It’s a sport that’s definitely exciting and features prominently during the Olympics. The track and field hurdles are one of the most popular sports played during the Olympics, because it matches skill, strength and speed for players to clear over the hurdles and get to the finish line first.

There are four main events in the hurdles: the 60 meters, 100 meters, 110 meters, and the 400 meters event. The first three distances use the 42″ high hurdle for men and 33″ for women. The 400 meter event uses smaller hurdles: 36″ for the men and 30″ for the women.The hurdles are placed at 13.72 meters from the starting line and spaced at 9.14 meters in between for the sprint races, while for the long hurdles the first hurdle is placed 45 meters from the starting line and there is a distance of 35 meters in between the next ones. The height and distance of the hurdle is sometimes adjusted in amateur and school competitions, usually decreasing the total distance of the race and the height of the hurdles.