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 50 →

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Each step is a documented record; red marks the fully automatic timing era; hollow marks were rescinded, not ratified or are pending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
12.75 1.0 Ja'Kobe Tharp Pending USA Eugene 10 Jun 2026
12.80 0.3 Aries Merritt USA Brussels 7 Sep 2012 13 yrs
12.87 0.9 Dayron Robles CUB Ostrava 12 Jun 2008 4 yrs
12.88 1.1 Liu Xiang CHN Lausanne 11 Jul 2006 1 yr
12.91 0.3 Liu Xiang CHN Athens 27 Aug 2004 1 yr
12.91 0.5 Colin Jackson GBR Stuttgart 20 Aug 1993 11 yrs
12.92 −0.1 Roger Kingdom USA Zürich 16 Aug 1989 4 yrs
12.93 −0.2 Renaldo Nehemiah USA Zürich 19 Aug 1981 7 yrs
13.00 0.9 Renaldo Nehemiah USA Westwood 6 May 1979 2 yrs
13.16 1.7 Renaldo Nehemiah USA San Jose 14 Apr 1979 22 d
13.21 0.6 Alejandro Casañas CUB Sofia 21 Aug 1977 1 yr
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
13.24 0.0 Rod Milburn USA Munich 7 Sep 1972 302 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

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