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
Jamaica at the 1992 Summer Olympics Jamaica at the 1992 Summer Olympics Jamaica competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 36 competitors, 22 men and 14 women, took part in 23 events in 5 sports. Men's 100 metres Men's 200 metres Men's 400 metres Men's 800 metres Men's 4 × 100 m Relay Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Men's 110m Hurdles Men's 400m Hurdles <br> Women's 100 metres Women's 200 metres Women's 400 metres Women's 100m Hurdles Women's 400m Hurdles Women's 4 × 100 m Relay Women's 4 × 400 m Relay Women's Long Jump Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Men's Lightweight