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.
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 August 2018.
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
| 1 | 6.25 | Mark McKoy | 5 March 1986 | Kobe | - | |
| 2 | 6.35 | Greg Foster | United States | 27 January 1985 | Rosemont | - |
| 2 | 6.35 | Greg Foster | United States | 31 January 1987 | Ottawa | - |
| 3 | 6.36 | Renaldo Nehemiah | 3 February 1979 | Edmonton | - | |
| 3 | 6.36+ | Duane Ross | 21 February 1999 | Liévin | - | |
| 3 | 6.36+ | Anier García | 13 February 2000 | Liévin | - | |
| 3 | 6.36+ | Ladji Doucouré | 26 February 2005 | Liévin | - | |
| 7 | 6.37+ | Tony Dees | 13 February 2000 | Liévin | - | |
| 8 | 6.39+ | Dayron Robles | 21 February 2008 | Stockholm | - | |
| 9 | 6.40 | Colin Jackson | 5 February 1999 | Budapest | - | |
| 9 | 6.40+ | Allen Johnson | 26 February 2005 | Liévin | - | |
| 9 | 6.40+ | Shamar Sands | 10 February 2009 | Liévin | - | |
| 12 | 6.41 | Igor Kovác | Czech Republic | 15 February 1992 | Prague | |
| 12 | 6.41 A | Mark Crear | United States | 10 February 1995 | Reno | |
| 14 | 6.42+ | Yoel Hernández | Cuba | 13 February 2000 | Liévin | |
| 15 | 6.43 | Reggie Torian | United States | 13 February 1999 | Los Angeles | |
| 16 | 6.44+ | Xiang Liu | China | 28 February 2004 | Liévin | |
| 16 | 6.44+ | Evgeniy Borisov | Russia | 10 February 2009 | Liévin | |
| 18 | 6.45 | Thomas Munkelt | East Germany | 10 February 1979 | Ottawa | |
| 18 | 6.45 | Tonie Campbell | United States | 14 March 1987 | Kobe | |
| 18 | 6.45 | Terrence Trammell | United States | 28 January 2012 | New York City | |
| 21 | 6.46 | Frank Siebeck | East Germany | 3 February 1974 | Berlin | |
| 21 | 6.46 | Sam Turner | United States | 9 March 1985 | Kobe | |
| 21 | 6.46 | Robert Kronberg | Sweden | 4 March 2001 | Sindelfingen | |
| 21 | 6.46+ | Courtney Hawkins | United States | 21 February 1999 | Liévin | |
| 21 | 6.46+ | Stanislavs Olijars | Latvia | 23 February 2003 | Liévin |
Women
- Correct as of August 2018.
| Rank | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
| 1 | 6.58 | Cornelia Oschkenat | 20 February 1988 | Berlin | - | |
| 2 | 6.65 | Gloria Siebert | 20 February 1988 | Berlin | - | |
| 2 | 6.65 | Ludmila Engquist | 7 January 1993 | Grenoble | - | |
| 4 | 6.67 A | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | 10 February 1995 | Reno | - | |
| 4 | 6.67+ | Michelle Freeman | 13 February 2000 | Liévin | - | |
| 4 | 6.67+ | Susanna Kallur | 21 February 2008 | Stockholm | - | |
| 7 | 6.70 | Olga Shishigina | 5 February 1999 | Budapest | - | |
| 7 | 6.70 | Brigita Bukovec | 5 February 1999 | Budapest | - | |
| 9 | 6.73 | Julie Baumann | 7 January 1993 | Grenoble | - | |
| 9 | 6.73 | Yuliya Graudyn | 27 January 1995 | Moscow | - | |
| 11 | 6.74 | Anneliese Ehrhardt | East Germany | 4 February 1973 | Berlin | |
| 11 | 6.74 | Zofia Bielczyk | Poland | 21 February 1981 | Grenoble | |
| 13 | 6.75 | Kristin Patzwahl | East Germany | 5 February 1989 | Berlin | |
| 13 | 6.75+ | Josephine Onyia | Spain | 21 February 2008 | Stockholm | |
| 15 | 6.76 | Danuta Perka | Poland | 11 February 1979 | Berlin | |
| 15 | 6.76+ | Patricia Girard | France | 13 February 2000 | Liévin | |
| 15 | 6.76+ | Glory Alozie | Nigeria | 25 February 2001 | Liévin | |
| 18 | 6.77 | Grazyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 11 February 1979 | Berlin | |
| 18 | 6.77 | Yordanka Donkova | Bulgaria | 7 February 1993 | Grenoble | |
| 20 | 6.78+ | Keturah Anderson | Canada | 21 February 1999 | ||
| 20 | 6.78 | Lolo Jones | United States | 28 January 2012 | New York City | |
| 22 | 6.80 | Maria Kemenchezhi-Merchuk | Soviet Union | 21 February 1981 | Grenoble | |
| 22 | 6.80+ | Linda Ferga-Khodadin | France | 2 March 2003 | Aubière | |
| 22 | 6.80+ | Perdita Felicien | Canada | 28 February 2004 | Liévin | |
| 22 | 6.80+ | Derval O'Rourke | Ireland | 3 March 2006 | Liévin | |
| 22 | 6.80+ | Lacena Golding-Clarke | Jamaica | 21 February 2008 | Stockholm |