Main > Men, 110 m Hurdles > World Records Progression
All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons.
•   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated Chart
Manual Timing
  18.0y Philip Norman GBR Eton Nov 29, 1859
  18.0y William Heap GBR Oxford Nov 25, 1861
  18.0y John Martin GBR Oxford Nov 22, 1862
  16.5y Cecil Reid GBR Oxford Feb 17, 1863
  16.0y Clement Jackson GBR Oxford Nov 14, 1865
  16.0y* S.H. Akroyd GBR Reigate Apr 27, 1867
  16.0y* G. Bird GBR 1867
  16.0y* Lace Clague GBR 1871
  16.0y* Alfred Loder GBR London Apr 07, 1876
  16.0y* Patrick Davin IRL Dublin Jul 21, 1877
  16.0y* H.M. Dougall GBR Dublin Jul 21, 1877
  16.0y* Samuel Palmer GBR London Apr 15, 1878
  16.0y* Charles Lockton GBR Uppingham Jul 16, 1878
  16.0y* William Pollock GBR 1881
  16.0y* Charles Daft GBR London Jul 03, 1886
  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* Alfred Copland USA Washington Oct 11, 1890
  16.0y* Frederick Ducharne 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
  15.8y* Daniel Bulger IRL Ballsbridge Aug 01, 1892
  15.8y* Harry H. Morrell CAN Montreal Sep 24, 1892
  15.6y Godfrey Shaw GBR Cardiff Sep 24, 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
  15.2y* George Smith NZL Auckland Mar 08, 1902
  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
• 14.4y Earl Thomson CAN Philadelphia May 29, 1920
  14.4*y Earl Thomson CAN Chicago Jun 18, 1921
  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 Eric Wennström SWE Stockholm Aug 25, 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 Martin Lauer GER Zürich Jul 07, 1959
• 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
• 13.0 Guy Drut FRA Berlin Aug 22, 1975
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
  13.56 Martin Lauer FRG Zürich Jul 07, 1959
  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
• 13.21 Alejandro Casanas CUB Sofia Aug 21, 1977
• 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
• 12.91 Colin Jackson GBR Stuttgart Aug 20, 1993
• 12.91* Xiang Liu CHN Athens Aug 27, 2004
• 12.88 Xiang Liu CHN Lausanne Jul 11, 2006
• 12.87 Dayron Robles CUB Ostrava Jun 12, 2008
• 12.80 Aries Merritt USA Bruxelles Sep 07, 2012
  12.75 Ja'Kobe Tharp USA Eugene, OR Jun 10, 2026