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
2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals. Wind:<br>Heat 1: +1.0 m/s, Heat 2: -0.6 m/s, Heat 3: -1.6 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s, Heat 5: +1.3 m/s Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final. Wind:<br>Heat 1: -0.1 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s Wind" +1.1 m/s 2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles The women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 2 and 3. Prior to