Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

Men's 110 metres hurdles at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Venue	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
Dates	July 8 (quarterfinals and semifinals) July 9 (final)
Competitors	28 from 15 nations
Medalists
Daniel Kinsey  United States Sydney Atkinson 23x15px South Africa Sten Pettersson  Sweden

Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men
4×400 m relay		men
3000 m team race		men
10 km walk		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon	men
Decathlon	men
Cross-country events
Individual	men
Team	men

The men's 110 metres hurdles event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 8, 1924 and on Wednesday, July 9, 1924.

Twenty-eight hurdlers from 15 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1924 Summer Olympics.

World Record	14.8	Earl Thomson	Antwerp (BEL)	August 18, 1920
Olympic Record	14.8	Earl Thomson	Antwerp (BEL)	August 18, 1920

Results

Round 1

All heats were held on Tuesday, July 8, 1924.

The best two finishers of every heat qualified for the semi-finals. Heat seven saw a walkover as only one competitor qualified for the next round.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	George Guthrie (USA)	15.8	Q
2	Otakar Jandera (TCH)	16.0	Q
3	Leopold Partridge (GBR)
4	Tibor Püspöki (HUN)
5	Alberto Byington (BRA)

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Sten Pettersson (SWE)	15.6	Q
2	Eric Harrison (GBR)		Q
3	Alfredo Ugarte (CHI)

Heat 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Fred Gaby (GBR)	15.6	Q
2	Oscar van Rappard (NED)		Q
3	Victor Moriaud (SUI)
4	22x20px Warren Montabone (CAN)

Heat 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Henri Thorsen (DEN)	16.0	Q
2	Willi Moser (SUI)		Q
—	Henri Bernard (FRA)	DNF

Heat 5

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Daniel Kinsey (USA)	15.4	Q
2	Gabriel Sempé (FRA)	15.6	Q
3	22x20px Sydney Pierce (CAN)	16.2
4	Ioannis Talianos (GRE)	16.3
5	C. K. Lakshmanan (IND)	16.4

Heat 6

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Carl-Axel Christiernsson (SWE)	15.6	Q
2	Gilbert Allart (FRA)	16.2	Q
3	Louis Lundgren (DEN)

Heat 7

Johnson had a walkover.

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Pitch Johnson (USA)	16.6	Q

Heat 8

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	22x20px Sydney Atkinson (RSA)	15.2	Q
2	Karl Anderson (USA)	15.4	Q
3	David Burghley (GBR)
4	László Muskát (HUN)

Semifinals

All semi-finals were held on Tuesday, July 8, 1924.

The best two finishers of every heat qualified for the final.

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Daniel Kinsey (USA)	15.4	Q
2	Sten Pettersson (SWE)	15.6	Q
3	Pitch Johnson (USA)	15.8
4	Oscar van Rappard (NED)
5	Gilbert Allart (FRA)	16.2

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Carl-Axel Christiernsson (SWE)	15.4	Q
2	Karl Anderson (USA)	15.4	Q
3	Fred Gaby (GBR)	15.7
4	Otakar Jandera (TCH)
5	Willi Moser (SUI)	16.1

Semifinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	George Guthrie (USA)	15.2	Q
2	22x20px Sydney Atkinson (RSA)	15.2	Q
3	Gabriel Sempé (FRA)	15.3
4	Eric Harrison (GBR)	15.7
5	Henri Thorsen (DEN)	15.7

Final

The final was held on Wednesday, July 9, 1924. George Guthrie finished third, but was disqualified for knocking over three hurdles, which was not in accordance with the rules in force at that time.

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Daniel Kinsey (USA)	15.0
2	22x20px Sydney Atkinson (RSA)	15.0
3	Sten Pettersson (SWE)	15.4
4	Carl-Axel Christiernsson (SWE)	15.5
5	Karl Anderson (USA)
—	George Guthrie (USA)	DSQ

References

• Olympic Report
• sports-reference