Editing Harrison Dillard (section)

== World Records ==
Dillard in his career posted the following world record and world best times.<ref group=note>120 yards is 109.73m, a difference of 27 cm with 110 m. This means for record purposes there is no conversion factor applied for hand-timing when converting between times recorded for the two distances.</ref><ref group=note>200 m/220 y hurdle events over a turn were accepted as world records to 1 January 1959; 200 m/220 y hurdle events were removed as world record events in 1969.</ref><ref>Progression of IAAF World Records 2011 Edition, Editor Imre Matrahazi, IAAF Athletics, p vii.</ref>

Dillard achieved the following world records during his track career:<ref>Progression of IAAF World Records 2011 Edition, Editor Imre Matrahazi, IAAF Athletics, p 468.</ref>

* 120 y (110 m) hurdles of 13.6 s in Lawrence at the [[Kansas Relays]] on 17 April 1948;
* 220 y hurdles (straight course) of 22.5 s in [[Delaware]] on 8 June 1946;
* 220 y hurdles (straight course) of 22.3 s in [[Salt Lake City]] on 21 June 1947.

He also ran the following world best times that were never ratified by the sport's governing body, the [[World Athletics|IAAF]]:
* 220 y hurdles (turn) of 23.0 s in [[Minneapolis]] on 22 June 1946;
* 220 y hurdles (straight course) of 22.5 s in [[Berea, Ohio]] on 20 May 1947.