Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdling event at the 1960 Olympic Games
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...

took place between September 3 and September 5.

Heats

The fastest four hurdlers in each of the six heats advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Time
1	Martin Lauer Martin Lauer Karl Martin Lauer is a former West German athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics.Born in Cologne, Lauer was a German champion in 110 m hurdles from 1956 to 1960 and in decathlon in 1956....	14.45
2	Jean Baptiste Okello	14.59
3	Giovanni Cornacchia Giovanni Cornacchia Giovanni Cornacchia was an Italian hurdler.His personal best was 14.06 seconds, achieved during the 1964 Olympic semifinals in Tokyo. The Italian record currently belongs to Andrea Giaconi with 13.35 seconds. He died in Pescara.-Achievements:-References:...	14.77
4	Marcel Duriez	14.90
5	Seraphino Antao Seraphino Antao Seraphino Antao was retired runner from Kenya. He won two events at the 1962 Commonwealth Games, making him the first Kenyan athlete to win a gold medal at an international level...	15.13
6	Çetin Şahiner	15.75

Heat two

Rank	Name	Time	Notes
1	Hayes Jones Hayes Jones Hayes Wendell Jones is a former American athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1964 Summer Olympics.Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Hayes Jones was quite short for a hurdler , but his outstanding speed, great start, and nearly perfect technique won him many championship titles.Jones burst onto the...	14.32
2	Nikolay Berezutsky	14.50
3	Milad Petrušić	14.74
4	Paolo Zamboni Paolo Zamboni Paolo Zamboni is an Italian doctor and vascular surgeon who found in a preliminary study that in over 90% of the participants afflicted with Multiple sclerosis there were several problems in veins draining their brain, like stenosis or defective valves...	14.82
5	John Chittick	14.86
-	Abdul Wardak		DNF

Heat three

Rank	Name	Time
1	Willie May Willie May Willie May is a retired American hurdler.He won the silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. May ran 13.99 in that race and was beaten by Lee Calhoun, another American, who ran 13.98....	14.16
2	Valentin Chistyakov	14.45
3	Bob Birrell	14.82
4	Klaus Gerbig	14.87
5	Saka Oloko	15.04
6	Nazzar Al-Jamali	15.99

Heat four

Rank	Name	Time	Notes
1	Lee Calhoun Lee Calhoun Lee Quincy Calhoun was an American athlete, a double winner of 110 m hurdles at the Olympic Games....	14.37
2	Edmond Roudnitska Edmond Roudnitska Edmond Roudnitska was a French master perfumer and author. He is known for creating some of the most famous perfumes in the world, such as Dior's Eau Sauvage and Diorissimo, and Rochas's Femme. Many of his creations are still in production today. He was the father of perfumer Michel Roudnitska.In...	14.53
3	Ghulam Raziq	14.68
4	Peter Hildreth Peter Hildreth Peter Hildreth was a British hurdling athlete. Born in Bedford, he reached the semi-finals of the 110 metre hurdles at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, finishing 12th. He also represented Britain at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and the 1960 Rome Games...	14.90
5	Georgios Marsellos	14.92
6	Pétur Rögnvaldsson	15.38
-	Isaac Elie		DNF

Heat five

Rank	Name	Time
1	Keith Gardner Keith Gardner Keith Alvin Saint Hope Gardner was a Jamaican athlete who competed in the 110 metre hurdles, 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres....	14.46
2	Stanko Lorger	14.56
3	Nereo Svara	15.03
4	Vic Matthews	15.07
5	Jagmohan Singh	15.34
6	Abdul Malik	15.52

Heat six

Rank	Name	Time
1	Anatoly Mikhaylov	14.53
2	Karl-Ernst Schottes	14.90
3	Roman Muzyk	14.94
4	Aggrey Awori Aggrey Awori Aggrey Siryoyi Awori is a Ugandan politician and a member of the ruling National Resistance Movement party. He was the Minister for Information & Communications Technology in the Ugandan Cabinet, from 16 February 2009 until 27 May 2011. In the Cabinet reshuffle of 27 May 2011, he was dropped from...	15.36
5	Jacques Déprez	17.24

Quarterfinals

The fastest three hurdlers in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Time	Notes
1	Lee Calhoun Lee Calhoun Lee Quincy Calhoun was an American athlete, a double winner of 110 m hurdles at the Olympic Games....	14.16
2	Jean Baptiste Okello	14.48	NR
3	Nikolay Berezutsky	14.57
4	Giovanni Cornacchia Giovanni Cornacchia Giovanni Cornacchia was an Italian hurdler.His personal best was 14.06 seconds, achieved during the 1964 Olympic semifinals in Tokyo. The Italian record currently belongs to Andrea Giaconi with 13.35 seconds. He died in Pescara.-Achievements:-References:...	14.68
5	Peter Hildreth Peter Hildreth Peter Hildreth was a British hurdling athlete. Born in Bedford, he reached the semi-finals of the 110 metre hurdles at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, finishing 12th. He also represented Britain at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and the 1960 Rome Games...	14.78
6	Karl-Ernst Schottes	14.81

Heat two

Rank	Name	Time
1	Martin Lauer Martin Lauer Karl Martin Lauer is a former West German athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics.Born in Cologne, Lauer was a German champion in 110 m hurdles from 1956 to 1960 and in decathlon in 1956....	14.06
2	Keith Gardner Keith Gardner Keith Alvin Saint Hope Gardner was a Jamaican athlete who competed in the 110 metre hurdles, 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres....	14.45
3	Ghulam Raziq	14.51
4	Edmond Roudnitska Edmond Roudnitska Edmond Roudnitska was a French master perfumer and author. He is known for creating some of the most famous perfumes in the world, such as Dior's Eau Sauvage and Diorissimo, and Rochas's Femme. Many of his creations are still in production today. He was the father of perfumer Michel Roudnitska.In...	14.66
5	Milad Petrušić	14.71
6	Paolo Zamboni Paolo Zamboni Paolo Zamboni is an Italian doctor and vascular surgeon who found in a preliminary study that in over 90% of the participants afflicted with Multiple sclerosis there were several problems in veins draining their brain, like stenosis or defective valves...	15.02

Heat three

Rank	Name	Time
1	Willie May Willie May Willie May is a retired American hurdler.He won the silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. May ran 13.99 in that race and was beaten by Lee Calhoun, another American, who ran 13.98....	13.92
2	Anatoly Mikhaylov	14.02
3	Stanko Lorger	14.56
4	Aggrey Awori Aggrey Awori Aggrey Siryoyi Awori is a Ugandan politician and a member of the ruling National Resistance Movement party. He was the Minister for Information & Communications Technology in the Ugandan Cabinet, from 16 February 2009 until 27 May 2011. In the Cabinet reshuffle of 27 May 2011, he was dropped from...	14.94
5	Klaus Gerbig	14.97
6	Vic Matthews	15.12

Heat four

Rank	Name	Time
1	Hayes Jones Hayes Jones Hayes Wendell Jones is a former American athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1964 Summer Olympics.Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Hayes Jones was quite short for a hurdler , but his outstanding speed, great start, and nearly perfect technique won him many championship titles.Jones burst onto the...	14.19
2	Valentin Chistyakov	14.51
3	Nereo Svara	14.59
4	Roman Muzyk	14.68
5	Bob Birrell	14.78
6	Marcel Duriez	15.19

Semifinals

The fastest three hurdlers in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Time
1	Willie May Willie May Willie May is a retired American hurdler.He won the silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. May ran 13.99 in that race and was beaten by Lee Calhoun, another American, who ran 13.98....	13.87
2	Hayes Jones Hayes Jones Hayes Wendell Jones is a former American athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1964 Summer Olympics.Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Hayes Jones was quite short for a hurdler , but his outstanding speed, great start, and nearly perfect technique won him many championship titles.Jones burst onto the...	14.22
3	Keith Gardner Keith Gardner Keith Alvin Saint Hope Gardner was a Jamaican athlete who competed in the 110 metre hurdles, 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres....	14.32
4	Nereo Svara	14.50
5	Jean Baptiste Okello	14.59
6	Nikolay Berezutsky	14.69

Heat two

Rank	Name	Time	Notes
1	Lee Calhoun Lee Calhoun Lee Quincy Calhoun was an American athlete, a double winner of 110 m hurdles at the Olympic Games....	13.88
2	Martin Lauer Martin Lauer Karl Martin Lauer is a former West German athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics.Born in Cologne, Lauer was a German champion in 110 m hurdles from 1956 to 1960 and in decathlon in 1956....	14.13
3	Valentin Chistyakov	14.46
4	Ghulam Raziq	14.49
5	Stanko Lorger	14.83
-	Anatoly Mikhaylov		DNF

Final

wind

Wind

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= 0.1 m/s.

Rank	Name	Time
	Lee Calhoun Lee Calhoun Lee Quincy Calhoun was an American athlete, a double winner of 110 m hurdles at the Olympic Games....	13.98
	Willie May Willie May Willie May is a retired American hurdler.He won the silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. May ran 13.99 in that race and was beaten by Lee Calhoun, another American, who ran 13.98....	13.99
	Hayes Jones Hayes Jones Hayes Wendell Jones is a former American athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1964 Summer Olympics.Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Hayes Jones was quite short for a hurdler , but his outstanding speed, great start, and nearly perfect technique won him many championship titles.Jones burst onto the...	14.17
4	Martin Lauer Martin Lauer Karl Martin Lauer is a former West German athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics.Born in Cologne, Lauer was a German champion in 110 m hurdles from 1956 to 1960 and in decathlon in 1956....	14.20
5	Keith Gardner Keith Gardner Keith Alvin Saint Hope Gardner was a Jamaican athlete who competed in the 110 metre hurdles, 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres....	14.55
6	Valentin Chistyakov	14.71

Key: DNF = did not finish

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