Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held. 8 hurdlers from at least 2 nations participated. The competition was held on September 3, 1904.[1]

Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the Games of the III Olympiad
VenueFrancis Field
DatesSeptember 3
Competitors6 from 2 nations
Medalists
Fred Schule  United States
Thaddeus Shideler  United States
Lesley Ashburner  United States

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.

World Record 15.0(*) Thaddeus Shideler St. Louis (USA) June 11, 1904
Olympic Record 15.4 Alvin Kraenzlein Paris (FRA) July 14, 1900

(*) unofficial 120 yards (= 109.73 m)

Results

Heats

The top two finishers in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Fred Schule (USA)16.2QF
2 Lesley Ashburner (USA)QF
3 Ward McLanahan (USA)
4 Corrie Gardner (AUS)

Heat 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Frank Castleman (USA)16.2QF
2 Thaddeus Shideler (USA)QF
DNS Leslie McPherson (AUS)
DNS Edwin Clapp (USA)

NOTE: McPherson withdrew his entry after finding out the hurdles were one foot lower than normal.[2]

Final

PlaceAthleteTime
1 Fred Schule (USA)16.0
2 Thaddeus Shideler (USA)16.3
3 Lesley Ashburner (USA)16.4
4 Frank Castleman (USA)

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games: Men's 110 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  2. "Leslie McPherson". corporate.olympics.com.au. Retrieved 18 June 2017.

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