"Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson, CBE (born 18 February 1967) is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. During a career in which he represented Great Britain and Wales, he won an Olympic silver medal, became world champion twice, World indoor champion once, went undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and was a two-time Commonwealth champion. His world record of 12.91 seconds for the 110m hurdles stood for over a decade and he remains the 60 metres hurdles world record holder. Jackson won his first major medal, a silver, in the"
"Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles The Women's 400 metres Hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 35 competitors, with five qualifying heats and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took place on Wednesday September 28, 1988. In 1987, the former world record holder Sabine Busch of the GDR, improved her best to 53.24 seconds, before going on to win the World Championship title in Rome in 53.62 secs, with Debbie Flintoff-King of Australia second, GDR team-mate Cornelia Ullrich third, and Jamaica's Sandra Farmer fourth. Both Ullrich"
"Tonie Campbell Anthony Eugene ""Tonie"" Campbell (born June 14, 1960) is an American former hurdler. He is the 1988 Olympic bronze medallist in the 110m Hurdles, the 1987 World Indoor champion in the 60m hurdles, and won the 1985 World Cup title in the 110m hurdles. A three-time winner of the 110 metres hurdles at the IAAF Grand Prix Final, he also won the 1987 Overall Grand Prix title, with fellow hurdler Greg Foster second and pole vaulter Sergey Bubka third. Born in Los Angeles, California, Campbell attended the University of Southern California. While a sophomore at USC, he qualified"
"Gloria Siebert Gloria Siebert (née Kovarik, divorced Uibel, born 13 January 1964 in Ortrand, Bezirk Cottbus) is a retired East German hurdler. She won the silver medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. She also won silver medals at the 1981 European Junior Championships, the 1987 European Indoor Championships, the 1987 World Championships and the 1990 European Championships. Her result at the 1987 World Championships was 12.44 seconds, a career best time. This ranks her second among German 100 m hurdlers, only behind Bettine Jahn. She competed for the sports club SC Cottbus during"
"Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles The Women's 100 metres Hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 37 competitors, with five qualifying heats (37 runners), three second-rounds (24) and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took place on Friday September 30, 1988. These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics. The following Olympic records were set during this competition. <br> First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals. First 4 of each"
"Jacqueline Humphrey Jacqueline ""Jackie"" Humphrey-Corbin (née Humphrey, formerly Tompkins, born September 30, 1965) is an American former hurdler. She won the 100 metres hurdles title at the 1988 US Olympic Trials and went on to compete in the women's 100 metres hurdles at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where she reached the semifinals. Humphrey ran her lifetime best 100m hurdles time of 12.83 secs to win the second semifinal at the 1988 US Olympic Trials, before going on to win the final later the same day in 12.88, to defeat Gail Devers (12.90) and LaVonna Martin (192.93) and earn Olympic selection."
"Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles The Men's 110 metres hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 18–21 August at the Beijing National Stadium. Dayron Robles was the clear favorite, having set the world record just two months earlier. He didn't disappoint leading the semi-final round by almost a tenth of a second, a huge margin on this level. In the final, Robles was out first, clearly ahead by the first hurdle. From there all he did was run smoothly and pull away to a clear, dominating victory. The race for second place"
"for twelve years. Ventsislav Radev Ventsislav Radev (; born 9 January 1961) is a Bulgarian male former track and field athlete who competed in the 110 metres hurdles. From Varna, he represented his country at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics (being a finalist there) and at the Friendship Games in 1984. He won one national title in the 110 m hurdles, setting a championship record of 13.59 seconds to achieve this in 1983. He had greater success indoors, with three consecutive titles in the60 metres hurdles from 1987 to 1989. His 1988 winning time of 7.73 seconds stood as"
"the 1988 Seoul Olympics - the first with the [then] new, re-balanced javelin - when Tapio Korjus (Finland) won with 84.28m. On August 9, 2016, Oleksandr Pyatnytsya was disqualified after his anti-doping test sample was reanalyzed and found positive (dehydrochlormethyltestosterone). On February 24, 2017 Antti Ruuskanen received the silver medal in Finland. Vítězslav Veselý received the bronze medal during Golden Spike Ostrava on 28 June 2017. , the existing World and Olympic records were as follows: The Following new National records were set during this competition Qual. rule: qualification standard 82.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q). Athletics"
"Kim Turner Kimberly ""Kim"" Seals (née Turner, formerly McKenzie, born March 21, 1961) is an American former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 meter hurdles. She won the 1984 US Olympic trials and went on to win a bronze medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. She also won the 1988 US national title. Turner was born in Birmingham, Alabama. While at Mumford High School in Detroit, Michigan she set the still standing NFHS national high school record in the 110 yard hurdles at 13.6. The federation converted record-keeping to metric distances shortly afterward. As Kim Turner, she won"
"Ellen Fiedler Ellen Fiedler, ( Neumann, born 26 November 1958 in Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a former East German 400 metres hurdler. She won the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, in a career best time of 53.63 seconds. This ranks her third among German 400 m hurdlers, only behind Sabine Busch and Cornelia Ullrich. She also won the 1981 IAAF World Cup event, took the silver medal in the hurdles at the 1980 World Championships in Athletics, won the bronze medal at the 1983 World Championships and finished sixth at the 1986 European Championships. At the 1983"
"to the final. Heat 1 Heat 2 Key: Est = Time is an estimate, OR = Olympic record Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games took place August 3 and August 4. The final was won by American William Porter. Porter's compatriots, Clyde Scott and Craig Dixon took 2nd and 3rd place. With the absence of the best American hurdler Harrison Dillard, who did not qualify to the Olympics in the hurdles but did win gold in his secondary event, the 100 metres, the"
"heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals. Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres hurdles The Women's 100 metres Hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 37 competitors, with five qualifying heats (37 runners), three second-rounds (24) and two semifinals (16) before the final (8) took place on Friday September 30, 1988. These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics. The following Olympic records were set during this competition. <br> First 4 of each heat (Q) and next"
"Peter Hildreth Peter Burke Hildreth (8 July 1928 – 25 February 2011) was a British hurdling athlete. Born in Bedford, he reached the semi-finals of the 110 metre hurdles at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, finishing 12th. He also represented Britain at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and the 1960 Rome Games. He won the bronze medal in the 1950 European Championships in spite of a poor lane draw on a wet track. He equalled the British record for the 110 metre hurdles, with a time of 14.3 seconds, on five occasions. Following his retirement from athletics, he served as"
"Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay These are the official results of the Women's 4 × 400 m Relay event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There were a total number of sixteen nations competing. Soviet Union had the gold and bronze medalists from the 400 metres race and the silver medalist from the 400 hurdles. With the retirement of Marita Koch and Jarmila Kratochvílová, gold medalist Olga Bryzgina had the fastest time of any active athlete when she finished a close second behind Koch's world record three years earlier,"
"110 m hurdles, aged nineteen at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. He soon established himself on the global scene, taking bronze at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics and a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. After winning another silver in the 60 metres hurdles at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships, he won European and Commonwealth gold medals in 1990. The 1993 season saw him reach the pinnacle of his sport: after a silver at the 1993 Indoor Worlds, he went on to set a world record of 12.91 seconds to become the 1993 World Champion. This mark was"
"Monique Éwanjé-Épée Monique Éwanjé-Épée Lewin (née Éwanjé-Épée, formerly Tourret; born 11 July 1967) is a retired French track and field athlete who competed in the 60m hurdles and 100m hurdles, and is the co-holder (as of 2016) of the French national records for both events. She is the 1990 European Champion and the 1991 World Indoor silver medallist. She also represented France at the Olympic Games in 1988, 1992 and 1996. Éwanjé-Épée was born in Poitiers, France. She won the 1985 European Junior Championships 100 metres hurdles title in 13.10 secs. In 1988, she reached the Olympic final in Seoul,"
"the heats running 59.28. Simone Laidlow Simone Lucy Laidlow (née Gandy, born 28 July 1965) is an English former 400 metres hurdler. She represented Great Britain in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She finished second at the UK Championships three times (1985, 1986 and 1988). Her twin sister, Dawn Gandy, is also a former international athlete. Born in Southampton, Simone Gandy finished second at the UK Championships in 1985 and 1986, and third in 1984 and 1987. Her best performance in these years was 57.56 secs at the England v Romania international in Bucharest on"
"hammer thrower. She came out of retirement to compete at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. She made the semi-finals of the 100m and won a bronze medal as part of the Soviet women's 4 × 100 m relay. <br> Lyudmila Kondratyeva Lyudmila Andreyevna Kondratyeva (; born April 11, 1958) is a Russian former track and field athlete, who competed for the Soviet Union and is the 1980 Olympic 100 m champion. Kondratyeva began athletics at age 11 at the Children and Youth Sport School in Shakhty, her first trainer being Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlenko. Two years later she passed exams into"
"Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 1948 Summer Olympic Games took place August 3 and August 4. The final was won by American William Porter. Porter's compatriots, Clyde Scott and Craig Dixon took 2nd and 3rd place. With the absence of the best American hurdler Harrison Dillard, who did not qualify to the Olympics in the hurdles but did win gold in his secondary event, the 100 metres, the three Americans William Porter, Clyde Scott and Craig Dixon were headlong over the rest of the field. From"
"Marjan Olyslager Marjan Ingrid Olyslager (born 8 March 1962) is a retired Dutch sprinter. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 100 m hurdles and 4 × 100 m relay, reaching the semifinals. She won a silver medal at the 1988 European Indoor Championships in the 60 m hurdles. Nationally, she set multiple records and won 12 titles in hurdles events. In 1981 Olyslager started competing as a senior and won her first national title. In 1984, she set a national record in the 100 m hurdles at 13.20 s, but fell 0.02 s short of the Olympic"
"Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles These are the official results of the Women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were 27 participating athletes plus one non-starter. The main contenders for the gold medal in Barcelona were the American Sandra Farmer-Patrick, the Soviet World champion Tatyana Ledovskaya and Great Britain's Sally Gunnell. Ledovskaya, who had so narrowly lost the gold to Debbie Flintoff-King at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, won the gold medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo in 53.11 seconds, with Gunnell winning silver in 53.16. Those"
"Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place on 22 September at the Jamsil Indoor Swimming Pool in Seoul, South Korea. U.S. overwhelming favorite Matt Biondi smashed a new Olympic record to claim his first ever individual gold and fourth career medal in swimming at these Games. Maintaining a lead from start to finish, he pulled away from a star-studded field to hit the wall first in 48.63. Biondi also enjoyed his teammate Chris Jacobs taking home the silver in 49.08, as the Americans"
"Ventsislav Radev Ventsislav Radev (; born 9 January 1961) is a Bulgarian male former track and field athlete who competed in the 110 metres hurdles. From Varna, he represented his country at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics (being a finalist there) and at the Friendship Games in 1984. He won one national title in the 110 m hurdles, setting a championship record of 13.59 seconds to achieve this in 1983. He had greater success indoors, with three consecutive titles in the60 metres hurdles from 1987 to 1989. His 1988 winning time of 7.73 seconds stood as a championship record"
"Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 2016 Summer Olympics took place between 15–16 August at the Olympic Stadium. The 2012 Olympic champion Aries Merritt did not return after failing at the American Olympic Trials – an event which also excluded Olympic medallists David Oliver and Jason Richardson. With Sergey Shubenkov absent due to the Russian team's doping ban and an injury to Hansle Parchment, none of the 2012 Olympic or 2015 World Championships podium athletes was present. The top entrant was Omar McLeod, who held the season-leading"
"for this event at the Olympic Games. His personal bests are 13.25 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (0.0 m/s, London 2017) and 7.56 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Belgrade 2017). Both are current national records. Disqualified in the final Milan Trajkovic Milan Trajkovic (, ,born 17 March 1992 in Surdulica) is a Serbian-born Cypriot athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. He has won two gold medals at the Games of the Small States of Europe. He was raised in the Serbian town of Surdulica but emigrated with his family to Cyprus at the age of nine as a"
"metres silver medal in the previous Olympics and World Championships, to super-human. Over the course of sporadic races in 1988 she had set the world record in the 100 metres and 200 metres, both by Beamonesque margins with the 200 metres world record set only two days earlier. And just earlier in the day she had helped the US 4x100 metres relay team to the gold medal, her third already in this Olympics. From the gun, hurdler Tatyana Ledovskaya looked to have a slight lead over former high school star Denean Howard, who at 23 was already on her third"
"Simone Laidlow Simone Lucy Laidlow (née Gandy, born 28 July 1965) is an English former 400 metres hurdler. She represented Great Britain in the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She finished second at the UK Championships three times (1985, 1986 and 1988). Her twin sister, Dawn Gandy, is also a former international athlete. Born in Southampton, Simone Gandy finished second at the UK Championships in 1985 and 1986, and third in 1984 and 1987. Her best performance in these years was 57.56 secs at the England v Romania international in Bucharest on 14 June 1986. She"
"Dawn Harper-Nelson Dawn Harper-Nelson (born May 13, 1984) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the 100-meter hurdles. She was the gold medalist in the event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the silver medalist in the 2012 London Olympic Games and the 2017 World Championships. Dawn Harper is the first American 100-meter hurdler to ever win gold at an Olympics and medal in the following Olympics. She is trained by Bob Kersee, husband of Jackie Joyner-Kersee, six time Olympic medalist also from her hometown of East St. Louis, Illinois. In high school, Dawn showed much"
"for the bronze, running 53.63 to Busch's 53.69. With six of the top seven running personal bests, the Seoul final rewrote the all-time list, with fifth-placed Sally Gunnell (54.03) and sixth-placed Gudrun Abt (54.04) also moving into the all-time top ten. These were the standing World and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics. The following Olympic records were set during this competition. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metres hurdles The Women's 400 metres Hurdles at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of"
"Olympic records are 12.91 seconds for the men's 110 m hurdles, set by Liu Xiang in 2004, and 12.35 seconds for the women's 100 m hurdles, set by Sally Pearson in 2012. The fastest time recorded at the Olympics for the men's 200 m hurdles was 24.6 seconds by 1904 winner Harry Hillman. Maureen Caird won the last women's Olympic 80 m hurdles race in 1968 with a record of 10.39 seconds. The men's 110 m hurdles world record has been broken at the Olympics on six occasions: 1908, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1972 and 2004. The women's 100 m hurdles"
"James Wendell James Isaac Wendell (September 3, 1890 – November 22, 1958) was an American athlete who won the silver medal competed in the 110 m hurdles at the 1912 Summer Olympics. After retiring from competitions, Wendell had a successful career in education. He was a master of English and assistant track coach at The Hill School (1913–1928), a boarding school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, where he was subsequently named headmaster (1928–1952). A teammate of his on the 1912 Olympic Team, General George S. Patton, later sent his son to The Hill while Wendell was headmaster. During Wendell's tenure as headmaster"
"Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles The Women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1952 Summer Olympics took place on July 24 and July 25 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. Australian athlete Shirley Strickland de la Hunty earned the gold medal, setting new World and Olympic records. Suffering from skin boils, defending champion Fanny Blankers-Koen was dropping out of other events to save herself for this event. In the first heat, Shirley Strickland set the Olympic record at 11.0. Strickland improved upon that with a 10.8 in the semi final round, joined by Maria Sander and"