Men 110m Hurdles Athletics IX Olympic Games Amsterdam, Netherlands 1928 - Wednesday, 1st August - Gold Medal: Sydney Atkinson, South Africa

Men 110m Hurdles Athletics IX Olympic Games Amsterdam, Netherlands 1928 - Wednesday, 1st August - Gold Medal: Sydney Atkinson, South Africa

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

world Men 110m Hurdles History

Venue: Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam 31,600. 41 competitors from 24 nations.

Round	H	Ath	Date
Semi-Finals	3	18	31.07
Heats	9	41	31.07

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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