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

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Men's 440 yards hurdles
at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue Perry Lakes Stadium
Date29 November 1962 (1962-11-29)
Competitors15 from 8 nations
Winning time14.3
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Ghulam Raziq  Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Silver medal icon.svg   Dave Prince  Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Laurie Taitt  Flag of England.svg  England
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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.

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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 recordFlag of Germany.svg  Martin Lauer  (FRG)
Flag of the United States.svg  Lee Calhoun  (USA)		13.2 Zürich, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland		7 July 1959
21 August 1960
Commonwealth record
Games recordFlag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Tom Lavery  (SAF)14.0 Sydney, Australia12 February 1938 [2]

Heats

Heat 1

[3]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Laurie Taitt Flag of England.svg  England 14.3Q
2 Michael Devlin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14.5Q
3 Gary Knoke Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14.6
4 Charles Eswau Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg  Uganda 15.0
5 Iqbal Sahi Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 15.3

Heat 2

[3]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Mick Daws Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14.5Q
2 Bob Birrell Flag of England.svg  England 14.6Q
3 Danie Burger Flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.svg  Rhodesia and Nyasaland 14.8
4 Logan Aikman Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 15.6
Kuda Ditta Flag of the Crown Colony of Sarawak (1946).svg  Sarawak DSQ

Heat 3

[3]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Ghulam Raziq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 14.2Q
2 Dave Prince Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14.2Q
3 Paul Dallow Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 15.1
4 Christopher Salole Flag of the Colony of Aden.svg  Aden 15.8
Benson Ishiepai Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg  Uganda DNS

Final

[4]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ghulam Raziq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 14.3
Silver medal icon.svg Dave Prince Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14.4
Bronze medal icon.svg Laurie Taitt Flag of England.svg  England 14.7
4 Michael Devlin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14.9
5 Mick Daws Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 14.9
6 Bob Birrell Flag of England.svg  England 15.2

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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. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
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