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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Liveabout - Learn the Olympic Hurdle Rules.	Gloria Lotha	Nov 26, 2019
	Media added.	Alison Eldridge	Feb 08, 2012
	Media added.	Adam Augustyn	Jul 28, 2008
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 28, 2005
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 12, 2004
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Nov 03, 2000
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 04, 1999