2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
| Men's 60 metres hurdles at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Omnisport Apeldoorn[1] | |||||||||
| Location | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | |||||||||
| Dates | 6 March 2025 (round 1) 7 March 2025 (semi-finals and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 7.43 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's 60 metres hurdles at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 6 and 7 March 2025. This was the 36th time the event was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
Background
[edit]The men's 60 metres hurdles was contested 35 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023), with the exception of 1972 and 1981, when the 50 metres hurdles were held instead.[2] The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.[3] The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024.[3]
Grant Holloway is the world record holder in the event, with a time of 7.27 set in 2024.[4] Colin Jackson is the European record holder with a time of 7.30, set in 1990. Jackson also holds the championship record of 7.39, also set in 1994.
| Record | Athlete (nation) | Time (s) | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World record[4] |  Grant Holloway (USA)
|
7.27 | Albuquerque, United States | 13 February 2024 |
| European record[4] |  Colin Jackson (GBR)
|
7.30 | Sindelfingen, Germany | 6 March 1994 |
| Championship record | 7.39 | Paris, France | 12 March 1994 | |
| World leading[5] | Grant Holloway (USA)
|
7.36 | Liévin, France | 16 February 2025 |
| European leading[5] |  Jakub Szymański (POL)
|
7.39 | Łódź, Poland | 22 February 2025 |
Qualification
[edit]For the men's 60 metres hurdles, the qualification period ran from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025.[6] Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standards of 7.63 s indoors or by running 13.25 s over 110 metres hurdles outdoors. Athletes can also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event.[6] There was a target number of 32 athletes.[6]
Results
[edit]Round 1
[edit]Round 1 was held on 6 March, starting at 21:17 (UTC+1) in the evening.[7] First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 by time (q) qualified for the final.
Heat 1
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enrique Llopis |  Spain
|
7.53 | Q |
| 2 | Theo Pedre |  France
|
7.68 | Q |
| 3 | Gregory Minoue |  Germany
|
7.69 | Q |
| 4 | Damian Czykier | Poland
|
7.70 | |
| 5 | Abdel Kader Larrinaga |  Portugal
|
7.79 | |
| 6 | Hassane Fofana |  Italy
|
7.80 | SB |
| 7 | Joas van Hellemondt |  Netherlands
|
7.85 | |
| 8 | Mathieu Jaquet |  Switzerland
|
7.86 | |
| [8] | ||||
Heat 2
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilhem Belocian | France
|
7.46 | Q, SB |
| 2 | Elie Bacari |  Belgium
|
7.51 | Q, =AU23R, =NR |
| 3 | Krzysztof Kiljan | Poland
|
7.64 | Q |
| 4 | Lorenzo Simonelli | Italy
|
7.66 | q, SB |
| 5 | Elmo Lakka |  Finland
|
7.69 | q |
| 6 | Alin Ionut Anton |  Romania
|
7.72 | SB |
| 7 | Bálint Szeles |  Hungary
|
7.93 | |
| 8 | Daniel Goriola | Great Britain
|
7.96 | |
| [9] | ||||
Heat 3
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just Kwaou-Mathey | France
|
7.47 | Q, SB |
| 2 | Jason Joseph | Switzerland
|
7.56 | Q |
| 3 | Job Geerds | Netherlands
|
7.60 | Q, SB |
| 4 | Abel Jordán | Spain
|
7.65 | q |
| 5 | Michael Obasuyi | Belgium
|
7.68 | q |
| 6 | Jakob Filip Demšar |  Slovenia
|
7.74 | SB |
| 7 | Christos-Panagiotis Roumtsios |  Greece
|
7.83 | PB |
| 8 | Dániel Eszes | Hungary
|
8.16 | |
| [10] | ||||
Heat 4
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jakub Szymański | Poland
|
7.51 | Q |
| 2 | Asier Martínez | Spain
|
7.69 | Q |
| 3 | Mikdat Sevler |  Turkey
|
7.74 | Q |
| 4 | Nicolo' Giacalone | Italy
|
7.75 | PB |
| 5 | Timme Koster | Netherlands
|
7.78 | PB |
| 6 | Manuel Mordi | Germany
|
7.80 | |
| 7 | Santeri Kuusiniemi | Finland
|
7.85 | |
| — | Enzo Diessl |  Austria
|
DNF | |
| [11] | ||||
Semi-finals
[edit]The semi-finals were held on 7 March, starting at 14:05 (UTC+1) in the afternoon.[12] First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 by time (q) qualified for the final.
Heat 1
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilhem Belocian | France
|
7.44 | Q, SB |
| 2 | Enrique Llopis | Spain
|
7.49 | Q |
| 3 | Job Geerds | Netherlands
|
7.54 | Q, PB |
| 4 | Asier Martínez | Spain
|
7.56 | q |
| 5 | Lorenzo Simonelli | Italy
|
7.60 | |
| 6 | Krzysztof Kiljan | Poland
|
7.62 | |
| 7 | Elie Bacari | Belgium
|
7.75 | |
| 8 | Elmo Lakka | Finland
|
7.81 | |
| [13] | ||||
Heat 2
[edit]| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jakub Szymański | Poland
|
7.49 [.482] | Q |
| 2 | Just Kwaou-Mathey | France
|
7.49 [.486] | Q |
| 3 | Michael Obasuyi | Belgium
|
7.55 | Q, SB |
| 4 | Abel Jordán | Spain
|
7.58 | q |
| 5 | Theo Pedre | France
|
7.60 | PB |
| 6 | Gregory Minoue | Germany
|
7.68 | |
| 7 | Jason Joseph | Switzerland
|
7.70 | |
| 8 | Mikdat Sevler | Turkey
|
7.82 | |
| [14] | ||||
Final
[edit]The final was held on 7 March, starting at 21:53 (UTC+1) in the evening.[7]
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jakub Szymański | Poland
|
7.43 | |
|
Wilhem Belocian | France
|
7.45 | |
|
Just Kwaou-Mathey | France
|
7.50 | |
| 4 | Abel Jordán | Spain
|
7.54 | |
| 5 | Job Geerds | Netherlands
|
7.61 | |
| 6 | Michael Obasuyi | Belgium
|
7.63 | |
| 7 | Asier Martínez | Spain
|
7.68 | |
| — | Enrique Llopis | Spain
|
DNS | |
| [15] | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Six months until Apeldoorn! New track surface for 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships", European Athletics, 6 September 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Omnisport with renovated track is ready for European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025", European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025, 6 September 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ a b c "All time Top lists – Senior – 60 Metres Hurdles men", World Athletics. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ a b "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 60 Metres Hurdles men", World Athletics, 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ a b c "Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics, 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ "60m Hurdles Men - Round 1 - Heat 1 result" (PDF). European Athletics. 6 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ "60m Hurdles Men - Round 1 - Heat 2 result" (PDF). European Athletics. 8 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ "60m Hurdles Men - Round 1 - Heat 3 result" (PDF). European Athletics. 6 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ "60m Hurdles Men - Round 1 - Heat 4 result" (PDF). European Athletics. 6 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ "Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics, 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ "60m Hurdles Men - Semi-finals - Heat 1 result" (PDF). European Athletics. 8 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ "60m Hurdles Men - Semi-finals - Heat 2 result" (PDF). European Athletics. 8 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
- ^ "60m Hurdles Men - Final result" (PDF). European Athletics. 7 March 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2025. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
