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Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Willie_Davenport%2C_Ervin_Hall%2C_Eddy_Ottoz_1968.jpg/260px-Willie_Davenport%2C_Ervin_Hall%2C_Eddy_Ottoz_1968.jpg) Willie Davenport, Ervin Hall and Eddy Ottoz
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Venue
| Estadio Olimpico Universitario
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Date
| October 16?17
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Competitors
| 33 from 24 nations
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Winning time
| 13.3
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Official Video Highlights @6:20
The
men's 110 metres hurdles
competition at the
1968 Summer Olympics
in
Mexico City
,
Mexico
was held at the
University Olympic Stadium
on October 16?17.
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Thirty-three athletes from 24 nations competed.
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The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by
Willie Davenport
of the United States, the nation's eighth of nine consecutive victories and the 14th overall gold medal in the event for the Americans.
Eddy Ottoz
's bronze was Italy's first medal in the event.
Background
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This was the 16th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Three finalists from 1964 returned: fourth-place finisher
Eddy Ottoz
of Italy, sixth-place finisher
Marcel Duriez
of France, and seventh-place finisher
Giovanni Cornacchia
, also of Italy. The American team, including
Willie Davenport
(whose injury in Tokyo had ended a streak of four consecutive podium sweeps),
Ervin Hall
, and
Leon Coleman
, was again favored.
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The Dominican Republic, Madagascar, and the Virgin Islands each made their first appearance in the event; West Germany made its first appearance as a separate nation. The United States made its 16th appearance, the only nation to have competed in the 110 metres hurdles in each Games to that point.
Competition format
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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
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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Eddy Ottoz
matched the Olympic record in the third heat. He did it again in the first semifinal, but came in second in that race?
Ervin Hall
set a new Olympic record at 13.3 seconds.
Willie Davenport
matched Hall's new record to win the final; all three men came in under the old record in winning their medals. Ottoz's final time was a national record for Italy.
Schedule
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All times are
Central Standard Time
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UTC-6
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Date
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Time
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Round
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Wednesday, 16 October 1968
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10:00
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Round 1
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Thursday, 17 October 1968
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15:00
17:00
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Semifinals
Final
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Results
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Round 1
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Heat 1
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Heat 2
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Heat 3
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Heat 4
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Heat 5
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Semifinals
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Semifinal 1
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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.
Semifinal 2
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Final
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References
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