What is the distance between the hurdles in the women's 100 m hurdles race?

In the women's 100 m hurdles race, there are 10 hurdles, and the distance between each hurdle is 8.50 metres.

Measurements of the women's 100 m hurdles:

• Number of hurdles: 10.
• Height of each hurdle: 0.838 m (33 inches).
• Distance from the start line to the first hurdle: 13 m.
• Distance between hurdles: 8.50 m.
• Distance from the last hurdle to the finish line: 10.50 m.
• (13 + 9 x 8.5 + 10.5 = 100 m.)

Measurements of the men's 110 m hurdles:

• Number of hurdles: 10.
• Height: 1.067 m (42 inches).
• Start to first hurdle: 13.72 m.
• Between hurdles: 9.14 m.
• Last hurdle to finish: 14.02 m.
• (13.72 + 9 x 9.14 + 14.02 = 110 m.)

400 m hurdles (men and women):

10 hurdles, 35 m apart, with heights of 0.914 m for men and 0.762 m for women.

Rules of hurdling:

• Athletes must stay in their own lanes.
• Knocking down hurdles is allowed and is not a foul, as long as it is not done deliberately with the hand or foot, and the athlete does not go around a hurdle.
• Hurdlers usually take three steps between each hurdle in the sprint hurdles.

India and hurdles:

Jyothi Yarraji set the national record in the women's 100 m hurdles and became the first Indian woman to run it under 13 seconds (2023). She won the Asian Championships gold in 2023.

• T. Usha finished fourth in the 400 m hurdles at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, missing the bronze medal by 1/100th of a second.

Why not the other options?

• ✗9.14 metres is the distance between hurdles in the men's 110 m hurdles.
• ✗10.50 metres is the distance from the last hurdle to the finish line in the women's race.
• ✗13 metres is the distance from the start to the first hurdle in the women's race.