60 metres hurdles

60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 60 metres including 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 7.30 seconds (Colin Jackson), respectively.

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Area records

Indoor results only. Updated April 2010.

Area Men's Women's
Time Athlete Nation Time Athlete Nation
Africa 7.52 Shaun Bownes  South Africa 7.82 Glory Alozie  Nigeria
Asia 7.42 Liu Xiang  China 7.82 Olga Shishigina  Kazakhstan
Europe 7.30 Colin Jackson  United Kingdom 7.68 Susanna Kallur  Sweden
North, Central America
and Caribbean
7.33 Dayron Robles  Cuba 7.72 Lolo Jones  United States
Oceania 7.73 Kyle Vander Kuyp  Australia 7.96 Sally McLellan  Australia
South America 7.60 Márcio Simão de Souza  Brazil 8.08 Maíla Machado  Brazil

Top ten all-time men

Indoor results only. Updated February 2011.

Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place
1. 7.30 Colin Jackson  United Kingdom 6 March 1994 Sindelfingen
2. 7.33 Dayron Robles  Cuba 8 February 2008 Düsseldorf
3. 7.36 Greg Foster  United States 16 January 1987 Los Angeles
Allen Johnson  United States 3 March 2004 Budapest
Terrence Trammell  United States 14 March 2010 Doha
6. 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
David Oliver  United States 5 February 2011 Stuttgart
10. 7.38 Mark Crear  United States 8 March 1998 Sindelfingen
Reggie Torian  United States 27 February 1999 Atlanta

Top ten all-time women

Indoor results only. Updated April 2010.

Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place
1. 7.68 Susanna Kallur  Sweden 10 February 2008 Karlsruhe
2. 7.69 Ludmila Engquist  Soviet Union 4 February 1990 Chelyabinsk
3. 7.72 Lolo Jones  United States 13 March 2010 Doha
4. 7.73 Cornelia Oschkenat  East Germany 25 February 1989 Vienna
5. 7.74 Yordanka Donkova  Bulgaria 14 February 1987 Sofia
Michelle Freeman  Jamaica 3 February 1998 Madrid
Gail Devers  United States 1 March 2003 Boston
8. 7.75 Bettine Jahn  East Germany 5 March 1983 Budapest
Perdita Felicien  Canada 7 March 2004 Budapest
10. 7.76 Gloria Siebert  East Germany 5 February 1988 Sindelfingen

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