List of male hurdlers

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

Kriss Akabusi GBR

Mubarak Al-Nubi QAT

Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily KSA

Henry Amike NGR

Jeshua Anderson USA

Steve Anderson USA

Henry Andrade USA CPV

Eronilde de Araújo BRA

Vasyl Arkhypenko URS (UKR)

Lesley Ashburner USA

Sydney Atkinson SAF, 110 m H,

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

Anthony Dees USA

August Desch USA

Amadou Dia Bâ SEN

Stéphane Diagana FRA, 400 m H,

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

Danny Harris USA

Martin Hawkins USA

Alfred Healey GBR

David Hemery GBR, 400 m H,

OG 1968

WR 48.12 15 October 1968

Gerhard Hennige FRG

Llewellyn Herbert RSA

Thomas Hill USA, 110 m H,

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

Gary Oakes GBR

Staņislavs Olijars LAT

George Orton CAN (USA)

Eddy Ottoz ITA

Laurent Ottoz ITA

Patrick Ottoz ITA

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.