400 metres hurdles to 400 metres, or one lap of the stadium, and the number of hurdles was reduced to ten. The official height of the hurdles was set to 91.4 cm (3 feet) for men and 76.20 cm (2 ft, 6 inches) for women. The hurdles were now placed on the course with a run-up to the first hurdle of 45 metres, a distance between the hurdles of 35 metres each, and a home stretch from the last hurdle to the finish line of 40 metres. The first documented 400 m hurdles race for women took place in 1971. The International Association
Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Olympics Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Olympics Slovakia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. It was the first Summer Games since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, and so the Czech Republic and Slovakia competed as independent teams. Men's 5,000 metres Men's 400m Hurdles Men's Discus Throw Men's 50 km Walk Women's High Jump Women's Triple Jump Women's Long Jump Men's 400 metres Men's 20 km Walk Men's 110m hurdles Men's 10.000 metres Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Flat water White water Men's Individual Road Race Men's Individual Time Trial Women's Individual Road