List of 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:"(too co kachoo) meeeoowwwww!! 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

*Mike Unknow UNKNOWN, 5 mile H
*Bill Albans USA, 110m H
*Bill Anderson USA, 110m H
*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 "02 Sep 1972"
*Kriss Akabusi GBR
*Bill Albans USA, 110m H
*Mubarak Al-Nubi QAT
*Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily KSA
*Henry Amike NGR
*Bill Anderson USA, 110m H
*Steve Anderson USA
*Vasiliy Anisimov URS, 400m H
*Eronilde de Araújo BRA
*Jean-Claude Arifon FRA, 400m H
*Vasiliy Arkhipenko URS (UKR)
*Lesley Ashburner USA
*Wille Atterberry USA, 400m H
*Sydney Atkinson SAF, 110 m H,::OG 1928
*Dick Attlesey USA, 110m H ::WR 13.6+ "10 June 1950",::WR 13.5+ "24 June 1950",
*Richard Ault USA, 400m H:<> Africa, 100 MS

B

*Charles Bacon USA, 400 m H, ::OG 1908,::WR 55.0+ "Jul 1908"
*Falk Balzer GER
*Art Barnard USA
*Harold Barron USA
*Percy Beard USA, 110 m H, ::WR 14.4+ "23 June 1932", ::WR 14.3+ "26 July 1934", ::WR 14.2+ "06 Aug 1934",
*Volker Beck GDR, 400 m H,::OG 1980
*Jim Bolding USA, 400m H
*Shaun Bownes RSA
*Bryan Bronson USA
*Arto Bryggare FIN
*Lord Burghley" GBR, 400 m H, ::OG 1928

C

*Lee Calhoun USA, 110 m H, ::OG 1956, 1960::WR 13.2+ "21 Aug 1960"
*Milt Campbell USA, 110m H
*Tonie Campbell USA
*James Carter USA
*Alejandro Casanas CUB, 110m H, ::WR 13.21 "21 Aug 1977"
*Frank Castleman USA
*Rex Cawley USA, 400 m H, ::OG 1964
*Warren Cawley USA, 400 m H, ::WR 49.1+ "13 Sep 1964"
* David Cecil
*Roy Cochran USA, 400 m H, ::OG 1948
*Leon Coleman USA, 110m H
*Wayne Collett USA, 400m H
* John Collier USA
*Dedy Cooper, 110m H
* John Cooper GBR
*Mark Crear USA
*Frank Cuhel USA
*Josh Culbreath USA, 400m 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+ "04 Jul 1969" WR
*Calvin Davis USA
* Glenn Davis USA, 400 m H::OG 1956, 1960,::WR 49.5+ "29 June 1956", ::WR 49.2+ "06 Aug 1958",
* Jack Davis USA, 110 m H, ::WR 13.4+ "22 June 1956"
*Anthony Dees USA
*August Desch USA
*Bob Devinney USA, 400m H
*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 Aug 1975"
*Juan Dyrzka ARG, 400m H
*Vincenz Duncker GER

F

*Don Finlay GBR
*Bill Fleming USA, 110m H
*Charles Foster USA
*Greg Foster USA, 110 m H, ::WC 1983, 1987, 1991
*Roberto Frinolli ITA, 400m H

G

*WR 12.4Zoe Grech AUS 400m H
*Anier García CUB, 110 m H, ::OG 2000
*John Garrels USA
*Willie Gault USA
*Yevgeniy Gavrilenko URS (BLR)
*Elias Gibert USA, 110m H
* John Gibson USA, 400 m H, ::WR 52.6+ "02 Jul 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"
*Billy Hardin USA, 400m H
*Glenn Hardin USA, 400 m H, ::OG 1936 ::WR 52.0+ "Aug 1932", ::WR 51.8+ "30 June 1934", ::WR 50.6+ "26 July 1934"
*Danny Harris USA
*Courtney Hawkins USA
*Martin Hawkins USA
*Alfred Healey GBR
*David Hemery GBR, 400 m H,::OG 1968::WR 48.12 "15 Oct 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
*Július Ivan TCH

J

*Bershawn Jackson USA
*Colin Jackson GBR, 110 m H,::WC 1993, 1999::WR 12.91 20 Aug 1993
*Helmut Janz FRG, 400m H
*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 Keita 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)
*Roger Kingdom USA, 110 m H, ::OG 1984, 1988 ::WR 12.92 "16 August 1989"
*Dan Kinsey USA, 110 m H, ::OG 1924
*Gary Knoke AUS, 400m H
*Igor Kovác SVK
*Alvin Kraenzlein USA, 110 m H, ::OG 1900

L

*Rune Larsson SWE
*Marin Lauer FRG, 110m H,::WR 13.2+ "07 Jul 1959"
*Robert Leavitt USA, 110 m H, ::OG 1906
* David Lee USA, 400m H
*Nick Lee USA, 400m H
*Blaine Lindgren USA
*Yuriy Lituyev URS (RUS), 400 m H,::WR 50.4+ "Sep 1953"
*John Loaring CAN
*Frank Loomis USA, 400 m H, ::OG 1920 ::WR 54.0+ "16 August 1920"
*Gerd Lossdörfer FRG, 400m H
*George Lubbe SA, 400m H

M

*Ralph Mann USA
*Ruslan Mashchenko RUS, 400 m H
*Samuel Matete ZAM, 400 m H,::WC 1991
*Willie May USA, 110m H
*Earl McCullouch USA, 110m H, ::WR 13.43 "Jun 1967"
*Danny McFarlane JAM
* John McLean USA
*Mark McKoy CAN/AUT, 110 m H,::OG 1992
*Joel McNulty USA, 110m H
*Anatoliy Mikhailov URS (RUS)
*Rod Milburn USA, 110 m H, ::OG 1972 ::WR 13.24 "02 Sep 1972"
*Fred Moloney USA
*Charles Moore USA, 400 m H, ::OG 1952
*Javier Moracho ESP
*Salvatore Morale ITA, 400 m H,::WR 49.2+ "14 Sep 1962"
*Alvin Moreau USA, ::WR 14.2+ "02 Aug 1935"
*Dinsdale Morgan JAM
*Fabrizio Mori ITA, 400 m H,::WC 1999
*John Morris USA,::WR 14.4+ "08 Sep 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 "03 Jul 1980", ::WR 47.02 "31 August 1983"
*Thomas Munkelt GDR, 110 m H,::OG 1980
*Fred Murray USA

N

*Jean-Claude Nallet FRA, 400m H
*Jörg Naumann GDR
*Renaldo Nehemiah USA, 110 m H, ::WR 13.16 "14 April 1979", ::WR 13.00 "06 May 1979", ::WR 12.93 "19 August 1981"
* John Norton USA, 400 m H, ::WR 54.2+ 26 June 1920

O

*Gary Oakes GBR
*Stanislavs Olijars LAT
*George Orton CAN (USA)
*Eddy Ottoz ITA

P

*Dave Patrick USA
*Sten Pettersson SWE, 110 m H,::WR 14.8+ 18 Sep 1927::WR 400 m H, 53.8+ 04 Oct 1925
*Andre Phillips USA, 400 m H, ::OG 1988
*Jack Pierce Jack Pierce USA
*George Poage USA
*Fred Pollard USA
* Bill Porter USA, 110 m H, ::OG 1948
*Gert Potgieter SA, 400m H
*Norman Pritchard IND
*Aleksandr Puchkov URS (RUS)

R

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

*George Saling USA, 110 m H, ::OG 1932 ::WR 14.4+ 02 Aug 1932
*Félix Sánchez DOM, 400 m H,::WC 2001,2003::OG 2004
*Marcel Schelbert SUI
*Harald Schmid FRG
*Florian Schwarthoff GER
*Frederick Schule USA, 110 m H, ::OG 1904
*Harry Schulting NED
*Clyde Scott USA, 110m H
*Joel Shankle USA
*Arthur Shaw USA
*John Sherwood GBR
*Thaddeus Shideler USA
*Mike Shine USA
*Don Shy USA, 110m H
*Bengt Sjostedt FIN, 110 m H,::WR 14.4+ 05 Sep 1931
*Vyacheslav Skomorokhov URS, 400m H
*Walt Smith USA, 400m H
*Forrest Smithson USA, 110 m H, ::OG 1908 ::WR 15.0+ 27 July 1908
*Eddie Southern USA

T

*Dai Tamesue JPN
*Jerry Tarr USA, 110m H
*Henri Tauzin FRA
*Angelo Taylor USA, 400 m H, ::OG 2000
*Morgan Taylor USA, 400 m H, ::OG 1924 ::WR 52.0+ Jul 1928
*John Tewksbury USA, 400 m H, ::OG 1896
*Kemel Thompson JAM
*Willard Thomson USA, 110m H
*Earl Thomson CAN, 110 m H,::OG 1920::WR 14.8+ 18 Aug 1920
*Bob Tisdall IRL, 400 m H,::OG 1932
*Reggie Torian USA
*Forrest "Spec" Towns, 110 m H, ::OG 1936 ::WR 14.1+ "19 June 1936", ::WR 14.1+ "06 Aug 1936", ::WR 13.7+ "27 August 1936"
*Terrence Trammell USA
*Leonard "Jimmy" Tremeer GBR
*Alberto Triulzi ARG, 110m H
*Sam Turner USA, 110m H
*Oleg Tverdokhleb UKR

U

*Sergey Usov URS (EUN)

V

*Emilio Valle CUB
*Geoff Vanderstock USA, 400m H, ::WR 48.6+ 11 September 1968
*Aleksandr Vasilyev URS
*Erik Vilen FIN

W

*Larry Wade, 110m H
*Fred Walcott USA, 110 m H, ::WR 13.7+ 29 June 1941
*James Walker USA, 400m H
*Marcus Walker USA, 110m H
*Nigel Walker GBR
*Frank Waller USA
*Fran Washington USA, 110m H
*James Wendell USA
*George Weightman-Smith RSA,::WR 14.6+ 31 Jul 1928
*Erik Wennestrom SWE, 110 m H,::WR 14.4+ 25 Aug 1929
*Duncan White CEY
*Miguel White PHI
*Tommie Lee White USA, 110m H
*Ron Whitney USA, 400m H
*Maurice Wignall JAM
*Jerry Wilson USA, 110m H
*Miroslaw Wodzynski POL, 110m H
*Joey Woody USA
*Willard Wright USA, 110m H

X

*Liu Xiang CHN, 110 m H,::OG 2004

Y

*Kevin Young USA, ::OG 1992 ::WC 1993 ::WR 46.78 Aug 1992

Z

*Torrance Zellner, 400m H