Men 110m Hurdles Athletics I Olympic Games Athens, Greece 1896 - Tuesday, 7th April (26th March)

Men 110m Hurdles Athletics I Olympic Games Athens, Greece 1896 - Tuesday, 7th April (26th March) - Gold Medal: Thomas Curtis, United States

Final		time
1. Thomas Curtis	United States	17.6s	OR
2. Grantley Goulding	Great Britain	17.7s
-. William Hoyt	United States	DNS
-. Alajos Szokolyi	Hungary	DNS

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Venue: Panathenaic Stadium 40,000.

9 competitors from 6 nations.

Heats

The heats were won by Goulding in 18.4 from Alajos Szokolyi (HUN), and by Curtis (18.0) from William Hoyt (USA). The Slovak-born Hungarian (aka Alojz Szokol) didn’t appear for the final, and Hoyt decided to concentrate on the pole vault, which he won. Curtis started faster than Goulding and was quicker between the hurdles, but Goulding’s better technique over the very solid barriers got him to the 10th hurdle in the lead. Curtis’s speed told on the run-in, and he got to the line just under half a metre ahead.

Heats - ------, -th April (--th March)

First 2 from each Heat advanced to Final.

Heat 1

Ranking		time
1. Grantley Goulding	Great Britain	18.4s	Q, OR
2. Alajos Szokolyi	Hungary	Unknown	Q.
3. Frantz Reichel	France	Unknown	.
4. Anastasios Andreou	Greece	Unknown	.

Heat 2

Ranking		time
1. Thomas Curtis	United States	18.0	Q, OR
2. William Hoyt	United States	Unknown	Q
3-4. Kurt Doerry	Germany	Unknown
3-4. Athanasios Skaltsogiannis	Greece	Unknown

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