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Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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Men's 400 metres hurdles
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Bob Tisdall
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
DatesJuly 31 (heats and semifinals)
August 1 (final)
Competitors18 from 13 nations
Winning time51.8
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bob Tisdall
 Ireland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Glenn Hardin
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Morgan Taylor
 United States
← 1928
1936 →

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place on July 31 and August 1 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.[1] There were 18 competitors from 13 nations.[2] The 1930 Olympic Congress in Berlin had reduced the limit from 4 athletes per NOC to 3 athletes.[3] The event was won by Bob Tisdall of Ireland, the nation's first medal in the event in its 400 metres hurdles debut. The United States took silver (Glenn Hardin) and bronze (Morgan Taylor), extending its streak of taking at least silver in all 7 appearances of the event to that point. Taylor became the first man to earn three medals in the event, adding to his 1924 gold and 1928 bronze. Defending champion David Burghley of Great Britain finished fourth.

Background

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This was the seventh time the event was held. It had been introduced along with the men's 200 metres hurdles in 1900, with the 200 being dropped after 1904 and the 400 being held through 1908 before being left off the 1912 programme. However, when the Olympics returned in 1920 after World War I, the men's 400 metres hurdles was back and would continue to be contested at every Games thereafter.

Four of the six finalists from the 1928 Games returned: gold medalist David Burghley of Great Britain, bronze medalist (and 1924 gold medalist) Morgan Taylor of the United States, fourth-place finisher Sten Pettersson of Sweden, and sixth-place finisher Luigi Facelli of Italy. The field was small but competitive; Burghley and Taylor were the favorites, but strong contenders also included Bob Tisdall of Ireland (a talented decathlete with little experience in the 400 metres hurdles) and Glenn Hardin of the United States (who had won the U.S. trials despite stepping out of his lane and being disqualified from the AAU title held jointly with the trials); Hardin would go on to win Olympic gold in 1936.[2]

Brazil, Germany, Ireland, Japan, and Mexico each made their debut in the event. The United States made its seventh appearance, the only nation to have competed at every edition of the event to that point.

Competition format

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The competition featured the three-round format introduced in 1908: quarterfinals, semifinals, and a final. Ten sets of hurdles were set on the course. The hurdles were 3 feet (91.5 centimetres) tall and were placed 35 metres apart beginning 45 metres from the starting line, resulting in a 40 metres home stretch after the last hurdle. The 400 metres track was standard.

There were 4 quarterfinal heats, with between 4 and 5 athletes each. The top 3 men in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinals. The 12 semifinalists were divided into 2 semifinals of 6 athletes each, with the top 3 in each semifinal advancing to the 6-man final.[2]

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1932 Summer Olympics.

World record  Morgan Taylor (USA) 52.0 Philadelphia, United States 4 July 1928
Olympic record  Morgan Taylor (USA) 53.4 Amsterdam, Netherlands 29 July 1928

Glenn Hardin set a new Olympic record in the first semifinal at 52.8 seconds. Bob Tisdall matched that time in the second semifinal. In the final, Tisdall finished at 51.8 seconds but was ineligible for a world record under the rules of the time as he had knocked down the last hurdle. Hardin's second-place time of 52.0 matched the world record.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Sunday, 31 July 1932 14:30
17:00
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Monday, 1 August 1932 15:30 Final

Results

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Quarterfinals

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Four heats were held; the fastest three runners advanced to the semifinals round.

Quarterfinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Morgan Taylor  United States 55.8 Q
2 Sten Pettersson  Sweden 56.1 Q
3 Khristos Mantikas  Greece 56.4 Q
4 Seiken Cho  Japan 56.5
5 Alfonso González  Mexico 56.7

Quarterfinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Bob Tisdall  Ireland 54.8 Q
2 Fritz Nottbrock  Germany 55.0 Q
3 Glenn Hardin  United States 55.0 Q
4 Sylvio de Magalhães Padilha  Brazil 55.1
Tom Coulter  Canada DSQ

Quarterfinal 3

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Joe Healey  United States 54.2 Q
2 André Adelheim  France 54.3 Q
3 Kell Areskoug  Sweden 54.6 Q
4 Evangelos Moiropoulos  Greece 55.2

Quarterfinal 4

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Luigi Facelli  Italy 55.0 Q
2 David Burghley  Great Britain 55.1 Q
3 George Golding  Australia 55.2 Q
4 Carlos dos Reis Filho  Brazil 55.8

Semifinals

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Two heats were held; the fastest three runners advanced to the final round.

Semifinal 1

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Glenn Hardin  United States 52.8 Q, OR
2 Morgan Taylor  United States 52.9 Q
3 David Burghley  Great Britain 53.0 Q
4 George Golding  Australia 53.1
5 Sten Pettersson  Sweden 53.5
6 Fritz Nottbrock  Germany 53.7

Semifinal 2

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Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Bob Tisdall  Ireland 52.8 Q, =OR
2 Kell Areskoug  Sweden 53.2 Q
3 Luigi Facelli  Italy 53.2 Q
4 Joe Healey  United States 53.2
5 André Adelheim  France 53.8
6 Khristos Mantikas  Greece Unknown

Final

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Tisdall's time was rejected as a world record as he knocked over the last hurdle, as per the rules of the time; Hardin was therefore credited as world record holder, equalling his own time of 52.0.

Rank Athlete Nation Time
(hand)
Time
(auto)
Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bob Tisdall  Ireland 51.8 51.67
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Glenn Hardin  United States 52.0 51.85 =WR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Morgan Taylor  United States 52.0 51.96
4 David Burghley  Great Britain 52.2 52.01
5 Luigi Facelli  Italy 53.0 Unknown
6 Kell Areskoug  Sweden 54.6 Unknown

Results summary

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Rank Athlete Nation Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bob Tisdall  Ireland 54.8 52.8 51.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Glenn Hardin  United States 55.0 52.8 52.0 =WR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Morgan Taylor  United States 55.8 52.9 52.0
4 David Burghley  Great Britain 55.1 53.0 52.2
5 Luigi Facelli  Italy 55.0 53.2 53.0
6 Kell Areskoug  Sweden 54.6 53.2 54.6
7 George Golding  Australia 55.2 53.1 Did not advance
8 Joe Healey  United States 54.2 53.2
9 Sten Pettersson  Sweden 56.1 53.5
10 Fritz Nottbrock  Germany 55.0 53.7
11 André Adelheim  France 54.3 53.8
12 Khristos Mantikas  Greece 56.4 Unknown
13 Sylvio de Magalhães Padilha  Brazil 55.1 Did not advance
14 Evangelos Moiropoulos  Greece 55.2
15 Carlos dos Reis Filho  Brazil 55.8
16 Seiken Cho  Japan 56.5
17 Alfonso González  Mexico 56.7
18 Tom Coulter  Canada DSQ

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's 400 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "400 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 377.