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.

All-time top 25

Note: Indoor results only. Hand-timed marks excluded
RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef
16.83 *Renaldo NehemiahUnited States30 January 1982Dallas
26.86 *Greg FosterUnited States21 February 1986Los Angeles
36.90 *Mark McKoyCanada21 February 1986Los Angeles
46.94Tonie CampbellUnited States2 March 1984Daly City
46.94Terrence TrammellUnited States21 February 1999Gainesville
66.96 *Willie GaultUnited States5 February 1983Dallas
76.98Roger KingdomUnited States20 January 1989Los Angeles
76.98Tony DeesUnited States2 February 1990New York City
96.99Arthur BlakeUnited States2 February 1990New York City
107.01Stéphane CaristanFrance27 February 1987New York City
107.01Courtney HawkinsUnited States21 January 1995Boston
107.01+David OliverUnited States11 February 2012New York City
137.02+Aries MerrittUnited States11 February 2012New York City
147.03Allen JohnsonUnited States22 January 1994Johnson City
147.03Ron BramlettUnited States10 February 2002Gainesville
167.04Jack PierceUnited States10 February 1989East Rutherford
167.04Kurt PowdarUnited States26 January 2019New York
187.05Shamar SandsBahamas24 January 2009Gainesville
187.05Omo OsaghaeUnited States14 February 2014Lubbock
207.07Sansiski DanielsUnited States4 March 1987Fayetteville
207.07Reggie TorianUnited States23 February 1997Iowa City
227.08Cletus ClarkUnited States28 January 1989Houston
227.08Li TongChina8 March 1991Indianapolis
227.08Tony ReeseUnited States11 February 1995Fairfax
227.08Ladji DoucouréFrance11 January 2014Columbia
227.08 ALarry WadeUnited States14 February 1998Colorado Springs

Women

RankResultAthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef
17.30 ATiffany Lott-HoganUnited States22 February 1997 Colorado Springs
27.34Michelle FreemanJamaica22 February 1992Gainesville
27.34 ATrecia RobertsUnited States14 February 1998Air Force Academy
47.37 *Stephanie HightowerUnited States25 February 1983New York
47.37Cornelia OschkenatEast Germany27 February 1987New York
47.37Jackie Joyner-KerseeUnited States3 February 1989New York
47.37Kim CarsonUnited States7 February 1998
47.37 ALacena Golding-ClarkeJamaica14 February 1998Air Force Academy
47.37Kellie WellsUnited States30 January 2011Gainesville
47.37 +Kristi CastlinUnited States11 February 2012New York
117.38 +Tiffany PorterGBR11 February 2012New York
117.38 *Candy YoungUnited States12 February 1982New York
137.39Kim McKenzieUnited States24 February 1989New York
147.40Julie BaumannCanada26 February 1988New York
157.41LaVonna Martin-FlorealUnited States26 February 1988New York
157.41Angie VaughnUnited States14 March 1998Indianapolis
177.44Yordanka DonkovaBulgaria27 February 1987New York
177.44Lynda Tolbert-GoodeUnited States9 March 1990Indianapolis
197.45 *Rhonda BlanfordUnited States23 February 1985Lincoln
207.46 AAstia WalkerJamaica6 February 1998Colorado Springs
207.46 +Tonea MarshallUnited States13 March 2016New York
227.47Tananjalyn Stanley-BoutteUnited States11 March 1989Indianapolis
227.47Andria KingUnited States14 March 1998Indianapolis
227.47Astia WalkerJamaica14 March 1998Indianapolis
227.47Damu Cherry-MitchellUnited States30 January 2010Gainesville
267.48Gillian Russell-LoveJamaica4 February 1995Fairfax
267.48Joanna HayesUnited States7 March 1997Indianapolis
267.48Angela WhyteCanada21 February 2003Salt Lake City
267.48 +Tia JonesUnited States11 March 2018New York

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