The world record for the 60 metres hurdles is recognised by World Athletics, the governing body for the sport of athletics, for both men and women. The event is recognised in indoor settings only. The current men's record is 7.27 seconds, set by the USA's Grant Holloway on 24 February 2021 in Madrid, Spain. The current women's record is held by The Bahamas’s Devynne Charlton and Tia Jones. Charlton ran 7.67 seconds in New York City on 11 February 2024 and Jones ran 7.67 in Albuquerque on 16 February 2024.
The governing body have officially ratified world indoor records since 1 January 1987. Previous to this, they were regarded as world indoor bests; as such, the existing world indoor bests were deemed to be the inaugural world indoor records.
| IAAF ratified bests (1966–1986) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=col | Time | scope=col | Athlete | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Place |
| 7.8 | 11 March 1966 | Paris | |||||
| 7.8 | 12 March 1966 | Brest | |||||
| 7.8 | 27 March 1966 | Westfalenhalle | |||||
| 7.7 | 27 March 1966 | Westfalenhalle | |||||
| 7.7 [1] | 27 March 1966 | Westfalenhalle | |||||
| 7.7 | 29 January 1967 | Moscow | |||||
| 7.7 | 17 November 1968 | Berlin | |||||
| 7.6 | 17 November 1968 | Berlin | |||||
| 7.6 | 31 January 1970 | Mainz | |||||
| 7.57 | 25 February 1973 | Zabrze | |||||
| 7.54 | 2 March 1980 | Sindelfingen | |||||
| 7.48 | 6 March 1983 | Budapest | |||||
| Ratified world records (1987-present) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratified | ||||
| Not ratified | ||||
| Ratified but later rescinded | ||||
| Pending ratification | ||||
| scope=col | Time | scope=col | Athlete | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Place | scope=col | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.47 | 8 March 1986 | Tokyo | |||||||
| 7.36 | 16 January 1987 | Los Angeles | |||||||
| 7.36 | 12 February 1994 | Glasgow | |||||||
| 7.30 | 6 March 1994 | Sindelfingen | |||||||
| 7.29 | 24 February 2021 | Madrid | |||||||
| 20 March 2022 | Belgrade | ||||||||
| 7.27 | 16 February 2024 | [2] |
| IAAF ratified bests (1966–1986) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=col | Time | scope=col | Athlete | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Place |
| 8.1 | 27 March 1966 | ||||||
| 8.1 | 14 March 1971 | Sofia | |||||
| 8.1 | 14 March 1971 | Sofia | |||||
| 8.19 | 24 February 1973 | Senftenburg | |||||
| 8.06 | 14 March 1973 | Rotterdam | |||||
| 8.02 | 14 March 1973 | Rotterdam | |||||
| 7.90 | 9 March 1974 | Gothenburg | |||||
| 7.86 | 8 February 1979 | Zabrze | |||||
| 7.84 | 17 February 1980 | Zabrze | |||||
| 7.77 | 1 March 1980 | Sindelfingen | |||||
| Ratified world records (1987-present) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratified | ||||
| Not ratified | ||||
| Ratified but later rescinded | ||||
| Pending ratification | ||||
| scope=col | Time | scope=col | Athlete | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Place | scope=col | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.75 | 6 March 1983 | Budapest | |||||||
| 7.74 | 14 February 1987 | Sofia | |||||||
| 7.73 | 25 February 1989 | Vienna | |||||||
| 7.71 | 4 February 1990 | Chelyabinsk | |||||||
| 7.69 | 4 February 1990 | Chelyabinsk | |||||||
| 7.68 | 2 March 1993 | San Sebastián | |||||||
| 7.66 | 4 March 1993 | Seville | |||||||
| 7.63 | 4 March 1993 | Seville | |||||||
| 7.68 | 10 February 2008 | Karlsruhe | |||||||
| 7.67 | [3] | ||||||||
| 7.67 | 16 February 2024 | [4] | |||||||
| 7.65 | [5] |