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Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

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Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
The finish of the 110 metres hurdles final
VenueStade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
DatesJuly 8 (quarterfinals and semifinals)
July 9 (final)
Competitors31 from 17 nations
Winning time15.0
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Kinsey
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sydney Atkinson
 South Africa
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sten Pettersson
 Sweden
← 1920
1928 →

The men's 110 metres hurdles event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 8, 1924, and on Wednesday, July 9, 1924. Thirty-one hurdlers from 17 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4. The event was won by Daniel Kinsey of the United States, the nation's sixth victory in the seven times the event had been held. South Africa and Sweden each won their first 110 metres hurdles medals with Sydney Atkinson's silver and Sten Pettersson's bronze, respectively.

Background

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This was the seventh appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Carl-Axel Christiernsson of Sweden, who had finished sixth in 1920, was the only finalist to return in 1924.

Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its seventh 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 eight heats, with anywhere between 1 and 6 hurdlers each. The top two hurdlers in each heat advanced to the semifinals (with the exception of heat 7, which had only one hurdler). The 15 semifinalists were divided into three semifinals of 5 hurdlers each; the top two hurdlers in each advanced to the 6-man final.[2][3]

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1924 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

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Tuesday, 8 July 1924 14:00
15:45
Round 1
Semifinals
Wednesday, 9 July 1924 14:30 Final

Results

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Round 1

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All heats were held on Tuesday, July 8, 1924.

The best two finishers of every heat qualified for the semi-finals. Heat seven saw a walkover as only one competitor qualified for the next round.

Heat 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 George Guthrie  United States 15.8 Q
2 Otakar Jandera  Czechoslovakia 16.0 Q
3 Leopold Partridge  Great Britain Unknown
4 Lau Spel  Netherlands Unknown
5 Tibor Püspöki  Hungary Unknown
6 Alberto Byington  Brazil Unknown

Heat 2

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Newberry was disqualified for three false starts.[2]

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sten Pettersson  Sweden 15.6 Q
2 Eric Harrison  Great Britain Unknown Q
3 Alfredo Ugarte  Chile Unknown
Guillermo Newberry  Argentina DSQ

Heat 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Fred Gaby  Great Britain 15.6 Q
2 Oscar van Rappard  Netherlands Unknown Q
3 Victor Moriaud  Switzerland Unknown
4 Warren Montabone  Canada Unknown

Heat 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Henri Thorsen  Denmark 16.0 Q
2 Willi Moser  Switzerland Q
Henri Bernard  France DNF

Heat 5

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Daniel Kinsey  United States 15.4 Q
2 Gabriel Sempé  France 15.6 Q
3 Sydney Pierce  Canada 16.2
4 Ioannis Talianos  Greece 16.3
5 Cheruvari Lakshmanan  India 16.4

Heat 6

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carl-Axel Christiernsson  Sweden 15.6 Q
2 Gilbert Allart  France 16.2 Q
3 Louis Lundgren  Denmark Unknown

Heat 7

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Johnson had a walkover.

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Pitch Johnson  United States 16.6 Q

Heat 8

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sydney Atkinson  South Africa 15.2 Q
2 Karl Anderson  United States 15.4 Q
3 David Burghley  Great Britain Unknown
4 László Muskát  Hungary Unknown
5 Francisco Contreras  Mexico Unknown

Semifinals

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All semi-finals were held on Tuesday, July 8, 1924.

The best two finishers of every heat qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Daniel Kinsey  United States 15.4 Q
2 Sten Pettersson  Sweden 15.6 Q
3 Pitch Johnson  United States 15.8
4 Oscar van Rappard  Netherlands Unknown
5 Gilbert Allart  France 16.2

Semifinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carl-Axel Christiernsson  Sweden 15.4 Q
2 Karl Anderson  United States 15.4 Q
3 Fred Gaby  Great Britain 15.7
4 Otakar Jandera  Czechoslovakia Unknown
5 Willi Moser  Switzerland 16.1

Semifinal 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 George Guthrie  United States 15.2 Q
2 Sydney Atkinson  South Africa 15.2 Q
3 Gabriel Sempé  France 15.3
4 Eric Harrison  Great Britain 15.7
5 Henri Thorsen  Denmark 15.7

Final

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The final was held on Wednesday, July 9, 1924. George Guthrie finished third, but was disqualified for knocking over three hurdles, which was not in accordance with the rules in force at that time.

Rank Athlete Nation Time
1 Daniel Kinsey  United States 15.0
2 Sydney Atkinson  South Africa 15.0
3 Sten Pettersson  Sweden 15.4
4 Carl-Axel Christiernsson  Sweden 15.5
5 Karl Anderson  United States Unknown
George Guthrie  United States DSQ

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1924 Paris 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 "110 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, pp. 125–26.
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