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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6.83 * | Renaldo Nehemiah | ![]() | 30 January 1982 | Dallas | |
2 | 6.86 * | Greg Foster | ![]() | 21 February 1986 | Los Angeles | |
3 | 6.90 * | Mark McKoy | ![]() | 21 February 1986 | Los Angeles | |
4 | 6.94 | Tonie Campbell | ![]() | 2 March 1984 | Daly City | |
Terrence Trammell | ![]() | 21 February 1999 | Gainesville | |||
6 | 6.96 * | Willie Gault | ![]() | 5 February 1983 | Dallas | |
7 | 6.98 | Roger Kingdom | ![]() | 20 January 1989 | Los Angeles | |
Tony Dees | ![]() | 2 February 1990 | New York City | |||
9 | 6.99 | Arthur Blake | ![]() | 2 February 1990 | New York City | |
10 | 7.01 | Stéphane Caristan | ![]() | 27 February 1987 | New York City | |
Courtney Hawkins | ![]() | 21 January 1995 | Boston | |||
7.01+ | David Oliver | ![]() | 11 February 2012 | New York City | ||
13 | 7.02+ | Aries Merritt | ![]() | 11 February 2012 | New York City | |
14 | 7.03 | Allen Johnson | ![]() | 22 January 1994 | Johnson City | |
Ron Bramlett | ![]() | 10 February 2002 | Gainesville | |||
16 | 7.04 | Jack Pierce | ![]() | 10 February 1989 | East Rutherford | |
Kurt Powdar | ![]() | 26 January 2019 | New York | |||
18 | 7.05 | Shamar Sands | ![]() | 24 January 2009 | Gainesville | |
Omo Osaghae | ![]() | 14 February 2014 | Lubbock | |||
20 | 7.07 | Sansiski Daniels | ![]() | 4 March 1987 | Fayetteville | |
Reggie Torian | ![]() | 23 February 1997 | Iowa City | |||
22 | 7.08 | Cletus Clark | ![]() | 28 January 1989 | Houston | |
Li Tong | ![]() | 8 March 1991 | Indianapolis | |||
Tony Reese | ![]() | 11 February 1995 | Fairfax | |||
Ladji Doucouré | ![]() | 11 January 2014 | Columbia | |||
7.08 A | Larry Wade | ![]() | 14 February 1998 | Colorado Springs |
Women
[edit]Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 7.30 A | Tiffany Lott-Hogan | ![]() | 22 February 1997 [a] | Colorado Springs | |
2 | 7.34 | Michelle Freeman | ![]() | 22 February 1992 | Gainesville | |
7.34 A | Trecia Roberts | ![]() | 14 February 1998 | Air Force Academy | ||
4 | 7.37 * | Stephanie Hightower | ![]() | 25 February 1983 | New York | |
7.37 | Cornelia Oschkenat | ![]() | 27 February 1987 | New York | ||
Jackie Joyner-Kersee | ![]() | 3 February 1989 | New York | |||
Kim Carson | ![]() | 7 February 1998 | ||||
7.37 A | Lacena Golding-Clarke | ![]() | 14 February 1998 | Air Force Academy | ||
7.37 | Kellie Wells | ![]() | 30 January 2011 | Gainesville | ||
7.37 + | Kristi Castlin | ![]() | 11 February 2012 | New York | ||
11 | 7.38 + | Tiffany Porter | ![]() | 11 February 2012 | New York | |
7.38 * | Candy Young | ![]() | 12 February 1982 | New York | ||
13 | 7.39 | Kim McKenzie | ![]() | 24 February 1989 | New York | |
14 | 7.40 | Julie Baumann | ![]() | 26 February 1988 | New York | |
15 | 7.41 | LaVonna Martin-Floreal | ![]() | 26 February 1988 | New York | |
Angie Vaughn | ![]() | 14 March 1998 | Indianapolis | |||
17 | 7.44 | Yordanka Donkova | ![]() | 27 February 1987 | New York | |
Lynda Tolbert-Goode | ![]() | 9 March 1990 | Indianapolis | |||
19 | 7.45 * | Rhonda Blanford | ![]() | 23 February 1985 | Lincoln | |
20 | 7.46 A | Astia Walker | ![]() | 6 February 1998 | Colorado Springs | |
7.46 + | Tonea Marshall | ![]() | 13 March 2016 | New York | ||
22 | 7.47 | Tananjalyn Stanley-Boutte | ![]() | 11 March 1989 | Indianapolis | |
Andria King | ![]() | 14 March 1998 | Indianapolis | |||
Astia Walker | ![]() | 14 March 1998 | Indianapolis | |||
Damu Cherry-Mitchell | ![]() | 30 January 2010 | Gainesville | |||
26 | 7.48 | Gillian Russell-Love | ![]() | 4 February 1995 | Fairfax | |
Joanna Hayes | ![]() | 7 March 1997 | Indianapolis | |||
Angela Whyte | ![]() | 21 February 2003 | Salt Lake City | |||
7.48 + | Tia Jones | ![]() | 11 March 2018 | New York |
Season's bests
[edit] Men[edit]
| Women[edit]
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Notes
[edit]- ^ by World Athletics source; 20 February 1997 by Track and Field News source
References
[edit]- ^ "60-YARD LOW HURDLES WORLD RECORD BETTERED BY HUSKERS' GARDNER". Joplin Globe. 22 Feb 1958. p. 7. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "IAAF: 55 Metres Hurdles - men - senior - indoor - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.
- ^ "WORLD INDOOR ALL-TIME LIST — MEN". Track and Field News. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "All-time women's best 55m hurdles". Track and Field News. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "IAAF: 55 Metres Hurdles - women - senior - indoor - iaaf.org". iaaf.org.