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Men's 110 metres hurdles world record progression

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The following table shows the world record progression in the Men's 110 metres hurdles.

The first world record in the 110 metre hurdles for men (athletics) was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations, in 1912. The IAAF ratified Forrest Smithson's 15.0 mark set at the 1908 London Olympic Games as the inaugural record.

To June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 39 world records in the event.

Records 1912–1976

Time	Wind	Auto	Nationality	Location of race	Date
15.0			United States	London	25 July 1908
15.0			United States	Antwerp	17 August 1920
15.0			Canada	Antwerp	17 August 1920
14.8			Canada	Antwerp	18 August 1920
14.8				Stockholm	18 September 1927
14.6			South Africa	Amsterdam	31 July 1928
14.4				Stockholm	25 August 1929
14.4				Helsinki	5 September 1931
14.4			United States	Cambridge	23 June 1932
14.4	−0.2	14.53	United States	Palo Alto	17 July 1932
14.4			United States	Los Angeles	2 August 1932
14.4			United States	Budapest	12 August 1933
14.4			United States	Turin	8 September 1933
14.3			United States	Stockholm	26 July 1934
14.2			United States	Oslo	6 August 1934
14.2			United States	Oslo	2 August 1935
14.1w	2.4		United States	Chicago	19 June 1936
14.1	1.3		United States	Berlin	6 August 1936
13.7	0.0		United States	Oslo	27 August 1936
13.7	0.0		United States	Philadelphia	29 June 1941
13.6	0.9		United States	College Park	24 June 1950
13.5			United States	Helsinki	10 July 1950
13.4	0.0		United States	Bakersfield	22 June 1956
13.2	1.9	13.56		Zurich	7 July 1959
13.2	0.0			Bern	21 August 1960
13.2	1.8	13.43		Minneapolis	16 July 1967
13.2	−0.9			Zurich	4 July 1969
13.2	0.0	13.24		Munich	7 September 1972
13.2	1.1	13.41		Zurich	6 July 1973
13.2	1.5			Siena	22 July 1973
13.1	1.2			Saint Maur	23 July 1975
13.0	1.8			West Berlin	22 August 1975

Records 1977–present

From 1975, the IAAF accepted separate automatically electronically timed records for events up to 400 metres. Starting January 1, 1977, the IAAF required fully automatic timing to the hundredth of a second for these events.

Rod Milburn's 1972 Olympic gold medal victory time of 13.24 was the fastest recorded result to that time.

Time	Wind	Athlete	Nationality	Location of race	Date
13.24	0.0			Munich	7 September 1972
13.21	0.6			Sofia	21 August 1977
13.16	1.7			San Jose	14 April 1979
13.00	0.9			Westwood	6 May 1979
12.93	−0.2			Zürich	19 August 1981
12.92	−0.1			Zürich	16 August 1989
12.91	0.5			Stuttgart	20 August 1993
12.91	0.3	{{sortname	Liu Xiang	dab=hurdler}}		Athens
12.88	1.1	{{sortname	Liu Xiang	dab=hurdler}}		Lausanne
12.87	0.9			Ostrava	12 June 2008
12.80	0.3			Brussels	7 September 2012

References

Landon Sets New Olympic Record in High Jumping, New York Times, 18 August 1920. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
Landon Sets New Olympic Record in High Jumping, New York Times, 18 August 1920. Retrieved May 7, 2017.

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