60m hurdles

Athletics
60 metres hurdles
Athletics; 60 metres hurdles
World records
Men	Grant Holloway 7.29 (2021, 2022)
Women	Susanna Kallur 7.68 (2008)
World Indoor Championship records
Men	Grant Holloway 7.29 (2022)
Women	Kendra Harrison 7.70 (2018)

60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds (Susanna Kallur) and 7.29 seconds (Grant Holloway), respectively.

Area records

Updated February 2021.^[1]

Area	Men			Women
Area	Time	Athlete	Nation	Time	Athlete	Nation
Africa	7.52	Shaun Bownes	South Africa	7.82	Glory Alozie	Nigeria
Asia	7.41	Liu Xiang	China	7.82	Olga Shishigina	Kazakhstan
Europe	7.30	Colin Jackson	Great Britain	7.68	Susanna Kallur	Sweden
North, Central America and Caribbean	7.29	Grant Holloway	United States	7.70	Sharika Nelvis Kendra Harrison	United States
Oceania	7.73	Kyle Vander-Kuyp	Australia	7.73	Sally Pearson	Australia
South America	7.60	Márcio de Souza Gabriel Constantino	Brazil	7.91	Yvette Lewis	Panama

All-time top 25

Indoor results only

Men

Updated March 2023.^[2]^[3]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time (s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	7.29	Grant Holloway	United States	24 February 2021	Madrid	^[4]
	1	7.29	Holloway #2		20 March 2022	Belgrade	^[5]
2	3	7.30	Colin Jackson	Great Britain	6 March 1994	Sindelfingen
	4	7.32	Holloway #3		9 February 2021	Liévin
	4	7.32	Holloway #4		24 February 2021	Madrid
3	6	7.33	Dayron Robles	Cuba	8 February 2008	Düsseldorf
	7	7.34	Robles #2		14 March 2010	Doha
	8	7.35	Holloway #5		9 March 2019	Birmingham
			Holloway #6		24 January 2021	Fayetteville
			Holloway #7		17 February 2022	Liévin
			Holloway #8		25 February 2023	Birmingham	^[6]
4	12	7.36	Greg Foster	United States	16 January 1987	Los Angeles
	12	7.36	Jackson #2		12 February 1994	Glasgow
4	12	7.36	Allen Johnson	United States	6 March 2004	Budapest
	12	7.36	Robles #3		2 February 2008	Stuttgart
4	12	7.36	Terrence Trammell	United States	14 March 2010	Doha
7	17	7.37	Roger Kingdom	United States	8 March 1989	Piraeus
			Anier García	Cuba	9 February 2000	Piraeus
			Tony Dees	United States	18 February 2000	Chemnitz
	17	7.37	Trammell #2		1 March 2009	Boston
7	17	7.37	David Oliver	United States	5 February 2011	Stuttgart
	17	7.37	Holloway #9		6 February 2022	New York City
	17	7.37	Holloway #10		27 February 2022	Spokane
	24	7.38	Jackson #3		9 February 1994	Ghent
			Jackson #4		26 February 1994	Birmingham
			Jackson #5		26 February 1994	Birmingham
			Johnson #2		12 February 1995	Karlsruhe
11	24	7.38	Mark Crear	United States	8 March 1998	Sindelfingen
11	24	7.38	Reggie Torian	United States	27 February 1999	Atlanta
	24	7.38	Jackson #6		5 March 1999	Maebashi
			Robles #4		3 February 2007	Stuttgart
			Holloway #11		14 February 2020	Clemson
			Holloway #12		24 January 2021	Fayetteville
			Holloway #13		9 February 2021	Liévin
			Holloway #14		17 February 2021	Toruń
11	24	7.38	Trey Cunningham	United States	12 March 2022	Birmingham	^[7]
	24	7.38	Holloway #15		4 February 2023	Boston	^[8]
14		7.39	Daniel Roberts	United States	22 February 2023	Madrid	^[9]
15		7.40 A	Dexter Faulk	United States	25 February 2012	Albuquerque
15		7.40	Yoel Hernández	Cuba	16 February 2000	Madrid
17		7.41	Mark McKoy	Canada	14 March 1993	Toronto
			Courtney Hawkins	United States	12 March 1995	Barcelona
			Falk Balzer	Germany	29 January 1999	Chemnitz
			Liu Xiang	China	18 February 2012	Birmingham
			Dimitri Bascou	France	13 February 2016	Berlin
			Omar McLeod	Jamaica	20 March 2016	Portland
			Jason Joseph	Switzerland	5 March 2023	Istanbul	^[10]
24		7.42	Igor Kazanovs	Latvia	25 February 1989	Moscow
			Anthony Jarrett	Great Britain	19 February 1995	Liévin
			Ladji Doucouré	France	26 February 2005	Liévin
			Wilhem Belocian	France	7 March 2021	Toruń	^[11]

Women

Updated January 2024.^[12]^[13]

Ath.#	Perf.#	Time (s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref.
1	1	7.68	Susanna Kallur	Sweden	10 February 2008	Karlsruhe
2	2	7.69	Ludmila Narozhilenko	Soviet Union	4 February 1990	Chelyabinsk
	3	7.70	Narozhilenko #2		11 February 1993	Madrid
3	3	7.70 A	Sharika Nelvis	United States	18 February 2018	Albuquerque	^[14]
3	3	7.70	Kendra Harrison	United States	3 March 2018	Birmingham	^[15]
	6	7.71	Narozhilenko #3		4 February 1990	Chelyabinsk
	7	7.72	Kallur #2		2 February 2008	Stuttgart
5	7	7.72	Lolo Jones	United States	13 March 2010	Doha
	7	7.72	Harrison #2		9 February 2018	Clemson
	7	7.72 A	Harrison #3		18 February 2018	Albuquerque	^[14]
5	7	7.72 A	Ackera Nugent	Jamaica	10 March 2023	Albuquerque	^[16]
7	12	7.73	Cornelia Oschkenat	East Germany	25 February 1989	Vienna
		7.73	Sally Pearson	Australia	10 March 2012	Istanbul
		7.73 A	Christina Manning	United States	18 February 2018	Albuquerque	^[14]
	12	7.73 A	Nugent #2		11 March 2023	Albuquerque	^[17]
10	16	7.74	Yordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	14 February 1987	Sofia
	16	7.74	Narozhilenko #4		4 March 1990	Glasgow
10	16	7.74	Michelle Freeman	Jamaica	3 February 1998	Madrid
10	16	7.74	Gail Devers	United States	1 March 2003	Boston
	16	7.74	Kallur #3		21 February 2008	Stockholm
	16	7.74 A	Harrison #4		5 March 2017	Albuquerque
13	22	7.75	Bettine Jahn	East Germany	5 March 1983	Budapest
13	22	7.75	Perdita Felicien	Canada	7 March 2004	Budapest
	22	7.75	Kallur #4		29 January 2008	Gothenburg
			Kallur #5		16 February 2008	Birmingham
			Harrison #5		21 January 2017	Lexington
13	22	7.75	Danielle Williams	Jamaica	11 February 2022	Clemson	^[18]
		7.75	Masai Russell	United States	20 January 2023	Lubbock	^[19]
		7.75 A	Masai Russell	United States	11 March 2023	Albuquerque	^[17]
		7.75	Devynne Charlton	Bahamas	20 January 2024	Lubbock	^[20]
18		7.76	Gloria Siebert	Germany	5 February 1988	Sindelfingen
18		7.76	Brianna Rollins	United States	12 March 2016	Portland
20		7.77	Zofia Bielczyk	Poland	1 March 1980	Sindelfingen
20		7.77	Nadine Visser	Netherlands	7 March 2021	Toruń	^[21]
22		7.78	Brigita Bukovec	Slovenia	7 February 1999	Stuttgart
			Grace Stark	United States	12 March 2022	Birmingham	^[22]
			Cyréna Samba-Mayela	France	19 March 2022	Belgrade	^[23]
			Pia Skrzyszowska	Poland	4 February 2023	Łódź	^[24]

World Indoor Championships medalists

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris^[A] details	Stéphane Caristan (FRA)	Javier Moracho (ESP)	Jon Ridgeon (GBR)
1987 Indianapolis details	Tonie Campbell (USA)	Stéphane Caristan (FRA)	Nigel Walker (GBR)
1989 Budapest details	Roger Kingdom (USA)	Colin Jackson (GBR)	Igors Kazanovs (URS)
1991 Seville details	Greg Foster (USA)	Igors Kazanovs (URS)	Mark McKoy (CAN)
1993 Toronto details	Mark McKoy (CAN)	Colin Jackson (GBR)	Tony Dees (USA)
1995 Barcelona details	Allen Johnson (USA)	Courtney Hawkins (USA)	Tony Jarrett (GBR)
1997 Paris details	Anier García (CUB)	Colin Jackson (GBR)	Tony Dees (USA)
1999 Maebashi details	Colin Jackson (GBR)	Reggie Torian (USA)	Falk Balzer (GER)
2001 Lisbon details	Terrence Trammell (USA)	Anier García (CUB)	Shaun Bownes (RSA)
2003 Birmingham details	Allen Johnson (USA)	Anier García (CUB)	Liu Xiang (CHN)
2004 Budapest details	Allen Johnson (USA)	Liu Xiang (CHN)	Maurice Wignall (JAM)
2006 Moscow details	Terrence Trammell (USA)	Dayron Robles (CUB)	Dominique Arnold (USA)
2008 Valencia details	Liu Xiang (CHN)	Allen Johnson (USA)	Evgeniy Borisov (RUS) Staņislavs Olijars (LAT)
2010 Doha details	Dayron Robles (CUB)	Terrence Trammell (USA)	David Oliver (USA)
2012 Istanbul details	Aries Merritt (USA)	Liu Xiang (CHN)	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (FRA)
2014 Sopot details	Omo Osaghae (USA)	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (FRA)	Garfield Darien (FRA)
2016 Portland details	Omar McLeod (JAM)	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (FRA)	Dimitri Bascou (FRA)
2018 Birmingham details	Andrew Pozzi (GBR)	Jarret Eaton (USA)	Aurel Manga (FRA)
2022 Belgrade details	Grant Holloway (USA)	Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (FRA)	Jarret Eaton (USA)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	11	5	5	21
2	Great Britain (GBR)	2	3	3	8
3	Cuba (CUB)	2	3	0	5
4	France (FRA)	1	4	4	9
5	China (CHN)	1	2	1	4
6	Canada (CAN)	1	0	1	2
6	Jamaica (JAM)	1	0	1	2
8	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	1	2
9	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
10	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	1	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		19	19	20	58

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris^[A] details	Xénia Siska (HUN)	Laurence Elloy (FRA)	Anne Piquereau (FRA)
1987 Indianapolis details	Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR)	Yordanka Donkova (BUL)	Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL)
1989 Budapest details	Yelizaveta Chernyshova (URS)	Ludmila Narozhilenko (URS)	Cornelia Oschkenat (GDR)
1991 Seville details	Ludmila Narozhilenko (URS)	Monique Ewanje (FRA)	Aliuska López (CUB)
1993 Toronto details	Julie Baumann (SUI)	LaVonna Martin (USA)	Patricia Girard-Léno (FRA)
1995 Barcelona details	Aliuska López (CUB)	Olga Shishigina (KAZ)	Brigita Bukovec (SLO)
1997 Paris details	Michelle Freeman (JAM)	Gillian Russell (JAM)	Cheryl Dickey (USA)
1999 Maebashi details	Olga Shishigina (KAZ)	Glory Alozie (NGR)	Keturah Anderson (CAN)
2001 Lisbon details	Anjanette Kirkland (USA)	Michelle Freeman (JAM)	Nicole Ramalalanirina (FRA)
2003 Birmingham details	Gail Devers (USA)	Glory Alozie (ESP)	Melissa Morrison (USA)
2004 Budapest details	Perdita Felicien (CAN)	Gail Devers (USA)	Linda Ferga-Khodadin (FRA)
2006 Moscow details	Derval O'Rourke (IRL)	Glory Alozie (ESP)	Susanna Kallur (SWE)
2008 Valencia details	Lolo Jones (USA)	Candice Davis (USA)	Anay Tejeda (RUS)
2010 Doha details	Lolo Jones (USA)	Perdita Felicien (CAN)	Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (CAN)
2012 Istanbul details	Sally Pearson (AUS)	Tiffany Porter (GBR)	Alina Talay (BLR)
2014 Sopot details	Nia Ali (USA)	Sally Pearson (AUS)	Tiffany Porter (GBR)
2016 Portland details	Nia Ali (USA)	Brianna Rollins (USA)	Tiffany Porter (GBR)
2018 Birmingham details	Kendra Harrison (USA)	Christina Manning (USA)	Nadine Visser (NED)
2022 Belgrade details	Cyréna Samba-Mayela (FRA)	Devynne Charlton (BAH)	Gabriele Cunningham (USA)

^{^A} Known as the World Indoor Games

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	7	5	3	15
2	Soviet Union (URS)	2	1	0	3
3	France (FRA)	1	2	4	7
4	Jamaica (JAM)	1	2	0	3
5	Canada (CAN)	1	1	2	4
6	Australia (AUS)	1	1	0	2
6	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	1	0	2
8	Cuba (CUB)	1	0	1	2
8	East Germany (GDR)	1	0	1	2
10	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
13	Spain (ESP)	0	2	0	2
14	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	2	3
15	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	1	2
16	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	0	1
16	Nigeria (NGR)	0	1	0	1
18	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		19	19	19	57

Season's bests

Notes

^ This performance was at the European Indoor Championships. Alozie represented Spain having recently switched allegiance from Nigeria. She was subsequently disqualified as the required transfer formalities had not been properly completed. This fact does not affect the statistical validity of the performance.

References

^ "60 Metres Hurdles". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ "60 Metres Hurdles – men – senior – indoor". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "All-time men's best indoors 60m hurdles". alltime-athletics.com. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
^ Phil Minshull (24 February 2021). "Holloway enters the record books in Madrid". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
^ "60m Hurdles Semi-final Results Summary" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ "Tsegay threatens world indoor 3000m record, as tour titles are won in Birmingham | REPORT | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
^ "60m Hurdles Result" (PDF). Flash Results. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
^ Jess Whittington (5 February 2023). "Lyles and Hobbs star in 60m showdowns, Bol breaks world best in Boston". World Athletics. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
^ Emeterio Valiente (23 February 2023). "Hurske, Roberts and Nuguse excel in Madrid". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
^ "60m Hurdles Final Results". watchathletics.com. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
^ "60m Hurdles Result" (PDF). European Athletics. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "60 Metres Hurdles – women – senior – indoor". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
^ "All-time women's best indoors 60m hurdles". alltime-athletics.com. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Jon Hendershott (18 February 2018). "Coleman breaks world indoor 60m record at US Indoor Championships in Albuquerque". IAAF. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
^ "Women's 60m Hurdles Results" (PDF). IAAF. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
^ "Collegiate records fall on first day of NCAA Indoor Championships | REPORT | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Alfred, Garland and Wilson threaten world records at NCAA Indoor Championships | REPORT | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
^ "DeBues-Stafford breaks North American indoor 5000m record in Boston". World Athletics. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
^ "Strong start to World Indoor Tour, Russell and Alfred make early season statements". World Athletics. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
^ "Alfred and Adeleke among winners in Albuquerque | REPORT | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
^ "60m Hurdles Result" (PDF). European Athletics. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "60m Hurdles Result". Flash Results. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
^ "60m Hurdles Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
^ "Skrzyszowska improves to 7.78 as Jacobs opens season with 60m victory at Orlen Cup in Łódź". European Athletics. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

External links

[25] This performance was at the European Indoor Championships. Alozie represented Spain having recently switched allegiance from Nigeria. She was subsequently disqualified as the required transfer formalities had not been properly completed. This fact does not affect the statistical validity of the performance.

[1] "60 Metres Hurdles". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

[2] "60 Metres Hurdles – men – senior – indoor". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[3] "All-time men's best indoors 60m hurdles". alltime-athletics.com. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[4] Phil Minshull (24 February 2021). "Holloway enters the record books in Madrid". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 February 2021.

[5] "60m Hurdles Semi-final Results Summary" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

[6] "Tsegay threatens world indoor 3000m record, as tour titles are won in Birmingham | REPORT | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 25 February 2023.

[7] "60m Hurdles Result" (PDF). Flash Results. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

[8] Jess Whittington (5 February 2023). "Lyles and Hobbs star in 60m showdowns, Bol breaks world best in Boston". World Athletics. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

[:0-9] Emeterio Valiente (23 February 2023). "Hurske, Roberts and Nuguse excel in Madrid". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

[10] "60m Hurdles Final Results". watchathletics.com. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

[11] "60m Hurdles Result" (PDF). European Athletics. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}

[12] "60 Metres Hurdles – women – senior – indoor". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 14 June 2022.

[13] "All-time women's best indoors 60m hurdles". alltime-athletics.com. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

[Albuquerque2018-14] Jon Hendershott (18 February 2018). "Coleman breaks world indoor 60m record at US Indoor Championships in Albuquerque". IAAF. Retrieved 20 February 2018.

[15] "Women's 60m Hurdles Results" (PDF). IAAF. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

[16] "Collegiate records fall on first day of NCAA Indoor Championships | REPORT | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

[:1-17] "Alfred, Garland and Wilson threaten world records at NCAA Indoor Championships | REPORT | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 15 March 2023.

[18] "DeBues-Stafford breaks North American indoor 5000m record in Boston". World Athletics. 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[19] "Strong start to World Indoor Tour, Russell and Alfred make early season statements". World Athletics. 22 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

[20] "Alfred and Adeleke among winners in Albuquerque | REPORT | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

[21] "60m Hurdles Result" (PDF). European Athletics. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.^{[permanent dead link]}

[22] "60m Hurdles Result". Flash Results. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

[23] "60m Hurdles Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.

[24] "Skrzyszowska improves to 7.78 as Jacobs opens season with 60m victory at Orlen Cup in Łódź". European Athletics. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

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