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Men's 110 metres hurdles at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	July 31 (heats & semifinals) August 1 (final)
Competitors	41 from 24 nations
Winning time	14.8
Medalists
Sydney Atkinson  South Africa Steve Anderson  United States John Collier  United States
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The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1928 Olympic Games took place between July 31 & August 1.^[1] Forty-one athletes from 24 nations competed.^[2] The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4.^[3] The event was won by Sydney Atkinson of South Africa, the nation's first title in the 110 metres hurdles; Atkinson became the first man to win two medals in the event (he had taken silver in 1924). It was only the second time the United States had not won the event; as in 1920, the Americans took silver and bronze.

This was the eighth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Two finalists from 1924 returned: silver medalist Sydney Atkinson of South Africa and bronze medalist Sten Pettersson of Sweden. Atkinson and the American hurdlers were favored.^[2]

Austria, Ireland, Japan, Poland, Portugal, and Romania each made their first appearance in the event. The United States made its eighth appearance, the only nation to have competed in the 110 metres hurdles in each Games to that point.

The competition used the three-round basic format introduced in 1908. The first round consisted of nine heats, with between 4 and 6 hurdlers each. The top two hurdlers in each heat advanced to the semifinals. The 18 semifinalists were divided into three semifinals of 6 hurdlers each; the top two hurdlers in each advanced to the 6-man final.^[2][4]

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World record	Earl Thomson (CAN)	14.8	Antwerp, Belgium	18 August 1920
Olympic record	Earl Thomson (CAN)	14.8	Antwerp, Belgium	18 August 1920

George Weightman-Smith set a new world record at 14.6 seconds in the semifinals; that time was not beaten in the final.