55 metres hurdles

55 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling, usually only run in indoor competitions. This is more commonly run at the high school level. The objective is to approach the first hurdle with 7 steps, each hurdle after that needs to have 3 step intervals. 5 stepping or commonly known as stutter stepping cuts down a hurdlers momentum and cuts drastic time. 4 stepping is less common, but it is when a hurdler switches their lead leg each hurdle. Unlike outdoor track and field, indoor track usually has no distance hurdles to also run since the typical indoor track is only 160 metres or 200 metres. It is usually an alternative to the 60 metres hurdles.

60 yards hurdles

Before 1987, the 60 yards hurdles – held over 60 yards (54.864 m) – was contested at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships and other high-level American competitions. It was replaced by the 55 m hurdles from 1987 to 1990 before finally being replaced with the 60 m hurdles at the 1991 edition. Because the distances are so similar, a conversion of 0.01 seconds is sometimes applied in statistical lists to convert 60 yd hurdle marks to equivalent 55 m hurdles times.^[1]

All-time top 25

Note: Indoor results only. Hand-timed marks excluded

• + = Timed recorded by athlete en route to a longer distance
• * = Converted from time for the slightly shorter distance of 60 yards by adding 0.01

Men

• Correct as of March 2020.^[2][3]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	6.83 *	Renaldo Nehemiah	United States	30 January 1982	Dallas
2	6.86 *	Greg Foster	United States	21 February 1986	Los Angeles
3	6.90 *	Mark McKoy	Canada	21 February 1986	Los Angeles
4	6.94	Tonie Campbell	United States	2 March 1984	Daly City
		Terrence Trammell	United States	21 February 1999	Gainesville
6	6.96 *	Willie Gault	United States	5 February 1983	Dallas
7	6.98	Roger Kingdom	United States	20 January 1989	Los Angeles
		Tony Dees	United States	2 February 1990	New York City
9	6.99	Arthur Blake	United States	2 February 1990	New York City
10	7.01	Stéphane Caristan	France	27 February 1987	New York City
		Courtney Hawkins	United States	21 January 1995	Boston
	7.01+	David Oliver	United States	11 February 2012	New York City
13	7.02+	Aries Merritt	United States	11 February 2012	New York City
14	7.03	Allen Johnson	United States	22 January 1994	Johnson City
		Ron Bramlett	United States	10 February 2002	Gainesville
16	7.04	Jack Pierce	United States	10 February 1989	East Rutherford
		Kurt Powdar	United States	26 January 2019	New York
18	7.05	Shamar Sands	Bahamas	24 January 2009	Gainesville
		Omo Osaghae	United States	14 February 2014	Lubbock
20	7.07	Sansiski Daniels	United States	4 March 1987	Fayetteville
		Reggie Torian	United States	23 February 1997	Iowa City
22	7.08	Cletus Clark	United States	28 January 1989	Houston
		Li Tong	China	8 March 1991	Indianapolis
		Tony Reese	United States	11 February 1995	Fairfax
		Ladji Doucouré	France	11 January 2014	Columbia
	7.08 A	Larry Wade	United States	14 February 1998	Colorado Springs

Women

• Correct as of March 2020.^[4][5]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	7.30 A	Tiffany Lott-Hogan	United States	22 February 1997 [lower-alpha 1]	Colorado Springs
2	7.34	Michelle Freeman	Jamaica	22 February 1992	Gainesville
	7.34 A	Trecia Roberts	United States	14 February 1998	Air Force Academy
4	7.37 *	Stephanie Hightower	United States	25 February 1983	New York
	7.37	Cornelia Oschkenat	East Germany	27 February 1987	New York
		Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	3 February 1989	New York
		Kim Carson	United States	7 February 1998
	7.37 A	Lacena Golding-Clarke	Jamaica	14 February 1998	Air Force Academy
	7.37	Kellie Wells	United States	30 January 2011	Gainesville
	7.37 +	Kristi Castlin	United States	11 February 2012	New York
11	7.38 +	Tiffany Porter	GBR	11 February 2012	New York
	7.38 *	Candy Young	United States	12 February 1982	New York
13	7.39	Kim McKenzie	United States	24 February 1989	New York
14	7.40	Julie Baumann	Canada	26 February 1988	New York
15	7.41	LaVonna Martin-Floreal	United States	26 February 1988	New York
		Angie Vaughn	United States	14 March 1998	Indianapolis
17	7.44	Yordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	27 February 1987	New York
		Lynda Tolbert-Goode	United States	9 March 1990	Indianapolis
19	7.45 *	Rhonda Blanford	United States	23 February 1985	Lincoln
20	7.46 A	Astia Walker	Jamaica	6 February 1998	Colorado Springs
	7.46 +	Tonea Marshall	United States	13 March 2016	New York
22	7.47	Tananjalyn Stanley-Boutte	United States	11 March 1989	Indianapolis
		Andria King	United States	14 March 1998	Indianapolis
		Astia Walker	Jamaica	14 March 1998	Indianapolis
		Damu Cherry-Mitchell	United States	30 January 2010	Gainesville
26	7.48	Gillian Russell-Love	Jamaica	4 February 1995	Fairfax
		Joanna Hayes	United States	7 March 1997	Indianapolis
		Angela Whyte	Canada	21 February 2003	Salt Lake City
	7.48 +	Tia Jones	United States	11 March 2018	New York

Season's bests

Men Rank Mark Athlete Place 2016 7.13 A  Jordan Charles (USA) Laramie 2017 7.31 A  Jalen Hunter (USA) Laramie

Women Rank Mark Athlete Place 2016 7.79  Shadajah Ballard (USA) Hampton 2017

Notes

1. by World Athletics source; 20 February 1997 by Track and Field News source

References

1. "60-YARD LOW HURDLES WORLD RECORD BETTERED BY HUSKERS' GARDNER". Joplin Globe. 22 Feb 1958. p. 7. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
2. "IAAF: 55 Metres Hurdles - men - senior - indoor - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.
3. "WORLD INDOOR ALL-TIME LIST — MEN". Track and Field News. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
4. "All-time women's best 55m hurdles". Track and Field News. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
5. "IAAF: 55 Metres Hurdles - women - senior - indoor - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.