Men 110m Hurdles Athletics XI Olympic Games Berlin, Germany 1936 - Thursday, 06 August - Gold Medal: Forrest Towns, United States
Final 17:45timeL
1. Forrest TownsUSA United States14.2s2
2. Don FinlayGBR Great Britain14.4s1
3. Fritz Pollard, Jr.USA United States14.4s6
4. Lidman HåkanSWE Sweden14.4s3
5. John ThorntonGBR Great Britain14.7s4
6. Larry O'ConnorCAn Canada14.8s5

world Men 110m Hurdles History

Venue: Olympiastadion, Charlottenburg, Berlin. Capp.: 100,000.
31 competitors from 20 nations.
RoundHAthldate
Semi-Finals21206.08
Heats63104.08

Semi-Finals - Thursday 06.08 15:00

First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final
Semi 1time
1. Forrest TownsUSA United States14.1sQ,
2. Lidman HåkanSWE Sweden14.5sQ
3. John ThorntonGBR Great Britain14.7s
4. Roy StaleyUSA United States14.8s
5. Tadashi MurakamiJPN Japan15.1s
6. Juan LavenásARG Argentina15.6s
Semi 2time
1. Don FinlayGBR Great Britain14.5sQ
2. Fritz Pollard, Jr.USA United States14.6sQ
3. Larry O'ConnorCAn Canada15.0s
4. Vane IvanovićYUG Yugoslavia15.2s
5. Erwin WegnerGEr Germany15.3s
6. Tom LaveryZAF South Africa15.6s
Towns, who had run 14.1 four times before the Games, and Fritz Pollard, the first world class black hurdler, were favourites for the gold and silver. Towns was fastest in both preliminary rounds, clocking 14.5 and then 14.1 to equal his world record. Lidman ran 14.5 behind Towns, a time emulated by Finlay in winning the other semi, just ahead of Pollard after the American had led for most of the race. In the final Pollard got a superb start and led Towns by half a metre at the second hurdle, which he hit. Towns caught him at the third hur- dle, and went clear for good. Pollard was still second at the 10th hurdle, but hit it, and lost the silver to Finlay on the run-in, with Lidman inches behind in fourth place. Towns went on to run 13.7 three weeks later.

Heats - Tuesday 04.08 16:30

First 2 from each Heat advanced to Semi-Finals.
Heat 1time
1. Tom LaveryZAF South Africa15.0sQ
2. Larry O'ConnorCAn Canada15.1sQ
3. Khristos MantikasGRe Greece15.2s
4. Svend Aage ThomsenDEN Denmark15.3s
5. Juul BosmansBEL BelgiumUnknown
6. Yasuharu FurutaJPN JapanUnknown
Heat 2time
1. Fritz Pollard, Jr.USA United States14.7sQ
2. John ThorntonGBR Great Britain15.0sQ
3. Johann LangmayrAUT Austria15.1s
4. Willi WelscherGEr Germany15.2s
5. Huang YingjieCHn Rep. China16.9s
Heat 3time
1. Don FinlayGBR Great Britain14.7sQ
2. Tadashi MurakamiJPN Japan15.3sQ
3. Jim WorrallCAn Canada15.6s
4. Darcy GuimarãesBRA BrazilUnknown
5. Ludvík KománekTCH CzechoslovakiaUnknown
Heat 4time
1. Roy StaleyUSA United States15.0sQ
2. Juan LavenásARG Argentina15.1sQ
3. Ashleigh PilbrowGBR Great Britain15.5s
4. Ioannis SkiadasGRe GreeceUnknown
5. Lin ShaozhouCHn Rep. China15.7s
Heat 5time
1. Forrest TownsUSA United States14.5sQ
2. Erwin WegnerGEr Germany15.1sQ
3. Ernst LeitnerAUT Austria15.3s
4. René KunzSUI SwitzerlandUnknown
5. Kotaro ShimizuJPN JapanUnknown
Heat 6time
1. Lidman HåkanSWE Sweden14.9sQ
2. Vane IvanovićYUG Yugoslavia15.1sQ
3. Gianni CaldanaITA Italy15.1s
4. Alf WatsonAUS Australia15.1s
5. Miguel WhitePHI PhilippinesUnknown
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