1932 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | 110 meter hurdles | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 17 athletes from 10 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 2, 1932 (preliminary / semi-finals) August 3, 1932 (final) |
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The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was held on August 2 and 3, 1932 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . 17 athletes took part. For the first time at the Olympic Games, starting pistols , electronic timekeeping and target photos were used, but electronic timekeeping was only used unofficially.
The US athlete George Saling was the Olympic champion ahead of his compatriot Percy Beard . The Briton Don Finlay won the bronze medal.
Existing records
- World record : 14.4 s - Eric Wennström ( Sweden ), Stockholm , August 25, 1929 / Bengt Sjöstedt (Sweden), Helsinki , September 5, 1931 / Percy Beard ( USA ), Cambridge (Massachusetts) , June 18, 1932 / Jack Keller (Sweden), USA , July 16, 1932
- Olympic record : 14.6s - George Weightman-Smith ( Union of South Africa ), third semi-final from Antwerp , July 31, 1928
Conducting the competition
On August 2nd, the runners competed in four preliminary runs. The three fastest athletes each qualified for the semi-finals on the same day. From the two preliminary rounds, the three first placed came into the final on August 3rd.
Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue. The run times given are the hand-stopped results from the official report. The final times were stopped electronically.
Prelims
Date: August 2, 1932
Forward 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
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1 | Percy Beard | United States | 14.7 s | |
2 | Roland Harper | Great Britain | 14.9 s | |
3 | Erwin Wegner | German Empire | 15.1 s | |
4th | Sylvio Padilha | Brazil | 15.4 s |
Forward 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Don Finlay | Great Britain | 14.8 s | |
2 | George Saling | United States | 15.0 s | |
3 | Tatsuzo Fujita | Japan | 15.1 s |
Forward 3
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Willi Welscher | German Empire | 14.8 s | |
2 | Bengt Sjöstedt | Sweden | 14.9 s | |
3 | Bunoo Sutton | British India | 15.1 s | |
4th | Arthur Ravensdale | Canada | 15.2 s | |
5 | Antônio Giusfredi | Brazil | 15.3 s | |
6th | Federico Gamboa | Mexico | 15.4 s |
Forward 4
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jack Keller | United States | 14.9 s | |
2 | Christos mantikas | Greece | 15.1 s | |
3 | David Burghley | Great Britain | 15.1 s | |
4th | Roberto Sánchez | Mexico | 15.7 s |
Semifinals
Date: August 2, 1932
Run 1
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jack Keller | United States | 14.5 s | OR |
2 | David Burghley | Great Britain | 14.6 s | |
3 | Don Finlay | Great Britain | 14.6 s | |
4th | Bunoo Sutton | British India | k. A. | |
5 | Bengt Sjöstedt | Sweden | ||
6th | Erwin Wegner | German Empire |
Run 2
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | George Saling | United States | 14.4 s | WRe / OR |
2 | Percy Beard | United States | 14.6 s | |
3 | Willi Welscher | German Empire | 14.8 s | |
4th | Tatsuzo Fujita | Japan | 14.8 s | |
5 | Roland Harper | Great Britain | 14.9 s | |
DSQ | Christos mantikas | Greece |
final
space | Surname | nation | time | annotation |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | George Saling | United States | 14.6 s | electronic: 14.57 s |
2 | Percy Beard | United States | 14.7 s | electronic: 14.69 s |
3 | Don Finlay | Great Britain | 14.8 s | electronic: 14.74 s |
4th | Jack Keller | United States | 14.8 s | electronic: 14.81 s |
5 | David Burghley | Great Britain | 14.8 s | electronic: 14.83 s |
DSQ | Willi Welscher | German Empire |
Date: August 3, 1932
The US runners Jack Keller and George Saling were the top favorites. Keller had the fastest start, but Beard caught up with him on the fifth hurdle. Beard touched the sixth hurdle, Saling now passed him and secured victory. The three US flags were hoisted at the award ceremony, and Keller was initially seen in third place. The exact evaluation of the target photo then showed that the Briton Donald Finlay was in front of Keller. The result was officially corrected accordingly and Finlay received the bronze medal.
For the first time, all finalists stayed below the 15-second mark.
For the USA it was the seventh victory in the ninth Olympic final. At the same time, it was the fifth double victory for US hurdlers.
The unofficial electronically measured times are mentioned in the note, the hand-stopped results were official.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 233f
Web links
- SportsReference 110m hurdles , accessed September 17, 2017
- Official report pp. 433-435, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 17, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009, page 553 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)