Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

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Men's 110 metres hurdles
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Left-right: Davis, Dillard, Barnard
VenueHelsinki Olympic Stadium
DatesJuly 23 (heats)
July 24 (semifinals, final)
Competitors30 from 20 nations
Winning time13.7 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Harrison Dillard
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jack Davis
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arthur Barnard
 United States
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The men's

1952 Summer Olympic Games took place July 23 and July 24. Thirty athletes from 20 nations competed.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was won by the American Harrison Dillard. Dillard's compatriots, Jack Davis and Arthur Barnard, took 2nd and 3rd place.[2]
It was the fourth of nine consecutive American victories, and the tenth overall gold medal for the United States in the 110 metres hurdles. It was also the second of four consecutive American podium sweeps, and the sixth overall sweep by the United States in the event.

Summary

This was the completion of the fabled story.

US Olympic Trials four years earlier, but succeeded in qualifying in a secondary event, the 100 meters, which he then won at the 1948 Olympics. After the long wait, this was his second chance to run the hurdles. American World Record holder Dick Attlesey
had suffered career ending injuries earlier in the season and was not here. Dillard equalled the Olympic record of 13.9 in the first heat.

In the final,

fully automatic timing showed Dillard with a 13.91 and Davis with a 14.00. Barnard finished 4 tenths of a second later, another 4 tenths of a second faster than the rest of the world. This was the sixth time USA has swept
the 110 metres hurdles. They would do it again in the next two Olympics for a total of eight.

Background

This was the 12th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. None of the finalists from 1948 returned.

Jack Davis, however, completed an American team that once again was deep and expected to make a run for a podium sweep.[1]

Cuba, Egypt, Iceland, Luxembourg, the Soviet Union, and Venezuela each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its 12th appearance, the only nation to have competed in the 110 metres hurdles in each Games to that point.

Competition format

The competition used the basic three-round format introduced in 1908. The first round consisted of six heats, with 5 or 6 hurdlers each (before withdrawals; heat 5, for example, had only three starters). The top two hurdlers in each heat advanced to the semifinals. The 12 semifinalists were divided into two semifinals of 6 hurdlers each; the top three hurdlers in each advanced to the 6-man final.[1][3]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1952 Summer Olympics.

World record  
Richard Attlesey
 (USA)		 13.5 Helsinki, Finland 10 July 1950
Olympic record  William Porter (USA) 13.9 London, United Kingdom 4 August 1948

Jack Davis
were both officially clocked at 13.7 seconds.

Schedule

All times are

UTC+3
)

Date Time Round
Wednesday, 23 July 1952 15:00 Round 1
Thursday, 24 July 1952 15:00
18:20		 Semifinals
Final

Results

Round 1

The first round was held on July 23. The two fastest runners from each heat qualified to the semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (auto) Notes
1 2 Harrison Dillard  United States 13.9 14.03 Q, =OR
2 3
Sergey Popov
  Soviet Union 14.8 14.99 Q
3 6 Olivier Bernard  Switzerland 15.1 15.29
4 1 Erdal Barkay  Turkey 15.2 15.34
5 4 Edmundo Ohaco  Chile 15.4 15.61
6 5 Olli Alho  Finland 15.4 15.63

Heat 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (auto) Notes
1 4 Yevhen Bulanchyk  Soviet Union 14.4 14.65 Q
2 6 Edmond Roudnitska  France 14.9 15.11 Q
3 3 Estanislao Kocourek  Argentina 15.0 15.20
4 2 Risto Syrjänen  Finland 15.4 15.63
5 1 Juan Lebrón  Puerto Rico 15.4 15.71
6 5 Fouad Yazgi  Egypt 16.1 16.26

Heat 3

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (auto) Notes
1 3
Jack Davis
  United States 14.0 14.23 Q
2 6 Stanko Lorger  Yugoslavia 14.8 15.08 Q
3 1 Samuel Anderson  Cuba 15.1 15.24
4 4 Wolfgang Troßbach  Germany 15.1 15.24
5 2
Téofilo Davis
  Venezuela 15.7 15.96
— 5 Sebastián Junqueras  Spain DNS —

Heat 4

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (auto) Notes
1 4 Ken Doubleday  Australia 14.5 14.65 Q
2 6 Jack Parker  Great Britain 14.8 15.08 Q
3 2 Gordon Crosby  Canada 14.8 15.11
4 5 Téofilo Colón  Puerto Rico 15.2 15.48
— 1 Mikhail Mikhail  Greece DNS —
3 Imre Retezar  Hungary DNS —

Heat 5

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (auto) Notes
1 3 Ray Weinberg  Australia 14.4 14.62 Q
2 5 Väinö Suvivuo  Finland 14.9 15.21 Q
3 4 Jörn Gevert  Chile 15.2 15.44
— 2 Hakan Eper  Turkey DNS —
1 Wilson Carneiro  Brazil DNS —

Heat 6

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (auto) Notes
1 6 Arthur Barnard  United States 14.4 14.61 Q
2 4 Peter Hildreth  Great Britain 14.7 14.94 Q
3 5 Michitaka Kinami  Japan 15.0 15.31
4 2 Ingi Þorsteinsson  Iceland 15.6 15.76
5 1 Jacques Dohen  France 15.7 16.02
6 3 Johny Fonck  Luxembourg 16.1 16.35

Semifinals

The semifinals were held on July 24. The three fastest runners advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (auto) Notes
1 4 Harrison Dillard  United States 14.0 14.15 Q
2 6 Arthur Barnard  United States 14.2 14.44 Q
3 5 Ken Doubleday  Australia 14.5 14.74 Q
4 1
Sergey Popov
  Soviet Union 14.7 15.04
5 3 Edmond Roudnitska  France 14.9 15.15
6 2 Peter Hildreth  Great Britain 14.9 15.15

Heat 2

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (auto) Notes
1 3
Jack Davis
  United States 14.4 14.62 Q
2 1 Yevhen Bulanchyk  Soviet Union 14.4 14.70 Q
3 6 Ray Weinberg  Australia 14.6 14.99 Q
4 5 Stanko Lorger  Yugoslavia 14.9 15.09
5 4 Väinö Suvivuo  Finland 14.9 15.31
6 2 Jack Parker  Great Britain 15.0 15.31

Final

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Time (hand) Time (auto) Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Harrison Dillard  United States 13.7 13.91 OR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1
Jack Davis
  United States 13.7 14.00 OR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Arthur Barnard  United States 14.1 14.40
4 2 Yevhen Bulanchyk  Soviet Union 14.5 14.73
5 3 Ken Doubleday  Australia 14.7 14.82
6 6 Ray Weinberg  Australia 14.8 15.15

References

  1. ^ a b c "110 metres Hurdles, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's 110 metres Hurdles". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 294.
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