110m hurdles

The 110m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by men. For the race ten hurdles of 3 feet 6 inches in height are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 110 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner. Fallen hurdles don't count against runners, yet they have a significant pull-over weight which slows down the run. Like the 100 meter sprint, the 110m hurdles is started out of the blocks. In the early 20th century the race was often contested as 120 yard hurdles.

For the 110m hurdles, the first hurdle is placed after a run up of 13.72 meters from the starting line. The next 9 hurdles are set at a distance of 9.14 meters from each other, and the home stretch from the last hurdle to the finish line is 14.02 meters long.

The Olympic Games have included the 110m hurdles in the program since 1896. The equivalent hurdles race for women was run over a course of 80 meters from 1932 through 1968. Starting with the 1972 Summer Olympics, the women's race was set at 100 meters.

The fastest 110m hurdlers run the distance in a time of around 13 seconds. The world record stands at 12.87 seconds (as of June 2008).

History

The 110m Hurdles have been an Olympic discipline since 1896. Women ran it occasionally in the 1920s but it never became generally accepted. From 1926 on women have only run the 80m Hurdles which was increased to 100 meters first starting in 1961 (on a trial basis) and in 1969 (in official competition).

In 1900 and 1904 the Olympics also included a 200m Hurdles race, and the IAAF recognized world records for the 200m Hurdles until 1960.

Most successful athletes

• Two Olympic victories:
  • Lee Calhoun (USA), 1956 and 1960
  • Roger Kingdom (USA), 1984 and 1988
• Four world championship titles:
  • Allen Johnson (USA), 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2003 and Olympic Gold 1996
• Three world championship titles:
  • Greg Foster (USA), 1983, 1987 and 1991
• Two world championship titles:
  • Colin Jackson (GBR), 1993 and 1997 and Olympic Silver 1988

Progression of world records

Electronic timing

Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place
12.87 s	Dayron Robles	CUB	June 12, 2008	Ostrava
12.88 s	Liu Xiang	CHN	July 11, 2006	Lausanne
12.91 s	Liu Xiang	CHN	August 27, 2004	Athens
12.91 s	Colin Jackson	GBR	August 20, 1993	Stuttgart
12.92 s	Roger Kingdom	USA	August 16, 1989	Zurich
12.93 s	Renaldo Nehemiah	USA	August 19, 1981	Zurich
13.00 s	Renaldo Nehemiah	USA	May 6, 1979	Westwood
13.16 s	Renaldo Nehemiah	USA	April 14, 1979	San Jose
13.21 s	Alejandro Casanas	CUB	August 21, 1977	Sofia
13.24 s	Rodney Milburn	USA	September 2, 1972	Munich
13.33 s	Willie Davenport	USA	October 17, 1968	Mexico City
13.38 s	Ervin Hall	USA	October 17, 1968	Mexico City
13.43 s	Earl McCullouch	USA	June 16, 1967	Minneapolis
13.47 s	Willie Davenport	USA	June 26, 1966	New York City

The 110m hurdles in Greece

The Greek record in the 110m hurdles is held by Kostas Douvalidis (13.34) achieved in Athens on July 20, 2013.

Greek Athletes

• Alexandros Touferis
• Yiannis Talianos
• Angelos Lambrou
• Christos Mantikas
• Yiannis Kampadellis
• Giorgos Marsellos
• Thanasis Lazaridis
• Stratos Vasiliou
• Stelios Bisbas
• Dimitris Siatounis
• Stamatis Magos
• Dimitris Pietris
• Alexandros Theofanov
• Kostas Douvalidis

References

Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent German-language Wikipedia article (retrieved February 5, 2006).

For extensive Men's High Hurdles records, please see High Hurdle Stats

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