50 m hurdles, men, indoor

What to remember

For men, the four hurdles of the 50 m stand 1.067 m high, or 42 inches. On March 5, 1986 in Kobe, Japan, Canada's Mark McKoy cleared them in 6.25 s, an average of 28.8 km/h (17.90 mph).

The 50 m hurdles is run almost only indoors, and contests over the distance are rare. Many of the fastest times were in fact set during specially measured and timed races over longer distances, typically 55 m or 60 m hurdles.

McKoy was a 110 m hurdles specialist. He won the Commonwealth Games title over that distance in 1982 and in 1986, the year of this record, then the world indoor 60 m hurdles title in 1993. That same year he set Canadian records of 7.41 s over 60 m hurdles and 13.08 s over 110 m hurdles.