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Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

April 08, 2024

The men's 110 metres hurdles was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There were 24 athletes from 15 nations. The event took place on 27 and 28 November 1956.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Lee Calhoun of the United States. It was the fifth of nine consecutive American victories, and the 11th overall gold medal for the United States in the 110 metres hurdles. It was also the third of four consecutive American podium sweeps, and the seventh overall sweep by the United States in the event.

Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Jack Davis, silver medalist for the second time; his official time both Games matched the winner's. (photo from 1952)
VenueMelbourne Cricket Ground
DatesNovember 27 (heats and quarterfinals)
November 28 (semifinals and final)
Competitors24 from 15 nations
Winning time13.5 OR
Medalists
← 1952
1960 →
Video on YouTube Official Video @45:55

Jack Davis won silver for the second consecutive Games. The United States had won 28 of the 35 medals in the high hurdles between 1896 and 1952, all by different hurdlers; Davis was the first American to win a second medal. By contrast, two of the five non-American medalists had won two medals apiece, so Davis was the third man overall to do so.

Summary edit

Jack Davis came into the Olympics with the world record, having run 13.4 in a qualifying heat at the national championships a week before the Olympic trials. That was 5 months earlier. Here the three Americans were the class of the field, all three running the semi-final in 14.0, almost half a second faster than any other competitor.

In the final, Lee Calhoun in lane 2 got the edge, leading by half a meter by the third hurdle. Davis, across the track in lane 5, could only keep pace but couldn't make up the gap. He gave his best effort to lean at the tape but was clearly beaten by Calhoun. Four metres back, Joel Shankle completed the American sweep, three metres ahead of Martin Lauer. Almost three years later, Lauer would get Davis' world record. Calhoun would equal it a year after that, in the season leading up to his repeating as Olympic Champion in 1960 leading another American sweep over Lauer.

Background edit

This was the 13th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Two finalists from 1952 returned: silver medalist Jack Davis of the United States and fifth-place finisher Ken Doubleday of Australia. Davis, having also won the 1956 AAU championship with a new world record, was a "slight favorite" over countryman Lee Calhoun, who had tied Davis for first at the U.S. Olympic trials. The third American, Joel Shankle, was not quite at the level of Davis and Calhoun but was still good enough to give the United States a good chance at another medal sweep.[2]

Colombia made its first appearance in the event; Germany competed as the "United Team of Germany" for the first time. The United States made its 13th appearance, the only nation to have competed in the 110 metres hurdles in each Games to that point.

Competition format edit

The competition used the basic three-round format introduced in 1908. The first round consisted of four heats, with 6 or 7 hurdlers each (before withdrawals; there ultimately were 6 starters in each heat). The top three hurdlers in each heat advanced to the semifinals. The 12 semifinalists were divided into two semifinals of 6 hurdlers each; the top three hurdlers in each advanced to the 6-man final.[2][3]

Records edit

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1956 Summer Olympics.

World record   Jack Davis (USA) 13.4 Bakersfield, United States 22 June 1956
Olympic record   Harrison Dillard (USA) 13.7 Helsinki, Finland 24 July 1952

Lee Calhoun and Jack Davis were both officially clocked at 13.5 seconds in the final to break the Olympic record.

Schedule edit

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 27 November 1956 15:20 Round 1
Wednesday, 28 November 1956 14:30
16:05		 Semifinals
Final

Results edit

Round 1 edit

Heat 1 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (auto) Notes
1 5 Jack Davis   United States 14.0 14.17 Q
2 3 Edmond Roudnitska   France 14.3 14.49 Q
3 6 Ghulam Raziq   Pakistan 14.5 14.65 Q
4 4 Eamonn Kinsella   Ireland 14.6 14.66
5 1 Kenneth Doubleday   Australia 14.8 14.98
6 2 Guillermo Zapata   Colombia 15.3 15.58
— 7 Amadeo Francis   Puerto Rico DNS
Wind: +0.0 m/s

Heat 2 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (auto) Notes
1 6 Lee Calhoun   United States 14.1 14.36 Q
2 1 Stanko Lorger   Yugoslavia 14.6 14.75 Q
3 2 Jean-Claude Bernard   France 14.7 14.88 Q
4 3 Jack Parker   Great Britain 14.8 15.00
5 5 John Chittick   Australia 14.9 15.18
6 4 Kalim Khawaja Ghani   Pakistan 16.1 16.32
Wind: -3.0 m/s

Heat 3 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (auto) Notes
1 2 Joel Shankle   United States 14.0 14.20 Q
2 5 Bert Steines   United Team of Germany 14.3 14.59 Q
3 4 Danie Burger   South Africa 14.4 14.59 Q
4 3 Anatoly Mikhailov   Soviet Union 14.5 14.63
5 6 Keith Gardner   Jamaica 14.6 14.65
6 1 Bob Joyce   Australia 14.7 15.02
Wind: -0.7 m/s

Heat 4 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (auto) Notes
1 6 Martin Lauer   United Team of Germany 14.2 14.41 Q
2 4 Evaristo Iglesias   Cuba 14.3 14.52 Q
3 2 Boris Stolyarov   Soviet Union 14.3 14.54 Q
4 5 Peter Hildreth   Great Britain 14.5 14.68
5 3 Ioannis Kambadelis   Greece 15.1 15.28
6 1 Sri Chand Ram   India 15.2 15.40
Wind: -0.5 m/s

Overall results for round 1 edit

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (auto) Notes
1 Jack Davis   United States 14.0 14.17 Q
2 Joel Shankle   United States 14.0 14.20 Q
3 Lee Calhoun   United States 14.1 14.36 Q
4 Martin Lauer   United Team of Germany 14.2 14.41 Q
5 Edmond Roudnitska   France 14.3 14.49 Q
6 Evaristo Iglesias   Cuba 14.3 14.52 Q
7 Boris Stolyarov   Soviet Union 14.3 14.54 Q
8 Bert Steines   United Team of Germany 14.3 14.59 Q
9 Danie Burger   South Africa 14.4 14.59 Q
10 Anatoly Mikhailov   Soviet Union 14.5 14.63
11 Ghulam Raziq   Pakistan 14.5 14.65 Q
12 Peter Hildreth   Great Britain 14.5 14.68
13 Keith Gardner   Jamaica 14.6 14.65
14 Eamonn Kinsella   Ireland 14.6 14.66
15 Stanko Lorger   Yugoslavia 14.6 14.75 Q
16 Jean-Claude Bernard   France 14.7 14.88 Q
17 Bob Joyce   Australia 14.7 15.02
18 Kenneth Doubleday   Australia 14.8 14.98
19 Jack Parker   Great Britain 14.8 15.00
20 John Chittick   Australia 14.9 15.18
21 Ioannis Kambadelis   Greece 15.1 15.28
22 Sri Chand Ram   India 15.2 15.40
23 Guillermo Zapata   Colombia 15.3 15.58
24 Kalim Khawaja Ghani   Pakistan 16.1 16.32
— Amadeo Francis   Puerto Rico DNS

Semifinals edit

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (auto) Notes
1 6 Jack Davis   United States 14.0 14.28 Q
2 3 Martin Lauer   United Team of Germany 14.4 14.57 Q
3 5 Stanko Lorger   Yugoslavia 14.6 14.73 Q
4 1 Evaristo Iglesias   Cuba 14.6 14.73
5 2 Edmond Roudnitska   France 14.9 14.87
6 4 Danie Burger   South Africa 15.0 14.95
Wind: -2.5 m/s

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (auto) Notes
1 5 Lee Calhoun   United States 14.0 14.18 Q
2 4 Joel Shankle   United States 14.0 14.23 Q
3 2 Boris Stolyarov   Soviet Union 14.5 14.64 Q
4 6 Bert Steines   United Team of Germany 14.5 14.70
5 3 Ghulam Raziq   Pakistan 14.6 14.74
6 1 Jean-Claude Bernard   France 14.6 14.78
Wind: -1.9 m/s

Overall results for semifinals edit

Rank Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (auto) Notes
1 Lee Calhoun   United States 14.0 14.18 Q
2 Joel Shankle   United States 14.0 14.23 Q
3 Jack Davis   United States 14.0 14.28 Q
4 Martin Lauer   United Team of Germany 14.4 14.57 Q
5 Boris Stolyarov   Soviet Union 14.5 14.64 Q
6 Bert Steines   United Team of Germany 14.5 14.70
7 Stanko Lorger   Yugoslavia 14.6 14.73 Q
Evaristo Iglesias   Cuba 14.6 14.73
9 Ghulam Raziq   Pakistan 14.6 14.74
10 Jean-Claude Bernard   France 14.6 14.78
11 Edmond Roudnitska   France 14.9 14.87
12 Danie Burger   South Africa 15.0 14.95

Final edit

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (auto) Notes
  2 Lee Calhoun   United States 13.5 13.70 OR
  5 Jack Davis   United States 13.5 13.73 OR
  1 Joel Shankle   United States 14.1 14.25
4 6 Martin Lauer   United Team of Germany 14.5 14.67
5 3 Stanko Lorger   Yugoslavia 14.5 14.68
6 4 Boris Stolyarov   Soviet Union 14.6 14.71

References edit

  1. ^ . sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "110 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 308.

External links edit

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The men s 110 metres hurdles was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Australia There were 24 athletes from 15 nations The event took place on 27 and 28 November 1956 1 The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress The event was won by Lee Calhoun of the United States It was the fifth of nine consecutive American victories and the 11th overall gold medal for the United States in the 110 metres hurdles It was also the third of four consecutive American podium sweeps and the seventh overall sweep by the United States in the event Men s 110 metres hurdlesat the Games of the XVI OlympiadJack Davis silver medalist for the second time his official time both Games matched the winner s photo from 1952 VenueMelbourne Cricket GroundDatesNovember 27 heats and quarterfinals November 28 semifinals and final Competitors24 from 15 nationsWinning time13 5 ORMedalistsLee Calhoun United StatesJack Davis United StatesJoel Shankle United States 19521960 Video on YouTube Official Video 45 55 Contents 1 Summary 2 Background 3 Competition format 4 Records 5 Schedule 6 Results 6 1 Round 1 6 1 1 Heat 1 6 1 2 Heat 2 6 1 3 Heat 3 6 1 4 Heat 4 6 1 5 Overall results for round 1 6 2 Semifinals 6 2 1 Semifinal 1 6 2 2 Semifinal 2 6 2 3 Overall results for semifinals 6 3 Final 7 References 8 External links Jack Davis won silver for the second consecutive Games The United States had won 28 of the 35 medals in the high hurdles between 1896 and 1952 all by different hurdlers Davis was the first American to win a second medal By contrast two of the five non American medalists had won two medals apiece so Davis was the third man overall to do so Summary editJack Davis came into the Olympics with the world record having run 13 4 in a qualifying heat at the national championships a week before the Olympic trials That was 5 months earlier Here the three Americans were the class of the field all three running the semi final in 14 0 almost half a second faster than any other competitor In the final Lee Calhoun in lane 2 got the edge leading by half a meter by the third hurdle Davis across the track in lane 5 could only keep pace but couldn t make up the gap He gave his best effort to lean at the tape but was clearly beaten by Calhoun Four metres back Joel Shankle completed the American sweep three metres ahead of Martin Lauer Almost three years later Lauer would get Davis world record Calhoun would equal it a year after that in the season leading up to his repeating as Olympic Champion in 1960 leading another American sweep over Lauer Background editThis was the 13th appearance of the event which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics Two finalists from 1952 returned silver medalist Jack Davis of the United States and fifth place finisher Ken Doubleday of Australia Davis having also won the 1956 AAU championship with a new world record was a slight favorite over countryman Lee Calhoun who had tied Davis for first at the U S Olympic trials The third American Joel Shankle was not quite at the level of Davis and Calhoun but was still good enough to give the United States a good chance at another medal sweep 2 Colombia made its first appearance in the event Germany competed as the United Team of Germany for the first time The United States made its 13th appearance the only nation to have competed in the 110 metres hurdles in each Games to that point Competition format editThe competition used the basic three round format introduced in 1908 The first round consisted of four heats with 6 or 7 hurdlers each before withdrawals there ultimately were 6 starters in each heat The top three hurdlers in each heat advanced to the semifinals The 12 semifinalists were divided into two semifinals of 6 hurdlers each the top three hurdlers in each advanced to the 6 man final 2 3 Records editThese were the standing world and Olympic records in seconds prior to the 1956 Summer Olympics World record nbsp Jack Davis USA 13 4 Bakersfield United States 22 June 1956Olympic record nbsp Harrison Dillard USA 13 7 Helsinki Finland 24 July 1952Lee Calhoun and Jack Davis were both officially clocked at 13 5 seconds in the final to break the Olympic record Schedule editAll times are Australian Eastern Standard Time UTC 10 Date Time RoundTuesday 27 November 1956 15 20 Round 1Wednesday 28 November 1956 14 3016 05 SemifinalsFinalResults editRound 1 edit Heat 1 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time hand Time auto Notes1 5 Jack Davis nbsp United States 14 0 14 17 Q2 3 Edmond Roudnitska nbsp France 14 3 14 49 Q3 6 Ghulam Raziq nbsp Pakistan 14 5 14 65 Q4 4 Eamonn Kinsella nbsp Ireland 14 6 14 665 1 Kenneth Doubleday nbsp Australia 14 8 14 986 2 Guillermo Zapata nbsp Colombia 15 3 15 58 7 Amadeo Francis nbsp Puerto Rico DNSWind 0 0 m sHeat 2 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time hand Time auto Notes1 6 Lee Calhoun nbsp United States 14 1 14 36 Q2 1 Stanko Lorger nbsp Yugoslavia 14 6 14 75 Q3 2 Jean Claude Bernard nbsp France 14 7 14 88 Q4 3 Jack Parker nbsp Great Britain 14 8 15 005 5 John Chittick nbsp Australia 14 9 15 186 4 Kalim Khawaja Ghani nbsp Pakistan 16 1 16 32Wind 3 0 m sHeat 3 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time hand Time auto Notes1 2 Joel Shankle nbsp United States 14 0 14 20 Q2 5 Bert Steines nbsp United Team of Germany 14 3 14 59 Q3 4 Danie Burger nbsp South Africa 14 4 14 59 Q4 3 Anatoly Mikhailov nbsp Soviet Union 14 5 14 635 6 Keith Gardner nbsp Jamaica 14 6 14 656 1 Bob Joyce nbsp Australia 14 7 15 02Wind 0 7 m sHeat 4 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time hand Time auto Notes1 6 Martin Lauer nbsp United Team of Germany 14 2 14 41 Q2 4 Evaristo Iglesias nbsp Cuba 14 3 14 52 Q3 2 Boris Stolyarov nbsp Soviet Union 14 3 14 54 Q4 5 Peter Hildreth nbsp Great Britain 14 5 14 685 3 Ioannis Kambadelis nbsp Greece 15 1 15 286 1 Sri Chand Ram nbsp India 15 2 15 40Wind 0 5 m sOverall results for round 1 edit Rank Athlete Nation Time hand Time auto Notes1 Jack Davis nbsp United States 14 0 14 17 Q2 Joel Shankle nbsp United States 14 0 14 20 Q3 Lee Calhoun nbsp United States 14 1 14 36 Q4 Martin Lauer nbsp United Team of Germany 14 2 14 41 Q5 Edmond Roudnitska nbsp France 14 3 14 49 Q6 Evaristo Iglesias nbsp Cuba 14 3 14 52 Q7 Boris Stolyarov nbsp Soviet Union 14 3 14 54 Q8 Bert Steines nbsp United Team of Germany 14 3 14 59 Q9 Danie Burger nbsp South Africa 14 4 14 59 Q10 Anatoly Mikhailov nbsp Soviet Union 14 5 14 6311 Ghulam Raziq nbsp Pakistan 14 5 14 65 Q12 Peter Hildreth nbsp Great Britain 14 5 14 6813 Keith Gardner nbsp Jamaica 14 6 14 6514 Eamonn Kinsella nbsp Ireland 14 6 14 6615 Stanko Lorger nbsp Yugoslavia 14 6 14 75 Q16 Jean Claude Bernard nbsp France 14 7 14 88 Q17 Bob Joyce nbsp Australia 14 7 15 0218 Kenneth Doubleday nbsp Australia 14 8 14 9819 Jack Parker nbsp Great Britain 14 8 15 0020 John Chittick nbsp Australia 14 9 15 1821 Ioannis Kambadelis nbsp Greece 15 1 15 2822 Sri Chand Ram nbsp India 15 2 15 4023 Guillermo Zapata nbsp Colombia 15 3 15 5824 Kalim Khawaja Ghani nbsp Pakistan 16 1 16 32 Amadeo Francis nbsp Puerto Rico DNSSemifinals edit Semifinal 1 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time hand Time auto Notes1 6 Jack Davis nbsp United States 14 0 14 28 Q2 3 Martin Lauer nbsp United Team of Germany 14 4 14 57 Q3 5 Stanko Lorger nbsp Yugoslavia 14 6 14 73 Q4 1 Evaristo Iglesias nbsp Cuba 14 6 14 735 2 Edmond Roudnitska nbsp France 14 9 14 876 4 Danie Burger nbsp South Africa 15 0 14 95Wind 2 5 m sSemifinal 2 edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time hand Time auto Notes1 5 Lee Calhoun nbsp United States 14 0 14 18 Q2 4 Joel Shankle nbsp United States 14 0 14 23 Q3 2 Boris Stolyarov nbsp Soviet Union 14 5 14 64 Q4 6 Bert Steines nbsp United Team of Germany 14 5 14 705 3 Ghulam Raziq nbsp Pakistan 14 6 14 746 1 Jean Claude Bernard nbsp France 14 6 14 78Wind 1 9 m sOverall results for semifinals edit Rank Athlete Nation Time hand Time auto Notes1 Lee Calhoun nbsp United States 14 0 14 18 Q2 Joel Shankle nbsp United States 14 0 14 23 Q3 Jack Davis nbsp United States 14 0 14 28 Q4 Martin Lauer nbsp United Team of Germany 14 4 14 57 Q5 Boris Stolyarov nbsp Soviet Union 14 5 14 64 Q6 Bert Steines nbsp United Team of Germany 14 5 14 707 Stanko Lorger nbsp Yugoslavia 14 6 14 73 QEvaristo Iglesias nbsp Cuba 14 6 14 739 Ghulam Raziq nbsp Pakistan 14 6 14 7410 Jean Claude Bernard nbsp France 14 6 14 7811 Edmond Roudnitska nbsp France 14 9 14 8712 Danie Burger nbsp South Africa 15 0 14 95Final edit Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time hand Time auto Notes nbsp 2 Lee Calhoun nbsp United States 13 5 13 70 OR nbsp 5 Jack Davis nbsp United States 13 5 13 73 OR nbsp 1 Joel Shankle nbsp United States 14 1 14 254 6 Martin Lauer nbsp United Team of Germany 14 5 14 675 3 Stanko Lorger nbsp Yugoslavia 14 5 14 686 4 Boris Stolyarov nbsp Soviet Union 14 6 14 71References edit Athletics at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games Men s 110 metres Hurdles sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 17 September 2017 a b 110 metres Hurdles Men Olympedia Retrieved 19 August 2020 Official Report p 308 External links editOfficial Report Results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics Men 27s 110 metres hurdles amp oldid 1117866571, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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