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 February 2025.^[2]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	6.25	Mark McKoy	Canada	5 March 1986	Kobe
2	6.30+	Grant Holloway	United States	13 February 2025	Liévin	[3]
3	6.35	Greg Foster	United States	27 January 1985	Rosemont
				31 January 1987	Ottawa
4	6.36	Renaldo Nehemiah	United States	3 February 1979	Edmonton
	6.36+	Duane Ross	United States	21 February 1999	Liévin
		Anier García	Cuba	13 February 2000	Liévin
		Ladji Doucouré	France	26 February 2005	Liévin
8	6.37+	Tony Dees	United States	13 February 2000	Liévin
9	6.39+	Dayron Robles	Cuba	21 February 2008	Stockholm
10	6.40	Colin Jackson	United Kingdom	5 February 1999	Budapest
	6.40+	Allen Johnson	United States	26 February 2005	Liévin
		Shamar Sands	Bahamas	10 February 2009	Liévin
		Wilhem Belocian	France	13 February 2025	Liévin	[3]
14	6.41	Igor Kovác	Czech Republic	15 February 1992	Prague
	6.41 A	Mark Crear	United States	10 February 1995	Reno
16	6.42+	Yoel Hernández	Cuba	13 February 2000	Liévin
17	6.43	Reggie Torian	United States	13 February 1999	Los Angeles
	6.43+	Jakub Szymański	Poland	13 February 2025	Liévin	[3]
19	6.44+	Xiang Liu	China	28 February 2004	Liévin
		Evgeniy Borisov	Russia	10 February 2009	Liévin
		Louis Rollins	United States	13 February 2025	Liévin	[3]
22	6.45	Thomas Munkelt	East Germany	10 February 1979	Ottawa
		Tonie Campbell	United States	14 March 1987	Kobe
		Terrence Trammell	United States	28 January 2012	New York City
25	6.46	Frank Siebeck	East Germany	3 February 1974	Berlin
		Sam Turner	United States	9 March 1985	Kobe
		Robert Kronberg	Sweden	4 March 2001	Sindelfingen
	6.46+	Courtney Hawkins	United States	21 February 1999	Liévin
		Stanislavs Olijars	Latvia	23 February 2003	Liévin

Notes

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

• Greg Foster also ran 6.37 (1986).
• Renaldo Nehemiah also ran 6.38 (1979).
• Mark McKoy also ran 6.38 (1986), 6.39 (1995).
• Tony Dees also ran 6.38 (1999).
• Anier García also ran 6.39 (2000).

Women

• Correct as of February 2025.^[4]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	6.58	Cornelia Oschkenat	East Germany	20 February 1988	Berlin
2	6.65	Gloria Siebert	East Germany	20 February 1988	Berlin
	6.65	Ludmila Engquist	Sweden	7 January 1993	Grenoble
4	6.67 A	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	10 February 1995	Reno
	6.67+	Michelle Freeman	Jamaica	13 February 2000	Liévin
		Susanna Kallur	Sweden	21 February 2008	Stockholm
7	6.68+	Ackera Nugent	Jamaica	13 February 2025	Liévin	[5]
8	6.70	Olga Shishigina	Kazakhstan	5 February 1999	Budapest
		Brigita Bukovec	Slovenia	5 February 1999	Budapest
10	6.71+	Grace Stark	United States	13 February 2025	Liévin	[5]
11	6.73	Julie Baumann	Switzerland	7 January 1993	Grenoble
		Yuliya Graudyn	Russia	27 January 1995	Moscow
	6.73+	Laëticia Bapté	France	13 February 2025	Liévin	[5]
14	6.74	Anneliese Ehrhardt	East Germany	4 February 1973	Berlin
		Zofia Bielczyk	Poland	21 February 1981	Grenoble
16	6.75	Kristin Patzwahl	East Germany	5 February 1989	Berlin
	6.75+	Josephine Onyia	Spain	21 February 2008	Stockholm
18	6.76	Danuta Perka	Poland	11 February 1979	Berlin
	6.76+	Patricia Girard	France	13 February 2000	Liévin
		Glory Alozie	Nigeria	25 February 2001	Liévin
21	6.77	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	11 February 1979	Berlin
		Yordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	7 February 1993	Grenoble
	6.77+	Ditaji Kambundji	Switzerland	13 February 2025	Liévin	[5]
		Nadine Visser	Netherlands	13 February 2025	Liévin	[5]
25	6.78+	Keturah Anderson	Canada	21 February 1999	Liévin
	6.78	Lolo Jones	United States	28 January 2012	New York City

Notes

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

• Cornelia Oschkenat also ran 6.60 (1988), 6.68 (1988), 6.69 (1989), 6.71 (1986, 1987), 6.73 (1986, 1987).
• Gloria Siebert also ran 6.67 (1988), 6.69 (1988), 6.72 (1990).
• Michelle Freeman also ran 6.69+ (2000), 6.72+ (2001).
• Jackie Joyner-Kersee also ran 6.73 A (1996).