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110 metres Hurdles, Men

Date	3 – 4 August 1948
Status	Olympic
Location	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Participants	28 from 18 countries

The top hurdler in the world was easily Harrison Dillard, who was a prohibitive favorite as the US Olympic Trials approached. But he fell in the Trials and did not make the team. Fortunately for him, he then ran the 100 in the Trials, made the team and would win the gold medal in that event. In his absence, the US team was still dominant, sweeping the medals, led by Bill Porter, who won comfortably over Clyde Scott, with bronze medalist Craig Dixon a full half-second clear of fourth-placed Alberto Triulzi (ARG).

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	318	Bill Porter	USA	14.3 (1 h1)	14.1 (1 h2)	13.9 (1)	Gold	OR
2	319	Clyde Scott	USA	14.8 (1 h2)	14.2 (2 h2)	14.1 (2)	Silver
3	317	Craig Dixon	USA	14.2 (1 h6)	14.2 (1 h1)	14.1 (3)	Bronze
4	291	Alberto Triulzi	ARG	14.6 (1 h3)	14.6 (3 h2)	14.6 (4)
5	292	Peter Gardner	AUS	14.6 (2 h3)	14.5 (2 h1)	14.7est (5)
6	312	Håkan Lidman	SWE	14.7 (2 h4)	14.6 (3 h1)	14.8est (6)
4 h1 r2/3	7	Pol Braekman	BEL	15.2 (2 h1)	– (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	305	Jim Vickers	IND	14.7 (1 h4)	– (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/3	314	Olivier Bernard	SUI	14.9 (2 h5)	– (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	294	Ray Weinberg	AUS	15.0 (2 h6)	– (5 h2)	–
6 h2 r2/3	297	Hugues Frayer	FRA	15.5 (2 h2)	– (6 h2)	–
AC h1 r2/3	296	André Marie	FRA	14.9 (1 h5)	– (DNF h1)	–
3 h1 r1/3	295	Mario Recordón	CHI	15.3 (3 h1)	–	–
3 h2 r1/3	313	Börje Rendin	SWE	15.5 (3 h2)	–	–
3 h3 r1/3	311	Manuel Suárez	ESP	15.9 (3 h3)	–	–
3 h4 r1/3	310	Julio Sabater	PUR	15.3 (3 h4)	–	–
3 h5 r1/3	306	Sidney Foster	JAM	15.1 (3 h5)	–	–
3 h6 r1/3	298	Gilbert Omnès	FRA	15.2 (3 h6)	–	–
4 h1 r1/3	299	Ray Barkway	GBR	15.3 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	303	Lazaros Petropoulakis	GRE	– (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	300	Joe Birrell	GBR	– (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	304	Jan Zwaan	NED	15.4est (4 h4)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	308	Hernán Alzamora	PER	– (4 h6)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	316	Erdal Barkay	TUR	– (5 h1)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	302	Paul Crosfield	GRE	– (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	293	Charles Green	AUS	15.4est (5 h4)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	307	Mazhar-Ul-Haque Khan	PAK	– (5 h6)	–	–
AC h5 r1/3	301	Don Finlay	GBR	– (DNF h5)	–	–
DNS	315	Mustapha Batman	TUR	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	309	Santiago Ferrando	PER	– (DNS h5)	–	–

Round One (3 August 1948 — 15:45)

Top two in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat One

Wind	1.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Bill Porter	USA	14.3	14.5	Q
2	3	Pol Braekman	BEL	15.2	15.33	Q
3	2	Mario Recordón	CHI	15.3	15.55		1
4	4	Ray Barkway	GBR	15.3	15.53		2
5	5	Erdal Barkay	TUR	–	–

Heat Two

Wind	0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Clyde Scott	USA	14.8	14.8	Q
2	3	Hugues Frayer	FRA	15.5	–	Q
3	2	Börje Rendin	SWE	15.5	–
4	4	Lazaros Petropoulakis	GRE	–	–
DNS	5	Mustapha Batman	TUR	–	–

Heat Three

Wind	1.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Alberto Triulzi	ARG	14.6	14.7	Q
2	2	Peter Gardner	AUS	14.6	14.83	Q
3	5	Manuel Suárez	ESP	15.9	16.10
4	3	Joe Birrell	GBR	–	17.29
5	4	Paul Crosfield	GRE	–	17.30

Heat Four

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	4	Jim Vickers	IND	14.7	14.9	Q
2	1	Håkan Lidman	SWE	14.7	–	Q
3	5	Julio Sabater	PUR	15.3	–
4	3	Jan Zwaan	NED	15.4est	–
5	2	Charles Green	AUS	15.4est	–

Heat Five

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	André Marie	FRA	14.9	15.0	Q
2	3	Olivier Bernard	SUI	14.9	–	Q
3	4	Sidney Foster	JAM	15.1	–
DNF	1	Don Finlay	GBR	–	–
DNS	5	Santiago Ferrando	PER	–	–

Heat Six

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Craig Dixon	USA	14.2	14.4	Q
2	2	Ray Weinberg	AUS	15.0	–	Q
3	3	Gilbert Omnès	FRA	15.2	–
4	5	Hernán Alzamora	PER	–	–
5	4	Mazhar-Ul-Haque Khan	PAK	–	–

Semi-Finals (4 August 1948 — 15:15)

Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat One

Wind	0.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Craig Dixon	USA	14.2	14.4	Q
2	2	Peter Gardner	AUS	14.5	14.78	Q
3	3	Håkan Lidman	SWE	14.6	14.84	Q
4	6	Pol Braekman	BEL	–	15.22
5	5	Olivier Bernard	SUI	–	–
DNF	4	André Marie	FRA	–	–

Heat Two

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	1	Bill Porter	USA	14.1	14.2	QOR
2	4	Clyde Scott	USA	14.2	14.2	Q
3	2	Alberto Triulzi	ARG	14.6	14.76	Q
4	3	Jim Vickers	IND	–	15.09
5	5	Ray Weinberg	AUS	–	15.27
6	6	Hugues Frayer	FRA	–	15.35

Final (4 August 1948 — 17:00)

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Athlete	NOC	Time (H)	Time (A)
1	2	Bill Porter	USA	13.9	14.2	OR
2	6	Clyde Scott	USA	14.1	14.24
3	1	Craig Dixon	USA	14.1	14.29
4	4	Alberto Triulzi	ARG	14.6	14.71
5	5	Peter Gardner	AUS	14.7est	14.79
6	3	Håkan Lidman	SWE	14.8est	14.86