The men's 400 metres

400 metres

The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...

hurdling event at the 1960 Olympic Games

1960 Summer Olympics

The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...

took place between August 31 and September 2.

Heats

The fastest two hurdlers in each of the six heats (blue) and the next two fastest (pink) advanced to the semifinal round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Bruno Galliker		51.20
2	Dick Howard		51.32
3	Anubes da Silva		52.25
4	Max Boyes		52.32
5	Wiesław Król		52.52
6	Mohamed Zouaki		55.65

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jan Gulbrandsen Jan Gulbrandsen Jan Gulbrandsen was a Norwegian hurdler and sports official. He was president of the Norwegian Olympic Committee from 1985 to 1989.He competed in 400 metres hurdles at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.-References:...		52.39
2	Glenn Davis		52.41
3	Arnold Matsulevich		53.00
4	George Shepherd		53.05
5	Marcel Lambrechts		53.67

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cliff Cushman		51.98
2	Willi Matthias		52.23
3	Keiji Ogushi		52.58
4	Chris Goudge Chris Goudge Christopher Edward Goudge was a British athlete who competed in the 400m hurdles at the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome.-Early life:...		52.75
5	Muhammad Yaqub		52.91
6	Mongi Soussi Zarrouki		54.34

Heat four

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Georgy Chevychalov		51.97
2	Salvatore Morale Salvatore Morale Salvatore Morale was an Italian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metre hurdles.He competed for an Italy in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, where he won the bronze medal....		52.13
3	Per-Owe Trollsås		52.49
4	Wolfgang Fischer Wolfgang Fischer Wolfgang Fischer was a German career military officer and panzer commander in World War II. He was killed on 1 February 1943 in Tunisia near Mareth when his staff car drove into a poorly marked Italian minefield and hit a mine.-Awards:* Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class* Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd...		53.35
5	Dimitrios Skourtis		53.85

Heat five

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Helmut Janz		51.30
2	Bartonjo Rotich Bartonjo Rotich Bartonjo Rotich is a retired runner from Kenya who specialised in 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles.He went to Alliance High School...		51.39
3	Jussi Rintamäki		51.70
4	Elio Catola		51.94
5	Fahir Özgüden		55.43
6	Nazzar Al-Jamali		58.0

Heat six

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	John Metcalf		52.24
2	Moreno Martini		52.26
3	Boris Kriunov		52.66
4	Víctor Maldonado Víctor Maldonado Víctor Maldonado Flores is a retired track and field athlete from Venezuela. He competed in the hurdling events. Maldonado represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1960....		52.79
5	Zdzisław Kumiszcze		53.47
6	Li Po-Ting		54.23

Semifinals

The fastest three hurdlers in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Glenn Davis		51.20
2	Jussi Rintamäki		51.20
3	Helmut Janz		51.55
4	Georgy Chevychalov		52.14
5	Elio Catola		52.44
6	Jan Gulbrandsen Jan Gulbrandsen Jan Gulbrandsen was a Norwegian hurdler and sports official. He was president of the Norwegian Olympic Committee from 1985 to 1989.He competed in 400 metres hurdles at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.-References:...		52.56
7	Moreno Martini		52.57

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Cliff Cushman		50.89
2	Dick Howard		50.91
3	Bruno Galliker		51.47
4	Salvatore Morale Salvatore Morale Salvatore Morale was an Italian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metre hurdles.He competed for an Italy in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, where he won the bronze medal....		51.48
5	Bartonjo Rotich Bartonjo Rotich Bartonjo Rotich is a retired runner from Kenya who specialised in 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles.He went to Alliance High School...		51.95
6	Willi Matthias		51.97
7	John Metcalf John Metcalf John Metcalf may refer to:* John Metcalf , British civil engineer* John Metcalf , Canadian writer and editor* John Metcalf , NASCAR series driver, see 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series...		52.72

Final

wind

Wind

Wind is the flow of gases on a large scale. On Earth, wind consists of the bulk movement of air. In outer space, solar wind is the movement of gases or charged particles from the sun through space, while planetary wind is the outgassing of light chemical elements from a planet's atmosphere into space...

 = 0.1 m/s.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Glenn Davis		49.51	OR
	Cliff Cushman		49.77
	Dick Howard		49.90
4	Helmut Janz		50.05
5	Jussi Rintamäki		50.98
6	Bruno Galliker		51.11

Key: OR = Olympic record