Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between July 31 & August 1.[1] Forty-one athletes from 24 nations competed.[2] The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4.[3] The event was won by Sydney Atkinson of South Africa, the nation's first title in the 110 metres hurdles; Atkinson became the first man to win two medals in the event (he had taken silver in 1924). It was only the second time the United States had not won the event; as in 1920, the Americans took silver and bronze.

Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesJuly 31 (heats & semifinals)
August 1 (final)
Competitors41 from 24 nations
Winning time14.8
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sydney Atkinson  South Africa
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Steve Anderson  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Collier  United States
← 1924
1932 →
Official Video

Background

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This was the eighth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Two finalists from 1924 returned: silver medalist Sydney Atkinson of South Africa and bronze medalist Sten Pettersson of Sweden. Atkinson and the American hurdlers were favored.[2]

Austria, Ireland, Japan, Poland, Portugal, and Romania each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its eighth appearance, the only nation to have competed in the 110 metres hurdles in each Games to that point.

Competition format

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The competition used the three-round basic format introduced in 1908. The first round consisted of nine heats, with between 4 and 6 hurdlers each. The top two hurdlers in each heat advanced to the semifinals. The 18 semifinalists were divided into three semifinals of 6 hurdlers each; the top two hurdlers in each advanced to the 6-man final.[2][4]

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World record   Earl Thomson (CAN) 14.8 Antwerp, Belgium 18 August 1920
Olympic record   Earl Thomson (CAN) 14.8 Antwerp, Belgium 18 August 1920

George Weightman-Smith set a new world record at 14.6 seconds in the semifinals; that time was not beaten in the final.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Tuesday, 31 July 1928 14:00
16:50
Round 1
Semifinals
Wednesday, 1 August 1928 15:00 Final

Results

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Round 1

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The first two finishers in each heat moved on to the semifinal round.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Gabriel Sempé   France 15.0 Q
2 Otakar Jandera   Czechoslovakia Unknown Q
3 Armand Lepaffe   Belgium Unknown
4 Lothar Albrich   Romania Unknown
Valerio Vallania   Argentina DSQ

Heat 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carl Ring   United States 15.0 Q
2 Johannes Viljoen   South Africa Unknown Q
3 Ludwig Wessely   Austria Unknown
4 Arie Kaan   Netherlands Unknown
5 Otto Schöpp   Romania Unknown

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 George Weightman-Smith   South Africa 14.8 Q
2 Robert Marchand   France Unknown Q
3 Albert Andersson   Sweden Unknown
4 Wilfrid Kalaugher   New Zealand Unknown

Heat 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Steve Anderson   United States 15.0 Q
2 Eric Wennström   Sweden Unknown Q
3 Alister Clark   Ireland Unknown
4 Douglas Neame   Great Britain Unknown

Heat 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Leighton Dye   United States 15.0 Q
2 Sid Atkinson   South Africa Unknown Q
3 Erik Kjellström   Sweden Unknown
4 Arie van Leeuwen   Netherlands Unknown

Heat 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Bernard Lucas   Great Britain 15.2 Q
2 Hans Steinhardt   Germany Unknown Q
3 Alfredo Ugarte   Chile Unknown
4 René Joannes-Powell   Belgium Unknown

Heat 7

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 John Collier   United States 15.0 Q
2 Bengt Sjöstedt   Finland 15.0 Q
3 Giacomo Carlini   Italy 15.9
4 Jan Britstra   Netherlands Unknown

Heat 8

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Fred Gaby   Great Britain 15.2 Q
2 Sten Pettersson   Sweden Unknown Q
3 Alf Watson   Australia Unknown
4 Evangelos Moiropoulos   Greece 15.6
5 Louis Lundgren   Denmark 15.7
6 Wojciech Trojanowski   Poland 16.0

Heat 9

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Yoshio Miki   Japan 15.4 Q
2 David, Lord Burghley   Great Britain Unknown Q
3 Lau Spel   Netherlands Unknown
4 S. Abdul Hamid   India Unknown
5 José Palhares Costa   Portugal Unknown

Semifinals

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The first two finishers in each race moved on to the final.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Leighton Dye United States 14.8 Q
2 Fred Gaby Great Britain 14.9 Q
3 Eric Wennström Sweden 14.9
4 Hans Steinhardt Germany 15.3
5 Johannes Viljoen South Africa 15.4
6 Yoshio Miki Japan Unknown

Semifinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Steve Anderson United States 14.8 Q
2 Sid Atkinson South Africa 14.9 Q
3 David, Lord Burghley Great Britain 15.0
4 Bengt Sjöstedt Finland 15.1
5 Robert Marchand France Unknown
6 Otakar Jandera Czechoslovakia Unknown

Semifinal 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 George Weightman-Smith South Africa 14.6 Q, WR
2 John Collier United States 14.8 Q
3 Sten Pettersson Sweden 15.0
4 Carl Ring United States Unknown
5 Gabriel Sempé France Unknown
6 Bernard Lucas Great Britain Unknown

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation Time
  Sydney Atkinson   South Africa 14.8
  Steve Anderson   United States 14.8
  John Collier   United States 14.9
4 Leighton Dye   United States 14.9
5 George Weightman-Smith   South Africa 15.0
6 Fred Gaby   Great Britain 15.2

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's 110 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "110 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 374.
  4. ^ Official Report, pp. 434–36.