110 Metres Hurdles - Milestones

Milestones

• First official IAAF world record: 15.0 seconds, Forrest Smithson (USA), 1908
• First under 15 seconds: 14.8 seconds, Earl Thomson (CAN), 1920
• First under 14 seconds: 13.7 seconds, Forrest Towns (USA), 1936
• First under 13.5 seconds: 13.4 seconds, Jack Davis (USA), 1956
• First under 13 seconds: 12.93 seconds, Renaldo Nehemiah (USA), 1981
• First under 12.9 seconds: 12.88 seconds, Liu Xiang (CHN), 2006