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110 metres hurdles

The 110 metre hurdles are an Olympic

Olympic Games

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 men. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres (3.5 ft) in height are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 110 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, yet they have a significant pull-over weight which slows down the run.

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The 110 metre hurdles are an Olympic

Olympic Games

Athletics (track and field)

100 metres

100 m is the shortest outdoor sprint race distance in Athletics . The reigning 100 m Olympic champion is often named "the fastest man/woman in the world", even though the world record for the 200 metres has had a faster average speed in the men's race since the mid 1990s....
sprint, the 110 metre hurdles begins in the starting blocks.

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

The Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
have included the 110 metre hurdles in its program since 1896. The equivalent hurdles race for women was run over a course of 80 metres from 1932 through 1968. Starting with the 1972 Summer Olympics

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 set at 100 metres. In the early 20th century, the race was often contested as 120 yard hurdles.

The fastest 110 metre hurdlers run the distance in a time of around 13 seconds. The world record

World records in athletics

World records in athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Records are kept for athletics at the Summer Olympics and some others....
stands at 12.87 seconds, which was set by Dayron Robles

Dayron Robles

Dayron Robles is a Cuban hurdler who holds the current 110 metre hurdles world record of 12.87 seconds, which he set on June 12, 2008 at the Golden Spike Ostrava meet, and is the current Olympic champion....
in June 2008.

History

For the first hurdles races in England

England

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around 1830, wooden barriers were placed along a stretch of 100 yards (91.44 m).

The first standards were attempted in 1864 in Oxford

Oxford

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and Cambridge

Cambridge

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: The length of the course was set to 120 yards (109.7 m) and over its course, runners were required to clear ten 3 foot 6 inch (1.07 m) high hurdles. After the length of the course was rounded up to 110 metres in France

France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
in 1888, the standards were pretty much complete (except for Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
where 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.

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

Alvin Kraenzlein

Alvin Christian Kraenzlein was an United States Athletics . He was the first sportsman to win four Olympic titles in a single Olympic Games. , he is still the only track and field athlete to have done so in individual events only....
.

The 110 metre hurdles have been an Olympic discipline since 1896. Women ran it occasionally in the 1920s but it never became generally accepted. From 1926 on, women have only run the 80 metre hurdles which was increased to 100 metres starting in 1961 on a trial basis and in 1969 in official competition.

In 1900 and 1904, the Olympics also included a 200 metre hurdles race, and the IAAF recognized world records for the 200 metre hurdles until 1960.

Milestones

First official IAAF 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....
: 15.0 seconds, Forrest Smithson
Forrest Smithson

Forrest Custer Smithson was an United States Athletics , winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1908 Summer Olympics.Born in Portland, Oregon, Smithson was a student of theology from Oregon State University and an Amateur Athletic Union champion in 1907 and 1909 in the hurdles....
(USA), 1908
First under 15 seconds: 14.8 seconds, Earl Thomson
Earl Thomson

For the Olympic equestrian, see Earl Foster Thomson.Earl John Thomson was Canada athlete, a specialist in the high hurdling.Born in Birch Hills, Saskatchewan, Thomson moved to southern California at age 8, because the warm weather would be better for his mother....
(CAN
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
), 1920
First under 14 seconds: 13.7 seconds, Forrest Towns
Forrest Towns

Robert Forrest "Spec" Towns was an United States athletics . He was the 1936 Summer Olympics in the 110 m hurdling, and broke the World Record in that distance three times....
(USA), 1936
First under 13.5 seconds: 13.4 seconds, Jack Davis
Jack Davis

Jack Davis may refer to:* Jack Davis * Jack Davis , offensive American football player* Jack Davis , Olympic hurdler* Jack Davis * Jack Davis ...
(USA), 1956
First under 13 seconds: 12.93 seconds, Renaldo Nehemiah
Renaldo Nehemiah

Renaldo Nehemiah , is an United States Athletics who dominated the 110 metre hurdles event from 1978 until 1981. He was the world record holder and the first man to run the high hurdles in under 13 seconds....
(USA), 1981

Most successful athletes

Two Olympic victories:

Lee Calhoun
Lee Calhoun

Lee Quincy Calhoun was an United States Athletics , a double winner of 110 m hurdles at the Olympic Games.Born in Laurel, Mississippi, Lee Calhoun, representing North Carolina Central University, won the National Collegiate Athletic Association 120 yd hurdles in 1956 and 1957....
(USA), 1956 and 1960
Roger Kingdom
Roger Kingdom

Roger Kingdom is a former Sprint hurdling from the United States.Born in Vienna, Georgia, an Athletics of note Roger excelled at the high jump and discus throw in his formative years as well as being a noteworthy American football player....
(USA), 1984 and 1988

Four world championship titles:

Allen Johnson
Allen Johnson

Allen Kenneth Johnson is a hurdling Athletics and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....
(USA), 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2003 and Olympic Gold 1996

Three world championship titles:

Greg Foster
Greg Foster

Greg Foster may refer to:*Greg Foster *Greg Foster * See The Young and the Restless for Greg Foster...
(USA), 1983, 1987 and 1991

Two world championship titles:

Colin Jackson
Colin Jackson

Colin Ray Jackson Order of the British Empire is a Welsh people former Sprint and hurdling Athletics of Jamaican, Jamaican Maroons, Taino, and Scottish people ancestry, who now works as a Sportscaster for athletics and television presenter predominantly for the BBC....
(GBR
GBR

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), 1993 and 1999 and Olympic Silver 1988

110m Hurdles medalists at the Olympic Games

1896 Athens Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics At the 1896 Summer Olympics, twelve athletics events were contested. All of the events except the marathon were held in the Panathinaiko Stadium, which was also the finish for the marathon....			none awarded
1900 Paris Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics At the 1900 Summer Olympics, twenty-three track and field athletics events were contested. 117 athletes from 15 nations competed. In many countries, due in part to the conflagration of the Olympic Games and the World's Fair in Paris, the media discussed only the athletics events under the "Olympic" name while ignoring the incredible variety of ot...
1904 St. Louis Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics At the 1904 Summer Olympics, twenty-five athletics events were contested, all for men only.Multi-event competitions, the decathlon and triathlon, were introduced for the first time....
1908 London Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics At the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, England, twenty-six athletics events were contested, all for men only.Each nation was allowed to enter up to 12 competitors in most of the events....
1912 Stockholm Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics These are the results of athletics competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. 30 events were contested, all for men only.The athletics programme had grown by 4 events since the 1908 Summer Olympics....
1920 Antwerp Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics At the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, 29 athletics events were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from August 15, 1920 to August 23, 1920....
1924 Paris Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics At the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, 27 athletics events were contested, all for men only.Medal summaryMedal table...
1928 Amsterdam Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, 27 Athletics events were contested. The competition was held on a 400 meter track and would become the standard for athletics tracks in the future....
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....
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....

110m 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....	Greg Foster Greg Foster Greg Foster may refer to:Greg Foster Greg Foster * See The Young and the Restless for Greg Foster... (USA)	Arto Bryggare Arto Bryggare Arto Kalervo Bryggare is a former Finland hurdling athletics . He is currently known as a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1995 to 1999 and 2003 to 2007.... (FIN Fin A fin is a surface used to produce lift and thrust or to steer while traveling in water, air, or other fluid media. The first use of the word was for Fish anatomy#Fins of fish, but has been extended to include other animal limbs and man-made devices.... )	Willie Gault Willie Gault Willie James Gault is a former American football wide receiver and Olympic Games athlete. Gault played in the National Football League for 11 seasons for the Chicago Bears and Oakland Raiders.... (USA)
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....	Greg Foster Greg Foster Greg Foster may refer to:Greg Foster Greg Foster * See The Young and the Restless for Greg Foster... (USA)	Jon Ridgeon Jon Ridgeon Jonathan Peter Ridgeon is a former United Kingdom Athletics who was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is the current managing director of Fast Track, a company that organises athletics events.... (GBR GBR GBR can refer to* of Great Britain and Northern IrelandThe ISO 3166-1 abbreviation for the United KingdomThe International Olympic Committee country code for Great Britain at the Olympics... )	Colin Jackson Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson Order of the British Empire is a Welsh people former Sprint and hurdling Athletics of Jamaican, Jamaican Maroons, Taino, and Scottish people ancestry, who now works as a Sportscaster for athletics and television presenter predominantly for the BBC.... (GBR GBR GBR can refer to* of Great Britain and Northern IrelandThe ISO 3166-1 abbreviation for the United KingdomThe International Olympic Committee country code for Great Britain at the Olympics... )
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....	Greg Foster Greg Foster Greg Foster may refer to:Greg Foster Greg Foster * See The Young and the Restless for Greg Foster... (USA)	Jack Pierce Jack Pierce (track and field) Jack Pierce was born September 23, 1962 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, but was raised in Woodbury, New Jersey. He graduated Woodbury Junior-Senior High School in 1980.... (USA)	Tony Jarrett Tony Jarrett Anthony Alexander Jarrett was a Sprint and hurdling Athletics from England, who came 4th in the 110m hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, missing out on a bronze medal by 1000th of a second.... (GBR GBR GBR can refer to* of Great Britain and Northern IrelandThe ISO 3166-1 abbreviation for the United KingdomThe International Olympic Committee country code for Great Britain at the Olympics... )
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....	Colin Jackson Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson Order of the British Empire is a Welsh people former Sprint and hurdling Athletics of Jamaican, Jamaican Maroons, Taino, and Scottish people ancestry, who now works as a Sportscaster for athletics and television presenter predominantly for the BBC.... (GBR GBR GBR can refer to* of Great Britain and Northern IrelandThe ISO 3166-1 abbreviation for the United KingdomThe International Olympic Committee country code for Great Britain at the Olympics... )	Tony Jarrett Tony Jarrett Anthony Alexander Jarrett was a Sprint and hurdling Athletics from England, who came 4th in the 110m hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, missing out on a bronze medal by 1000th of a second.... (GBR GBR GBR can refer to* of Great Britain and Northern IrelandThe ISO 3166-1 abbreviation for the United KingdomThe International Olympic Committee country code for Great Britain at the Olympics... )	Jack Pierce Jack Pierce (track and field) Jack Pierce was born September 23, 1962 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, but was raised in Woodbury, New Jersey. He graduated Woodbury Junior-Senior High School in 1980.... (USA)
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....	Allen Johnson Allen Johnson Allen Kenneth Johnson is a hurdling Athletics and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.... (USA)	Tony Jarrett Tony Jarrett Anthony Alexander Jarrett was a Sprint and hurdling Athletics from England, who came 4th in the 110m hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, missing out on a bronze medal by 1000th of a second.... (GBR GBR GBR can refer to* of Great Britain and Northern IrelandThe ISO 3166-1 abbreviation for the United KingdomThe International Olympic Committee country code for Great Britain at the Olympics... )	Roger Kingdom Roger Kingdom Roger Kingdom is a former Sprint hurdling from the United States.Born in Vienna, Georgia, an Athletics of note Roger excelled at the high jump and discus throw in his formative years as well as being a noteworthy American football player.... (USA)
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....	Allen Johnson Allen Johnson Allen Kenneth Johnson is a hurdling Athletics and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.... (USA)	Colin Jackson Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson Order of the British Empire is a Welsh people former Sprint and hurdling Athletics of Jamaican, Jamaican Maroons, Taino, and Scottish people ancestry, who now works as a Sportscaster for athletics and television presenter predominantly for the BBC.... (GBR GBR GBR can refer to* of Great Britain and Northern IrelandThe ISO 3166-1 abbreviation for the United KingdomThe International Olympic Committee country code for Great Britain at the Olympics... )	Igor Kovác (SVK Slovakia Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements.... )
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....	Colin Jackson Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson Order of the British Empire is a Welsh people former Sprint and hurdling Athletics of Jamaican, Jamaican Maroons, Taino, and Scottish people ancestry, who now works as a Sportscaster for athletics and television presenter predominantly for the BBC.... (GBR GBR GBR can refer to* of Great Britain and Northern IrelandThe ISO 3166-1 abbreviation for the United KingdomThe International Olympic Committee country code for Great Britain at the Olympics... )	Anier Garcia Anier García Anier Octavio Garc?a Ortiz is a Cuban Athletics , winner of 110 m hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics.Born in Santiago de Cuba, Anier Garc?a established his credentials early, by winning the 1995 Pan American Junior Championships.... (CUB Cub Cub may refer to:Cub comics, see Phantom Girl the young of certain large predatory animals such as bears, lions, wolf, and other big cats; analogous to a canine puppy ... )	Duane Ross Duane Ross Duane Ross is a retired American track and field athlete who specialized in the 110 metres hurdles.His personal best time was 13.12 seconds, achieved at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville.... (USA)
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....	Allen Johnson Allen Johnson Allen Kenneth Johnson is a hurdling Athletics and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.... (USA)	Anier Garcia Anier García Anier Octavio Garc?a Ortiz is a Cuban Athletics , winner of 110 m hurdles at the 2000 Summer Olympics.Born in Santiago de Cuba, Anier Garc?a established his credentials early, by winning the 1995 Pan American Junior Championships.... (CUB Cub Cub may refer to:Cub comics, see Phantom Girl the young of certain large predatory animals such as bears, lions, wolf, and other big cats; analogous to a canine puppy ... )	Dudley Dorival Dudley Dorival Dudley Dorival is a Haitian hurdler. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States.Dorival attended and competed at the University of Connecticut.... (HAI HAI HAI may stand for:List of IOC country codes for HaitiHellenic Aerospace IndustryHelicopter Association InternationalHospital-acquired infection... )
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....	Allen Johnson Allen Johnson Allen Kenneth Johnson is a hurdling Athletics and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.... (USA)	Terrence Trammell Terrence Trammell Terrence R. Trammell is a track and field Athletics who won the silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles at both the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.... (USA)	Liu Xiang Liu Xiang Liu Xiang is a Han Chinese hurdling. Liu is an Olympic Games and 2007 World Championships in Athletics. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was China's first in a men's track and field event.... (CHN People's Republic of China The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population.... )
Helsinki 2005 2005 World Championships in Athletics The 10th IAAF World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations , were held in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland , the site of the first IAAF World Championships in 1983....	Ladji Doucoure Ladji Doucouré Ladji Doucour? is a France sportsperson of Malian and Senegalese descent. He was a soccer player and decathlon before specializing in hurdling.... (FRA France France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France.... )	Liu Xiang Liu Xiang Liu Xiang is a Han Chinese hurdling. Liu is an Olympic Games and 2007 World Championships in Athletics. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was China's first in a men's track and field event.... (CHN People's Republic of China The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population.... )	Allen Johnson Allen Johnson Allen Kenneth Johnson is a hurdling Athletics and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.... (USA)
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....	Liu Xiang Liu Xiang Liu Xiang is a Han Chinese hurdling. Liu is an Olympic Games and 2007 World Championships in Athletics. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was China's first in a men's track and field event.... (CHN People's Republic of China The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the List of countries by population in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately a fifth of the world's population.... )	Terrence Trammell Terrence Trammell Terrence R. Trammell is a track and field Athletics who won the silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles at both the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.... (USA)	David Payne David Payne (athlete) David Payne is an United States 110 metres hurdles. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and his family moved to the suburb of Wyoming, Ohio. Payne competed in the 110 and 400 meter hurdles while attending the University of Cincinnati.... (USA)

Progression of world records

Electronic timing

Time	Athlete	Location of race	Date
12.87	Dayron Robles Dayron Robles Dayron Robles is a Cuban hurdler who holds the current 110 metre hurdles world record of 12.87 seconds, which he set on June 12, 2008 at the Golden Spike Ostrava meet, and is the current Olympic champion....	Ostrava Ostrava Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic, however it is the second largest urban agglomeration after Prague. It is also the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian Region and of the Municipality with Extended Competence....	June 12, 2008
12.88	Liu Xiang Liu Xiang Liu Xiang is a Han Chinese hurdling. Liu is an Olympic Games and 2007 World Championships in Athletics. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was China's first in a men's track and field event....	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....	July 11, 2006
12.91	Liu Xiang Liu Xiang Liu Xiang is a Han Chinese hurdling. Liu is an Olympic Games and 2007 World Championships in Athletics. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was China's first in a men's track and field event....	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 27, 2004
12.91	Colin Jackson Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson Order of the British Empire is a Welsh people former Sprint and hurdling Athletics of Jamaican, Jamaican Maroons, Taino, and Scottish people ancestry, who now works as a Sportscaster for athletics and television presenter predominantly for the BBC....	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 ....	August 27, 1993
12.92	Roger Kingdom Roger Kingdom Roger Kingdom is a former Sprint hurdling from the United States.Born in Vienna, Georgia, an Athletics of note Roger excelled at the high jump and discus throw in his formative years as well as being a noteworthy American football player....	Zurich	August 16, 1989
12.93	Renaldo Nehemiah Renaldo Nehemiah Renaldo Nehemiah , is an United States Athletics who dominated the 110 metre hurdles event from 1978 until 1981. He was the world record holder and the first man to run the high hurdles in under 13 seconds....	Zurich	August 19, 1981
13.00	Renaldo Nehemiah Renaldo Nehemiah Renaldo Nehemiah , is an United States Athletics who dominated the 110 metre hurdles event from 1978 until 1981. He was the world record holder and the first man to run the high hurdles in under 13 seconds....	Westwood Westwood, California Westwood is a census-designated place in Lassen County, California, California, United States. The population was 1,998 at the 2000 United States Census....	May 6, 1979
13.16	Renaldo Nehemiah Renaldo Nehemiah Renaldo Nehemiah , is an United States Athletics who dominated the 110 metre hurdles event from 1978 until 1981. He was the world record holder and the first man to run the high hurdles in under 13 seconds....	San Jose	April 14, 1979
13.21	Alejandro Casanas Alejandro Casañas Alejandro Francisco Casa?as Ram?rez is a former Cuban hurdling.At the 1977 Summer Universiade in Sofia he set a new world record in the 110 m hurdles with a time 13.21 seconds....	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....	August 21, 1977
13.24	Rodney Milburn Rodney Milburn Rodney Milburn, Jr. was an United States Athletics who won gold at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich in the 110m hurdling....	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....	September 2, 1972
13.33	Willie Davenport Willie Davenport William D. Davenport was an United States athletics , born in Troy, Alabama. William attended Howland High School, a suburb of Warren in Northeast Ohio....	Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....	October 17, 1968
13.38	Ervin Hall Ervin Hall Ervin Hall was an United States athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metre hurdles.He competed for the United States in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the 110 metre hurdles where he won the silver medal....	Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....	October 17, 1968
13.43	Earl McCullouch Earl McCullouch Earl R. McCullouch is a retired American football wide receiver....	Minneapolis	June 16, 1967
13.47	Willie Davenport Willie Davenport William D. Davenport was an United States athletics , born in Troy, Alabama. William attended Howland High School, a suburb of Warren in Northeast Ohio....	New York City New York City The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....	June 26, 1966

Hand timing

Time	Athlete	Location of race	Date
13.2	Thomas Hill Thomas Hill Thomas Hill may refer to:People*In the arts:...	Wichita Wichita, Kansas Wichita , is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas, and the county seat of Sedgwick County, Kansas. The 2006 estimated population of 361,420 makes it the 51st largest city in the U.S....	June 13, 1970
13.2	Ervin Hall Ervin Hall Ervin Hall was an United States athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metre hurdles.He competed for the United States in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the 110 metre hurdles where he won the silver medal....	Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, behind Memphis, Tennessee and Nashville, Tennessee, and is the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee....	June 19, 1969
13.2	Willie Davenport Willie Davenport William D. Davenport was an United States athletics , born in Troy, Alabama. William attended Howland High School, a suburb of Warren in Northeast Ohio....	Zurich	July 4, 1969
13.2	Lee Calhoun Lee Calhoun Lee Quincy Calhoun was an United States Athletics , a double winner of 110 m hurdles at the Olympic Games.Born in Laurel, Mississippi, Lee Calhoun, representing North Carolina Central University, won the National Collegiate Athletic Association 120 yd hurdles in 1956 and 1957....	Bern	August 21, 1960
13.2	Martin Lauer Martin Lauer Karl Martin Lauer is a former West Germany athletics , winner of gold medal in 4x100 m Relay race at the 1960 Summer Olympics.Born in Cologne, Lauer was a German champion in 110 m hurdles from 1956 to 1960 and in decathlon in 1956....	Zurich	July 7, 1959
13.4	Jack Davis Jack Davis Jack Davis may refer to:* Jack Davis * Jack Davis , offensive American football player* Jack Davis , Olympic hurdler* Jack Davis * Jack Davis ...	Bakersfield	June 22, 1956
13.5	Richard Attlesey	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea....	June 10, 1950
13.6	Richard Attlesey	College Park	June 24, 1950
13.7	Fred Walcott	Philadelphia	June 29, 1941
13.7	Forrest Towns Forrest Towns Robert Forrest "Spec" Towns was an United States athletics . He was the 1936 Summer Olympics in the 110 m hurdling, and broke the World Record in that distance three times....	Oslo Oslo is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen....	August 27, 1936
14.1	Forrest Towns Forrest Towns Robert Forrest "Spec" Towns was an United States athletics . He was the 1936 Summer Olympics in the 110 m hurdling, and broke the World Record in that distance three times....	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....	August 6, 1936
14.1	Forrest Towns Forrest Towns Robert Forrest "Spec" Towns was an United States athletics . He was the 1936 Summer Olympics in the 110 m hurdling, and broke the World Record in that distance three times....	Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....	June 19, 1936
14.2	Alvin Moreau	Oslo Oslo is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen....	August 2, 1935
14.2	Percy Beard Percy Beard Percy Morris Beard was a former American track and field athlete. He was born in Hardinsburg, Kentucky. He was a world-class hurdles with both Auburn University and the New York A.C....	Oslo Oslo is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen....	August 6, 1934
14.3	Percy Beard Percy Beard Percy Morris Beard was a former American track and field athlete. He was born in Hardinsburg, Kentucky. He was a world-class hurdles with both Auburn University and the New York A.C....	Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish Government of Sweden, the Parliament of Sweden, and the official residence of the Swedish Monarchy of Sweden....	July 26, 1934
14.4	John Morris	Turin Turín Tur?n is a municipality in the Ahuachap?n Department Departments of El Salvador of El Salvador....	September 8, 1933
14.4	George Sailing	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....	August 2, 1932
14.4	Jack Keller Jack Keller Jack Keller was a professional poker player.Keller served in the United States Air Force prior to becoming a poker pro. He won the 1984 World Series of Poker main event, 3 WSOP bracelets and more than $1.4 million in tournament play at the World Series of Poker during his career....	Palo Alto	July 17, 1932
14.4	Percy Beard Percy Beard Percy Morris Beard was a former American track and field athlete. He was born in Hardinsburg, Kentucky. He was a world-class hurdles with both Auburn University and the New York A.C....	Cambridge	June 23, 1932
14.4	Bengt Sjostedt	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea....	September 5, 1931
14.4	Erik Wennestrom	Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish Government of Sweden, the Parliament of Sweden, and the official residence of the Swedish Monarchy of Sweden....	August 25, 1929
14.6	George Weightman-Smith	Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the Capital of the Netherlands and List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people of the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands of North Holland in the west of the country....	July 31, 1928
14.8	Sten Pettersson Sten Pettersson Sten C. L. Pettersson was a Sweden athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metre hurdles.He competed for Sweden at the Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France where he won the bronze medal in the men's 110 metre hurdles event....	Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish Government of Sweden, the Parliament of Sweden, and the official residence of the Swedish Monarchy of Sweden....	September 18, 1927
14.8	Earl Thomson Earl Thomson For the Olympic equestrian, see Earl Foster Thomson.Earl John Thomson was Canada athlete, a specialist in the high hurdling.Born in Birch Hills, Saskatchewan, Thomson moved to southern California at age 8, because the warm weather would be better for his mother....	Antwerp Antwerp \|\|-\|\|-\|\|-\|\|}Antwerp is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions....	August 18, 1920
15.0	Forrest Smithson Forrest Smithson Forrest Custer Smithson was an United States Athletics , winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1908 Summer Olympics.Born in Portland, Oregon, Smithson was a student of theology from Oregon State University and an Amateur Athletic Union champion in 1907 and 1909 in the hurdles....	London London London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....	July 27, 1908

Top ten athletes all-time

Updated December 17 2008

Rank	Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Date	Location
1	12.87	+0.9	Dayron Robles Dayron Robles Dayron Robles is a Cuban hurdler who holds the current 110 metre hurdles world record of 12.87 seconds, which he set on June 12, 2008 at the Golden Spike Ostrava meet, and is the current Olympic champion....	June 12 2008	Ostrava Ostrava Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic, however it is the second largest urban agglomeration after Prague. It is also the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian Region and of the Municipality with Extended Competence....
2	12.88	+1.1	Liu Xiang Liu Xiang Liu Xiang is a Han Chinese hurdling. Liu is an Olympic Games and 2007 World Championships in Athletics. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was China's first in a men's track and field event....	July 11 2006	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....
3	12.90	+1.1	Dominique Arnold Dominique Arnold Dominique Arnold is an United States hurdling athletics . He holds the eighth-fastest all-time performance in the 110 metre high hurdles, with a time of 12.90 s ....	July 11 2006	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....
4	12.91	+0.5	Colin Jackson Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson Order of the British Empire is a Welsh people former Sprint and hurdling Athletics of Jamaican, Jamaican Maroons, Taino, and Scottish people ancestry, who now works as a Sportscaster for athletics and television presenter predominantly for the BBC....	August 20 1993	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 ....
5	12.92	−0.1	Roger Kingdom Roger Kingdom Roger Kingdom is a former Sprint hurdling from the United States.Born in Vienna, Georgia, an Athletics of note Roger excelled at the high jump and discus throw in his formative years as well as being a noteworthy American football player....	August 16 1989	Zürich Zürich Z?rich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Z?rich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne....
5	12.92	+0.9	Allen Johnson Allen Johnson Allen Kenneth Johnson is a hurdling Athletics and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia....	June 23 1996	Atlanta
7	12.93	−0.2	Renaldo Nehemiah Renaldo Nehemiah Renaldo Nehemiah , is an United States Athletics who dominated the 110 metre hurdles event from 1978 until 1981. He was the world record holder and the first man to run the high hurdles in under 13 seconds....	August 19 1981	Zürich Zürich Z?rich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Z?rich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne....
8	12.94	+1.6	Jack Pierce Jack Pierce (athlete) Lavern Jack Pierce is a former Major League Baseball player. He played parts of three seasons in the majors from until for the Atlanta Braves and Detroit Tigers....	June 22 1996	Atlanta
9	12.95	+1.5	Terrence Trammell Terrence Trammell Terrence R. Trammell is a track and field Athletics who won the silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles at both the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics....	June 2 2007	New York City New York City The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
9	12.95	+2.0	David Oliver	May 9 2008	Doha Doha Doha is the capital city of Qatar. With a population of 400,051 according to the 2005 census, it is located in the Ad Dawhah municipality on the Persian Gulf....

Best Year Performance

Men's Seasons Best

Year	Time	Location
1966	13.47	New York City New York City The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
1967	13.43	Minneapolis
1968	13.33	Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....
1969	13.45	Miami
1970	13.42	Bakersfield
1971	13.46	Cali Calì Cal?, also written in english as Cali, is a italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian Sea side of Sicily.For the surname Cal? is assumed the origin of the greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time"....
1972	13.24	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	13.41	Zürich Zürich Z?rich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Z?rich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne....
1974	13.40	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	13.28	Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne Saint-?tienne is a city in eastern central France.It lies 60 km southwest of Lyon in the Rh?ne-Alpes r?gion in France and is the capital of the d?partement....
1976	13.30	Montréal Montreal Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....
1977	13.21	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....
1978	13.22	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....
1979	13.00	Westwood Westwood Westwood may refer to:...
1980 1980 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1980 in athletics ....	13.21	Zürich Zürich Z?rich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Z?rich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne....
1981 1981 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1981 in athletics ....	12.93	Zürich Zürich Z?rich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Z?rich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne....
1982 1982 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1982 in athletics ....	13.22	Koblenz Koblenz Koblenz is a city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle River, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated....
1983 1983 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1983 in athletics ....	13.11	Westwood Westwood Westwood may refer to:...
1984 1984 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1984 in athletics ....	13.15	Zürich Zürich Z?rich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Z?rich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne....
1985 1985 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1985 in athletics ....	13.14	Modesto
1986 1986 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1986 in athletics ....	13.20	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 ....
1987 1987 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1987 in athletics ....	13.17	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....
1988 1988 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1988 in athletics ....	12.97	Sestriere Sestriere Sestriere is an alpine village in Italy, a comune of the Province of Turin. It is 17 km from the French border. Its name derives from Latin language: ad petram sistrariam, that is at sixty Roman miles from Turin....
1989 1989 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1989 in athletics ....	12.92	Zürich Zürich Z?rich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Z?rich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne....
1990 1990 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1990 in athletics ....	13.08	Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban areas of New Zealand with over 1.3 million residents, percent of the country's population....
1991 1991 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1991 in athletics ....	13.05	Vigo Vigo Vigo is a city in Galicia , Spain, located in the province of Pontevedra . Vigo is the largest city in Spain which is not a provincial capital. It is known as The Olive City....
1992 1992 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1992 in athletics ....	13.04	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....
1993 1993 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 1993 in athletics ....	12.91	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 ....	12.98	Tokyo Tokyo , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
1995	12.98	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....
1996	12.92	Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
1997	12.93	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....	12.98	Zürich Zürich Z?rich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Z?rich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre and sometimes called the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of Switzerland being Berne....
1999 1999 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 1999 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	12.98	Zagreb Zagreb Zagreb is the Capital and the largest city of Croatia. Zagreb is the Culture of Croatia, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Cinema of Croatia, Economy of Croatia and Government of Croatia center of the Croatia....
2000 2000 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2000 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	12.97	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....	13.04	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....	13.03	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....	12.97	Saint-Denis Saint-Denis Saint-Denis is a commune in France in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.4 kilometres from the Kilometre Zero. Saint-Denis is a sous-pr?fecture of the Seine-Saint-Denis d?partement in France, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis....
2004 2004 in athletics (track and field) This page shows the main events during the 2004 in sports year in athletics throughout the world....	12.91	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....	12.97	Angers Angers Angers is a city in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France in northwestern France about south-west of Paris. Angers is located in the French region known by its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, and its inhabitants are called Angevins....
2006 2006 in athletics (track and field) The following events in athletics took place in 2006 in sports:...	12.88	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 ....	12.92	New York City New York City The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population.... 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 ....
2008 2008 in athletics (track and field) This page contains an overview of the year 2008 in athletics ....	12.87	Ostrava Ostrava Ostrava is the third largest city in the Czech Republic, however it is the second largest urban agglomeration after Prague. It is also the administrative center of the Moravian-Silesian Region and of the Municipality with Extended Competence....