Sprint hurdles at the Olympics
Sprint hurdles at the Olympic Games | |
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 The 2008 Olympic men's 110 m hurdles semi-final | |
| Overview | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Gender | Men and women |
| Years held | Men 110 m: 1896 – 2016 Men 200 m: 1900 – 1904 Women 80 m: 1932 – 1968 Women 100 m: 1972 – 2016 |
| Olympic record | |
| Men | 12.91 Liu Xiang (2004) |
| Women | 12.35 Sally Pearson (2012) |
| Reigning champion | |
| Men |  Omar McLeod (JAM) |
| Women |  Brianna Rollins (USA) |
The sprint hurdles at the Summer Olympics have been contested over a variety of distances at the multi-sport event. The men's 110 metres hurdles has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first edition in 1896. A men's 200 metres hurdles was also briefly held, from 1900 to 1904. The first women's sprint hurdling event was added to the programme at the 1932 Olympics in the form of the 80 metres hurdles. At the 1972 Games the women's distance was extended to the 100 metres hurdles, which is the current international standard.
The Olympic records are 12.91 seconds for the men's 110 m hurdles, set by Liu Xiang in 2004, and 12.35 seconds for the women's 100 m hurdles, set by Sally Pearson in 2012. The fastest time recorded at the Olympics for the men's 200 m hurdles was 24.6 seconds by 1904 winner Harry Hillman. Maureen Caird won the last women's Olympic 80 m hurdles race in 1968 with a record of 10.39 seconds. The men's 110 m hurdles world record has been broken at the Olympics on six occasions: 1908, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1972 and 2004. The women's 100 m hurdles world record has been broken only once, by Annelie Ehrhardt at the inaugural 1972 Olympic final.[1] In contrast the 80 m hurdles world record was set at the Olympics in 1932 (four times), 1936, and 1952 (twice).[2]
Only three athletes have won two Olympic sprint hurdles gold medals: on the men's side, Lee Calhoun and Roger Kingdom, and on the women's side Shirley Strickland. Strickland is also the only athlete to win three such Olympic medals, having won a bronze medal before her victories. Alvin Kraenzlein is the only athlete to have won two hurdles medals at the same Olympics, having taken the 110 m and 200 m titles. Historically, hurdlers also competed in other individual sprinting events (Harrison Dillard and Fanny Blankers-Koen were also 100 metres Olympic champions), but this became rare after the 1950s.
The United States has dominated the men's event: with 19 gold medals and 56 medals in total, the nation won over half the available medals in the history of the competition. The United States has swept the medals on eight occasions and an American man has been on the podium every edition except the 1980 Moscow Olympics, which it boycotted. Though less dominant in the women's events, it has the most number of women's gold medals, having five.
Contents
1 Medal summary
1.1 Men's 110 metres hurdles
1.1.1 Multiple medalists
1.1.2 Medals by country
1.2 Women's 80 metres hurdles
1.2.1 Multiple medalists
1.2.2 Medalists by country
1.3 Women's 100 metres hurdles
1.3.1 Multiple medalists
1.3.2 Medalists by country
2 200 metres hurdles
3 Intercalated Games
4 References
5 External links
Medal summary
Men's 110 metres hurdles
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
1896 Athens | Thomas Curtis  United States | Grantley Goulding  Great Britain | none awarded |
1900 Paris | Alvin Kraenzlein  United States | John McLean United States | Fred Moloney United States |
1904 St. Louis | Fred Schule United States | Thaddeus Shideler United States | Lesley Ashburner United States |
1908 London | Forrest Smithson United States | John Garrels United States | Arthur Shaw United States |
1912 Stockholm | Fred Kelly  United States | James Wendell United States | Martin Hawkins United States |
1920 Antwerp | Earl Thomson  Canada | Harold Barron United States | Feg Murray United States |
1924 Paris | Daniel Kinsey United States | Sydney Atkinson  South Africa | Sten Pettersson  Sweden |
1928 Amsterdam | Sydney Atkinson South Africa | Steve Anderson United States | John Collier United States |
1932 Los Angeles | George Saling United States | Percy Beard United States | Don Finlay Great Britain |
1936 Berlin | Forrest Towns United States | Don Finlay Great Britain | Fritz Pollard United States |
1948 London | William Porter United States | Clyde Scott United States | Craig Dixon United States |
1952 Helsinki | Harrison Dillard United States | Jack Davis United States | Arthur Barnard United States |
1956 Melbourne | Lee Calhoun United States | Jack Davis United States | Joel Shankle United States |
1960 Rome | Lee Calhoun  United States | Willie May United States | Hayes Jones United States |
1964 Tokyo | Hayes Jones  United States | Blaine Lindgren United States | Anatoly Mikhailov  Soviet Union |
1968 Mexico City | Willie Davenport United States | Ervin Hall United States | Eddy Ottoz  Italy |
1972 Munich | Rod Milburn United States | Guy Drut  France | Thomas Hill United States |
1976 Montreal | Guy Drut France | Alejandro Casañas  Cuba | Willie Davenport United States |
1980 Moscow | Thomas Munkelt  East Germany | Alejandro Casañas Cuba | Aleksandr Puchkov Soviet Union |
1984 Los Angeles | Roger Kingdom United States | Greg Foster United States | Arto Bryggare  Finland |
1988 Seoul | Roger Kingdom United States | Colin Jackson Great Britain | Tonie Campbell United States |
1992 Barcelona | Mark McKoy  Canada | Tony Dees United States | Jack Pierce United States |
1996 Atlanta | Allen Johnson United States | Mark Crear United States | Florian Schwarthoff  Germany |
2000 Sydney | Anier García Cuba | Terrence Trammell United States | Mark Crear United States |
2004 Athens | Liu Xiang  China | Terrence Trammell United States | Anier García Cuba |
2008 Beijing | Dayron Robles Cuba | David Payne United States | David Oliver United States |
2012 London | Aries Merritt United States | Jason Richardson United States | Hansle Parchment  Jamaica |
2016 Rio | Omar McLeod Jamaica | Orlando Ortega  Spain | Dimitri Bascou France |
Multiple medalists
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Calhoun | United States (USA) | 1952–1956 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Roger Kingdom | United States (USA) | 1984–1988 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Sydney Atkinson |  South Africa (RSA) | 1924–1928 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Guy Drut |  France (FRA) | 1972–1976 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Hayes Jones | United States (USA) | 1960–1964 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Willie Davenport | United States (USA) | 1968–1976 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Anier Garcia |  Cuba (CUB) | 2000–2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | Jack Davis | United States (USA) | 1952–1956 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Alejandro Casanas | Cuba (CUB) | 1976–1980 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Terrence Trammell | United States (USA) | 2000–2004 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | Don Finlay |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1932–1936 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mark Crear | United States (USA) | 1996–2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Medals by country
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 19 | 20 | 17 | 56 |
| 2 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  Canada (CAN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Women's 80 metres hurdles
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
1932 Los Angeles | Babe Didrikson United States | Evelyne Hall United States | Marjorie Clark  South Africa |
1936 Berlin | Ondina Valla  Italy | Anni Steuer  Germany | Elizabeth Taylor  Canada |
1948 London | Fanny Blankers-Koen  Netherlands | Maureen Gardner Great Britain | Shirley Strickland  Australia |
1952 Helsinki | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Australia | Maria Golubnichaya  Soviet Union | Maria Sander Germany |
1956 Melbourne | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty Australia | Gisela Köhler United Team of Germany | Norma Thrower Australia |
1960 Rome | Irina Press Soviet Union | Carole Quinton Great Britain | Gisela Birkemeyer  United Team of Germany |
1964 Tokyo | Karin Balzer United Team of Germany | Teresa Ciepły  Poland | Pam Kilborn Australia |
1968 Mexico City | Maureen Caird Australia | Pam Kilborn Australia | Chi Cheng  Republic of China |
Multiple medalists
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shirley Strickland |  Australia (AUS) | 1948–1956 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Gisela Birkemeyer |  United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1956–1960 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pam Kilborn | Australia (AUS) | 1964–1968 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Medalists by country
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia (AUS) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Germany (GER)[nb] | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Republic of China (ROC) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
nb The German total includes teams both competing as Germany and the United Team of Germany, but not East or West Germany.
Women's 100 metres hurdles
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
1972 Munich | Annelie Ehrhardt East Germany | Valeria Bufanu  Romania | Karin Balzer East Germany |
1976 Montreal | Johanna Schaller-Klier East Germany | Tatyana Anisimova Soviet Union | Natalya Lebedeva Soviet Union |
1980 Moscow | Vera Komisova Soviet Union | Johanna Schaller-Klier East Germany | Lucyna Langer  Poland |
1984 Los Angeles | Benita Fitzgerald United States | Shirley Strong Great Britain | Michèle Chardonnet France |
Kim Turner United States | |||
1988 Seoul | Yordanka Donkova  Bulgaria | Gloria Siebert East Germany | Claudia Zackiewicz West Germany |
1992 Barcelona | Voula Patoulidou  Greece | LaVonna Martin United States | Yordanka Donkova  Bulgaria |
1996 Atlanta | Ludmila Engquist Sweden | Brigita Bukovec  Slovenia | Patricia Girard France |
2000 Sydney | Olga Shishigina  Kazakhstan | Glory Alozie  Nigeria | Melissa Morrison United States |
2004 Athens | Joanna Hayes United States | Olena Krasovska  Ukraine | Melissa Morrison United States |
2008 Beijing | Dawn Harper United States | Sally McLellan Australia | Priscilla Lopes-Schliep Canada |
2012 London | Sally Pearson Australia | Dawn Harper United States | Kellie Wells United States |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Brianna Rollins United States | Nia Ali United States | Kristi Castlin United States |
Multiple medalists
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Olympics | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johanna Schaller | East Germany (GDR) | 1976–1980 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sally Pearson | Australia (AUS) | 2008–2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dawn Harper | United States (USA) | 2008–2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | Yordanka Donkova |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 1988–1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Melissa Morrison | United States (USA) | 2000–2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Medalists by country
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
200 metres hurdles
For a brief period, a men's Olympic 200 metres low hurdles race was held. It was a relatively common event in the early 1900s. With only two appearances in 1900 and 1904, the event's removal as an Olympic event marked the beginning of a steady decline of its popularity over the course of the 20th century and it is now a rarity. The 1900 event was won by Alvin Kraenzlein, who won four gold medals that year, including the 110 m hurdles title.[3] The second and final 200 m hurdles champion, Harry Hillman, was again a multiple gold medallist, as the American won the 400 metres sprint and 400 metres hurdles Olympic titles at that games.[4]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
1900 Paris |  Alvin Kraenzlein (USA) |  Norman Pritchard (IND) | Walter Tewksbury (USA) |
1904 St. Louis | Harry Hillman (USA) | Frank Castleman (USA) | George Poage (USA) |
Intercalated Games
The 1906 Intercalated Games were held in Athens and at the time were officially recognised as part of the Olympic Games series, with the intention being to hold a games in Greece in two-year intervals between the internationally held Olympics. However, this plan never came to fruition and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) later decided not to recognise these games as part of the official Olympic series. Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon.[5]
At this event a men's 110 m hurdles race was held. For the top two finishers, American hurdler Robert Leavitt and British athlete Alfred Healey, this was the peak of their respective careers.[6] Bronze medalist Vincent Duncker of Germany was the joint 100 metres world record holder at the time.[7]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
1906 Athens | Robert Leavitt (USA) | Alfred Healey (GBR) |  Vincent Duncker (GER) |
References
- Participation and athlete data
Men's 200 metres Hurdles Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
Men's 110 metres Hurdles Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
Women's 100 metres Hurdles Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
Women's 80 metres Hurdles Medalists. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
- Olympic record progressions
- Mallon, Bill (2012). TRACK & FIELD ATHLETICS - OLYMPIC RECORD PROGRESSIONS. Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
- Specific
^ "13th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Daegu 2011. (Part 5 of 5)". Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2011. pp. 546, 553, 595, 697, 698. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2013-03-11..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Women, 80 m Hurdles > World Records Progression. Brinkster. Retrieved on 2014-06-28.
^ Al Kraenzlein. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-08.
^ Harry Hillman. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-08.
^ 1906 Athina Summer Games. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
^ Athletics at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's 110 metres Hurdles. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2014-02-07.
^ Men, 100 m > World Records Progression. Brinkster Track and Field. Retrieved on 2014-02-02.
External links
- IAAF 110 metres hurdles homepage
- IAAF 100 metres hurdles homepage
- Official Olympics website
Olympic athletics records from Track & Field News
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