Men 400m Hurdles Athletics XVII Olympic Games Roma, Italy 1960 - Friday, 2nd September - Gold Medal: Glenn Davis, United States
Final 16:00timeelectrL
1. Glenn DavisUSA United States49.3s OR49.51s6
2. Cifton CushmanUSA United States49.6s49.77s5
3. Richard HowardUSA United States49.7s49.90s1
4. Helmut JanzGER Germany49.9s50.05s2
5. Jussi RintamakiFIN Finland50.8s50.98s4
6. Bruno GallikerSUI Switzerland51.0s51.11s3

world Men 400m Hurdles History

Venue: Stadio Olimpico 65,000.
34 competitors from 23 nations.
RoundHAth.date
Semi-Finals21401.09
Heats63631.08

Semi-Finals - Thursday 01.09 16:15

Semi 1time
1. Glenn DavisUSA United States51.1s
2. Jussi RintamakiFIN Finland51.1s
3. Helmut JanzGER Germany51.4s
4. Georgy ChevchalovURS Soviet Union52.0s
5. Elio CatolaITA Italy52.3s
6. Jan GulbrandsenNOR Norway52.4s
7. Moreno MartiniITA Italy52.4s
Semi 2time
1. Cifton CushmanUSA United States50.8s
2. Richard HowardUSA United States50.8s
3. Bruno GallikerSUI Switzerland51.3s
4. Salvatore MoraleITA Italy51.3s
5. Bartonjo RotichKEN Kenya51.8s
6. Willi MatthiasGER Germany51.8s
7. John MetcalfGBR Great Britain52.5s
Davis had again won the US Trials in 49.5, and was co-favourite with Potgieter who had run a world record 49.3 for 440y at altitude earlier in the year. A month before the Games the South African was badly injured in a car crash, and a great duel was lost. As it was Davis had two teammates who had also ducked below 50 seconds. In the early rounds only Cushman - 50.8 (50.89) and Howard - 50.8 (50.92) ran under 51 seconds. In the final Davis led to the second hurdle, but had to chop stride at that barrier, and Howard and Janz went past him. Davis only began to pull back after the sixth hurdle, at which point Cushman was last. Davis caught Janz at the ninth hurdle, and was level with Howard at the final obstacle, with Janz third and Cushman closing fast in fourth place. Davis and Cushman both finished powerfully, with the latter gaining a metre on Davis. The time of 49.3 was the third-fastest ever, and gave Davis six of the nine marks of 49.6 or better.

Heats -

Wednesday 31.08 15:00
Heat 1time
1. Bruno GallikerSUI Switzerland51.0s
2. Richard HowardUSA United States51.2s
3. Anubes Ferraz Da SilvaBRA Brazil52.1s
4. Max BoyesGBR Great Britain52.1s
5. Wieslaw KrolPOL Poland52.4s
6. Mohamed ZouakiMAR Marocco52.5s
Heat 2time
1. Jan GulbrandsenNOR Norway52.2s
2. Glenn DavisUSA United States52.2s
3. Arnold MaculevichURS Soviet Union52.9s
4. George ShepherdCAN Canada53.0s
5. Marcel LambrechtsBEL Belgium53.5s
-. SoedjanoedjiINA IndonesiaDNS
Heat 3time
1. Cifton CushmanUSA United States51.8s
2. Willi MatthiasGER Germany52.1s
3. Keiji OgushiJPN Japan52.4s
4. Christopher GoudgeGBR Great Britain52.6s
5. Muhamad YaqubPAK Pakistan52.8s
6. Mongi ZarroukiTUN Tunisia54.3s
Heat 4time
1. Georgy ChevychalovURS Soviet Union51.8s
2. Salvatore MoraleITA Italy52.0s
3. Per Owe TrollsasSWE Sweden52.3s
4. Wolfgang FischerGER Germany53.2s
5. Dimitrios SkourtisGRE Greece53.7s
-. H. Zareef SyedAFG AfghanistanDNS
Heat 5time
1. Helmut JanzGER Germany51.1s
2. Bartonjo RotichKEN Kenya51.2s
3. Jussi RintamakiFIN Finland51.5s
4. Elio CatolaITA Italy51.8s
5. Fahir OzgudenTUR Turkey55.3s
6. Nazzar Al JamaliIRA Iraq58.0s
Heat 6time
1. John MetcalfGBR Great Britain52.1s
2. Moreno MartiniITA Italy52.1s
3. Boris KriunovURS Soviet Union52.5s
4. Victor FloresVEN Venezuela52.6s
5. Zdislaw KumiszczePOL Poland53.3s
6. Li Po TingTPE Chinese Taipei54.1s
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