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The '''100 m hurdles''' are an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Athletics (track and field)|track and field athletics]] discipline run by women. For the race ten hurdles of a height of 84 cm (2-3/4 feet) are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner. Fallen hurdles don't count against runners so long as they don't run into them on purpose. Like the 100 meter sprint the 100 m hurdles is started out of the blocks.

For the 100 m hurdles the first hurdle is placed after a runup of 13 meters from the starting line. The next 9 hurdles are set at a distance of 8.50 meters from each other, and the home stretch from the last hurdle to the finish line is 10.50 meters long.

The [[Olympic Games]] had included the [[80 m hurdles]] in the program from [[1932]] to [[1968]]. Starting with the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] the women's race was lengthened to 100 m hurdles.

The fastest 100 m hurdlers run the distance in a time of around 12.5 seconds. The world record stands at 12.21 seconds (as of February 2006) or the equivalent of 8 meters per second or 28.8 kilometers per hour. This is approximately 1.5 seconds slower than the straight 100 meter sprint race.

==History==
The hurdles sprint race has been run by women since the beginning of women's athletics, just after the end of [[World War I]]. The distances and hurdle heights varied widely in the beginning. While the men had zeroed in on the [[110 m hurdles]], the International Women's Sport Federation had registered records for eight different disciplines by [[1926]] (60 [[yards]]/75 cm height, 60 yards/61 cm, 65 yards/75 cm, 83 yards/75 cm, 100 yards/75 cm, 100 yards/61 cm, 120 yards/75 cm, 110 meters/75 cm). At the first Women's World Games in [[1922]] a 100 m hurdles race was run.

From [[1926]] until [[1968]] on only the 80 m distance was run. For the 80 m race women had to clear eight hurdles placed at a distance of 8 meters from each other and a height of 76.2 cm.

Just like with the men's races, until [[1935]] no more than three hurdles could be pushed over or the runner was disqualified and records were only officially registered if the runner had cleared all her hurdles clean. In [[1935]], at the same time this rule was abandoned, L-shaped hurdles were introduced that fell over forward easily and greatly reduced the risk of injury to the runner.

The [[80 m hurdles]] was on the list of women's sports demanded by the International Women's Sport Federation for the Olympic Summer Games in [[1928]], but wasn't included as an Olympic discipline until [[1932]]. Starting with [[1949]] the 80 m hurdles was one of the disciplines included in the women's [[Pentathlon]].

During the [[1960s]] some experimental races were run over a distance of 100 meters using hurdles with a height of 76.2cm. During the 1968 Summer Olympics a decision was made to introduce the 100 m hurdles using hurdles with a height of 84cm and the first international event in the 100 m hurdles occurred at the European Athletics Championships, which were won by Karin Balzer, GDR.

A summary of the 80 m hurdles as it compares to the 100 m hurdles:

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|- bgcolor=#efefef
! rowspan=2 | Distance !! rowspan=2 | Number</br>of hurdles !! rowspan=2 | Height !! colspan=3 | Distance made up of
|-
! bgcolor=#efefef | Runup!! bgcolor=#efefef | Intervals !! bgcolor=#efefef | Home stretch
|-
| align="right" | 80 m ||align="right" | 8 ||align="right" | 76.2cm ||align="right" | 12 m ||align="right" | 8.0 m ||align="right" | 12.0 m
|-
| align="right" | 100 m ||align="right" | 10 ||align="right" | 84.0cm ||align="right" | 13 m ||align="right" | 8.5 m ||align="right" | 10.5 m
|}

==Milestones==
'''80 m hurdles''':
*First official time: 13.0 seconds, [[Ludmila Sychrová]], [[Czechoslovakia]], [[July 6]] [[1926]] in [[Prague]]
*First official world record: 12.8 seconds (''12 4/5''), [[Eva von Bredow]], [[Germany]], [[June 14]] [[1927]]
*First runner under 12 seconds: 11.8 seconds (''11 4/5''), [[Marjorie Clark]], [[South Africa]], [[May 24]] [[1934]]
*First runner under 11 seconds: 10.9 seconds, [[Shirley Strickland]], [[Australia|AUS]], [[July 24]] [[1952]]
*Last official world record: 10.2 seconds, [[Vera Korsakova]], [[USSR]], [[June 16]] [[1968]]

'''100 m hurdles''':
*First official time registered with hurdles of reduced height (76.2cm): [[Pam Kilborn|Pamela Kilborn]], [[Australia|AUS]], [[November 26]] [[1961]] in Newport
*First official time with hurdles of standard height (84cm): 15.1 seconds, [[Connie Pettersson]], [[USA]], [[May 28]] [[1966]] in [[Kalispell]]
*First official world record: 13.3 seconds, [[Karin Balzer]], [[GDR]], [[June 20]] [[1969]]
*First runner under 13 seconds: 12.9 seconds, [[Karin Balzer]], [[GDR]], [[September 5]] [[1969]]
*First runner under 12.5 seconds:
**12.3 seconds, [[Annelie Ehrhardt]] [[GDR]], [[July 20]] [[1973]] (last manually timed world record; electronically timed at 12.68 seconds)
**12.48 seconds, [[Grażyna Rabsztyn]], [[POL]], [[June 10]] [[1978]]
*First runner under 12.3 seconds: 12.29 seconds, [[Yordanka Donkova]] [[Bulgaria|BUL]], [[August 17]] [[1986]]

==Most successful athletes==

*[[Shirley Strickland]] ([[Australia|AUS]]): two Olympic victories, [[1952]] and [[1956]] in the [[80 m hurdles]]
*[[Gail Devers]] ([[USA]]): three world championships, [[1993]], [[1995]], [[1999]], as well as runner-up at the [[1991]] and [[2001]] world championships

== 80 m hurdles medalists at Olympic Games ==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|- bgcolor=#efefef
! Year !! Gold !! Silver !! Bronze
|-
|[[1932]] || [[Mildred Didrikson]] ([[USA]]) || [[Evelyne Hall]] ([[USA]]) || [[Marjorie Clark]] ([[South Africa|RSA]])
|-
|[[1936]] || [[Trebisonda Valla]] ([[Italy|ITA]]) || [[Anni Steuer]] ([[Germany|GER]]) || [[Elizabeth Taylor (athlete)|Elizabeth Taylor]] ([[Canada|CAN]])
|-
|[[1948]] || [[Fanny Blankers-Koen]] ([[Netherlands|NED]]) || [[Maureen Gardner]] ([[GBR]]) || [[Shirley Strickland]] ([[Australia|AUS]])
|-
|[[1952]] || [[Shirley Strickland]] ([[Australia|AUS]]) || [[Maria Wassiljewna Golubnitschaya|Maria Golubnitschaya]] ([[USSR]]) || [[Maria Sander]] ([[Federal Republic of Germany|FRG]])
|-
|[[1956]] || [[Shirley Strickland]] ([[Australia|AUS]]) || [[Gisela Birkemeyer|Gisela Köhler]] ([[GDR]]) || [[Norma Thrower]] ([[Australia|AUS]])
|-
|[[1960]] || [[Irina Press]] ([[USSR]]) || [[Carole Quinton ]] ([[GBR]]) || [[Gisela Birkemeyer]] ([[GDR]])
|-
|[[1964]] || [[Karin Balzer]] ([[GDR]]) || [[Teresa Ciepły]] ([[POL]]) || [[Pam Kilborn]] ([[Australia|AUS]])
|-
|[[1968]] || [[Maureen Caird]] ([[Australia|AUS]]) || [[Pam Kilborn]] ([[Australia|AUS]]) || [[Chi Cheng]] ([[Chinese Taipei|TPE]])
|}

== 100 m hurdles medalists at Olympic Games ==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|- bgcolor=#efefef
! Year !! Gold !! SilVer !! Bronze
|-
|[[1972]]|| [[Annelie Ehrhardt ]] ([[GDR]]) || [[Valeria Bufanu]] ([[Romania|ROM]]) || [[Karin Balzer]] ([[GDR]])
|-
| [[1976]] || [[Johanna Schaller]] ([[GDR]]) || [[Tatyana Anisimova]] ([[USSR]]) || [[Natalja Lebedjewa]] ([[USSR]])
|-
| [[1980]] || [[Vera Komisova|Wera Komissowa]] ([[USSR]]) || [[Johanna Schaller|Johanna Klier]] ([[GDR]]) || [[Lucyna Langer]] ([[POL]])
|- valign="top"
| [[1984]] || [[Benita Fitzgerald-Brown]] ([[USA]]) || [[Shirley Strong]] ([[GBR]]) || [[Michèle Chardonnet]] ([[France|FRA]])<br/>[[Kim Turner]] ([[USA]])
|-
| [[1988]] || [[Yordanka Donkova]] ([[Bulgaria|BUL]]) || [[Gloria Siebert]] ([[GDR]]) || [[Claudia Zaczkiewicz]] ([[Germany|FRG]])
|-
| [[1992]] || [[Voula Patoulidou]] ([[Greece|GRE]]) || [[LaVonna Martin]] ([[USA]]) || [[Yordanka Donkova]] ([[Bulgaria|BUL]])
|-
| [[1996]] || [[Ludmila Engquist]] ([[Sweden|SWE]]) || [[Brigita Bukovec]] ([[Slovenia|SLO]]) || [[Patricia Girard-Léno]] ([[France|FRA]])
|-
| [[2000]] || [[Olga Shishigina]] ([[KAZ]]) || [[Glory Alozie]] ([[Spain|ESP]]) || [[Melissa Morrison]] ([[USA]])
|-
| [[2004]] || [[Joanna Hayes]] ([[USA]]) || [[Olena Krasovska]] ([[UKR]]) || [[Melissa Morrison]] ([[USA]])
|}

== 100 m hurdles medalists at world championships ==

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|- bgcolor=#efefef
! Year !! Gold !! Silver !! Bronze
|-
|[[1983]] || [[Bettine Jahn]] ([[GDR]]) || [[Kerstin Knabe]] ([[GDR]]) || [[Ginka Zagorcheva]] ([[Bulgaria|BUL]])
|-
|[[1987]] || [[Ginka Zagorcheva]] ([[Bulgaria|BUL]]) || [[Gloria Siebert|Gloria Uibel]] ([[GDR]]) || [[Cornelia Oschkenat]] ([[GDR]])
|-
|[[1991]] || [[Ludmila Narozhilenko]] ([[USSR]]) || [[Gail Devers-Roberts]] ([[USA]]) || [[Natalja Grigorjewa]] ([[USSR]])
|-
|[[1993]] || [[Gail Devers]] ([[USA]]) || [[Marina Asjabina]] ([[Russia|RUS]]) || [[Lynda Tolbert]] ([[USA]])
|-
|[[1995]] || [[Gail Devers]] ([[USA]]) || [[Olga Schischigina]] ([[KAZ]]) || [[Julia Graudyn]] ([[Russia|RUS]])
|-
|[[1997]] || [[Ludmilla Engquist]] ([[Sweden|SWE]]) || [[Svetla Dimitrova]] ([[Bulgaria|BUL]]) || [[Michelle Freeman]] ([[JAM]])
|-
|[[1999]] || [[Gail Devers]] ([[USA]]) || [[Glory Alozie]] ([[Spain|ESP]]) || [[Ludmilla Engqvist]] ([[Sweden|SWE]])
|-
|[[2001]] || [[Anjanette Kirkland]] ([[USA]]) || [[Gail Devers]] ([[USA]]) || [[Olga Shishigina]] ([[KAZ]])
|-
|[[2003]] || [[Perdita Felicien]] ([[Canada|CAN]]) || [[Brigede Foster]] ([[JAM]]) || [[Miesha McKelvy]] ([[USA]])
|-
|[[2005]] || [[Michelle Perry]] ([[USA]]) || [[Dolloreen Ennis London]] ([[JAM]]) || [[Brigitte Foster Hylton]] ([[JAM]])
|}

== History of world records ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|- bgcolor=#efefef
!Time!!Athlete!!Nation!!Date!!Place
|- valign="top"
|-
| colspan="5" | Electronically timed
|-
|12.21 s || [[Yordanka Donkova]] || [[Bulgaria|BUL]] || [[August 21]] [[1988]] || [[Stara Sagora]]
|-
|12.25 s || [[Ginka Zagorcheva]] || [[Bulgaria|BUL]] || [[August 8]] [[1987]] || [[Drama]]
|-
|12.26 s || [[Yordanka Donkova]] || [[Bulgaria|BUL]] || [[September 7]] [[1986]] || [[Ljubljana]]
|-
|12.29 s || [[Yordanka Donkova]] || [[Bulgaria|BUL]] || [[August 17]] [[1986]] || [[Cologne]]
|-
|12.34 s || [[Yordanka Donkova]] || [[Bulgaria|BUL]] || [[August 17]] [[1986]] || [[Cologne]]
|-
|12.36 s || [[Grażyna Rabsztyn]] || [[POL]] || [[June 12]] [[1980]] || [[Warsaw]]
|-
|12.36 s || [[Yordanka Donkova]] || [[Bulgaria|BUL]] || [[August 13]] [[1986]] || [[Sofia]]
|-
|12.48 s || [[Grażyna Rabsztyn]] || [[POL]] || [[June 10]] [[1978]] || [[Fürth]]
|-
|12.48 s || [[Grażyna Rabsztyn]] || [[POL]] || [[June 18]] [[1979]] || [[Warsaw]]
|-
|12.59 s || [[Annelie Ehrhardt]] || [[GDR]] || [[September 8]] [[1972]] || [[Munich]]
|-
| colspan="5" | Manually timed
|-
|12.3 s || [[Annelie Ehrhardt]] || [[GDR]] || [[July 22]] [[1973]] || [[Dresden]]
|-
|12.5 s || [[Annelie Ehrhardt]] || [[GDR]] || [[June 15]] [[1972]] || [[Potsdam]]
|-
|12.5 s || [[Pamela Ryan]] || [[Australia|AUS]] || [[June 28]] [[1972]] || [[Warsaw]]
|-
|12.6 s || [[Karin Balzer]] || [[GDR]] || [[July 31]] [[1971]] || [[Berlin]]
|-
|12.7 s || [[Karin Balzer]] || [[GDR]] || [[July 25]] [[1971]] || [[Berlin]]
|-
|12.7 s || [[Karin Balzer]] || [[GDR]] || [[July 26]] [[1970]] || [[Berlin]]
|-
|12.7 s || [[Teresa Sukniewicz]] || [[POL]] || [[September 20]] [[1970]] || [[Warsaw]]
|-
|12.8 s || [[Chi Cheng]] || [[Chinese Taipei|TPE]] || [[July 12]] [[1970]] || [[Munich]]
|-
|12.8 s || [[Teresa Sukniewicz]] || [[POL]] || [[June 20]] [[1970]] || [[Warsaw]]
|-
|12.9 s || [[Karin Balzer]] || [[GDR]] || [[September 5]] [[1969]] || [[Berlin]]
|-
|13.0 s || [[Karin Balzer]] || [[GDR]] || [[July 27]] [[1969]] || [[Leipzig]]
|-
|13.3 s || [[Karin Balzer]] || [[GDR]] || [[June 20]] [[1969]] || [[Warsaw]]
|-
|13.3 s || [[Teresa Sukniewicz]] || [[POL]] || [[June 20]] [[1969]] || [[Warsaw]]
|}

== All-time Top Ten ==
In brackets: Wind in m/s

#12.21 (+0.7) [[Yordanka Donkova]], [[Bulgaria|BUL]], [[Stara Sagora]], [[August 20]] [[1988]]
#12.25 (+1.4) [[Ginka Zagorcheva]], [[Bulgaria|BUL]], [[Drama]], [[August 8]] [[1987]]
#12.26 (+1.7) [[Ludmila Engquist]], [[Russia|RUS]], [[Sevilla]], [[June 6]] [[1992]]
#12.33 (−0.3) [[Gail Devers]], [[USA]], [[Sacramento]], [[July 23]] [[2000]]
#12.36 (+1.9) [[Grażyna Rabsztyn]], [[POL]], [[Warsaw]], [[June 13]] [[1980]]
#12.37 (+1.5) [[Joanna Hayes]], [[USA]], [[Athens]], [[August 24]] [[2004]]
#12.39 (+1.5) [[Vera Komissowa]], [[USSR]], [[Rome]], [[August 5]] [[1980]]
#12.39 (+1.8) [[Natalja Grigorjewa]], [[UKR]], [[Kiev]], [[July 11]] [[1991]]
#12.42 (+1.8) [[Bettine Jahn]], [[GDR]], [[Berlin]], [[June 8]] [[1983]]
#12.42 (+2.0) [[Anjanette Kirkland]], [[USA]], [[Edmonton]], [[August 11]] [[2001]]

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 ==Milestones==
 '''80 m hurdles''':
-*First official time: 13.0 seconds, Ludmila Sychrová, Czechoslovakia, [[July 6]] [[1926]] in [[Prague]]
+*First official time: 13.0 seconds, Ludmila Sychrová, Czechoslovakia, [[July 6]] [[1926]] in Prague
 *First official world record: 12.8 seconds (''12 4/5''), Eva von Bredow, Germany, [[June 14]] [[1927]]
 *First runner under 12 seconds: 11.8 seconds (''11 4/5''), Marjorie Clark, South Africa, [[May 24]] [[1934]]
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 *First runner under 12.5 seconds:
 **12.3 seconds, Annelie Ehrhardt GDR, [[July 20]] [[1973]] (last manually timed world record; electronically timed at 12.68 seconds)
-**12.48 seconds, Grażyna Rabsztyn, [[POL]], [[June 10]] [[1978]]
+**12.48 seconds, Grażyna Rabsztyn, POL, [[June 10]] [[1978]]
 *First runner under 12.3 seconds: 12.29 seconds, Yordanka Donkova BUL, [[August 17]] [[1986]]

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 |[[1936]] || Trebisonda Valla (ITA) || Anni Steuer (GER) || Elizabeth Taylor (CAN)
 |-
-|[[1948]] || Fanny Blankers-Koen ([[Netherlands|NED]]) || Maureen Gardner (GBR) || Shirley Strickland (AUS)
+|[[1948]] || Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) || Maureen Gardner (GBR) || Shirley Strickland (AUS)
 |-
 |[[1952]] || Shirley Strickland (AUS) || Maria Golubnitschaya (USSR) || Maria Sander (FRG)
 |-
-|[[1956]] || Shirley Strickland (AUS) || Gisela Köhler ([[GDR]]) || Norma Thrower (AUS)
+|[[1956]] || Shirley Strickland (AUS) || Gisela Köhler (GDR) || Norma Thrower (AUS)
 |-
-|[[1960]] || Irina Press ([[USSR]]) || Carole Quinton (GBR) || Gisela Birkemeyer (GDR)
+|[[1960]] || Irina Press (USSR) || Carole Quinton (GBR) || Gisela Birkemeyer (GDR)
 |-
 |[[1964]] || Karin Balzer (GDR) || Teresa Ciepły (POL) || Pam Kilborn (AUS)
 |-
-|[[1968]] || Maureen Caird ([[Australia|AUS]]) || Pam Kilborn (AUS) || Chi Cheng (TPE)
+|[[1968]] || Maureen Caird (AUS) || Pam Kilborn (AUS) || Chi Cheng (TPE)
 |}

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 | colspan="5" | Electronically timed
 |-
-|12.21 s || [[Yordanka Donkova]] || [[Bulgaria|BUL]] || [[August 21]] [[1988]] || [[Stara Sagora]]
+|12.21 s || Yordanka Donkova || BUL || [[August 21]] [[1988]] || Stara Zagora
 |-
-|12.25 s || [[Ginka Zagorcheva]] || [[Bulgaria|BUL]] || [[August 8]] [[1987]] || [[Drama]]
+|12.25 s || Ginka Zagorcheva || BUL || [[August 8]] [[1987]] || [[Drama]]
 |-
-|12.26 s || [[Yordanka Donkova]] || [[Bulgaria|BUL]] || [[September 7]] [[1986]] || [[Ljubljana]]
+|12.26 s || Yordanka Donkova || BUL || [[September 7]] [[1986]] || Ljubljana
 |-
-|12.29 s || [[Yordanka Donkova]] || [[Bulgaria|BUL]] || [[August 17]] [[1986]] || [[Cologne]]
+|12.29 s || Yordanka Donkova || BUL || [[August 17]] [[1986]] || Cologne
 |-
-|12.34 s || [[Yordanka Donkova]] || [[Bulgaria|BUL]] || [[August 17]] [[1986]] || [[Cologne]]
+|12.34 s || Yordanka Donkova || BUL || [[August 17]] [[1986]] || Cologne
 |-
-|12.36 s || [[Grażyna Rabsztyn]] || [[POL]] || [[June 12]] [[1980]] || [[Warsaw]]
+|12.36 s || Grażyna Rabsztyn || POL || [[June 12]] [[1980]] || Warsaw
 |-
-|12.36 s || [[Yordanka Donkova]] || [[Bulgaria|BUL]] || [[August 13]] [[1986]] || [[Sofia]]
+|12.36 s || Yordanka Donkova || BUL || [[August 13]] [[1986]] || Sofia
 |-
-|12.48 s || [[Grażyna Rabsztyn]] || [[POL]] || [[June 10]] [[1978]] || [[Fürth]]
+|12.48 s || Grażyna Rabsztyn || POL || [[June 10]] [[1978]] || Fürth
 |-
-|12.48 s || [[Grażyna Rabsztyn]] || [[POL]] || [[June 18]] [[1979]] || [[Warsaw]]
+|12.48 s || Grażyna Rabsztyn || POL || [[June 18]] [[1979]] || Warsaw
 |-
-|12.59 s || [[Annelie Ehrhardt]] || [[GDR]] || [[September 8]] [[1972]] || [[Munich]]
+|12.59 s || Annelie Ehrhardt || GDR || [[September 8]] [[1972]] || Munich
 |-
 | colspan="5" | Manually timed
 |-
-|12.3 s || [[Annelie Ehrhardt]] || [[GDR]] || [[July 22]] [[1973]] || [[Dresden]]
+|12.3 s || Annelie Ehrhardt || GDR || [[July 22]] [[1973]] || Dresden
 |-
-|12.5 s || [[Annelie Ehrhardt]] || [[GDR]] || [[June 15]] [[1972]] || [[Potsdam]]
+|12.5 s || Annelie Ehrhardt || GDR || [[June 15]] [[1972]] || Potsdam
 |-
-|12.5 s || [[Pamela Ryan]] || [[Australia|AUS]] || [[June 28]] [[1972]] || [[Warsaw]]
+|12.5 s || Pamela Ryan || |AUS || [[June 28]] [[1972]] || Warsaw
 |-
-|12.6 s || [[Karin Balzer]] || [[GDR]] || [[July 31]] [[1971]] || [[Berlin]]
+|12.6 s || Karin Balzer || GDR || [[July 31]] [[1971]] || Berlin
 |-
-|12.7 s || [[Karin Balzer]] || [[GDR]] || [[July 25]] [[1971]] || [[Berlin]]
+|12.7 s || Karin Balzer || GDR || [[July 25]] [[1971]] || Berlin
 |-
-|12.7 s || [[Karin Balzer]] || [[GDR]] || [[July 26]] [[1970]] || [[Berlin]]
+|12.7 s || Karin Balzer || GDR || [[July 26]] [[1970]] || Berlin
 |-
-|12.7 s || [[Teresa Sukniewicz]] || [[POL]] || [[September 20]] [[1970]] || [[Warsaw]]
+|12.7 s || Teresa Sukniewicz || POL || [[September 20]] [[1970]] || Warsaw
 |-
-|12.8 s || [[Chi Cheng]] || [[Chinese Taipei|TPE]] || [[July 12]] [[1970]] || [[Munich]]
+|12.8 s || Chi Cheng || TPE || [[July 12]] [[1970]] || Munich
 |-
-|12.8 s || [[Teresa Sukniewicz]] || [[POL]] || [[June 20]] [[1970]] || [[Warsaw]]
+|12.8 s || Teresa Sukniewicz || POL || [[June 20]] [[1970]] || Warsaw
 |-
-|12.9 s || [[Karin Balzer]] || [[GDR]] || [[September 5]] [[1969]] || [[Berlin]]
+|12.9 s || Karin Balzer || GDR || [[September 5]] [[1969]] || Berlin
 |-
-|13.0 s || [[Karin Balzer]] || [[GDR]] || [[July 27]] [[1969]] || [[Leipzig]]
+|13.0 s || Karin Balzer || GDR || [[July 27]] [[1969]] || Leipzig
 |-
-|13.3 s || [[Karin Balzer]] || [[GDR]] || [[June 20]] [[1969]] || [[Warsaw]]
+|13.3 s || Karin Balzer || GDR || [[June 20]] [[1969]] || Warsaw
 |-
-|13.3 s || [[Teresa Sukniewicz]] || [[POL]] || [[June 20]] [[1969]] || [[Warsaw]]
+|13.3 s || Teresa Sukniewicz || POL || [[June 20]] [[1969]] || Warsaw
 |}

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 ! Year !! Gold !! SilVer !! Bronze
 |-
-|[[1972]]|| [[Annelie Ehrhardt ]] ([[GDR]]) || Valeria Bufanu (Romania) || Karin Balzer (GDR)
+|[[1972]]|| Annelie Ehrhardt (GDR) || Valeria Bufanu (ROM) || Karin Balzer (GDR)
 |-
-| [[1976]] || [[Johanna Schaller]] ([[GDR]]) || Tatyana Anisimova (USSR) || Natalja Lebedjewa (USSR)
+| [[1976]] || Johanna Schaller (GDR) || Tatyana Anisimova (USSR) || Natalja Lebedjewa (USSR)
 |-
 | [[1980]] || Wera Komissowa (USSR) || Johanna Klier (GDR) || Lucyna Langer (POL)

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 ! Year !! Gold !! Silver !! Bronze
 |-
-|[[1983]] || [[Bettine Jahn]] ([[GDR]]) || [[Kerstin Knabe]] ([[GDR]]) || [[Ginka Zagorcheva]] ([[Bulgaria|BUL]])
+|[[1983]] || Bettine Jahn (GDR) || Kerstin Knabe (GDR) || Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL)
 |-
-|[[1987]] || [[Ginka Zagorcheva]] ([[Bulgaria|BUL]]) || [[Gloria Siebert|Gloria Uibel]] ([[GDR]]) || [[Cornelia Oschkenat]] ([[GDR]])
+|[[1987]] || Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) || Gloria Uibel (GDR) || Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR)
 |-
-|[[1991]] || [[Ludmila Narozhilenko]] ([[USSR]]) || [[Gail Devers-Roberts]] ([[USA]]) || [[Natalja Grigorjewa]] ([[USSR]])
+|[[1991]] || Ludmila Narozhilenko (USSR) || Gail Devers-Roberts (USA) || Natalja Grigorjewa (USSR)
 |-
-|[[1993]] || [[Gail Devers]] ([[USA]]) || [[Marina Asjabina]] ([[Russia|RUS]]) || [[Lynda Tolbert]] ([[USA]])
+|[[1993]] || Gail Devers (USA) || Marina Asjabina (RUS) || Lynda Tolbert (USA)
 |-
-|[[1995]] || [[Gail Devers]] ([[USA]]) || [[Olga Schischigina]] ([[KAZ]]) || [[Julia Graudyn]] ([[Russia|RUS]])
+|[[1995]] || Gail Devers (USA) || Olga Schischigina (KAZ) || Julia Graudyn (RUS)
 |-
-|[[1997]] || [[Ludmilla Engquist]] ([[Sweden|SWE]]) || [[Svetla Dimitrova]] ([[Bulgaria|BUL]]) || [[Michelle Freeman]] ([[JAM]])
+|[[1997]] || Ludmilla Engquist (SWE) || Svetla Dimitrova (BUL) || Michelle Freeman (JAM)
 |-
-|[[1999]] || [[Gail Devers]] ([[USA]]) || [[Glory Alozie]] ([[Spain|ESP]]) || [[Ludmilla Engqvist]] ([[Sweden|SWE]])
+|[[1999]] || Gail Devers (USA) || Glory Alozie (ESP) || Ludmilla Engqvist (SWE)
 |-
-|[[2001]] || [[Anjanette Kirkland]] ([[USA]]) || [[Gail Devers]] ([[USA]]) || [[Olga Shishigina]] ([[KAZ]])
+|[[2001]] || Anjanette Kirkland (USA) || Gail Devers (USA) || Olga Shishigina (KAZ)
 |-
-|[[2003]] || [[Perdita Felicien]] ([[Canada|CAN]]) || [[Brigede Foster]] ([[JAM]]) || [[Miesha McKelvy]] ([[USA]])
+|[[2003]] || Perdita Felicien (CAN) || Brigede Foster (JAM) || Miesha McKelvy (USA)
 |-
-|[[2005]] || [[Michelle Perry]] ([[USA]]) || [[Dolloreen Ennis London]] ([[JAM]]) || [[Brigitte Foster Hylton]] ([[JAM]])
+|[[2005]] || Michelle Perry (USA) || Dolloreen Ennis London (JAM) || Brigitte Foster Hylton (JAM)
 |}

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 In brackets: Wind in m/s
-#12.21 (+0.7) [[Yordanka Donkova]], [[Bulgaria|BUL]], [[Stara Sagora]], [[August 20]] [[1988]]
+#12.21 (+0.7) Yordanka Donkova, BUL, Stara Sagora, [[August 20]] [[1988]]
-#12.25 (+1.4) [[Ginka Zagorcheva]], [[Bulgaria|BUL]], [[Drama]], [[August 8]] [[1987]]
+#12.25 (+1.4) Ginka Zagorcheva, BUL, [[Drama]], [[August 8]] [[1987]]
-#12.26 (+1.7) [[Ludmila Engquist]], [[Russia|RUS]], [[Sevilla]], [[June 6]] [[1992]]
+#12.26 (+1.7) Ludmila Engquist, RUS, Sevilla, [[June 6]] [[1992]]
-#12.33 (&minus;0.3) [[Gail Devers]], [[USA]], [[Sacramento]], [[July 23]] [[2000]]
+#12.33 (&minus;0.3) Gail Devers, USA, Sacramento, [[July 23]] [[2000]]
-#12.36 (+1.9) [[Grażyna Rabsztyn]], [[POL]], [[Warsaw]], [[June 13]] [[1980]]
+#12.36 (+1.9) Grażyna Rabsztyn, POL, Warsaw, [[June 13]] [[1980]]
-#12.37 (+1.5) [[Joanna Hayes]], [[USA]], [[Athens]], [[August 24]] [[2004]]
+#12.37 (+1.5) Joanna Hayes, USA, [[Athens]], [[August 24]] [[2004]]
-#12.39 (+1.5) [[Vera Komissowa]], [[USSR]], [[Rome]], [[August 5]] [[1980]]
+#12.39 (+1.5) Vera Komissowa, USSR, Rome, [[August 5]] [[1980]]
-#12.39 (+1.8) [[Natalja Grigorjewa]], [[UKR]], [[Kiev]], [[July 11]] [[1991]]
+#12.39 (+1.8) Natalja Grigorjewa, UKR, Kiev, [[July 11]] [[1991]]
-#12.42 (+1.8) [[Bettine Jahn]], [[GDR]], [[Berlin]], [[June 8]] [[1983]]
+#12.42 (+1.8) Bettine Jahn, GDR, Berlin, [[June 8]] [[1983]]
-#12.42 (+2.0) [[Anjanette Kirkland]], [[USA]], [[Edmonton]], [[August 11]] [[2001]]
+#12.42 (+2.0) Anjanette Kirkland, USA, Edmonton, [[August 11]] [[2001]]

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-The '''100 m hurdles''' are an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Athletics (track and field)|track and field athletics]] discipline run by women. For the race ten hurdles of a height of 84 cm (2-3/4 feet) are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner. Fallen hurdles don't count against runners so long as they don't run into them on purpose. Like the 100 meter sprint the 100 m hurdles is started out of the blocks.
+The '''100 m hurdles''' are an Olympic [[Athletics (track and field)|track and field athletics]] discipline run by women. For the race ten hurdles of a height of 84 cm (2-3/4 feet) are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner. Fallen hurdles don't count against runners so long as they don't run into them on purpose. Like the 100 meter sprint the 100 m hurdles is started out of the blocks.
 For the 100 m hurdles the first hurdle is placed after a runup of 13 meters from the starting line. The next 9 hurdles are set at a distance of 8.50 meters from each other, and the home stretch from the last hurdle to the finish line is 10.50 meters long.
-The [[Olympic Games]] had included the [[80 m hurdles]] in the program from [[1932]] to [[1968]]. Starting with the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] the women's race was lengthened to 100 m hurdles.
+The [[Olympic Games]] had included the [[80 m hurdles]] in the program from [[1932]] to [[1968]]. Starting with the 1972 Summer Olympics the women's race was lengthened to 100 m hurdles.
 The fastest 100 m hurdlers run the distance in a time of around 12.5 seconds. The world record stands at 12.21 seconds (as of February 2006) or the equivalent of 8 meters per second or 28.8 kilometers per hour. This is approximately 1.5 seconds slower than the straight 100 meter sprint race.
 ==History==
-The hurdles sprint race has been run by women since the beginning of women's athletics, just after the end of [[World War I]]. The distances and hurdle heights varied widely in the beginning. While the men had zeroed in on the [[110 m hurdles]], the International Women's Sport Federation had registered records for eight different disciplines by [[1926]] (60 [[yards]]/75 cm height, 60 yards/61 cm, 65 yards/75 cm, 83 yards/75 cm, 100 yards/75 cm, 100 yards/61 cm, 120 yards/75 cm, 110 meters/75 cm). At the first Women's World Games in [[1922]] a 100 m hurdles race was run.
+The hurdles sprint race has been run by women since the beginning of women's athletics, just after the end of [[World War I]]. The distances and hurdle heights varied widely in the beginning. While the men had zeroed in on the [[110 m hurdles]], the International Women's Sport Federation had registered records for eight different disciplines by [[1926]] (60 yards/75 cm height, 60 yards/61 cm, 65 yards/75 cm, 83 yards/75 cm, 100 yards/75 cm, 100 yards/61 cm, 120 yards/75 cm, 110 meters/75 cm). At the first Women's World Games in [[1922]] a 100 m hurdles race was run.
 From [[1926]] until [[1968]] on only the 80 m distance was run. For the 80 m race women had to clear eight hurdles placed at a distance of 8 meters from each other and a height of 76.2 cm.
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 ==Milestones==
 '''80 m hurdles''':
-*First official time: 13.0 seconds, [[Ludmila Sychrová]], [[Czechoslovakia]], [[July 6]] [[1926]] in [[Prague]]
+*First official time: 13.0 seconds, Ludmila Sychrová, Czechoslovakia, [[July 6]] [[1926]] in [[Prague]]
-*First official world record: 12.8 seconds (''12 4/5''), [[Eva von Bredow]], [[Germany]], [[June 14]] [[1927]]
+*First official world record: 12.8 seconds (''12 4/5''), Eva von Bredow, Germany, [[June 14]] [[1927]]
-*First runner under 12 seconds: 11.8 seconds (''11 4/5''), [[Marjorie Clark]], [[South Africa]], [[May 24]] [[1934]]
+*First runner under 12 seconds: 11.8 seconds (''11 4/5''), Marjorie Clark, South Africa, [[May 24]] [[1934]]
-*First runner under 11 seconds: 10.9 seconds, [[Shirley Strickland]], [[Australia|AUS]], [[July 24]] [[1952]]
+*First runner under 11 seconds: 10.9 seconds, Shirley Strickland, Australia, [[July 24]] [[1952]]
-*Last official world record: 10.2 seconds, [[Vera Korsakova]], [[USSR]], [[June 16]] [[1968]]
+*Last official world record: 10.2 seconds, Vera Korsakova, USSR, [[June 16]] [[1968]]
 '''100 m hurdles''':
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 ! Year !! Gold !! SilVer !! Bronze
 |-
-|[[1972]]|| [[Annelie Ehrhardt ]] ([[GDR]]) || [[Valeria Bufanu]] ([[Romania|ROM]]) || [[Karin Balzer]] ([[GDR]])
+|[[1972]]|| [[Annelie Ehrhardt ]] ([[GDR]]) || Valeria Bufanu (Romania) || Karin Balzer (GDR)
 |-
-| [[1976]] || [[Johanna Schaller]] ([[GDR]]) || [[Tatyana Anisimova]] ([[USSR]]) || [[Natalja Lebedjewa]] ([[USSR]])
+| [[1976]] || [[Johanna Schaller]] ([[GDR]]) || Tatyana Anisimova (USSR) || Natalja Lebedjewa (USSR)
 |-
-| [[1980]] || [[Vera Komisova|Wera Komissowa]] ([[USSR]]) || [[Johanna Schaller|Johanna Klier]] ([[GDR]]) || [[Lucyna Langer]] ([[POL]])
+| [[1980]] || Wera Komissowa (USSR) || Johanna Klier (GDR) || Lucyna Langer (POL)
 |- valign="top"
-| [[1984]] || [[Benita Fitzgerald-Brown]] ([[USA]]) || [[Shirley Strong]] ([[GBR]]) || [[Michèle Chardonnet]] ([[France|FRA]])<br/>[[Kim Turner]] ([[USA]])
+| [[1984]] || Benita Fitzgerald-Brown (USA) || Shirley Strong (GBR) || Michèle Chardonnet (FRA)<br/>Kim Turner (USA)
 |-
-| [[1988]] || [[Yordanka Donkova]] ([[Bulgaria|BUL]]) || [[Gloria Siebert]] ([[GDR]]) || [[Claudia Zaczkiewicz]] ([[Germany|FRG]])
+| [[1988]] || Yordanka Donkova (BUL) || Gloria Siebert (GDR) || Claudia Zaczkiewicz (FRG)
 |-
-| [[1992]] || [[Voula Patoulidou]] ([[Greece|GRE]]) || [[LaVonna Martin]] ([[USA]]) || [[Yordanka Donkova]] ([[Bulgaria|BUL]])
+| [[1992]] || [[Voula Patoulidou]] ([[Greece|GRE]]) || LaVonna Martin (USA) || Yordanka Donkova (BUL)
 |-
-| [[1996]] || [[Ludmila Engquist]] ([[Sweden|SWE]]) || [[Brigita Bukovec]] ([[Slovenia|SLO]]) || [[Patricia Girard-Léno]] ([[France|FRA]])
+| [[1996]] || Ludmila Engquist (SWE) || Brigita Bukovec (SLO) || Patricia Girard-Léno (FRA)
 |-
-| [[2000]] || [[Olga Shishigina]] ([[KAZ]]) || [[Glory Alozie]] ([[Spain|ESP]]) || [[Melissa Morrison]] ([[USA]])
+| [[2000]] || Olga Shishigina (KAZ) || Glory Alozie (ESP) || Melissa Morrison (USA)
 |-
-| [[2004]] || [[Joanna Hayes]] ([[USA]]) || [[Olena Krasovska]] ([[UKR]]) || [[Melissa Morrison]] ([[USA]])
+| [[2004]] || Joanna Hayes (USA) || Olena Krasovska (UKR) || Melissa Morrison (USA)
 |}

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 '''100 m hurdles''':
-*First official time registered with hurdles of reduced height (76.2cm): [[Pam Kilborn|Pamela Kilborn]], [[Australia|AUS]], [[November 26]] [[1961]] in Newport
+*First official time registered with hurdles of reduced height (76.2cm): Pamela Kilborn, AUS, [[November 26]] [[1961]] in Newport
-*First official time with hurdles of standard height (84cm): 15.1 seconds, [[Connie Pettersson]], [[USA]], [[May 28]] [[1966]] in [[Kalispell]]
+*First official time with hurdles of standard height (84cm): 15.1 seconds, Connie Pettersson, USA, [[May 28]] [[1966]] in Kalispell
-*First official world record: 13.3 seconds, [[Karin Balzer]], [[GDR]], [[June 20]] [[1969]]
+*First official world record: 13.3 seconds, Karin Balzer, GDR, [[June 20]] [[1969]]
-*First runner under 13 seconds: 12.9 seconds, [[Karin Balzer]], [[GDR]], [[September 5]] [[1969]]
+*First runner under 13 seconds: 12.9 seconds, Karin Balzer, GDR, [[September 5]] [[1969]]
 *First runner under 12.5 seconds:
-**12.3 seconds, [[Annelie Ehrhardt]] [[GDR]], [[July 20]] [[1973]] (last manually timed world record; electronically timed at 12.68 seconds)
+**12.3 seconds, Annelie Ehrhardt GDR, [[July 20]] [[1973]] (last manually timed world record; electronically timed at 12.68 seconds)
-**12.48 seconds, [[Grażyna Rabsztyn]], [[POL]], [[June 10]] [[1978]]
+**12.48 seconds, Grażyna Rabsztyn, [[POL]], [[June 10]] [[1978]]
-*First runner under 12.3 seconds: 12.29 seconds, [[Yordanka Donkova]] [[Bulgaria|BUL]], [[August 17]] [[1986]]
+*First runner under 12.3 seconds: 12.29 seconds, Yordanka Donkova BUL, [[August 17]] [[1986]]
 ==Most successful athletes==
-*[[Shirley Strickland]] ([[Australia|AUS]]): two Olympic victories, [[1952]] and [[1956]] in the [[80 m hurdles]]
+*Shirley Strickland (AUS): two Olympic victories, [[1952]] and [[1956]] in the [[80 m hurdles]]
-*[[Gail Devers]] ([[USA]]): three world championships, [[1993]], [[1995]], [[1999]], as well as runner-up at the [[1991]] and [[2001]] world championships
+*Gail Devers (USA): three world championships, [[1993]], [[1995]], [[1999]], as well as runner-up at the [[1991]] and [[2001]] world championships
 == 80 m hurdles medalists at Olympic Games ==
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 ! Year !! Gold !! Silver !! Bronze
 |-
-|[[1932]] || [[Mildred Didrikson]] ([[USA]]) || [[Evelyne Hall]] ([[USA]]) || [[Marjorie Clark]] ([[South Africa|RSA]])
+|[[1932]] || Mildred Didrikson (USA) || Evelyne Hall (USA) || Marjorie Clark (RSA)
 |-
-|[[1936]] || [[Trebisonda Valla]] ([[Italy|ITA]]) || [[Anni Steuer]] ([[Germany|GER]]) || [[Elizabeth Taylor (athlete)|Elizabeth Taylor]] ([[Canada|CAN]])
+|[[1936]] || Trebisonda Valla (ITA) || Anni Steuer (GER) || Elizabeth Taylor (CAN)
 |-
-|[[1948]] || [[Fanny Blankers-Koen]] ([[Netherlands|NED]]) || [[Maureen Gardner]] ([[GBR]]) || [[Shirley Strickland]] ([[Australia|AUS]])
+|[[1948]] || Fanny Blankers-Koen ([[Netherlands|NED]]) || Maureen Gardner (GBR) || Shirley Strickland (AUS)
 |-
-|[[1952]] || [[Shirley Strickland]] ([[Australia|AUS]]) || [[Maria Wassiljewna Golubnitschaya|Maria Golubnitschaya]] ([[USSR]]) || [[Maria Sander]] ([[Federal Republic of Germany|FRG]])
+|[[1952]] || Shirley Strickland (AUS) || Maria Golubnitschaya (USSR) || Maria Sander (FRG)
 |-
-|[[1956]] || [[Shirley Strickland]] ([[Australia|AUS]]) || [[Gisela Birkemeyer|Gisela Köhler]] ([[GDR]]) || [[Norma Thrower]] ([[Australia|AUS]])
+|[[1956]] || Shirley Strickland (AUS) || Gisela Köhler ([[GDR]]) || Norma Thrower (AUS)
 |-
-|[[1960]] || [[Irina Press]] ([[USSR]]) || [[Carole Quinton ]] ([[GBR]]) || [[Gisela Birkemeyer]] ([[GDR]])
+|[[1960]] || Irina Press ([[USSR]]) || Carole Quinton (GBR) || Gisela Birkemeyer (GDR)
 |-
-|[[1964]] || [[Karin Balzer]] ([[GDR]]) || [[Teresa Ciepły]] ([[POL]]) || [[Pam Kilborn]] ([[Australia|AUS]])
+|[[1964]] || Karin Balzer (GDR) || Teresa Ciepły (POL) || Pam Kilborn (AUS)
 |-
-|[[1968]] || [[Maureen Caird]] ([[Australia|AUS]]) || [[Pam Kilborn]] ([[Australia|AUS]]) || [[Chi Cheng]] ([[Chinese Taipei|TPE]])
+|[[1968]] || Maureen Caird ([[Australia|AUS]]) || Pam Kilborn (AUS) || Chi Cheng (TPE)
 |}