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110 metres Hurdles, Men

Date	17 – 18 October 1964
Status	Olympic
Location	Kokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants	37 from 23 countries

The two co-favorites were Americans Blaine Lindgren and Hayes Jones, the 1960 bronze medalist. The chance for a fifth consecutive US medal sweep went away in the semi-finals when Willie Davenport injured his thigh. In the final Jones was away quickly – he was considered the fastest starter in the world. But Lindgren closed and was even at the last hurdle, only to lose out on the run-in. Anatoly Mikhaylov finished third to get the first Soviet medal in this event.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	724	Hayes Jones	USA	14.2 (2 h5)	14.0 (3 h2)	13.6 (1)	Gold	OR
2	725	Blaine Lindgren	USA	14.2 (1 h2)	13.9 (1 h2)	13.7 (2)	Silver
3	655	Anatoly Mikhaylov	URS	14.1 (1 h3)	13.9 (1 h1)	13.7 (3)	Bronze
4	350	Eddy Ottoz	ITA	14.6 (1 h4)	14.1 (4 h2)	13.8 (4)
5	312	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	IND	14.3 (4 h5)	14.0 (2 h1)	14.0 (5)
6	129	Marcel Duriez	FRA	14.2 (1 h5)	14.0 (4 h1)	14.0 (6)
7	348	Giovanni Cornacchia	ITA	14.2 (2 h3)	14.0 (2 h2)	14.1 (7)
8	349	Giorgio Mazza	ITA	14.2 (1 h1)	14.0 (3 h1)	14.1 (8)
5 h1 r2/3	215	Hinrich John	GER	14.3 (3 h2)	14.1 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	566	Bo Forssander	SWE	14.3 (3 h3)	14.2 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r2/3	81	Lázaro Betancourt	CUB	14.6 (2 h4)	14.2 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	656	Aleksandr Kontarev	URS	14.2 (2 h2)	14.2 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r2/3	723	Willie Davenport	USA	14.2 (2 h1)	14.2 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r2/3	796	Hirokazu Yasuda	JPN	14.5 (3 h1)	14.3 (7 h2)	–
8 h2 r2/3	168	Mike Parker	GBR	14.2 (3 h5)	14.6 (8 h2)	–
AC h1 r2/3	657	Valentin Chistyakov	URS	14.7 (3 h4)	– (DQ h1)	–
4 h1 r1/3	439	Folu Erinle	NGR	14.5 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	169	Laurie Taitt	GBR	14.5 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	62	Cliff Nuttall	CAN	14.8 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	41	Leo Mariën	BEL	14.9 (4 h4)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	632	Aggrey Awori	UGA	14.6 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	479	Ghulam Raziq	PAK	14.7 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	130	Bernard Fournet	FRA	14.8 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	276	Georgios Marsellos	GRE	14.9 (5 h4)	–	–
5 h5 r1/3	216	Werner Trzmiel	GER	14.3 (5 h5)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	523	Arnaldo Bristol	PUR	14.6 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	524	Heriberto Cruz	PUR	14.9 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r1/3	623	Çetin Şahiner	TUR	15.1 (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r1/3	417	Kuda Ditta	MAS	15.1 (6 h4)	–	–
6 h5 r1/3	797	Akira Tanaka	JPN	14.5 (6 h5)	–	–
7 h1 r1/3	461	Wallie Babb	ZAM	14.7 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r1/3	1	Juan Carlos Dyrzka	ARG	15.2 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r1/3	634	Virgil Okiring	UGA	15.5 (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r1/3	214	Christian Voigt	GER	15.1 (7 h4)	–	–
7 h5 r1/3	438	Edward Akika	NGR	14.7 (7 h5)	–	–
8 h2 r1/3	369	Simbara Maki	CIV	15.3 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h4 r1/3	334	Samir Vincent	IRQ	16.2 (8 h4)	–	–
DNS	627	Lin Kuei-Chang	TPE	– (DNS h3)	–	–

Round One

Date	17 October 1964 — 14:00
Format	Top three in each heat and next fastest advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	655	Anatoly Mikhaylov	URS	14.13	14.1	Q
2	725	Blaine Lindgren	USA	14.20	14.2	Q
3	129	Marcel Duriez	FRA	14.22	14.2	Q
4	724	Hayes Jones	USA	14.24	14.2	Q
5	348	Giovanni Cornacchia	ITA	14.25	14.2	Q
=6	349	Giorgio Mazza	ITA	14.26	14.2	Q
=6	656	Aleksandr Kontarev	URS	14.26	14.2	Q
=6	168	Mike Parker	GBR	14.26	14.2	Q
9	566	Bo Forssander	SWE	14.35	14.3	Q
10	312	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	IND	14.37	14.3	q
11	216	Werner Trzmiel	GER	14.38	14.3
12	215	Hinrich John	GER	14.39	14.3	Q
13	723	Willie Davenport	USA	14.44	14.2	Q
14	169	Laurie Taitt	GBR	14.52	14.5
15	796	Hirokazu Yasuda	JPN	14.53	14.5	Q
16	439	Folu Erinle	NGR	14.57	14.5
17	797	Akira Tanaka	JPN	14.58	14.5
18	350	Eddy Ottoz	ITA	14.63	14.6	Q
19	81	Lázaro Betancourt	CUB	14.67	14.6	Q
20	632	Aggrey Awori	UGA	14.68	14.6
21	523	Arnaldo Bristol	PUR	14.69	14.6
22	438	Edward Akika	NGR	14.70	14.7
23	657	Valentin Chistyakov	URS	14.75	14.7	Q
24	479	Ghulam Raziq	PAK	14.76	14.7
25	461	Wallie Babb	ZAM	14.80	14.7
26	62	Cliff Nuttall	CAN	14.82	14.8
27	130	Bernard Fournet	FRA	14.83	14.8
=28	524	Heriberto Cruz	PUR	14.93	14.9
=28	41	Leo Mariën	BEL	14.93	14.9
30	276	Georgios Marsellos	GRE	14.97	14.9
31	623	Çetin Şahiner	TUR	15.12	15.1
32	417	Kuda Ditta	MAS	15.17	15.1
33	214	Christian Voigt	GER	15.19	15.1
34	1	Juan Carlos Dyrzka	ARG	15.2	–
35	369	Simbara Maki	CIV	15.3	–
36	634	Virgil Okiring	UGA	15.5	–
37	334	Samir Vincent	IRQ	16.2	–
DNS	627	Lin Kuei-Chang	TPE	–	–

Heat #1

Wind	-1.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	349	Giorgio Mazza	ITA	14.2	14.26	Q
2	723	Willie Davenport	USA	14.2	14.44	Q
3	796	Hirokazu Yasuda	JPN	14.5	14.53	Q
4	439	Folu Erinle	NGR	14.5	14.57
5	632	Aggrey Awori	UGA	14.6	14.68
6	523	Arnaldo Bristol	PUR	14.6	14.69
7	461	Wallie Babb	ZAM	14.7	14.80

Heat #2

Wind	-0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	725	Blaine Lindgren	USA	14.2	14.20	Q
2	656	Aleksandr Kontarev	URS	14.2	14.26	Q
3	215	Hinrich John	GER	14.3	14.39	Q
4	169	Laurie Taitt	GBR	14.5	14.52
5	479	Ghulam Raziq	PAK	14.7	14.76
6	524	Heriberto Cruz	PUR	14.9	14.93
7	1	Juan Carlos Dyrzka	ARG	15.2	–
8	369	Simbara Maki	CIV	15.3	–

Heat #3

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	655	Anatoly Mikhaylov	URS	14.1	14.13	Q
2	348	Giovanni Cornacchia	ITA	14.2	14.25	Q
3	566	Bo Forssander	SWE	14.3	14.35	Q
4	62	Cliff Nuttall	CAN	14.8	14.82
5	130	Bernard Fournet	FRA	14.8	14.83
6	623	Çetin Şahiner	TUR	15.1	15.12
7	634	Virgil Okiring	UGA	15.5	–
DNS	627	Lin Kuei-Chang	TPE	–	–

Heat #4

Wind	-2.1 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	350	Eddy Ottoz	ITA	14.6	14.63	Q
2	81	Lázaro Betancourt	CUB	14.6	14.67	Q
3	657	Valentin Chistyakov	URS	14.7	14.75	Q
4	41	Leo Mariën	BEL	14.9	14.93
5	276	Georgios Marsellos	GRE	14.9	14.97
6	417	Kuda Ditta	MAS	15.1	15.17
7	214	Christian Voigt	GER	15.1	15.19
8	334	Samir Vincent	IRQ	16.2	–

Heat #5

Wind	-1.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	129	Marcel Duriez	FRA	14.2	14.22	Q
2	724	Hayes Jones	USA	14.2	14.24	Q
3	168	Mike Parker	GBR	14.2	14.26	Q
4	312	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	IND	14.3	14.37	q
5	216	Werner Trzmiel	GER	14.3	14.38
6	797	Akira Tanaka	JPN	14.5	14.58
7	438	Edward Akika	NGR	14.7	14.70

Semi-Finals

Date	18 October 1964 — 14:00
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	655	Anatoly Mikhaylov	URS	13.90	13.9	Q
2	725	Blaine Lindgren	USA	13.95	13.9	Q
3	312	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	IND	14.04	14.0	Q
=4	349	Giorgio Mazza	ITA	14.06	14.0	Q
=4	348	Giovanni Cornacchia	ITA	14.06	14.0	Q
6	724	Hayes Jones	USA	14.06	14.0	Q
7	129	Marcel Duriez	FRA	14.10	14.0	Q
8	350	Eddy Ottoz	ITA	14.12	14.1	Q
9	215	Hinrich John	GER	14.14	14.1
10	566	Bo Forssander	SWE	14.21	14.2
11	81	Lázaro Betancourt	CUB	14.23	14.2
12	656	Aleksandr Kontarev	URS	14.27	14.2
13	723	Willie Davenport	USA	14.28	14.2
14	796	Hirokazu Yasuda	JPN	14.30	14.3
15	168	Mike Parker	GBR	14.65	14.6
DQ	657	Valentin Chistyakov	URS	–	–

Heat #1

Wind	2.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	655	Anatoly Mikhaylov	URS	13.9	13.90	Q
2	312	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	IND	14.0	14.04	Q
3	349	Giorgio Mazza	ITA	14.0	14.06	Q
4	129	Marcel Duriez	FRA	14.0	14.10	Q
5	215	Hinrich John	GER	14.1	14.14
6	81	Lázaro Betancourt	CUB	14.2	14.23
7	723	Willie Davenport	USA	14.2	14.28
DQ	657	Valentin Chistyakov	URS	–	–

Heat #2

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	725	Blaine Lindgren	USA	13.9	13.95	Q
2	348	Giovanni Cornacchia	ITA	14.0	14.06	Q
3	724	Hayes Jones	USA	14.0	14.06	Q
4	350	Eddy Ottoz	ITA	14.1	14.12	Q
5	566	Bo Forssander	SWE	14.2	14.21
6	656	Aleksandr Kontarev	URS	14.2	14.27
7	796	Hirokazu Yasuda	JPN	14.3	14.30
8	168	Mike Parker	GBR	14.6	14.65

Final Round

Date	18 October 1964 — 15:50
Wind	2.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	724	Hayes Jones	USA	13.6	13.67	OR
2	725	Blaine Lindgren	USA	13.7	13.74
3	655	Anatoly Mikhaylov	URS	13.7	13.78
4	350	Eddy Ottoz	ITA	13.8	13.84
5	312	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	IND	14.0	14.09
6	129	Marcel Duriez	FRA	14.0	14.09
7	348	Giovanni Cornacchia	ITA	14.1	14.12
8	349	Giorgio Mazza	ITA	14.1	14.17