60 metres hurdles

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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 [edit]

Indoor results only. Updated February 2012.

Area Men Women
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 7.73 Sally Pearson Australia
South America 7.60 Márcio de Souza Brazil 8.08 Maíla Machado Brazil

Top ten all-time men [edit]

Indoor results only. Updated February 2012.

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 [edit]

Indoor results only. Updated February 2012.

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
Sally Pearson Australia 10 March 2012 Istanbul
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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