavedra	CHI	14.4	14.47
6	332	Rogelio Onofre	PHI	15.0	15.01
DNS	746	Werner Kuhn	SUI	–	–

Heat #5

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	795	Viktor Balikhin	URS	13.8	13.82	Q
2	358	Marcel Duriez	FRA	13.9	14.00	Q
3	512	Sergio Liani	ITA	13.9	14.01	Q
4	417	Alan Pascoe	GBR	13.9	14.01
5	220	Lubomír Nádeníček	TCH	14.1	14.18
6	660	Alfredo Deza	PER	14.3	14.38
7	699	Radhamés Mora	DOM	16.8	16.85

Semi-Finals

Date	17 October 1968 — 15:00
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Wind	1.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	277	Erv Hall	USA	13.3	13.38	QOR
2	515	Eddy Ottoz	ITA	13.5	13.53	Q
3	727	Bo Forssander	SWE	13.7	13.75	Q
4	368	Pierre Schoebel	FRA	13.7	13.78	Q
5	20	Hinrich John	FRG	13.8	13.87
6	752	Daniel Riedo	SUI	14.0	14.07
7	208	Juan Morales	CUB	14.0	14.08
8	795	Viktor Balikhin	URS	14.1	14.13

Heat #2

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	266	Willie Davenport	USA	13.5	13.53	Q
2	263	Leon Coleman	USA	13.5	13.54	Q
3	50	Werner Trzmiel	FRG	13.5	13.60	Q
4	358	Marcel Duriez	FRA	13.7	13.73	Q
5	831	Oleg Stepanenko	URS	13.8	13.83
6	648	Kjellfred Weum	NOR	14.0	14.04
7	512	Sergio Liani	ITA	14.0	14.09
8	689	Arnaldo Bristol	PUR	14.1	14.13

Final

Date	17 October 1968 — 17:00
Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	Willie Davenport	USA	13.3	13.33	=OR
2	Erv Hall	USA	13.4	13.42
3	Eddy Ottoz	ITA	13.4	13.46
4	Leon Coleman	USA	13.6	13.67
5	Werner Trzmiel	FRG	13.6	13.68
6	Bo Forssander	SWE	13.7	13.73
7	Marcel Duriez	FRA	13.7	13.77
8	Pierre Schoebel	FRA	14.0	14.02