1920 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)
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sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 110 meter hurdles | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 24 athletes from 15 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Antwerp Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 17, 1920 (preliminary round / semi-finals) August 18, 1920 (final) |
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The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp was held on August 17 and 18, 1920 in the Antwerp Olympic Stadium. 24 athletes took part.
The Olympic champion was Canadian Earl Thomson , who won in a new world record time ahead of the two Americans Harold Barron and Feg Murray .
Due to the exclusion of the two countries from participating in these games, German and Austrian athletes did not take part. The Swiss Willi Moser could not finish his lead and was eliminated.
Existing records
World record |
Forrest Smithson ( USA )
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15.0 s | London | July 25, 1908 |
Olympic record |
Conducting the competition
A total of six preliminary runs were carried out on August 17 at 2:00 p.m. local time. The two best runners in each case qualified for the semi-finals, which took place immediately afterwards at 2.30 p.m. The first three of each of these two races made it into the final on August 18 (start: 2.30 p.m.).
Note: The relays qualified for the next round are highlighted in light blue.
Prelims
Date: August 17, 2:00 p.m. local time
The times are not completely handed down.
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Daciano Colbachini |
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15.6 s | |
2 | Harry Wilson |
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15.8 s | |
3 | Georg Lindström |
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15.9 s | |
4th | Wilfrid Kent Hughes |
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k. A. |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Harold Barron |
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15.2 s | |
2 | Earl Thomson |
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15.4 s | |
3 | Gösta Holmér |
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k. A. | |
4th | František Marek |
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k. A. |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Sweep Murray |
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15.8 s | |
2 | George Gray |
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k. A. | |
3 | Henri Bernard |
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k. A. | |
4th | René Joannes-Powell |
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k. A. | |
5 | Dimitrios Andromedas |
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k. A. |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Henri Thorsen |
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16.8 s | |
2 | William Hunter |
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k. A. | |
DNF | Willi Moser |
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Forward 5
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | William Yount |
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15.6 s | |
2 | Goran Hultin |
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k. A. | |
3 | Harold Jeppe |
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k. A. | |
4th | Adolf Reich |
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k. A. |
Forward 6
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Walker Smith |
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15.8 s | |
2 | Carl-Axel Christiernsson |
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k. A. | |
3 | Oscar van Rappard |
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k. A. | |
4th | Eric Dunbar |
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k. A. |
Semifinals
Date: August 17, 2:30 p.m. local time
The times are not completely handed down.
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Harold Barron |
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15.0 s | WRe / ORe |
2 | Walker Smith |
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15.2 s | |
3 | Harry Wilson |
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15.3 s | |
4th | Henri Thorsen |
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k. A. | |
5 | William Hunter |
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k. A. | |
6th | Goran Hultin |
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k. A. |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Earl Thomson |
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15.0 s | WRe / ORe |
2 | Sweep Murray |
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15.2 s | |
3 | Carl-Axel Christiernsson |
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15.2 s | |
4th | George Gray |
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k. A. | |
5 | William Yount |
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k. A. | |
6th | Daciano Colbachini |
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k. A. |
final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Earl Thomson |
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14.8 s | WR |
2 | Harold Barron |
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15.0 s | |
3 | Sweep Murray |
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15.2 s | |
4th | Harry Wilson |
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15.2 s | |
5 | Walker Smith |
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15.3 s | |
6th | Carl-Axel Christiernsson |
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15.5 s |
Date: August 18, 2:30 p.m. local time
The Canadian Earl Thomson developed the double-arm style together with his American brother-in-law Robert Simpson and was the clear favorite here. In the Olympic year he had already achieved 14.4 s over 120 yard hurdles , which were qualitatively far better than Forrest Smithson's 110-meter hurdles - a world record of 15.0 s, but were not officially recognized as a 110-meter hurdle world record. Thomson lived up to his role as favorite and improved the world record by two tenths of a second despite the poor track conditions.
There was a glitch at the victory ceremony. The Belgian officials could not find a Canadian flag. Instead, the British flag was raised.
Earl Thomson's victory meant that for the first time no US athlete won in this discipline.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 141
Web links
- SportsReference 110 meter hurdles , accessed August 31, 2017
- Official report , French (PDF), accessed on August 31, 2017
Video
- Earl Thomson Breaks 110m Hurdles World Record For Gold - Antwerp 1920 Olympics , published October 19, 2012 on youtube.com, accessed August 30, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009, page 553 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Official report ( Memento of October 7, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) p. 102, French. (PDF)
- ↑ Description at SportsReference (Engl.)