Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

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Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the Games of the V Olympiad
The winner, Fred Kelly.
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
DatesJuly 11 (heats, semifinals)
July 12 (final)
Competitors22 from 10 nations
Winning time15.1
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Fred Kelly
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) James Wendell
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Martin Hawkins
 United States
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The men's 110 metres hurdles was a

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

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

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

The records for the 110 metre hurdles coming into 1912 were 15.0 seconds, which were not matched during the 1912 Games.

World record  Forrest Smithson (USA) 15.0 London, United Kingdom 25 July 1908
Olympic record  Forrest Smithson (USA) 15.0 London, United Kingdom 25 July 1908

Schedule

Date Time Round
Thursday, 11 July 1912 9:30
16:15		 Round 1
Semifinals
Friday, 12 July 1912 15:00 Final

Results

Heats

All heats were held on Thursday, July 11, 1912.

Only two hurdlers were eliminated after the heats.

Heat 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 George Chisholm  United States 15.4 Q
2 Károly Solymár  Hungary 15.8 Q

Heat 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 John Eller  United States 16.0 Q
2 Gerard Anderson  Great Britain 18.6 Q

Heat 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Martin Hawkins  United States 16.1 Q
2 Géo André  France 16.8 Q

Heat 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Ferdinand Bie  Norway 16.2 Q
2 Valdemar Wickholm  Finland 16.6 Q

Heat 5

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Pablo Eitel  Chile 17.2 Q

Heat 6

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Marius Delaby  France 16.0 Q
2 Vaughn Blanchard  United States 16.0 Q
3 Alfredo Pagani  Italy Unknown

Heat 7

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Edwin Pritchard  United States 16.4 Q
2 Henry Blakeney  Great Britain 17.4 Q

Heat 8

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1
John Nicholson
  United States 15.5 Q
2
Daciano Colbacchini
  Italy 16.1 Q

Heat 9

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1
Fred Kelly
  United States 16.4 Q

Heat 10

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 John Case  United States 16.3 Q
2 Hermann von Bönninghausen  Germany 17.0 Q

Heat 11

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Kenneth Powell  Great Britain 15.6 Q
2 James Wendell  United States 15.7 Q
3 Frank Lukeman  Canada Unknown

Semifinals

All semifinals were held on Thursday, July 11, 1912.

Semifinal 1

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Kenneth Powell  Great Britain 15.6 Q
2 John Eller  United States 15.7
3 Ferdinand Bie  Norway 15.8
4 Pablo Eitel  Chile Unknown

Semifinal 2

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Martin Hawkins  United States 15.7 Q
2
Daciano Colbacchini
  Italy 16.0
3 Marius Delaby  France 16.2
— Károly Solymár  Hungary DNF

Semifinal 3

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1
John Nicholson
  United States 15.4 Q
2 Vaughn Blanchard  United States 15.7
3 Hermann von Bönninghausen  Germany 16.0

Semifinal 4

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 James Wendell  United States 15.5 Q
2 George Chisholm  United States 15.7
— Gerard Anderson  Great Britain DNF

Semifinal 5

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1
Fred Kelly
  United States 15.6 Q
2 Valdemar Wickholm  Finland 16.6
3 Henry Blakeney  Great Britain Unknown

Semifinal 6

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 John Case  United States 15.6 Q
2 Edwin Pritchard  United States 15.6
3 Géo André  France Unknown

Final

John Nicholson
fell and did not finish the race.

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
1
Fred Kelly
  United States 15.1
2 James Wendell  United States 15.2
3 Martin Hawkins  United States 15.3
4 John Case  United States 15.3
5 Kenneth Powell  Great Britain 15.5
—
John Nicholson
  United States DNF

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Official report, p. 61.
  3. ^ a b "110 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  4. ^ Official Report, pp. 371–73.

Notes

  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 1 January 2007.
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