European Athletics Championships 1938/110 m hurdles of men

2. European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 110-meter hurdles
city	Paris
Stadion	Stade Olympique
Attendees	11 athletes from 9 countries
Competition phase	September 4th (preliminary / final)
Medalist
gold	Don Finlay ( GBR )
silver	Håkan Lidman ( SWE )
bronze	Reindest Brasser ( NED )

Olympic Stadium in Paris 1924

The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 1938 European Athletics Championships was held on September 4, 1938 in the Stade Olympique in the French capital, Paris .

The European champion was the Briton Don Finlay , who won ahead of the Swede Håkan Lidman . Bronze went to the Dutchman Reindest Brasser .

Records

Existing records

World record	13.7 s	Forrest Towns	Oslo , Norway	August 27, 1936
Championship record	14.8 s	József Kovács	EM Turin , Italy	September 7, 1934 (preliminary)
				September 8, 1934 (final)

Record improvement

 Don Finlay improved the European Championship record in the run-up by four tenths of a second to 14.4 seconds and in the final by another tenth of a second to 14.3 seconds. With that, the new European champion set a new European record at the same time.

Preliminary round

September 4, 1938, 2:50 p.m.

With third place in his preliminary run, Giorgio Oberweger did not reach the final

Jean-François Brisson was eliminated fourth in his preliminary run

The preliminary round was carried out in three runs. The first two athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Don Finlay	Great Britain	14.4 CR
2	Reinds brasser	Netherlands	14.4 NO
3	Svend Aage Thomsen	Denmark	15.4
4th	Abel Elie	France	16.0

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Håkan Lidman	Sweden	14.8
2	Werner Christians	Switzerland	15.4
3	Giorgio Oberweger	Italy	17.3
4th	Christos mantikas	Greece	18.0

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Karl Kumpmann	German Empire	14.8
2	John Thornton	Great Britain	14.8
3	Rene Kunz	Switzerland	15.2
4th	Jean-François Brisson	France	15.7

final

September 4, 1938, 4:50 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Don Finlay	Great Britain	14.3 ER
2	Håkan Lidman	Sweden	14.5
3	Reinds brasser	Netherlands	14.8
4th	John Thornton	Great Britain	14.8
5	Karl Kumpmann	German Empire	15.3
6th	Werner Christians	Switzerland	15.4

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  European champion Don Finlay was active as a track and field athlete for more than twenty years

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  Vice European champion Håkan Lidman - he became European champion in Oslo in 1946

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Paris 1938 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 10, 2019
• Men 110m Hurdles European Championships 1938 Paris (FRA) on todor66.com, accessed March 10, 2019
• II European Championship, Paris 1938 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed March 10, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1938, 110 m hurdles men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 10, 2019
• 2nd European Men's Athletics Championships 1938 in Paris, France from ifosta.de, accessed on March 10, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. 110m hurdles men , accessed on March 10, 2019