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The '''110m hurdles''' are an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Athletics|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 Summer Olympic Games|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 [[100m hurdles|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===
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|- bgcolor=#efefef
!Time!!Athlete!!Nation!!Date!!Place
|- valign="top"
|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]] (13.49) achieved in Debrecen, Hungary on [[July 14]], [[2007]].

===Greek Athletes===
*[[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 [http://www.hh110stats.org/ High Hurdle Stats]

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 == The 110m hurdles in Greece ==
-The Greek record in the 110m hurdles is held by [[Kostas Douvalidis]] (13.46) achieved in Beijing on [[August 19]], [[2008]].
+The Greek record in the 110m hurdles is held by [[Kostas Douvalidis]] (13.34) achieved in [[Athens]] on [[July 20]], [[2013]].
 ===Greek Athletes===

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 *[[Alexandros Touferis]]
 *[[Yiannis Talianos]]
 *[[Christos Mantikas]]
 *[[Yiannis Kampadellis]]

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 ===Greek Athletes===
 *[[Christos Mantikas]]
 *[[Yiannis Kampadellis]]
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 *[[Alexandros Theofanov]]
 *[[Kostas Douvalidis]]
 ==References==