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110 metres Hurdles, Men

Date	3 – 4 August 1948
Status	Olympic
Location	Empire Stadium, Wembley, London
Participants	28 from 18 countries

The top hurdler in the world was easily Harrison Dillard, who was a prohibitive favorite as the US Olympic Trials approached. But he fell in the Trials and did not make the team. Fortunately for him, he then ran the 100 in the Trials, made the team and would win the gold medal in that event. In his absence, the US team was still dominant, sweeping the medals, led by Bill Porter, who won comfortably over Clyde Scott, with bronze medalist Craig Dixon a full half-second clear of fourth-placed Alberto Triulzi (ARG).

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	SF	Final
1	318	Bill Porter	USA	14.3 (1 h1)	14.1 (1 h2)	13.9 (1)	Gold	OR
2	319	Clyde Scott	USA	14.8 (1 h2)	14.2 (2 h2)	14.1 (2)	Silver
3	317	Craig Dixon	USA	14.2 (1 h6)	14.2 (1 h1)	14.1 (3)	Bronze
4	291	Alberto Triulzi	ARG	14.6 (1 h3)	14.6 (3 h2)	14.6 (4)
5	292	Peter Gardner	AUS	14.6 (2 h3)	14.5 (2 h1)	14.7est (5)
6	312	Håkan Lidman	SWE	14.7 (2 h4)	14.6 (3 h1)	14.8est (6)
4 h1 r2/3	7	Pol Braekman	BEL	15.2 (2 h1)	– (4 h1)	–
4 h2 r2/3	305	Jim Vickers	IND	14.7 (1 h4)	– (4 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/3	314	Olivier Bernard	SUI	14.9 (2 h5)	– (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r2/3	294	Ray Weinberg	AUS	15.0 (2 h6)	– (5 h2)	–
6 h2 r2/3	297	Hugues Frayer	FRA	15.5 (2 h2)	– (6 h2)	–
AC h1 r2/3	296	André Marie	FRA	14.9 (1 h5)	– (DNF h1)	–
3 h1 r1/3	295	Mario Recordón	CHI	15.3 (3 h1)	–	–
3 h2 r1/3	313	Börje Rendin	SWE	15.5 (3 h2)	–	–
3 h3 r1/3	311	Manuel Suárez	ESP	15.9 (3 h3)	–	–
3 h4 r1/3	310	Julio Sabater	PUR	15.3 (3 h4)	–	–
3 h5 r1/3	306	Sidney Foster	JAM	15.1 (3 h5)	–	–
3 h6 r1/3	298	Gilbert Omnès	FRA	15.2 (3 h6)	–	–
4 h1 r1/3	299	Ray Barkway	GBR	15.3 (4 h1)	–	–
4 h2 r1/3	303	Lazaros Petropoulakis	GRE	– (4 h2)	–	–
4 h3 r1/3	300	Joe Birrell	GBR	– (4 h3)	–	–
4 h4 r1/3	304	Jan Zwaan	NED	15.4est (4 h4)	–	–
4 h6 r1/3	308	Hernán Alzamora	PER	– (4 h6)	–	–
5 h1 r1/3	316	Erdal Barkay	TUR	– (5 h1)	–	–
5 h3 r1/3	302	Paul Crosfield	GRE	– (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r1/3	293	Charles Green	AUS	15.4est (5 h4)	–	–
5 h6 r1/3	307	Mazhar-Ul-Haque Khan	PAK	– (5 h6)	–	–
AC h5 r1/3	301	Don Finlay	GBR	– (DNF h5)	–	–
DNS	315	Mustapha Batman	TUR	– (DNS h2)	–	–
DNS	309	Santiago Ferrando	PER	– (DNS h5)	–	–

Round One

Date	3 August 1948 — 15:45
Format	Top two in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Wind	1.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	318	Bill Porter	USA	14.3	14.5	Q
2	7	Pol Braekman	BEL	15.2	15.33	Q
3	295	Mario Recordón	CHI	15.3	15.55		1
4	299	Ray Barkway	GBR	15.3	15.53		2
5	316	Erdal Barkay	TUR	–	–

Heat #2

Wind	0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	319	Clyde Scott	USA	14.8	14.8	Q
2	297	Hugues Frayer	FRA	15.5	–	Q
3	313	Börje Rendin	SWE	15.5	–
4	303	Lazaros Petropoulakis	GRE	–	–
DNS	315	Mustapha Batman	TUR	–	–

Heat #3

Wind	1.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	291	Alberto Triulzi	ARG	14.6	14.7	Q
2	292	Peter Gardner	AUS	14.6	14.83	Q
3	311	Manuel Suárez	ESP	15.9	16.10
4	300	Joe Birrell	GBR	–	17.29
5	302	Paul Crosfield	GRE	–	17.30

Heat #4

Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	305	Jim Vickers	IND	14.7	14.9	Q
2	312	Håkan Lidman	SWE	14.7	–	Q
3	310	Julio Sabater	PUR	15.3	–
4	304	Jan Zwaan	NED	15.4est	–
5	293	Charles Green	AUS	15.4est	–

Heat #5

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	296	André Marie	FRA	14.9	15.0	Q
2	314	Olivier Bernard	SUI	14.9	–	Q
3	306	Sidney Foster	JAM	15.1	–
DNF	301	Don Finlay	GBR	–	–
DNS	309	Santiago Ferrando	PER	–	–

Heat #6

Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	317	Craig Dixon	USA	14.2	14.4	Q
2	294	Ray Weinberg	AUS	15.0	–	Q
3	298	Gilbert Omnès	FRA	15.2	–
4	308	Hernán Alzamora	PER	–	–
5	307	Mazhar-Ul-Haque Khan	PAK	–	–

Semi-Finals

Date	4 August 1948 — 15:15
Format	Top three in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Wind	0.9 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	317	Craig Dixon	USA	14.2	14.4	Q
2	292	Peter Gardner	AUS	14.5	14.78	Q
3	312	Håkan Lidman	SWE	14.6	14.84	Q
4	7	Pol Braekman	BEL	–	15.22
5	314	Olivier Bernard	SUI	–	–
DNF	296	André Marie	FRA	–	–

Heat #2

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	318	Bill Porter	USA	14.1	14.2	QOR
2	319	Clyde Scott	USA	14.2	14.2	Q
3	291	Alberto Triulzi	ARG	14.6	14.76	Q
4	305	Jim Vickers	IND	–	15.09
5	294	Ray Weinberg	AUS	–	15.27
6	297	Hugues Frayer	FRA	–	15.35

Final Round

Date	4 August 1948 — 17:00
Wind	<0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	318	Bill Porter	USA	13.9	14.2	OR
2	319	Clyde Scott	USA	14.1	14.24
3	317	Craig Dixon	USA	14.1	14.29
4	291	Alberto Triulzi	ARG	14.6	14.71
5	292	Peter Gardner	AUS	14.7est	14.79
6	312	Håkan Lidman	SWE	14.8est	14.86