The hurdles in the 110 meter hurdle are 9.1 meters apart with a run up of 13.7m to the first hurdle and 13.7m run out from the last hurdle to the finish.
The men's world record for the 110 meter hurdles is held by Dayron Robles of Cuba at a time of 12.87 seconds set June 12, 2008 at the Golden Spike meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic.