| Final 16:45 | time | electr | L | | 1. Lee Calhoun |  United States | 13.8s | 13,98s | 2 | | 2. Willie May | United States | 13.8s | 13.99s | 1 | | 3. Hayes Jones | United States | 14.0s | 14.17s | 6 | | 4. Martin Lauer |  UT Germany | 14.0s | 14.20s | 3 | | 5. Keith Gardner |  West Iindies | 14.4s | 14.55s | 4 | | 6. Valentin Chistyakov |  Soviet Union | 14.6s | 14.71s | 5 |
| Venue: Stadio Olimpico 65,000. 36 competitors from 21 nations. |
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Semi-Finals - Monday, 5th September 15:15 | | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | time | electr | | 1. Willie May | United States | 13.7s | 13.87s | | 2. Hayes Jones | United States | 14.1s | 14.22s | | 3. Keith Gardner | West Iindies | 14.2s | 14.32s | | 4. Nereo Svara |  Italy | 14.3s | 14.50s | | 5. Jean Baptiste Okello |  Uganda | 14.4s | 14.59s | | 6. Mikola Beresuzki | Soviet Union | 14.6s | 14.69s |
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| Semi 2 | time | electr | | 1. Lee Calhoun | United States | 13.7s | 13.88s | | 2. Martin Lauer | UT Germany | 14.0s | 14.13s | | 3. Valentin Chistyakov | Soviet Union | 14.3s | 14.46s | | 4. Ghulam Raziq |  Pakistan | 14.3s | 14.49s | | 5. Stanko Lorger |  Yugoslavia | 14.5s | | | -. Anatoly Mikhailov | Soviet Union | DNF | |
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Calhoun, who had equalled the Lauer’s world record of 13.2 two weeks
earlier, was favourite, but May was fastest in the first two rounds,
clocking 14.0 then 13.8. He was pushed by Anatoliy Mikhailov (URS)
in the second round, the Russian running 13.9. Lauer also ran 13.9 in
his heat. May won the first semi handily from Jones, 13.7 (13.87) to
14.1 (14.22). Calhoun had a similar victory over Lauer in the second
semi 13.7 (13.87) to 14.0 (14.15), while Mikhailov failed to finish.
As in 1956, Calhoun took a metre advantage by the first hurdle in the
final, and his principal opponent then tried to cut away the deficit. May
was perhaps six inches behind at the last hurdle and closed to within
three inches as both lunged desperately for the tape, Calhoun falling
past the line in his efforts. The battle for third was similarly close, with
Jones beating Lauer off the last hurdle by 30cm. The slow time is
explained by the strong crosswind, which hindered the balance of the
runners.
| Quarter 1 | time | electr | | 1. Lee Calhoun | United States | 14.1s | 14.16s | | 2. Jean Baptiste Okello | Uganda | 14.3s | 14.48s | | 3. Mikola Beresuzki | Soviet Union | 14.4s | 14.57s | | 4. Giovanni Cornacchia | Italy | 14.5s | 14.68s | | 5. Peter Hildreth |  Great Britain | 14.6s | 14.78s | | 6. Karl-Ernst Schottes | UT Germany | 14.6s | 14.81s |
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| Quarter 2 | time | electr | | 1. Martin Lauer | UT Germany | 13.9s | 14.06s | | 2. Keith Gardner | West Iindies | 14.3s | 14.45s | | 3. Ghulam Raziq | Pakistan | 14.4s | 14.51s | | 4. Edmond Roudnitska |  France | 14.5s | 14.66s | | 5. Milad Petrušić | Yugoslavia | 14.6s | 14.71s | | 6. Paolo Zamboni | Italy | 14.9s | 15.02s |
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| Quarter 3 | time | electr | | 1. Willie May | United States | 13.8s | 13.92s | | 2. Anatoli Michailow | Soviet Union | 13.9s | 14.02s | | 3. Stanko Lorger | Yugoslavia | 14.4s | 14.56s | | 4. Aggrey Awori | Uganda | 14.8s | 14.94s | | 5. Klaus Gerbig | UT Germany | 14.8s | 14.97s | | 6. Vic Matthews | Great Britain | 15.0s | 15.12s |
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| Quarter 4 | time | electr | | 1. Hayes Jones | United States | 14.1s | 14.19s | | 2. Valentin Chistyakov | Soviet Union | 14.3s | 14.51s | | 3. Nereo Svara | Italy | 14.4s | 14.59s | | 4. Roman Muzyk |  Poland | 14.5s | 14.68s | | 5. Bob Birrell | Great Britain | 14.6s | 14.78s | | 6. Marcel Duriez | France | 15.0s | 15.19s |
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| Heat 1 | time | electr | | 1. Martin Lauer | UT Germany | 14.3s | 14.45s | | 2. Jean Baptiste Okello | Uganda | 14.4s | 14.59s | | 3. Giovanni Cornacchia | Italy | 14.6s | 14.77s | | 4. Marcel Duriez | France | 14.7s | 14.90s | | 5. Seraphino Antao |  Kenya | 15.0s | 15.13s | | 6. Çetin Şahiner |  Turkey | 15.6s | 15.75s |
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| Heat 2 | time | electr | | 1. Hayes Jones | United States | 14.2s | 14.32s | | 2. Mikola Beresuzki | Soviet Union | 14.3s | 14.50s | | 3. Milad Petrušić | Yugoslavia | 14.6s | 14.74s | | 4. Paolo Zamboni | Italy | 14.7s | 14.82s | | 5. John Chittick |  Australia | 14.7s | 14.86s | | -. Abdul Wardak |  Afghanistan | DNF | |
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| Heat 3 | time | electr | | 1. Willie May | United States | 14.0s | 14.16s | | 2. Valentin Chistyakov | Soviet Union | 14.3s | 14.45s | | 3. Bob Birrell | Great Britain | 14.7s | 14.82s | | 4. Klaus Gerbig | UT Germany | 14.7s | 14.87s | | 5. Saka Oloko |  Nigeria | 14.9s | 15.04s | | 6. Nazzar Al-Jamali |  Iraq | 15.8s | 15.99s |
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| Heat 4 | time | electr | | 1. Lee Calhoun | United States | 14.3s | 14.37s | | 2. Edmond Roudnitska | France | 14.4s | 14.53s | | 3. Ghulam Raziq | Pakistan | 14.6s | 14.68s | | 4. Peter Hildreth | Great Britain | 14.8s | 14.90s | | 5. Georgios Marsellos |  Greece | 14.8s | 14.92s | | 6. Pétur Rögnvaldsson |  Iceland | 15.2s | 15.38s | | -. Isaac Elie |  Sudan | DNF | |
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| Heat 5 | time | electr | | 1. Keith Gardner | West Iindies | 14.3s | 14.46s | | 2. Stanko Lorger | Yugoslavia | 14.4s | 14.56s | | 3. Nereo Svara | Italy | 14.9s | 15.03s | | 4. Vic Matthews | Great Britain | 14.9s | 15.07s | | 5. Jagmohan Singh |  India | 15.2s | 15.34s | | 6. Abdul Malik | Pakistan | 15.4s | 15.52s |
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| Heat 6 | time | electr | | 1. Anatoli Michailow | Soviet Union | 14.4s | 14.53s | | 2. Karl-Ernst Schottes | UT Germany | 14.8s | 14.90s | | 3. Roman Muzyk | Poland | 14.8s | 14.94s | | 4. Aggrey Awori | Uganda | 15.2s | 15.36s | | 5. Jacques Déprez | France | 17.1s | 17.24s | | -. E. Kamerbeek |  Netherlands | DNS | |
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