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Men's 440 yards hurdles
at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
VenuePerry Lakes Stadium
Date29 November 1962 (1962-11-29)
Competitors15 from 8 nations
Winning time14.3
Medalists
gold medal Ghulam Raziq   Pakistan
silver medal Dave Prince   Australia
bronze medal Laurie Taitt   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.

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.

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)
13.2 Zürich, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland
7 July 1959
21 August 1960
Commonwealth record
Games record  Tom Lavery (SAF) 14.0 Sydney, Australia 12 February 1938

Heats

Heat 1

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Laurie Taitt  England 14.3 Q
2 Michael Devlin  Australia 14.5 Q
3 Gary Knoke  Australia 14.6
4 Charles Eswau  Uganda 15.0
5 Iqbal Sahi  Pakistan 15.3

Heat 2

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Mick Daws  Australia 14.5 Q
2 Bob Birrell  England 14.6 Q
3 Danie Burger  Rhodesia and Nyasaland 14.8
4 Logan Aikman  New Zealand 15.6
Kuda Ditta  Sarawak DSQ

Heat 3

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Ghulam Raziq  Pakistan 14.2 Q
2 Dave Prince  Australia 14.2 Q
3 Paul Dallow  New Zealand 15.1
4 Christopher Salole  Aden 15.8
Benson Ishiepai  Uganda DNS

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ghulam Raziq  Pakistan 14.3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dave Prince  Australia 14.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Laurie Taitt  England 14.7
4 Michael Devlin  Australia 14.9
5 Mick Daws  Australia 14.9
6 Bob Birrell  England 15.2

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. ^ "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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