about hurdle

         A hurdle game is one of the events of track and field, and is an event which competes for the speed which runs while jumping over some obstacles. The number of hurdles and the intervals between hurdles are difference according to the distance. Generally, the events which are held in many meetings are 100m hurdle(100mH),110m hurdle(110mH) and 400m hurdle(400mH).


         100mH is for women mainly. A runner runs 100m while clearing 10 hurdles.The height of hurdle is 84cm. The distance between start line and first hurdle is 13m and the intervals are 8.5m.


         110mH is for men. A runner runs 110m while clearing 10 hurdles,too. The height of hurdle is 106.7cm. The distance between start line and first hurdle is 13.72m and the intervals are 9.14m. 


         400mH is for men and women. A runner runs 400m while clearing 10 hurdles.The height of hurdle is 91.4cm(men) or 76.2cm(women).The distance between start line and first hurdle is 45m and the intervals are 35m.　Dai Tamesue is famous runner in Japan. 

         It is the hurdle game in a short distance event which was introduced until now. There are another hurdle game in a long distance event. 3000m-hurdle (3000mSC) is the event."SC" is a shortened form of "Steeple Chase" . A runner runs and jump over 5 obstacles per 1 round.  

(This is an obstacle. The height is 91.4cm (for men))

         A runnner have to jump into water (Suigou). The depth is 70cm at the deepest point. It is the real thrill of 300mSC.

The next topic is "about field evens".