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.
Note: Indoor results only. Hand-timed marks excluded
Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
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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 |
Rank | Result | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 7.30 A | Tiffany Lott-Hogan | United States | 22 February 1997 [lower-alpha 1] | Colorado Springs | |
2 | 7.34 | Michelle Freeman | Jamaica | 22 February 1992 | Gainesville | |
7.34 A | Trecia Roberts | United States | 14 February 1998 | Air Force Academy | ||
4 | 7.37 * | Stephanie Hightower | United States | 25 February 1983 | New York | |
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 | ||||
7.37 A | 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 | ||
11 | 7.38 + | Tiffany Porter | GBR | 11 February 2012 | New York | |
7.38 * | Candy Young | United States | 12 February 1982 | New York | ||
13 | 7.39 | Kim McKenzie | United States | 24 February 1989 | New York | |
14 | 7.40 | Julie Baumann | Canada | 26 February 1988 | New York | |
15 | 7.41 | LaVonna Martin-Floreal | United States | 26 February 1988 | New York | |
Angie Vaughn | United States | 14 March 1998 | Indianapolis | |||
17 | 7.44 | Yordanka Donkova | Bulgaria | 27 February 1987 | New York | |
Lynda Tolbert-Goode | United States | 9 March 1990 | Indianapolis | |||
19 | 7.45 * | Rhonda Blanford | United States | 23 February 1985 | Lincoln | |
20 | 7.46 A | Astia Walker | Jamaica | 6 February 1998 | Colorado Springs | |
7.46 + | Tonea Marshall | United States | 13 March 2016 | New York | ||
22 | 7.47 | Tananjalyn Stanley-Boutte | United States | 11 March 1989 | Indianapolis | |
Andria King | United States | 14 March 1998 | Indianapolis | |||
Astia Walker | Jamaica | 14 March 1998 | Indianapolis | |||
Damu Cherry-Mitchell | United States | 30 January 2010 | Gainesville | |||
26 | 7.48 | Gillian Russell-Love | Jamaica | 4 February 1995 | Fairfax | |
Joanna Hayes | United States | 7 March 1997 | Indianapolis | |||
Angela Whyte | Canada | 21 February 2003 | Salt Lake City | |||
7.48 + | Tia Jones | United States | 11 March 2018 | New York |
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