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
Brazil at the 2000 Summer Olympics the race. Men's Individual Competition: Women's Individual Competition: 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