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.
Area records
Indoor results only. Updated February 2012.
| Area | Men's | Women's | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Athlete | Nation | Time | Athlete | Nation | |
| Africa | 7.52 | Shaun Bownes |
 South Africa
|
7.82 | Glory Alozie |
 Nigeria
|
| Asia | 7.41 | 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
|
7.72 | 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 |
| Sally Pearson |
Australia
|
10 March 2012 | Istanbul | ||
| 5. | 7.73 | Cornelia Oschkenat |
 East Germany
|
25 February 1989 | Vienna |
| 6. | 7.74 | Yordanka Donkova |
 Bulgaria
|
14 February 1987 | Sofia |
| Michelle Freeman |
 Jamaica
|
3 February 1998 | Madrid | ||
| Gail Devers |
United States
|
1 March 2003 | Boston | ||
| 9. | 7.75 | Bettine Jahn |
East Germany
|
5 March 1983 | Budapest |
| Perdita Felicien |
 Canada
|
7 March 2004 | Budapest |
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