60 metres
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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.
Olympic medallists
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1900 Paris | ![]() | 7.0 | ![]() | 7.1 | ![]() | 7.2 |
1904 St. Louis | ![]() | 7.0 | ![]() | 7.2 | ![]() | 7.2 |
Area records
Indoor results only. Updated March 2016.[1]
Area | Men | Women | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Athlete | Nation | Time | Athlete | Nation | |
Africa | 6.45 A | Leonard Myles-Mills | ![]() | 6.99 | Murielle Ahoure | ![]() |
Asia | 6.50 A 6.50 | Tosin Ogunode Su Bingtian | ![]() ![]() | 7.09 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | ![]() |
Europe | 6.42 | Dwain Chambers | ![]() | 6.92 | Irina Privalova | ![]() |
North, Central America and Caribbean | 6.39 | Maurice Greene | ![]() | 6.95 | Gail Devers Marion Jones | ![]() ![]() |
Oceania | 6.52 | Matthew Shirvington | ![]() | 7.30 | Sally McLellan | ![]() |
South America | 6.52 | José Carlos Moreira | ![]() | 7.19 | Franciela Krasucki | ![]() |
Top 25 performers
Men
Indoor results only. Updated March 2016.
Note: The following athletes have had their performances annulled due to doping offense:
Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.41 | Ben Johnson | ![]() | 7 March 1987 | Indianapolis |
Women
Updated March 2016.[9]
Rank | Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 6.92 | Irina Privalova | ![]() | 11 February 1993 | Madrid | |
2 | 6.95 | Gail Devers | ![]() |
12 March 1993 | Toronto | |
Marion Jones | ![]() | 7 March 1998 | Maebashi | |||
4 | 6.96 | Merlene Ottey | ![]() | 14 February 1992 | Madrid | |
Ekaterini Thanou | ![]() | 7 March 1999 | Maebashi | |||
6 | 6.97 | Laverne Jones-Ferrette | ![]() | 6 February 2010 | Stuttgart | |
7 | 6.98 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | ![]() | 9 March 2014 | Sopot | [10] |
8 | 6.99 | Murielle Ahoure | ![]() | 16 February 2013 | Birmingham | [11] |
9 | 7.00 | Nelli Cooman | ![]() | 23 February 1986 | Madrid | |
Veronica Campbell-Brown | ![]() | 14 March 2010 | Doha | |||
Dafne Schippers | ![]() |
13 February 2016 | Berlin | [12] | ||
Barbara Pierre | ![]() |
12 March 2016 | Portland | [13] | ||
13 | 7.01 | Savatheda Fynes | ![]() | 7 March 1999 | Maebashi | |
Me'Lisa Barber | ![]() | 10 March 2006 | Moscow | |||
Lauryn Williams | ![]() | 10 March 2006 | Moscow | |||
16 | 7.02 | Gwen Torrence | ![]() | 2 February 1996 | New York | |
Christy Opara-Thompson | ![]() | 12 February 1997 | Ghent | |||
Chioma Ajunwa | ![]() | 22 February 1998 | Liévin | |||
Philomena Mensah | ![]() | 7 March 1999 | Maebashi | |||
7.02 A | Carmelita Jeter | ![]() | 28 February 2010 | Albuquerque | ||
7.02 | Tianna Madison | ![]() | 11 February 2012 | Fayetteville | ||
22 | 7.03 | Anelia Nuneva | ![]() | 22 February 1987 | Liévin | |
23 | 7.04 | Marita Koch | ![]() | 16 February 1987 | Senftenberg | |
Silke Gladisch | ![]() | 6 March 1988 | Budapest | |||
Carlette Guidry | ![]() | 4 March 1995 | Atlanta | |||
Natallia Safronnikava | ![]() | 21 February 2001 | Minsk | |||
Petya Pendareva | ![]() | 11 March 2001 | Lisbon | |||
Mariya Bolikova | ![]() | 4 February 2006 | Samara |
- A = affected by altitude
Note: The following athletes have had their performances annulled due to doping offense:
Time | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
7.04 | Zhanna Block | ![]() | 14 March 2003 | Birmingham |
World Indoor Championship medalists
Men
Note: The original winner in 1987 was Ben Johnson (6.41), who was disqualified in 1989 after admitting long term drug use.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 8 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 17 | 18 | 16 | 51 |
Women
Notes:
- The original silver medal winner in 1987 was Angella Issajenko (7.08), who was disqualified in 1989 after admitting long term drug use.
- The original winner in 2003 was Zhanna Block (7.04), who was stripped of the title in 2011, and had her results from November 2002 onwards annulled.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 |
Notes and references
- ↑ 60 Metres Records. IAAF (2009-04-04). Retrieved on 2009-04-04.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "60 Metres Results" (PDF). EAA. 2 March 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ↑ "USA Indoor Championships 2014 Results". USATF. 23 February 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ↑ 60 Metres All Time. IAAF (2010-02-06). Retrieved on 2010-02-07.
- ↑ "60m Results Summary" (PDF). IAAF. 9 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ↑ Matthew Brown (16 February 2013). "Ahouré's sub-seven sprint steals the show in Birmingham". IAAF. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ↑ "60m Results" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ↑ "60m Dash Results". flashresults.com. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
External links
- All-time men's indoors best 60 metres from alltime-athletics.com