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)
Medalist George Saling ( USA )   Percy Beard ( USA )   Don Finlay ( GBR )

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
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

Lord David Burghley (GBR) reached fifth place in the final.

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

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