1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	110 meter hurdles
gender	Men
Attendees	30 athletes from 20 countries
Competition location	Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	July 23, 1952 (preliminary) July 24, 1952 (semifinals / finals)
Medalist Harrison Dillard ( USA )   Jack Davis ( USA )   Arthur Barnard ( USA )

The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki was held on July 23 and 24, 1952 in the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki . 30 athletes took part.

The USA team celebrated a triple success. Harrison Dillard won ahead of teammates Jack Davis and Arthur Barnard .

Existing records

World record	13.5 s	Dick Attlesey ( USA )	Helsinki , Finland	July 10, 1950
Olympic record	13.9 s	William Porter ( USA )	London finals , Great Britain	4th August 1948

Conducting the competition

The runners competed in six heats on July 23. The two best athletes in each case qualified for the semi-finals on July 24th. From the semi-finals, the top three winners reached the final on the same day.

Note: The qualified athletes are highlighted in light blue.

Time schedule

Schedule according to the official report:

• July 23, 3 p.m .: preliminary runs
• July 24th, 3 p.m .: semi-finals
• July 24, 6:20 p.m .: Final

Prelims

The medal winners:
Gold for Harrison Dillard (USA)

Silver for Jack Davis (USA)

Bronze for Arthur Barnard (USA)

Forward 1

Date: July 23, 1952, from 3 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Harrison Dillard	United States	13.9 s	14.03 s	ORe
2	Sergei Popov	Soviet Union	14.8 s	14.99 s
3	Olivier Bernard	Switzerland	15.1 s	15.29 s
4th	Erdal Barkay	Turkey	15.2 s	15.34 s
5	Edmundo Ohacho	Chile	15.4 s	15.61 s
6th	Olli Alho	Finland	15.4 s	15.63 s

Forward 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Yevgeny Bulanchik	Soviet Union	14.4 s	14.65 s
2	Edmond Roudnitska	France	14.9 s	15.11 s
3	Estenislao Kocourek	Argentina	15.0 s	15.20 s
4th	Risto Syrjänen	Finland	15.4 s	15.63 s
5	Juan Lebron	Puerto Rico	15.4 s	15.71 s
6th	Fouad Yazgi	Egypt	16.1 s	16.26 s

Forward 3

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Jack Davis	United States	14.0 s	14.23 s
2	Stanko Lorger	Yugoslavia	14.8 s	15.08 s
3	Samuel Anderson	Cuba	15.1 s	15.24 s
4th	Wolfgang Troßbach	BR Germany	15.1 s	15.24 s
5	Teófilo Davis	Venezuela	15.7 s	15.96 s

Forward 4

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Ken Doubleday	Australia	14.5 s	14.65 s
2	Jack Parker	Great Britain	14.8 s	15.08 s
3	Gordon Crosby	Canada	14.8 s	15.11 s
4th	Téofilo Colón	Puerto Rico	15.2 s	15.48 s

Forward 5

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Ray Weinberg	Australia	14.4 s	14.62 s
2	Väinö Suvivuo	Finland	14.9 s	15.21 s
3	Jörn Gevert	Chile	15.2 s	15.44 s

Forward 6

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Arthur Barnard	United States	14.4 s	14.61 s
2	Peter Hildreth	Great Britain	14.7 s	14.94 s
3	Michitaka Kinami	Japan	15.0 s	15.31 s
4th	Ingi Þorsteinsson	Iceland	15.6 s	15.76 s
5	Jacques Dohen	France	15.7 s	16.02 s
6th	Johny Fonck	Luxembourg	16.1 s	16.35 s

Semifinals

Stanko Lorger (YUG) was eliminated in the semi-finals.

Date: July 24, 1952, from 3 p.m.

Run 1

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Harrison Dillard	United States	14.0 s	14.15 s
2	Arthur Barnard	United States	14.2 s	14.44 s
3	Ken Doubleday	Australia	14.5 s	14.74 s
4th	Sergei Popov	Soviet Union	14.7 s	15.04 s
5	Edmond Roudnitska	France	14.9 s	15.15 s
6th	Peter Hildreth	Great Britain	14.9 s	15.15 s

Run 2

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Jack Davis	United States	14.4 s	14.62 s
2	Yevgeny Bulanchik	Soviet Union	14.5 s	14.70 s
3	Ray Weinberg	Australia	14.6 s	14.99 s
4th	Stanko Lorger	Yugoslavia	14.9 s	15.09 s
5	Väinö Suvivuo	Finland	14.9 s	15.31 s
6th	Jack Parker	Great Britain	15.0 s	15.31 s

final

space	Surname	nation	Official time hand-stopped	Unofficial time electronically	annotation
1	Harrison Dillard	United States	13.7 s	13.91 s	OR
2	Jack Davis	United States	13.7 s	14.00 s	OR
3	Arthur Barnard	United States	14.1 s	14.40 s
4th	Yevgeny Bulanchik	Soviet Union	14.5 s	14.73 s
5	Ken Doubleday	Australia	14.7 s	14.82 s
6th	Ray Weinberg	Australia	14.8 s	15.15 s

Date: July 24, 1952, 6:20 p.m.

After the world record holder Dick Attlesey was unable to participate in the games because of a foot injury that he sustained during the US eliminations, Harrison Dillard was considered a top favorite. He came to catch up on what he had not been able to do four years earlier. Even then, he was considered the world's best hurdler, but had not been able to qualify for an Olympic participation in his specialty because of a fall in the US eliminations. However, in 1948 he surprisingly won gold over 100 meters .

In the final, three Americans now met two Australians and a Soviet runner. Jack Davis caused a false start, which led him to be careful on the next attempt. As a result, he didn't get out of his blocks well and Dillard narrowly defeated him. Arthur Barnard made the US team a total success with his bronze medal. Since the manual timing was official, the Olympic champion and also the silver medalist set Dillard's Olympic record from the first run.

Harrison Dillard won the tenth gold medal for the USA in the twelfth Olympic final.

At the same time it was the sixth triple success of the USA in this discipline, the second in a row.

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 83f

Web links

• SportsReference 110m hurdles , accessed September 26, 2017
• Official report p. 294f, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 26, 2017
• Harrison Dillard Wins 110m Hurdles Gold - Helsinki 1952 Olympics , published April 30, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed September 26, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009, page 553 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Official report p. 266, engl. (PDF)
3. ↑ SportsReference (Eng.)