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 Before 1987, the 60 yards hurdlesheld over 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.
The 70 yards hurdles was also an uncommon distance held indoors beginning at the 1956 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships and ending by the 1963 Championships.
All-time top 25 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 Correct as of March 2020.
RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlace16.83 * Renaldo Nehemiah30 January 1982Dallas26.86 *Greg Foster21 February 1986Los Angeles36.90 *Mark McKoy21 February 1986Los Angeles46.94Tonie Campbell2 March 1984Daly CityTerrence Trammell21 February 1999Gainesville66.96 *Willie Gault5 February 1983Dallas76.98Roger Kingdom20 January 1989Los AngelesTony Dees2 February 1990New York City96.99Arthur Blake2 February 1990New York City107.01Stéphane Caristan27 February 1987New York CityCourtney Hawkins21 January 1995Boston7.01David Oliver11 February 2012New York City137.02Aries Merritt11 February 2012New York City147.03Allen Johnson22 January 1994Johnson CityRon Bramlett10 February 2002Gainesville167.04Jack Pierce10 February 1989East RutherfordKurt Powdar26 January 2019New York187.05Shamar Sands24 January 2009GainesvilleOmo Osaghae14 February 2014Lubbock207.07Sansiski Daniels4 March 1987FayettevilleReggie Torian23 February 1997Iowa City227.08Cletus Clark28 January 1989HoustonLi Tong8 March 1991IndianapolisTony Reese11 February 1995FairfaxLadji Doucouré11 January 2014Columbia7.08 Larry Wade14 February 1998Colorado Springs
Women Correct as of March 2025.
RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlace17.22Masai Russell8 February 2025New York City27.26Ackera Nugent8 February 2025New York City37.28Grace Stark8 February 2025New York CityDevynne Charlton8 February 2025New York City57.29Denisha Cartwright8 February 2025New York City67.30 Tiffany Lott-Hogan22 February 1997Colorado Springs77.34Michelle Freeman22 February 1992Gainesville7.34 Trecia Roberts14 February 1998Air Force Academy97.37Stephanie Hightower25 February 1983New York7.37Cornelia Oschkenat27 February 1987New YorkJackie Joyner-Kersee3 February 1989New YorkKim Carson7 February 19987.37 Lacena Golding-Clarke14 February 1998Air Force Academy7.37Kellie Wells30 January 2011Gainesville7.37Kristi Castlin11 February 2012New York167.38Tiffany Porter11 February 2012New York7.38Candy Young12 February 1982New York187.39Kim McKenzie24 February 1989New York197.40Julie Baumann26 February 1988New York207.41LaVonna Martin-Floreal26 February 1988New YorkAngie Vaughn14 March 1998Indianapolis227.44Yordanka Donkova27 February 1987New YorkLynda Tolbert-Goode9 March 1990Indianapolis247.45Rhonda Blanford23 February 1985Lincoln257.46 Astia Walker6 February 1998Colorado Springs7.46Tonea Marshall13 March 2016New York
World leading times
Men YearTimeAthletePlace20167.13 Laramie20177.31 Laramie
Women YearTimeAthletePlace20167.79Hampton2017
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