2006-08-28 08:02:51 · 11 answers · asked by munki 1 in Sports ➔ Olympics
Because it allows for optimal spacing of the jumps. If you squeezed it into 100m, you wouldn't get properly full strides in-between.
2006-08-28 08:06:21 · answer #1 · answered by Soy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the first hurdles races in England around 1830, wooden barriers were placed along a stretch of 100 yards. The first standards were attempted in 1864 in Oxford and Cambridge: The length of the course was set to 120 yards (109.72 meters) and over its course runners were required to clear ten 3½ feet (1.067m) high hurdles. After the length of hurdles races was rounded up to 110 meters in France from 1888 on, the standards were pretty much complete except for Germany where hurdles of 1 meter height were used until 1907.
2006-08-28 15:07:13 · answer #2 · answered by supremelorderik 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ooo i know(im in track) the guys also have 100 M hurdles, the start is closer to the hurdles, womens hurdles are at 110 M so the have 10 more M to start with, men have longer strides and dont need the extra 10 M, they usually finish faster than women either way(sry its just the way it is!!) women take a lil more time to get going
2006-08-28 15:08:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because even though the hurdles is essentially a sprint you need that little bit extra space for hurdles.
2006-08-28 15:14:12 · answer #4 · answered by Keira 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because is a different event, sprinters usually run faster, hurdlers are more agile. I ran 400 hurdles and felt great. I also ran 400 relay and 400.trust me they are very different. sprinters always beat me at 400 but I kicked butt in hurdles. I could definetly keep up during relay was always second leg but enjoy hurdles much better, it putted me in the ZONE.
2006-08-29 13:48:59 · answer #5 · answered by a.j. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the original distance is 102yds which is 109.72m rounded up to be 110M
Sorry steph, only 1st yr highschool boys have 100m hurdles,1st yr girls are 80m hurdles senior/junior girls and national women are 100m and senior boys and national mens are 110m, if you want to put it men have longer strides then I do think they Will need the extra distance than the women with shorter strides
spacings
100MH start to 1st hurdle 13m between 8.5M, last to finish line 10.5M
110MH start to 1st hurdle 13.72M between 9.14M last to finish 14.02M
2006-08-28 15:46:35 · answer #6 · answered by moglie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you try spacing out the hurdles evenly and running over them it is not an easy stride Patten to do
2006-08-31 00:44:58 · answer #7 · answered by Village 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MOST HURDLERS GET 3 TO 4 STRIDES INBETWEEN HURDLES THE EXTRA 10 METERS ALOWS FOR SPACING THAT WILL ALOW THE HURDLER TO RUN TO HIS OR HER MAX POTENTIOL
2006-08-28 15:09:30 · answer #8 · answered by Eric Michael 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
isnt it for the bit that they stay in the air..going up and down must add 10 mtrs..to the 100mtrs..hence the 110 mtr hurdles..
2006-08-28 15:10:10 · answer #9 · answered by hondanut 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because the over all space that the hurdels take up is 10 metres
2006-08-30 15:00:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋