1900 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)
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sport | athletics |
discipline | 110 meter hurdles |
gender | Men |
place | Croix Catelan |
Attendees | 9 athletes from 3 countries |
Competition phase | July 14, 1900 |
Medalist | |
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gold | Alvin Kraenzlein ( USA ) |
silver | John McLean ( USA ) |
bronze | Frederick Moloney ( USA ) |
The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris was decided on July 14, 1900 in the Croix Catelan . On the same day, three preliminary runs, two hope runs and the final were held.
The medals were shared among three Americans. Alvin Kraenzlein was Olympic champion ahead of John McLean and Frederick Moloney .
Records
The world record given here relates to the metric distance. Significantly better times had already been achieved on the comparable 120- yard course , but at 109.728 meters it is not quite the length required for a record to be recognized, although world records were not officially held at the time. On June 18, 1898, Alvin Kraenzlein had achieved 15.2 seconds over this distance in Chicago .
World record | 15.8 s | Canada | Harry Morrell | 1892 |
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Olympic record | 17.6 s | United States | Thomas Curtis | Final of Athens ( Greece ), April 10, 1896 |
The following records were broken or set at these Olympic Games over 110 meter hurdles :
OR | 15.6 s | United States | Alvin Kraenzlein | 1st preliminary, July 14th |
15.4 s | Final run, July 14th |
Results
Prelims
There were three preliminary runs. The winners - highlighted in color - qualified directly for the final, all others got a second chance over two hopes. However, the division of these preliminary runs was completely incomprehensible. In each of the first two races there were four participants, the third was contested by a single runner alone. In order to create a certain equality of opportunity somewhere, additional runs of hope were included in the program.
Forward 1
space | Surname | country | time | |
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1 | Alvin Kraenzlein | United States | 15.6 s | WR |
2 | Frederick Moloney | United States | unknown | |
3 | John McLean | United States | unknown | |
- | Eugène Choisel | France | DNF |
Kraenzlein's lead over his two compatriots was three and five yards, respectively . Choisel did not reach the goal. At zur Megede , another participant in this race is the German Richard Rau in fifth place.
Forward 2
space | Surname | country | time |
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1 | Norman Pritchard | India | 16.6 s |
2 | William Remington | United States | unknown |
3 | William Lewis | United States | unknown |
- | Adolphe Klingelhoefer | France | DNF |
Remington followed the winner of the run a yard and a half behind, Lewis a long way behind. Klingelhoefer did not reach the goal.
Forward 3
space | Surname | country | time | |
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1 | Jean Lécuyer | France | unknown | single-handedly |
Hope runs
The two winners from the hope runs - highlighted in color - completed the final of the first place from the three preliminary runs.
Hope run 1
space | Surname | country | time |
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1 | Frederick Moloney | United States | 17.0 s |
2 | William Lewis | United States | unknown |
3 | Eugène Choisel | France | unknown |
Moloney had a lead of five meters at the finish. Choisel was certified as having "good resistance".
Hope run 2
space | Surname | country | time |
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1 | John McLean | United States | 17.0 s |
2 | William Remington | United States | unknown |
McLean clearly won the run.
final
space | Surname | country | time | |
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1 | Alvin Kraenzlein | United States | 15.4 s | WR |
2 | John McLean | United States | 15.6 s | estimated |
3 | Frederick Moloney | United States | unknown | |
4th | Jean Lécuyer | France | unknown | |
- | Norman Pritchard | India | DNF |
McLean made an obvious false start in the final, which the inexperienced French starter did not punish. So he initially had a five- yard lead, but Kraenzlein caught up to the eighth hurdle. This extended his lead to three yards to the finish. Moloney also got very close to McLean, but was knocked out by a foot . Pritchard didn't finish.
The information on the residues given in yards or feet is taken from the information provided by SportsReference . The estimated time for the second-placed McLean is named in the literature by zur Megede . In the latter source there are two deviations from the results listed here: (1) Pritchard is ranked fifth in the final. (2) The first name of the Lécuyer who won the Olympics is "A.".
The winner Alvin Kraenzlein was an exceptional athlete of his time. He won a total of four gold medals in three days at these games. He set four world records in two disciplines or one and in two other disciplines he achieved three Olympic records.
Olympic champion Alvin Kraenzlein in historical pictures
literature
- Volker Kluge , Olympic Summer Games - The Chronicle I, Berlin 1997 ( ISBN 3-328-00715-6 )
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The history of Olympic athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970
Web links
- SportsReference, Athletics at the 1900 Paris Summer Games: Men's 110 meters Hurdles , accessed July 22, 2018
- Olympic Games Paris 1900, Athletics, 110m hurdles men , IOC website on athletics at the 1900 Olympic Games from olympic.org, English, accessed on 22 July 2018
Individual evidence
- ^ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 35