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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

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, Sydney 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 two in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	105	Gabriel Sempé	FRA	15.0	Q
2	383	Otakar Jandera	TCH	–	Q
3	621	Armand Lepaffe	BEL	–
4	353	Lothar Albrich	ROU	–
DQ	596	Valerio Vallanía	ARG	–
DNS	197	Erling Seeberg	NOR	–

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	559	Carl Ring	USA	15.0	Q
2	289	Johannes Viljoen	RSA	–	Q
3	410	Ludwig Veselý	AUT	–
4	308	Arie Kaan	NED	–
5	363	Otto Schöpp	ROU	–

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	290	George Weightman-Smith	RSA	14.8	Q=WR
2	79	Robert Marchand	FRA	–	Q
3	840	Albert Andersson	SWE	–
4	403	Wilfred Kalaugher	NZL	–
DNS	186	Conrad Hauge	NOR	–

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	888	Steve Anderson	USA	15.0	Q
2	867	Eric Wennström	SWE	–	Q
3	215	Alister Clark	IRL	–
4	474	Douglas Neame	GBR	–
DNS	46	Gilbert Allart	FRA	–
DNS	776	Aarne Jounela	FIN	–

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	523	Leighton Dye	USA	15.0	Q
2	282	Sid Atkinson	RSA	–	Q
3	850	Erik Kjellström	SWE	–
4	317	Arie van Leeuwen	NED	–
DNS	–	Erkki Järvinen	FIN	–

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	471	Bernard Lucas	GBR	15.2	Q
2	736	Hans Steinhardt	GER	–	Q
3	688	Alfredo Ugarte	CHI	–
4	617	René Joannes-Powell	BEL	–
DNS	109	Roger Viel	FRA	–
DNS	819	Alfred Rosenberg	EST	–

Heat #7

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	520	John Collier	USA	15.0	Q
2	804	Bengt Sjöstedt	FIN	15.0	Q
3	225	Giacomo Carlini	ITA	15.9
4	297	Jan Britstra	NED	–
DNS	829	Branko Kallay	YUG	–

Heat #8

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	454	Fred Gaby	GBR	15.2	Q
2	860	Sten Pettersson	SWE	–	Q
3	601	Alf Watson	AUS	–
4	137	Vangelis Moiropoulos	GRE	15.6
5	692	Louis Lundgren	DEN	15.7
6	424	Wojciech Trojanowski	POL	16.0

Heat #9

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	253	Yoshio Miki	JPN	15.4	Q
2	444	David, Lord Burghley	GBR	–	Q
3	328	Lau Spel	NED	–
4	207	S. Abdul Hamid	IND	–
5	435	José Palhares Costa	POR	–
DNS	695	Herman Larsen	DEN	–

Semi-Finals

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

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	282	Sid Atkinson	RSA	14.8
2	888	Steve Anderson	USA	14.8
3	520	John Collier	USA	14.9
4	523	Leighton Dye	USA	14.9
5	290	George Weightman-Smith	RSA	15.0
6	454	Fred Gaby	GBR	15.2