2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres explained

Event:	Men's 60 metres
Competition:	2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue:	Arena Birmingham
Dates:	3 March
Competitors:	52
Nations:	43
Win Value:	6.37 CR
Gold:	Christian Coleman
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Su Bingtian
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Ronnie Baker
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2016
Next:	2022

The men's 60 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 March 2018.^{[1] [2]}

Summary

Fifteen years after his first silver medal, remarkable 43-year-old Kim Collins returned to yet another World Championship, qualifying for the semi-final round, but he did not start. The favorite in the event was Christian Coleman, just two weeks after his second world record in this event this season. While two American athletes qualifying for the final is not uncommon, two Chinese athletes qualifying for the final might be the sign of a new trend.

In the final, Coleman was out fast, but next to him in the center of the track Su Bingtian was out with him. Ján Volko and Emre Zafer Barnes were also out fast, but faded quickly. Giving ground at the beginning, Ronnie Baker hit his top speed mid-race, about the same time as Coleman reached his. Coleman managed a little separation from Su, while Baker was making up lost ground. Su continued to press Coleman to the line, but Coleman finished strongly with a lean for a metre victory.^[3] Su barely held off the fast closing Baker to take the first global medal for a Chinese sprinter.^[4] Behind the medalists, Zhenye Xie gave China a 2-4 punch as he barely held off the last to fifth explosion by Hassan Taftian.

Coleman's winning time of 6.37 would have been the world record prior to his other efforts this season. Su improved upon his own Asian record, his third consecutive national record at the World Indoor Championships.^[5]

Results

Heats

The heats were started at 10:15.^[6]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	7	4			6.57
2	4	4			6.58
3	2	4			6.58
4	5	5			6.59
5	7	3			6.62
6	4	2			6.62
7	6	7			6.63
8	6	6			6.65
9	5	8			6.66
10	3	7			6.66
11	5	1			6.66
12	6	4			6.70
13	2	8			6.71
14	5	4			6.71
15	2	7			6.71
16	1	6			6.71
17	6	3			6.72
18	4	8			6.73
19	3	3			6.74
20	3	2			6.74
21	4	6			6.74
22	1	7			6.75
23	2	6			6.77
24	1	4			6.77
25	7	7			6.78
26	2	2			6.79
27	3	4			6.80
28	7	8			6.81
29	6	5			6.82	NR
30	7	2			6.82	NR
31	5	3			6.88
32	3	6			6.88
33	4	5			6.90
34	5	7			6.96
35	4	1			6.99
36	6	2			7.01
37	2	5			7.03	NR
38	1	8			7.03	NR
39	6	1			7.06
40	5	6			7.07
41	6	8			7.08
42	1	5			7.09
43	4	3			7.17
44	2	3			7.20
45	4	7			7.32
46	3	8			7.34
47	3	5			7.35
48	1	3			7.41
49	5	2			7.47	NR
	1	2				162.8^[7]
	7	5
	7	6

Semifinal

The semifinals were started at 19:11.^[8]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	3			6.45
2	3	4			6.52
3	1	6			6.52
4	2	5			6.57
5	3	8			6.57
6	3	3			6.58
7	2	4			6.58
8	1	8			6.59	,
9	1	3			6.59
10	2	6			6.59
11	1	7			6.63
12	3	6			6.63
13	3	1			6.63
14	2	7			6.65
15	1	5			6.65
16	3	5			6.66
17	3	2			6.67
18	1	2			6.67
19	3	7			6.71
20	2	8			6.74
21	2	1			6.77
22	1	1			6.83
	1	4				162.8^[9]
	2	2

Final

The final was started at 21:09.^[10]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			6.37
	3			6.42	AIR
	6			6.44
4	5			6.52
5	7			6.53
6	1			6.59
7	8			6.60
8	2			6.64

Notes and References

1. News: IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable . March 16, 2016 . IAAF.
2. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6019/AT-60-M-h----.SL2.pdf Start list
3. Web site: Christian Coleman stakes claim as new sprint king with world indoors 60m gold. TheGuardian.com. March 3, 2018.
4. Web site: China's Su Bingtian makes history to win men's 60m silver - People's Daily Online.
5. Web site: 60 Metres - men - senior - indoor.
6. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6019/AT-60-M-h----.RS4.pdf Heats results
7. False start
8. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6019/AT-60-M-sf----.RS4.pdf Semifinals results
9. False start
10. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6019/AT-60-M-f----.RS6.pdf Final results