100 metres 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 first hurdle is placed after a run-up of 13 metres from the starting line. The next 9 hurdles are set at a distance of 8.5 metres from each other, and the home stretch from the last hurdle to the finish line is 10.5 metres long. The hurdles are set up so that they will
Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles as Olympic Champion in 1960 leading another American sweep over Lauer. Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles These are the official results of the Men's 110m Hurdles event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. There were a total number of 24 athletes. The event took place on 27 and 28 November 1956. Jack Davis came into the Olympics with the world record, having run 13.4 in a qualifying heat at the national championships a week before the Olympic trials. That was 5 months earlier. Here the three Americans were the class of the