Final 15:00 | time | L | 1. Sydney Atkinson | South Africa | 14.8s | 3 | 2. Steve Anderson | United States | 14.8s e | 4 | 3. John Collier | United States | 14.9s e | 2 | 4. Leighton Dye | United States | 15.0s e | 6 | 5. George Weightman-Smith | South Africa | 15.0s e | 1 | 6. Fred Gaby | Great Britain | 15.2s e | 5 |
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| Venue: Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam 31,600. 41 competitors from 24 nations. |
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World and Olympic Record: Earl Thomson, Canada 14.8s Antwerp, Belgium 18 August 1920 |
Weightman-Smith was fastest in the first round with 14.8, while six
others ran 15.0, and he was again quickest in the semis, this time run-
ning a world record 14.6. The first two heats saw Dye and Anderson
clock 14.8, with Sweden’s teenager Eric Wennström just eliminated
behind Gaby as both ran 14.9 behind Dye. Another Swede, former
world record holder Sten Pettersson also missed the final by one place.
Collier was fastest off the blocks in the final, with Atkinson just
behind him. Atkinson and Anderson soon went clear of Collier, while
Weightman-Smith was hindered by smacking a hurdle hard. In a desper-
ately close finish Atkinson edged Anderson by less than six inches, with
Dye a similarly slim margin clear of Weightman-Smith for fourth place.
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Semi-Finals - Tuesday, 31st July 16:50 | 3 Semis with 18 athletes. Best 2 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
Semi 1 | time | | 1. Leighton Dye | United States | 14.8s | Q | 2. Fred Gaby | Great Britain | 14.9s | Q | 3. Eric Wennström | Sweden | 14.9s | | 4. Hans Steinhardt | Germany | 15.3s | | 5. Johannes Viljoen | South Africa | 15.4s | | 6. Yoshio Miki | Japan | Unknown | |
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Semi 2 | time | | 1. Steve Anderson | United States | 14.8s | Q | 2. Sid Atkinson | South Africa | 14.9s | Q | 3. David, Lord Burghley | Great Britain | 15.0s | | 4. Bengt Sjöstedt | Finland | 15.1s | | 5. Robert Marchand | France | Unknown | | 6. Otakar Jandera | Czechoslovakia | Unknown | |
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Semi 3 | time | | 1. George Weightman-Smith | South Africa | 14.6s | Q, WR | 2. John Collier | United States | 14.8s | Q | 3. Sten Pettersson | Sweden | 15.0s | | 4. Carl Ring | United States | Unknown | | 5. Gabriel Sempé | France | Unknown | | 6. Bernard Lucas | Great Britain | Unknown | |
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Heats - Tuesday, 31st July 16:50 | 9 heats with 41 athletes. Best 2 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
Heat 1 | time | | 1. Gabriel Sempé | France | 15.0s | Q | 2. Otakar Jandera | Czechoslovakia | Unknown | Q | 3. Armand Lepaffe | Belgium | Unknown | | 4. Lothar Albrich | Romania | Unknown | | -. Valerio Vallania | Argentina | DSQ | |
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Heat 2 | time | | 1. Carl Ring | United States | 15.0s | Q | 2. Johannes Viljoen | South Africa | Unknown | Q | 3. Ludwig Wessely | Austria | Unknown | | 4. Arie Kaan | Netherlands | Unknown | | 5. Otto Schop | Romania | Unknown | |
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Heat 3 | time | | 1. George Weightman-Smith | South Africa | 14.8s | Q | 2. Robert Marchand | France | Unknown | Q | 3. Albert Andersson | Sweden | Unknown | | 4. Wilfred Kalaugher | New Zealand | Unknown | |
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Heat 4 | time | | 1. Steve Anderson | United States | 15.0s | Q | 2. Eric Wennström | Sweden | Unknown | Q | 3. Alister Clark | Ireland | Unknown | | 4. Douglas Neame | Great Britain | Unknown | |
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Heat 5 | time | | 1. Leighton Dye | United States | 15.0s | Q | 2. Sid Atkinson | South Africa | Unknown | Q | 3. Erik Kjellström | Sweden | Unknown | | 4. Arie van Leeuwen | Netherlands | Unknown | |
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Heat 6 | time | | 1. Bernard Lucas | Great Britain | 15.2s | Q | 2. Hans Steinhardt | Germany | Unknown | Q | 3. Alfredo Ugarte | Chile | Unknown | | 4. René Joannes-Powell | Belgium | Unknown | |
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Heat 7 | time | | 1. John Collier | United States | 15.0s | Q | 2. Bengt Sjöstedt | Finland | 15.0s | Q | 3. Giacomo Carlini | Italy | 15.9s | | 4. Jan Britstra | Netherlands | Unknown | |
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Heat 8 | time | | 1. Fred Gaby | Great Britain | 15.2s | Q | 2. Sten Pettersson | Sweden | Unknown | Q | 3. Alf Watson | Australia | Unknown | | 4. Evangelos Moiropoulos | Greece | 15.6s | | 5. Louis Lundgren | Denmark | 15.7s | | 6. Wojciech Trojanowski | Poland | 16.0s | |
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Heat 9 | time | | 1. Yoshio Miki | Japan | 15.4s | Q | 2. David, Lord Burghley | Great Britain | Unknown | Q | 3. Lau Spel | Netherlands | Unknown | | 4. Abdul Hamid S. | India | Unknown | | 5. José Palhares Costa | Portugal | Unknown | |
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