The men's 110 metres hurdles was the shorter of the men's hurdle races in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the athletics competition included 36 events, 24 for men and 12 for women. The women's 400 metres and women's pentathlon events were newly introduced at these Games. There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 82 countries.-Men's...

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. It was held on 17 October and 18 October 1964. 38 athletes from 24 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the first round. The first round was held on 17 October, with the semifinals and the final on 18 October.

First round

The top three runners in each of the 5 heats as well as the fastest remaining runner advanced.

First round, heat 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Giorgio Mazza Giorgio Mazza Giorgio Mazza is a retired Italian hurdler.His personal best time was 13.9 seconds, achieved in July 1964 in Reggio Emilia. The Italian record currently belongs to Andrea Giaconi with 13.35 seconds.-Achievements:-References:...		14.2
2	Willie Davenport Willie Davenport William "Willie" D. Davenport , nicknamed "Breeze" Davenport, was an American athlete, born in Troy, Alabama. William attended Howland High School, a suburb of Warren in Northeast Ohio. He attended college at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana...		14.2
3	Yasuda Hirokazu		14.5
4	Folu Erinkle		14.5
5	Aggrey Sheroy Awori		14.6
6	Arnaldo Sabato		14.6
7	Walter Delville Babb		14.7

First round, heat 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Harold Blaine Lindgren		14.2
2	Alexandr Kontarev		14.2
3	Heinrich John		14.3
4	Lawrence Taitt		14.5
5	Ghulam Raziq		14.7
6	Heriberto Cruz		14.9
7	Juan Carlos Pablo Dyrzka		15.2
8	Simara Demeble Maki		15.3

First round, heat 3

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Anatoly Mikhailov Anatoly Mikhailov Anatoly Mikhailov was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metre hurdles. He trained in Leningrad at Zenit and later at VSS Trud....		14.2
2	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:...		14.2
3	Bo Erik Forssander		14.3
4	Clifford Ross Nuttall		14.8
5	Bernard Fournet		14.8
6	Cetin Sahiner		15.1
7	Vircil Okiring		15.5
—	Lin Kuei Chang		Did not start

First round, heat 4

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Edy Ottoz		14.6
2	Lázaro Betancourt		14.6
3	Valentin Chistiakov		14.7
4	Leopold Marien Léopold Marien Léopold Marien is a former Belgian decathlete.He competed for his country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy where he finished 18th in the decathlon. In Tokyo at the 1964 Summer Olympics he competed in the 110 metre hurdles, but was unable to advance from the first round..-External links:*...		14.9
5	Georges Marsellos		14.9
6	Ditta Kuda		15.1
7	Christian Voigt		15.1
8	Samir Ambrose Vincent		16.2

First round, heat 5

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Marcel Duriez		14.2
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...		14.2
3	John Michael Parker		14.2
4	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa Gurbachan Singh Randhawa Gurbachan Singh Randhawa is a former Indian athlete who won gold medal at 1962 Asian Games in decathlon. He participated in 1960 and 1964 Olympics in 110 hurdles, high jump and decathlon. He finished fifth in 110 hurdles at 1964 Tokyo Olympics with timing of 14.07 seconds...		14.3
5	Werner Trzmiel		14.3
6	Tanaka Akira		14.5
7	Edward Akika Edward Akika Edward Akika is a retired Olympic track and field athlete from Nigeria. He specialised in the hurdling and the long jump events during his career....		14.7

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Anatoly Mikhailov		13.9
2	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa		14.0
3	Giorgio Mazza		14.0
4	Marcel Duriez		14.0
5	Heinrich John		14.1
6	Lazaro Betancourt		14.2
7	Willie Davenport		14.2
—	Valentin Christiakov		DSQ

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Harold Blaine Lindgren		13.9
2	Giovanni Cornacchia		14.0
3	Hayes Jones		14.0
4	Edy Ottoz		14.1
5	Bo Erik Forssand		14.2
6	Alexandr Kontarev		14.2
7	Yasuda Hirokazu		14.3
8	John Michael Parker		14.6

Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Time
1	Hayes Jones		13.67
2	Harold Blaine Lindgren		13.74
3	Anatoly Mikhailov		13.78
4	Edy Ottoz		13.84
5	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa		14.09
6	Marcel Duriez		14.09
7	Giovanni Cornacchia		14.12
8	Giorgio Mazza		14.17