Men's 110 metres hurdles world record progression


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 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 Olympics as the inaugural record.
To June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 39 world records in the event.

Records 1912–1976

TimeWindAutoAthleteNationalityLocation of raceDate
15.0London25 July 1908
15.0Antwerp17 August 1920
15.0Antwerp17 August 1920
14.8Antwerp18 August 1920
14.8Stockholm18 September 1927
14.6Amsterdam31 July 1928
14.4Stockholm25 August 1929
14.4Helsinki5 September 1931
14.4Cambridge23 June 1932
14.4−0.214.53Palo Alto17 July 1932
14.4Los Angeles2 August 1932
14.4Budapest12 August 1933
14.4Turin8 September 1933
14.3Stockholm26 July 1934
14.2Oslo6 August 1934
14.2Oslo2 August 1935
14.1w2.4Chicago19 June 1936
14.11.3Berlin6 August 1936
13.70.0Oslo27 August 1936
13.70.0Philadelphia29 June 1941
13.60.9College Park24 June 1950
13.5Helsinki10 July 1950
13.40.0Bakersfield22 June 1956
13.21.913.56Zurich7 July 1959
13.20.0Bern21 August 1960
13.21.813.43Minneapolis16 July 1967
13.2−0.9Zurich4 July 1969
13.20.013.24Munich7 September 1972
13.21.113.41Zurich6 July 1973
13.21.5Siena22 July 1973
13.11.2Saint Maur23 July 1975
13.01.8West Berlin22 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.
TimeWindAthleteNationalityLocation of raceDate
13.240.0Munich7 September 1972
13.210.6Sofia21 August 1977
13.161.7San Jose14 April 1979
13.000.9Westwood6 May 1979
12.93−0.2Zürich19 August 1981
12.92−0.1Zürich16 August 1989
12.910.5Stuttgart20 August 1993
12.910.3Athens27 August 2004
12.881.1Lausanne11 July 2006
12.870.9Ostrava12 June 2008
12.800.3Brussels7 September 2012