Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
| Men's 110 metres hurdles at the Games of the XI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany | |||||||||
| Dates | August 5 (heats) August 6 (semifinals and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 31 from 20 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games took place on August 5 and August 6. The final was won by American Forrest Towns.
Results
Heats
The fastest two runners in each of the six heats advanced to the semifinal round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Lavery |  South Africa |
15.0 | |
| 2 | Larry O'Connor |  Canada |
15.1 | |
| 3 | Khristos Mantikas |  Greece |
15.2 | |
| 4 | Svend Aage Thomsen |  Denmark |
15.3 | |
| 5 | Juul Bosmans |  Belgium |
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| 6 | Yasuharu Furuta |  Japan |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fritz Pollard |  United States |
14.7 | |
| 2 | John Thornton |  Great Britain |
15.0 | |
| 3 | Johann Langmayr |  Austria |
15.1 | |
| 4 | Willi Welscher |  Germany |
15.2 | |
| 5 | Huang Yingjie |  China |
16.9 |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don Finlay | Great Britain |
14.7 | |
| 2 | Tadashi Murakami | Japan |
15.3 | |
| 3 | Jim Worrall | Canada |
15.6 | |
| 4 | Darcy Guimarães |  Brazil |
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| 5 | Ludvík Kománek |  Czechoslovakia |
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roy Staley | United States |
15.0 | |
| 2 | Juan Lavenás |  Argentina |
15.1 | |
| 3 | Ashleigh Pilbrow | Great Britain |
15.5 | |
| 4 | Ioannis Skiadas | Greece |
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| 5 | Lin Shaozhou | China |
15.7 |
Heat five
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forrest Towns | United States |
14.5 | |
| 2 | Erwin Wegner | Germany |
15.1 | |
| 3 | Ernst Leitner | Austria |
15.3 | |
| 4 | René Kunz |  Switzerland |
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| 5 | Kotaro Shimizu | Japan |
Heat six
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Håkan Lidman |  Sweden |
14.9 | |
| 2 | Vane Ivanović |  Yugoslavia |
15.1 | |
| 3 | Gianni Caldana |  Italy |
15.1 | |
| 4 | Alf Watson |  Australia |
15.1 | |
| 5 | Miguel White |  Philippines |
Semifinals
The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forrest Towns | United States |
14.1 | =WR |
| 2 | Håkan Lidman | Sweden |
14.5 | |
| 3 | John Thornton | Great Britain |
14.7 | |
| 4 | Roy Staley | United States |
14.8 | |
| 5 | Tadashi Murakami | Japan |
15.1 | |
| 6 | Juan Lavenás | Argentina |
15.6 |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Don Finlay | Great Britain |
14.5 | |
| 2 | Fritz Pollard | United States |
14.6 | |
| 3 | Larry O'Connor | Canada |
15.0 | |
| 4 | Vane Ivanović | Yugoslavia |
15.2 | |
| 5 | Erwin Wegner | Germany |
15.3 | |
| 6 | Tom Lavery | South Africa |
15.6 |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Forrest Towns | United States |
14.2 | |
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Don Finlay | Great Britain |
14.4 | |
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Fritz Pollard | United States |
14.4 | |
| 4 | Håkan Lidman | Sweden |
14.4 | |
| 5 | John Thornton | Great Britain |
14.7 | |
| 6 | Larry O'Connor | Canada |
14.8 |
References
- 1936 Summer Olympics results: Men's 110 metre hurdles, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-04-29.