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 Olympic Games as the inaugural record. [1]
To June 21, 2009, the IAAF has ratified 39 world records in the event. [1]
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 |
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| 13.24 | 0.0 | Rod Milburn |  United States | Munich | 7 September 1972 [1] |
| 13.21 | 0.6 | Alejandro Casañas |  Cuba | Sofia | 21 August 1977 [1] |
| 13.16 | 1.7 | Renaldo Nehemiah | United States | San Jose | 14 April 1979 [1] |
| 13.00 | 0.9 | Renaldo Nehemiah | United States | Westwood | 6 May 1979 [1] |
| 12.93 | −0.2 | Renaldo Nehemiah | United States | Zürich | 19 August 1981 [1] |
| 12.92 | −0.1 | Roger Kingdom | United States | Zürich | 16 August 1989 [1] |
| 12.91 | 0.5 | Colin Jackson |  United Kingdom | Stuttgart | 20 August 1993 [1] |
| 12.91 | 0.3 | Liu Xiang |  China | Athens | 27 August 2004 [1] |
| 12.88 | 1.1 | Liu Xiang | China | Lausanne | 11 July 2006 [1] |
| 12.87 | 0.9 | Dayron Robles | Cuba | Ostrava | 12 June 2008 [1] |
| 12.80 | 0.3 | Aries Merritt | United States | Brussels | 7 September 2012 [4] |
The first record in the 100 metres for men (athletics) was recognised by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as World Athletics, in 1912.
The world record in the mile run is the fastest time set by a runner in the middle-distance track and field event. World Athletics is the official body which oversees the records. Hicham El Guerrouj is the current men's record holder with his time of 3:43.13, while Faith Kipyegon has the women's record of 4:07.64. Since 1976, the mile has been the only non-metric distance recognized by the IAAF for record purposes. However, in international competitions such as the Olympics the term "mile" almost always refers to a distance of 1,500 meters, which is 109.344 meters shorter than an Imperial mile, even though four "full" laps of a 400 meter track is equal to 1,600 meters.
The first world record in the 100 metres sprint for women was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922. The FSFI was absorbed by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 1936. The current record is 10.49 seconds set by Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988.
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The first world record in the men's high jump was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in 1912.
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The following table shows the world record progression in the men's and women's 800 metres, officially ratified by the IAAF.
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The following table shows the world record progression in the men's 200 metres, as ratified by the IAAF. The current record of 19.19 seconds was set by Usain Bolt at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.
The first world record in the 400 m for men (athletics) was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as World Athletics, in 1912. The IAAF ratified Charles Reidpath's 48.2 performance set at that year's Stockholm Olympics as a world record, but it also recognized the superior mark over 440 yards run by Maxie Long in 1900 as a world record.
The first World Record in the 200 m for women (athletics) was recognised by the Fédération Sportive Féminine Internationale (FSFI) in 1922. The FSFI was absorbed by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1936. However, the IAAF did not maintain a record category for 200 m (bend) as opposed to 200 m (straight) until after 1951. The IAAF eliminated the 200 m (straight) record after 1976. "y" denotes times set at 220 yards which were ratified as world records.
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