1928 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	110 meter hurdles
gender	Men
Attendees	41 athletes from 24 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 31, 1928 (preliminary / semi-finals) August 1, 1928 (final)
Medalist Sidney Atkinson ( RSA )   Stephen Anderson ( USA )   John Collier ( USA )

The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam took place on July 31 and August 1, 1928 in the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium. 41 athletes took part.

The South African Sidney Atkinson was the Olympic champion ahead of the American Stephen Anderson . Bronze went to John Collier , also from the USA.

Existing records

• World record : 14.8 s - Earl Thomson ( Canada ), Antwerp , August 18, 1920 / Sten Pettersson ( Sweden ), Stockholm , September 18, 1928
• Olympic record : 14.8 s - Earl Thomson ( Canada ), Antwerp Olympic final , August 18, 1920

Conducting the competition

The runners competed in nine heats on July 31. The two best runners in each case qualified for the semi-finals on the same day. The two best runners from each of the three preliminary rounds also made it to the final, which started on August 1st.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Prelims

Date: July 31, 1928

Not all times have been passed down.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Gabriel Sempé	France	15.0 s
2	Otakar Jandera	Czechoslovakia	k. A.
3	Armand Lepaffe	Belgium	k. A.
4th	Lothar Albrich	Romania
DSQ	Valerio Vallanía	Argentina

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Carl Ring	United States	15.0 s
2	Johannes Viljoen	South African Union	k. A.
3	Ludwig Vesely	Austria	k. A.
4th	Aria Kaan	Netherlands
5	Otto Schop	Romania

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	George Weightman-Smith	South African Union	14.8 s
2	Robert Marchand	France	k. A.
3	Albert Andersson	Sweden	k. A.
4th	Wilfred Kalaugher	New Zealand

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Stephen Anderson	United States	15.0 s
2	Eric Wennström	Sweden	k. A.
3	Alister Clark	Irish Free State	k. A.
4th	Douglas Neame	Great Britain

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Leighton Dye	United States	15.0 s
2	Sidney Atkinson	South African Union	k. A.
3	Erik Kjellström	Sweden	k. A.
4th	Arie van Leeuwen	Netherlands

Forward 6

David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (GBR) started under his real name David Burghley and was eliminated in the semi-finals.

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Bernard Lucas	Great Britain	15.2 s
2	Johannes Steinhardt	German Empire	k. A.
3	Alfredo Ugarte	Chile	k. A.
4th	René Joannes-Powell	Belgium

Forward 7

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	John Collier	United States	15.0 s
2	Bengt Sjöstedt	Finland	15.0 s
3	Giacomo Carlini	Italy	15.9 s
4th	Jan Britstra	Netherlands	k. A.

Forward 8

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Fred Gaby	Great Britain	15.2 s
2	Sten Pettersson	Sweden	k. A.
3	Alf Watson	Australia	k. A.
4th	Evangelos Moiropoulos	Greece	15.6 s
5	Louis Lundgren	Denmark	15.7 s
6th	Wojciech Trojanowski	Poland	16.0 s

Forward 9

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Yoshio Miki	Japan	15.4 s
2	David Burghley	Great Britain	k. A.
3	Lau Spel	Netherlands	k. A.
4th	Abdul Hamid	British India
5	José Palhares Costa	Portugal

Semifinals

World record in the third semifinals by George Weightman-Smith (RSA)

Date: July 31, 1928

Not all times have been passed down.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Leighton Dye	United States	14.8 s
2	Fred Gaby	Great Britain	14.9 s
3	Eric Wennström	Sweden	14.9 s
4th	Johannes Steinhardt	German Empire	15.3 s
5	Johannes Viljoen	South African Union	15.4 s
6th	Yoshio Miki	Japan	k. A.

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Stephen Anderson	United States	14.8 s
2	Sidney Atkinson	South African Union	14.9 s
3	David Burghley	Great Britain	15.0 s
4th	Bengt Sjöstedt	Finland	15.1 s
5	Robert Marchand	France	k. A.
6th	Otakar Jandera	Czechoslovakia

Run 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	George Weightman-Smith	South African Union	14.6 s	WR
2	John Collier	United States	14.8 s
3	Sten Pettersson	Sweden	15.0 s
4th	Carl Ring	United States	k. A.
5	Gabriel Sempé	France
6th	Bernard Lucas	Great Britain

final

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Sidney Atkinson	South African Union	14.8 s
2	Stephen Anderson	United States	14.8 s
3	John Collier	United States	14.9 s
4th	Leighton Dye	United States	14.9 s
5	George Weightman-Smith	South African Union	15.0 s
6th	Fred Gaby	Great Britain	15.2 s

Date: August 1, 1928

As in the sprints , there were no clear favorites over the 110 meter hurdles . In the interim, the South African George Weightman-Smith had set a new world record with 14.6 seconds . However, this one had bad luck with the track distribution. Normally the inner lane, softened by rain and numerous races on the medium and long distances, was released during the races with lane distribution. For this competition, however, the helpers accidentally set up hurdles on the inner lane. Weightman-Smith was given the drawing of all places. So he started the race at a considerable disadvantage, hit a hurdle and ultimately had no chance. With 15.0 s he reached fifth place.

The US runner John Collier had the fastest start, but was soon overtaken by Sidney Atkinson and Stephen Anderson. Atkinson, who had already won the silver medal in Paris four years earlier , could not be ousted from the top and became Olympic champion. Shortly behind, the two Americans Stephen Anderson and John Collier took second and third place.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 198f

Web links

• SportsReference 110m hurdles , accessed September 12, 2017
• Official report pp. 433-436, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 12, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009, page 553 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)