WIC Kujawy Pomorze 26 facts and figures: women's 60m hurdles

Last three sets of world indoor medallists

2022 - 1. Cyréna Samba-Mayela (FRA) 7.78; 2. Devynne Charlton (BAH) 7.81; 3. Gabbi Cunningham (USA) 7.87
2024 - 1. Devynne Charlton (BAH) 7.65; 2. Cyréna Samba-Mayela (FRA) 7.74; 3. Pia Skrzyszowska (POL) 7.79
2025 - 1. Devynne Charlton (BAH) 7.72; 2. Ditaji Kambundji (SUI) 7.73; 3. Ackera Nugent (JAM) 7.74

Fastest winning times

Devynne Charlton (BAH) - 7.65 (2024)
Keni Harrison (USA) — 7.70 (2018)
Devynne Charlton (BAH) - 7.72 (2025)
Lolo Jones (USA) — 7.72 (2010)

Slowest winning time

Xénia Siska (HUN) — 8.03 (1985)

Biggest winning margin

0.21s - 2012: Sally Pearson (AUS) 7.73, Tiffany Porter (GBR) 7.94

Smallest winning margin

0.00s - 1995: Aliuska Lopez (CUB) 7.92, Olga Shishigina (KAZ) 7.92

Fastest times on Polish soil

7.77 1 Nadine Visser (NED) - Torun (European Indoors) 07.03.2021
7.77 1 Devynne Charlton (BAH) - Torun 22.02.2026
7.78 1 Pia Skrzyszowska (POL) - Lodz 04.02.2023
7.78 2 Ditaji Kambundji (POL) - Torun 22.02.2026

Repeat winners

2 - Lolo Jones (USA) 2008, 2010
2 - Nia Ali (USA) 2014, 2016
2 - Devynne Charlton (BAH) 2024, 2025

By country

7 - United States
2 - Bahamas
2 - Soviet Union
1 - Australia
1 - Canada
1 - France
1 - German Democratic Republic
1 - Jamaica
1 - Ireland
1 - Kazakhstan
1 - Cuba
1 - Switzerland
1 - Hungary

Fastest times in rounds

R1 Grace Stark (USA) 7.73 - 2025
SF Devynne Charlton (BAH) 7.72 - 2024 and Grace Stark (USA) 7.72 - 2025

Top eight entrants (based on final entries)

Devynne Charlton (BAH) 7.77
Ditaji Kambundji (SUI) 7.78
Nadine Visser (NED) 7.78
Pia Skrzyszowska (POL) 7.78
Alia Armstrong (USA) 7.82
Laeticia Bapte (FRA) 7.83
Megan Simmonds (JAM) 7.88
Marlene Meier (GER) 7.92

Historic facts

• The last four 60m hurdles finals at the World Athletics Indoor Championships have been won with sub-7.8 second winning times
• Devynne Charlton (BAH) won this title in 2024 in a still-standing world record of 7.65. She holds two of the three fastest winning times (7.65 and 7.72) and three of the six fastest times (7.65, 7.72, 7.72) in championship history 
• The 60m hurdles final in 2025 was the closest en masse finish with just 0.02 separating the top five and 0.04 separating the top six
• Pia Skrzyszowska (POL) became the first ever Pole to win a world indoor medal in the 60m hurdles with bronze in 2024
• There was a notable first at the 1993 World Indoor Championships in Toronto which resulted in a re-run after Jamaica's Michelle Freeman fell into the path of Switzerland's Jackie Baumann. Freeman was DQ'd and Baumann won the re-run 

Potential storylines and notes

• Can Devynne Charlton (BAH) become the first three-time winner of the women’s 60m hurdles title? "This is the best physical and mental shape I’ve been in since Glasgow (2024). With so many talented athletes involved, I can see it being very close. But if I have my way, then it won’t be!" she said at the press conference
• Just 0.01 separates the top four on the 2026 world list: Devynne Charlton (BAH) 7.77, Pia Skrzyszowska (POL) 7.78, Ditaji Kambundji (SUI) 7.78, Nadine Visser (NED) 7.78
• Will there be a European winner for just the third time this century? Derval O’Rourke (IRL) won the title in 2006 and Cyrena Samba-Mayela (FRA) won in 2022
• Will we see the fastest ever 60m hurdles recorded on Polish soil? Nadine Visser (NED) clocked 7.77 on this track to win the European indoor title in 2021
• Marlene Meier (GER) is the daughter of Heike Henkel who won the high jump title at the 1991 World Indoor Championships
• 26 of the 48 athletes across the six heats have broken the eight-second barrier in 2026