| Host City: Berlin, Germany |
Format: Top three in each heat advanced to the final. |
| Date Started: August 5, 1936 |
Format: Top two in each heat advanced to the semi-finals. |
| Date Finished: August 6, 1936 |
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| (Competitors: 31; Countries: 20; Finalists: 6) |
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Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Imperial Sports Field, Berlin
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| Overview by IAAF |
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| 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 hurdle, 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. |
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| Summary by Sports-reference.com |
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| The favorites were Forrest "Spec" Towns and Frederick )Fritz) Pollard, both of the USA. Towns had run 14.1 four times earlier in 1936, winning the NCAAs with that time. In the final, Pollard had the fastest start but was caught by Towns at the third hurdle who won quite easily. The 1932 bronze medalist, Don Finlay, closed fast to nip Pollard for the silver medal. A few weeks later, as a meet in the Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Towns shattered the world record with 13.7. |
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Results |
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| 110 m Hurdles |
Men |
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Final |
6 August |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
14.2 |
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Forrest Towns |
United States |
USA |
22 |
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| 2 |
14.4 |
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Don Finlay |
Great Britain |
GBR |
27 |
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| 3 |
14.4 |
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Fritz Pollard |
United States |
USA |
21 |
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| 4 |
14.4 |
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Håkan Lidman |
Sweden |
SWE |
21 |
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| 5 |
14.7 |
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John Thornton |
Great Britain |
GBR |
25 |
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| 6 |
14.8 |
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Larry O'Connor |
Canada |
CAN |
19 |
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| 110 m Hurdles |
Men |
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Semi-Finals Heat One |
6 August |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
14.1 |
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Forrest Towns |
United States |
USA |
22 |
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| 2 |
14.5 |
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Håkan Lidman |
Sweden |
SWE |
21 |
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| 3 |
14.7 |
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John Thornton |
Great Britain |
GBR |
25 |
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| 4 |
14.8 |
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Roy Staley |
United States |
USA |
21 |
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| 5 |
15.1 |
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Tadashi Murakami |
Japan |
JPN |
23 |
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| 6 |
15.6 |
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Juan Lavenás |
Argentina |
ARG |
21 |
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| 110 m Hurdles |
Men |
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Semi-Finals Heat Two |
6 August |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
14.5 |
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Don Finlay |
Great Britain |
GBR |
27 |
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| 2 |
14.6 |
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Fritz Pollard |
United States |
USA |
21 |
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| 3 |
15.0 |
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Larry O'Connor |
Canada |
CAN |
19 |
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| 4 |
15.2 |
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Vane Ivanović |
Yugoslavia |
YUG |
23 |
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| 5 |
15.3 |
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Erwin Wegner |
Germany |
GER |
27 |
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| 6 |
15.6 |
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Tom Lavery |
South Africa |
RSA |
24 |
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| 110 m Hurdles |
Men |
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Round One Heat One |
5 August |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
15.0 |
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Tom Lavery |
South Africa |
RSA |
24 |
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| 2 |
15.1 |
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Larry O'Connor |
Canada |
CAN |
19 |
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| 3 |
15.2 |
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Khristos Mantikas |
Greece |
GRE |
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| 4 |
15.3 |
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Svend Aage Thomsen |
Denmark |
DEN |
25 |
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Juul Bosmans |
Belgium |
BEL |
22 |
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Yasuharu Furuta |
Japan |
JPN |
21 |
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| 110 m Hurdles |
Men |
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Round One Heat Two |
5 August |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
14.7 |
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Fritz Pollard |
United States |
USA |
21 |
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| 2 |
15.0 |
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John Thornton |
Great Britain |
GBR |
25 |
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| 3 |
15.1 |
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Johann Langmayr |
Austria |
AUT |
25 |
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| 4 |
15.2 |
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Willi Welscher |
Germany |
GER |
30 |
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Huang Yingjie |
China |
CHN |
24 |
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| 110 m Hurdles |
Men |
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Round One Heat Three |
5 August |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
14.7 |
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Don Finlay |
Great Britain |
GBR |
27 |
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| 2 |
15.3 |
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Tadashi Murakami |
Japan |
JPN |
23 |
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| 3 |
15.6 |
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Jim Worrall |
Canada |
CAN |
22 |
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Darcy Guimarães |
Brazil |
BRA |
21 |
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Ludvík Kománek |
Czechoslovakia |
TCH |
26 |
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| 110 m Hurdles |
Men |
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Round One Heat Four |
5 August |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
15.0 |
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Roy Staley |
United States |
USA |
21 |
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| 2 |
15.1 |
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Juan Lavenás |
Argentina |
ARG |
21 |
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| 3 |
15.5 |
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Ashleigh Pilbrow |
Great Britain |
GBR |
24 |
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Ioannis Skiadas |
Greece |
GRE |
23 |
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Lin Shaozhou |
China |
CHN |
27 |
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| 110 m Hurdles |
Men |
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Round One Heat Five |
5 August |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
14.5 |
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Forrest Towns |
United States |
USA |
22 |
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| 2 |
15.1 |
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Erwin Wegner |
Germany |
GER |
27 |
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| 3 |
15.3 |
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Ernst Leitner |
Austria |
AUT |
23 |
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René Kunz |
Switzerland |
SUI |
25 |
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Kotaro Shimizu |
Japan |
JPN |
25 |
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| 110 m Hurdles |
Men |
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Round One Heat Six |
5 August |
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Mark |
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Athlete |
Country |
NOC |
Age |
Records |
Notes |
| 1 |
14.9 |
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Håkan Lidman |
Sweden |
SWE |
21 |
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| 2 |
15.1 |
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Vane Ivanović |
Yugoslavia |
YUG |
23 |
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| 3 |
15.1 |
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Gianni Caldana |
Italy |
ITA |
22 |
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| 4 |
15.1 |
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Alf Watson |
Australia |
AUS |
29 |
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Miguel White |
Philippines |
PHI |
26 |
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