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55 metres is a sprint event in track and field. It is a relatively uncommon non-championship event for indoor track and field. The history of the event lies in the 60-yard dash, which is about 5 inches shorter than 55 metres. Since the 1960s almost all countries have used metric measurements for track and field, hence the standard sprint distances for indoor competition have been 50 metres and 60 metres.
The single exception to this was the United States, which continued to use imperial measurements. In the 1980s efforts were made to switch track and field in the United States to use metric measurements and the 55 metres was adopted as a close equivalent to 60 yards. The NCAA Indoor Championships featured the event from 1984 to 1998 and the USA Track & Field Indoor Championships featured the event from 1987 to 1990.[1][2][3] Subsequently the 55 metres were dropped from American championships in favour of the international standard of 60 metres. Since the late 1990s there have been very few significant open competitions over 55 metres and the event remains something of a historic anomaly. The distance is still frequently run in junior (below college) meets.
All-time top 25
Indoor results only. Hand-timed results are excluded
The websites of World Athletics[4] and tilastopaja.net[5] are often used to generate lists of top performers. However, the data in these sites is not complete before about 1998 and, as noted above, much of the championship activity in this event (and hence best performances) were before this time. Hence a better source of data is the Track and Field News website.[6]
- A = affected by altitude
Men
- Updated February 2023
Rank | Time | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 5.99 A | Obadele Thompson | ![]() |
22 February 1997 | Colorado Springs | |
2 | 6.00 | Lee McRae | ![]() |
14 March 1986 | Oklahoma City | |
3 | 6.02 A | Leo Myles-Mills | ![]() |
22 February 1997 | Colorado Springs | |
4 | 6.03 | Sam Graddy | ![]() |
14 March 1986 | Oklahoma City | |
6.03 [a] | Carl Lewis | ![]() |
5 February 1983 | Dallas | ||
6.03+ | Christian Coleman | ![]() |
11 February 2023 | New York City | [7] | |
7 | 6.04 | André Cason | ![]() |
9 March 1990 | Indianapolis | |
6.04 A | Ato Boldon | ![]() |
1 February 1997 | Flagstaff | ||
9 | 6.05 | Brian Cooper | ![]() |
13 February 1988 | East Rutherford | |
6.05 [a] | Stanley Floyd | ![]() |
31 January 1981 | Dallas | ||
11 | 6.06 | Tim Harden | ![]() |
9 March 1996 | Indianapolis | |
Emmit King | ![]() |
26 February 1988 | New York City | |||
Fred Johnson | ![]() |
16 March 1985 | Fargo | |||
6.06 [a] | Houston McTear | ![]() |
24 February 1978 | New York City | ||
6.06 A | Marcus Brunson | ![]() |
20 February 1999 | Reno | ||
Felix Andam | ![]() |
28 February 1998 | Colorado Springs | |||
Syan Williams | ![]() |
14 February 1998 | Colorado Springs | |||
Keith Williams | ![]() |
15 February 1997 | Colorado Springs | |||
19 | 6.07 | Leonard Scott | ![]() |
20 February 1999 | Gainesville | |
Ousmane Diarra | ![]() |
10 February 1996 | Ames | |||
Raghib Ismail | ![]() |
8 February 1991 | West Lafayette | |||
Ray Stewart | ![]() |
11 March 1989 | Indianapolis | |||
Ron Brown | ![]() |
4 February 1984 | Dallas | |||
6.07 A | Obadiah Cooper | ![]() |
21 February 1998 | Flagstaff | ||
25 | 6.08 | Marvin Bracy | ![]() |
29 January 2012 | Gainesville | |
Michael Green | ![]() |
14 March 1992 | Indianapolis | |||
Phil Epps | ![]() |
5 March 1983 | Dallas | |||
Rod Richardson | ![]() |
13 March 1982 | Pontiac | |||
James Sanford | ![]() |
20 February 1981 | San Diego | |||
6.08 A | Bernard Williams | ![]() |
21 February 1998 | Colorado Springs |
Women
- Updated February 2023
Rank | Time | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 6.55 [a] | Evelyn Ashford | ![]() |
26 February 1982 | New York City | |
Jeanette Bolden | ![]() |
21 February 1986 | Los Angeles | |||
3 | 6.56 | Gwen Torrence | ![]() |
14 March 1987 | Oklahoma City | |
4 | 6.57 [a] | Alice Brown | ![]() |
22 February 1985 | New York City | |
6.57+ | Aleia Hobbs | ![]() |
11 February 2023 | New York City | [8] | |
6 | 6.58 | Dawn Sowell | ![]() |
26 February 1989 | Baton Rouge | |
Beatrice Utondu-Okoye | ![]() |
11 February 1990 | Monroe, North Carolina | |||
6.58+ | Tamari Davis | ![]() |
11 February 2023 | New York City | [9] | |
9 | 6.60 [a] | Chandra Cheeseborough | ![]() |
5 February 1983 | Dallas | |
10 | 6.61 | Michelle Finn | ![]() |
23 February 1990 | New York City | |
11 | 6.62 [a] | Merlene Ottey | ![]() |
13 March 1982 | Cedar Falls, Iowa | |
Marlies Göhr | ![]() |
28 February 1986 | New York City | |||
6.62+ | Marybeth Sant-Price | ![]() |
11 February 2023 | New York City | [10] | |
14 | 6.63+ | Mikiah Brisco | ![]() |
11 February 2023 | New York City | [11] |
15 | 6.64 [a] | Lyudmila Storozhkova | ![]() |
3 March 1979 | New York City | |
6.64 | Anelia Nuneva | ![]() |
27 February 1987 | New York City | ||
17 | 6.65 [a] | Florence Griffith | ![]() |
8 February 1985 | Inglewood | |
Nelli Cooman | ![]() |
30 January 1987 | New York City | |||
6.65 | Savatheda Fynes | ![]() |
8 March 1997 | Indianapolis | ||
20 | 6.66 | Carlette Guidry | ![]() |
10 March 1990 | Indianapolis | |
Michelle Freeman | ![]() |
30 January 1993 | Johnson City | |||
22 | 6.67 [a] | Angela Bailey | ![]() |
28 February 1986 | New York City | |
6.67+ | Shawnti Jackson | ![]() |
29 January 2022 | New York City | [12] | |
11 February 2023 | [13] | |||||
24 | 6.68 | Chryste Gaines | ![]() |
14 March 1992 | Indianapolis | |
6.68 A | Aleisha Latimer | ![]() |
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