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110 metres Hurdles, Men

Date	31 July – 1 August 1928
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Participants	41 from 24 countries
Olympic Record	14.8 WR / Tommy Thomson CAN / 18 August 1920 / Details

In the semi-finals, South Africa’s George Weightman-Smith broke the world record with 14.6 for the metric distance. He was joined in the final by his teammate, the silver medalist from 1924, Sid Atkinson. They were joined by three Americans and Britain’s Fred Gaby.

John Collier had the fastest start in the final, but early on was caught by Atkinson and Steve Anderson. They raced together to the finish, Atkinson winning by inches. Weightman-Smith hit a hurdle hard in the early going and never factored for a medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	282	Sid Atkinson	RSA	– (2 h5)	14.9 (2 h2)	14.8 (1)	Gold
2	888	Steve Anderson	USA	15.0 (1 h4)	14.8 (1 h2)	14.8 (2)	Silver
3	520	John Collier	USA	15.0 (1 h7)	14.8 (2 h3)	14.9 (3)	Bronze
4	523	Leighton Dye	USA	15.0 (1 h5)	14.8 (1 h1)	14.9 (4)
5	290	George Weightman-Smith	RSA	14.8 (1 h3)	14.6 (1 h3)	15.0 (5)
6	454	Fred Gaby	GBR	15.2 (1 h8)	14.9 (2 h1)	15.2 (6)
3 h1 r2/3	867	Eric Wennström	SWE	– (2 h4)	14.9 (3 h1)	–
3 h2 r2/3	444	David, Lord Burghley	GBR	– (2 h9)	15.0 (3 h2)	–
3 h3 r2/3	860	Sten Pettersson	SWE	– (2 h8)	15.0 (3 h3)	–
4 h1 r2/3	736	Hans Steinhardt	GER	– (2 h6)	15.3 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	804	Bengt Sjöstedt	FIN	15.0 (2 h7)	15.1 (4 h2)	–
4 h3 r2/3	559	Carl Ring	USA	15.0 (1 h2)	– (4 h3)	–
5 h1 r2/3	289	Johannes Viljoen	RSA	– (2 h2)	15.4 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	79	Robert Marchand	FRA	– (2 h3)	– (5 h2)	–
5 h3 r2/3	105	Gabriel Sempé	FRA	15.0 (1 h1)	– (5 h3)	–
6 h1 r2/3	253	Yoshio Miki	JPN	15.4 (1 h9)	– (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	383	Otakar Jandera	TCH	– (2 h1)	– (6 h2)	–
6 h3 r2/3	471	Bernard Lucas	GBR	15.2 (1 h6)	– (6 h3)	–
3 h1 r1/3	621	Armand Lepaffe	BEL	– (3 h1)	–	–
3 h2 r1/3	410	Ludwig Veselý	AUT	– (3 h2)	–	–
3 h3 r1/3	840	Albert Andersson	SWE	– (3 h3)	–	–
3 h4 r1/3	215	Alister Clark	IRL	– (3 h4)	–	–
3 h5 r1/3	850	Erik Kjellström	SWE	– (3 h5)	–	–
3 h6 r1/3	688	Alfredo Ugarte	CHI	– (3 h6)	–	–
3 h7 r1/3	225	Giacomo Carlini	ITA	15.9 (3 h7)	–	–
3 h8 r1/3	601	Alf Watson	AUS	– (3 h8)	–	–
3 h9 r1/3	328	Lau Spel	NED	– (3 h9)	–	–
4 h1 r1/3	353	Lothar Albrich	ROU	– (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	308	Arie Kaan	NED	– (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	403	Wilfred Kalaugher	NZL	– (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	474	Douglas Neame	GBR	– (4 h4)	–	–
4 h5 r1/3	317	Arie van Leeuwen	NED	– (4 h5)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	617	René Joannes-Powell	BEL	– (4 h6)	–	–
4 h7 r1/3	297	Jan Britstra	NED	– (4 h7)	–	–
4 h8 r1/3	137	Vangelis Moiropoulos	GRE	15.6 (4 h8)	–	–
4 h9 r1/3	207	S. Abdul Hamid	IND	– (4 h9)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	363	Otto Schöpp	ROU	– (5 h2)	–	–
5 h8 r1/3	692	Louis Lundgren	DEN	15.7 (5 h8)	–	–
5 h9 r1/3	435	José Palhares Costa	POR	– (5 h9)	–	–
6 h8 r1/3	424	Wojciech Trojanowski	POL	16.0 (6 h8)	–	–
AC h1 r1/3	596	Valerio Vallanía	ARG	– (DQ h1)	–	–
DNS	197	Erling Seeberg	NOR	– (DNS h1)	–	–
DNS	186	Conrad Hauge	NOR	– (DNS h3)	–	–
DNS	46	Gilbert Allart	FRA	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	776	Aarne Jounela	FIN	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	–	Erkki Järvinen	FIN	– (DNS h5)	–	–
DNS	109	Roger Viel	FRA	– (DNS h6)	–	–
DNS	819	Alfred Rosenberg	EST	– (DNS h6)	–	–
DNS	829	Branko Kallay	YUG	– (DNS h7)	–	–
DNS	695	Herman Larsen	DEN	– (DNS h9)	–	–

Round One

Date	31 July 1928 — 14:00
Format	Top 2 in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	1	Gabriel Sempé	FRA	15.0	Q
2	3	Otakar Jandera	TCH	–	Q
3	2	Armand Lepaffe	BEL	–
4	6	Lothar Albrich	ROU	–
DQ	4	Valerio Vallanía	ARG	–
DNS	5	Erling Seeberg	NOR	–

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Carl Ring	USA	15.0	Q
2	1	Johannes Viljoen	RSA	–	Q
3	3	Ludwig Veselý	AUT	–
4	4	Arie Kaan	NED	–
5	2	Otto Schöpp	ROU	–

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	2	George Weightman-Smith	RSA	14.8	Q=WR
2	1	Robert Marchand	FRA	–	Q
3	4	Albert Andersson	SWE	–
4	3	Wilfred Kalaugher	NZL	–
DNS	5	Conrad Hauge	NOR	–

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	6	Steve Anderson	USA	15.0	Q
2	4	Eric Wennström	SWE	–	Q
3	3	Alister Clark	IRL	–
4	5	Douglas Neame	GBR	–
DNS	1	Gilbert Allart	FRA	–
DNS	2	Aarne Jounela	FIN	–

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	Leighton Dye	USA	15.0	Q
2	1	Sid Atkinson	RSA	–	Q
3	3	Erik Kjellström	SWE	–
4	4	Arie van Leeuwen	NED	–
DNS	2	Erkki Järvinen	FIN	–

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	6	Bernard Lucas	GBR	15.2	Q
2	4	Hans Steinhardt	GER	–	Q
3	1	Alfredo Ugarte	CHI	–
4	3	René Joannes-Powell	BEL	–
DNS	2	Roger Viel	FRA	–
DNS	5	Alfred Rosenberg	EST	–

Heat #7

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	5	John Collier	USA	15.0	Q
2	1	Bengt Sjöstedt	FIN	15.0	Q
3	3	Giacomo Carlini	ITA	15.9
4	4	Jan Britstra	NED	–
DNS	2	Branko Kallay	YUG	–

Heat #8

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	6	Fred Gaby	GBR	15.2	Q
2	3	Sten Pettersson	SWE	–	Q
3	2	Alf Watson	AUS	–
4	1	Vangelis Moiropoulos	GRE	15.6
5	4	Louis Lundgren	DEN	15.7
6	5	Wojciech Trojanowski	POL	16.0

Heat #9

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	1	Yoshio Miki	JPN	15.4	Q
2	6	David, Lord Burghley	GBR	–	Q
3	5	Lau Spel	NED	–
4	2	S. Abdul Hamid	IND	–
5	4	José Palhares Costa	POR	–
DNS	3	Herman Larsen	DEN	–

Semi-Finals

Date	31 July 1928 — 16:50
Format	Top 2 in each heat advanced to the final round.

Heat #1

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	523	Leighton Dye	USA	14.8	Q=WR
2	454	Fred Gaby	GBR	14.9	Q
3	867	Eric Wennström	SWE	14.9
4	736	Hans Steinhardt	GER	15.3
5	289	Johannes Viljoen	RSA	15.4
6	253	Yoshio Miki	JPN	–

Heat #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	888	Steve Anderson	USA	14.8	Q=WR
2	282	Sid Atkinson	RSA	14.9	Q
3	444	David, Lord Burghley	GBR	15.0
4	804	Bengt Sjöstedt	FIN	15.1
5	79	Robert Marchand	FRA	–
6	383	Otakar Jandera	TCH	–

Heat #3

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	290	George Weightman-Smith	RSA	14.6	Q=WR
2	520	John Collier	USA	14.8	Q
3	860	Sten Pettersson	SWE	15.0
4	559	Carl Ring	USA	–
5	105	Gabriel Sempé	FRA	–
6	471	Bernard Lucas	GBR	–

Final Round

Date	1 August 1928 — 15:00

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	4	Sid Atkinson	RSA	14.8
2	3	Steve Anderson	USA	14.8
3	6	John Collier	USA	14.9
4	1	Leighton Dye	USA	14.9
5	5	George Weightman-Smith	RSA	15.0
6	2	Fred Gaby	GBR	15.2