60 metres

Athletics
60 metres
Athletics; 60 metres
World records
Men	Maurice Green 6.39 (1998)
Women	Irina Privalova 6.92 (1993)

60 metres is a sprint event in track and field athletics. 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 60 metres was an Olympic event in the 1900 and 1904 Summer Games but was removed from the schedule thereafter.

American Maurice Greene currently holds the men's world record in the 60 metres with a time of 6.39, 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

Area	Men			Women
Area	Time	Athlete	Nation	Time	Athlete	Nation
Africa	6.45 A	Leonard Myles-Mills	Ghana	6.99	Murielle Ahoure	Ivory Coast
Asia	6.50 A 6.50	Tosin Ogunode Su Bingtian	Qatar China	7.09	Susanthika Jayasinghe	Sri Lanka
Europe	6.42	Dwain Chambers	United Kingdom	6.92	Irina Privalova	Russia
North, Central America and Caribbean	6.39	Maurice Greene	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	7.19	Franciela Krasucki	Brazil

Top 25 performers

Indoor results only

A = affected by altitude

Men

Correct as of March 2017.^[1]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	6.39	Maurice Greene	United States	3 February 1998	Madrid
2	6.41	Andre Cason	United States	14 February 1992	Madrid
3	6.42	Dwain Chambers	United Kingdom	7 March 2009	Turin
4	6.43	Tim Harden	United States	7 March 1999	Maebashi
5	6.44	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	18 March 2016 (heats)	Portland	^[2]
5	6.44	Asafa Powell	Jamaica	18 March 2016 (semifinal)	Portland	^[3]
6	6.45 A	Leonard Myles-Mills	Ghana	20 February 1999	Colorado Springs
		Terrence Trammell	United States	17 February 2001	Pocatello
		Trell Kimmons	United States	26 February 2012	Albuquerque
		Ronnie Baker	United States	5 March 2017	Albuquerque	^[4]
	6.45	Bruny Surin	Canada	13 February 1993	Liévin
		Justin Gatlin	United States	1 March 2003	Boston
		Ronald Pognon	France	13 February 2005	Karlsruhe
		Christian Coleman	United States	11 March 2017	College Station	^[5]
14	6.46 A	Marcus Brunson	United States	30 January 1999	Flagstaff
	6.46	Jon Drummond	United States	1 February 1998	Stuttgart
		Jason Gardener	United Kingdom	7 March 1999	Maebashi
		Tim Montgomery	United States	11 March 2001	Lisbon
		Leonard Scott	United States	26 February 2005	Liévin
19	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	Great Britain	15 February 2014	Birmingham	^[6]
		Kim Collins	Saint Kitts and Nevis	17 February 2015	Łódź	^[7]
		Trayvon Bromell	United States	18 March 2016	Portland	^[8]

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

Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
6.41	Ben Johnson	Canada	7 March 1987	Indianapolis

Notes

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

Maurice Greene also ran 6.39 (2001), 6.40 (1999), 6.41 (1998), 6.42 (1999), 6.43 (1998), 6.45 (1999, 2000), 6.46 (1998, 1999).
Tim Harden also ran 6.44 (1999, 2001).
Andre Cason also ran 6.45 (1992), 6.46 (1992).
Bruny Surin also ran 6.46 (1995).
Jon Drummond also ran 6.46 (1999, 2000).
Jason Gardener also ran 6.46 (2004).
Terrence Trammell also ran 6.46 (2003).
Justin Gatlin also ran 6.46 (2003, 2012).
Marcus Brunson also ran 6.46 (2007).
Dwain Chambers also ran 6.46 (2009).
Ronnie Baker also ran 6.46 (2017), 6.47 (2016).

Outdoor best performances

+ = en route to 100m mark

Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
6.31+ (calculated)	+0.9	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	16 August 2009	Berlin	^[9]

Women

Correct as of February 2017.^[10]

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	6.92	Irina Privalova	Russia	11 February 1993	Madrid
2	6.95	Gail Devers	United States	12 March 1993	Toronto
2	6.95	Marion Jones	United States	7 March 1998	Maebashi
4	6.96	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	14 February 1992	Madrid
4	6.96	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	7 March 1999	Maebashi
6	6.97	Laverne Jones-Ferrette	United States Virgin Islands	6 February 2010	Stuttgart
7	6.98	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	9 March 2014	Sopot	^[11]
7	6.98	Elaine Thompson	Jamaica	18 February 2017	Birmingham	^[12]
9	6.99	Murielle Ahoure	Ivory Coast	16 February 2013	Birmingham	^[13]
10	7.00	Nelli Cooman	Netherlands	23 February 1986	Madrid
		Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	14 March 2010	Doha
		Dafne Schippers	Netherlands	13 February 2016	Berlin	^[14]
		Barbara Pierre	United States	12 March 2016	Portland	^[15]
14	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
17	7.02	Gwen Torrence	United States	2 February 1996	New York
		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
23	7.03	Anelia Nuneva	Bulgaria	22 February 1987	Liévin
24	7.04	Marita Koch	East Germany	16 February 1987	Senftenberg
		Silke Gladisch	East Germany	6 March 1988	Budapest
		Carlette Guidry	United States	4 March 1995	Atlanta
		Natallia Safronnikava	Belarus	21 February 2001	Minsk
		Petya Pendareva	Bulgaria	11 March 2001	Lisbon
		Mariya Bolikova	Russia	4 February 2006	Samara

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

Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
7.03	Inger Miller	United States	7 March 1999	Maebashi
7.04	Zhanna Block	Ukraine	14 March 2003	Birmingham

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 6.99:

Irina Privalova also ran 6.92 (1995), 6.93 (1994), 6.94 (1995), 6.95 (1994, 1995), 6.96 (1993), 6.97 (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995), 6.98 (1993).
Merlene Ottey also ran 6.97 (1995), 6.99 (1994).
Gail Devers also ran 6.98 (1999), 6.99 (1993).
Ekateríni Thánou also ran 6.99 (1999).

Outdoor best performances

+ = en route to 100m mark

Time	Wind (m/s)	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
6.85+	−0.1	Marion Jones	United States	22 August 1999	Seville
7.02	+1.7	Elaine Thompson	Jamaica	28 January 2017	Kingston	^[16]

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 Paris^[A]	Ben Johnson (CAN)	Sam Graddy (USA)	Ronald Desruelles (BEL)
1987 Indianapolis details	Lee McRae (USA)	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)

Note: The original winner in 1987 was Ben Johnson, who was disqualified in 1989 after admitting long term drug use.

Medal table

Total		17	18	16	51
1	United States	8	7	1	16
2	Great Britain	3	3	4	10
3	Canada	3	0	1	4
4	Nigeria	1	0	2	3
5	Greece	1	0	1	2
6	Cuba	1	0	0	1
7	Jamaica	0	3	0	3
8	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	2	0	2
9	Ghana	0	1	0	1
9	Namibia	0	1	0	1
9	Russia	0	1	0	1
12	Italy	0	0	2	2
12	Qatar	0	0	2	2
14	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	1	1
14	Belgium	0	0	1	1
14	Barbados	0	0	1	1

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1985 Paris^[A]	Silke Gladisch (GDR)	Heather Oakes (GBR)	Christelle Bulteau (FRA)
1987 Indianapolis details	Nelli Fiere-Cooman (NED)	Anelia Nuneva (BUL)	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)	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)

Notes:

^A Known as the World Indoor Games

The original silver medal winner in 1987 was Angella Issajenko, who was disqualified in 1989 after admitting long term drug use.

The original winner in 2003 was Zhanna Block, who was stripped of the title in 2011, and had her results from November 2002 onwards annulled.

Medal table

Total		17	17	17	51
1	United States	6	6	5	17
2	Jamaica	4	1	2	7
3	Netherlands	2	1	0	3
4	Bahamas	1	1	0	2
5	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
6	East Germany	1	0	0	1
6	Greece	1	0	0	1
6	Soviet Union	1	0	0	1
9	Ivory Coast	0	2	0	2
9	Great Britain	0	2	0	2
11	Belgium	0	1	1	2
12	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
12	Russia	0	1	0	1
12	Germany	0	1	0	1
15	Canada	0	0	2	2
15	France	0	0	2	2
17	Belarus	0	0	1	1
17	Cuba	0	0	1	1
17	Gabon	0	0	1	1
17	British Virgin Islands	0	0	1	1

Season's bests

Men

Year	Mark	Athlete	Place
1991	6.48	Leroy Burrell (USA)	Madrid
1992	6.41	Andre Cason (USA)	Madrid
1993	6.45	Bruny Surin (CAN)	Liévin
1995	6.46	Bruny Surin (CAN)	Barcelona
1997	6.49	Randall Evans (USA)	Atlanta
1998	6.39	Maurice Greene (USA)	Madrid
1999	6.40	Maurice Greene (USA)	Atlanta
2000	6.44	Maurice Greene (USA)	New York City
2001	6.39	Maurice Greene (USA)	Atlanta
2002	6.48 A	Marcus Brunson (USA)	Flagstaff
2003	6.45	Justin Gatlin (USA)	Boston
2004	6.46	Jason Gardener (USA)	Karlsruhe
2005	6.45	Ronald Pognon (FRA)	Karlsruhe
2006	6.50	Leonard Scott (USA)	Moscow
2007	6.46	Marcus Brunson (USA)	Karlsruhe
2008	6.51	Richard Thompson (TTO)	Fayetteville
2009	6.42	Dwain Chambers (GBR)	Turin
2010	6.48	Dwain Chambers (GBR)	Doha
2011	6.48 A	Mike Rodgers (USA)	Albuquerque
2012	6.45 A	Trell Kimmons (USA)	Albuquerque
2013	6.48	James Dasaolu (GBR)	Gothenburg
2014	6.47	James Dasaolu (GBR)	Birmingham
2015	6.47	Kim Collins (SKN)	Łódź
2016	6.44	Asafa Powell (JAM)	Portland
2016	6.44	Asafa Powell (JAM)	Portland
2017	6.45 A	Ronnie Baker (USA)	Albuquerque
2017	6.45	Christian Coleman (USA)	College Station
2018

Women

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Place
1986	7.00	Nelli Cooman (NED)	Madrid
1992	6.96	Merlene Ottey (JAM)	Madrid
1993	6.92	Irina Privalova (RUS)	Madrid
1996	7.02	Gwen Torrence (USA)	New York City
1997	7.00	Gail Devers (USA)	Atlanta
1998	6.95	Marion Jones (USA)	Maebashi
1999	6.96	Ekaterini Thanou (GRE)	Maebashi
2000	7.01	Savatheda Fynes (BAH)	Madrid
2001	7.04	Petya Pendareva (BUL)	Lisbon
2002	7.06	Chioma Ajunwa (NGR)	Birmingham
2003	7.09	Muriel Hurtis (FRA)	Liévin
2004	7.06	Yuliya Tabakova (RUS)	Moscow
2005	7.09	Angela Daigle-Bowen (USA)	Boston
2006	7.01	Me'Lisa Barber (USA)	Moscow
2006	7.01	Lauryn Williams (USA)	Moscow
2007	7.10	Kim Gevaert (BEL)	Birmingham
2008	7.06	Angela Williams (USA)	Valencia
2009	7.11	Carmelita Jeter (USA)	Birmingham
2010	6.97	Laverne Jones-Ferrette (ISV)	Stuttgart
2011	7.09	Kya Brookins (USA)	College Station
2012	7.01	Veronica Campbell-Brown (JAM)	Istanbul
2013	6.99	Murielle Ahoure (CIV)	Birmingham
2014	6.98	Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)	Sopot
2015	7.05	Murielle Ahoure (CIV)	New York City
2015	7.05	Dafne Schippers (NED)	Prague
2016	7.00	Barbara Pierre (USA)	Portland
2016	7.00	Dafne Schippers (NED)	Berlin
2017	6.98	Elaine Thompson (JAM)	Birmingham
2018

Notes and references

^ "All-time men's best 60m". IAAF. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
^ "60m Round 1 Results" (PDF). IAAF. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
^ "60m Semifinal Results" (PDF). IAAF. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
^ "Merritt among Olympic stars to win in US". supersport.com. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
^ Jon Mulkeen (12 March 2017). "Coleman speeds to sprint double at NCAA Indoor Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
^ "60 Metres Results". IAAF. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "60 Metres Results". IAAF. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
^ "60m Results" (PDF). IAAF. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
^ "Biomechanical Analysis 100 Metres" (PDF). IAAF. 16 August 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "All-time women's best 60m". IAAF. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
^ "60m Results Summary" (PDF). IAAF. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
^ "60m Results" (PDF). British Athletics. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ Matthew Brown (16 February 2013). "Ahouré's sub-seven sprint steals the show in Birmingham". IAAF. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
^ "Dafne Schippers: Profile". IAAF.org. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
^ "60m Dash Results". flashresults.com. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
^ Brian Eder (29 January 2017). "Elaine Thompson sprints 7.02 in Kingston". runblogrun.com. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

External links

All-time men's best 60 metres from alltime-athletics.com
All-time women's best 60 metres from alltime-athletics.com

[1] "All-time men's best 60m". IAAF. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

[2] "60m Round 1 Results" (PDF). IAAF. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.

[3] "60m Semifinal Results" (PDF). IAAF. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

[4] "Merritt among Olympic stars to win in US". supersport.com. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

[5] Jon Mulkeen (12 March 2017). "Coleman speeds to sprint double at NCAA Indoor Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 12 March 2017.

[6] "60 Metres Results". IAAF. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[7] "60 Metres Results". IAAF. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.

[8] "60m Results" (PDF). IAAF. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

[9] "Biomechanical Analysis 100 Metres" (PDF). IAAF. 16 August 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[10] "All-time women's best 60m". IAAF. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

[11] "60m Results Summary" (PDF). IAAF. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.

[12] "60m Results" (PDF). British Athletics. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

[13] Matthew Brown (16 February 2013). "Ahouré's sub-seven sprint steals the show in Birmingham". IAAF. Retrieved 16 February 2013.

[14] "Dafne Schippers: Profile". IAAF.org. Retrieved 11 August 2017.

[15] "60m Dash Results". flashresults.com. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

[16] Brian Eder (29 January 2017). "Elaine Thompson sprints 7.02 in Kingston". runblogrun.com. Retrieved 30 January 2017.

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