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Men, 110 m Hurdles
All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated             - Then World Record
Manual Timing
  18.25y H. Edwards Ficken USA Mott Haven, NY Sep 08, 1877  
  17.25y H. Edwards Ficken USA Mott Haven, NY Oct 12, 1878  
  17.2y James Tivey USA Mott Haven, NY Sep 24, 1881  
  16.8y James Tivey USA Mott Haven, NY Jun 10, 1882  
  16.2y Alexander Jordan USA New York Jun 19, 1886  
16.2y* Alexander Jordan USA New York Sep 19, 1888  
  16.0y* Henry Williams USA New York May 17, 1890
  16.0y* Henry Williams USA Montreal Sep 27, 1890
  16.0y* Alfred Copland USA Montreal Sep 27, 1890
  16.0y* Frederick Ducharne USA Washington Oct 11, 1890
  16.0y* Alfred Copland USA Washington Oct 11, 1890
  16.0y* Henry Williams USA Cambridge May 16, 1891
  16.0y* Henry Williams USA New York May 30, 1891
  15.8y Henry Williams USA New York May 30, 1891
  15.8y* Walter Henry USA San Francisco May 20, 1892
  15.6y* Stephen Chase USA New York Sep 15, 1894
  15.4y Stephen Chase USA New York Sep 21, 1895
  15.2y Alvin Kraenzlein USA Chicago Jun 18, 1898
  15.0y Thaddeus Shideler USA St.Louis Jun 11, 1904
15.0 Forrest Smithson USA London Jul 25, 1908
  15.0y* Arthur Shaw USA Chicago Sep 12, 1908
  15.0y* Frederick Kelly USA Los Angeles Mar 15, 1913
  15.0y* Frederick Kelly USA Los Angeles Apr 18, 1914
  15.0y* Robert Simpson USA Columbia May 29, 1915
  15.0y* Robert Simpson USA Philadelphia Apr 29, 1916
  15.0y* Frederick Murray USA Cambridge May 27, 1916
  14.6y Simpson Robert USA Columbia May 27, 1916
  14.6y* Simpson Robert USA Evanston Jun 03, 1916
  14.4*y George Guthrie USA Columbus Jun 05, 1926
  14.4*y Steve Anderson USA Missoula Jun 02, 1928
  14.4*y Steve Anderson USA Eugene Jun 01, 1929
  14.4* Steve Anderson USA Oslo Jul 31, 1930
  14.3y Jack Keller USA Columbus May 02, 1931
14.2y Percy Beard USA Lincoln Jul 04, 1931
  14.2 George Saling USA Chicago Jun 11, 1932
  14.1y Jack Keller USA Evanston May 20, 1933
  14.1y* Forrest Towns USA Birmingham, Ala. May 15, 1936
  14.1 Forrest Towns USA New Orleans May 23, 1936
14.1* Forrest Towns USA Chicago Jun 19, 1936
14.1* Forrest Towns USA Berlin Aug 06, 1936
13.7 Forrest Towns USA Oslo Aug 27, 1936
  13.7y Fred Wolcott USA Austin May 03, 1940
13.7* Fred Wolcott USA Philadelphia Jun 29, 1941
13.6y Harrison Dillard USA Lawrence Apr 17, 1948
13.6 Richard Attlesey USA College Park Jun 24, 1950
13.5 Richard Attlesey USA Helsinki Jul 10, 1950
13.4 Jack Davis USA Bakersfield Jun 22, 1956
  13.3 Jack Davis USA Bendigo Nov 17, 1956
13.2* Lee Calhoun USA Bern Aug 21, 1960
13.2* Earl McCullouch USA Minneapolis Jul 16, 1967
13.2* Willie Davenport USA Zürich Jul 04, 1969
13.0y Rod Milburn USA Eugene Jun 25, 1971
13.0*y Rod Milburn USA Eugene Jun 20, 1973
Electronic Timing
  14.53 Jack Keller USA Stanford Jul 16, 1932
  13.90 Bill Porter USA Evanston Jul 10, 1948
  13.70 Lee Calhoun USA Melbourne Nov 28, 1956
  13.43 Earl McCullouch USA Minneapolis Jul 16, 1967
  13.38 Ervin Hall USA Mexico City Oct 17, 1968
  13.33 Willie Davenport USA Mexico City Oct 17, 1968
13.24 Rod Milburn USA München Sep 07, 1972
13.22 Greg Foster USA Eugene Jun 02, 1978  
13.16 Renaldo Nehemiah USA San José Apr 14, 1979
13.00 Renaldo Nehemiah USA Westwood May 06, 1979
12.93 Renaldo Nehemiah USA Zürich Aug 19, 1981
12.92 Roger Kingdom USA Zürich Aug 16, 1989
12.92* Allen Johnson USA Atlanta Jun 23, 1996  
12.92* Allen Johnson USA Brussels Aug 23, 1996  
12.90 Dominique Arnold USA Lausanne Jul 11, 2006  
  12.90* David Oliver USA Eugene, OR Jul 03, 2010  
  12.89 David Oliver USA Paris Saint-Denis Jul 16, 2010