Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

Men's 110 metres hurdles at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue	Olympisch Stadion
Dates	August 17–18
Competitors	24 from 15 nations
Medalists
Earl Thomson   Canada   Harold Barron   United States   Feg Murray   United States

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Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men
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3000 m team race		men
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The men's 110 metres hurdles event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, August 17, 1920 and on Wednesday, August 18, 1920.

24 runners from 15 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1920 Summer Olympics.

World Record	15.0	Forrest Smithson	London (GBR)	July 25, 1908
Olympic Record	15.0	Forrest Smithson	London (GBR)	July 25, 1908

In the two semi-final runs Harold Barron and Earl Thomson equaled the standing world and Olympic record with 15.0 seconds. In the final Earl Thomson set a new world record with 14.8 seconds.

Results

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Daciano Colbacchini (ITA)	15.6	Q
2	Harry Wilson (NZL)	15.8	Q
3	Georg Lindström (SWE)	15.9
4	Wilfred Kent-Hughes (AUS)

Quarterfinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Harold Barron (USA)	15.2	Q
2	Earl Thomson (CAN)	15.4	Q
3	Gösta Holmér (SWE)
4	František Marek (TCH)

Quarterfinal 3

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Feg Murray (USA)	15.8	Q
2	George Gray (GBR)		Q
3	Henri Bernard (FRA)
4	René Joannes-Powell (BEL)
5	Dimitrios Andronidas (GRE)

Quarterfinal 4

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Henri Thorsen (DEN)	16.8	Q
2	William Hunter (GBR)		Q
—	Willi Moser (SUI)	DNF

Quarterfinal 5

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	William Yount (USA)	15.6	Q
2	Göran Hultin (SWE)		Q
3	Harold Jeppe (RSA)
4	Adolf Reich (TCH)

Quarterfinal 6

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Walker Smith (USA)	15.8	Q
2	Carl-Axel Christiernsson (SWE)		Q
3	Oscar van Rappard (NED)
4	Eric Dunbar (GBR)

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Harold Barron (USA)	15.0	Q =WR
2	Walker Smith (USA)	15.2	Q
3	Harry Wilson (NZL)	15.3	Q
4	Henri Thorsen (DEN)
5	William Hunter (GBR)
6	Göran Hultin (SWE)

Semifinal 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Earl Thomson (CAN)	15.0	Q =WR
2	Feg Murray (USA)	15.2	Q
3	Carl-Axel Christiernsson (SWE)	15.2	Q
4	George Gray (GBR)
5	William Yount (USA)
6	Daciano Colbacchini (ITA)

Final

The final was held on Wednesday, August 18, 1920.

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Earl Thomson (CAN)	14.8 WR
2	Harold Barron (USA)	15.1
3	Feg Murray (USA)	15.1
4	Harry Wilson (NZL)	15.2
5	Walker Smith (USA)	15.3
6	Carl-Axel Christiernsson (SWE)	15.3

References

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French). 
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 16 August 2007.