Hurdling originated in England more than 200 years ago. At that time, the animal husbandry in Britain was very developed, and shepherds often crossed the sheepfold and jumped into the fields to chase and play. Later, on this basis, it gradually developed to move several fences similar to sheepfolds to the flat ground for competition to see who can cross these obstacles and reach the finish line first. Later, in order to facilitate the movement, the wooden fence buried underground evolved into a bracket for sawing wood. At this time, the distance, height, spacing and number of hurdles are set at will, and there is no uniform regulation. At the same time, this kind of hurdle is relatively fixed on the ground, which is very dangerous to cross, thus greatly limiting the improvement and improvement of hurdle technology. In the continuous summary and practice, by the beginning of the 20th century, people gradually made the railing into a movable ⊥-shaped railing. The advantage of this kind of hurdle is that it can be moved, easy to store, and can be turned over under a certain external force, which greatly promotes the improvement of hurdle running technology and the development of the project.

According to the data, the first hurdle race in the world was held in 1837 in Eton University, England, and then it was gradually extended to other major universities in Britain. Hurdling was not recognized as a formal event at that time, and the technology was poor. 1864 Hurdling is listed as an official track and field event in Britain, and the first official hurdling competition was held in the first Oxford-Cambridge Inter-school Competition. At that time, the distance was 120 yards, and there were 10 fences. The height of the fences was 3.5 feet, and the fences were arranged in a single row. The best result is Danielle 17.7 seconds, which is also the earliest hurdle result. 1890 The international sports organization changed the English system to the metric system, so the whole journey was set to110m, the column height was set to1.067m, and the column spacing was set to 9.14m. At 1935, an L-shaped hurdle appeared, and the weight, specifications and strength of the hurdle were clearly stipulated in the competition rules.

1896 At the first modern Olympic Games, there were hurdles. At that time, the whole journey was 100 m, and there were 8 hurdles with a height of 1 m. By the time of the second Olympic Games in 1900, the winner was officially decided in the 1 10 high hurdles competition. With the development of hurdles, other hurdles are also increasing and changing. The men's 400-meter hurdle race started in France and the first race was held on 1888. At that time, the height of the hurdle was 2.5 feet (76.2 cm). Later, I thought the hurdle was too low to reflect the characteristics of hurdle running, so I changed it to 3.5 feet (1.067m). However, due to the long distance of 400 meters and high hurdles, athletes can't successfully complete the hurdles under fatigue. Therefore, after several transformations, it was not until the third Olympic Games in 1904 that the hurdle height was finally determined to be 3 feet (9 1.4 cm), which has been used ever since. Because this height is between the high bar and the low bar, it is also called "middle bar". 1900 The second Olympic Games listed the 400-meter hurdle as an official event, and the height of the hurdle at that time was 76.2 cm.

In the men's hurdle race, there was once a 200-meter hurdle event, which was adopted by international large-scale competitions and had a world record, but it was never included in the official Olympic event. Later, this project was cancelled in the international competition.

The women's hurdle race appeared in the early 20th century, when there was no uniform regulation on the height and distance of hurdles. For example, at first, you run 60 yards with four hurdles, and later you run with 10 hurdles 120 yards. The height of the hurdles also ranges from 2 feet to 2.5 feet. It was not until 1926 that IAAF decided that the women's hurdle distance was 80 meters, 8 hurdles and the height of the hurdles was 76.2 cm. 1932 The women's 80-meter hurdles in the 10th Olympic Games were listed as official events. 1968 IAAF decided to change the 80-meter hurdle to 100, increase the number of hurdles to 10, and increase the height of hurdles to 84 cm. 1972 Munich Olympic Games 100 meter hurdles are listed as official events.

The women's 200-meter hurdle was a formal event before the women's 400-meter hurdle appeared, and its specifications were the same as those of the men's 200-meter hurdle. It used to be an official Olympic event, 1980 was cancelled in international competitions.

The women's 400-meter hurdles did not appear for a long time, and the first world record for women's 400-meter hurdles was 1973. The women's 400-meter hurdles are men's 400-meter hurdles, but the height of the hurdles is 76.2 cm. 1984 The Los Angeles Olympic Games was listed as an official event.

With the evolution of the history of hurdle race, the field equipment, training methods, technical specifications and understanding of the event have made great progress and development, so the results of hurdle race have also been greatly improved with the progress of the times.

/kloc-at the end of 0/9, some people in China engaged in hurdles. Hurdling was listed as an official event in the 1st National Games of China on 19 1. There was only one men's hurdle race (120 yards). The men's 400-meter hurdle was listed as an official event in the 5th National Games of Old China on 1933. In old China, the national record for men's 1 10 meter hurdles was 15 second, and the 400 meter hurdles was 57.9 seconds, which was more than half a century behind the world level. The highest record for women's 80-meter hurdles is 13.6 seconds.

After the founding of New China, with the vigorous development of national sports, the results of hurdles have also been rapidly improved, especially in the mid-1960s, China's 1 10 meter hurdles and 80 meter hurdles have reached the world advanced level. During the Cultural Revolution, the level of hurdle race in China, like other sports, greatly widened the gap with the world level. In recent years, with the deepening of reform and opening-up, China athletes' hurdle performance has gradually reached the advanced level in the world. For example, Thomas Lee, a male hurdler from China, ranked among the best in the world with a time of 13.37 seconds. Women's 100 meter hurdles and 400 meter hurdles also dominate Asia.