Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's 110 metre hurdles

The men's 110 metre hurdles was the only hurdling event on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. The preliminary heats were the first track event of the day on 7 April. Eight competitors ran in two heats of four runners each. Only the fastest two runners in each heat advanced to the final.

Medallists

Two Americans finished at the top of this heat, with Thomas Curtis advancing to the final with a time of 18 seconds. Hoyt was second.

Athanasios Skaltsogiannis of Greece and Kurt Dörry of Germany also competed, though their final positions are not recorded.

Final

The final 110 metres hurdle race was run on 10 April. Only two athletes competed, and their times were within a tenth of a second. Thomas Curtis of the United States won a tight race. Goulding led at the final hurdle, being a better hurdler, but Curtis was faster in the straight and passed the Briton to win by inches.

Reichel was unable to compete in the final as he was serving as an assistant to Albin Lermusiaux in the marathon. Hoyt was preparing for the pole vault.

References

* (Digitally available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf AAFLA.org] )
* (Excerpt available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf AAFLA.org] )
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