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
Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Olympics Slovakia at the 1996 Summer Olympics Slovakia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. It was the first Summer Games since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, and so the Czech Republic and Slovakia competed as independent teams. Men's 5,000 metres Men's 400m Hurdles Men's Discus Throw Men's 50 km Walk Women's High Jump Women's Triple Jump Women's Long Jump Men's 400 metres Men's 20 km Walk Men's 110m hurdles Men's 10.000 metres Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Flat water White water Men's Individual Road Race Men's Individual Time Trial Women's Individual Road