110 metres Hurdles, Men
| Date | 26 – 28 July 1976 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Stade olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec |
| Participants | 24 from 17 countries |
The silver medalist from 1972, Guy Drut (FRA), had won the 1974 European Championships and was favored in Montréal, the first time in memory that the favorite was not an American. In 1975 Drut had first equaled the hand-timed world record of 13.1 and then broke it with 13.0 at the ISTAF Meet in Berlin in August. He was expected to be challenged by 1975 Pan-American Games champion Alejandro Casañas of Cuba. There was no dominant US hurdler in 1976. Drut was under significant pressure to win by French fans but came thru with the gold medal, Casañas winning silver over the 1968 gold medalist, Willie Davenport. It was Davenport’s fourth Olympics, and he would compete in a fifth one in 1980 at Lake Placid as a bobsledder.
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | R1 | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 315 | Guy Drut |  FRA | 14.04 (3 h2) | 13.49 (2 h2) | 13.30 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 208 | Alejandro Casañas |  CUB | 13.73 (2 h2) | 13.34 (1 h2) | 13.33 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 918 | Willie Davenport |  USA | 13.70 (1 h2) | 13.55 (3 h2) | 13.38 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 925 | Charles W. Foster | USA | 13.68 (1 h1) | 13.45 (1 h1) | 13.41 (4) | |||
| 5 | 393 | Thomas Munkelt |  GDR | 13.69 (1 h3) | 13.48 (2 h1) | 13.44 (5) | |||
| 6 | 946 | James Owens | USA | 14.03 (5 h3) | 13.76 (4 h1) | 13.73 (6) | |||
| 7 | 887 | Vyacheslav Kulebyakin |  URS | 13.99 (3 h1) | 13.59 (4 h2) | 13.93 (7) | |||
| 8 | 894 | Viktor Myasnikov | URS | 13.81 (2 h3) | 13.70 (3 h1) | 13.94 (8) | |||
| 5 h1 r2/3 | 377 | Berwyn Price |  GBR | 13.82 (2 h1) | 13.78 (5 h1) | – | |||
| 5 h2 r2/3 | 402 | Frank Siebeck | GDR | 14.01 (5 h1) | 13.74 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 6 h1 r2/3 | 61 | Warren Parr |  AUS | 14.02 (4 h3) | 13.88 (6 h1) | – | |||
| 6 h2 r2/3 | 759 | Arnaldo Bristol |  PUR | 14.04 (4 h2) | 13.98 (6 h2) | – | |||
| 7 h1 r2/3 | 313 | Jean-Pierre Corval | FRA | 14.00 (4 h1) | 13.97 (7 h1) | – | |||
| 7 h2 r2/3 | 540 | Giuseppe Buttari |  ITA | 13.88 (3 h3) | 14.06 (7 h2) | – | |||
| 8 h1 r2/3 | 563 | Gianni Ronconi | ITA | 14.10 (6 h1) | 13.97 (8 h1) | – | |||
| 8 h2 r2/3 | 635 | Ishtiaq Mubarak |  MAS | 14.27 (5 h2) | 14.21 (8 h2) | – | |||
| 6 h2 r1/3 | 470 | Stratos Vasileiou |  GRE | 14.33 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
| 6 h3 r1/3 | 77 | Danny Smith |  BAH | 14.13 (6 h3) | – | – | |||
| 7 h1 r1/3 | 796 | Abdoulaye Sarr |  SEN | 14.20 (7 h1) | – | – | |||
| 7 h2 r1/3 | 643 | José Cartas |  MEX | 14.56 (7 h2) | – | – | |||
| 7 h3 r1/3 | 176 | Daniel Taillon |  CAN | 14.23 (7 h3) | – | – | |||
| 8 h1 r1/3 | 13 | Conrad Mainwaring |  ANT | 15.54 (8 h1) | – | – | |||
| 8 h3 r1/3 | 625 | Saleh Faraj |  KUW | 15.97 (8 h3) | – | – | |||
| AC h2 r1/3 | 48 | Max Binnington | AUS | – (DNF h2) | – | – |
Round One (26 July 1976 — 10:00)
Top five in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.
Heat One
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
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| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Charles W. Foster | USA | 13.68 | |||
| 2 | 5 | Berwyn Price | GBR | 13.82 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Vyacheslav Kulebyakin | URS | 13.99 | |||
| 4 | 2 | Jean-Pierre Corval | FRA | 14.00 | |||
| 5 | 4 | Frank Siebeck | GDR | 14.01 | |||
| 6 | 1 | Gianni Ronconi | ITA | 14.10 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Abdoulaye Sarr | SEN | 14.20 | |||
| 8 | 7 | Conrad Mainwaring | ANT | 15.54 |
Heat Two
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
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| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Willie Davenport | USA | 13.70 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Alejandro Casañas | CUB | 13.73 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Guy Drut | FRA | 14.04 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Arnaldo Bristol | PUR | 14.04 | |||
| 5 | 4 | Ishtiaq Mubarak | MAS | 14.27 | |||
| 6 | 6 | Stratos Vasileiou | GRE | 14.33 | |||
| 7 | 8 | José Cartas | MEX | 14.56 | |||
| 7 | Max Binnington | AUS | – |
Heat Three
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
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| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Thomas Munkelt | GDR | 13.69 | |||
| 2 | 3 | Viktor Myasnikov | URS | 13.81 | |||
| 3 | 4 | Giuseppe Buttari | ITA | 13.88 | |||
| 4 | 5 | Warren Parr | AUS | 14.02 | |||
| 5 | 2 | James Owens | USA | 14.03 | |||
| 6 | 6 | Danny Smith | BAH | 14.13 | |||
| 7 | 7 | Daniel Taillon | CAN | 14.23 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Saleh Faraj | KUW | 15.97 |
Semi-Finals (28 July 1976 — 14:30)
Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
Heat One
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
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| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Charles W. Foster | USA | 13.45 | |||
| 2 | 6 | Thomas Munkelt | GDR | 13.48 | |||
| 3 | 8 | Viktor Myasnikov | URS | 13.70 | |||
| 4 | 7 | James Owens | USA | 13.76 | |||
| 5 | 4 | Berwyn Price | GBR | 13.78 | |||
| 6 | 2 | Warren Parr | AUS | 13.88 | |||
| 7 | 5 | Jean-Pierre Corval | FRA | 13.97 | |||
| 8 | 1 | Gianni Ronconi | ITA | 13.97 |
Heat Two
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
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| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Alejandro Casañas | CUB | 13.34 | |||
| 2 | 1 | Guy Drut | FRA | 13.49 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Willie Davenport | USA | 13.55 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Vyacheslav Kulebyakin | URS | 13.59 | |||
| 5 | 4 | Frank Siebeck | GDR | 13.74 | |||
| 6 | 7 | Arnaldo Bristol | PUR | 13.98 | |||
| 7 | 3 | Giuseppe Buttari | ITA | 14.06 | |||
| 8 | 8 | Ishtiaq Mubarak | MAS | 14.21 |
Final (28 July 1976 — 17:50)
| Wind | 0.0 m/s |
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| Pos | Lane | Athlete | NOC | Time (A) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Guy Drut | FRA | 13.30 | |||
| 2 | 7 | Alejandro Casañas | CUB | 13.33 | |||
| 3 | 3 | Willie Davenport | USA | 13.38 | |||
| 4 | 6 | Charles W. Foster | USA | 13.41 | |||
| 5 | 1 | Thomas Munkelt | GDR | 13.44 | |||
| 6 | 4 | James Owens | USA | 13.73 | |||
| 7 | 8 | Vyacheslav Kulebyakin | URS | 13.93 | |||
| 8 | 2 | Viktor Myasnikov | URS | 13.94 |