Men · World record

110 Metres Hurdles

The current record and its documented progression: 43 ratified records from 1908 to 2012, with 1 pending ratification shown in place.

Current record

12.75+1.0

Ja'Kobe TharpUSAEugene · 10 Jun 2026

0 years standing0.12 s improvementAll-time top 25 →

Record progression

Each step is a documented record; red marks the fully automatic timing era; hollow marks were rescinded, not ratified or are pending

1908 · 15.0 Forrest Smithson1920 · 15.0 Harold Barron1920 · 15.0 Earl Thomson1920 · 14.8 Earl Thomson1927 · 14.8 Sten Pettersson1928 · 14.6 George Weightman-Smith1929 · 14.4 Eric Wennström1931 · 14.4 Bengt Sjöstedt1932 · 14.4 Percy Beard1932 · 14.4 Jack Keller1932 · 14.4 George Saling1933 · 14.4 John Morriss1933 · 14.4 John Morriss1934 · 14.3 Percy Beard1934 · 14.2 Percy Beard1935 · 14.2 Alvin Moreau1936 · 14.1 Forrest Towns1936 · 14.1 Forrest Towns1936 · 13.7 Forrest Towns1941 · 13.7 Fred Wolcott1950 · 13.6 Richard Attlesey1950 · 13.5 Richard Attlesey1956 · 13.4 Jack Davis1959 · 13.2 Martin Lauer1960 · 13.2 Lee Calhoun1967 · 13.2 Earl McCullouch1969 · 13.2 Willie Davenport1972 · 13.2 Rod Milburn1973 · 13.1 Rod Milburn1973 · 13.1 Rod Milburn1975 · 13.1 Guy Drut1975 · 13.0 Guy Drut1972 · 13.24 Rod Milburn1977 · 13.21 Alejandro Casañas1979 · 13.16 Renaldo Nehemiah1979 · 13.00 Renaldo Nehemiah1981 · 12.93 Renaldo Nehemiah1989 · 12.92 Roger Kingdom1993 · 12.91 Colin Jackson2004 · 12.91 Liu Xiang2006 · 12.88 Liu Xiang2008 · 12.87 Dayron Robles2012 · 12.80 Aries Merritt2026 · 12.75 Ja'Kobe Tharp (Pending) 12.7515.00

19081933 · Morriss 14.41956 · Davis 13.41977 · Casañas 13.212026 · Tharp 12.75

Documented records

43 ratified · 1 pending · most recent first · Wikipedia (EN) revision 1360312302, imported 2 Sep 2026

MarkWindAthleteNationVenueDateStood
13.0 1.8 Guy Drut FRA West Berlin 22 Aug 1975 1 yr
13.1 1.2 Guy Drut FRA Saint Maur 23 Jul 1975 30 d
13.1 1.5 Rod Milburn USA Siena 22 Jul 1973 2 yrs
13.1 1.1 Rod Milburn USA Zurich 6 Jul 1973 16 d
13.2 0.0 Rod Milburn USA Munich 7 Sep 1972 0 d
13.2 −0.9 Willie Davenport USA Zurich 4 Jul 1969 3 yrs
13.2 1.8 Earl McCullouch USA Minneapolis 16 Jul 1967 1 yr
13.2 0.0 Lee Calhoun USA Bern 21 Aug 1960 6 yrs
13.2 1.9 Martin Lauer FRG Zurich 7 Jul 1959 1 yr
13.4 0.0 Jack Davis USA Bakersfield 22 Jun 1956 3 yrs
13.5 Richard Attlesey USA Helsinki 10 Jul 1950 5 yrs
13.6 0.9 Richard Attlesey USA College Park 24 Jun 1950 16 d
13.7 0.0 Fred Wolcott USA Philadelphia 29 Jun 1941 8 yrs
13.7 0.0 Forrest Towns USA Oslo 27 Aug 1936 4 yrs
14.1 1.3 Forrest Towns USA Berlin 6 Aug 1936 21 d
14.1 2.4 Forrest Towns USA Chicago 19 Jun 1936 48 d
14.2 Alvin Moreau USA Oslo 2 Aug 1935 322 d
14.2 Percy Beard USA Oslo 6 Aug 1934 361 d
14.3 Percy Beard USA Stockholm 26 Jul 1934 11 d
14.4 John Morriss USA Turin 8 Sep 1933 321 d
14.4 John Morriss USA Budapest 12 Aug 1933 27 d
14.4 George Saling USA Los Angeles 2 Aug 1932 1 yr
14.4 −0.2 Jack Keller USA Palo Alto 17 Jul 1932 16 d
14.4 Percy Beard USA Cambridge 23 Jun 1932 24 d
14.4 Bengt Sjöstedt FIN Helsinki 5 Sep 1931 292 d
14.4 Eric Wennström SWE Stockholm 25 Aug 1929 2 yrs
14.6 George Weightman-Smith RSA Amsterdam 31 Jul 1928 1 yr
14.8 Sten Pettersson SWE Stockholm 18 Sep 1927 317 d
14.8 Earl Thomson CAN Antwerp 18 Aug 1920 7 yrs
15.0 Earl Thomson CAN Antwerp 17 Aug 1920 1 d
15.0 Harold Barron USA Antwerp 17 Aug 1920 0 d
15.0 Forrest Smithson USA London 25 Jul 1908 12 yrs

Rows link to a profile only where the athlete appears on a published list. Struck marks were rescinded or never ratified, and A marks a performance at altitude; both come from the source article's own key and markers, and eras are kept as it lists them. Nothing is inferred.