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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 3 in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	515	Eddy Ottoz	ITA	13.61	13.5	Q=OR
2	266	Willie Davenport	USA	13.65	13.6	Q
3	277	Erv Hall	USA	13.75	13.7	Q
4	263	Leon Coleman	USA	13.77	13.7	Q
5	795	Viktor Balikhin	URS	13.82	13.8	Q
6	368	Pierre Schoebel	FRA	13.83	13.8	Q
=7	20	Hinrich John	FRG	13.87	13.8	Q
=7	50	Werner Trzmiel	FRG	13.87	13.8	Q
9	689	Arnaldo Bristol	PUR	13.92	13.9	Q
10	208	Juan Morales	CUB	13.94	13.9	Q
11	831	Oleg Stepanenko	URS	13.95	13.9	q
=12	727	Bo Forssander	SWE	14.00	13.9	Q
=12	358	Marcel Duriez	FRA	14.00	13.9	Q
14	512	Sergio Liani	ITA	14.01	13.9	Q
15	417	Alan Pascoe	GBR	14.01	13.9
16	648	Kjellfred Weum	NOR	14.08	14.0	Q
17	180	Hernando Arrechea	COL	14.09	14.0
18	752	Daniel Riedo	SUI	14.10	14.0	Q
19	500	Giovanni Cornacchia	ITA	14.13	14.1
20	108	Gary Knoke	AUS	14.14	14.1
21	416	Mike Parker	GBR	14.16	14.1
22	220	Lubomír Nádeníček	TCH	14.18	14.1
23	425	Stuart Storey	GBR	14.20	14.1
24	194	Simbara Maki	CIV	14.32	14.3
25	589	Ishtiaq Mubarak	MAS	14.36	14.3
26	660	Alfredo Deza	PER	14.38	14.3
27	228	Patricio Saavedra	CHI	14.47	14.4
28	491	Franklin Blyden	ISV	14.74	14.7
29	574	Kimaru Songok	KEN	14.76	14.7
30	584	Fernand Tovondray	MAD	15.00	14.9
31	332	Rogelio Onofre	PHI	15.01	15.0
32	765	Su Po-Tai	TPE	15.11	15.0
33	699	Radhamés Mora	DOM	16.85	16.8
DNS	214	Bernard Kender	CHA	–	–
DNS	746	Werner Kuhn	SUI	–	–

Heat #1

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	6	Erv Hall	USA	13.7	13.75	Q
2	7	Pierre Schoebel	FRA	13.8	13.83	Q
3	3	Daniel Riedo	SUI	14.0	14.10	Q
4	5	Giovanni Cornacchia	ITA	14.1	14.13
5	2	Franklin Blyden	ISV	14.7	14.74
6	4	Kimaru Songok	KEN	14.7	14.76
DNS	1	Bernard Kender	CHA	–	–

Heat #2

Wind	1.0 m/s

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

Heat #3

Wind	1.7 m/s

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

Heat #4

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	7	Leon Coleman	USA	13.7	13.77	Q
2	6	Bo Forssander	SWE	13.9	14.00	Q
3	2	Kjellfred Weum	NOR	14.0	14.08	Q
4	5	Mike Parker	GBR	14.1	14.16
5	3	Patricio Saavedra	CHI	14.4	14.47
6	1	Rogelio Onofre	PHI	15.0	15.01
DNS	4	Werner Kuhn	SUI	–	–

Heat #5

Wind	0.0 m/s

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

Semi-Finals

Date	17 October 1968 — 15:00
Format	Top 4 in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	277	Erv Hall	USA	13.38	13.3	QOR
=2	515	Eddy Ottoz	ITA	13.53	13.5	Q
=2	266	Willie Davenport	USA	13.53	13.5	Q
4	263	Leon Coleman	USA	13.54	13.5	Q
5	50	Werner Trzmiel	FRG	13.60	13.5	Q
6	358	Marcel Duriez	FRA	13.73	13.7	Q
7	727	Bo Forssander	SWE	13.75	13.7	Q
8	368	Pierre Schoebel	FRA	13.78	13.7	Q
9	831	Oleg Stepanenko	URS	13.83	13.8
10	20	Hinrich John	FRG	13.87	13.8
11	648	Kjellfred Weum	NOR	14.04	14.0
12	752	Daniel Riedo	SUI	14.07	14.0
13	208	Juan Morales	CUB	14.08	14.0
14	512	Sergio Liani	ITA	14.09	14.0
=15	795	Viktor Balikhin	URS	14.13	14.1
=15	689	Arnaldo Bristol	PUR	14.13	14.1

Heat #1

Wind	1.8 m/s

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

Heat #2

Wind	0.0 m/s

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

Final Round

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

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