diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/webperformance/NativePerformance.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/webperformance/NativePerformance.cpp
index c1c8d70167c0..e3d7b7f440cc 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/webperformance/NativePerformance.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/webperformance/NativePerformance.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ namespace facebook::react {
 
 namespace {
 
+/**
+ * Default `durationThreshold` (in milliseconds) applied to `event` entries when
+ * the JS API does not provide an explicit value. Per the W3C Event Timing
+ * spec, observers for `event` entries default to a 104ms threshold:
+ * https://www.w3.org/TR/event-timing/#sec-modifications-perf-timeline
+ */
+constexpr HighResDuration DEFAULT_EVENT_DURATION_THRESHOLD =
+    HighResDuration::fromMilliseconds(104);
+
 class PerformanceObserverWrapper : public jsi::NativeState {
  public:
   explicit PerformanceObserverWrapper(
@@ -337,7 +346,7 @@ void NativePerformance::observe(
   }
 
   auto durationThreshold =
-      options.durationThreshold.value_or(HighResDuration::zero());
+      options.durationThreshold.value_or(DEFAULT_EVENT_DURATION_THRESHOLD);
 
   // observer of type multiple
   if (options.entryTypes.has_value()) {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/performance/__tests__/EventTimingAPI-itest.js b/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/performance/__tests__/EventTimingAPI-itest.js
index 398ecd712ce7..ab89fd1d4f3a 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/performance/__tests__/EventTimingAPI-itest.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/performance/__tests__/EventTimingAPI-itest.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('Event Timing API', () => {
     const callback = jest.fn();
 
     const observer = new PerformanceObserver(callback);
-    observer.observe({entryTypes: ['event']});
+    observer.observe({type: 'event', durationThreshold: 0});
 
     const root = Fantom.createRoot();
     Fantom.runTask(() => {
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ describe('Event Timing API', () => {
     const callback = jest.fn();
 
     const observer = new PerformanceObserver(callback);
-    observer.observe({entryTypes: ['event']});
+    observer.observe({type: 'event', durationThreshold: 0});
 
     const SIMULATED_PROCESSING_DELAY = 50;
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ describe('Event Timing API', () => {
     const callback = jest.fn();
 
     const observer = new PerformanceObserver(callback);
-    observer.observe({entryTypes: ['event']});
+    observer.observe({type: 'event', durationThreshold: 0});
 
     function MyComponent() {
       const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ describe('Event Timing API', () => {
     const callback = jest.fn();
 
     const observer = new PerformanceObserver(callback);
-    observer.observe({entryTypes: ['event']});
+    observer.observe({type: 'event', durationThreshold: 0});
 
     let eventTimeStamp;
 
@@ -341,6 +341,52 @@ describe('Event Timing API', () => {
       expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     });
 
+    it('defaults to 104ms for event entries per W3C spec', () => {
+      const callback = jest.fn();
+
+      const observer = new PerformanceObserver(callback);
+      observer.observe({type: 'event'});
+
+      let forceDelay = false;
+
+      function MyComponent() {
+        const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
+
+        return (
+          <View
+            onClick={event => {
+              if (forceDelay) {
+                sleep(104);
+              }
+              setCount(count + 1);
+            }}>
+            <Text>{count}</Text>
+          </View>
+        );
+      }
+
+      const root = Fantom.createRoot();
+      Fantom.runTask(() => {
+        root.render(<MyComponent />);
+      });
+
+      const element = nullthrows(
+        root.document.documentElement.firstElementChild,
+      );
+
+      expect(callback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+      Fantom.dispatchNativeEvent(element, 'click');
+
+      expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+
+      forceDelay = true;
+
+      Fantom.dispatchNativeEvent(element, 'click');
+
+      expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
     it('throws when used together with `entryTypes`', () => {
       const observer = new PerformanceObserver(() => {});
 
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Performance/PerformanceApiExample.js b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Performance/PerformanceApiExample.js
index 442f6a736113..24c9e1bc9be5 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Performance/PerformanceApiExample.js
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/Performance/PerformanceApiExample.js
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ function PerformanceObserverEventTimingExample(): React.Node {
       setEntries(newEntries);
     });
 
-    observer.observe({type: 'event'});
+    observer.observe({type: 'event', durationThreshold: 0});
 
     return () => observer.disconnect();
   }, []);