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110 metres Hurdles, Men

Date	23 – 24 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Participants	30 from 20 countries

In 1948, Harrison Dillard had been a huge pre-Olympic favorite for gold until he faltered in the US Olympic Trials, hitting a hurdle and not finishing the final. He had then entered the 100 metres, made the team in that event and won the gold medal. He continued hurdling and was still considered the best in the world in 1952. The world record holder was Dick Attlesey (USA), but he hurt his foot in the heats of the US Olympic Trials, and did not make the team. But led by Dillard, the Americans again swept the medals, as they had in 1948. The finish was close between Dillard and Jack Davis, Davis having been slowed by a poor start, likely due to being charged with a false start.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	1002	Harrison Dillard	USA	13.9 (1 h1)	14.0 (1 h1)	13.7 (1)	Gold	OR
2	1003	Jack Davis	USA	14.0 (1 h3)	14.4 (1 h2)	13.7 (2)	Silver
3	1004	Art Barnard	USA	14.4 (1 h6)	14.2 (2 h1)	14.1 (3)	Bronze
4	432	Yevgeny Bulanchik	URS	14.4 (1 h2)	14.5 (2 h2)	14.5 (4)
5	26	Ken Doubleday	AUS	14.5 (1 h4)	14.5 (3 h1)	14.7 (5)
6	19	Ray Weinberg	AUS	14.4 (1 h5)	14.6 (3 h2)	14.8 (6)
4 h1 r2/3	434	Sergey Popov	URS	14.8 (2 h1)	14.7 (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	327	Stanko Lorger	YUG	14.8 (2 h3)	14.9 (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/3	614	Edmond Roudnitska	FRA	14.9 (2 h2)	14.9 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	792	Väinö Suvivuo	FIN	14.9 (2 h5)	14.9 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r2/3	188	Peter Hildreth	GBR	14.7 (2 h6)	14.9 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r2/3	189	Jack Parker	GBR	14.8 (2 h4)	15.0 (6 h2)	–
3 h1 r1/3	854	Olivier Bernard	SUI	15.1 (3 h1)	–	–
3 h2 r1/3	8	Estanislao Kocourek	ARG	15.0 (3 h2)	–	–
3 h3 r1/3	401	Samuel Andersón	CUB	15.1 (3 h3)	–	–
3 h4 r1/3	355	Gordon Crosby	CAN	14.8 (3 h4)	–	–
3 h5 r1/3	79	Jörn Gevert	CHI	15.2 (3 h5)	–	–
3 h6 r1/3	310	Michitaka Kinami	JPN	15.0 (3 h6)	–	–
4 h1 r1/3	923	Erdal Barkay	TUR	15.2 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	793	Risto Syrjänen	FIN	15.4 (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	743	Wolfgang Troßbach	GER	15.1 (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	545	Teo Colón	PUR	15.2 (4 h4)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	159	Ingi Þorsteinsson	ISL	15.6 (4 h6)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	78	Edmond Ohaco	CHI	15.4 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r1/3	544	Juan Lebrón	PUR	15.4 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	975	Téofilo Davis	VEN	15.7 (5 h3)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	613	Jacques Dohen	FRA	15.7 (5 h6)	–	–
6 h1 r1/3	794	Olli Alho	FIN	15.4 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r1/3	95	Fouad Yazgi	EGY	16.1 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h6 r1/3	405	Johnny Fonck	LUX	16.1 (6 h6)	–	–
DNS	100	Sebastián Junqueras	ESP	– (DNS h3)	–	–
DNS	378	Michail Michail	GRE	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	945	Imre Retezar	HUN	– (DNS h4)	–	–
DNS	922	Hakan Eper	TUR	– (DNS h5)	–	–
DNS	60	Wilson Gomes	BRA	– (DNS h5)	–	–

Round One

Date	23 July 1952 — 15:00
Format	Top two in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	1002	Harrison Dillard	USA	14.03	13.9	QOR
2	1003	Jack Davis	USA	14.23	14.0	Q
3	1004	Art Barnard	USA	14.61	14.4	Q
4	19	Ray Weinberg	AUS	14.62	14.4	Q
=5	432	Yevgeny Bulanchik	URS	14.65	14.4	Q
=5	26	Ken Doubleday	AUS	14.65	14.5	Q
7	188	Peter Hildreth	GBR	14.94	14.7	Q
8	434	Sergey Popov	URS	14.99	14.8	Q
=9	327	Stanko Lorger	YUG	15.08	14.8	Q
=9	189	Jack Parker	GBR	15.08	14.8	Q
=11	614	Edmond Roudnitska	FRA	15.11	14.9	Q
=11	355	Gordon Crosby	CAN	15.11	14.8
13	8	Estanislao Kocourek	ARG	15.20	15.0
14	792	Väinö Suvivuo	FIN	15.21	14.9	Q
15	401	Samuel Andersón	CUB	15.24	15.1
16	743	Wolfgang Troßbach	GER	15.24	15.1
17	854	Olivier Bernard	SUI	15.29	15.1
18	310	Michitaka Kinami	JPN	15.31	15.0
19	923	Erdal Barkay	TUR	15.34	15.2
20	79	Jörn Gevert	CHI	15.44	15.2
21	545	Teo Colón	PUR	15.48	15.2
22	78	Edmond Ohaco	CHI	15.61	15.4
=23	794	Olli Alho	FIN	15.63	15.4
=23	793	Risto Syrjänen	FIN	15.63	15.4
25	544	Juan Lebrón	PUR	15.71	15.4
26	159	Ingi Þorsteinsson	ISL	15.76	15.6
27	975	Téofilo Davis	VEN	15.96	15.7
28	613	Jacques Dohen	FRA	16.02	15.7
29	95	Fouad Yazgi	EGY	16.26	16.1
30	405	Johnny Fonck	LUX	16.35	16.1
DNS	100	Sebastián Junqueras	ESP	–	–
DNS	378	Michail Michail	GRE	–	–
DNS	945	Imre Retezar	HUN	–	–
DNS	922	Hakan Eper	TUR	–	–
DNS	60	Wilson Gomes	BRA	–	–

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1002	Harrison Dillard	USA	13.9	14.03	QOR
2	434	Sergey Popov	URS	14.8	14.99	Q
3	854	Olivier Bernard	SUI	15.1	15.29
4	923	Erdal Barkay	TUR	15.2	15.34
5	78	Edmond Ohaco	CHI	15.4	15.61
6	794	Olli Alho	FIN	15.4	15.63

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	432	Yevgeny Bulanchik	URS	14.4	14.65	Q
2	614	Edmond Roudnitska	FRA	14.9	15.11	Q
3	8	Estanislao Kocourek	ARG	15.0	15.20
4	793	Risto Syrjänen	FIN	15.4	15.63
5	544	Juan Lebrón	PUR	15.4	15.71
6	95	Fouad Yazgi	EGY	16.1	16.26

Heat #3

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1003	Jack Davis	USA	14.0	14.23	Q
2	327	Stanko Lorger	YUG	14.8	15.08	Q
3	401	Samuel Andersón	CUB	15.1	15.24
4	743	Wolfgang Troßbach	GER	15.1	15.24
5	975	Téofilo Davis	VEN	15.7	15.96
DNS	100	Sebastián Junqueras	ESP	–	–

Heat #4

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	26	Ken Doubleday	AUS	14.5	14.65	Q
2	189	Jack Parker	GBR	14.8	15.08	Q
3	355	Gordon Crosby	CAN	14.8	15.11
4	545	Teo Colón	PUR	15.2	15.48
DNS	378	Michail Michail	GRE	–	–
DNS	945	Imre Retezar	HUN	–	–

Heat #5

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	19	Ray Weinberg	AUS	14.4	14.62	Q
2	792	Väinö Suvivuo	FIN	14.9	15.21	Q
3	79	Jörn Gevert	CHI	15.2	15.44
DNS	922	Hakan Eper	TUR	–	–
DNS	60	Wilson Gomes	BRA	–	–

Heat #6

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1004	Art Barnard	USA	14.4	14.61	Q
2	188	Peter Hildreth	GBR	14.7	14.94	Q
3	310	Michitaka Kinami	JPN	15.0	15.31
4	159	Ingi Þorsteinsson	ISL	15.6	15.76
5	613	Jacques Dohen	FRA	15.7	16.02
6	405	Johnny Fonck	LUX	16.1	16.35

Semi-Finals

Date	24 July 1952 — 15:00
Format	Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time (automatic)	Time (hand)
1	1002	Harrison Dillard	USA	14.15	14.0	Q
2	1004	Art Barnard	USA	14.44	14.2	Q
3	1003	Jack Davis	USA	14.62	14.4	Q
4	432	Yevgeny Bulanchik	URS	14.70	14.5	Q
5	26	Ken Doubleday	AUS	14.74	14.5	Q
6	19	Ray Weinberg	AUS	14.99	14.6	Q
7	434	Sergey Popov	URS	15.04	14.7
8	327	Stanko Lorger	YUG	15.09	14.9
9	614	Edmond Roudnitska	FRA	15.15	14.9
10	188	Peter Hildreth	GBR	15.15	14.9
11	792	Väinö Suvivuo	FIN	15.31	14.9
12	189	Jack Parker	GBR	15.31	15.0

Heat #1

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1002	Harrison Dillard	USA	14.0	14.15	Q
2	1004	Art Barnard	USA	14.2	14.44	Q
3	26	Ken Doubleday	AUS	14.5	14.74	Q
4	434	Sergey Popov	URS	14.7	15.04
5	614	Edmond Roudnitska	FRA	14.9	15.15
6	188	Peter Hildreth	GBR	14.9	15.15

Heat #2

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1003	Jack Davis	USA	14.4	14.62	Q
2	432	Yevgeny Bulanchik	URS	14.5	14.70	Q
3	19	Ray Weinberg	AUS	14.6	14.99	Q
4	327	Stanko Lorger	YUG	14.9	15.09
5	792	Väinö Suvivuo	FIN	14.9	15.31
6	189	Jack Parker	GBR	15.0	15.31

Final Round

Date	24 July 1952 — 18:20

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	1002	Harrison Dillard	USA	13.7	13.91	OR
2	1003	Jack Davis	USA	13.7	14.00	=OR
3	1004	Art Barnard	USA	14.1	14.40
4	432	Yevgeny Bulanchik	URS	14.5	14.73
5	26	Ken Doubleday	AUS	14.7	14.82
6	19	Ray Weinberg	AUS	14.8	15.15