2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles

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The men's 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to take place on the short track of the Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń in Toruń, Poland, on 21 March 2026. This will be the 22nd time the event will be contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

LocationToruń, Poland
Dates21 March
Winningtime7.40
Quick facts Men's 60 metres hurdles at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships, Venue ...
Men's 60 metres hurdles
at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships
VenueKujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń
LocationToruń, Poland
Dates21 March
Winning time7.40
Medalists
gold medal    Poland
silver medal    Spain
bronze medal    United States
 2025
2028 
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Background

The men's 60 metres hurdles was contested 21 times before 2026, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.

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Records before the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships
Record Athlete (nation) Time (s) Location Date
World record[1]  Grant Holloway (USA) 7.27 Albuquerque, United States 16 February 2024
Championship record[2][3] 7.29 Belgrade, Serbia 20 March 2022
Glasgow, United Kingdom 2 March 2024
2026 World Lead[4]  Ja'Kobe Tharp (USA) 7.32 Fayetteville, United States 14 March 2026
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Qualification

For the men's 60 metres hurdles, the qualification period ran from 1 November 2025 until 8 March 2026.[5] Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard of 7.65 s.[5] Athletes could also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard.[5] There is a target number of 48 athletes.[5]

Results

Round 1

Round 1 were held on 21 March, starting at 10:20 (UTC+1) in the morning.[6]

Heat 1

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 7 Demario Prince  Jamaica 7.58 Q
2 6 Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli  Italy 7.65 Q
3 5 Jonáš Kolomazník  Czech Republic 7.72 Q
4 1 John Cabang  Philippines 7.77 [.764]
5 3 Eduardo de Deus  Brazil 7.77 [.765]
6 4 Peter Dávid  Slovakia 7.77 [.861] PB
7 2 Stanislav Stankov  Bulgaria 7.95
8 8 Tahj Brown  Bahamas 8.30
[7]
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Heat 2

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Dylan Beard  United States 7.50 Q
2 7 Liu Junxi  China 7.53 Q, SB
3 4 Saguirou Badamassi  Niger 7.63 Q, NR
4 2 Asier Martínez  Spain 7.65 q
5 8 Anthony Ommundsen Johnsen  Norway 7.71
6 6 Youssef Badawy Sayed  Egypt 7.78 SB
7 1 Oleh Kukota  Ukraine 7.83
8 5 Keon Rude  Canada 7.94
[7]
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Heat 3

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 1 Franco le Roux  South Africa 7.50 Q, AR
2 3 Enrique Llopis  Spain 7.55 Q
3 7 Romain Lecoeur  France 7.59 Q
4 7 Louis François Mendy  Senegal 7.64 q
5 5 Lin Yi-Kai  Chinese Taipei 7.73
6 4 Oliver Mulas  Italy 7.77
7 6 Christos-Panagiotis Roumtsios  Greece 7.85
8 8 Usumane Djumop  Guinea-Bissau 8.98
[7]
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Heat 4

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 1 Wilhem Belocian  France 7.49 Q
2 6 Milan Trajković  Cyprus 7.66 Q
3 8 Jerome Campbell  Jamaica 7.67 Q
4 4 Thiago Ornelas  Brazil 7.69 q
5 2 Santeri Kuusiniemi  Finland 7.75
6 3 Martín Sáenz  Chile 7.79
7 7 Richard Diawara  Mali 7.82 SB
8 5 Bojan Novaković  Serbia 7.87 PB
[7]
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Heat 5

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Jakub Szymański  Poland 7.50 Q
2 6 Shusei Nomoto  Japan 7.57 Q, PB
3 5 Michael Obasuyi  Belgium 7.60 Q
4 2 Mondray Barnard  South Africa 7.69 q
5 3 Elmo Lakka  Finland 7.70 q
6 7 Fabio Kobelt  Switzerland 7.81
7 8 Dmytro Bahinskyi  Ukraine 7.84
[7]
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Heat 6

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 6 Trey Cunningham  United States 7.45 Q
2 7 Damian Czykier  Poland 7.54 Q, SB
3 4 Chen Yuanjiang  China 7.64 Q, SB
4 5 Marcos Herrera  Ecuador 7.69 q
5 3 Štěpán Štefko  Czech Republic 7.71
6 8 Ryota Fujii  Japan 7.81
7 2 Dániel Eszes  Hungary 7.83
[7]
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Semi-finals

The semi-finals were held on 21 March, starting at 19:48 (UTC+1) in the evening.[6]

Heat 1

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Wilhem Belocian  France 7.42 Q, =PB
2 6 Dylan Beard  United States 7.46 Q
3 5 Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli  Italy 7.53 q
4 4 Damian Czykier  Poland 7.57
5 1 Asier Martínez  Spain 7.62 [.613]
6 7 Michael Obasuyi  Belgium 7.62 [.615]
7 8 Mondray Barnard  South Africa 7.68
2 Jerome Campbell  Jamaica DQ
[8]
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Heat 2

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 4 Trey Cunningham  United States 7.35 Q, PB
2 5 Demario Prince  Jamaica 7.53 Q
3 3 Liu Junxi  China 7.57
4 7 Jonáš Kolomazník  Czech Republic 7.61 PB
5 2 Romain Lecoeur  France 7.63
6 8 Louis François Mendy  Senegal 7.74 [.731]
7 1 Elmo Lakka  Finland 7.74 [.737]
6 Milan Trajković  Cyprus DQ
[8]
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Heat 3

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 3 Jakub Szymański  Poland 7.42 Q
2 5 Enrique Llopis  Spain 7.46 Q
3 6 Shusei Nomoto  Japan 7.49 q, NR
4 4 Franco le Roux  South Africa 7.55 q*
5 2 Chen Yuanjiang  China 7.59
6 8 Marcos Herrera  Ecuador 7.65
7 7 Saguirou Badamassi  Niger 7.67
8 1 Thiago Ornelas  Brazil 7.68
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*Advanced to the final as the next fastest after the withdrawal of Dylan Beard.

Final

The final was held on 21 March, starting at 21:02 (UTC+1) in the evening.[6]

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Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Jakub Szymański  Poland 7.40
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2 Enrique Llopis  Spain 7.42 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Trey Cunningham  United States 7.43 [.421]
4 7 Demario Prince  Jamaica 7.43 [.430] PB
5 3 Wilhem Belocian  France 7.45
6 1 Shusei Nomoto  Japan 7.49 NR
7 6 Franco le Roux  South Africa 7.51
8 8 Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli  Italy 7.52
6 Dylan Beard  United States DNS
[9]
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