110 meter hurdles
The 110-meter hurdles is an Olympic discipline of athletics for men. There are ten hurdles that are 1.067 meters high and set up at equal intervals on a straight 110-meter route. They are designed in such a way that they can fall over when bumped, which will not be counted as a fault for the competitor unless it is done on purpose.
The first of the 10 hurdles is at a distance of 13.72 m from the start line, the following nine spaces are 9.14 m and the final section 14.02 m.
The 110-meter hurdles have been part of the program at the Olympic Games since 1896 . Women ran the 80-meter hurdles from 1932 to 1968 . Then the hurdles were set to 100 meters .
The fastest 110-meter hurdlers achieve a time of 13 seconds (world record: 12.80 s). This corresponds to a speed of 8.5 m / s or 30.5 km / h.
See also hurdles .
history
During the first hurdles in England around 1830 , wooden barriers were set up on a 100-yard course. The first standards were set in Oxford and Cambridge in 1864 : the length of the route was 120 yards (109.72 meters), on top of which ten hurdles were set up with a height of 3 feet, 6 inches (1.06 meters). After rounding up to 110 meters in competitions in France from 1888, this largely describes the dimensions that have been preserved to the present day. In Germany hurdles with a height of 1.00 meters were used until 1907, after which the internationally common height of 1.06 meters was recognized.
The massive hurdle constructions of the early days were initially replaced in 1895 by lighter T-shaped structures that could be knocked over. By 1935, runners who knocked over more than three hurdles were disqualified. Records were only recognized if all the hurdles were stopped.
In 1935, the T-shaped hurdles were replaced by L-shaped hurdles, which tip over slightly when bumped and reduce the risk of injury.
The running technique used up to the present day, in which the hurdle is crossed instead of jumped when lowering the upper body and with three steps between the hurdles, was first used by the 1900 Olympic champion , Alvin Kraenzlein .
The first hurdles race in Germany, over the distance of 120 yards, took place on August 23, 1891 in Berlin on the Halensee Radrennbahn .
The 110-meter hurdles have been held at the Olympic Games since 1896 . In women's athletics, the route was occasionally run in the early 1920s without ever gaining any major importance. From 1926 women only ran over 80 meter hurdles, from 1961 for tests and finally from 1969 in official competitions over 100 meters.
In 1900 and 1904 there was also a 200-meter hurdle race at the Olympic Games. The International Athletics Association IAAF recognized world records for this route until 1960.
Milestones
- First world record officially recognized by the IAAF: 15.0 s, Forrest Smithson , 1908
- First run under 15 seconds: 14.8 s, Earl Thomson , 1920
- First run under 14.5 seconds: 14.4 s, Eric Wennström , 1929
- First run under 14 seconds: 13.7 s, Forrest Towns , 1936
- First run under 13.5 seconds: 13.4 s, Jack Davis , 1956
- First run under 13 seconds: 12.93 s, Renaldo Nehemiah , 1981
Most successful athlete
- Two Olympic victories:
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Lee Calhoun , 1956 and 1960
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Roger Kingdom , 1984 and 1988
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- Four world championship titles:
- Three world championship titles:
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Greg Foster , 1983 , 1987 and 1991
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- Two world championship titles:
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Colin Jackson , 1993 and 1999 and Olympic runner-up in 1988
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Most successful Germans:
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Martin Lauer , world record holder from 1959 to 1972 (13.2 s on July 7, 1959 in Zurich ), European champion 1958
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Thomas Munkelt , Olympic champion 1980 , European champion 1978 and 1982
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Vincenz Duncker , Olympic Knight 1906
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Florian Schwarthoff , Olympic Knight 1996 , European Championship runner-up in 1994
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Frank Siebeck , Olympic fifth in 1972 , European champion in 1971
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Werner Trzmiel , fifth in the 1968 Olympics
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statistics
Olympic Games medalist
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World Championships medalist
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See also
World record development
In brackets: electronically or hand-timed time, but the world record was recognized with the first time mentioned
| Time (s) | Surname | date | place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hand-stopped world records | ||||
| 15.0 |
.svg){kind=small} Forrest Smithson
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July 27, 1908 | London | |
| 14.8 |
.svg){kind=small} Earl Thomson
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August 18, 1920 | Antwerp | |
| 14.8 |
Sten Pettersson
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September 18, 1927 | Stockholm | |
| 14 3/5 |
.svg){kind=small} George Weightman-Smith
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July 31, 1928 | Amsterdam | |
| 14.4 |
Eric Wennström
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August 25, 1929 | Stockholm | |
| 14.4 |
 Bengt Sjöstedt
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September 5, 1931 | Helsinki | |
| 14.4 |
Percy Beard
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June 23, 1932 | Cambridge | |
| 14.4 |
Jack Keller
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July 16, 1932 | Palo Alto | |
| 14.4 |
George Saling
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August 2, 1932 | los Angeles | |
| 14.4 |
John Morris
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August 12, 1933 | Budapest | |
| 14.4 |
John Morris
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September 8, 1933 | Turin | |
| 14.3 |
Percy Beard
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July 26, 1934 | Stockholm | |
| 14.2 |
Percy Beard
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August 6, 1934 | Oslo | |
| 14.2 |
Alvin Moreau
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August 2, 1935 | Oslo | |
| 14.1 |
Forrest Towns
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June 19, 1936 | Chicago | |
| 14.1 |
Forrest Towns
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August 6, 1936 | Berlin | |
| 13.7 |
Forrest Towns
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August 27, 1936 | Oslo | |
| 13.7 |
Fred Wolcott
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June 29, 1941 | Philadelphia | |
| 13.6 |
Richard Attlesey
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June 24, 1950 | College park | |
| 13.5 |
Richard Attlesey
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July 10, 1950 | Helsinki | |
| 13.4 |
Jack Davis
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June 22, 1956 | Bakersfield | |
| 13.2 |
 Martin Lauer
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July 7, 1959 | Zurich | |
| 13.2 |
Lee Calhoun
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August 21, 1960 | Bern | |
| 13.2 (13.43) |
Earl McCullouch
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July 16, 1967 | Minneapolis | |
| 13.2 |
Willie Davenport
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4th July 1969 | Zurich | |
| 13.2 (13.24) |
Rod Milburn
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7th September 1972 | Munich | |
| 13.1 |
Rod Milburn
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July 6, 1973 | Zurich | |
| 13.1 |
Rod Milburn
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July 22, 1973 | Siena | |
| 13.1 |
 Guy Drut
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July 23, 1975 | Saint-Maur-des-Fossés | |
| 13.0 |
Guy Drut
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22nd August 1975 | Berlin | |
| Electronically stopped world records | ||||
| 13.24 (13.2) |
Rod Milburn
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7th September 1972 | Munich | |
| 13.21 |
 Alejandro Casañas
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August 21, 1977 | Sofia | |
| 13.16 |
Renaldo Nehemiah
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April 14, 1979 | San Jose | |
| 13.00 |
Renaldo Nehemiah
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May 6, 1979 | Westwood | |
| 12.93 |
Renaldo Nehemiah
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08/19/1981 | Zurich | |
| 12.92 |
Roger Kingdom
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August 16, 1989 | Zurich | |
| 12.91 |
Colin Jackson
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August 20, 1993 | Stuttgart | |
| 12.91 |
 Liu Xiang
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August 27, 2004 | Athens | |
| 12.88 |
Liu Xiang
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July 11, 2006 | Lausanne | |
| 12.87 |
Dayron Robles
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June 12, 2008 | Ostrava | |
| 12.80 |
Aries Merritt
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September 7, 2012 | Brussels | |
World best list
All runners with a time of 13.15 seconds or faster. In brackets: wind measurement in m / s. A = time achieved under altitude conditions.
Last change: June 8, 2019
- 12.80 s (0.3) Aries Merritt , Brussels , 7 September 2012
- 12.87 s (0.9) Dayron Robles , Ostrava , June 12, 2008
- 12.88 s (1.1) Liu Xiang , Lausanne , July 11, 2006
- 12.89s (0.5) David Oliver , Paris Saint-Denis , July 16, 2010
- 12.90 s (1.1) Dominique Arnold , Lausanne , July 11, 2006
- 12.90 s (0.7) Omar McLeod , Kingston , June 24, 2017
- 12.91 s (0.5) Colin Jackson , Stuttgart , August 20, 1993
- 12.92 s (−0.1) Roger Kingdom , Zurich , August 16, 1989
- 12.92 s (0.9) Allen Johnson , Atlanta , June 23, 1996
- 12.93 s (−0.2) Renaldo Nehemiah , Zurich , August 19, 1981
- 12.94 s (1.6) Jack Pierce , Atlanta , June 22, 1996
- 12.94 s (0.8) Hansle Parchment , Paris Saint-Denis , July 5, 2014
- 12.94s (0.5) Orlando Ortega , Paris Saint-Denis , July 4, 2015
- 12.95 s (1.5) Terrence Trammell , New York , June 2, 2007
- 12.95 s (0.2) Pascal Martinot-Lagarde , Monaco , July 18, 2014
- 12.97 s (1.0) Ladji Doucouré , Angers , July 15, 2005
- 12.98 s (0.6) Mark Crear , Zagreb , July 5, 1999
- 12.98s (1.5) Jason Richardson , Eugene , June 30, 2012
- 12.98 s (0.1) Sergei Schubenkow , Beijing , August 28, 2015
- 12.98s (0.8) Grant Holloway , Austin , June 7, 2019
- 12.99 s (1,2) Ronnie Ash , Sacramento , June 29, 2014
- 13.00 s (0.5) Tony Jarrett , Stuttgart , August 20, 1993
- 13.00 s (0.6) Anier García , Sydney , September 25, 2000
- 13.00 s (0.8) Daniel Roberts , Austin , June 7, 2019
- 13.01 s (0.3) Larry Wade , Lausanne , July 2, 1999
- 13.02 s (1.5) Ryan Wilson , New York , June 2, 2007
- 13.02 s (1.7) David Payne , Osaka , August 31, 2007
- 13.03 s (−0.2) Greg Foster , Zurich , August 19, 1981
- 13.03s (1.0) Reggie Torian , New Orleans , June 21, 1998
- 13.03s (1.0) Devon Allen , Eugene , July 9, 2016
- 13.05 s (1.4) Tony Dees , Vigo , July 23, 1991
- 13.05 s (−0.8) Florian Schwarthoff , Bremen , July 2, 1995
- 13.05 s (−0.1) Ronald Levy , Paris , July 1, 2017
- 13.08 s (1,2) Mark McKoy , Villeneuve d'Ascq , July 2, 1993
- 13.08 s (0.0) Staņislavs Olijars , Lausanne , July 1, 2003
- 13.08 s (1,2) Jeff Porter , Eugene , June 30, 2012
- 13.09 s (2.0) Antwon Hicks , Eugene , July 6, 2008
- 13.09 s (0.6) Garfield Darien , Ostrava , June 28, 2017
- 13.10 s A (2.0) Falk Balzer , Johannesburg , September 13, 1998
- 13.11s (0.5) Aleec Harris , Paris Saint-Denis , July 4th 2015
- 13.11 s (1.8) Antonio Alkana , Prague , June 5, 2017
- 13.12 s (1.0) Duane Ross , Seville , August 25, 1999
- 13.12 s (1.9) Anwar Moore , Modesto , May 5, 2007
- 13.12 s (0.0) Dimitri Bascou , Monaco , July 15, 2016
- 13.13 s (1.6) Igor Kovác , Stockholm , July 7, 1997
- 13.13 s (2.0) Dexter Faulk , Ostrava , June 17, 2009
- 13.14 s (0.1) Ryan Brathwaite , Berlin , August 20, 2009
- 13.14 s (0.0) Andrew Riley , Paris Saint-Denis , July 6, 2013
- 13.14 s (−0.1) Andrew Pozzi , Paris , July 1, 2017
- 13.15 s (0.3) Robin Korving , Lausanne , July 2, 1999
- 13.15 s (0.1) Dwight Thomas , Oslo , June 9, 2011
- 13.15 s (0.3) Balázs Baji , Székesfehérvár , July 4, 2017
- German record: Florian Schwarthoff - 13.05 s on July 2, 1995 in Bremen
- Austrian record: Mark McKoy - 13.14 s on September 3, 1994 in Paris
- Swiss record: Jason Joseph - 13.34 s on July 24, 2020 in Bern
swell
- 110 Metres Hurdles All Time - Eternal world best list of the IAAF, 110 m hurdles men
- Athletics annual world best list up to 20th place ( Memento from July 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Progression of World best performances and official IAAF World Records. 2003 edition. Monaco, 2003, p. 115 ff. (English)
See also
Web links
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