110 metres hurdles 110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-meter hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 1.067 metres (3.5 ft or 42 inches) in height are evenly spaced along a straight course of 110 metres. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner. Fallen hurdles do not carry a fixed time penalty for the runners, but they have a significant pull-over
Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles Semifinal 2 Smithson had no trouble winning this heat, tying the Olympic record as he did so. Semifinal 3 Healey led for most of the race, with Rand close behind, but Healey was unable to clear the ninth hurdle cleanly, allowing Rand to pass him and win by a foot. Semifinal 4 Halbert pulled up lame, and Garrels won by 15 yards. Smithson pulled away from his countrymen at every set of hurdles to win by five meters and set a new world record. Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles The men's 110 metres hurdles