Olympic Intermediate Games 1906 / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)

sport	athletics
discipline	110 meter hurdles
gender	Men
place	Panathinaic Stadium
Attendees	15 athletes from 9 countries
Competition phase	April 30/1. May 1906

The men's 110-meter hurdles at the 1906 Olympic Intermediate Games in Athens was decided on May 1, 1906 in the Panathinaiko Stadium . The day before, there were three preliminary runs and a hope run.

Records

World record and Olympic record	15.4 s	United States	Alvin Kraenzlein	1900

Results

Prelim (April 30, 1906)

1. Forward

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Hugo Friend	United States	16.8
2	Vincenz Duncker	Germany	k. A.
3	Wallis Walters	Great Britain	k. A.
	Georgios Zinon	Greece	k. A.
	Nándor Kovács	Hungary	k. A.

Friend won the heat by half a yard .

2. Forward

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Robert Leavitt	United States	16.5
2	Henri Molinié	France	k. A.
3	Axel Ljung	Sweden	k. A.
	Alexandros Touferis	Greece	k. A.
	Georgios Skoutaridis	Greece	k. A.

The winner's lead is not specified, but an easy win is reported.

3. Forward

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Alfred Healey	Great Britain	16.5
2	Georgios Isigonis	Greece	k. A.
	Harry Hillman	United States	k. A.
	Robert Schöffthaler	Austria	k. A.
	Pál Vargha	Hungary	k. A.

The runner-up was clearly behind the winner.

Hope Run (April 30, 1906)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Vincenz Duncker	Germany	17.4
2	Henri Molinié	France	k. A.
3	Georgios Isigonis	Greece	k. A.

Final run (May 1, 1906)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Robert Leavitt	United States	16.2
2	Alfred Healey	Great Britain	k. A.
3	Vincenz Duncker	Germany	k. A.
4th	Hugo Friend	United States	k. A.
5	Henri Molinié	France	k. A.

Hugo Friend got off the starting blocks best, but already lost his lead at the first hurdle. Leavitt and Healey fought head-to-head. Healey was just in the lead on the last hurdle, but was overrun by Leavitt on the remaining stretch. Duncker narrowly defended third place against the upcoming Friend. The distances are given as follows: Healey one foot behind the winner. Duncker and Friend just behind, Molinié a yard behind Friend.

Web links

• Sports Reference

literature

• Volker Kluge , Olympic Summer Games - The Chronicle I, Berlin 1997 ( ISBN 3-328-00715-6 )
• Ekkehard zur Megede , The history of Olympic athletics, Volume 1: 1896–1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970