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
2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final. Wind: Heat 1: −0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s. The final was started at 19:50. Wind: −0.6 m/s. 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12–15 August. In the heats and semis it was the same two names, now lined up next to each other. Brianna Rollins has set the event on fire all season long, winning the NCAA Championships in the fastest time in the