Men's 600 yards world record progression
Indoor records[]
Time | Auto | Athlete | Nationality | Location of race | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1:17.8 | Gabriel G. Hollander | ![]() |
unknown | unknown | |
1:16.4 | Gabriel G. Hollander | ![]() |
New York, New York, United States | March 25, 1897 | |
1:14.0 | Eli B. Parsons | ![]() |
New York, New York, United States | March 3, 1906 | |
John Baxter Taylor | New York, New York, United States | February 9, 1907 | |||
1:13.6 | Mel Sheppard | ![]() |
Brooklyn, New York, United States[6] | March 30, 1907 | |
1:13.4 | Tom Halpin | ![]() |
Brooklyn, New York, United States | March 2, 1914 | |
1:12.8 | Jake Driscoll | ![]() |
Buffalo, New York, United States | April 14, 1923 | |
1:11.6 | Alan Helffrich | ![]() |
New York, New York, United States | March 17, 1925 | |
1:11.3 | Charles Hornbostel | ![]() |
New York, New York, United States | February 2, 1935 | |
1:11.1 | James Herbert | ![]() |
New York, New York, United States | March 12, 1938 | |
Chicago, Illinois, United States | March 26, 1938 | ||||
1:10.8 | James Herbert | ![]() |
New York, New York, United States | March 9, 1940 | |
1:10.2 | John Borican | ![]() |
New York, New York, United States | March 8, 1941 | |
Hugh Short | New York, New York, United States | February 6, 1943 | |||
Mal Whitfield | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | January 31, 1953 | |||
1:09.5 | Mal Whitfield | ![]() |
New York, New York, United States | February 28, 1953 | |
Tom Courtney | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | February 2, 1957 | |||
1:09.3 | George Kerr | ![]() |
New York, New York, United States | March 3, 1961 | |
1:09.2 | Wendell Mottley | ![]() |
Ithaca, New York, United States | February 29, 1964 | |
1:09.0 | Martin McGrady | ![]() |
Louisville, Kentucky, United States | February 12, 1966 | |
1:08.7[7] | Martin McGrady | ![]() |
Los Angeles, California, United States | February 13, 1970 | |
Lee Evans | |||||
1:08.5 | Martin McGrady | ![]() |
Louisville, Kentucky, United States | February 14, 1970 | |
1:07.6 | Martin McGrady | ![]() |
New York, New York, United States | February 27, 1970 | |
1:07.53 | Mark Everett | ![]() |
New York, New York, United States | February 7, 1992 | |
1:06.93 | Moitalel Mpoke Naadokila | ![]() |
Lubbock, Texas, United States | February 15, 2020 | |
1:06.68 | Jonathan Jones | ![]() |
Ames, Iowa, United States | February 26, 2022 |
References[]
- ^ http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/Progression-of-IAAF-World-Records-2015/projet/IAAF-WRPB-2015.pdf
- ^ Myers was paced in the last 200 yards of his race.
- ^ This time was run on an oversized track indoors, but was superior to the outdoor record.
- ^ 600 yard US indoor record progression
- ^ 600 yard world record progression
- ^ This was a handicap race, and Sheppard was not the winner of the event: some sources exclude this time as a record.
- ^ McGrady and Evans ran this time at the 1970 Los Angeles Indoor Games; the photo-finish gave McGrady first and Evans second, with each man being credited with a new world record.
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- Men's world athletics record progressions
- Middle-distance running