Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games took place on August 5 and August 6. The final was won by American Forrest Towns.Results
Heats
The fastest two runners in each of the six heats advanced to the semifinal round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Tom Lavery | | 15.0 | |
| 2 | Larry O'Connor | | 15.1 | |
| 3 | Khristos Mantikas | | 15.2 | |
| 4 | Svend Aage Thomsen | | 15.3 | |
| 5 | Juul Bosmans | | | |
| 6 | Yasuharu Furuta | | | |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Fritz Pollard | | 14.7 | |
| 2 | John Thornton | | 15.0 | |
| 3 | Johann Langmayr | | 15.1 | |
| 4 | Willi Welscher | | 15.2 | |
| 5 | Huang Yingjie | | 16.9 | |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Don Finlay | | 14.7 | |
| 2 | Tadashi Murakami | | 15.3 | |
| 3 | Jim Worrall | | 15.6 | |
| 4 | Darcy Guimarães | | | |
| 5 | Ludvík Kománek | | | |
Heat four
Heat five
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Forrest Towns | | 14.5 | |
| 2 | Erwin Wegner | | 15.1 | |
| 3 | Ernst Leitner | | 15.3 | |
| 4 | René Kunz | | | |
| 5 | Kotaro Shimizu | | | |
Heat six
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Håkan Lidman | | 14.9 | |
| 2 | Vane Ivanović | | 15.1 | |
| 3 | Gianni Caldana | | 15.1 | |
| 4 | Alf Watson | | 15.1 | |
| 5 | Miguel White | | | |
Semifinals
The fastest three runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Forrest Towns | | 14.1 | =WR |
| 2 | Håkan Lidman | | 14.5 | |
| 3 | John Thornton | | 14.7 | |
| 4 | Roy Staley | | 14.8 | |
| 5 | Tadashi Murakami | | 15.1 | |
| 6 | Juan Lavenás | | 15.6 | |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | Don Finlay | | 14.5 | |
| 2 | Fritz Pollard | | 14.6 | |
| 3 | Larry O'Connor | | 15.0 | |
| 4 | Vane Ivanović | | 15.2 | |
| 5 | Erwin Wegner | | 15.3 | |
| 6 | Tom Lavery | | 15.6 | |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Forrest Towns | | 14.2 | |
| Don Finlay | | 14.4 | |
| Fritz Pollard | | 14.4 | |
| 4 | Håkan Lidman | | 14.4 | |
| 5 | John Thornton | | 14.7 | |
| 6 | Larry O'Connor | | 14.8 | |
