Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

Men's 110 metres hurdles at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Dates	August 3 (heats) August 4 (semifinals, final)
Medalists
William Porter  United States Clyde Scott  United States Craig Dixon  United States

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The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games took place August 3 and August 4. The final was won by American William Porter. Porter's compatriots, Clyde Scott and Craig Dixon took 2nd and 3rd place.

With the absence of the best American hurdler Harrison Dillard, who did not qualify to the Olympics in the hurdles but did win gold in his secondary event, the 100 metres, the three Americans William Porter, Clyde Scott and Craig Dixon were headlong over the rest of the field. From the start to finish they ran almost neck to neck, with the others some five yards behind. In the finish, Porter gained a clear win with Scott beating Dixon by inches for second place.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Forrest Towns (USA)	13.7 s	Oslo, Norway	27 August 1936
Olympic record		14.1 s	Berlin, Germany	6 August 1936

The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:

Date	Event	Athlete	Time	Notes
4 August	Final	William Porter (USA)	13.9 s	OR

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Date	Time
Tuesday, 3 August 1948	15:45	Round 1
Wednesday, 4 August 1948	15:15 17:00	Semifinals Final

Results

Round 1

The first round was held on August 3. The two fastest runners from each heat qualified to the semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	William Porter	United States	14.3
2	Pol Braekman	Belgium	15.2
3	Mario Recordón	Chile	15.3
4	Ray Barkway	Great Britain	15.3
5	Erdal Barkay	Turkey

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Clyde Scott	United States	14.8
2	Hugues Frayer	France	15.5
3	Börje Rendin	Sweden	15.5
4	Lazaros Petropoulakis	Greece

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Alberto Triulzi	Argentina	14.6
2	Peter Gardner	Australia	14.6
3	Manuel Suárez	Spain	15.9
4	Joe Birrell	Great Britain
5	Petros Krosfilit-Omiros	Greece

Heat 4

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jim Vickers	India	14.7
2	Håkan Lidman	Sweden	14.7
3	Julio Sabater	Puerto Rico	15.3
4	Jan Zwaan	Netherlands	15.4
5	Charles Green	Australia	15.4

Heat 5

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	André Marie	France	14.4
2	Olivier Bernard	Switzerland	14.9
3	Sydney Foster	Jamaica	15.2
4	Don Finlay	Great Britain	DNF

Heat 6

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Craig Dixon	United States	14.2
2	Ray Weinberg	Australia	15.0
3	Gilbert Omnès	France	15.2
4	Hernán Alzamora	Peru
5	Mazhar-Ul-Haque Khan	Pakistan

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on August 4. The three fastest runners advanced to the final.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Craig Dixon	United States	14.2
2	Peter Gardner	Australia	14.5
3	Håkan Lidman	Sweden	14.6
4	Pol Braekman	Belgium
5	Olivier Bernard	Switzerland
6	André Marie	France	DNF

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	William Porter	United States	14.1
2	Clyde Scott	United States	14.2
3	Alberto Triulzi	Argentina	14.6
4	Jim Vickers	India
5	Ray Weinberg	Australia
6	Hugues Frayer	France

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Notes
	William Porter	United States	13.9	OR
	Clyde Scott	United States	14.1
	Craig Dixon	United States	14.1
4	Alberto Triulzi	Argentina	14.6
5	Peter Gardner	Australia	14.7	Est
6	Håkan Lidman	Sweden	14.8	Est

Key: Est = Time is an estimate, OR = Olympic record

External links

• Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad, The (1948). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 5 September 2016.