Men 110m Hurdles Athletics XVI Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia 1956 - Monday, 26th November - Gold Medal: Lee Calhoun, United States
Final Wind -1.9m/stimeelectrL
1. Lee CalhounUSA United States13.5s13.70s2
2. Jack DavisUSA United States13.5s13.73s5
3. Joel ShankleUSA United States14.1s14.25s1
4. Martin LauerGER Germany14.5s14.67s6
5. Stanko LorgerYUG Yugoslavia14.5s14.68s3
6. Boris StolyarovURS Soviet Union14.6s14.71s4

world Men 110m Hurdles History

Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground 120,000.
24 competitors from 14 nations.
RoundHAthdate
Semi-Finals2122-.11
Heats4242-.11
In 1952 Dillard and Davis had been in a different class from the oppo- sition, and in Melbourne the superiority of the top two was even more emphatic. Davis ran an unratified 13.3y just before the Games, and had set a world record of 13.4 in the US Championships, but was only just favoured over Calhoun, with whom he had tied for first in the US Olympic Trials. The rivalry between the two men was bitter after Davis had stated that Calhoun was “a flash in the pan” and wouldn’t be able to go the distance outdoors. In the heats Davis and US third string Shankle ran 14.0, while Calhoun and the talented Lauer ran 14.1. All three Americans ran 14.0 in the semi-finals, with Lauer next fastest (14.4). Calhoun and Lorger were fastest off the blocks in the final, and by the second hurdle it was clearly a duel between the two star Americans. The margin scarcely varied from the 30cm Calhoun took at the start and Davis was never able to get closer. The two men flashed across the line in 13.70 and 13.73 respectively, remarkable running on a soft cin- der surface into a strong headwind. Experts considered that on a good hard surface and with no wind, the time would have been three or four tenths faster.

Semi-Finals

Semi 1time
1. Jack DavisUSA United States14.0s
2. Martin LauerGER Germany14.4s
3. Stanko LorgerYUG Yugoslavia14.6s
4. Evaristo IglesiasCUB Cuba14.6s
5. Edmond RoudnitskaFRA France14.9s
6. Mechiel BurgerZAF South Africa15.0s
Semi 2time
1. Lee CalhounUSA United States14.0s
2. Joel ShankleUSA United States14.0s
3. Boris StoliarovURS Soviet Union14.5s
4. Berthold SteinesGER Germany14.5s
5. Ghulam RaziqPAK Pakistan14.6s
6. Jean-Claude BernardFRA France14.6s

Heats

Heat 1time
1. Jack DavisUSA United States14.0s
2. Edmond RoudnitskaFRA France14.3s
3. Ghulam RaziqPAK Pakistan14.5s
4. Eamonn KinsellaIRL Ireland14.6s
5. Kenneth DoubledayAUS Australia14.8s
6. Guillermo ZapataCOL Colombia15.3s
Heat 2time
1. Lee CalhounUSA United States14.1s
2. Stanko LorgerYUG Yugoslavia14.6s
3. Jean-Claude BernardFRA France14.7s
4. Frederick ParkerGBR Great Britain14.8s
5. John ChittickAUS Australia14.9s
6. Kalim KhawajaPAK Pakistan16.1s
Heat 3time
1. Joel ShankleUSA United States14.0s
2. Bernhard SteinesGER Germany14.3s
3. Mechiel BurgerZAF South Africa14.4s
4. Anatoly MikhailovURS Soviet Union14.5s
5. Keith GardnerJAM Jamaica14.6s
6. James JoyceAUS Australia14.7s
Heat 4time
1. Martin LauerGER Germany14.2s
2. Evaristo IglesiasCUB Cuba14.3s
3. Boris StoliarovURS Soviet Union14.3s
4. Peter HildrethGBR Great Britain14.5s
5. Ioannis CambadellisGRE Greece15.1s
6. Siri Chand RamIND India15.2s
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