100 metres hurdles Masters athletics. They run the same spacing as women, which coordinates with existing markings on most tracks, but run over 36-inch (0.915 m) hurdles. In the 60-69 age range, the spacings are changed. Women over age 40 and men over age 70 run 80 metre versions with different heights and spacings. 100 m hurdles: 100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The
Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles Semifinal 2 Smithson had no trouble winning this heat, tying the Olympic record as he did so. Semifinal 3 Healey led for most of the race, with Rand close behind, but Healey was unable to clear the ninth hurdle cleanly, allowing Rand to pass him and win by a foot. Semifinal 4 Halbert pulled up lame, and Garrels won by 15 yards. Smithson pulled away from his countrymen at every set of hurdles to win by five meters and set a new world record. Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles The men's 110 metres hurdles