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

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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

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.

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sydney Atkinson  South Africa 14.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Steve Anderson  United States 14.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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.