Athletics at the 1981 Summer Universiade – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1981 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadionul Naţional in Bucharest on 21, 22 and 23 July 1981.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Larry Cowling  United States	Pal Palffy  Romania	Georgiy Shabanov  Soviet Union

Results

Heats

Wind:
Heat 1: -2.1 m/s, Heat 2: +1.6 m/s, Heat 3: -1.1 m/s, Heat 4: +1.7 m/s[1][2]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Larry Cowling	United States	13.83	Q
2	1	Ion Oltean	Romania	14.15	Q
3	1	Vasko Nedyalkov	Bulgaria	14.27	Q
1	2	Pal Palffy	Romania	13.91	Q
2	2	Romuald Giegiel	Poland	14.14	Q
3	2	Anthony Campbell	United States	14.17	Q
5	2	Don Wright	Australia	14.83	[3]
1	3	Arto Bryggare	Finland	13.97	Q
2	3	Georgiy Shabanov	Soviet Union	14.04	Q
3	3	Petar Vukičević	Yugoslavia	14.47	Q
1	4	György Bakos	Hungary	13.90	Q
2	4	Aleksandr Puchkov	Soviet Union	13.94	Q
3	4	Hans-Gerd Klein	West Germany	13.94	Q
4	?	Roberto Schneider	Switzerland	14.25	q[4]
4	?	Urs Rohner	Switzerland	14.32	q[4]

Semifinals

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.7 m/s[1][5]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Larry Cowling	United States	13.76	Q
2	1	Romuald Giegiel	Poland	13.93	Q
3	1	Arto Bryggare	Finland	13.97	Q
4	1	Aleksandr Puchkov	Soviet Union	14.02	[6]
1	2	Georgiy Shabanov	Soviet Union	13.86	Q
2	2	Anthony Campbell	United States	13.88	Q
3	2	Pal Palffy	Romania	13.88	Q
4	2	Hans-Gerd Klein	West Germany	13.91	q
5	2	Daniele Fontecchio	Italy	13.93	q
7	?	Roberto Schneider	Switzerland	14.13	[7]
7	?	Urs Rohner	Switzerland	14.27	[7]

Final

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Wind: +1.0 m/s

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Larry Cowling	United States	13.65
	Pal Palffy	Romania	13.73
	Georgiy Shabanov	Soviet Union	13.82
4	Anthony Campbell	United States	13.88
5	Romuald Giegiel	Poland	13.91
6	Arto Bryggare	Finland	13.94
7	Daniele Fontecchio	Italy	14.06
	Hans-Gerd Klein	West Germany	??.??

References

1. Year list
2. "Jury achter Comaneci" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 22 July 1981. p. 9.
3. Australian results
4. "Erneut zweimal Turner-Gold" (in German). Fribourg Freiburger Nachrichten. 22 July 1981. p. 7. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
5. "Alle turntitels voor Roemenië" (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. 24 July 1981. p. 8.
6. Soviet results (p58)
7. "Leichtatletik-Glanzlichter" (in German). Fribourg Freiburger Nachrichten. 23 July 1981. p. 17. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
8. "Final results". The Tampa Times. 24 July 1981. p. 18. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
9. "Final results". The Orlando Sentinel. 24 July 1981. p. 14. Retrieved 9 February 2020.