Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles was the only hurdling event on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The preliminary heats were the first track event of the day on 7 April. Eight competitors ran in two heats of four runners each. Only the fastest two runners in each heat advanced to the final.[1]

Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the Games of the I Olympiad
VenuePanathinaiko Stadium
DatesApril 7, 1896 (heats)
April 10, 1896 (final)
Competitors8 from 6 nations
Medalists
Thomas Curtis  United States
Grantley Goulding  Great Britain
Athletics at the
1896 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
110 m hurdlesmen
Road events
Marathonmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmen

Results

Heats

The heats were held on 7 April. The top two finishers in each of the two heats advanced to the final.

Heat 1

Grantley Goulding of Great Britain finished first, in a time of 18.4 seconds. Szokolyi hit the last hurdle and stumbled, allowing Reichel to pass him and finish second.

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Grantley Goulding Great Britain 18.4 Q, OR
2 Frantz Reichel France Unknown Q
3 Alajos Szokolyi Hungary Unknown
4 Anastasios Andreou Greece Unknown

Heat 2

The Americans finished 1st and 2nd in this heat, with Thomas Curtis advancing to the final with a time of 18 seconds, and Hoyt second. Athanasios Skaltsogiannis of Greece and Kurt Doerry of Germany also competed, though their final positions are not recorded.

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Thomas Curtis United States 18.0 Q, OR
2 William Hoyt United States Unknown Q
3-4 Kurt Doerry Germany Unknown
3-4 Athanasios Skaltsogiannis Greece Unknown

Final

The final of the 110 metre hurdles was run on 10 April. Reichel was forced to scratch from the final as he was serving as an assistant to Albin Lermusiaux in the marathon, and Hoyt withdrew in order to prepare for the pole vault. Thus, only two athletes competed, but they finished within one-tenth of a second. Goulding led at the final hurdle, being a better hurdler, but Curtis passed him in the straight and won a tight race by two inches.

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
Thomas Curtis United States 17.6 OR
Grantley Goulding Great Britain 17.6 =OR
– William Hoyt United States DNS
– Frantz Reichel France DNS

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1896 Athens Summer Games: Men's 110 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

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