Men's 110 metres hurdles world record progression
Records 1912–76

Men's 110 metres hurdles world record progression

Section Title: Records 1912–76
Table Section Text: None

Time	Wind	Auto	Athlete	Nationality	Location of race	Date

15.0	Forrest Smithson	United States	London	25 July 1908

15.0	Harold Barron	United States	Antwerp	17 August 1920

15.0	Earl Thomson	Canada	Antwerp	17 August 1920

14.8	Earl Thomson	Canada	Antwerp	18 August 1920

14.8	Sten Pettersson	Sweden	Stockholm	18 September 1927

14.6	George Weightman-Smith	South Africa	Amsterdam	31 July 1928

14.4	Eric Wennström	Sweden	Stockholm	25 August 1929

14.4	Bengt Sjöstedt	Finland	Helsinki	5 September 1931

14.4	Percy Beard	United States	Cambridge	23 June 1932

14.4	0.2	14.53	Jack Keller	United States	Palo Alto	17 July 1932

14.4	George Saling	United States	Los Angeles	2 August 1932

14.4	John Morriss	United States	Budapest	12 August 1933

14.4	John Morriss	United States	Turin	8 September 1933

14.3	Percy Beard	United States	Stockholm	26 July 1934

14.2	Percy Beard	United States	Oslo	6 August 1934

14.2	Alvin Moreau	United States	Oslo	2 August 1935

14.1w	2.4	Forrest Towns	United States	Chicago	19 June 1936

14.1	1.3	Forrest Towns	United States	Berlin	6 August 1936

13.7	0.0	Forrest Towns	United States	Oslo	27 August 1936

13.7	0.0	Fred Wolcott	United States	Philadelphia	29 June 1941

13.6	0.9	Richard Attlesey	United States	College Park	24 June 1950

13.5	Richard Attlesey	United States	Helsinki	10 July 1950

13.4	0.0	Jack Davis	United States	Bakersfield	22 June 1956

13.2	1.9	13.56	Martin Lauer	West Germany	Zurich	7 July 1959

13.2	0.0	Lee Calhoun	United States	Bern	21 August 1960

13.2	1.8	13.43	Earl McCullouch	United States	Minneapolis	16 July 1967

13.2	0.9	Willie Davenport	United States	Zurich	4 July 1969

13.2	0.0	13.24	Rod Milburn	United States	Munich	7 September 1972

13.2	1.1	13.41	Rod Milburn	United States	Zurich	6 July 1973

13.2	1.5	Rod Milburn	United States	Siena	22 July 1973

13.1	1.2	Guy Drut	France	Saint Maur	23 July 1975

13.0	1.8	Guy Drut	France	West Berlin	22 August 1975

Sentence(s)

In 1908, Forrest Smithson recorded in 15.0 in London.

final_sentence: In 1908, Forrest Smithson recorded in 15.0 in London.