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The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic

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The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic

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Athletics (track and field)

Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
discipline run by women. For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm (2 feet 9 inches) 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 run-up of 13 meters from the starting line. The next 9 hurdles are set at a distance of 8.5 meters from each other, and the home stretch from the last hurdle to the finish line is 10.5 meters long.

The Olympic Games

Olympic Games

1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, in what was then West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....
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

World record

A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, often a sports event. Outside of conventional sports, world records can also be set in virtually anything that is measurable, but verifying these records is often very difficult....
set by Yordanka Donkova

Yordanka Donkova

Yordanka Donkova is a former hurdling Athletics notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as 9 medals at European European Indoor Championships in Athletics and European Championships in Athletics championships....
stands at 12.21 seconds, the equivalent of 8.19 meters per second or 29.48 kilometers per hour. This is 1.72 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 knocked over (or the runner was disqualified) and records were only officially registered if the runner had cleared all her hurdles clean. In 1935, this rule was abandoned, and 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

Pentathlon

The pentathlon was an athletics event in the Ancient Olympic Games and other Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. The name derives from Greek language words for "five competitions." The five events were Stadion , amateur wrestling, which were also held as separate events, and the long jump, javelin throw, and discus throw, which were...
.

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

1968 Summer Olympics

The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City in October 1968....
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

Karin Balzer

Karin Balzer is a former East Germany hurdling, one of the best in high hurdles event during the 1960s.She was born Karin Richert in Magdeburg, and competed in several track and field events when she was young....
, GDR.

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

Milestones

80 m hurdles:

First official time: 13.0 seconds, Ludmila Sychrová, Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918 until 1992 . On January 1, 1993, Czechoslovakia dissolution of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia....
, July 6, 1926
First official world record: 12.8 seconds, Eva von Bredow, Germany, June 14, 1927
First runner under 12 seconds: 11.8 seconds, Marjorie Clark
Marjorie Clark

Marjorie Rees Clark was a South African former Track and field athletics who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics andin the 1932 Summer Olympics....
, South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
, May 24, 1934
First runner under 11 seconds: 10.9 seconds, Shirley Strickland
Shirley Strickland

Shirley Barbara Strickland later Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, was an Australian Athletics . She won more Olympics medals than any other Australian in running sports....
, AUS
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, 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): Pamela Kilborn
Pam Kilborn

Pamela Kilborn-Ryan, Order of the British Empire is a former Australian Athletics who set world records as a hurdling. She was born in Melbourne....
, AUS
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, November 26, 1961
First official time with hurdles of standard height (83.8cm): 15.1 seconds, Connie Pettersson, USA, May 28, 1966
First official world record: 13.3 seconds, Karin Balzer
Karin Balzer

Karin Balzer is a former East Germany hurdling, one of the best in high hurdles event during the 1960s.She was born Karin Richert in Magdeburg, and competed in several track and field events when she was young....
, GDR, June 20, 1969
First runner under 13 seconds: 12.9 seconds, Karin Balzer
Karin Balzer

Karin Balzer is a former East Germany hurdling, one of the best in high hurdles event during the 1960s.She was born Karin Richert in Magdeburg, and competed in several track and field events when she was young....
, GDR, September 5, 1969
First runner under 12.5 seconds:

12.3 seconds, Annelie Ehrhardt
Annelie Ehrhardt

Annelie Ehrhardt, is a East Germany Athletics who competed in the hurdling.She was born in H?tensleben.Ehrhardt competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the inaugural women?s 100 metre hurdles where she won the gold medal....
GDR, July 20, 1973 (last hand timed world record; electronically timed at 12.68 seconds)
12.48 seconds, Grazyna Rabsztyn
Grazyna Rabsztyn

Grazyna Rabsztyn is a Poland hurdling. She set three world records in 100 metres hurdles. On June 10, 1978 she became the first runner under 12.5 seconds with a new record of 12.48 seconds....
, POL
Pol

Pol is a fictional character in Melanie Rawn's fantasy novels in the Dragon Prince and Dragon Star trilogies and is the hero of the Dragon Star trilogy....
, June 10, 1978

First runner under 12.3 seconds: 12.29 seconds, Yordanka Donkova
Yordanka Donkova

Yordanka Donkova is a former hurdling Athletics notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as 9 medals at European European Indoor Championships in Athletics and European Championships in Athletics championships....
BUL
Bulgaria

The state of Bulgaria , Scientific transliteration Balgarija, officially the Republic of Bulgaria has played a significant role in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe for over fourteen centuries....
, August 17, 1986

Most successful athletes

Shirley Strickland
Shirley Strickland

Shirley Barbara Strickland later Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, was an Australian Athletics . She won more Olympics medals than any other Australian in running sports....
(AUS
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
): two Olympic victories, 1952 and 1956 in the 80 m hurdles
Gail Devers
Gail Devers

Yolanda Gail Devers is a three-time Olympic Games 100 m champion in athletics for the United States Olympic Team. Devers grew up near National City, CA and graduated from Sweetwater High School in National City, CA....
(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

1932 Los Angeles Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. It was the first time the 50 km walk appeared in the men's athletics at the Games....
1936 Berlin Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. The program of events was unchanged from the previous Games....
1948 London Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. Four events made their Olympic debut at these Games: men's 10 km walk, women's 200 metres, women's long jump and women's shot put....
1952 Helsinki Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. There were a total number of 968 participating athletes from 58 countries....
1956 Melbourne Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 33 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 9 for women. There were a total number of 720 participating athletes from 61 countries....
1960 Rome Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, 34 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 10 by women. There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 73 countries....
1964 Tokyo Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the athletics competition included 36 events, 24 for men and 12 for women. The women's 400 metres and women's pentathlon events were newly introduced at these Games....
1968 Mexico City Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, 36 Athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 12 for women. There were a total number of 1031 participating athletes from 93 countries....

100 m hurdles medalists at Olympic Games

1972 Munich Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 38 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 14 for women. There were a total number of 1324 participating athletes from 104 countries....
1976 Montreal Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 37 events were contested in Athletics . There were a total number of 1006 participating athletes from 80 countries....
1980 Moscow Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events. They were held in the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki between July 24 and August 1....
1984 Los Angeles Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, 41 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 17 by women. There were a total number of 1273 participating athletes from 124 countries....
1988 Seoul Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries....
1992 Barcelona Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992 to August 9, 1992....
1996 Atlanta Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries....
2000 Sydney Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries....
2004 Athens Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the Athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the Racewalking , and the shot put ....
2008 Beijing Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics were held during the last 10 days of the games, from August 15 to August 24, 2008, at the Beijing National Stadium....

100 m hurdles medalists at world championships

Helsinki 1983 1983 World Championships in Athletics The inaugural IAAF World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14....
Rome 1987 1987 World Championships in Athletics The 2nd IAAF World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6....
Tokyo 1991 1991 World Championships in Athletics The 3rd IAAF World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium, Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1....
Stuttgart 1993 1993 World Championships in Athletics The 4th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart, Germany between August 13 and August 22....
Gothenburg 1995 1995 World Championships in Athletics The 5th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13....
Athens 1997 1997 World Championships in Athletics The 6th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Olympic Stadium , Athens, Greece between August 1 and August 10, 1997....
Seville 1999 1999 World Championships in Athletics The 7th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Estadio Ol?mpico de Sevilla, Seville, Spain, between the August 20 and August 29....
Edmonton 2001 2001 World Championships in Athletics The 8th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Commonwealth Stadium , Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between August 3 and August 12 and was the first time the event had visited North America....
Paris 2003 2003 World Championships in Athletics The 9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August, 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France....
Helsinki 2005
Osaka 2007 2007 World Championships in Athletics The 11th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007....

History of world records

Electronically timed

Time	Athlete	Date	Place
12.21 s	Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova is a former hurdling Athletics notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as 9 medals at European European Indoor Championships in Athletics and European Championships in Athletics championships....	August 21, 1988	Stara Zagora Stara Zagora Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and one of the nationally important economic centres. Stara Zagora is known as the city of straight streets, linden trees, and poets....
12.25 s	Ginka Zagorcheva Ginka Zagorcheva Ginka Zagorcheva nee Boycheva is a former hurdling Athletics from Bulgaria. Most notable for winning the 100 metres hurdles at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, with 12.25 seconds she held the world record for a year until it was beaten by Yordanka Donkova in August 1988....	August 8, 1987	Drama Drama Drama is the specific Mode of fiction Mimesis in performance. The term comes from a Ancient Greek word meaning "Action " , which is derived from "to do" ....
12.26 s	Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova is a former hurdling Athletics notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as 9 medals at European European Indoor Championships in Athletics and European Championships in Athletics championships....	September 7, 1986	Ljubljana Ljubljana Ljubljana is the capital city of Slovenia and its largest town. It is located in the center of the country and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants....
12.29 s	Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova is a former hurdling Athletics notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as 9 medals at European European Indoor Championships in Athletics and European Championships in Athletics championships....	August 17, 1986	Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants....
12.34 s	Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova is a former hurdling Athletics notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as 9 medals at European European Indoor Championships in Athletics and European Championships in Athletics championships....	August 17, 1986	Cologne Cologne Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants....
12.36 s	Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova is a former hurdling Athletics notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as 9 medals at European European Indoor Championships in Athletics and European Championships in Athletics championships....	August 13, 1986	Sofia Sofia Sofia , is the Capital and largest city of the Bulgaria, with 2,5 million people living in the Capital Municipality. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of the mountain massif Vitosha, and is the administrative, cultural, economic, and educational centre of the country....
12.36 s	Grazyna Rabsztyn Grazyna Rabsztyn Grazyna Rabsztyn is a Poland hurdling. She set three world records in 100 metres hurdles. On June 10, 1978 she became the first runner under 12.5 seconds with a new record of 12.48 seconds....	June 12, 1980	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
12.48 s	Grazyna Rabsztyn Grazyna Rabsztyn Grazyna Rabsztyn is a Poland hurdling. She set three world records in 100 metres hurdles. On June 10, 1978 she became the first runner under 12.5 seconds with a new record of 12.48 seconds....	June 18, 1979	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
12.48 s	Grazyna Rabsztyn Grazyna Rabsztyn Grazyna Rabsztyn is a Poland hurdling. She set three world records in 100 metres hurdles. On June 10, 1978 she became the first runner under 12.5 seconds with a new record of 12.48 seconds....	June 10, 1978	Fürth Fürth The city of F?rth is located in northern Bavaria, Germany in the district of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of the two cities being only 7 km apart....
12.59 s	Annelie Ehrhardt Annelie Ehrhardt Annelie Ehrhardt, is a East Germany Athletics who competed in the hurdling.She was born in H?tensleben.Ehrhardt competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the inaugural women?s 100 metre hurdles where she won the gold medal....	September 8, 1972	Munich Munich Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....

Manually timed

Time	Athlete	Date	Place
12.3 s	Annelie Ehrhardt Annelie Ehrhardt Annelie Ehrhardt, is a East Germany Athletics who competed in the hurdling.She was born in H?tensleben.Ehrhardt competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the inaugural women?s 100 metre hurdles where she won the gold medal....	July 22, 1973	Dresden Dresden Dresden is the capital city of the Germany Federal Free state of Saxony. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon triangle metropolitan area....
12.5 s	Annelie Ehrhardt Annelie Ehrhardt Annelie Ehrhardt, is a East Germany Athletics who competed in the hurdling.She was born in H?tensleben.Ehrhardt competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the inaugural women?s 100 metre hurdles where she won the gold medal....	August 13, 1972	Potsdam Potsdam Potsdam is the capital city of the Germany States of Germany of Brandenburg and is part of the Metropolitan area of Berlin/Brandenburg. It is situated on the River Havel, some 25 kilometres southwest of the center of Berlin....
12.5 s	Pam Ryan Pam Kilborn Pamela Kilborn-Ryan, Order of the British Empire is a former Australian Athletics who set world records as a hurdling. She was born in Melbourne....	June 28, 1972	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
12.6 s	Karin Balzer Karin Balzer Karin Balzer is a former East Germany hurdling, one of the best in high hurdles event during the 1960s.She was born Karin Richert in Magdeburg, and competed in several track and field events when she was young....	July 31, 1971	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
12.7 s	Karin Balzer Karin Balzer Karin Balzer is a former East Germany hurdling, one of the best in high hurdles event during the 1960s.She was born Karin Richert in Magdeburg, and competed in several track and field events when she was young....	July 25, 1971	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
12.7 s	Karin Balzer Karin Balzer Karin Balzer is a former East Germany hurdling, one of the best in high hurdles event during the 1960s.She was born Karin Richert in Magdeburg, and competed in several track and field events when she was young....	July 26, 1970	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
12.7 s	Teresa Sukniewicz	September 20, 1970	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
12.8 s	Chi Cheng Chi Cheng Chi Cheng , is considered Asia's top female track and field athlete of the 20th century.Born in Taiwan, Chi studied in the United States at California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, California where she received most of her athletic training....	July 12, 1970	Munich Munich Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
12.8 s	Teresa Sukniewicz	June 20, 1970	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
12.9 s	Karin Balzer Karin Balzer Karin Balzer is a former East Germany hurdling, one of the best in high hurdles event during the 1960s.She was born Karin Richert in Magdeburg, and competed in several track and field events when she was young....	September 5, 1969	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
13.0 s	Karin Balzer Karin Balzer Karin Balzer is a former East Germany hurdling, one of the best in high hurdles event during the 1960s.She was born Karin Richert in Magdeburg, and competed in several track and field events when she was young....	July 27, 1969	Leipzig Leipzig Leipzig is, with a population of over 511,252, the largest city in the States of Germany of Saxony, Germany....
13.3 s	Karin Balzer Karin Balzer Karin Balzer is a former East Germany hurdling, one of the best in high hurdles event during the 1960s.She was born Karin Richert in Magdeburg, and competed in several track and field events when she was young....	June 20, 1969	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
13.3 s	Teresa Sukniewicz	June 20, 1969	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....

All-Time Top Ten

In brackets: Wind in m/s

Pos.	Time	Athlete	Venua	Date
1	12.21 (+0.7)	Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova Yordanka Donkova is a former hurdling Athletics notable for winning an Olympic gold medal and bronze medal as well as 9 medals at European European Indoor Championships in Athletics and European Championships in Athletics championships....	Stara Zagora Stara Zagora Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and one of the nationally important economic centres. Stara Zagora is known as the city of straight streets, linden trees, and poets....	August 20, 1988
2	12.25 (+1.4)	Ginka Zagorcheva Ginka Zagorcheva Ginka Zagorcheva nee Boycheva is a former hurdling Athletics from Bulgaria. Most notable for winning the 100 metres hurdles at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, with 12.25 seconds she held the world record for a year until it was beaten by Yordanka Donkova in August 1988....	Drama Drama Drama is the specific Mode of fiction Mimesis in performance. The term comes from a Ancient Greek word meaning "Action " , which is derived from "to do" ....	August 8, 1987
3	12.26 (+1.7)	Ludmila Engquist Ludmila Engquist Ludmila Engquist is a former Soviet Union/Russian/Sweden Athletics who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics , in the 1992 Summer Olympics , and in the 1996 Summer Olympics ....	Seville Seville \|\|-\|\|}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....	June 6, 1992
4	12.33 (−0.3)	Gail Devers Gail Devers Yolanda Gail Devers is a three-time Olympic Games 100 m champion in athletics for the United States Olympic Team. Devers grew up near National City, CA and graduated from Sweetwater High School in National City, CA....	Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento, an Italian language-, Spanish language- and Portuguese language-language word meaning sacrament, is a common Toponymy in parts of the world where those tongues were or are spoken....	July 23, 2000
5	12.36 (+1.9)	Grazyna Rabsztyn Grazyna Rabsztyn Grazyna Rabsztyn is a Poland hurdling. She set three world records in 100 metres hurdles. On June 10, 1978 she became the first runner under 12.5 seconds with a new record of 12.48 seconds....	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....	June 13, 1980
6	12.37 (+1.5)	Joanna Hayes Joanna Hayes Joanna Dove Hayes is an United States hurdler, who won the gold medal in the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metres Hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics....	Athens Athens Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....	August 24, 2004
7	12.39 (+1.5)	Vera Komisova Vera Komisova Vera Yakovlevna Komisova, n?e Nikitina is a retired 100 metres hurdles. Her career highlight came in 1980 when she won the Olympic gold medal....	Rome Rome Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....	August 5, 1980
7	12.39 (+1.8)	Natalya Grigoryeva	Kiev Kiev Kiev, also known as Kyiv , is the Capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River....	July 11, 1991
9	12.42 (+1.8)	Bettine Jahn Bettine Jahn Bettine Jahn is a German former athlete. She won the 100-meter hurdles at the 1983 World Championship in Helsinki....	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....	June 8, 1983
9	12.42 (+2.0)	Anjanette Kirkland Anjanette Kirkland Anjanette Kirkland is an United States 100 metres hurdles.In 2001 she won gold medals at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, the latter in a career best time of 12.42 seconds....	Edmonton Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Alberta. The city is located on the North Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farmland on the prairies....	August 11, 2001

Best Year Performance

YEAR	TIME	PLACE
1970	12.93	Munich Munich Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
1971	12.6	East Berlin East Berlin East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet Union Allied Occupation Zones in Germany of Berlin that was established in 1945....
1972	12.59	Munich Munich Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
1973	12.68	Dresden Dresden Dresden is the capital city of the Germany Federal Free state of Saxony. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon triangle metropolitan area....
1974	12.66	Rome Rome Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
1975	12.91	Zielona Góra Zielona Góra Zielona G?ra is a city in [Ziemia Lubuska], in western Poland, with 118,730 inhabitants within the city limits and 294,000 inhabitants within the metropolitan area, including two neighbouring counties ....
1976	12.69	Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland, on the Brda River and Vistula rivers, with a population of 360,142 , agglomeration more than 400 000, which makes it the 8th biggest city in Poland....
1977	12.87	Düsseldorf Düsseldorf D?sseldorf is the capital city of the Germany state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an economic centre of Germany. The city is situated on the River Rhine and has a high population density - the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area has over 10 million inhabitants alone....
1978	12.48	Fürth Fürth The city of F?rth is located in northern Bavaria, Germany in the district of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of the two cities being only 7 km apart....
1979	12.48	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
1980 1980 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1980 in athletics ....	12.36	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
1981 1981 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1981 in athletics ....	12.68	Tbilisi Tbilisi Tbilisi , is the capital city and the largest city of Georgia , lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form Tpilisi and it was officially known as ?????? in Russian, until 1936....
1982 1982 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1982 in athletics ....	12.44	Sofia Sofia Sofia , is the Capital and largest city of the Bulgaria, with 2,5 million people living in the Capital Municipality. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of the mountain massif Vitosha, and is the administrative, cultural, economic, and educational centre of the country....
1983 1983 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1983 in athletics ....	12.42	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
1984 1984 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1984 in athletics ....	12.43	Hannover
1985 1985 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1985 in athletics ....	12.42	Sofia Sofia Sofia , is the Capital and largest city of the Bulgaria, with 2,5 million people living in the Capital Municipality. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of the mountain massif Vitosha, and is the administrative, cultural, economic, and educational centre of the country....
1986 1986 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1986 in athletics ....	12.26	Ljubljana Ljubljana Ljubljana is the capital city of Slovenia and its largest town. It is located in the center of the country and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants....
1987 1987 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1987 in athletics ....	12.25	Dráma Drama Drama is the specific Mode of fiction Mimesis in performance. The term comes from a Ancient Greek word meaning "Action " , which is derived from "to do" ....
1988 1988 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1988 in athletics ....	12.21	Stara Zagora Stara Zagora Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and one of the nationally important economic centres. Stara Zagora is known as the city of straight streets, linden trees, and poets....
1989 1989 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1989 in athletics ....	12.60	Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
1990 1990 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1990 in athletics ....	12.53	Kiev Kiev Kiev, also known as Kyiv , is the Capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River....
1991 1991 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1991 in athletics ....	12.28	Kiev Kiev Kiev, also known as Kyiv , is the Capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River....
1992 1992 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1992 in athletics ....	12.26	Seville Seville \|\|-\|\|}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
1993 1993 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1993 in athletics ....	12.46	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. The list of cities in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 590,429 while the metropolitan area referred to as Stuttgart Region has a population of 2.7 million ....
1994 1994 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1994 in athletics ....	12.53	Linz Linz Linz is the third largest city of Austria and capital of the States of Austria of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately 30 km south of the Czech Republic border, on both sides of the river Danube.... Stara Zagora Stara Zagora Stara Zagora is the sixth largest city in Bulgaria, and one of the nationally important economic centres. Stara Zagora is known as the city of straight streets, linden trees, and poets....
1995	12.44	Lucerne Lucerne Lucerne is a city in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and seat of the Lucerne with the same name. With a population of 57,890, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland and focal point of the region....
1996	12.47	Atlanta
1997	12.50	Athens Athens Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
1998 1998 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 1998 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	12.44	Monaco Monaco Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a small sovereign city-state located in South Western Europe . The territory lies on the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea....
1999 1999 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 1999 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	12.37	Seville Seville \|\|-\|\|}Seville is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Seville ....
2000 2000 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2000 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	12.33	Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento, an Italian language-, Spanish language- and Portuguese language-language word meaning sacrament, is a common Toponymy in parts of the world where those tongues were or are spoken....
2001 2001 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2001 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	12.42	Edmonton Edmonton Edmonton is the capital of the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Alberta. The city is located on the North Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farmland on the prairies....
2002 2002 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2002 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	12.40	Lausanne Lausanne Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French language-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva , and facing ?vian-les-Bains and with the Jura mountains to its north-west....
2003 2003 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2003 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	12.45	Eugene Eugene, Oregon The city of Eugene is the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, Oregon, United States. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie River and Willamette River rivers, about 60 miles east of the Oregon Coast.... Monaco Monaco Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a small sovereign city-state located in South Western Europe . The territory lies on the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea....
2004 2004 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2004 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	12.37	Athens Athens Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
2005 2005 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2005 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	12.43	Carson The Home Depot Center The Home Depot Center is a multiple-use sports complex located on the campus of California State University, Dominguez Hills in Carson, California....
2006 2006 in athletics (track and field) The following events in athletics took place in 2006 in sports:...	12.43	Lausanne Lausanne Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French language-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva , and facing ?vian-les-Bains and with the Jura mountains to its north-west....
2007 2007 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 2007 in athletics ....	12.44	Rome Rome Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
2008 2008 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 2008 in athletics ....	12.43	Beijing Beijing is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....