The 50m is a sprint distance only ever contested indoors and even in that environment it is only ever run uncommonly.
It is contested at the NZ Indoor Champs as a matter of practicality, due to the limitation of available facilities.
Records require electronic timing.
For 50m, electronic times are required. There may be some historical times that predate this requirement marked (h). Where it is not readily evident that a historical hand timed record or electronic time is faster, both will be listed. [I believe any time given with a single decimal is hand timed but unless marked it is not explicitly expressed.]
| NZ Indoor | ||
|---|---|---|
| M35 | David Garrett (2019) | 6.51 |
| M40 | James Nightingale (2017) | 6.39 |
| M45 | Mark Lambert (2019) | 6.59 |
| M50 | Stephen Te Whaiti (2018) | 6.79 |
| M55 | Gary Rawson (2016) Bruce Solomon (2018) | 6.96 |
| M60 | Dennis O’Leary (2017) | 7.20 |
| M65 | Tony Deleiros (2016) | 7.79 |
| M70 | Tony Deleiros (2016) | 7.61 |
| M75 | Peter Hanson (2016) | 9.66 |
| M80 | Trevor Cowley (2016) | 10.03 |
| NZ Indoor | ||
|---|---|---|
| W35 | Ugen Iyer (2019) | 7.20 |
| W40 | Faith Firestone (2019) | 7.64 |
| W45 | Chantal Brunner (2017) | 7.15 |
| W50 | Phillipa Green (2019) | 7.54 |
| W55 | Jill Hayman (2017) | 7.76 |
| W60 | Christine Adamson (2019) | 8.53 |
| W65 | Anne Deleiros (2016) | 8.82 |
| W70 | Sheryl Gower (2018) | 8.42 |
| W75 | Chris Waring (2019) | 8.95 |
| W80 | Judy Hammond (2017) | 10.19 |