Male, Female Hurdle-Why the Difference

[Fences]

I am just curious as to why there is a difference between the male (110m) and female (100m) hurdle distances. Is it a matter of pace length that causes the difference?

[purple]

It very easily could be. Alot of military drills seem to alot based on what a male and female can achieve in the same ammount of time. Since males tend to be taller than females it would make sense to be based on average stride.

[Fences]

Yeah, that's what I meant by pace-I actually meant stride. I cannot see any other reason for it really, other than for the fact that there is a pace, and a
'beat' to running from the one hurdle to the next.

[justdewit]

Your notion of pacing seems logical. Most of the lengths are based on age and average height/ability so this would fit in perfectly. I tried to Google it and only came up with femminist links ;)