60 metres

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Athletics
60 metres
World records
MenUnited States Christian Coleman 6.34 A (2018)
WomenRussia Irina Privalova 6.92 (1993, 1995)
A 60-metre race in Valencia in 2005

60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior athletes. The format of the event is similar to other sprint distances. The sprinters follow three initial instructions: 'ready', instructing them to take up position in the starting blocks; 'set', instructing them to adopt a more efficient starting posture, which also isometrically preloads their muscles. This will enable them to start faster. The final instruction is the firing of the starter's pistol. Upon hearing this the sprinters stride forwards from the blocks.

The 60 metres was an Olympic event in the 1900 and 1904 Summer Games but was removed from the schedule thereafter. American Christian Coleman currently holds the men's world record in the 60 metres with a time of 6.34 seconds,[1] while Russian Irina Privalova holds the women's world record at 6.92.

In the past, it was common for athletes to compete in the 60 yards (54.86 m) race. This is not part of the lineage of the 60 metres, but is the predecessor of the 55 metres race. 60 metres is 65.6168 yards.

Area records[]

Updated 4 January 2019.[2][3]

Area Men Women
Time (s) Athlete Nation Time (s) Athlete Nation
Africa 6.45 A Leonard Myles-Mills  Ghana 6.97 Murielle Ahouré  Ivory Coast
Asia 6.42 Su Bingtian  China 7.09 Susanthika Jayasinghe  Sri Lanka
Europe 6.42 Dwain Chambers  United Kingdom 6.92 Irina Privalova  Russia
North, Central America
and Caribbean
6.34 A Christian Coleman  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 7.17 Rosângela Santos  Brazil

All-time top 25[]

Indoor results only

Men[]

Updated January 2022.[4]

Rank Time (s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 6.34 A Christian Coleman  United States 18 February 2018 Albuquerque [5]
2 6.39 Maurice Greene  United States 3 February 1998 Madrid
3 March 2001 Atlanta
3 6.40 A Ronnie Baker  United States 18 February 2018 Albuquerque [6]
4 6.41 Andre Cason  United States 14 February 1992 Madrid
5 6.42 Dwain Chambers  United Kingdom 7 March 2009 Turin
Su Bingtian  China 3 March 2018 Birmingham [7]
7 6.43 Tim Harden  United States 7 March 1999 Maebashi
8 6.44 Asafa Powell  Jamaica 18 March 2016 (round 1) Portland [8]
18 March 2016 (semifinal) Portland [9]
9 6.45 Bruny Surin  Canada 13 February 1993 Liévin
6.45 A Leonard Myles-Mills  Ghana 20 February 1999 Colorado Springs
Terrence Trammell  United States 17 February 2001 Pocatello
6.45 Justin Gatlin  United States 1 March 2003 Boston
Ronald Pognon  France 13 February 2005 Karlsruhe
6.45 A Trell Kimmons  United States 26 February 2012 Albuquerque
6.45 Terrence Jones  Bahamas 15 January 2022 Lubbock [10]
16 6.46 Jon Drummond  United States 1 February 1998 Stuttgart
6.46 A Marcus Brunson  United States 30 January 1999 Flagstaff
6.46 Jason Gardener  United Kingdom 7 March 1999 Maebashi
Tim Montgomery  United States 11 March 2001 Lisbon
Leonard Scott  United States 26 February 2005 Liévin
21 6.47 Linford Christie  United Kingdom 19 February 1995 Liévin
Shawn Crawford  United States 28 February 2004 Boston
Dwight Phillips  United States 24 February 2005 Madrid
Lerone Clarke  Jamaica 18 February 2012 Birmingham
James Dasaolu  United Kingdom 15 February 2014 Birmingham [11]
Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis 17 February 2015 Łódź [12]
Trayvon Bromell  United States 18 March 2016 Portland [13]
Marcell Jacobs  Italy 6 March 2021 Toruń [14]

Note: The following athletes have had their performances annulled because of doping offense:

Time (s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
6.41 Ben Johnson  Canada 7 March 1987 Indianapolis [15]

Notes[]

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 6.47 seconds:

  • Christian Coleman also ran 6.37 (2018, 2020), 6.42 A (2018), 6.45 (2017, 2018, 2022), 6.46 (2018), 6.47 (2018).
  • Maurice Greene also ran 6.40 (1999), 6.41 (1998), 6.42 (1999), 6.43 (1998), 6.45 (1999, 2000), 6.46 (1998, 1999), 6.47 (1998, 2000).
  • Su Bingtian also ran 6.43 (2018), 6.47 (2018, 2019).
  • Ronnie Baker also ran 6.44 (2018, 2020), 6.45 A (2017, 2018), 6.46 (2017), 6.47 (2016, 2018).
  • Tim Harden also ran 6.44 (1999, 2001), 6.47 (1999).
  • Andre Cason also ran 6.45 (1992), 6.46 (1992).
  • Bruny Surin also ran 6.46 (1995).
  • Jon Drummond also ran 6.46 (1998, 1999, 2000), 6.47 (1998).
  • Jason Gardener also ran 6.46 (2004).
  • Terrence Trammell also ran 6.46 (2003).
  • Justin Gatlin also ran 6.46 (2003, 2012), 6.47 (2012).
  • Marcus Brunson also ran 6.46 (2007).
  • Dwain Chambers also ran 6.46 (2009).

Outdoor best performances[]

+ = en route to 100m mark

Rank Time (s) Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 6.29+ (calculated) +0.9 Su Bingtian  China 1 August 2021 Tokyo [16]
2 6.31+ (calculated) +0.9 Usain Bolt  Jamaica 16 August 2009 Berlin [17]
3 6.32+ (calculated) +0.6 Christian Coleman  United States 28 September 2019 Doha [18]

Note: The following athletes have had their associated 100 m performances annulled because of doping offense:

Time (s) Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
6.33+ (calculated) +1.1 Ben Johnson  Canada 24 September 1988 Seoul [19]

Women[]

Updated March 2022.[20]

Rank Time (s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 6.92 Irina Privalova  Russia 11 February 1993 Madrid
9 February 1995 Madrid
2 6.95 Gail Devers  United States 12 March 1993 Toronto
Marion Jones  United States 7 March 1998 Maebashi
4 6.96 Merlene Ottey  Jamaica 14 February 1992 Madrid
Ekaterini Thanou  Greece 7 March 1999 Maebashi
6 6.97 LaVerne Jones-Ferrette  United States Virgin Islands 6 February 2010 Stuttgart
Murielle Ahouré  Ivory Coast 2 March 2018 Birmingham [21]
8 6.98 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica 9 March 2014 Sopot [22]
Elaine Thompson  Jamaica 18 February 2017 Birmingham [23]
10 6.99 Ewa Swoboda  Poland 5 March 2022 Toruń [24]
11 7.00 Nelli Cooman  Netherlands 23 February 1986 Madrid
Veronica Campbell-Brown  Jamaica 14 March 2010 Doha
Dafne Schippers  Netherlands 13 February 2016 Berlin [25]
Barbara Pierre  United States 12 March 2016 Portland [26]
15 7.01 Savatheda Fynes  Bahamas 7 March 1999 Maebashi
Me'Lisa Barber  United States 10 March 2006 Moscow
Lauryn Williams  United States 10 March 2006 Moscow
18 7.02 Gwen Torrence  United States 2 February 1996 New York City
Christy Opara-Thompson  Nigeria 12 February 1997 Ghent
Chioma Ajunwa  Nigeria 22 February 1998 Liévin
Philomena Mensah  Canada 7 March 1999 Maebashi
7.02 A Carmelita Jeter  United States 28 February 2010 Albuquerque
7.02 Tianna Madison  United States 11 February 2012 Fayetteville
7.02 A Javianne Oliver  United States 18 February 2018 Albuquerque [27]
7.02 Marie-Josée Ta Lou  Ivory Coast 20 February 2019 Düsseldorf [28]

Notes[]

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 7.00 seconds:

  • Irina Privalova also ran 6.93 (1994), 6.94 (1995), 6.95 (1994, 1995), 6.96 (1993), 6.97 (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995), 6.98 (1993), 6.99 (1993), 7.00 (1995).
  • Merlene Ottey also ran 6.97 (1995), 6.99 (1994).
  • Gail Devers also ran 6.98 (1999), 6.99 (1993), 7.00 (1994, 1997, 1998, 1999).
  • Ekaterini Thanou also ran 6.99 (1999).
  • Murielle Ahouré also ran 6.99 (2013), 7.00 (2013).
  • Ewa Swoboda also ran 7.00 (2022).

Outdoor best performances[]

+ = en route to 100m mark

Rank Time (s) Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 6.81+ (calculated) +0.1 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica 29 September 2019 Doha [29]
2 6.85+ (calculated) −0.1 Marion Jones  United States 22 August 1999 Seville
3 6.87+ (calculated) 0.0 Florence Griffith-Joyner  United States 16 July 1988 Indianapolis [30]
+0.9 Elaine Thompson-Herah  Jamaica 21 August 2021 Eugene [31]
4 6.91+ (calculated) +0.1 Dina Asher-Smith  United Kingdom 29 September 2019 Doha [29]

Olympic medalists[]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris
details
 Alvin Kraenzlein (USA)  Walter Tewksbury (USA)  Stan Rowley (AUS)
1904 St. Louis
details
 Archie Hahn (USA)  William Hogenson (USA)  Fay Moulton (USA)

World Indoor Championships medalists[]

Men[]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Parisa
details
 Ben Johnson (CAN)  Sam Graddy (USA)  Ronald Desruelles (BEL)
1987 Indianapolis
details
 Lee McRae (USA) b  Mark Witherspoon (USA)  Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA)
1989 Budapest
details
 Andrés Simón (CUB)  John Myles-Mills (GHA)  Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA)
1991 Seville
details
 Andre Cason (USA)  Linford Christie (GBR)  Chidi Imo (NGR)
1993 Toronto
details
 Bruny Surin (CAN)  Frankie Fredericks (NAM)  Talal Mansour (QAT)
1995 Barcelona
details
 Bruny Surin (CAN)  Darren Braithwaite (GBR)  Robert Esmie (CAN)
1997 Paris
details
 Haralabos Papadias (GRE)  Michael Green (JAM)  Davidson Ezinwa (NGR)
1999 Maebashi
details
 Maurice Greene (USA)  Tim Harden (USA)  Jason Gardener (GBR)
2001 Lisbon
details
 Tim Harden (USA)  Tim Montgomery (USA)  Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR)
2003 Birmingham
details
 Justin Gatlin (USA)  Kim Collins (SKN)  Jason Gardener (GBR)
2004 Budapest
details
 Jason Gardener (GBR)  Shawn Crawford (USA)  Georgios Theodoridis (GRE)
2006 Moscow
details
 Leonard Scott (USA)  Andrey Epishin (RUS)  Terrence Trammell (USA)
2008 Valencia
details
 Olusoji Fasuba (NGR)  Kim Collins (SKN)
 Dwain Chambers (GBR)
none awarded
2010 Doha
details
 Dwain Chambers (GBR)  Mike Rodgers (USA)  Daniel Bailey (ATG)
2012 Istanbul
details
 Justin Gatlin (USA)  Nesta Carter (JAM)  Dwain Chambers (GBR)
2014 Sopot
details
 Richard Kilty (GBR)  Marvin Bracy (USA)  Femi Ogunode (QAT)
2016 Portland
details
 Trayvon Bromell (USA)  Asafa Powell (JAM)  Ramon Gittens (BAR)
2018 Birmingham
details
 Christian Coleman (USA)  Su Bingtian (CHN)  Ronnie Baker (USA)

a The event was known as the World Indoor Games in 1985.
b Ben Johnson of Canada originally won the gold medal, but he was disqualified in 1989 after admitting to steroid use between 1981 and 1988.

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)97218
2 Great Britain (GBR)33410
3 Canada (CAN)3014
4 Nigeria (NGR)1023
5 Greece (GRE)1012
6 Cuba (CUB)1001
7 Jamaica (JAM)0303
8 Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)0202
9 China (CHN)0101
 Ghana (GHA)0101
 Namibia (NAM)0101
 Russia (RUS)0101
13 Italy (ITA)0022
 Qatar (QAT)0022
15 Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)0011
 Barbados (BAR)0011
 Belgium (BEL)0011
Totals (17 nations)18191754

Women[]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1985 Parisa
details
 Silke Gladisch (GDR)  Heather Oakes (GBR)  Christelle Bulteau (FRA)
1987 Indianapolis
details
 Nelli Fiere-Cooman (NED)  Anelia Nuneva (BUL) b  Angela Bailey (CAN)
1989 Budapest
details
 Nelli Fiere-Cooman (NED)  Gwen Torrence (USA)  Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1991 Seville
details
 Irina Sergeyeva (URS)  Merlene Ottey (JAM)  Liliana Allen (CUB)
1993 Toronto
details
 Gail Devers (USA)  Irina Privalova (RUS)  Zhanna Tarnopolskaya (UKR)
1995 Barcelona
details
 Merlene Ottey (JAM)  Melanie Paschke (GER)  Carlette Guidry (USA)
1997 Paris
details
 Gail Devers (USA)  Chandra Sturrup (BAH)  Frederique Bangue (FRA)
1999 Maebashi
details
 Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)  Gail Devers (USA)  Philomena Mensah (CAN)
2001 Lisbon
details
 Chandra Sturrup (BAH)  Angela Williams (USA)  Chryste Gaines (USA)
2003 Birmingham
details
 Angela Williams (USA) c  Torri Edwards (USA)  Merlene Ottey (SLO)
2004 Budapest
details
 Gail Devers (USA)  Kim Gevaert (BEL)  Yulia Nestsiarenka (BLR)
2006 Moscow
details
 Me'Lisa Barber (USA)  Lauryn Williams (USA)  Kim Gevaert (BEL)
2008 Valencia
details
 Angela Williams (USA)  Jeanette Kwakye (GBR)  Tahesia Harrigan (IVB)
2010 Doha
details
 Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)  Carmelita Jeter (USA)  Ruddy Zang Milama (GAB)
2012 Istanbul
details
 Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)  Murielle Ahouré (CIV)  Tianna Madison (USA)
2014 Sopot
details
 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)  Murielle Ahouré (CIV)  Tianna Bartoletta (USA)
2016 Portland
details
 Barbara Pierre (USA)  Dafne Schippers (NED)  Elaine Thompson (JAM)
2018 Birmingham
details
 Murielle Ahouré (CIV)  Marie-Josée Ta Lou (CIV)  Mujinga Kambundji (SUI)

a The event was known as the World Indoor Games in 1985.
b Angella Issajenko of Canada originally won the silver medal, but she was disqualified in 1989 after admitting to steroid use between 1982 and 1988.
c Zhanna Block originally won the gold medal, but she was disqualified after her results from November 2002 onwards were deleted in 2011 for long-term drug use.

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)76417
2 Jamaica (JAM)4127
3 Netherlands (NED)2103
4 Ivory Coast (CIV)1304
5 Bahamas (BAH)1102
6 East Germany (GDR)1001
 Greece (GRE)1001
 Soviet Union (URS)1001
9 Great Britain (GBR)0202
10 Belgium (BEL)0112
11 Bulgaria (BUL)0101
 Germany (GER)0101
 Russia (RUS)0101
14 Canada (CAN)0022
 France (FRA)0022
16 Belarus (BLR)0011
 British Virgin Islands (IVB)0011
 Cuba (CUB)0011
 Gabon (GAB)0011
 Slovenia (SLO)0011
  Switzerland (SWI)0011
 Ukraine (UKR)0011
Totals (22 nations)18181854

Season's bests[]

See also[]

Notes and references[]

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