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

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[2][3]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Larry Cowling	United States	13.83	Q
2	4	György Bakos	Hungary	13.90	Q
3	2	Pal Palffy	Romania	13.91	Q
4	4	Aleksandr Puchkov	Soviet Union	13.94	Q
5	3	Arto Bryggare	Finland	13.97	Q
6	4	Hans-Gerd Klein	West Germany	14.02	Q
7	4	Daniele Fontecchio	Italy	14.03	q
8	3	Georgiy Shabanov	Soviet Union	14.04	Q
9	2	Romuald Giegiel	Poland	14.14	Q
10	1	Ion Oltean	Romania	14.15	Q
11	2	Anthony Campbell	United States	14.17	Q
12	2	Roberto Schneider	Switzerland	14.25	q[4]
13	1	Vasko Nedyalkov	Bulgaria	14.27	Q
14	1	Urs Rohner	Switzerland	14.32	q[4]
15	3	Petar Vukičević	Yugoslavia	14.47	Q
16	3	Juan Saborit	Cuba	14.49	q
17	4	Mountage Diakhité	Senegal	14.49
18	1	Rafael Echavarría	Mexico	14.52
19	1	Yves Lahaye	Belgium	14.53
20	1	Georg Präst	Italy	14.57
21	2	Don Wright	Australia	14.83	[5]
22	3	Li Jieqiang	China	14.96
23	2	Shaban Ahmed Mahmoud	Egypt	15.41
24	1	Bernard Mabikana	Congo	15.82
25	3	Nasir Sati	Iraq	16.24
26	3	Mahmoud Abou Sarouil	Libya	17.38
27	2	Rony Fatte	Lebanon	18.33
	3	Haidar Ali	Pakistan	DNF

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.5 m/s, Heat 2: +0.7 m/s[2][6]

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Larry Cowling	United States	13.76	Q
2	2	Georgiy Shabanov	Soviet Union	13.86	Q
3	2	Anthony Campbell	United States	13.88	Q
4	2	Pal Palffy	Romania	13.88	Q
5	2	Hans-Gerd Klein	West Germany	13.91	q
6	1	Romuald Giegiel	Poland	13.93	Q
6	2	Daniele Fontecchio	Italy	13.93	q
8	1	Arto Bryggare	Finland	13.97	Q
9	1	Aleksandr Puchkov	Soviet Union	14.02	[7]
10	1	Vasko Nedlyakov	Bulgaria	14.07
11	1	Ion Oltean	Romania	14.12
12	1	Roberto Schneider	Switzerland	14.13	[8]
13	2	György Bakos	Hungary	14.15
14	2	Urs Rohner	Switzerland	14.27	[8]
15	2	Petar Vukićević	Yugoslavia	14.34
16	1	Juan Saborit	Cuba	14.46

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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	DNS