Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's 110 metre hurdles
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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
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
 Thomas Curtis United States |
Grantley Goulding | None |
Results
Heats
The heats were held on 7 April. The top two placers in each of the two heats advanced to the final.
Heat 1
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grantley Goulding |
Great Britain | 18.4 seconds
|
| 2 | Frantz Reichel |
France | Unknown
|
| 3 | Alojz Sokol |  Hungary
| Unknown
|
| 4 | Anastasios Andreou |
Greece | Unknown |
Grantley Goulding of Great Britain finished first, in a time of 18.4 seconds. Szokolyi hit the last hurdle and stumbled, allowing Reichel to pass him and finish second.
Heat 2
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Curtis | United States
| 18.4 seconds
|
| 2 | Welles Hoyt | United States
| Unknown
|
| 3-4 | Kurt Dörry |
Germany | Unknown
|
| Athanasios Skaltsogiannis |
Greece | Unknown |
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
| Place | Athlete | Nation | Time
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thomas Curtis | United States
| 17.6 seconds
|
| 2 | Grantley Goulding |
Great Britain | 17.6 seconds
|
| – | Welles Hoyt | United States
| Did not start
|
| Frantz Reichel |
France | Did not start |
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
| The 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens Games of the I Olympiad |
| Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics |
| 100 m | 400 m | 800 m | 1500 m | 110 m hurdles | marathon | long jump | triple jump | high jump | pole vault | shot put | discus |
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