1948 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	110 meter hurdles
gender	Men
Attendees	28 athletes from 18 countries
Competition location	Wembley Stadium
Competition phase	August 3, 1948 (preliminary) August 4, 1948 (semi-finals / finals)
Medalist William Porter ( USA )   Clyde Scott ( USA )   Craig Dixon ( USA )

The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held on August 3rd and 4th, 1948 at Wembley Stadium . 28 athletes took part.

The US team celebrated a triple success. William Porter won ahead of Clyde Scott and Craig Dixon .

Existing records

• World record : 13.7 s - Forrest Towns ( USA ), Oslo , August 27, 1936, making it the first athlete under 14 seconds, and Fred Wolcott ( USA ), Philadelphia , June 29, 1941
• Olympic record : 14.1 s - Forrest Towns ( USA ), preliminary round of the Berlin Olympic competition , August 6, 1936

Conducting the competition

The runners started six heats on August 3rd. The two best runners qualified for the semi-finals on August 4th, from which the first three runners qualified for the finals on the same day.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Prelims

August 3, 1948, 3:45 p.m.

Not all times have been passed down.

Forward 1

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	William Porter	United States	14.3 s
2	Pol Braekman	Belgium	15.2 s
3	Mario Recordón	Chile	15.3 s
4th	Raymond Barkway	Great Britain	15.3 s
5	Erdal Barkay	Turkey	k. A.

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Clyde Scott	United States	14.8 s
2	Hugues Frayer	France	15.5 s
3	Börje Rendin	Sweden	15.5 s
4th	Lazaros Petropoulakis	Greece	k. A.

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Alberto Triulzi	Argentina	14.6 s
2	Peter Gardner	Australia	14.6 s
3	Manuel Suarez	Spain	15.9 s
4th	Joe Birrell	Great Britain	k. A.
5	Petros Krosfilit-Omiros	Greece	k. A.

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Jim Vickers	India	14.7 s
2	Håkan Lidman	Sweden	14.7 s
3	Julio Sabater	Puerto Rico	15.3 s
4th	Jan Zwaan	Netherlands	k. A.
5	Charles Green	Australia	k. A.

Forward 5

The fallen Brit Finlay

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	André Marie	France	14.4 s
2	Olivier Bernard	Switzerland	14.9 s
3	Sydney Foster	Jamaica	15.1 s
DNF	Don Finlay	Great Britain

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Craig Dixon	United States	14.2 s
2	Ray Weinberg	Australia	15.0 s
3	Gilbert Omnes	France	15.2 s
4th	Hernán Alzamora	Peru	k. A.
5	Mazar ul-Haq Khan	Pakistan	k. A.

While in the lead, Don Finlay (GBR) fell at the last hurdle and was eliminated.

Semifinals

August 7, 1948, 3:15 p.m.

Not all times have been passed down.

Run 1

Failed in the semifinals: Ray Weinberg (AUS)

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	Craig Dixon	United States	14.2 s
2	Peter Gardner	Australia	14.5 s
3	Håkan Lidman	Sweden	14.6 s
4th	Pol Braekman	Belgium	k. A.
5	Olivier Bernard	France	k. A.
6th	André Marie	France	k. A.

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	William Porter	United States	14.1 s	ORe
2	Clyde Scott	United States	14.2 s
3	Alberto Triulzi	Argentina	14.6 s
4th	Jim Vickers	India	k. A.
5	Ray Weinberg	Australia	k. A.
6th	Hugues Frayer	France	k. A.

The Swede Håkan Lidman was last in the final.

final

space	Surname	nation	time	annotation
1	William Porter	United States	13.9 s	OR
2	Clyde Scott	United States	14.1 s
3	Craig Dixon	United States	14.1 s
4th	Alberto Triulzi	Argentina	14.6 s
5	Peter Gardner	Australia	14.7
6th	Håkan Lidman	Sweden	14.9

August 7, 1948, 5 p.m.

Actually, the American Harrison Dillard would have been the huge favorite. But at the US trials Dillard fell and missed the qualification. He was then able to prevail over 100 meters and surprisingly became an Olympic champion in this discipline.

In the hurdles sprint final, the three US runners dominated the race and won all medals. William Porter was in the lead at the beginning, but hit two or three hurdles, which made Craig Dixon almost level. But Porter recovered and won the gold medal ahead of Clyde Scott, who crossed the finish line before the somewhat declining Dixon.

In the eleventh Olympic final, Porter ran for the ninth gold medal in the USA. It was the third in a row.

At the same time, it was the fifth triple success of the Americans.

US athletes alone won 24 of 33 medals.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 26–28

Web links

• SportsReference 110m hurdles , accessed August 20, 2017
• Official report page 255, engl. (PDF), accessed on August 20, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009, page 553 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Official report "Athletic Timetable" page 240, engl. (PDF)
3. ^ Official report "Athletic Timetable" page 241, engl. (PDF)
4. ^ Official report "Athletic Timetable" page 241
5. ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 28
6. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)