Why is the women's hurdles event 100m and the men's 110m?

Answer 1

It has to do with the distance between the hurdles. Since men have longer legs, they need longer distance between the hurdles hence the 110 meters

Answer 2

Probaly in some way have to do with De Coubertin's view women could not physically rival men, therefore they could not push sport "citius, altius, fortius" (faster, higher, stronger), the core precept of the Olympics.

He also failed to see the appeal of women's events running alongside the men's at the Games. "In our view this feminine semi-Olympiad is impractical, uninteresting, ungainly and, I do not hesitate to add, improper."

The Olympics would be "men-only" Games if founder Pierre de Coubertin's ideas still held sway.

Inspired by the example of ancient Greece and the ideals of medieval chivalry, De Coubertin saw the true Olympic hero as an adult male.

For him the Games were "the solemn and periodic exaltation of male athleticism...with the applause of women as a reward".

"If a woman wishes to pilot an airplane, no policeman has a right to stop her...but when it comes to public sports competitions, women's participation should be absolutely prohibited," the Frenchman said in 1910.

Despite the opposition of the first president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), women were allowed to compete in the second modern Games in 1900

Answer 3

People don't want to be able to compare males' and females' scores: it might dispel the whole frailty myth thing ....

Answer 4

men have longer legs.