1924 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	110 meter hurdles
gender	Men
Attendees	29 athletes from 16 countries
Competition location	Stade de Colombes
Competition phase	July 8, 1924 (preliminary round / semi-finals) July 9, 1924 (final)
Medalist Daniel Kinsey ( USA )   Sidney Atkinson ( ZAF )   Sten Pettersson ( SWE )

The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris was held on July 8th and 9th, 1924 in the Stade de Colombes . 28 athletes took part.

The American Daniel Kinsey was Olympic champion ahead of the South African Sidney Atkinson . Bronze went to Sten Pettersson from Sweden .

Existing records

• World record : 14.8 s - Earl Thomson ( USA ), Antwerp , August 18, 1920
• Olympic record : 14.8 s - Earl Thomson ( USA ), Antwerp Olympic final , August 18, 1920

Conducting the competition

The athletes competed in the eight heats on July 8th. The two best runners in each case qualified for the semi-finals on the same day. The two best runners from the three preliminary rounds also got one lap - into the final, which took place the next day.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Prelims

Date: July 8, 1924

From today's point of view, the pre-run division is similar to the numerous competitions of earlier Olympic Games that are incomprehensible. The number of athletes per race was completely different. In the first run six athletes started, in the run-up seven it was only one who of course only had to get to the finish in order to get to the next lap. The number of runners in the subsequent heats differed between three and five. So there could be no talk of equal opportunities.

Not all times have been passed down.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	George Guthrie	United States	15.8 s
2	Otakar Jandera	Czechoslovakia	16.0 s
3	Leopold Partridge	Great Britain	k. A.
4th	Tibor Püspöki	Hungary	k. A.
5	Alberto Byington	Brazil	k. A.

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sten Pettersson	Sweden	15.6 s
2	Eric Harrison	Great Britain	k. A.
3	Alfredo Ugarte	Chile	k. A.
DNF	Guillermo Newberry	Argentina

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Fred Gaby	Great Britain	15.6 s
2	Oscar van Rappard	Netherlands	k. A.
3	Victor Moriaud	Switzerland	k. A.
4th	Warren Montabone	Canada	k. A.

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Henri Thorsen	Denmark	16.0 s
2	Willi Moser	Switzerland	k. A.
3	Henri Bernard	France	k. A.

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Daniel Kinsey	United States	15.4 s
2	Gabriel Sempé	France	15.6 s
3	Sydney David Pierce	Canada	16.2 s
4th	Ioannis Talianos	Greece	16.3 s
5	Cheruvari Lakshmanan	British India	16.4 s

The Briton David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, who started under the real name of David Burghley, retired in the eighth run - picture from 1928.

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Carl-Axel Christiernsson	Sweden	15.6 s
2	Gilbert Allart	France	16.2 s
3	Louis Lundgren	Denmark	k. A.

Forward 7

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Franklin Pitcher Johnson	United States	16.6 s

Forward 8

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sidney Atkinson	South African Union	15.2 s
2	Karl Anderson	United States	15.4 s
3	David Burghley	Great Britain	k. A.
4th	László Muskát	Hungary	k. A.

Semifinals

Date: July 8, 1924

Not all times have been passed down.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Daniel Kinsey	United States	15.4 s
2	Sten Pettersson	Sweden	15.6 s
3	Franklin Pitcher Johnson	United States	15.8 s
4th	Oscar van Rappard	Netherlands	k. A.
5	Gilbert Allart	France	16.2 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Carl-Axel Christiernsson	Sweden	15.4 s
2	Karl Anderson	United States	15.4 s
3	Fred Gaby	Great Britain	15.7 s
4th	Otakar Jandera	Czechoslovakia	k. A.
5	Willi Moser	Switzerland	16.1 s

Run 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	George Guthrie	United States	15.2 s
2	Sidney Atkinson	South African Union	15.2 s
3	Gabriel Sempé	France	15.3 s
4th	Eric Harrison	Great Britain	15.7 s
5	Henri Thorsen	Denmark	15.7 s

final

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Daniel Kinsey	United States	15.0 s
2	Sidney Atkinson	South African Union	15.0 s
3	Sten Pettersson	Sweden	15.4 s
4th	Carl-Axel Christiernsson	Sweden	15.5 s
5	Karl Anderson	United States	k. A.
6th	George Guthrie	United States	3 hurdles broken

Date: July 9, 1924

The final was a head-to-head race between Daniel Kinsey and Sidney Atkinson. Atkinson touched the tenth hurdle with his foot, stumbling and losing the potential gold medal to Kinsey. Karl Anderson, who was lying in wait behind the leaders, fell at the ninth hurdle, but was still able to reach the goal. George Guthrie finished third, but was officially downgraded to sixth. He had knocked over three hurdles, which was irregular at the time. Guthrie's demotion brought Sten Pettersson to the bronze medal.

Daniel Kinsey's gold medal meant the sixth US victory in the seventh Olympic final in this discipline.

Sidney Atkinson and Sten Pettersson won the first medals for their countries 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. 165

Web links

• SportsReference 110 m hurdles ,

Video

• Daniel Kinsey Wins 110m Hurdles Gold For South Africa - Paris 1924 Olympics , published April 4, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed September 6, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 165
2. ↑ Official report ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Pp. 124–126, French (PDF) 
3. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)