Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 120 yards hurdles

Men's 440 yards hurdles
at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue Perry Lakes Stadium
Date 29 November 1962 (1962-11-29)
Competitors 15 from 8 nations
Winning time 14.3
Medalists
    Pakistan
    Australia
    England

The men's 120 yards hurdles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Thursday 29 November 1962.

The top two runners in each of the three heats qualified for the final.

The event was won by Pakistan's Ghulam Raziq in 14.3 seconds, ahead of Australia's Dave Prince and Laurie Taitt from England who won bronze. This was Pakistan's only medal in the track and field program.[1]

Uganda's Benson Ishiepai who won bronze in the 440 yards hurdles event, withdrew prior to the start of his heat.

Records

World record Martin Lauer (FRG)
 Lee Calhoun (USA)
13.2Zürich, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland
7 July 1959
21 August 1960
Commonwealth record'
Games record Tom Lavery (SAF)14.0Sydney, Australia12 February 1938[2]

Heats

Heat 1

[3]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Laurie Taitt England14.3Q
2Michael Devlin Australia14.5Q
3Gary Knoke Australia14.6
4Charles Eswau Uganda15.0
5Iqbal Sahi Pakistan15.3

Heat 2

[3]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Mick Daws Australia14.5Q
2Bob Birrell England14.6Q
3Danie Burger Rhodesia and Nyasaland14.8
4Logan Aikman New Zealand15.6
Kuda Ditta SarawakDSQ

Heat 3

[3]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Ghulam Raziq Pakistan14.2Q
2Dave Prince Australia14.2Q
3Paul Dallow New Zealand15.1
4Christopher Salole Aden15.8
Benson Ishiepai UgandaDNS

Final

[4]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Ghulam Raziq Pakistan14.3
2nd, silver medalist(s)Dave Prince Australia14.4
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Laurie Taitt England14.7
4Michael Devlin Australia14.9
5Mick Daws Australia14.9
6Bob Birrell England15.2

References

  1. Webster, Jim; Clarkson, Alan (30 November 1962). "Aust. close to Games record". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. p. 12.
  2. "Games Results". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 14 February 1938. p. 16.
  3. 1 2 3 "Commonwealth Games in detail". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 30 November 1962. p. 12.
  4. "Results of the men's 120 yards hurdles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
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