Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
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Quick Facts Men's 110 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXII Olympiad, Venue ...
Men's 110 metres hurdles at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Luzhniki Stadium | |||||||||
Date | 25 and 27 July | |||||||||
Competitors | 23 from 16 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 13.39 | |||||||||
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The men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list of 23 competitors from 16 nations, with three qualifying heats (23 runners) and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took place on Sunday 27 July 1980.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Thomas Munkelt of East Germany, the first medal by a German runner in the event. Alejandro Casañas of Cuba took silver for the second Games in a row, making him the eighth man with two medals in the event. Aleksandr Puchkov's bronze was the Soviet Union's second medal in the event and first since 1964.