Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

Men's 110 metres hurdles at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
Date	3 September 1972 & 7 September 1972
Medalists
Rod Milburn   United States   Guy Drut   France   Tom Hill   United States

Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 3 - 7 of September.

Heats

The top three runners in each of the five heats (blue) and the next fastest (green), advanced to the semifinal round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Frank Siebeck	East Germany	13.83
2	Willie Davenport	United States	13.97
3	Leszek Wodzyński	Poland	14.03
4	Eckart Berkes	West Germany	14.14
5	Adeola Aboyade-Cole	Nigeria	14.16
6	Arnaldo Bristol	Puerto Rico	14.61
7	Ahmed Ishtiaq Mubarak	Malaysia	14.78
8	Muhammad Ahmed Bashir	Pakistan	15.38

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Tom Hill	United States	13.62
2	Berwyn Price	Great Britain	13.94
3	Günther Nickel	West Germany	13.95
4	Mirosław Wodzyński	Poland	14.02
5	Viktor Myasnikov	Soviet Union	14.13
6	Bo Forssander	Sweden	14.56
7	Alberto Matos	Portugal	14.74
8	Lee Chung-Ping	Republic of China	14.98

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Rod Milburn	United States	13.57
2	Lubomír Nádeníček	Czechoslovakia	13.93
3	Rich McDonald	Canada	14.36
4	Danny Smith	Bahamas	14.46
5	Jesper Tørring	Denmark	14.50
6	Mal Baird	Australia	14.55
7	Simbara Maki	Ivory Coast	14.59
-	Giuseppe Buttari	Italy	DQ

Heat four

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Marco Acerbi	Italy	13.99
2	Marek Jóźwik	Poland	14.06
3	Alan Pascoe	Great Britain	14.08
4	Abdoulaye Sarr	Senegal	14.12
5	Manfred Schumann	West Germany	14.13
6	Beat Pfister	Switzerland	14.33
7	Moreldin Mohamed Hamdi	Sudan	15.80
-	Alejandro Casañas	Cuba	DNF

Heat five

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Guy Drut	France	13.78
2	Sergio Liani	Italy	13.95
3	Petr Čech	Czechoslovakia	14.04
4	Godfrey Murray	Jamaica	14.16
5	Loránd Milassin	Hungary	14.21
6	David Wilson	Great Britain	14.31
7	Tony Nelson	Canada	14.73

Semifinals

Top four in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Tom Hill	United States	13.47
2	Guy Drut	France	13.49
3	Leszek Wodzyński	Poland	13.81
4	Petr Čech	Czechoslovakia	13.82
5	Sergio Liani	Italy	13.90
6	Rich McDonald	Canada	14.22
7	Berwyn Price	Great Britain	14.37
8	Mirosław Wodzyński	Poland	14.63

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
1	Rod Milburn	United States	13.44
2	Frank Siebeck	East Germany	13.58
3	Willie Davenport	United States	13.73
4	Lubomír Nádeníček	Czechoslovakia	13.89
5	Marek Jóźwik	Poland	14.06
6	Günther Nickel	West Germany	14.23
7	Alan Pascoe	Great Britain	14.24
8	Marco Acerbi	Italy	14.45

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	Rod Milburn	United States	13.24	WR
02 !	Guy Drut	France	13.34
03 !	Tom Hill	United States	13.48
4	Willie Davenport	United States	13.50
5	Frank Siebeck	East Germany	13.71
6	Leszek Wodzyński	Poland	13.72
7	Lubomír Nádeníček	Czechoslovakia	13.76
8	Petr Čech	Czechoslovakia	13.86

References

• Sports-reference
• Official report