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 (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 Olympics as the inaugural record.^[1]

To June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 39 world records in the event.^[1]

Records 1912–76

Time	Wind	Auto	Athlete	Nationality	Location of race	Date
15.0			Smithson, ForrestForrest Smithson	United States	London	25 July 1908[1]
14.8			Thomson, EarlEarl Thomson	Canada	Antwerp	18 August 1920[1]
14.8			Pettersson, StenSten Pettersson	Sweden	Stockholm	18 September 1927[1]
14.6			Weightman-Smith, GeorgeGeorge Weightman-Smith	South Africa	Amsterdam	31 July 1928[1]
14.4			Wennström, EricEric Wennström	Sweden	Stockholm	25 August 1929[1]
14.4			Sjöstedt, BengtBengt Sjöstedt	Finland	Helsinki	5 September 1931[1]
14.4			Beard, PercyPercy Beard	United States	Cambridge	23 June 1932[1]
14.4	-0.2	14.53	Keller, JackJack Keller	United States	Palo Alto	17 July 1932[1]
14.4			Saling, GeorgeGeorge Saling	United States	Los Angeles	2 August 1932[1]
14.4			Morriss, JohnJohn Morriss	United States	Budapest	12 August 1933[1]
14.4			Morriss, JohnJohn Morriss	United States	Turin	8 September 1933[1]
14.3			Beard, PercyPercy Beard	United States	Stockholm	26 July 1934[1]
14.2			Beard, PercyPercy Beard	United States	Oslo	6 August 1934[1]
14.2			Moreau, AlvinAlvin Moreau	United States	Oslo	2 August 1935[1]
14.1w	2.4		Towns, ForrestForrest Towns	United States	Chicago	19 June 1936[1]
14.1	1.3		Towns, ForrestForrest Towns	United States	Berlin	6 August 1936[1]
13.7	0.0		Towns, ForrestForrest Towns	United States	Oslo	27 August 1936[1]
13.7	0.0		Wolcott, FredFred Wolcott	United States	Philadelphia	29 June 1941[1]
13.6	0.9		Attlesey, RichardRichard Attlesey	United States	College Park	24 June 1950[1]
13.5			Attlesey, RichardRichard Attlesey	United States	Helsinki	10 July 1950[1]
13.4	0.0		Davis, JackJack Davis	United States	Bakersfield	22 June 1956[1]
13.2	1.9	13.56	Lauer, MartinMartin Lauer	West Germany	Zurich	7 July 1959[1]
13.2	0.0		Calhoun, LeeLee Calhoun	United States	Bern	21 August 1960[1]
13.2	1.8	13.43	McCullouch, EarlEarl McCullouch	United States	Minneapolis	16 July 1967[1]
13.2	-0.9		Davenport, WillieWillie Davenport	United States	Zurich	4 July 1969[1]
13.2	0.0	13.24	Milburn, RodRod Milburn	United States	Munich	7 September 1972[1]
13.2	1.1	13.41	Milburn, RodRod Milburn	United States	Zurich	6 July 1973[1]
13.2	1.5		Milburn, RodRod Milburn	United States	Siena	22 July 1973[1]
13.1	1.2		Drut, GuyGuy Drut	France	Saint Maur	23 July 1975[1]
13.0	1.8		Drut, GuyGuy Drut	France	West Berlin	22 August 1975[1]

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.^[1]

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	Milburn, RodRod Milburn	United States	Munich	7 September 1972[1]
13.21	0.6	Casañas, AlejandroAlejandro Casañas	Cuba	Sofia	21 August 1977[1]
13.16	1.7	Nehemiah, RenaldoRenaldo Nehemiah	United States	San Jose	14 April 1979[1]
13.00	0.9	Nehemiah, RenaldoRenaldo Nehemiah	United States	Westwood	6 May 1979[1]
12.93	-0.2	Nehemiah, RenaldoRenaldo Nehemiah	United States	Zürich	19 August 1981[1]
12.92	-0.1	Kingdom, RogerRoger Kingdom	United States	Zürich	16 August 1989[1]
12.91	0.5	Jackson, ColinColin Jackson	United Kingdom	Stuttgart	20 August 1993[1]
12.91	0.3	Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang	China	Athens	27 August 2004[1]
12.88	1.1	Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang	China	Lausanne	11 July 2006[1]
12.87	0.9	Robles, DayronDayron Robles	Cuba	Ostrava	12 June 2008[1]
12.80	0.3	Merritt, AriesAries Merritt	United States	Brussels	7 September 2012[2]

References

1. "12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009." (PDF). Monte Carlo: IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. 2009. pp. Pages 546, 553. Archived from the original (pdf) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
2. "12.80!! Merritt stuns with World record in 110m Hurdles in Brussels". Monte Carlo: IAAF. 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2012.