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Men's 110 metres hurdles world record progression

The following table shows the world record progression in the Men's 110 metres hurdles.

The first world record in the 110 metre hurdles for men (athletics) was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations, in 1912. The IAAF ratified Forrest Smithson's 15.0 mark set at the 1908 London Olympic Games as the inaugural record.[1]

To June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 39 world records in the event.[1]

Records 1912–1976 edit

Time Wind Auto Athlete Nationality Location of race Date
15.0 Forrest Smithson   United States London 25 July 1908[1]
15.0 Harold Barron   United States Antwerp 17 August 1920[2]
15.0 Earl Thomson   Canada Antwerp 17 August 1920[3]
14.8 Earl Thomson   Canada Antwerp 18 August 1920[1]
14.8 Sten Pettersson   Sweden Stockholm 18 September 1927[1]
14.6 George Weightman-Smith   South Africa Amsterdam 31 July 1928[1]
14.4 Eric Wennström   Sweden Stockholm 25 August 1929[1]
14.4 Bengt Sjöstedt   Finland Helsinki 5 September 1931[1]
14.4 Percy Beard   United States Cambridge 23 June 1932[1]
14.4 −0.2 14.53 Jack Keller   United States Palo Alto 17 July 1932[1]
14.4 George Saling   United States Los Angeles 2 August 1932[1]
14.4 John Morriss   United States Budapest 12 August 1933[1]
14.4 John Morriss   United States Turin 8 September 1933[1]
14.3 Percy Beard   United States Stockholm 26 July 1934[1]
14.2 Percy Beard   United States Oslo 6 August 1934[1]
14.2 Alvin Moreau   United States Oslo 2 August 1935[1]
14.1w 2.4 Forrest Towns   United States Chicago 19 June 1936[1]
14.1 1.3 Forrest Towns   United States Berlin 6 August 1936[1]
13.7 0.0 Forrest Towns   United States Oslo 27 August 1936[1]
13.7 0.0 Fred Wolcott   United States Philadelphia 29 June 1941[1]
13.6 0.9 Richard Attlesey   United States College Park 24 June 1950[1]
13.5 Richard Attlesey   United States Helsinki 10 July 1950[1]
13.4 0.0 Jack Davis   United States Bakersfield 22 June 1956[1]
13.2 1.9 13.56 Martin Lauer   West Germany Zurich 7 July 1959[1]
13.2 0.0 Lee Calhoun   United States Bern 21 August 1960[1]
13.2 1.8 13.43 Earl McCullouch   United States Minneapolis 16 July 1967[1]
13.2 −0.9 Willie Davenport   United States Zurich 4 July 1969[1]
13.2 0.0 13.24 Rod Milburn   United States Munich 7 September 1972[1]
13.2 1.1 13.41 Rod Milburn   United States Zurich 6 July 1973[1]
13.2 1.5 Rod Milburn   United States Siena 22 July 1973[1]
13.1 1.2 Guy Drut   France Saint Maur 23 July 1975[1]
13.0 1.8 Guy Drut   France West Berlin 22 August 1975[1]

Records 1977–present edit

From 1975, the IAAF accepted separate automatically electronically timed records for events up to 400 metres. Starting January 1, 1977, the IAAF required fully automatic timing to the hundredth of a second for these events.[1]

Rod Milburn's 1972 Olympic gold medal victory time of 13.24 was the fastest recorded result to that time.

Time Wind Athlete Nationality Location of race Date
13.24 0.0 Rod Milburn   United States Munich 7 September 1972[1]
13.21 0.6 Alejandro Casañas   Cuba Sofia 21 August 1977[1]
13.16 1.7 Renaldo Nehemiah   United States San Jose 14 April 1979[1]
13.00 0.9 Renaldo Nehemiah   United States Westwood 6 May 1979[1]
12.93 −0.2 Renaldo Nehemiah   United States Zürich 19 August 1981[1]
12.92 −0.1 Roger Kingdom   United States Zürich 16 August 1989[1]
12.91 0.5 Colin Jackson   United Kingdom Stuttgart 20 August 1993[1]
12.91 0.3 Liu Xiang   China Athens 27 August 2004[1]
12.88 1.1 Liu Xiang   China Lausanne 11 July 2006[1]
12.87 0.9 Dayron Robles   Cuba Ostrava 12 June 2008[1]
12.80 0.3 Aries Merritt   United States Brussels 7 September 2012[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009" (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 553. Archived from the original (pdf) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  2. ^ Landon Sets New Olympic Record in High Jumping, New York Times, 18 August 1920. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  3. ^ Landon Sets New Olympic Record in High Jumping, New York Times, 18 August 1920. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  4. ^ "12.80!! Merritt stuns with World record in 110m Hurdles in Brussels". Monte Carlo: IAAF. 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
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