60 metres explained

Event:60 metres
Wrmen: Christian Coleman 6.34  (2018)
Wrwomen: Irina Privalova 6.92 (1993, 1995)
Icrmen: Christian Coleman 6.37 (2018)
Icrwomen: Gail Devers 6.95 (1993)

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 indoor events, the 60 metres is run on lanes set out in the middle of the 'field', as is the hurdles event over the same distance, thus avoiding some of the effects of the banked track encircling the venue, upon which other track events in indoor events are run. 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: 'on your marks', 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, while Russian Irina Privalova holds the women's world record at 6.92.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics semi-finals, Su Bingtian ran the fastest 60 m split of all-time and the fastest 60 m ever recorded under any conditions with a time of 6.29 seconds.[1]

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 3 March 2024.[2] [3]

AreaMenWomen
Time (s)AthleteNationTime (s)AthleteNation
6.45  6.97
6.42 7.09
6.41 6.92
6.34  6.94 
6.52 7.06
6.52 7.14

All-time top 25

Indoor results only

Men

Updated April 2024.[4]

Time (s) Athlete Nation Date Place
1 1 6.34 18 February 2018 [5]
2 6.37 Coleman #2 19 January 2018
Coleman #3 3 March 2018
2 4 6.39 3 February 1998
4 6.39 Greene #2 3 March 2001
6 6.40 Greene #3 27 February 1999
3 6 6.40 18 February 2018
4 8 6.41 14 February 1992
8 6.41 Greene #4 1 February 1998
5 8 6.41 19 March 2022 [6]
8 6.41 Coleman #4 19 March 2022
Coleman #51 March 2024Glasgow[7]
13 6.42 Greene #57 March 1999 Maebashi
6 13 6.42 Dwain Chambers7 March 2009 Turin
13 6.42 Coleman #618 February 2018 Albuquerque
7 13 6.42 3 March 2018 [8]
Trayvon Bromell10 February 2023Clemson[9]
18 6.43 Greene #6 1 February 1998
9 18 6.43 7 March 1999
18 6.43 Su #2 6 February 2018
10186.43 Noah Lyles17 February 2024Albuquerque[10]
186.43Coleman #71 March 2024Glasgow
23 6.44 Harden #2 27 February 1999
Harden #311 March 2001 Lisbon
11 23 6.44 18 March 2016 [11]
23 6.44 Powell #2 18 March 2016 [12]
Baker #2 3 March 2018
Baker #3 19 February 2020
Baker #4 21 February 2020
12 23 6.44 19 March 2022
236.44Lyles #24 February 2024Boston[13]
6.44 Coleman #817 February 2024Albuquerque
6.44Lyles #31 March 2024Glasgow
136.4513 February 1993
6.45 20 February 1999
17 February 2001
6.451 March 2003
13 February 2005
6.45 26 February 2012
6.4515 January 2022 [14]
Ackeem Blake4 February 2024Boston[15]
216.461 February 1998
6.46 30 January 1999
6.467 March 1999
11 March 2001
26 February 2005

Note: The following athletes have had their performances annulled due to doping offences:

Outdoor best performances

+ = en route to 100 m mark

RankTime (s)Wind (m/s)AthleteNationDatePlaceRef
16.29 (calculated)+0.9Su Bingtian1 August 2021Tokyo[17] [18]
26.31 (calculated)+0.9Usain Bolt16 August 2009Berlin[19] [20]
36.32 (calculated)+1.7Asafa Powell9 September 2007Rieti[21]
+1.7Usain Bolt31 May 2008New York City[22]
0.0Usain Bolt16 August 2008Beijing[23]
+0.2Asafa Powell2 September 2009Lausanne[24]
+1.5Usain Bolt5 August 2012London[25]
+0.6Christian Coleman28 September 2019Doha[26]
96.33 (calculated)−0.2Maurice Greene5 August 2001Edmonton[27]
−0.1Yohan Blake23 August 2012Lausanne[28]
116.34 (calculated)+0.9Justin Gatlin23 August 2015Beijing[29]

Note: The following athletes have had their associated 100 m performances annulled due to doping offences:

Women

Updated March 2024.[31]

Time (s) Athlete Nation Date Place
1 1 6.92 11 February 1993
1 6.92 Privalova #2 9 February 1995
3 6.93 Privalova #3 13 February 1994
4 6.94 Privalova #4 19 February 1995
246.94 Aleia Hobbs18 February 2023Albuquerque[32]
Julien Alfred11 March 2023Albuquerque[33]
4 6 6.95 12 March 1993
6 6.95 Privalova #5 6 February 1994
Privalova #6 14 February 1995
5 6 6.95 7 March 1998
6 10 6.96 14 February 1992
10 6.96 Privalova #7 11 February 1993
7 10 6.96 7 March 1999
18 March 2022 [34]
106.96 Alfred #210 March 2023Albuquerque[35]
15 6.97 Privalova #8 14 February 1992
Privalova #9 12 March 1993
Privalova #10 11 February 1994
Privalova #11 12 February 1995
Ottey #2 19 February 1995
Ottey #3 10 March 1995
9 15 6.97 6 February 2010
2 March 2018 [36]
156.97Alfred #325 February 2023Lubbock[37]
24 6.98 Privalova #12 27 February 1993
Devers #2 21 February 1999
11 24 6.98 9 March 2014 [38]
18 February 2017 [39]
246.98Hobbs #228 January 2023Fayetteville[40]
11 24 6.98 2 March 2024 [41]
24 6.98 Alfred #4 2 March 2024 [42]
14 6.99 Mikiah Brisco18 March 2022 Belgrade
157.0023 February 1986
14 March 2010
Dafne Schippers13 February 2016Berlin[43]
Barbara Pierre12 March 2016Portland[44]
197.017 March 1999
10 March 2006
10 March 2006
227.02 2 February 1996
12 February 1997
22 February 1998
7 March 1999
7.02 28 February 2010
7.0211 February 2012
7.02 18 February 2018 Albuquerque
7.02Marie-Josée Ta Lou20 February 2019Düsseldorf[45]
Zaynab Dosso6 February 2024Toruń[46]

Outdoor best performances

+ = en route to 100 m mark

RankTime (s)Wind (m/s)AthleteNationDatePlaceRef
16.81 (calculated)+0.1Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce29 September 2019Doha[47]
26.85 (calculated)−0.1Marion Jones22 August 1999Seville
36.87 (calculated)0.0Florence Griffith-Joyner16 July 1988Indianapolis
+0.9Elaine Thompson-Herah21 August 2021Eugene[48]
56.91 (calculated)+0.1Dina Asher-Smith29 September 2019Doha

Olympic medalists

1900 Paris
1904 St. Louis

World Indoor Championships medalists

Men

1985 Parisa
1987 Indianapolis
 b
1989 Budapest
1991 Seville
1993 Toronto
1995 Barcelona
1997 Paris
1999 Maebashi
2001 Lisbon
2003 Birmingham
2004 Budapest
2006 Moscow
2008 Valencia
none awarded
2010 Doha
2012 Istanbul
2014 Sopot
2016 Portland
2018 Birmingham
2022 Belgrade
2024 Glasgow

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.

Women

1985 Parisa
1987 Indianapolis
 b
1989 Budapest
1991 Seville
1993 Toronto
1995 Barcelona
1997 Paris
1999 Maebashi
2001 Lisbon
2003 Birmingham
 c
2004 Budapest
2006 Moscow
2008 Valencia
2010 Doha
2012 Istanbul
2014 Sopot
2016 Portland
2018 Birmingham
2022 Belgrade
2024 Glasgow

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

Season's bests

Men

YearTime AthletePlace
19866.54Sindelfingen
19876.50Indianapolis
19886.52Sherbrooke
Sindelfingen
19896.52Stuttgart
Budapest
19906.51Athens
19916.48Madrid
19926.41Madrid
19936.45Liévin
19946.48Karlsruhe
19956.46Barcelona
19966.50Karlsruhe
19976.49Liévin
Birmingham
Atlanta
19986.39Madrid
19996.40Atlanta
20006.45New York City
20016.39Atlanta
20026.48Dortmund
6.48 Flagstaff
20036.45Boston
20046.46Karlsruhe
20056.45Karlsruhe
20066.50Moscow
20076.46Karlsruhe
20086.51Valencia
Fayetteville
20096.42Turin
20106.48Doha
20116.48 Albuquerque
20126.45 Albuquerque
20136.48Gothenburg
Gothenburg
20146.47Birmingham
20156.47Łódź
20166.44align=left rowspan=2Portland
Portland
20176.45 Albuquerque
6.45College Station
20186.34 Albuquerque
20196.47Birmingham
20206.44Liévin
20216.47Toruń
20226.41Belgrade
Belgrade
20236.42Clemson
20246.41Glasgow

Women

YearTime AthletePlace
19867.00Madrid
19877.01Lievin
19887.04Budapest
19897.05Budapest
19907.08Madrid
19917.02Seville
19926.96Madrid
19936.92Madrid
19946.93Liévin
19956.92Madrid
19967.02align=left rowspan=2New York City
Fairfax
Liévin
19977.00Atlanta
19986.95Maebashi
19996.96Maebashi
20007.01Madrid
20017.04Minsk
Lisbon
20027.06align=left rowspan=2Birmingham
Birmingham
20037.09Norman
Liévin
20047.06Moscow
20057.09Fayetteville
Boston
20067.01Moscow
20077.10Birmingham
20087.06Valencia
20097.11Birmingham
20106.97Stuttgart
20117.09College Station
20127.01Istanbul
20136.99Birmingham
20146.98Sopot
20157.05New York City
Prague
20167.00Berlin
Portland
20176.98Birmingham
20186.97Birmingham
20197.02Düsseldorf
20207.04 Albuquerque
20217.03Toruń
20226.96Belgrade
20236.94 Albuquerque
20246.98Glasgow

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athletics - Final Results. Analyzing the Olympic 100-meter sprints. 2 November 2021. Pierre-Jean Vazel.
  2. Web site: Men's indoor 60 metres Records . iaaf.org . . 4 January 2019.
  3. Web site: World Athletics .
  4. Web site: All time Top Lists Senior Indoor 60 Metres Men . . 6 March 2021.
  5. News: Coleman breaks world indoor 60m record at US Indoor Championships in Albuquerque. IAAF. Jon Hendershott. 18 February 2018. 20 February 2018.
  6. Web site: 60m Final Results. World Athletics. 19 March 2022. 19 March 2022.
  7. Web site: Lyles has to give best to Coleman over 60m in Glasgow News Glasgow 24 World Athletics Indoor Championships . 2024-03-02 . worldathletics.org.
  8. Web site: Men's 60m Results. IAAF. 3 March 2018. 3 March 2018.
  9. News: Bol clocks 49.96 and 22.87 in Metz, Bromell breezes to 6.42 in Clemson. World Athletics. 11 February 2023. 16 February 2023.
  10. Web site: Results . 2024-02-18 . results.usatf.org.
  11. Web site: 60m Round 1 Results. IAAF. 18 March 2016. 18 March 2016.
  12. Web site: 60m Semifinal Results. IAAF. 18 March 2016. 19 March 2016.
  13. Web site: Lyles breaks 60m meeting record in Boston with 6.44 REPORTS World Athletics . 2024-02-06 . worldathletics.org.
  14. News: Jones, Harrison and Usoro get their 2022 campaigns off to a strong start. Jon Mulkeen. 16 January 2022. 17 January 2022.
  15. Web site: Results . 2024-02-04 . results.nbindoorgrandprix.com.
  16. Web site: Rule That Will Strip Johnson of His World Records Is Approved . Janofsky . Michael . The New York Times . 6 September 1989 . 26 November 2018.
  17. Web site: Athletics - Final Results. Analyzing the Olympic 100-meter sprints. 2021-11-02. Pierre-Jean Vazel.
  18. Web site: Su Bingtian 60m-6.29. Wanda Diamond League China. 2021-08-08. Omega Official.
  19. Web site: Lee . Jimson . 2009-08-19 . Usain Bolt 10 meter splits, Fastest Top Speed, 2008 vs 2009 . 2023-11-24 . SpeedEndurance.com . en-GB.
  20. Web site: Biomechanical Analysis 100 Metres . . 16 August 2009 . 30 January 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120407111312/http://berlin.iaaf.org/mm/document/development/research/05/30/83/20090817081546_httppostedfile_wch09_m100_final_13529.pdf . 7 April 2012 .
  21. Web site: Biomechanical Analysis 100 Metres 9.72 Asafa Powell. 8 September 2008 . 17 March 2023. Pierre-Jean Vazel.
  22. Web site: Biomechanical Analysis 100 Metres 9.72 Usain Bolt . 12 June 2008 . 17 March 2023. X-King.
  23. Web site: Biomechanical Analysis 100 Metres 9.69 Usain Bolt . 16 August 2009 . 17 March 2023. Pierre-Jean Vazel.
  24. Web site: Biomechanical Analysis 100 Metres 9.72 Asafa Powell. 8 September 2008 . 17 March 2023. Pierre-Jean Vazel.
  25. Web site: Biomechanical Analysis 100 Metres 9.63 Usain Bolt . 5 August 2020 . 17 March 2023. Pierre-Jean Vazel.
  26. Web site: Biomechanical Analysis 100 Metres . . 29 September 2019 . 25 November 2021.
  27. News: TOP 20 FASTEST 60M SPLITS IN 100M RACES. Speed Analysis Channel. nsx_pf. 14 February 2022. 17 March 2023.
  28. Web site: Biomechanical Analysis 100 Metres Yohan Blake 9.69 . 24 December 2022 . 17 March 2023. Leslie Ray Jeffrey.
  29. Web site: Justin Gatlin's 9 77 split time in Beijing in 2015. 14 February 2022 . 17 March 2023. Magician wlx. .
  30. Web site: Maurice Greene equals 60m indoors world record mark . 1 February 1998 . World Athletics . 25 November 2021 .
  31. Web site: Toplists - All time Top lists - Senior Indoor 60 Metres Women . . 7 March 2021.
  32. News: Hobbs and Hall go No.2 all time at US Indoor Championships in Albuquerque. World Athletics. 18 February 2023. 1 March 2023.
  33. Web site: Alfred, Garland and Wilson threaten world records at NCAA Indoor Championships REPORT World Athletics . 2023-03-12 . www.worldathletics.org.
  34. Web site: 60m Final Results. World Athletics. 18 March 2022. 18 March 2022.
  35. Web site: Collegiate records fall on first day of NCAA Indoor Championships REPORT World Athletics . 2023-03-11 . www.worldathletics.org.
  36. Web site: Women's 60m Results. IAAF. 2 March 2018. 3 March 2018.
  37. Web site: 25 February 2023 . Weekend Recap: All-Time Marks Canvas Conference Championships Weekend . 4 March 2023 . USTFCCCA . en-US.
  38. Web site: 60m Results Summary. IAAF. 9 March 2014. 10 March 2014.
  39. Web site: 60m Results. British Athletics. 18 February 2017. 18 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170221161101/http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/results/20170218_birmingham/timetable/index/pdf/AT-60-W-f--1--.RS1.pdf. 21 February 2017. dead. dmy-all.
  40. News: Hodgkinson breaks world indoor 600m best, Kincaid and Nuguse lead fast times in Boston. World Athletics. 29 January 2023. 30 January 2023.
  41. Web site: 60m Semifinal Results Summary. World Athletics. 2 March 2024. 2 March 2024.
  42. Web site: 60m Final Results. World Athletics. 2 March 2024. 2 March 2024.
  43. Web site: Dafne Schippers: Profile . IAAF.org . 11 August 2017 .
  44. Web site: 60m Dash Results. flashresults.com. 12 March 2016. 19 March 2016.
  45. Web site: Ta Lou dashes 7.02, J. Ingebrigtsen defeats Tefera in Dusseldorf . Ramsak . Bob . iaaf.org . . 20 February 2019 . 20 February 2019.
  46. Web site: 60m Results. copernicus.domtel-sport.pl. 6 February 2024. 6 February 2024.
  47. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20210601200312/https://trackandfieldnews.com/article/lets-hear-it-for-motherhood/. World Champs Women's 100 — Let's Hear It For Motherhood. Track & Field News. Lindstrom. Sieg. October 2019. 1 June 2021. 1 June 2021.
  48. News: Elusive world record now within reach for Elaine Thompson-Herah. Olympics.com. Evelyn Watta. 8 September 2021. 2 November 2021.

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