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{{Short description|Track and field hurdling event}}
{{Infobox athletics event
|event= 110 metres hurdles
|image= Osaka07 D8M M110MH Decathlon Scene.jpg
|image_upright= 1.1
|caption= A 110&nbsp;m hurdles heat of the [[Decathlon]] at [[Osaka 2007]]
|WRmen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Aries Merritt]]|USA}} 12.80 (2012)}}
|ORmen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Liu Xiang (hurdler)|Liu Xiang]]|CHN}} 12.91 (2004)}}
|CRmen= {{nowrap|{{flagathlete|[[Colin Jackson]]|GBR}} 12.91 (1993)}}
}}
The '''110 metres hurdles''', or '''110-metre hurdles''', is a [[hurdling]] [[track and field]] event for men. It is included in the [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] programme at the [[Summer Olympic Games]]. The female counterpart is the [[100 metres hurdles]]. As part of a racing event, ten [[hurdles]] of {{convert|42|in|cm|1}} in height are evenly spaced along a straight course of 110&nbsp;metres. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner. Fallen hurdles do not carry a fixed time penalty for the runners, but they have a significant pull-over weight which slows down the run. Like the [[100 metres]] sprint, the 110&nbsp;metres hurdles begins in the [[starting blocks]].

For the 110&nbsp;m hurdles, the first hurdle is placed after a run-up of 13.72&nbsp;metres (45&nbsp;ft) from the starting line. The next nine hurdles are set at a distance of 9.14&nbsp;metres (30&nbsp;ft) from each other, and the home stretch from the last hurdle to the finish line is 14.02&nbsp;metres (46&nbsp;ft) long.

The [[Olympic Games]] have included the 110&nbsp;metre hurdles in their program since 1896. The equivalent hurdles race for women was run over a course of 80&nbsp;metres from 1932 to 1968. Starting with the [[1972 Summer Olympics]], the women's race was set at 100&nbsp;metres. In the early 20th century, the race was often contested as the 120&nbsp;yard hurdles, reflecting the distance between hurdles in [[imperial units]].

The fastest 110&nbsp;metre hurdlers run the distance in around 13&nbsp;seconds. [[Aries Merritt]] of the United States holds the current world record of 12.80 seconds, set at the [[Memorial Van Damme]] meet on 7 September 2012 in Belgium.

==History==
For the first hurdles races in England {{Circa|1830}}, wooden barriers were placed along a stretch of 100&nbsp;yards (91.44&nbsp;m).

The first standards were attempted in 1864 in [[Oxford]] and [[Cambridge, Cambridgeshire|Cambridge]]:  The length of the course was set to 120&nbsp;yards (109.7 m) and over its course, runners were required to clear ten {{convert|42|in|cm|1}} high hurdles; the height and spacing of the hurdles have been related to [[Imperial units]] ever since. After the length of the course was rounded up to 110 metres in France in 1888, the standardisation was essentially complete, except that in Germany, 1 metre high hurdles were used until 1907.

The massively constructed hurdles of the early days were first replaced in 1895 with somewhat lighter T-shaped hurdles that runners were able to knock over.

However, until 1935, runners were disqualified if they knocked down more than three hurdles, and records were only recognized if the runner had left all hurdles standing.

In 1935, the T-shaped hurdles were replaced by L-shaped ones that easily fall forward if bumped into and therefore reduce the risk of injury.  However, these hurdles are weighted, so it is disadvantageous to hit them.

The current running style where the first hurdle is taken on the run with the upper body lowered instead of being jumped over and with three steps each between the hurdles was first used by the 1900 Olympic champion, [[Alvin Kraenzlein]]. The 110 metre hurdles have been an Olympic discipline since 1896.

===Women's history===
Women ran the event occasionally in the 1920s, but it never became generally accepted.

From 1926 to 1968, women competed in the 80 metre hurdles, which was increased to 100 metres starting in 1961 on a trial basis, and was officially implemented in competition in 1969.

Currently, women run the 110 metre distance at the [[World Athletics Relays]] [[shuttle hurdle relay]], which features two men and two women participating together.  The event debuted at the 2019 event.

===Other events===
In 1900 and 1904, the Olympics also included a [[Low hurdles|200-metre hurdles event]], and the [[IAAF]] recognized world records for the 200 metre hurdles until 1960. [[Don Styron]] held the world record in the event for over 50 years, until [[Andy Turner (hurdler)|Andy Turner]] broke the record in a specially arranged race at the [[Manchester City Games]] in 2010: Styron still holds the world record in the 220 yard low hurdles as of 2021.

==Technique==
The sprint hurdles are a very rhythmic race because both men and women take 3 steps (meaning 4 foot strikes) between each hurdle, no matter whether running 110/100 metres outdoors, or the shorter distances indoors (55 or 60 metres). In addition, the distance from the starting line to the first hurdle – while shorter for women – is constant for both sexes whether indoors or outdoors, so sprint hurdlers do not need to change their stride pattern between indoor and outdoor seasons. One difference between indoor and outdoors is the shorter finishing distance from the last (5th) hurdle indoors, compared to longer distance from the last (10th) hurdle outdoors to the finish line.

Top male hurdlers traditionally took 8 strides from the starting blocks to the first hurdle (indoors and outdoors). The 8-step start persisted from (at least) the 1950s to the end of the 20th century and included such World- and Olympic champions as [[Harrison Dillard]], [[Rod Milburn]], Greg Foster, [[Renaldo Nehemiah]], [[Roger Kingdom]], [[Allen Johnson]], Mark Crear, Mark McCoy, and [[Colin Jackson]]. However, beginning in the 2000s, some hurdle coaches embraced a transition to a faster 7-step start, teaching the men to lengthen their first few strides out of the starting blocks. Cuban hurdler [[Dayron Robles]] set his 2008 world record of 12.87 using a 7-step start. Chinese star [[Liu Xiang (hurdler)|Liu Xiang]] won the 2004 Olympics and broke the world record in 2006 utilizing an 8-step approach, but he switched to 7-steps by the 2011 outdoor season. After the 2010 outdoor season, American [[Jason Richardson (hurdler)|Jason Richardson]] trained to switch to a 7-step start and went on to win the 2011 World Championship. American [[Aries Merritt]] trained in Fall 2011 to switch from 8 to 7, and then had his greatest outdoor season in 2012 – running 8 races in under 13 seconds – capped by winning the [[London 2012 Olympics]] and then setting a world record of 12.80.<ref>Source for switch from 8-step start to 7-step start amongst men is ''Track & Field News'' magazine, March 2013 (Vol. 66, no. 3), "Is the 8-Step Hurdle Approach Gone?", by Jon Hendershott; pp. 7-8; interviews with Aires Merritt's coach Andreas Behm and Renaldo Nehemiah.</ref>

Of the 10 men with the fastest 110m hurdle times in 2012, seven used 7-steps, including the top 4: Aries Merritt, Liu Xiang, Jason Richardson, and David Oliver. Hurdle technique experts believe the off-season training required to produce the power and speed necessary to reach the first hurdle in 7 steps, yields greater endurance over the last half of the race. That added endurance allows hurdlers to maintain their top speed to the finish, resulting in a faster time.

== Junior-level competition ==
[[File:110M highschool hurdles.jpg|thumb|A 110&nbsp;m hurdles race at the 2021 Creekside Friday knight invite]]
In [[List of United States high school national records in track and field|American high school track and field]] and at many international [[Under-20 athletics]] competitions, the 110 metres hurdles are mostly the same as their professional counterparts. The main difference between the high school hurdles and college-level/ professional hurdles is the height. High school hurdles are {{convert|39|in|cm|1}} inches high while college height hurdles are {{convert|42|in|cm|1}} tall. This change in height drastically changes the requirements placed on the hurdler to clear the barrier with the same amount of speed. High school hurdling technique is the same as professional except on the higher hurdles everything is exaggerated. As a high schooler makes the transition from the 39's to the 42's there are many things they must adjust to, the most prevailing issue is getting down after clearing the hurdle. 39-inch hurdlers are used to the normal sprinting motion right after they get off the hurdle but for a newly transitioned 42-inch hurdler that extra half a second can feel very foreign. The second major difference in technique between 39's and 42's is the take-off distance. When a high school hurdler approaches his first hurdle they are putting as much power into each step as possible and attempting to gain all the speed they can so by their eighth step they'll be about six inches away from the hurdle. When attempting to clear a 42-inch hurdle the athlete can no longer run headfirst into the hurdle with disregard for the height of the hurdle. The newly made college hurdler needs to learn how to shorten their strides so they can take off the ground from farther away to clear a 42-inch barrier.

Both before and after this change of technique world class hurdler, Aries Merritt was an elite level hurdler, at the peak of his high school career Aries Merritt achieved a still standing Wheeler High school record of 13.91 seconds. Almost all top level American hurdlers started their careers in high school including Roger Kingdom at Vienna high school and many more.<ref>{{Cite web|title=From High School to College|url=https://hurdlesfirstbeta.com/free-articles/training-tips/from-high-school-to-college/|access-date=2021-03-27|website=Hurdles First}}</ref>

The [[List of world under-20 records in athletics|world record]] in the 110m hurdles at the 39-inch height is 12.72 by [[Sasha Zhoya]], achieved at the [[2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's 110 metres hurdles]] in [[Nairobi, Kenya]] on 21 August 2021.

==Milestones==

*First official [[IAAF]] [[world record]]: 15.0 seconds, [[Forrest Smithson]] (USA), 1908
*First under 15 seconds: 14.8 seconds, [[Earl Thomson]] (CAN), 1920
*First under 14 seconds: 13.7 seconds, [[Forrest Towns]] (USA), 1936
*First under 13.5 seconds: 13.4 seconds, [[Jack Davis (athlete)|Jack Davis]] (USA), 1956
*First under 13 seconds: 12.93 seconds, [[Renaldo Nehemiah]] (USA), 1981
*First under 12.9 seconds: 12.88 seconds, [[Liu Xiang (hurdler)|Liu Xiang]] (CHN), 2006

== All-time top 25 ==
{{Further information|Men's 110 metres hurdles world record progression}}
{| style="wikitable"
|Table shows data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 '''110m hurdles times''' and the top 25 '''athletes''':
|-
| style="background: #f6F5CE" |''- denotes top performance for '''athletes''' in the top 25 '''110m hurdles times'''''
|-
|''- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 '''110m hurdles times''', by repeat athletes''
|-
| style="background: #CCFFCC" |''- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 '''athletes''' who fall outside the top 25 110m hurdles times''
|}

*Correct as of May 2025.<ref>{{cite web|title=All-time men's best 110m hurdles|url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/m_110hok.htm|publisher=alltime-athletics.com|date=7 July 2017|access-date=9 July 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!scope="col"| {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}} 
!scope="col"| {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}} 
!scope="col"| Time (s) 
!scope="col"| Wind (m/s) 
!scope="col"| Reaction (s) 
!scope="col"| Athlete 
!scope="col"| Nation 
!scope="col"| Date 
!scope="col"| Place 
!scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{refh}}
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 1
| align=center | 12.80
| align=center | +0.3
| align=center | 0.145
| [[Aries Merritt]]
| {{USA}}
| 7 September 2012
| [[Brussels]]
| <ref>{{cite news |author=Bob Ramsak |date=7 September 2012 |title=12.80!! Merritt stuns with World record in 110m Hurdles in Brussels – Samsung Diamond League – FINAL, Part 2 |url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/dlm/news/newsid=67729.html |access-date=11 September 2012 |publisher=[[IAAF]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SAMSUNG DIAMOND LEAGUE 2012 Brussels (BEL) 7 September 2012 110m Hurdles Men Results |url=https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2012/brussels/re0260040.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616122926/https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2012/brussels/re0260040.pdf |archive-date=16 June 2019 |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center | 2
| align=center | 2
| align=center | 12.81
| align=center | +1.8
| align=center | 0.169
| [[Grant Holloway]]
| {{USA}}
| 26 June 2021
| [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
| <ref>{{cite news |author=Jonathan Gault |date=26 June 2021 |title=Grant Holloway Runs 12.81, 2nd Fastest Ever in 110m Hurdles |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2021/06/grant-holloway-runs-12-81-2nd-fastest-ever-in-110m-hurdles/ |access-date=27 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field Results |url=https://results.usatf.org/2020Trials/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |website=results.usatf.org}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"|-
| align=center | 3
| align=center | 3
| align=center | 12.84
| align=center | +1.6
| align=center | 0.128
| [[Devon Allen]]
| {{USA}}
| 12 June 2022
| [[New York City]]
| <ref>{{cite news |author=Karen Rosen |date=13 June 2022 |title=Allen pips Holloway and advances to No. 3 all time in New York |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/allen-lyles-hobbs-new-york-grand-prix |access-date=22 June 2022 |publisher=World Athletics}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New York Grand Prix Icahn Stadium - New York (USA) 12th June 2022 Result Lists |url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0002020301FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF2C.pdf |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 
| align=center | 4
| align=center | 12.86
| align=center | +2.0
| align=center | 
| ''Holloway #2''
| 
| 28 June 2024
| [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
| <ref name="auto">{{cite web |date=30 June 2024 |title=Lyles, Thomas and Holloway dash to world leads at US Olympic Trials |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/lyles-thomas-holloway-2024-us-olympic-trials-eugene |access-date=30 June 2024 |website=World Athletics}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center | 4
| align=center | 5
| align=center | 12.87
| align=center | +0.9
| align=center | 
| [[Dayron Robles]]
| {{CUB}}
| 12 June 2008
| [[Ostrava]]
| 
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center | 5
| align=center | 5
| align=center | 12.87
| align=center | +0.6
| align=center | 0.162
| [[Cordell Tinch]]
| {{USA}}
| 3 May 2025
| [[Shaoxing]]
| <ref>{{Cite web |date=3 May 2025 |title=Results 110 Metres Hurdles Men |url=https://ps-cache-next.ath.swisstiming.com/node/binaryData/ATH_PROD/SHANGHAI_2025/PDF_ATHM110MHURDDIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73B1.PDF?h=Gn0SFLEHJmnjlQg0nzvVUY9vIZqxoGdLOnqoS/3XXQU= |access-date=3 May 2025 |website=[[Diamond League|shanghai.diamondleague.com]]}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center | 6
| align=center | 7
| align=center | 12.88
| align=center | +1.1
| align=center | 
| [[Liu Xiang (hurdler)|Liu Xiang]]
| {{CHN}}
| 11 July 2006
| [[Lausanne]]
| 
|-
| align=center | 
| align=center | 7
| align=center | 12.88
| align=center | +0.5
| align=center | 
| ''Robles #2''
| 
| 18 July 2008
| [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
| 
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center | 7
| align=center | 9
| align=center | 12.89
| align=center | +0.5
| align=center | 0.161
| [[David Oliver (hurdler)|David Oliver]]
| {{USA}}
| 16 July 2010
| [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
| <ref>{{cite web |title=SAMSUNG DIAMOND LEAGUE 2010 Paris (FRA) 16 July 2010 110m Hurdles Men / 110m Haies Hommes Results / Liste de résultat |url=https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2010/paris/re0260040.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522183135/https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2010/paris/re0260040.pdf |archive-date=22 May 2023 |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center | 8
| align=center | 10
| align=center | 12.90
| align=center | +1.1
| align=center | 
| [[Dominique Arnold]]
| {{USA}}
| 11 July 2006
| [[Lausanne]]
| 
|-
| align=center | 
| align=center | 10
| align=center | 12.90
| align=center | +1.6
| align=center | 0.150
| ''Oliver #2''
| 
| 3 July 2010
| [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
| <ref>{{cite web |title=SAMSUNG DIAMOND LEAGUE 2010 Eugene (USA) 3. July 2010 110m Hurdles Men Results |url=https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2010/eugene/re0260040.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522183139/https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2010/eugene/re0260040.pdf |archive-date=22 May 2023 |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center | 9
| align=center | 10
| align=center | 12.90
| align=center | +0.7
| align=center | 
| [[Omar McLeod]]
| {{JAM}}
| 24 June 2017
| [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
| <ref>{{cite web |author=Kayon Raynor |date=24 June 2017 |title=Athletics: Olympic champion McLeod sets sizzling 110m hurdles pace |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-athletics-jamaica-idUSKBN19G02X |access-date=25 June 2017 |website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center | 10
| align=center | 13
| align=center | 12.91
| align=center | +0.5
| align=center | 0.122
| [[Colin Jackson]]
| {{GBR2}}
| 20 August 1993
| [[Stuttgart]]
| <ref name="worldstats">{{cite web |title=IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 Statistics Handbook |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/80ee3ff0-ece7-439d-a0e1-f63a059a0da6.pdf |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 13
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 12.91
| align=center | +0.3
| align=center | 0.139
| ''Liu #2''
| rowspan="2" |
| 27 August 2004
| [[Athens]]
| <ref name="olystats">{{cite web |title=Tokyo Olympic Games Statistics Handbook |url=https://worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=c177c17b-bd27-4a1f-aac5-ee07e53a4137.pdf&urlSlug=tokyo-2020-olympic-games-statistics-handbook1 |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | +0.2
| align=center | 
| ''Robles #3''
| 22 July 2008
| [[Stockholm]]
| 
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 11
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 16
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 12.92
| align=center | −0.1
| align=center | 
| [[Roger Kingdom]]
| {{USA}}
| 16 August 1989
| [[Zürich]]
| 
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center | +0.9
| align=center | 
| [[Allen Johnson]]
| {{USA}}
| 23 June 1996
| [[Atlanta]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | 16
| rowspan="4" align="center" | 12.92
| align=center | +0.2
| align=center | 
| ''Johnson #2''
| rowspan="4" |
| 23 August 1996
| [[Brussels]]
| 
|-
| align=center | +1.5
| align=center | 
| ''Liu #3''
| 2 June 2007
| [[New York City]]
| 
|-
| align=center | ±0.0
| align=center | 
| ''Robles #4''
| 23 September 2007
| [[Stuttgart]]
| 
|-
| align=center | −0.3
| align=center | 0.143
| ''Merritt #2''
| 8 August 2012
| [[London]]
| <ref name="olystats2">{{cite web |title=Tokyo Olympic Games Statistics Handbook |url=https://worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=c177c17b-bd27-4a1f-aac5-ee07e53a4137.pdf&urlSlug=tokyo-2020-olympic-games-statistics-handbook1 |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center | 13
| align=center | 16
| align=center | 12.92
| align=center | +0.6
| align=center | 0.169
| [[Sergey Shubenkov]]
| {{RUS}}
| 2 July 2018
| [[Székesfehérvár]]
| <ref>{{cite news |author=Bob Ramsak |date=3 July 2018 |title=Shubenkov scorches to 12.92 world lead at Gyulai Memorial |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/shubenkov-1292-barshim-246m-near-miss-gyulai |access-date=5 July 2018 |publisher=IAAF}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2018 – Gyulai István Memorial Results |url=https://gyulaimemorial.hu/en/2018-3/ |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>
|- 
| align=center | 
| align=center | 16
| align=center | 12.92
| align=center | +0.8
| align=center | 
| ''Holloway #3''
| 
| 24 June 2024
| [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Results |url=https://results.usatf.org/ |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=results.usatf.org}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center | 14
| align=center | 24
| align=center | 12.93
| align=center | −0.1
| align=center | 
| [[Renaldo Nehemiah]]
| {{USA}}
| 19 August 1981
| [[Zürich]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="8" align="center" |
| rowspan="8" align="center" | 24
| rowspan="8" align="center" | 12.93
| align=center | ±0.0
| align=center | 0.128
| ''Johnson #3''
| rowspan="8" |
| 7 August 1997
| [[Athens]]
| <ref name="worldstats2">{{cite web |title=IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 Statistics Handbook |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitioninfo/80ee3ff0-ece7-439d-a0e1-f63a059a0da6.pdf |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | −0.6
| align=center | 
| ''Liu #4''
| 9 September 2006
| [[Stuttgart]]
| 
|-
| align=center | +0.1
| align=center | 0.183
| ''Robles #5''
| 21 August 2008
| [[Beijing]]
| <ref name="olystats3">{{cite web |title=Tokyo Olympic Games Statistics Handbook |url=https://worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=c177c17b-bd27-4a1f-aac5-ee07e53a4137.pdf&urlSlug=tokyo-2020-olympic-games-statistics-handbook1 |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | +1.7
| align=center | 
| ''Oliver #3''
| 27 June 2010
| [[Des Moines]]
| 
|-
| align=center | −0.3
| align=center | 0.163
| ''Oliver #4''
| 19 August 2010
| [[Zürich]]
| <ref>{{cite web |title=SAMSUNG DIAMOND LEAGUE 2010 Zürich (SUI) 19 August 2010 110m Hurdles Men Results |url=https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2010/zurich/re0260040.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522192040/https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2010/zurich/re0260040.pdf |archive-date=22 May 2023 |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | +1.2
| align=center | 0.151
| ''Merritt #3''
| 30 June 2012
| [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
| <ref>{{cite web |title=SAMSUNG DIAMOND LEAGUE 2012 Eugene (USA) 1 - 2 June 2012 110m Hurdles Men Results |url=https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2012/eugene/re0260040.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522192039/https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2012/eugene/re0260040.pdf |archive-date=22 May 2023 |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | +0.6
| align=center | 0.137
| ''Merritt #4''
| 13 July 2012
| [[London]]
| <ref>{{cite web |title=SAMSUNG DIAMOND LEAGUE 2012 London (GBR) 13/14 July 2012 110m Hurdles Men - Final 13 JUL 2012 Results |url=https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2012/london/re4260040.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522192036/https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2012/london/re4260040.pdf |archive-date=22 May 2023 |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| align=center | ±0.0
| align=center | 0.112
| ''Merritt #5''
| 20 July 2012
| [[Monaco]]
| <ref>{{cite web |title=SAMSUNG DIAMOND LEAGUE 2012 Monaco (MON) 20 July 2012 110m Hurdles Men Results |url=https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2012/monaco/re0260040.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505141836/https://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2012/monaco/re0260040.pdf |archive-date=5 May 2019 |access-date=22 May 2023}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 15
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 24
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 12.93
| align=center | +0.9
| align=center | 0.168
| [[Hansle Parchment]]
| {{JAM}}
| 17 September 2023
| [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Tsegay smashes world 5000m record and Duplantis breaks world pole vault record in Eugene {{!}} REPORT {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/diamond-league-final-eugene-2023-day-two-report |access-date=2023-09-18 |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center | +2.0
| align=center | 
| [[Freddie Crittenden]]
| {{USA}}
| 28 June 2024
| [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
| <ref name="auto2">{{cite web |date=30 June 2024 |title=Lyles, Thomas and Holloway dash to world leads at US Olympic Trials |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/lyles-thomas-holloway-2024-us-olympic-trials-eugene |access-date=30 June 2024 |website=World Athletics}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| rowspan="3" align="center" | 17
| rowspan="9" align="center" |
| rowspan="3" align="center" | 12.94
| align=center | +1.6
| align=center | 
| [[Jack Pierce (athlete)|Jack Pierce]]
| {{USA}}
| 22 June 1996
| [[Atlanta]]
| 
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align=center | +0.5
| align=center | 
| [[Orlando Ortega]]
| {{CUB}}
| 4 July 2015
| [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
| <ref>{{cite web |date=4 July 2015 |title=110m Hurdles Results |url=http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2015/paris/re0260040.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713063301/http://static.sportresult.com/sports/at/data/2015/paris/re0260040.pdf |archive-date=13 July 2019 |access-date=5 July 2015 |publisher=static.sportresult.com}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align=center | +0.7
| align=center | 
| [[Rasheed Broadbell]]
| {{JAM}}
| 9 July 2023
| [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
| <ref>{{cite web |date=9 July 2023 |title=National championships round-up: Jackson clocks 10.65, Warholm blazes to 46.76 |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/national-championships-2023-jackson-warholm |access-date=11 July 2023 |publisher=World Athletics}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 20
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 12.95
| align=center | +1.5
| align=center | 
| [[Terrence Trammell]]
| {{USA}}
| 2 June 2007
| [[New York City]]
| 
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align=center | +0.3
| align=center | 
| [[Pascal Martinot-Lagarde]]
| {{FRA}}
| 18 July 2014
| [[Monaco]]
| <ref>{{cite news |author=Mike Rowbottom |date=18 July 2014 |title=Kiplagat shows his class with 3:27.64 in Monaco – IAAF Diamond League |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/kiplagat-monaco-iaaf-diamond-league |access-date=19 July 2014 |publisher=[[IAAF]]}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align=center | 22
| align=center | 12.96
| align=center | +2.0
| align=center | 
| [[Daniel Roberts (athlete)|Daniel Roberts]]
| {{USA}}
| 28 June 2024
| [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
| <ref name="auto3">{{cite web |date=30 June 2024 |title=Lyles, Thomas and Holloway dash to world leads at US Olympic Trials |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/lyles-thomas-holloway-2024-us-olympic-trials-eugene |access-date=30 June 2024 |website=World Athletics}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align=center | 23
| align=center | 12.97
| align=center | +1.0
| align=center | 
| [[Ladji Doucouré]]
| {{FRA}}
| 15 July 2005
| [[Angers]]
| 
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 24
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 12.98
| align=center | +0.6
| align=center | 
| [[Mark Crear]]
| {{USA}}
| 5 July 1999
| [[Zagreb]]
| 
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align=center | +1.5
| align=center | 
| [[Jason Richardson (hurdler)|Jason Richardson]]
| {{USA}}
| 30 June 2012
| [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
| 
|}

=== Assisted marks ===
<small>Any performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second does not count for record purposes. Below is a list of all [[wind-assisted]] times equal or superior to 12.94:</small>
*[[Roger Kingdom]] (USA) ran 12.87 (+2.6) in Barcelona on 10 September 1989.
*[[Liu Xiang (hurdler)|Liu Xiang]] (CHN) ran 12.87 (+2.4) in Eugene, Oregon on 2 June 2012.
*[[Cordell Tinch]] (USA) ran 12.87 {{AthAbbr|A}} (+6.0) in Pueblo, Colorado on 27 May 2023.
*[[David Oliver (hurdler)|David Oliver]] (USA) ran 12.89 (+3.2) in Eugene, Oregon on 6 July 2008.
*[[Renaldo Nehemiah]] (USA) ran 12.91 (+3.5) in Champaign, Illinois on 1 June 1979.
*[[Colin Jackson]] (GBR) ran 12.94 {{AthAbbr|A}} (+2.8) in Sestriere on 31 July 1994.

==Most successful athletes==
Athletes with two or more victories at the Olympic Games & World Championships:

5 wins:
*[[Allen Johnson]] has won the most 110 m hurdles titles at Olympic and World level, one Olympic (1996) & four World (1995, 1997, 2001, 2003)

4 wins:

[[Grant Holloway]] has won one Olympic hurdle title (Paris 2024) three World Championship titles, 2019, 2022, & 2023 (also won Olympic silver in Tokyo 2020)

3 wins:
*[[Greg Foster (athlete)|Greg Foster]], three World Championship titles, 1983, 1987 & 1991 (also  won Olympic silver in 1984)

2 wins:
*[[Lee Calhoun]] (USA), two Olympic victories, 1956, 1960
*[[Roger Kingdom]] (USA), two Olympic victories, 1984 and 1988
*[[Colin Jackson]] (GBR), two World Championship victories, 1993 and 1999 (also won Olympic Silver in 1988)
*[[Liu Xiang (hurdler)|Liu Xiang]] (CHN), Olympic, 2004, World, 2007
*[[Omar McLeod (hurdler)|Omar McLeod]] (JAM), Olympic, 2016, World, 2017

==Olympic Games medalists==
{{Olympic medalists in men's 110 metres hurdles}}

== World Championships medalists ==
{{World Championships in Athletics medalists in men's 110 metres hurdles}}

==Season's bests==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%;"
|-
!Year
!Time
!Athlete
!Place
|-
|1966
|13.47
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Willie Davenport]]|USA}}
|[[New York City]]
|-
|1967
|13.43
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Earl McCullouch]]|USA}}
|[[Minneapolis]]
|-
|1968
|13.33 {{AthAbbr|A}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Willie Davenport]]|USA}}
|[[Mexico City]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1969
|rowspan=2|13.45
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Willie Davenport]]|USA}}
|[[Miami]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Leon Coleman]]|USA}}
|[[Miami]]
|-
|1970
|13.42
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Thomas Hill (athlete)|Thomas Hill]]|USA}}
|[[Bakersfield]]
|-
|1971
|13.46 {{AthAbbr|A}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Rod Milburn]]|USA}}
|[[Cali]]
|-
|1972
|13.24
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Rod Milburn]]|USA}}
|[[Munich]]
|-
|1973
|13.41
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Rod Milburn]]|USA}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|1974
|13.40
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Guy Drut]]|FRA}}
|[[Rome]]
|-
|1975
|13.28
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Guy Drut]]|FRA}}
|[[Saint-Étienne]]
|-
|1976
|13.30
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Guy Drut]]|FRA}}
|[[Montreal]]
|-
|1977
|13.21
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Alejandro Casañas]]|CUB}}
|[[Sofia]]
|-
|1978
|13.22
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Greg Foster (hurdler)|Greg Foster]]|USA}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|1979
|13.00
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Renaldo Nehemiah]]|USA}}
|[[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]]
|-
|1980
|13.21
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Renaldo Nehemiah]]|USA}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|1981
|12.93
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Renaldo Nehemiah]]|USA}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|1982
|13.22
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Greg Foster (hurdler)|Greg Foster]]|USA}}
|[[Koblenz]]
|-
|1983
|13.11
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Greg Foster (hurdler)|Greg Foster]]|USA}}
|[[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood]]
|-
|1984
|13.15
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Greg Foster (hurdler)|Greg Foster]]|USA}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|1985
|13.14
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Roger Kingdom]]|USA}}
|[[Modesto, California|Modesto]]
|-
|1986
|13.20
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Stéphane Caristan]]|FRA}}
|[[Stuttgart]]
|-
|1987
|13.17
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Greg Foster (hurdler)|Greg Foster]]|USA}}
|[[Lausanne]]
|-
|1988
|12.97 {{AthAbbr|A}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Roger Kingdom]]|USA}}
|[[Sestriere]]
|-
|1989
|12.92
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Roger Kingdom]]|USA}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|1990
|13.08
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Colin Jackson]]|GBR}}
|[[Auckland]]
|-
|1991
|13.05
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tony Dees]]|USA}}
|[[Vigo]]
|-
|1992
|13.04
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Colin Jackson]]|GBR}}
|[[Cologne]]
|-
|1993
|12.91
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Colin Jackson]]|GBR}}
|[[Stuttgart]]
|-
|1994
|12.98
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Colin Jackson]]|GBR}}
|[[Tokyo]]
|-
|1995
|12.98
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Allen Johnson]]|USA}}
|[[Cologne]]
|-
|1996
|12.92
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Allen Johnson]]|USA}}
|[[Atlanta]]
|-
|1997
|12.93
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Allen Johnson]]|USA}}
|[[Athens]]
|-
|1998
|12.98
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Allen Johnson]]|USA}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|1999
|12.98
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mark Crear]]|USA}}
|[[Zagreb]]
|-
|2000
|12.97
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Allen Johnson]]|USA}}
|[[Sacramento]]
|-
|2001
|13.04
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Allen Johnson]]|USA}}
|[[Edmonton]]
|-
|2002
|13.03
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Anier García]]|CUB}}
|[[Lausanne]]
|-
|2003
|12.97
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Allen Johnson]]|USA}}
|[[Stade de France|Saint-Denis]]
|-
|2004
|12.91
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Liu Xiang (hurdler)|Liu Xiang]]|CHN}}
|[[Athens]]
|-
|2005
|12.97
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ladji Doucouré]]|FRA}}
|[[Angers]]
|-
|2006
|12.88
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Liu Xiang (hurdler)|Liu Xiang]]|CHN}}
|[[Lausanne]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|rowspan=2|12.92
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Liu Xiang (hurdler)|Liu Xiang]]|CHN}}
|[[New York City]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Dayron Robles]]|CUB}}
|[[Stuttgart]]
|-
|2008
|12.87
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Dayron Robles]]|CUB}}
|[[Ostrava]]
|-
|2009
|13.04
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Dayron Robles]]|CUB}}
|[[Ostrava]]
|-
|2010
|12.89
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[David Oliver (athlete)|David Oliver]]|USA}}
|[[Stade de France|Saint-Denis]]
|-
|2011
|12.94
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[David Oliver (athlete)|David Oliver]]|USA}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|2012
|12.80
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Aries Merritt]]|USA}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|2013
|13.00
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[David Oliver (athlete)|David Oliver]]|USA}}
|[[Moscow]]
|-
|2014
|12.94
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Hansle Parchment]]|JAM}}
|[[Stade de France|Saint-Denis]]
|-
|2015
|12.94
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Orlando Ortega]]|CUB}}
|[[Stade de France|Saint-Denis]]
|-
|2016
|12.98
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Omar McLeod]]|JAM}}
|[[Shanghai]]
|-
|2017
|12.90
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Omar McLeod]]|JAM}}
|[[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
|-
|2018
|12.92
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Shubenkov]]|RUS}}
|[[Székesfehérvár]]
|-
|2019
|12.98
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Grant Holloway]]|USA}}
|[[Austin, Texas|Austin]]
|-
|2020
|13.11
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Orlando Ortega]]|ESP}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|2021
|12.81
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Grant Holloway]]|USA}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|2022
|12.84
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Devon Allen]]|USA}}
|[[New York City]]
|-
|2023
|12.93
|{{flagathlete|[[Hansle Parchment]]|JAM}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|2024
|12.86
|{{flagathlete|[[Grant Holloway]]|USA}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|}

== Notes and references ==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[https://iaaf.gekko.de/?a=hurdles&d=110-metres-hurdles IAAF list of 110-metres-hurdles records in XML]
	
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