50 metres hurdles

50 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling, usually only run in indoor competitions. Because very few contests are held over the distance, most of the fastest times recorded for the event were set during specially measured and timed races over longer distances, typically the 55 metres hurdles or 60 metres hurdles.

The hurdles is the imperial distance analogue to the 50 meters hurdles. It was contested at the women's USA Indoor Track and Field Championships from 1928 to 1932, 1945 to 1946, 1949 to 1954, 1957 to 1958, and 1964. It was not contested as a men's event. The championship record is 6.7 seconds by Jenny Wingerson.

All-time top 25 Note: Indoor results only. = Timed recorded by athlete en route to a longer distance = affected by altitude

Men Correct as of February 2025.

RankTimeAthleteNationDatePlace1 6.25 Mark McKoy 5 March 1986 Kobe26.30Grant Holloway13 February 2025Liévin36.35Greg Foster27 January 1985Rosemont31 January 1987Ottawa4 6.36 Renaldo Nehemiah 3 February 1979 Edmonton 6.36 Duane Ross 21 February 1999 Liévin Anier García 13 February 2000 Liévin Ladji Doucouré 26 February 2005 Liévin8 6.37 Tony Dees 13 February 2000 Liévin9 6.39 Dayron Robles 21 February 2008 Stockholm10 6.40 Colin Jackson 5 February 1999 Budapest 6.40 Allen Johnson 26 February 2005 Liévin Shamar Sands 10 February 2009 LiévinWilhem Belocian13 February 2025Liévin146.41Igor Kovác15 February 1992Prague6.41 Mark Crear10 February 1995Reno166.42Yoel Hernández13 February 2000Liévin176.43Reggie Torian13 February 1999Los Angeles6.43Jakub Szymański13 February 2025Liévin196.44Xiang Liu28 February 2004LiévinEvgeniy Borisov10 February 2009LiévinLouis Rollins13 February 2025Liévin226.45Thomas Munkelt10 February 1979OttawaTonie Campbell14 March 1987KobeTerrence Trammell28 January 2012New York City256.46Frank Siebeck3 February 1974BerlinSam Turner9 March 1985KobeRobert Kronberg4 March 2001Sindelfingen6.46Courtney Hawkins21 February 1999LiévinStanislavs Olijars23 February 2003Liévin

Notes Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 6.39:

Greg Foster also ran 6.37 (1986). Renaldo Nehemiah also ran 6.38 (1979). Mark McKoy also ran 6.38 (1986), 6.39 (1995). Tony Dees also ran 6.38 (1999). Anier García also ran 6.39 (2000).

Women Correct as of February 2025. RankTimeAthleteNationDatePlace1 6.58 Cornelia Oschkenat 20 February 1988 Berlin2 6.65 Gloria Siebert 20 February 1988 Berlin 6.65 Ludmila Engquist 7 January 1993 Grenoble4 6.67 Jackie Joyner-Kersee 10 February 1995 Reno 6.67 Michelle Freeman 13 February 2000 Liévin Susanna Kallur 21 February 2008 Stockholm76.68Ackera Nugent13 February 2025Liévin8 6.70 Olga Shishigina 5 February 1999 Budapest Brigita Bukovec 5 February 1999 Budapest106.71Grace Stark13 February 2025Liévin11 6.73 Julie Baumann 7 January 1993 Grenoble Yuliya Graudyn 27 January 1995 Moscow6.73Laëticia Bapté13 February 2025Liévin146.74Anneliese Ehrhardt4 February 1973BerlinZofia Bielczyk21 February 1981Grenoble166.75Kristin Patzwahl5 February 1989Berlin6.75Josephine Onyia21 February 2008Stockholm186.76Danuta Perka11 February 1979Berlin6.76Patricia Girard13 February 2000LiévinGlory Alozie25 February 2001Liévin216.77Grażyna Rabsztyn11 February 1979BerlinYordanka Donkova7 February 1993Grenoble6.77Ditaji Kambundji13 February 2025LiévinNadine Visser13 February 2025Liévin256.78Keturah Anderson21 February 1999Liévin6.78Lolo Jones28 January 2012New York City

Notes Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 6.73:

Cornelia Oschkenat also ran 6.60 (1988), 6.68 (1988), 6.69 (1989), 6.71 (1986, 1987), 6.73 (1986, 1987). Gloria Siebert also ran 6.67 (1988), 6.69 (1988), 6.72 (1990). Michelle Freeman also ran 6.69+ (2000), 6.72+ (2001). Jackie Joyner-Kersee also ran 6.73 A (1996).

References

External links IAAF list of 50-metres-hurdles records in XML