55 metres hurdles

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 hurdles – held over 60 yards (54.864 m) – 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.

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.

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	6.83 *	Renaldo Nehemiah	Vereinigte Staaten	30 January 1982	Dallas
2	6.86 *	Greg Foster	Vereinigte Staaten	21 February 1986	Los Angeles
3	6.90 *	Mark McKoy	Kanada	21 February 1986	Los Angeles
4	6.94	Tonie Campbell	Vereinigte Staaten	2 March 1984	Daly City
		Terrence Trammell	Vereinigte Staaten	21 February 1999	Gainesville
6	6.96 *	Willie Gault	Vereinigte Staaten	5 February 1983	Dallas
7	6.98	Roger Kingdom	Vereinigte Staaten	20 January 1989	Los Angeles
		Tony Dees	Vereinigte Staaten	2 February 1990	New York City
9	6.99	Arthur Blake	Vereinigte Staaten	2 February 1990	New York City
10	7.01	Stéphane Caristan	Frankreich	27 February 1987	New York City
		Courtney Hawkins	Vereinigte Staaten	21 January 1995	Boston
	7.01+	David Oliver	Vereinigte Staaten	11 February 2012	New York City
13	7.02+	Aries Merritt	Vereinigte Staaten	11 February 2012	New York City
14	7.03	Allen Johnson	Vereinigte Staaten	22 January 1994	Johnson City
		Ron Bramlett	Vereinigte Staaten	10 February 2002	Gainesville
16	7.04	Jack Pierce	Vereinigte Staaten	10 February 1989	East Rutherford
		Kurt Powdar	Vereinigte Staaten	26 January 2019	New York
18	7.05	Shamar Sands	Bahamas	24 January 2009	Gainesville
		Omo Osaghae	Vereinigte Staaten	14 February 2014	Lubbock
20	7.07	Sansiski Daniels	Vereinigte Staaten	4 March 1987	Fayetteville
		Reggie Torian	Vereinigte Staaten	23 February 1997	Iowa City
22	7.08	Cletus Clark	Vereinigte Staaten	28 January 1989	Houston
		Li Tong	China	8 March 1991	Indianapolis
		Tony Reese	Vereinigte Staaten	11 February 1995	Fairfax
		Ladji Doucouré	Frankreich	11 January 2014	Columbia
	7.08 A	Larry Wade	Vereinigte Staaten	14 February 1998	Colorado Springs

Women

• Correct as of March 2020.

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	7.30 A	Tiffany Lott-Hogan	Vereinigte Staaten	22 February 1997	Colorado Springs
2	7.34	Michelle Freeman	Jamaika	22 February 1992	Gainesville
	7.34 A	Trecia Roberts	Vereinigte Staaten	14 February 1998	Air Force Academy
4	7.37 *	Stephanie Hightower	Vereinigte Staaten	25 February 1983	New York
	7.37	Cornelia Oschkenat	East Germany	27 February 1987	New York
		Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Vereinigte Staaten	3 February 1989	New York
		Kim Carson	Vereinigte Staaten	7 February 1998
	7.37 A	Lacena Golding-Clarke	Jamaika	14 February 1998	Air Force Academy
	7.37	Kellie Wells	Vereinigte Staaten	30 January 2011	Gainesville
	7.37 +	Kristi Castlin	Vereinigte Staaten	11 February 2012	New York
11	7.38 +	Tiffany Porter	GBR	11 February 2012	New York
	7.38 *	Candy Young	Vereinigte Staaten	12 February 1982	New York
13	7.39	Kim McKenzie	Vereinigte Staaten	24 February 1989	New York
14	7.40	Julie Baumann	Kanada	26 February 1988	New York
15	7.41	LaVonna Martin-Floreal	Vereinigte Staaten	26 February 1988	New York
		Angie Vaughn	Vereinigte Staaten	14 March 1998	Indianapolis
17	7.44	Yordanka Donkova	Bulgarien	27 February 1987	New York
		Lynda Tolbert-Goode	Vereinigte Staaten	9 March 1990	Indianapolis
19	7.45 *	Rhonda Blanford	Vereinigte Staaten	23 February 1985	Lincoln
20	7.46 A	Astia Walker	Jamaika	6 February 1998	Colorado Springs
	7.46 +	Tonea Marshall	Vereinigte Staaten	13 March 2016	New York
22	7.47	Tananjalyn Stanley-Boutte	Vereinigte Staaten	11 March 1989	Indianapolis
		Andria King	Vereinigte Staaten	14 March 1998	Indianapolis
		Astia Walker	Jamaika	14 March 1998	Indianapolis
		Damu Cherry-Mitchell	Vereinigte Staaten	30 January 2010	Gainesville
26	7.48	Gillian Russell-Love	Jamaika	4 February 1995	Fairfax
		Joanna Hayes	Vereinigte Staaten	7 March 1997	Indianapolis
		Angela Whyte	Kanada	21 February 2003	Salt Lake City
	7.48 +	Tia Jones	Vereinigte Staaten	11 March 2018	New York

Season's bests

Men

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Place
2016	7.13 A	Jordan Charles (USA)	Laramie
2017	7.31 A	Jalen Hunter (USA)	Laramie

Women

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Place
2016	7.79	Shadajah Ballard (USA)	Hampton
2017