Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles

Men's 110 metres hurdles at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue	Francis Field
Dates	September 3
Competitors	8 from 2 nations
Medalists
Fred Schule  United States Thaddeus Shideler  United States Lesley Ashburner  United States

Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Track events
60 m		men
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
200 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
2590 m steeplechase		men
4 mile team race		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Standing long jump	men
Standing triple jump	men
Standing high jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
56 pound weight throw	men
Combined events
Triathlon	men
All-around	men

The men's 110 metres hurdles was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held. 8 hurdlers from at least 2 nations participated. The competition was held on September 3, 1904.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.

World Record	15.0(*)	Thaddeus Shideler	St. Louis (USA)	June 11, 1904
Olympic Record	15.4	Alvin Kraenzlein	Paris (FRA)	July 14, 1900

(*) unofficial 120 yards (= 109.73 m)

Results

Heats

The top two finishers in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat 1

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Fred Schule (USA)	16.2	QF
2	Lesley Ashburner (USA)		QF
3	Ward McLanahan (USA)
4	22x20px Corrie Gardner (AUS)

Heat 2

Place	Athlete	Time	Qual.
1	Frank Castleman (USA)	16.2	QF
2	Thaddeus Shideler (USA)		QF
3	22x20px Leslie McPherson (AUS)
DNS	Edwin Clapp (USA)

NOTE: Some sources report that the Australian McPherson did not compete.

Final

Place	Athlete	Time
1	Fred Schule (USA)	16.0
2	Thaddeus Shideler (USA)	16.3
3	Lesley Ashburner (USA)	16.4
4	Frank Castleman (USA)