Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
Men's 110 metres hurdles at the Games of the V Olympiad | ||||||||||
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The winner, Fred Kelly. | ||||||||||
Venue | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Dates | July 11 (heats, semifinals) July 12 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 22 from 10 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 15.1 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics | |
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Track events | |
100 m | men |
200 m | men |
400 m | men |
800 m | men |
1500 m | men |
5000 m | men |
10,000 m | men |
110 m hurdles | men |
4 × 100 m relay | men |
4 × 400 m relay | men |
3000 m team race | men |
10 km walk | men |
Road events | |
Marathon | men |
Field events | |
Long jump | men |
Triple jump | men |
High jump | men |
Pole vault | men |
Standing long jump | men |
Standing high jump | men |
Shot put | men |
Discus throw | men |
Hammer throw | men |
Javelin throw | men |
2-hand shot put | men |
2-hand discus | men |
2-hand javelin | men |
Combined events | |
Pentathlon | men |
Decathlon | men |
Cross-country events | |
Individual | men |
Team | men |
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. The competition was held on Thursday, July 11, 1912, and on Friday, July 12, 1912. 22 hurdlers from 10 nations competed.[1] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[2] The event was won by Fred Kelly of the United States, the fifth of five consecutive victories for the nation in the first five Olympic Games. It was also the fourth of four consecutive podium sweeps for the Americans in the event.
Background
[edit]This was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. None of the finalists from 1908 returned. The American hurdles were favored, with Fred Kelly, John Case, and Vaughn Blanchard the Olympic trial winners.[3]
Chile, Finland, and Italy each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its fifth appearance, the only nation to have competed in the 110 metres hurdles in each Games to that point.
Competition format
[edit]As in 1908, there were three rounds. The first round consisted of 11 heats, many of which had only one or two hurdlers and none of which had more than three. The top two hurdlers in each heat advanced to the semifinals, resulting in only two men being eliminated in the first round. The 22 semifinalists were divided into six semifinals of 3 or 4 runners each; only the top hurdler in each advanced to the 6-man final.[3][4]
Records
[edit]The records for the 110 metre hurdles coming into 1912 were 15.0 seconds, which were not matched during the 1912 Games.
World record | ![]() |
15.0 | London, United Kingdom | 25 July 1908 |
Olympic record | ![]() |
15.0 | London, United Kingdom | 25 July 1908 |
Schedule
[edit]Date | Time | Round |
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Thursday, 11 July 1912 | 9:30 16:15 |
Round 1 Semifinals |
Friday, 12 July 1912 | 15:00 | Final |
Results
[edit]Heats
[edit]All heats were held on Thursday, July 11, 1912.
Only two hurdlers were eliminated after the heats.
Heat 1
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | George Chisholm | ![]() |
15.4 | Q |
2 | Károly Solymár | ![]() |
15.8 | Q |
Heat 2
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | John Eller | ![]() |
16.0 | Q |
2 | Gerard Anderson | ![]() |
18.6 | Q |
Heat 3
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Martin Hawkins | ![]() |
16.1 | Q |
2 | Géo André | ![]() |
16.8 | Q |
Heat 4
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ferdinand Bie | ![]() |
16.2 | Q |
2 | Valdemar Wickholm | ![]() |
16.6 | Q |
Heat 5
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Pablo Eitel | ![]() |
17.2 | Q |
Heat 6
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Marius Delaby | ![]() |
16.0 | Q |
2 | Vaughn Blanchard | ![]() |
16.0 | Q |
3 | Alfredo Pagani | ![]() |
Unknown |
Heat 7
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Edwin Pritchard | ![]() |
16.4 | Q |
2 | Henry Blakeney | ![]() |
17.4 | Q |
Heat 8
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | John Nicholson | ![]() |
15.5 | Q |
2 | Daciano Colbacchini | ![]() |
16.1 | Q |
Heat 9
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Fred Kelly | ![]() |
16.4 | Q |
Heat 10
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | John Case | ![]() |
16.3 | Q |
2 | Hermann von Bönninghausen | ![]() |
17.0 | Q |
Heat 11
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Kenneth Powell | ![]() |
15.6 | Q |
2 | James Wendell | ![]() |
15.7 | Q |
3 | Frank Lukeman | ![]() |
Unknown |
Semifinals
[edit]All semifinals were held on Thursday, July 11, 1912.
Semifinal 1
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Kenneth Powell | ![]() |
15.6 | Q |
2 | John Eller | ![]() |
15.7 | |
3 | Ferdinand Bie | ![]() |
15.8 | |
4 | Pablo Eitel | ![]() |
Unknown |
Semifinal 2
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Martin Hawkins | ![]() |
15.7 | Q |
2 | Daciano Colbacchini | ![]() |
16.0 | |
3 | Marius Delaby | ![]() |
16.2 | |
— | Károly Solymár | ![]() |
DNF |
Semifinal 3
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | John Nicholson | ![]() |
15.4 | Q |
2 | Vaughn Blanchard | ![]() |
15.7 | |
3 | Hermann von Bönninghausen | ![]() |
16.0 |
Semifinal 4
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | James Wendell | ![]() |
15.5 | Q |
2 | George Chisholm | ![]() |
15.7 | |
— | Gerard Anderson | ![]() |
DNF |
Semifinal 5
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | Fred Kelly | ![]() |
15.6 | Q |
2 | Valdemar Wickholm | ![]() |
16.6 | |
3 | Henry Blakeney | ![]() |
Unknown |
Semifinal 6
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
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1 | John Case | ![]() |
15.6 | Q |
2 | Edwin Pritchard | ![]() |
15.6 | |
3 | Géo André | ![]() |
Unknown |
Final
[edit]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.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time |
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1 | Fred Kelly | ![]() |
15.1 |
2 | James Wendell | ![]() |
15.2 |
3 | Martin Hawkins | ![]() |
15.3 |
4 | John Case | ![]() |
15.3 |
5 | Kenneth Powell | ![]() |
15.5 |
— | John Nicholson | ![]() |
DNF |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Official report, p. 61.
- ^ a b "110 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ Official Report, pp. 371–73.
Notes
[edit]- Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand.
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