Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

Men's 110 metres hurdles at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Willie Davenport, Ervin Hall and Eddy Ottoz
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Date	October 16–17
Competitors	33 from 24 nations
Winning time	13.3
Medalists
Willie Davenport  United States Ervin Hall  United States Eddy Ottoz  Italy

The Men's 110 metres hurdles competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. The event was held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 16–17.

Competition format

The Men's 110m Hurdles competition consisted of heats (Round 1), Semifinals and a Final. The three fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the Semifinals along with the fastest overall competitor not already qualified. The four fastest runners from each of the two semifinal races advanced to the final.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record	Martin Lauer (GER)	13.2	Zurich, Switzerland	July 7, 1959
Olympic record	Lee Calhoun (USA)	13.5	Melbourne, Australia	November 28, 1956

Results

Round 1

Heat 1

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ervin Hall	United States	13.7	Q
2	Pierre Schoebel	France	13.8	Q
3	Daniel Riedo	Switzerland	14.0	Q
4	Giovanni Cornacchia	Italy	14.1
5	Franklin Blyden	Virgin Islands	14.7
6	Kimaru Songok	Kenya	14.7

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Willie Davenport	United States	13.6	Q
2	Hinrich John	West Germany	13.8	Q
3	Arnaldo Bristol	Puerto Rico	13.9	Q
4	Oleg Stepanenko	Soviet Union	13.9	q
5	Hernando Arrechea	Colombia	14.0
6	Ahmed Ishtiaq Mubarak	Malaysia	14.3
7	Su Po-Tai	Taiwan	15.0

Heat 3

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Eddy Ottoz	Italy	13.5	Q
2	Werner Trzmiel	West Germany	13.8	Q
3	Juan Morales	Cuba	13.9	Q
4	Gary Knoke	Australia	14.1
5	Stuart Storey	Great Britain	14.1
6	Simbara Maki	Ivory Coast	14.3
7	Fernand Tovondray	Madagascar	14.9

Heat 4

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Leon Coleman	United States	13.7	Q
2	Bo Forssander	Sweden	13.9	Q
3	Kjellfred Weum	Norway	14.0	Q
4	Mike Parker	Great Britain	14.1
5	Patricio Saavedra	Chile	14.4
6	Rogelio Onofre	Philippines	15.0

Heat 5

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Viktor Balikhin	Soviet Union	13.8	Q
2	Marcel Duriez	France	13.9	Q
3	Sergio Liani	Italy	13.9	Q
4	Alan Pascoe	Great Britain	13.9
5	Lubomír Nádeníček	Czechoslovakia	14.1
6	Alfredo Deza	Peru	14.3
7	Radhamés Mora	Dominican Republic	16.8

Semi Finals

Heat 1

Last meters of the first semi-final. Eddy Ottoz, number 515, finishes second; the other racers, from the left, Juan Morales, Pierre Schoebel, Daniel Riedo, Hinrich John, Bo Forssander and the winner, Ervin Hall.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Ervin Hall	United States	13.3	Q OR
2	Eddy Ottoz	Italy	13.5	Q
3	Bo Forssander	Sweden	13.7	Q
4	Pierre Schoebel	France	13.7	Q
5	Hinrich John	West Germany	13.8
6	Daniel Riedo	Switzerland	14.0
7	Juan Morales	Cuba	14.0
8	Viktor Balikhin	Soviet Union	14.1

Heat 2

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Willie Davenport	United States	13.5	Q
2	Leon Coleman	United States	13.5	Q
3	Werner Trzmiel	West Germany	13.5	Q
4	Marcel Duriez	France	13.7	Q
5	Oleg Stepanenko	Soviet Union	13.8
6	Kjellfred Weum	Norway	14.0
7	Sergio Liani	Italy	14.0
8	Arnaldo Bristol	Puerto Rico	14.1

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	Willie Davenport	United States	13.3
	Ervin Hall	United States	13.4
	Eddy Ottoz	Italy	13.4
4	Leon Coleman	United States	13.6
5	Werner Trzmiel	West Germany	13.6
6	Bo Forssander	Sweden	13.7
7	Marcel Duriez	France	13.7
8	Pierre Schoebel	France	14.0

References

• Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 13, 2012.