Most Successful Athletes
- Shirley Strickland (AUS): two Olympic victories, 1952 and 1956 in the 80 m hurdles
- Ludmila Narozhilenko-Engquist (URS) later (SWE): Olympic victory, 1996, two World Championship victories, 1991 and 1997
- Gail Devers (USA): three World Championships, 1993, 1995, 1999, as well as runner-up at the 1991 and 2001 World Championships
- Sally Pearson (AUS}: Olympic victory in 2012, World Championship victory in 2011,
Note: Engquist and Pearson are the only 100 metres hurdlers to have become both Olympic Champion and World Champion.
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