55 metres hurdles is a distance inhurdling, 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 the60 metres hurdles.

Before 1987, the60 yards hurdles – held over 60 yards (54.864 m) – was contested at theUSA 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 the60 m hurdles atthe 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.^[1]

The70 yards hurdles was also an uncommon distance held indoors beginning at the1956 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships and ending by the1963 Championships.^[2]

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

• Correct as of March 2020.^[3][4]

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

• Correct as of March 2025.^[5]

Rank	Result	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Place	Ref
1	7.22+	Masai Russell	United States	8 February 2025	New York City	[6]
2	7.26+	Ackera Nugent	Jamaica	8 February 2025	New York City	[7]
3	7.28+	Grace Stark	United States	8 February 2025	New York City	[8]
		Devynne Charlton	Bahamas	8 February 2025	New York City	[9]
5	7.29+	Denisha Cartwright	Bahamas	8 February 2025	New York City	[10]
6	7.30A	Tiffany Lott-Hogan	United States	22 February 1997[a]	Colorado Springs
7	7.34	Michelle Freeman	Jamaica	22 February 1992	Gainesville
	7.34A	Trecia Roberts	United States	14 February 1998	Air Force Academy
9	7.37	Stephanie Hightower	United States	25 February 1983	New York	[citation needed]
	7.37	Cornelia Oschkenat	East Germany	27 February 1987	New York
		Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	3 February 1989	New York
		Kim Carson	United States	7 February 1998
	7.37A	Lacena Golding-Clarke	Jamaica	14 February 1998	Air Force Academy
	7.37	Kellie Wells	United States	30 January 2011	Gainesville
	7.37+	Kristi Castlin	United States	11 February 2012	New York
16	7.38+	Tiffany Porter	GBR	11 February 2012	New York
	7.38	Candy Young	United States	12 February 1982	New York	[citation needed]
18	7.39	Kim McKenzie	United States	24 February 1989	New York
19	7.40	Julie Baumann	Canada	26 February 1988	New York
20	7.41	LaVonna Martin-Floreal	United States	26 February 1988	New York
		Angie Vaughn	United States	14 March 1998	Indianapolis
22	7.44	Yordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	27 February 1987	New York
		Lynda Tolbert-Goode	United States	9 March 1990	Indianapolis
24	7.45	Rhonda Blanford	United States	23 February 1985	Lincoln	[citation needed]
25	7.46A	Astia Walker	Jamaica	6 February 1998	Colorado Springs
	7.46+	Tonea Marshall	United States	13 March 2016	New York

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

Women [edit] Rank Mark Athlete Place 2016 7.79  Shadajah Ballard (USA) Hampton 2017

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