60 m hurdles, women, indoor

What to remember

Five hurdles of 83.8 cm over 60 metres: the women's 60 m hurdles matches the opening part of an outdoor hurdle race and is usually run indoors. At the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, on March 3, 2024, Bahamian Devynne Charlton ran it in 7.65 s, an average of 28.24 km/h.

For men the hurdles stand 1.067 m high, and American Grant Holloway ran 7.27 s on February 16, 2024 in Albuquerque. Both records of the distance were set within a few weeks of each other, in the same winter.

A 100 m hurdles specialist outdoors, Charlton made the 60 m hurdles her own indoors: she won the world indoor title in 2024, 2025 and 2026, and equalled her own record in 2026. Over 100 m hurdles she took silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, then gold in 2026.