List of male hurdlers explained

This is a list of notable male hurdlers (110 m H- 400 m H) since the first Olympic Games in 1896.

This list includes athletes who have been a medalist in the Olympic Games or World championships (indoor and outdoor). Also included are medalists in the IAAF World Cup and WAF events. Other criteria for inclusion include any athlete who held a world record (WR) or was ranked in the top three of their event by Track and Field News magazine (rankings since 1947). Finally, it includes any athlete ranked (by time) in the top three of a hurdles event for any given year since 1980.

Key for abbreviations used:WR is world record, + designates a hand timed result, OG means Olympic champion for given year/s,WC means world champion for the given year/s.

A

Derrick Adkins USA, 400 m H,

WC 1995

OG 400 m H, 1996

John Akii-Bua UGA, 400 m H,

OG 1972

WR 47.82 2 September 1972

OG 1928

Dick Attlesey USA, 110 m H

WR 13.6+ 10 June 1950,

WR 13.5+ 24 June 1950,

B

Charles Bacon USA, 400 m H,

OG 1908,

WR 55.0+ July 1908

Falk Balzer GER
Harold Barron USA
Percy Beard USA, 110 m H,

WR 14.4+ 23 June 1932,

WR 14.3+ 26 July 1934,

WR 14.2+ 6 August 1934,

Volker Beck GDR, 400 m H,

OG 1980

Jim Bolding USA, 400 m H
Shaun Bownes RSA
Bryan Bronson USA
Arto Bryggare FIN
David Burghley GBR, 400 m H,

OG 1928

C

Lee Calhoun USA, 110 m H,

OG 1956, 1960

WR 13.2+ 21 August 1960

Milt Campbell USA, 110 m H
Tonie Campbell USA
James Carter USA
Alejandro Casañas CUB, 110 m H,

WR 13.21 21 August 1977

Frank Castleman USA
Warren "Rex" Cawley USA, 400 m H,

OG 1964

WR 49.1+ 13 September 1964

David Cecil
Roy Cochran USA, 400 m H,

OG 1948

Wayne Collett USA, 400 m H
John Collier USA
Dedy Cooper, 110 m H
John Cooper GBR
Mark Crear USA
Frank Cuhel USA
Josh Culbreath USA, 400 m H
Thomas Curtis USA, 110 m H,

OG 1896

Cliff Cushman USA

D

Willie Davenport USA, 110 m H,

OG 1968 OG;

WR 13.33 17 October 1968,

WR 13.2+ 4 July 1969 WR

Calvin Davis USA
Glenn Davis USA, 400 m H

OG 1956, 1960,

WR 49.5+ 29 June 1956,

WR 49.2+ 6 August 1958,

Jack Davis USA, 110 m H,

WR 13.4+ 22 June 1956

WC 1997

Harrison Dillard USA, 110 m H,

OG 1952

Craig Dixon USA
Dudley Dorival HAI
Ladji Doucouré FRA 110 m H
Guy Drut FRA, 110 m H,

OG 1976

WR 13.0+ 22 August 1975

Juan Carlos Dyrzka ARG, 400 m H
John Duda LA CITY Champion 1961 180yd low hurdles.

F

Earl Fee CAN Masters world record holder
Don Finlay GBR
Charles Foster USA
Greg Foster USA, 110 m H,

WC 1983, 1987, 1991

Roberto Frinolli ITA, 400 m H

G

Anier García CUB, 110 m H,

OG 2000

John Garrels USA
Willie Gault USA
Yevgeniy Gavrilenko URS (BLR)
John Gibson USA, 400 m H,

WR 52.6+ 2 July 1927

Grantley Goulding GBR
Winthrop Graham JAM

H

Ervin Hall USA, 110 m H, 13.38 17 October 1968,

WR 13.2+ 19 June 1969

Glenn Hardin USA, 400 m H,

OG 1936

WR 52.0+ August 1932,

WR 51.8+ 30 June 1934,

WR 50.6+ 26 July 1934

OG 1968

WR 48.12 15 October 1968

WR 13.2+ 13 June 1970

Harry Hillman USA, 400 m H,

OG 1900

Dick Howard USA

I

Periklis Iakovakis GRE

J

Bershawn Jackson USA, 400 m H

WC 2005

Colin Jackson GBR, 110 m H,

WC 1993, 1999

WR 12.91 20 August 1993

Helmut Janz FRG, 400 m H 4th place 1960 Olympics
Tony Jarrett GBR
Allen Johnson USA, 110 m H,

WC 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003

OG 1996

Hayes Jones USA, 110 m H,

OG 1964

K

Igors Kazanovs URS (LAT)
Naman Keïta FRA
Jack Keller USA, 110 m H,

WR 14.4+ 17 July 1932

Fred Kelly USA, 110 m H,

OG 1912 ;

Aleksandr Kharlov URS (UZB)
James King USA
Roger Kingdom USA, 110 m H,

OG 1984, 1988

WR 12.92 16 August 1989

Daniel Kinsey USA, 110 m H,

OG 1924

Gary Knoke AUS, 400 m H
Igor Kovác SVK
Alvin Kraenzlein USA, 110 m H,

OG 1900

L

Rune Larsson SWE
Martin Lauer FRG, 110 m H,

WR 13.2+ 7 July 1959

Robert Leavitt USA, 110 m H,

OG 1906

Nick Lee USA, 400 m H
Blaine Lindgren USA
Yuriy Lituyev URS (RUS), 400 m H,

WR 50.4+ September 1953

John Loaring CAN
Frank Loomis USA, 400 m H,

OG 1920

WR 54.0+ 16 August 1920

Liu Xiang CHN, 110 m H,

OG 2004

M

Ralph Mann USA, 400 m H
Ruslan Mashchenko RUS, 400 m H
Samuel Matete ZAM, 400 m H,

WC 1991

Ralph Maxwell USA Masters M90 world record
Willie May USA, 110 m H
Earl McCullouch USA, 110 m H,

WR 13.43 June 1967

Danny McFarlane JAM
John McLean USA
Omar McLeod JAM
Mark McKoy CAN/AUT, 110 m H,

OG 1992

Joel McNulty USA, 110 m H
Anatoliy Mikhailov URS (RUS)
Aries Merritt USA, 110 m H
Rod Milburn USA, 110 m H,

OG 1972

WR 13.24 2 September 1972

Fred Moloney USA
Charles Moore USA, 400 m H,

OG 1952

Tom Moore, USA 120 y H

=WR 14.2h

Javier Moracho ESP
Salvatore Morale ITA, 400 m H,

WR 49.2+ 14 September 1962

Alvin Moreau USA,

WR 14.2+ 2 August 1935

Dinsdale Morgan JAM
Fabrizio Mori ITA, 400 m H,

WC 1999

John Morris USA,

WR 14.4+ 8 September 1933

Edwin Moses USA, 400 m H,

WC 1983, 1987

OG 1976, 1984

WR 47.64 25 July 1976,

WR 47.45 11 June 1977,

WR 47.13 3 July 1980,

WR 47.02 31 August 1983

Thomas Munkelt GDR, 110 m H,

OG 1980

N

Jean-Claude Nallet FRA, 400 m H
Renaldo Nehemiah USA, 110 m H,

WR 13.16 14 April 1979,

WR 13.00 6 May 1979,

WR 12.93 19 August 1981

John Norton USA, 400 m H,

WR 54.2+ 26 June 1920

Aarne Nirk
Sven Nylander (SWE)

O

P

Hansle Parchment JAM
David Patrick USA 400 m IH 47.75
Sten Pettersson SWE, 110 m H,

WR 14.8+ 18 September 1927

WR 400 m H, 53.8+ 4 October 1925

Andre Phillips USA, 400 m H,

OG 1988

Jack Pierce USA
George Poage USA
Fritz Pollard, Jr. USA
George Porter USA HSR 300 IH 35.32 / 400 IH 49.19
William Porter USA, 110 m H,

OG 1948

R

Chris Rawlinson GBR
Jon Ridgeon GBR, 110 m H
Ivan Riley USA
Duane Ross USA

S

George Saling USA, 110 m H,

OG 1932

WR 14.4+ 2 August 1932

Félix Sánchez DOM, 400 m H,

WC 2001,2003

OG 2004, 2012

OG 1904

Harry Schulting NED
Clyde Scott USA, 110 m H
Joel Shankle USA
Arthur Shaw USA
John Sherwood GBR
Thaddeus Shideler USA
Mike Shine USA
Don Shy USA, 110 m H
Bengt Sjöstedt FIN, 110 m H,

WR 14.4+ 5 September 1931

Vyacheslav Skomorokhov URS, 400 m H
Forrest Smithson USA, 110 m H,

OG 1908

WR 15.0+ 27 July 1908

Eddie Southern USA
Don Styron USA still holds WR 21.9 1960 in 200 m and 220y Hurdles

T

Dai Tamesue JPN
Jerry Tarr USA, 110 m H
Henri Tauzin FRA
Angelo Taylor USA, 400 m H,

OG 2000

Morgan Taylor USA, 400 m H,

OG 1924

WR 52.0+ July 1928

Walter Tewksbury USA, 400 m H,

OG 1896

Kemel Thompson JAM
Earl Thomson CAN, 110 m H,

OG 1920

WR 14.8+ 18 August 1920

Bob Tisdall IRL, 400 m H,

OG 1932

OG 1936

WR 14.1+ 19 June 1936,

WR 14.1+ 6 August 1936,

WR 13.7+ 27 August 1936

U

Sergey Usov URS (EUN)

V

Emilio Valle CUB
Geoff Vanderstock USA, 400 m H,

WR 48.6+ 11 September 1968

Attie van Heerden RSA
Erik Vilen FIN

W

Larry Wade, 110 m H
Fred Wolcott USA, 110 m H,

WR 13.7+ 29 June 1941

WR 14.6+ 31 July 1928

Eric Wennström SWE, 110 m H,

WR 14.4+ 25 August 1929

Duncan White CEY
Miguel White PHI
Ron Whitney USA, 400 m H
Maurice Wignall JAM
Jerry Wilson USA, 110 m H
Miroslaw Wodzynski POL, 110 m H
Joey Woody USA
Reggie Wyatt USA 300 m IH HSR 35.02 400 m IH 49.46-2010

Karsten Warholm – 45.94 WR 2021

Y

Kevin Young USA,

OG 1992

WC 1993

WR 46.78 August 1992

Z

Torrance Zellner, 400 m H