Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games took place on August 5 and August 6. The final was won by American Forrest Towns.[1]

Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
VenueOlympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
DatesAugust 5 (heats)
August 6 (semifinals and final)
Competitors31 from 20 nations
Medalists
Forrest Towns
 United States
Don Finlay
 Great Britain
Fritz Pollard
 United States

Results

Heats

The fastest two runners in each of the six heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Tom Lavery South Africa15.0
2Larry O'Connor Canada15.1
3Khristos Mantikas Greece15.2
4Svend Aage Thomsen Denmark15.3
5Juul Bosmans Belgium
6Yasuharu Furuta Japan

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Fritz Pollard United States14.7
2John Thornton Great Britain15.0
3Johann Langmayr Austria15.1
4Willi Welscher Germany15.2
5Huang Yingjie Republic of China16.9

Heat three

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Don Finlay Great Britain14.7
2Tadashi Murakami Japan15.3
3Jim Worrall Canada15.6
4Darcy Guimarães Brazil
5Ludvík Kománek Czechoslovakia

Heat four

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Roy Staley United States15.0
2Juan Lavenás Argentina15.1
3Ashleigh Pilbrow Great Britain15.5
4Ioannis Skiadas Greece
5Lin Shaozhou Republic of China15.7

Heat five

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Forrest Towns United States14.5
2Erwin Wegner Germany15.1
3Ernst Leitner Austria15.3
4René Kunz Switzerland
5Kotaro Shimizu Japan

Heat six

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Håkan Lidman Sweden14.9
2Vane Ivanović Yugoslavia15.1
3Gianni Caldana Italy15.1
4Alf Watson Australia15.1
5Miguel White Philippines

Semifinals

The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Forrest Towns United States14.1=WR
2Håkan Lidman Sweden14.5
3John Thornton Great Britain14.7
4Roy Staley United States14.8
5Tadashi Murakami Japan15.1
6Juan Lavenás Argentina15.6

Heat two

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1Don Finlay Great Britain14.5
2Fritz Pollard United States14.6
3Larry O'Connor Canada15.0
4Vane Ivanović Yugoslavia15.2
5Erwin Wegner Germany15.3
6Tom Lavery South Africa15.6

Final

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Forrest Towns United States14.2
Don Finlay Great Britain14.4
Fritz Pollard United States14.4
4Håkan Lidman Sweden14.4
5John Thornton Great Britain14.7
6Larry O'Connor Canada14.8

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games: Men's 110 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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