50 metres hurdles

50 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling, usually only run in indoor competitions. Because very few contests are held over the distance, most of the fastest times recorded for the event were set during specially measured and timed races over longer distances, typically the 55 metres hurdles or 60 metres hurdles.

Eddy Ottoz won the gold medal in the 50 m hurdles at the age of 23 at the 1967 European Indoor Games.[1]

All-time top 25

Note: Indoor results only.

  • + = Timed recorded by athlete en route to a longer distance
  • A = affected by altitude

Men

  • Correct as of August 2018.[2]
RankTimeAthleteNationDatePlaceRef
16.25Mark McKoy  Canada5 March 1986Kobe
26.35Greg Foster  United States27 January 1985Rosemont
31 January 1987Ottawa
36.36Renaldo Nehemiah  United States3 February 1979Edmonton
6.36+Duane Ross  United States21 February 1999Liévin
6.36+Anier García  Cuba13 February 2000Liévin
6.36+Ladji Doucouré  France26 February 2005Liévin
76.37+Tony Dees  United States13 February 2000Liévin
86.39+Dayron Robles  Cuba21 February 2008Stockholm
96.40Colin Jackson  United Kingdom5 February 1999Budapest
6.40+Allen Johnson  United States26 February 2005Liévin
6.40+Shamar Sands  Bahamas10 February 2009Liévin
126.41Igor Kovác  Czech Republic15 February 1992Prague
6.41 AMark Crear  United States10 February 1995Reno
146.42+Yoel Hernández  Cuba13 February 2000Liévin
156.43Reggie Torian  United States13 February 1999Los Angeles
166.44+Xiang Liu  China28 February 2004Liévin
Evgeniy Borisov  Russia10 February 2009Liévin
186.45Thomas Munkelt  East Germany10 February 1979Ottawa
Tonie Campbell  United States14 March 1987Kobe
Terrence Trammell  United States28 January 2012New York City
216.46Frank Siebeck  East Germany3 February 1974Berlin
Sam Turner  United States9 March 1985Kobe
Robert Kronberg  Sweden4 March 2001Sindelfingen
6.46+Courtney Hawkins  United States21 February 1999Liévin
Stanislavs Olijars  Latvia23 February 2003Liévin

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 6.39:

Women

  • Correct as of August 2018.[3]
RankTimeAthleteNationDatePlaceRef
16.58Cornelia Oschkenat  East Germany20 February 1988Berlin
26.65Gloria Siebert  East Germany20 February 1988Berlin
6.65Ludmila Engquist  Sweden7 January 1993Grenoble
46.67 AJackie Joyner-Kersee  United States10 February 1995Reno
6.67+Michelle Freeman  Jamaica13 February 2000Liévin
6.67+Susanna Kallur  Sweden21 February 2008Stockholm
76.70Olga Shishigina  Kazakhstan5 February 1999Budapest
6.70Brigita Bukovec  Slovenia5 February 1999Budapest
96.73Julie Baumann   Switzerland7 January 1993Grenoble
6.73Yuliya Graudyn  Russia27 January 1995Moscow
116.74Anneliese Ehrhardt  East Germany4 February 1973Berlin
Zofia Bielczyk  Poland21 February 1981Grenoble
136.75Kristin Patzwahl  East Germany5 February 1989Berlin
6.75+Josephine Onyia  Spain21 February 2008Stockholm
156.76Danuta Perka  Poland11 February 1979Berlin
6.76+Patricia Girard  France13 February 2000Liévin
Glory Alozie  Nigeria25 February 2001Liévin
186.77Grażyna Rabsztyn  Poland11 February 1979Berlin
Yordanka Donkova  Bulgaria7 February 1993Grenoble
206.78+Keturah Anderson  Canada21 February 1999
6.78Lolo Jones  United States28 January 2012New York City
226.80Maria Kemenchezhi-Merchuk  Soviet Union21 February 1981Grenoble
6.80+Linda Ferga-Khodadin  France2 March 2003Aubière
Perdita Felicien  Canada28 February 2004Liévin
Derval O'Rourke  Ireland3 March 2006Liévin
Lacena Golding-Clarke  Jamaica21 February 2008Stockholm

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 6.73:

References