Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

Men's 110 metres hurdles at the Games of the X Olympiad
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Dates	August 2 (heats and quarterfinals) August 3 (semifinals and final)
Medalists
George Saling United States   Percy Beard United States   Don Finlay Great Britain

Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeple		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The men's 110 metres hurdles hurdling event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place on August 2 and August 3 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Results

Heats

Four heats were held; the fastest three runners advanced to the semifinals round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Percy Beard	United States	14.7
2	Roland Harper	Great Britain	14.9
3	Erwin Wegner	Germany	15.1
4	Sylvio Padilha	Brazil	15.4

Heat Two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Don Finlay	Great Britain	14.8
2	George Saling	United States	15.0
3	Tatsuzo Fujita	Japan	15.1

Heat Three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Willi Welscher	Germany	14.8
2	Bengt Sjöstedt	Finland	14.9
3	Bunoo Sutton	India	15.1
4	Art Ravensdale	Canada	15.2
5	Antônio Giusfredi	Brazil	15.3
6	Federico Gamboa	Mexico	15.4

Heat Four

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jack Keller	United States	14.9
2	Khristos Mantikas	Greece	15.1
3	Lord Burghley	Great Britain	15.1
4	Roberto Sánchez	Mexico	15.7

Semifinals

Two heats were held; the fastest three runners advanced to the final round.

Heat One

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jack Keller	United States	14.5	OR
2	Lord Burghley	Great Britain	14.6
3	Don Finlay	Great Britain	14.6
4	Bunoo Sutton	India
5	Bengt Sjöstedt	Finland
6	Erwin Wegner	Germany

Heat Two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	George Saling	United States	14.4	=WR
2	Percy Beard	United States	14.6
3	Willi Welscher	Germany	14.8
4	Tatsuzo Fujita	Japan	14.8
5	Roland Harper	Great Britain	14.9
-	Khristos Mantikas	Greece		DQ

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	George Saling	United States	14.57
	Percy Beard	United States	14.69
	Don Finlay	Great Britain	14.74
4	Jack Keller	United States	14.81
5	Lord Burghley	Great Britain	14.83
-	Willi Welscher	Germany		DQ

Key: =WR = tied world record; OR = Olympic record; DQ = disqualified

References

• 1932 Summer Olympics results: Men's 110 metre hurdles, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; Retrieved 07-16-2010