The men's 60 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 22 March 2025. This was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
The heats took place on 22 March during the morning session. The semi-finals and the final took place on 22 March during the evening session.
Background The men's 60 metres hurdles was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships. +Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDateWorld record 7.27 Albuquerque, United States 16 February 2024Championship record7.29 Belgrade, Serbia 20 March 2022 Glasgow, United Kingdom 2 March 2024World leading7.36 Virginia Beach, United States 14 March 2025
Qualification For the men's 60 metres hurdles, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standards of 7.57 s. Athletes could also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. There was a target number of 48 athletes.
Results Heats The heats were held on 22 March, starting at 10:25 (UTC+8) in the morning. First 4 of each heat () plus 4 fastest times () qualified for the semi-finals.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Qin Weibo 7.64 2 5 Michael Obasuyi 7.67 3 8 Demario Prince 7.70 4 2 Richard Diawara 7.79 , 5 4 Abdel Kader Larrinaga 7.81 6 7 7.99 7 6 Dániel Eszes 8.07
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Grant Holloway 7.49 2 4 Wilhem Belocian 7.58 3 3 Krzysztof Kiljan 7.71 4 2 Oumar Doudai Abakar 7.75 5 6 Tetsuro Nishi 7.79 6 5 Mikdat Sevler 7.84
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4 Lorenzo Simonelli 7.61 2 5 Jerome Campbell 7.61 3 6 Rafael Pereira 7.65 4 7 7.89 — 3 Yaqoub Al-Youha 2 Jonáš Kolomaznik
Heat 4 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 6 Cameron Murray 7.68 2 2 Eduardo Rodrigues 7.75 3 4 7.85 3 8 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde 7.85 5 5 Kaweesha Bandara 7.87 6 7 7.89 7 3 8.10
Heat 5 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4 Jakub Szymański 7.55 7 6 Liu Junxi 7.64 3 2 Jeremie Lararaudeuse 7.72 4 5 Nikkolia Kennedy 7.89 5 8 Nicolò Giacalone 7.89 6 7 Saguirou Badamassi 7.97 7 1 Yaqoub Alyouha 8.50 8 3 Alexander Männel 8.51
Semi-finals The semi-finals were held on 22 March, starting at 19:50 (UTC+8).
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 6 Demario Prince 7.60 2 4 Qin Weibo 7.60 3 3 Jakub Szymański 7.63 4 7 Oumar Doudai Abakar 7.66 5 2 Jeremie Lararaudeuse 7.77 6 8 Mikdat Sevler 7.81 7 1 7.89 — 5 Cameron Murray
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 6 Liu Junxi 7.51 2 3 Lorenzo Simonelli 7.55 , 3 5 Michael Obasuyi 7.61 4 2 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde 7.69 5 7 7.77 6 8 Tetsuro Nishi 7.83 7 1 Abdel Kader Larrinaga 7.84 8 4 Eduardo Rodrigues 7.85
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4 Grant Holloway 7.48 2 6 Wilhem Belocian 7.51 3 5 Jerome Campbell 7.61 4 3 Rafael Pereira 7.67 5 7 Krzysztof Kiljan 7.68 6 2 Richard Diawara 7.79 7 8 Kaweesha Bandara 74.33 — 1 Nikkolia Kennedy
Final The final was held on 22 March, starting at 21:05 (UTC+8).
Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 6 Grant Holloway 7.42 5 Wilhem Belocian 7.54 3 Liu Junxi 7.55 4 2 Lorenzo Simonelli 7.60 5 1 Michael Obasuyi 7.60 6 4 Demario Prince 7.63 7 8 Jerome Campbell 7.71 8 7 Qin Weibo 7.72
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