Editing Hurdling (section)

==Distances==
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|+ Most common hurdling distance
|-
!Event
!Sex
!Olympic
!World Championship
|-
|[[50m hurdles]]
|Both
|No
|No
|-
|[[55m hurdles]]
|Both
|No
|No
|-
|[[60m hurdles]]
|Both
|No
|[[IAAF World Indoor Championships|1987–present]]
|-
|[[80m hurdles]]
|Women
|[[Sprint hurdles at the Olympics#Women's 80 metres hurdles|1932–1968]]
|No
|-
|[[100m hurdles]]
|Women
|[[Sprint hurdles at the Olympics#Women's 100 metres hurdles|1972–present]]
|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|1983–present]]
|-
|[[110m hurdles]]
|Men
|[[Sprint hurdles at the Olympics#Men's 110 metres hurdles|1896–present]]
|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|1983–present]]
|-
|[[Low hurdles|200m hurdles]]
|Men
|[[Sprint hurdles at the Olympics#200 metres hurdles|1900–1904]]
|No
|-
|[[300 metres hurdles|300m hurdles]]
|Both
|No
|No
|-
|[[400m hurdles]]
|Both
|[[400 metres hurdles at the Olympics|1900–08 & 1920–present (men)<br>1984–present (women)]]
|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|1983–present]]
|-
|}
The standard sprint or short hurdle race is [[110 metre hurdles|110m]] for men and [[100 metre hurdles|100m]] for women. The standard number of steps to the first hurdle should be 8. The standard long hurdle race is [[400 metre hurdles|400m]] for both men and women. Each of these races is run over ten hurdles and they are all [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic]] events.<ref name="IAAF Rulebook">{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Competitions/TechnicalArea/05/47/81/20091027115916_httppostedfile_CompRules2010_web_26Oct09_17166.pdf |title=IAAF Rulebook |website=iaaf.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011023632/http://iaaf.org/mm/Document/Competitions/TechnicalArea/05/47/81/20091027115916_httppostedfile_CompRules2010_web_26Oct09_17166.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-11 }}</ref>

The men's 200m [[low hurdles]] event was on the Olympic athletics programme for the [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900]] and [[1904 Summer Olympics]]. These low hurdles events were widely participated in the early part of the 20th century, particularly in North America. However, beyond these two Olympic outings, they never gained a consistent place at international competitions and became increasingly rare after the 1960s.  This 10-hurdle race continues to be run in places such as [[Norway]].<ref name="Friidrett for barn og ungdom">{{cite web | url=http://www.friidrett.no/organisasjon/Documents/H%C3%A5ndbok2013.pdf | title=Friidrett for barn og ungdom | work=Norsk Friidrett | access-date=December 3, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206135405/http://www.friidrett.no/organisasjon/Documents/H%C3%A5ndbok2013.pdf | archive-date=December 6, 2013 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="Hekke">{{cite web | url=http://friidrett.forbundetonline.no/stevner/ovelse/Documents/Hekke%C3%B8velser%20og%20hekkeavstander%202012.pdf | title=Hekkeøvelser og hekkeavstander | work=Norsk friidrett | access-date=December 3, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206111657/http://friidrett.forbundetonline.no/stevner/ovelse/Documents/Hekke%C3%B8velser%20og%20hekkeavstander%202012.pdf | archive-date=December 6, 2013 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Other distances are run, particularly indoors but occasionally outdoors. The sprint hurdle race indoors is usually [[60 metre hurdles|60m]] for both men and women, although races 55m or 50m long are sometimes run, especially in the [[United States]]. A 60m indoor race is run over 5 hurdles. A shorter race may occasionally have only 4 hurdles. Outdoors, a long hurdle race is sometimes shortened to [[300 metres hurdles|300m]] for younger participants, who run over 8 hurdles. For example, high school and middle school athletes in California, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania run the 300m hurdles instead of running the 400m hurdles, like the majority of state competitors run today. The distance the hurdles are spaced is identical to the beginning of a standard 400m race which would have 10 hurdles. There are also 200m races for middle school and younger divisions over 5 hurdles (spaced in the same position as the last 5 hurdles of a standard 400m race).<ref name="hurdles101" />

[[File:1912 Athletics men's 110 metre hurdles final.JPG|thumb|The final of the men's 110m hurdles at the 1912 Summer Olympics]]