The men's 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń in Toruń, Poland, on 21 March 2026. This was the 22nd 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.
Background The men's 60 metres hurdles was contested 21 times before 2026, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships. +Records before the 2026 World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDateWorld record 7.27 Albuquerque, United States 16 February 2024Championship record7.29 Belgrade, Serbia 20 March 2022Glasgow, United Kingdom2 March 20242026 World Lead7.32 Fayetteville, United States 14 March 2026
Qualification For the men's 60 metres hurdles, the qualification period ran from 1 November 2025 until 8 March 2026. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard of 7.65 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 is a target number of 48 athletes.
Results Round 1 Round 1 was held on 21 March, starting at 10:20 (UTC+1) in the morning.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes17Demario Prince7.5826Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli7.6535Jonáš Kolomazník7.72 41John Cabang7.77 53Eduardo de Deus7.77 64Peter Dávid7.77 72Stanislav Stankov7.95 88Tahj Brown8.30
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes13Dylan Beard7.5027Liu Junxi7.53, 34Saguirou Badamassi7.63, 42Asier Martínez7.65 58Anthony Ommundsen Johnsen7.71 66Youssef Badawy Sayed7.7871Oleh Kukota7.8385Keon Rude7.94
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes11Franco le Roux7.50, 23Enrique Llopis7.55 37Romain Lecoeur7.59 47Louis François Mendy7.64 55Lin Yi-Kai7.73 64Oliver Mulas7.77 76Christos-Panagiotis Roumtsios7.8588Usumane Djumop8.98
Heat 4 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes11Wilhem Belocian7.4926Milan Trajković7.66 38Jerome Campbell7.67 44Thiago Ornelas7.69 52Santeri Kuusiniemi7.75 63Martín Sáenz7.79 77Richard Diawara7.8285Bojan Novaković7.87
Heat 5 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes14Jakub Szymański7.5026Shusei Nomoto7.57, 35Michael Obasuyi7.60 42Mondray Barnard7.69 53Elmo Lakka7.70 67Fabio Kobelt7.81 78Dmytro Bahinskyi7.84
Heat 6 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes16Trey Cunningham7.4527Damian Czykier7.54, 34Chen Yuanjiang7.64, 45Marcos Herrera7.69 53Štěpán Štefko7.71 68Ryota Fujii7.81 72Dániel Eszes7.83
Semi-finals The semi-finals were held on 21 March, starting at 19:48 (UTC+1) in the evening.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes13Wilhem Belocian7.42, =26Dylan Beard7.4635Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli7.53 44Damian Czykier7.57 51Asier Martínez7.62 67Michael Obasuyi7.62 78Mondray Barnard7.68 2Jerome Campbell
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes14Trey Cunningham7.35, 25Demario Prince7.5333Liu Junxi7.57 47Jonáš Kolomazník7.61 52Romain Lecoeur7.63 68Louis François Mendy7.74 71Elmo Lakka7.74 6Milan Trajković
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes13Jakub Szymański7.42 25Enrique Llopis7.4636Shusei Nomoto7.49 , 44Franco le Roux7.55 *52Chen Yuanjiang7.59 68Marcos Herrera7.65 77Saguirou Badamassi7.67 81Thiago Ornelas7.68 *Advanced to the final as the next fastest after the withdrawal of Dylan Beard.
Final The final was held on 21 March, starting at 21:02 (UTC+1) in the evening.
Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 5 Jakub Szymański 7.40 2 Enrique Llopis 7.42 4 Trey Cunningham 7.43 [.421] 4 7 Demario Prince 7.43 [.430] 5 3 Wilhem Belocian 7.45 6 1 Shusei Nomoto 7.49 7 6 Franco le Roux 7.51 8 8 Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli 7.52 6 Dylan Beard
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