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. 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
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
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.Official Report, pp. 125–26.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.
No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.
Schedule
Date Time Round Tuesday, 8 July 1924 14:0015:45 Round 1Semifinals Wednesday, 9 July 1924 14:30 Final
Results
Round 1
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
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 George Guthrie 15.8 2 Otakar Jandera 16.0 3 Leopold Partridge Unknown 4 Lau Spel Unknown 5 Tibor Püspöki Unknown 6 Alberto Byington Unknown
Heat 2
Newberry was disqualified for three false starts.
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Sten Pettersson 15.6 2 Eric Harrison Unknown 3 Alfredo Ugarte Unknown — Guillermo Newberry
Heat 3
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Fred Gaby 15.6 2 Oscar van Rappard Unknown 3 Victor Moriaud Unknown 4 Warren Montabone Unknown
Heat 4
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Henri Thorsen 16.0 2 Willi Moser — Henri Bernard
Heat 5
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Daniel Kinsey 15.4 2 Gabriel Sempé 15.6 3 Sydney Pierce 16.2 4 Ioannis Talianos 16.3 5 Cheruvari Lakshmanan 16.4
Heat 6
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Carl-Axel Christiernsson 15.6 2 Gilbert Allart 16.2 3 Louis Lundgren Unknown
Heat 7
Johnson had a walkover.
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Pitch Johnson 16.6
Heat 8
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Sydney Atkinson 15.2 2 Karl Anderson 15.4 3 David Burghley Unknown 4 László Muskát Unknown 5 Francisco Contreras Unknown
Semifinals
All semi-finals were held on Tuesday, July 8, 1924.
The best two finishers of every heat qualified for the final.
Semifinal 1
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Daniel Kinsey 15.4 2 Sten Pettersson 15.6 3 Pitch Johnson 15.8 4 Oscar van Rappard Unknown 5 Gilbert Allart 16.2
Semifinal 2
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Carl-Axel Christiernsson 15.4 2 Karl Anderson 15.4 3 Fred Gaby 15.7 4 Otakar Jandera Unknown 5 Willi Moser 16.1
Semifinal 3
Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 George Guthrie 15.2 2 Sydney Atkinson 15.2 3 Gabriel Sempé 15.3 4 Eric Harrison 15.7 5 Henri Thorsen 15.7
Final
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 15.0 2 Sydney Atkinson 15.0 3 Sten Pettersson 15.4 4 Carl-Axel Christiernsson 15.5 5 Karl Anderson Unknown — George Guthrie
References
External links Olympic Report