The men's 60 metres hurdles at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 6 and 7 March 2025. This was the 36th time the event was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
Background The men's 60 metres hurdles was contested 35 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023), with the exception of 1972 and 1981, when the 50 metres hurdles were held instead.András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics. Retrieved 21 November 2024. The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024.
Grant Holloway is the world record holder in the event, with a time of 7.27 set in 2024. Colin Jackson is the European record holder with a time of 7.30, set in 1990. Jackson also holds the championship record of 7.39, also set in 1994.
+Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation) (s)LocationDateWorld record"All time Top lists – Senior – 60 Metres Hurdles men", World Athletics. Retrieved 13 January 2025.7.27Albuquerque, United States13 February 2024European record7.30Sindelfingen, Germany6 March 1994Championship record7.39Paris, France12 March 1994World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 60 Metres Hurdles men", World Athletics, 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.7.36Liévin, France16 February 2025European leading7.39Łódź, Poland22 February 2025
Qualification For the men's 60 metres hurdles, the qualification period ran from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025."Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standards of 7.63 s indoors or by running 13.25 s over 110 metres hurdles outdoors. Athletes can also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. There was a target number of 32 athletes.
Results Round 1 Round 1 was held on 6 March, starting at 21:17 (UTC+1) in the evening."Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics, 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024. First 3 in each heat () and the next 4 by time () qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Enrique Llopis 7.53 2 Theo Pedre 7.68 3 Gregory Minoue 7.69 4 Damian Czykier 7.70 5 Abdel Kader Larrinaga 7.79 6 Hassane Fofana 7.80 7 Joas van Hellemondt 7.85 8 Mathieu Jaquet 7.86
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Wilhem Belocian 7.46 , 2 Elie Bacari 7.51 , =, = 3 Krzysztof Kiljan 7.64 4 Lorenzo Simonelli 7.66 , 5 Elmo Lakka 7.69 6 Alin Ionut Anton 7.72 7 Bálint Szeles 7.93 8 Daniel Goriola 7.96
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Just Kwaou-Mathey 7.47 , 2 Jason Joseph 7.56 3 Job Geerds 7.60 , 4 Abel Jordán 7.65 5 Michael Obasuyi 7.68 6 Jakob Filip Demšar 7.74 7 Christos-Panagiotis Roumtsios 7.83 8 Dániel Eszes 8.16
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Jakub Szymański 7.51 2 Asier Martínez 7.69 3 Mikdat Sevler 7.74 4 Nicolo' Giacalone 7.75 5 Timme Koster 7.78 6 Manuel Mordi 7.80 7 Santeri Kuusiniemi 7.85 Enzo Diessl
Semi-finals The semi-finals were held on 7 March, starting at 14:05 (UTC+1) in the afternoon."Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics, 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024. First 3 in each heat () and the next 2 by time () qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Wilhem Belocian 7.44 , 2Enrique Llopis 7.49 3Job Geerds 7.54 , 4Asier Martínez7.56 5Lorenzo Simonelli 7.60 6Krzysztof Kiljan 7.62 7Elie Bacari 7.75 8Elmo Lakka7.81
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Jakub Szymański 7.49 2Just Kwaou-Mathey 7.49 3Michael Obasuyi 7.55 , 4Abel Jordán 7.58 5Theo Pedre 7.60 6Gregory Minoue 7.68 7Jason Joseph 7.70 8Mikdat Sevler 7.82
Final The final was held on 7 March, starting at 21:53 (UTC+1) in the evening. Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Jakub Szymański 7.43 Wilhem Belocian 7.45 Just Kwaou-Mathey 7.50 4Abel Jordán 7.54 5Job Geerds 7.61 6Michael Obasuyi 7.63 7Asier Martínez 7.68 Enrique Llopis
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