European Athletics Championships 1954/110 m hurdles of men

5th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Men's 110-meter hurdles
city	Bern
Stadion	Neufeld Stadium
Attendees	22 athletes from 15 countries
Competition phase	August 25th (preliminary) August 26th (semi-finals) August 29th (final)
Medalist
gold	Yevgeny Bulantschik ( URS )
silver	Jack Parker ( GBR )
bronze	Bert Steines ( FRG )

Grandstand of the Neufeld stadium in Bern

The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held on August 25, 26 and 29, 1954 in the Neufeld stadium in Bern .

European champion was the Soviet runner Yevgeny Bulantschik . The Briton Jack Parker won the silver medal. Bronze went to the German Bert Steines .

Existing records

World record	13.5 s	Dick Attlesey	Helsinki , Finland	July 10, 1950
European record	14.0 s	Håkan Lidman	Milan , Italy	September 22, 1940
Championship record	14.3 s	Don Finlay	EM Paris , France	September 4, 1938

The since 1938 existing EM -record has not been set at these European Championships and not improved.

Preliminary round

August 25, 1954, 5:15 p.m.

The preliminary round was held in four runs. The first three athletes per run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the semi-finals.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Yevgeny Bulanchik	Soviet Union	14.7
2	Olivier Bernard	Switzerland	15.0
3	Ioannis Kambadelis	Greece	15.2
4th	Kenneth Johanson	Sweden	15.5

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Stanko Lorger	Yugoslavia	14.5
2	Jack Parker	Great Britain	14.7
3	Bert Steines	BR Germany	14.9
4th	Jan Borgersen	Norway	14.9
5	Mustafa Batman	Turkey	15.4
6th	Pierre Bultiauw	Belgium	15.6

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Peter Hildreth	Great Britain	14.8
2	Ion Opris	Romania	14.8
3	Eamonn Kinsella	Ireland	14.9
4th	Edmond Roudnitska	France	14.9
5	Hans Muchitsch	Austria	15.2
6th	Paul Pfenninger	Switzerland	15.3

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Boris Stolyarov	Soviet Union	14.7
2	Olsen gate	Norway	14.8
3	Jacques Dohen	France	14.9
4th	Alois Krul	Czechoslovakia	14.9
5	Willi Slabbers	Belgium	15.5
6th	Friedrich Zimmermann	Austria	15.9

Semifinals

August 26, 1954, 6 p.m.

In each of the two semi-finals, the first three athletes - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Stanko Lorger	Yugoslavia	14.5
2	Bert Steines	BR Germany	14.6
3	Eamonn Kinsella	Ireland	14.7
4th	Boris Stolyarov	Soviet Union	14.7
5	Peter Hildreth	Great Britain	14.7
6th	Ioannis Kambadelis	Greece	15.5

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Yevgeny Bulanchik	Soviet Union	14.6
2	Ion Opriș	Romania	14.8
3	Jack Parker	Great Britain	14.8
4th	Olivier Bernard	Switzerland	14.8
5	Jacques Dohen	France	15.0
DNS	Olsen gate	Norway

final

Stanko Lorger finished fourth in the final

August 29, 1954

space	Surname	nation	Time (s)
1	Yevgeny Bulanchik	Soviet Union	14.4
2	Jack Parker	Great Britain	14.6
3	Bert Steines	BR Germany	14.7
4th	Stanko Lorger	Yugoslavia	14.7
5	Eamonn Kinsella	Ireland	14.7
6th	Ion Opriș	Romania	15.1

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Bern 1954 at european-athletics.org, accessed on April 6, 2019
• Men 110m Hurdles European Championship 1954 Bern on todor66.com, accessed on April 6, 2019
• V European Championship, Bern 1954 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on April 6, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1954, 110 m hurdles men on sportschau.de, accessed on April 6, 2019
• 5th European Athletics Championships 1954 in Bern, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on April 6, 2019

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Men's 110-meter hurdles , accessed April 6, 2019
2. ↑ Men 110m Hurdles European Championship 1954 Bern on todor66.com, accessed on April 6, 2019