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Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games:
Men's 110 metres Hurdles
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Host City: Berlin, Germany
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Imperial Sports Field, Berlin
Date Started: August 5, 1936
Date Finished: August 6, 1936
| Gold: |  Forrest Towns |
| Silver: |  Don Finlay |
| Bronze: | Fritz Pollard |
Summary
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.
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forrest Towns | 22 | United States | USA | Gold | |
| 2 | Don Finlay | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | Silver | |
| 3 | Fritz Pollard | 21 | United States | USA | Bronze | |
| 4 | Håkan Lidman | 21 | Sweden | SWE | ||
| 5 | John Thornton | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 6 | Larry O'Connor | 19 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 4 h1 r2/3 | Roy Staley | 21 | United States | USA | ||
| 4 h2 r2/3 | Vane Ivanović | 23 | Yugoslavia | YUG | ||
| 5 h1 r2/3 | Tadashi Murakami | 23 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 5 h2 r2/3 | Erwin Wegner | 27 | Germany | GER | ||
| 6 h1 r2/3 | Juan Lavenás | 21 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 6 h2 r2/3 | Tom Lavery | 24 | South Africa | RSA | ||
| 3 h1 r1/3 | Khristos Mantikas | Greece | GRE | |||
| 3 h2 r1/3 | Johann Langmayr | 25 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 3 h3 r1/3 | Jim Worrall | 22 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 3 h4 r1/3 | Ashleigh Pilbrow | 24 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 3 h5 r1/3 | Ernst Leitner | 23 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 3 h6 r1/3 | Gianni Caldana | 22 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 4 h1 r1/3 | Svend Aage Thomsen | 25 | Denmark | DEN | ||
| 4 h2 r1/3 | Willi Welscher | 30 | Germany | GER | ||
| 4 h3 r1/3 | Darcy Guimarães | 21 | Brazil | BRA | ||
| 4 h4 r1/3 | Ioannis Skiadas | 23 | Greece | GRE | ||
| 4 h5 r1/3 | René Kunz | 25 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 4 h6 r1/3 | Alf Watson | 29 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 5 h1 r1/3 | Juul Bosmans | 22 | Belgium | BEL | ||
| 5 h2 r1/3 | Huang Yingjie | 24 | China | CHN | ||
| 5 h3 r1/3 | Ludvík Kománek | 26 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 5 h4 r1/3 | Lin Shaozhou | 27 | China | CHN | ||
| 5 h5 r1/3 | Kotaro Shimizu | 25 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 5 h6 r1/3 | Miguel White | 26 | Philippines | PHI | ||
| 6 h1 r1/3 | Yasuharu Furuta | 21 | Japan | JPN |
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