Athletics at the 1912 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 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Thursday, July 11, 1912 and on Friday, July 12, 1912. 22 hurdlers from 15 nations competed.[1]

Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the Games of the V Olympiad
The winner, Fred Kelly.
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
DatesJuly 11 (heats, semifinals)
July 12 (final)
Competitors22 from 15 nations
Medalists
Fred Kelly  United States
James Wendell  United States
Martin Hawkins  United States
Athletics at the
1912 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
110 m hurdlesmen
4×100 m relaymen
4×400 m relaymen
3000 m team racemen
10 km walkmen
Road events
Marathonmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmen
Pole vaultmen
Standing long jumpmen
Standing high jumpmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmen
2-hand shot putmen
2-hand discusmen
2-hand javelinmen
Combined events
Pentathlonmen
Decathlonmen
Cross-country events
Individualmen
Teammen

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record 15.0 Forrest Smithson London (GBR) July 25, 1908
Olympic Record 15.0 Forrest Smithson London (GBR) July 25, 1908

The records for the 110 metre hurdles coming into 1912 were 15.0 seconds, which were not matched during the 1912 Games.

Results

Heats

All heats were held on Thursday, July 11, 1912.

Only two hurdlers were eliminated after the heats.

Heat 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 George Chisholm (USA)15.4QS
2 Károly Solymár (HUN)15.8QS

Heat 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 John Eller (USA)16.0QS
2 Gerard Anderson (GBR)18.6QS

Heat 3

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Martin Hawkins (USA)16.1QS
2 Géo André (FRA)16.8QS

Heat 4

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Ferdinand Bie (NOR)16.2QS
2 Valdemar Wickholm (FIN)16.6QS

Heat 5

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Pablo Eitel (CHI)17.2QS

Heat 6

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Marius Delaby (FRA)16.0QS
2 Vaughn Blanchard (USA)16.0QS
3. Alfredo Pagani (ITA)

Heat 7

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Edwin Pritchard (USA)16.4QS
2 Henry Blakeney (GBR)17.4QS

Heat 8

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 John Nicholson (USA)15.5QS
2 Daciano Colbacchini (ITA)16.1QS

Heat 9

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Fred Kelly (USA)16.4QS

Heat 10

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 John Case (USA)16.3QS
2 Hermann von Bönninghausen (GER)17.0QS

Heat 11

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Kenneth Powell (GBR)15.6QS
2 James Wendell (USA)15.7QS
3 Frank Lukeman (CAN)

Semifinals

All semi-finals were held on Thursday, July 11, 1912.

Semifinal 1

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Kenneth Powell (GBR)15.6QF
2 John Eller (USA)15.7
3 Ferdinand Bie (NOR)15.8
4 Pablo Eitel (CHI)

Semifinal 2

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Martin Hawkins (USA)15.7QF
2 Daciano Colbacchini (ITA)16.0
3 Marius Delaby (FRA)16.2
— Károly Solymár (HUN)Did not finish

Semifinal 3

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 John Nicholson (USA)15.4QF
2 Vaughn Blanchard (USA)15.7
3 Hermann von Bönninghausen (GER)16.0

Semifinal 4

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 James Wendell (USA)15.5QF
2 George Chisholm (USA)15.7
— Gerard Anderson (GBR)Did not finish

Semifinal 5

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 Fred Kelly (USA)15.6QF
2 Valdemar Wickholm (FIN)16.6
3 Henry Blakeney (GBR)

Semifinal 6

PlaceAthleteTimeQual.
1 John Case (USA)15.6QF
2 Edwin Pritchard (USA)15.6
3 Géo André (FRA)

Final
The final where John Nicholson fell and did not finish the race.

The final was held on Friday, July 12, 1912. Nicholson fell at the eighth hurdle, leaving Kelly to hold on and win by a narrow margin over Wendell.

PlaceAthleteTime
1 Fred Kelly (USA)15.1
2 James Wendell (USA)15.2
3 Martin Hawkins (USA)15.3
4 John Case (USA)15.3
5 Kenneth Powell (GBR)15.5
— John Nicholson (USA)DNF

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's 110 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2017.

Notes
  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 1 January 2007.
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