Sprint hurdles at the Olympics
Rank Athlete Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Lee Calhoun United States ( USA ) 1952-1956 2 0 0 2
1 Roger Kingdom United States ( USA ) 1984-1988 2 0 0 2
3 Sydney Atkinson South Africa ( RSA ) 1924-1928 1 1 0 2
3 Guy Drut France ( FRA ) 1972-1976 1 1 0 2
5 Hayes Jones United States ( USA ) 1960-1964 1 0 1 2
5 Willie Davenport United States ( USA ) 1968-1976 1 0 1 2
5 Anier Garcia Cuba ( CUB ) 2000-2004 1 0 1 2
8 Jack Davis United States ( USA ) 1952-1956 0 2 0 2
8 Alejandro Casanas Cuba ( CUB ) 1976-1980 0 2 0 2
8 Terrence Trammell United States ( USA ) 2000-2004 0 2 0 2
11 Don Finlay Great Britain ( GBR ) 1932-1936 0 1 1 2
11 Mark Crear United States ( USA ) 1996-2000 0 1 1 2
Medal summary -- Men 's 110 metres hurdles
The sprint hurdles at the Summer Olympics have been contested over a variety of distances at the multi-sport event. The men's 110 metres hurdles has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first edition in 1896. A men's 200 metres hurdles was also briefly held, from 1900 to 1904. The first women's sprint hurdling event was added to the programme at the 1932 Olympics in the form of the 80 metres hurdles. At the 1972 Games the women's distance was extended to the 100 metres hurdles, which is the current international standard. The Olympic records are 12.91 seconds for the men's 110 m hurdles, set by Liu Xiang in 2004, and 12.20 seconds for the women's 100 m hurdles, set by Kendra Harrison in 2016. The fastest time recorded at the Olympics for the men's 200 m hurdles was 24.6 seconds by 1904 winner Harry Hillman. Maureen Caird won the last women's Olympic 80 m hurdles race in 1968 with a record of 10.39 seconds. The men's 110 m hurdles world record has been broken at the Olympics on six occasions: 1908, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1972 and 2004. The women's 100 m hurdles world record has been broken only once, by Annelie Ehrhardt at the inaugural 1972 Olympic final. In contrast the 80 m hurdles world record was set at the Olympics in 1932 (four times), 1936, and 1952 (twice). Only three athletes have won two Olympic sprint hurdles gold medals: on the men's side, Lee Calhoun and Roger Kingdom, and on the women's side Shirley Strickland.