Men 400m Hurdles Athletics XVI Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia 1956 - 24th November - Gold Medal:
FinaltimeelectrL
1. Glenn DavisUSA United States50.1s =OR50.29s4
2. Eddie SouthernUSA United States50.8s50.94s2
3. Josh CulbreathUSA United States51.6s51.74s1
4. Yuriy LituyevURS Soviet Union51.7s51.91s5
5. David LeanAUS Australia51.8s51.93s6
6. Gert PotgieterZAF South Africa56.0s 3

world Men 400m Hurdles History

Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground 120,000.
28 competitors from 18 nations.
RounddateHAthl.
Semi-Finals 212
Heats 627

Semi-Finals

Semi 1time
1. Edward SouthernUSA United States50.1s
2. Glenn DavisUSA United States50.7s
3. Gerhardus PotgieterZAF South Africa51.3s
4. Guy CuryFRA France53.1s
5. Anatoly YulinURS Soviet Union51.7s
6. Ross ParkerAUS Australia52.6s
Semi 2time
1. Joshua CulbreathUSA United States50.9s
2. David LeanAUS Australia51.4s
3. Yuriy LituyevURS Soviet Union51.8s
4. Ilie SavelROU Romania52.0s
5. Harry KaneGBR Great Britain52.7s
6. Ioannis CambadellisGRE Greece53.8s
Before 1956 Southern had two races at one-lap hurdling under his belt, two more than Davis. In the US Trials Davis ran 49.5, with Southern just behind at 49.7. The US third-string - Culbreath - was fastest in the heats with 50.9 (51.07), and six others ran under 52 seconds. Southern and Davis were drawn in the same semi-final, and Southern’s pattern was 15 strides between hurdles rather than his usual 13 (to hurdle seven). It worked well, as he looked very easy in running the third fastest time ever of 50.1 (50.26). Davis struggled, and was only fourth at the eighth hurdle. He kicked hard and finished in a good 50.7 (50.78). Culbreath was a convincing winner of the other semi-final with 50.9 (50.97). Southern led in the final, passing the fifth hurdle in 22.7 with Davis two yards behind. Davis made a big effort round the curve, and was a metre up on Southern at the eighth hurdle. He built on this lead and was more than 2m up at the last hurdle, with Potgieter 3m behind just ahead of Culbreath. The South African hit the last barrier and fell, and the USA had another clean sweep. Davis’s time was equal third-fastest ever on hand timing.

Heats

Heat 1time
1. Glen DavisUSA United States51.3s
2. David LeanAUS Australia51.4s
3. Keiji OgushiJPN Japan53.2s
4. Ovidio de JesusPUR Puerto Rico54.0s
5. Pablo SomblingoPHI Philippines54.5s
Heat 2time
1. Edward SouthernUSA United States51.3s
2. Harry KaneGBR Great Britain51.8s
3. Geoffrey GoodacreAUS Australia52.5s
4. Kalim KhawajaPAK Pakistan55.1s
5. Jagdev SinghIND India55.2s
Heat 3time
1. Joshua CulbreathUSA United States50.9s
2. Guy CuryFRA France51.6s
3. Jaime AparicioCOL Colombia52.0s
4. Thomas FarrellGBR Great Britain52.7s
5. Muhamad YaqubPAK Pakistan53.1s
6. Tsai Cheng-FuTPE Taiwan54.6s
Heat 4time
1. Ross ParkerAUS Australia53.5s
2. Ioannis CambadellisGRE Greece53.7s
3. Amadeo FrancisPUR Puerto Rico54.3s
Heat 5time
1. Yuriy LituyevURS Soviet Union51.6s
2. Gerhardus PotgieterZAF South Africa52.0s
3. Osvald MildthFIN Finland52.1s
4. Alexandre YankoffFRA France53.1s
5. Marcel LambrechtsBEL Belgium54.0s
Heat 6time
1. Anatoly YulinURS Soviet Union51.7s
2. Ilie SavelROU Romania52.2s
3. Robert ShawGBR Great Britain52.5s
4. Ulysses Laurindo dos SantosBRA Brazil53.8s
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