Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
| Men's 110 metres hurdles at the Games of the V Olympiad
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The winner, Fred Kelly.
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| Dates | July 11 (heats, semifinals) July 12 (final) |
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| Competitors | 22 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
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Fred Kelly |
 United States
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James Wendell |
United States
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Martin Hawkins |
United States
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The men's 110 metres hurdles was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Thursday, July 11, 1912 and on Friday, July 12, 1912.
22 hurdlers from 15 nations competed.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
The records for the 110 metre hurdles coming into 1912 were 15.0 seconds, which were not matched during the 1912 Games.
All heats were held on Thursday, July 11, 1912.
Only two hurdlers were eliminated after the heats.
Heat 1
Heat 2
Heat 3
Heat 4
Heat 5
Heat 6
Heat 7
Heat 8
Heat 9
Heat 10
Heat 11
All semi-finals were held on Thursday, July 11, 1912.
Semifinal 1
Semifinal 2
Semifinal 3
Semifinal 4
Semifinal 5
Semifinal 6
The final was held on Friday, July 12, 1912. Nicholson fell at the eighth hurdle, leaving Kelly to hold on and win by a narrow margin over Wendell.
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