Low hurdles as an automatically timed mark around a bend. The high school record in the 180 yard low hurdles dates to 1964 when three boys, Earl McCullouch from Long Beach Polytechnic High School, Don Castronovo from Oceanside High School in Oceanside, New York and Steve Caminiti from Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, California separately ran the 180 yard low hurdles at 18.1. The record was never broken and the event was discontinued in regular high school competition ten years later in 1974. Note: The Low Hurdles (on the turn) were contested, at the girls high school level, in the state
Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics Brazil competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. After getting the best results ever in 1996, with fifteen medals, including three golds, the Brazilian athletes were disappointing in Australia, winning twelve medals, but no golds. 205 competitors, 111 men and 94 women, took part in 96 events in 23 sports. Men's 100m Men's 200m Men's 200m Men's 400m Men's 800m Men's 1,500m Men's 110m Hurdles Men's 400m Hurdles Men's 4 × 100 m Men's Long Jump Men's Marathon Women's Javelin Throw Women's Long Jump Women's Triple Jump Men's Flyweight (– 48 kg)