What is Hurdling?
[[File:Darien, Bascou, van der Westen Barcelona 2010.jpg|thumb|240px|Racers over hurdles at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in [[Barcelona]].]] '''Hurdling''' is a type of [[track and field athletics|track and field]] race.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNVdUfAo4Mc Slow motion 110m Hurdles race]</ref> There are ''sprint'' hurdle races and ''long hurdle'' [[racing|races]]. The standard sprint hurdle race is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women. Men and women run 400 meters in the standard long hurdle race. Each of these races is run over ten hurdles and they are all [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic]] events. Other distances are sometimes run, particularly [[indoors]]. The sprint hurdle race indoors is usually 60 meters for both men and women, although races 55 meters or 50 meters long are sometimes run. {{commonscat|Hurdling}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.trackinfo.org/Hurdles101.html Trackinfo explanation of hurdles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321053820/http://www.trackinfo.org/hurdles101.html |date=2009-03-21 }} ==Notes== {{reflist}} [[Category:Running]]