60 metres hurdles
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60 metres hurdles
60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 60 metres including the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds (Susanna Kallur) and 7.30 seconds (Colin Jackson), respectively.
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Area records
Indoor results only. Updated February 2012.
| Area | Men's | Women's | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Athlete | Nation | Time | Athlete | Nation | |
| Africa | 7.52 | Shaun Bownes |  South Africa |
7.82 | Glory Alozie |  Nigeria |
| Asia | 7.41 | Liu Xiang |  China |
7.82 | Olga Shishigina |  Kazakhstan |
| Europe | 7.30 | Colin Jackson |  United Kingdom |
7.68 | Susanna Kallur |  Sweden |
| North, Central America and Caribbean |
7.33 | Dayron Robles |  Cuba |
7.72 | Lolo Jones |  United States |
| Oceania | 7.73 | Kyle Vander Kuyp |  Australia |
7.72 | Sally McLellan | Australia |
| South America | 7.60 | Márcio Simão de Souza |  Brazil |
8.08 | Maíla Machado | Brazil |
Top ten all-time men
Indoor results only. Updated February 2011.
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 7.30 | Colin Jackson | United Kingdom |
6 March 1994 | Sindelfingen |
| 2. | 7.33 | Dayron Robles | Cuba |
8 February 2008 | Düsseldorf |
| 3. | 7.36 | Greg Foster | United States |
16 January 1987 | Los Angeles |
| Allen Johnson | United States |
3 March 2004 | Budapest | ||
| Terrence Trammell | United States |
14 March 2010 | Doha | ||
| 6. | 7.37 | Roger Kingdom | United States |
8 March 1989 | Piraeus |
| Anier García | Cuba |
9 February 2000 | Piraeus | ||
| Tony Dees | United States |
18 February 2000 | Chemnitz | ||
| David Oliver | United States |
5 February 2011 | Stuttgart | ||
| 10. | 7.38 | Mark Crear | United States |
8 March 1998 | Sindelfingen |
| Reggie Torian | United States |
27 February 1999 | Atlanta |
Top ten all-time women
Indoor results only. Updated April 2010.
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 7.68 | Susanna Kallur | Sweden |
10 February 2008 | Karlsruhe |
| 2. | 7.69 | Ludmila Engquist |  Soviet Union |
4 February 1990 | Chelyabinsk |
| 3. | 7.72 | Lolo Jones | United States |
13 March 2010 | Doha |
| Sally Pearson | Australia |
10 March 2012 | Istanbul | ||
| 5. | 7.73 | Cornelia Oschkenat |  East Germany |
25 February 1989 | Vienna |
| 6. | 7.74 | Yordanka Donkova |  Bulgaria |
14 February 1987 | Sofia |
| Michelle Freeman |  Jamaica |
3 February 1998 | Madrid | ||
| Gail Devers | United States |
1 March 2003 | Boston | ||
| 9. | 7.75 | Bettine Jahn | East Germany |
5 March 1983 | Budapest |
| Perdita Felicien |  Canada |
7 March 2004 | Budapest |
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