Area Records
Indoor results only. Updated February 2012.
| Area | Men's | Women's | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Athlete | Nation | Time | Athlete | Nation | |
| Africa | 6.45 | Leonard Myles-Mills | Ghana | 7.02 | Christy Opara-Thompson Chioma Ajunwa |
Nigeria Nigeria |
| Asia | 6.51 | Talal Mansour | Qatar | 7.09 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka |
| Europe | 6.42 | Dwain Chambers | United Kingdom | 6.92 | Irina Privalova | Russia |
| North, Central America and Caribbean |
6.39 | Maurice Greene | United States | 6.95 | Gail Devers Marion Jones |
United States United States |
| Oceania | 6.52 | Matthew Shirvington | Australia | 7.30 | Sally McLellan | Australia |
| South America | 6.52 | José Carlos Moreira | Brazil | 7.26 | Esmeralda de Jesús Garcia | Brazil |
- A Represents a time set at a high altitude.
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