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