Final Wind 0.3m/s | time | L | age | 1. Rod Milburn | USA | 13.24s | 5 | 22 | 2. Guy Drut | FRA | 13.34s | 8 | 21 | 3. Thomas Hill | USA | 13.48s | 7 | 22 | 4. Willie Davenport | USA | 13.50s | 1 | 29 | 5. Frank Siebeck | GDR | 13.71s | 6 | 23 | 6. Leszek Wodzynski | POL | 13.72s | 3 | 26 | 7. Lubomir Nadenicek | TCH | 13.76s | 2 | 25 | 8. Petr Cech | TCH | 13.86s | 4 | 28 |
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Semi 1 | time | 1. Thomas Hill | USA | 13.47s | 2. Guy Drut | FRA | 13.49s | 3. Leszek Wodzyhski | POL | 13.81s | 4. Petr Cech | TCH | 13.82s | 5. Sergio Liani | ITA | 13.90s | 6. Richard MacDonald | CAN | 14.22s | 7. Berwyn Price | GBR | 14.37s | 8. Miroslaw Wodzyhski | POL | 14.63s |
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Semi 2 | time | 1. Rodney Milburn | USA | 13.44s | 2. Frank Siebeck | GDR | 13.58s | 3. Willie Davenport | USA | 13.73s | 4. Lubomir Nadenicek | TCH | 13.89s | 5. Marek J´cwik | POL | 14.06s | 6. Gunther Nickel | FRG | 14.23s | 7. Alan Pascoe | GBR | 14.24s | 8. Marco Acerbi | ITA | 14.45s |
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Milburn and Hill were the fastest in the heats with 13.57 and 13.62, and
confirmed their form with semi-final wins of 13.44 and 13.47 respec-
tively. Hill displayed a dreadful start and great fluidity over the hurdles
in edging Drut (13.49), while Milburn also came from behind in beat-
ing Siebeck (13.58).
Milburn, the world record holder and favourite, shot out of the
blocks in the final, and ripped to a 2m lead by the sixth hurdle, main-
taining half of that lead to the tape, reached in a new world record time
of 13.24. Behind him, Hill was second early on, but Drut caught him at
the fourth barrier and the Frenchman showed a powerful finish in cut-
ting back Milburn’s lead. Hill edged Davenport for third, though the
reigning champion was in silver medal position until the eighth hurdle.
Heat 1 | time | 1. Frank Siebeck | GDR | 13.83s | 2. Willie Davenport | USA | 13.97s | 3. Leszek Wodzyhski | POL | 14.03s | 4. Eckart Berkes | FRG | 14.14s | 5. Adeola Aboyade-Cole | NGR | 14.16s | 6. Arnaldo Bristol | PUR | 14.61s | 7. Ishtiaq Mobarak | MAL | 14.78s | 8. Ahmad Bashir | PAK | 15.38s |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Thomas Hill | USA | 13.62s | 2. Berwyn Price | GBR | 13.94s | 3. Gunther Nickel | FRG | 13.95s | 4. Miroslaw Wodzyhski | POL | 14.02s | 5. Victor Miasnikov | URS | 14.13s | 6. Bo Forssander | SWE | 14.56s | 7. Alberto Filipe Matos | POR | 14.74s | 8. Chung-Ping Lee | ROC | 14.98s |
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Heat 3 | time | 1. Rodney Milburn | USA | 13.57s | 2. Lubomir Nadenicek | TCH | 13.93s | 3. Richard MacDonald | CAN | 14.36s | 4. Danny Smith | BAH | 14.46s | 5. Jesper Torring | DEN | 14.50s | 6. Malcolm Baird | AUS | 14.55s | 7. Simbara Maki | CIV | 14.59s | -. Giuseppe Buttari | ITA |
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Heat 4 | time | 1. Marco Acerbi | ITA | 13.99s | 2. Marek J´zwik | POL | 14.06s | 3. Alan Pascoe | GBR | 14.08s | 4. Abdoulaye Sarr | SEN | 14.12s | 5. Manfred Schumann | FRG | 14.13s | 6. Beat Pfister | SUI | 14.33s | 7. Moreldin Mohamed Hamdi | SUD | 15.80s | -. Alejandro Casanas | CUB |
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Heat 5 | time | 1. Guy Drut | FRA | 13.78s | 2. Sergio Liani | ITA | 13.95s | 3. Petr Cech | TCH | 14.04s | 4. Godfrey Murray | JAM | 14.16s | 5. Lorant Milassin | HUN | 14.21s | 6. David Wilson | GBR | 14.31s | 7. Anthony Nelson | CAN | 14.73s |
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