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Athletics At The 2007 Pan American Games – Women's 100 Metres Hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 2007 Pan American Games was held on July 24–25. Medalists Results Heats Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final. Wind:Heat 1: +0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +0.9 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s Final Wind: 0.0 m/s ReferencesOfficial results {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 2007 Pan American Games - Women's 100 metres hurdles 100 2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ... 2007 in women's athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
100 Metres Hurdles
The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is placed after a run-up of 13 metres from the starting line. The next 9 hurdles are set at a distance of 8.5 metres from each other, and the home stretch from the last hurdle to the finish line is 10.5 metres long. The hurdles are set up so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner, but weighted so this is disadvantageous. Fallen hurdles do not count against runners provided that they do not run into them on purpose. Like the 100 metres sprint, the 100 m hurdles begins with athletes in starting blocks. The fastest 100 m hurdlers run the distance in a time of around 12.5 seconds. The world record set by Oluwatobiloba Amusan, Tobi Amusan stands at 12.12 seconds. History The race started back in the 1830s in England wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |