110 metres hurdles 100 yards (91.44 m). The first standards were attempted in 1864 in Oxford and Cambridge: 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. The height and spacing of the hurdles have been related to Imperial units ever since. After the length of the course was rounded up to 110 metres in France in 1888, the standards were pretty much complete (except for Germany where 1 metre high hurdles were used until 1907). The massively constructed hurdles of the
Romania at the 1992 Summer Olympics Romania at the 1992 Summer Olympics Romania competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was the first Summer Games for the nation after the fall of Communism in 1989. 172 competitors, 104 men and 68 women, took part in 128 events in 18 sports. Romania finished in 14th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and 18 medals overall. Men's 110m Hurdles Men's Long Jump Men's Discus Throw Men's Shot Put <br> Women's 800 metres Women's 400m Hurdles Women's Marathon Women's High Jump Women's Long Jump Women's Discus Throw Women's Heptathlon Men's Light Flyweight