55 metres

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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

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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

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  • Updated February 2023
Rank Time Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 5.99 A Obadele Thompson File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados 22 February 1997 Colorado Springs
2 6.00 Lee McRae File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 14 March 1986 Oklahoma City
3 6.02 A Leo Myles-Mills File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 22 February 1997 Colorado Springs
4 6.03 Sam Graddy File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 14 March 1986 Oklahoma City
6.03 [a] Carl Lewis File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 February 1983 Dallas
6.03+ Christian Coleman File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 11 February 2023 New York City [7]
7 6.04 André Cason File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 9 March 1990 Indianapolis
6.04 A Ato Boldon File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 1 February 1997 Flagstaff
9 6.05 Brian Cooper File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 13 February 1988 East Rutherford
6.05 [a] Stanley Floyd File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 31 January 1981 Dallas
11 6.06 Tim Harden File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 9 March 1996 Indianapolis
Emmit King File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 26 February 1988 New York City
Fred Johnson File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 16 March 1985 Fargo
6.06 [a] Houston McTear File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 24 February 1978 New York City
6.06 A Marcus Brunson File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 20 February 1999 Reno
Felix Andam File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 28 February 1998 Colorado Springs
Syan Williams File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 14 February 1998 Colorado Springs
Keith Williams File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 15 February 1997 Colorado Springs
19 6.07 Leonard Scott File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 20 February 1999 Gainesville
Ousmane Diarra File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali 10 February 1996 Ames
Raghib Ismail File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 February 1991 West Lafayette
Ray Stewart File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 11 March 1989 Indianapolis
Ron Brown File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 4 February 1984 Dallas
6.07 A Obadiah Cooper File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 21 February 1998 Flagstaff
25 6.08 Marvin Bracy File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 29 January 2012 Gainesville
Michael Green File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 14 March 1992 Indianapolis
Phil Epps File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 March 1983 Dallas
Rod Richardson File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 13 March 1982 Pontiac
James Sanford File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 20 February 1981 San Diego
6.08 A Bernard Williams File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 21 February 1998 Colorado Springs

Women

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  • Updated March 2025
Rank Time Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 6.53+ Jacious Sears File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 February 2025 New York City [8]
2 6.55[a] Evelyn Ashford File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 26 February 1982 New York City
Jeanette Bolden File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 21 February 1986 Los Angeles
4 6.56 Gwen Torrence File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 14 March 1987 Oklahoma City
5 6.57 [a] Alice Brown File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 22 February 1985 New York City
6.57+ Aleia Hobbs File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 11 February 2023 New York City [9]
7 6.58 Dawn Sowell File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 26 February 1989 Baton Rouge
Beatrice Utondu-Okoye File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 11 February 1990 Monroe, North Carolina
6.58+ Tamari Davis File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 11 February 2023 New York City [10]
10 6.60[a] Chandra Cheeseborough File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 February 1983 Dallas
11 6.61 Michelle Finn File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 23 February 1990 New York City
12 6.62 [a] Merlene Ottey File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 13 March 1982 Cedar Falls, Iowa
Marlies Göhr File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany 28 February 1986 New York City
6.62+ Marybeth Sant-Price File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 11 February 2023 New York City [11]
15 6.63+ Mikiah Brisco File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 11 February 2023 New York City [12]
Lisa Raye File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 8 February 2025 New York City [13]
17 6.64 [a] Lyudmila Storozhkova File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 3 March 1979 New York City
6.64 Anelia Nuneva File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 27 February 1987 New York City
19 6.65[a] Florence Griffith File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 February 1985 Inglewood
Nelli Cooman File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 30 January 1987 New York City
6.65 Savatheda Fynes File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas 8 March 1997 Indianapolis
6.65+ Celera Barnes File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 February 2025 New York City [14]
23 6.66 Carlette Guidry File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 10 March 1990 Indianapolis
Michelle Freeman File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 30 January 1993 Johnson City
25 6.67[a] Angela Bailey File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 28 February 1986 New York City
6.67+ Shawnti Jackson File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 29 January 2022 New York City [15]
11 February 2023 [16]
Melanie Doggett File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 8 February 2025 New York City [17]
Destiny Smith-Barnett File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia 8 February 2025 New York City [18]

Notes

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Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 6.67:

Season's bests

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Converted from a time for the slightly shorter 60 yards by adding 0.01

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