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This article is about the sprint event. For the radio band, see 60-metre band.

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.

Athletics
60 metres
World records
MenUnited States Christian Coleman 6.34 A (2018)
WomenRussia Irina Privalova 6.92 (1993, 1995)
World Indoor Championship records
MenUnited States Christian Coleman 6.37 (2018)
WomenUnited States Gail Devers 6.95 (1993)
A 60-metre race in Valencia in 2005

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,[1] 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.[2]

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.

Updated 3 March 2024.[3][4]

Area Men Women
Time (s) Athlete Nation Time (s) Athlete Nation
Africa 6.45 A Leonard Myles-Mills   Ghana 6.97 Murielle Ahouré   Ivory Coast
Asia 6.42 Su Bingtian   China 7.09 Susanthika Jayasinghe   Sri Lanka
Europe 6.41 Marcell Jacobs   Italy 6.92 Irina Privalova   Russia
North, Central America
and Caribbean		 6.34 A Christian Coleman   United States 6.94 A Aleia Hobbs
Julien Alfred		   United States
  Saint Lucia
Oceania 6.52 Matthew Shirvington   Australia 7.06 Zoe Hobbs   New Zealand
South America 6.52 José Carlos Moreira   Brazil 7.14 Vitoria Cristina Rosa   Brazil

Indoor results only

Updated April 2024.[5]

Ath.# Perf.# Time (s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 6.34 A Christian Coleman   United States 18 February 2018 Albuquerque [1]
2 6.37 Coleman #2 19 January 2018 Clemson
Coleman #3 3 March 2018 Birmingham [6]
2 4 6.39 Maurice Greene   United States 3 February 1998 Madrid
4 6.39 Greene #2 3 March 2001 Atlanta
6 6.40 Greene #3 27 February 1999 Atlanta
3 6 6.40 A Ronnie Baker   United States 18 February 2018 Albuquerque [1]
4 8 6.41 Andre Cason   United States 14 February 1992 Madrid
8 6.41 Greene #4 1 February 1998 Stuttgart
5 8 6.41 Marcell Jacobs   Italy 19 March 2022 Belgrade [7]
8 6.41 Coleman #4 19 March 2022 Belgrade [7]
Coleman #5 1 March 2024 Glasgow [8]
13 6.42 Greene #5 7 March 1999 Maebashi
6 13 6.42 Dwain Chambers   Great Britain 7 March 2009 Turin
13 6.42 A Coleman #6 18 February 2018 Albuquerque [1]
7 13 6.42 Su Bingtian   China 3 March 2018 Birmingham [6]
Trayvon Bromell   United States 10 February 2023 Clemson [9]
18 6.43 Greene #6 1 February 1998 Stuttgart
9 18 6.43 Tim Harden   United States 7 March 1999 Maebashi
18 6.43 Su #2 6 February 2018 Düsseldorf
10 18 6.43 A Noah Lyles   United States 17 February 2024 Albuquerque [10]
18 6.43 Coleman #7 1 March 2024 Glasgow [8]
23 6.44 Harden #2 27 February 1999 Atlanta
Harden #3 11 March 2001 Lisbon
11 23 6.44 Asafa Powell   Jamaica 18 March 2016 Portland [11]
23 6.44 Powell #2 18 March 2016 Portland [12]
Baker #2 3 March 2018 Birmingham
Baker #3 19 February 2020 Liévin
Baker #4 21 February 2020 Madrid
12 23 6.44 Marvin Bracy   United States 19 March 2022 Belgrade [7]
23 6.44 Lyles #2 4 February 2024 Boston [13]
6.44 A Coleman #8 17 February 2024 Albuquerque [10]
6.44 Lyles #3 1 March 2024 Glasgow [8]
13 6.45 Bruny Surin   Canada 13 February 1993 Liévin
6.45 A Leonard Myles-Mills   Ghana 20 February 1999 Colorado Springs
Terrence Trammell   United States 17 February 2001 Pocatello
6.45 Justin Gatlin   United States 1 March 2003 Boston
Ronald Pognon   France 13 February 2005 Karlsruhe
6.45 A Trell Kimmons   United States 26 February 2012 Albuquerque
6.45 Terrence Jones   Bahamas 15 January 2022 Lubbock [14]
Ackeem Blake   Jamaica 4 February 2024 Boston [15]
21 6.46 Jon Drummond   United States 1 February 1998 Stuttgart
6.46 A Marcus Brunson   United States 30 January 1999 Flagstaff
6.46 Jason Gardener   Great Britain 7 March 1999 Maebashi
Tim Montgomery   United States 11 March 2001 Lisbon
Leonard Scott   United States 26 February 2005 Liévin

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

Time (s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
6.41 Ben Johnson   Canada 7 March 1987 Indianapolis [16]

Outdoor best performances

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+ = en route to 100 m mark

Rank Time (s) Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 6.29+ (calculated) +0.9 Su Bingtian   China 1 August 2021 Tokyo [17][18]
2 6.31+ (calculated) +0.9 Usain Bolt   Jamaica 16 August 2009 Berlin [19][20]
3 6.32+ (calculated) +1.7 Asafa Powell   Jamaica 9 September 2007 Rieti [21]
+1.7 Usain Bolt   Jamaica 31 May 2008 New York City [22]
0.0 Usain Bolt   Jamaica 16 August 2008 Beijing [23]
+0.2 Asafa Powell   Jamaica 2 September 2009 Lausanne [24]
+1.5 Usain Bolt   Jamaica 5 August 2012 London [25]
+0.6 Christian Coleman   United States 28 September 2019 Doha [26]
9 6.33+ (calculated) −0.2 Maurice Greene   United States 5 August 2001 Edmonton [27]
−0.1 Yohan Blake   Jamaica 23 August 2012 Lausanne [28]
11 6.34+ (calculated) +0.9 Justin Gatlin   United States 23 August 2015 Beijing [29]

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

Time (s) Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
6.33+ (calculated) +1.1 Ben Johnson   Canada 24 September 1988 Seoul [30]

Updated March 2024.[31]

Ath.# Perf.# Time (s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 1 6.92 Irina Privalova   Russia 11 February 1993 Madrid
1 6.92 Privalova #2 9 February 1995 Madrid
3 6.93 Privalova #3 13 February 1994 Liévin
4 6.94 Privalova #4 19 February 1995 Liévin
2 4 6.94 A Aleia Hobbs   United States 18 February 2023 Albuquerque [32]
Julien Alfred   Saint Lucia 11 March 2023 Albuquerque [33]
4 6 6.95 Gail Devers   United States 12 March 1993 Toronto
6 6.95 Privalova #5 6 February 1994 Vienna
Privalova #6 14 February 1995 Moscow
5 6 6.95 Marion Jones   United States 7 March 1998 Maebashi
6 10 6.96 Merlene Ottey   Jamaica 14 February 1992 Madrid
10 6.96 Privalova #7 11 February 1993 Madrid
7 10 6.96 Ekaterini Thanou   Greece 7 March 1999 Maebashi
Mujinga Kambundji   Switzerland 18 March 2022 Belgrade [34]
10 6.96 A Alfred #2 10 March 2023 Albuquerque [35]
15 6.97 Privalova #8 14 February 1992 Madrid
Privalova #9 12 March 1993 Toronto
Privalova #10 11 February 1994 Madrid
Privalova #11 12 February 1995 Ghent
Ottey #2 19 February 1995 Liévin
Ottey #3 10 March 1995 Ghent
9 15 6.97 LaVerne Jones-Ferrette   United States Virgin Islands 6 February 2010 Stuttgart
Murielle Ahouré   Ivory Coast 2 March 2018 Birmingham [36]
15 6.97 Alfred #3 25 February 2023 Lubbock [37]
24 6.98 Privalova #12 27 February 1993 Moscow
Devers #2 21 February 1999 Liévin
11 24 6.98 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce   Jamaica 9 March 2014 Sopot [38]
Elaine Thompson-Herah   Jamaica 18 February 2017 Birmingham [39]
24 6.98 Hobbs #2 28 January 2023 Fayetteville [40]
11 24 6.98 Ewa Swoboda   Poland 2 March 2024 Glasgow [41]
24 6.98 Alfred #4 2 March 2024 Glasgow [42]
14 6.99 Mikiah Brisco   United States 18 March 2022 Belgrade [34]
15 7.00 Nelli Cooman   Netherlands 23 February 1986 Madrid
Veronica Campbell-Brown   Jamaica 14 March 2010 Doha
Dafne Schippers   Netherlands 13 February 2016 Berlin [43]
Barbara Pierre   United States 12 March 2016 Portland [44]
19 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
22 7.02 Gwen Torrence   United States 2 February 1996 New York City
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
7.02 A Javianne Oliver   United States 18 February 2018 Albuquerque [1]
7.02 Marie-Josée Ta Lou   Ivory Coast 20 February 2019 Düsseldorf [45]
Zaynab Dosso   Italy 6 February 2024 Toruń [46]

Outdoor best performances

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+ = en route to 100 m mark

Rank Time (s) Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref
1 6.81+ (calculated) +0.1 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce   Jamaica 29 September 2019 Doha [47]
2 6.85+ (calculated) −0.1 Marion Jones   United States 22 August 1999 Seville
3 6.87+ (calculated) 0.0 Florence Griffith-Joyner   United States 16 July 1988 Indianapolis [48]
+0.9 Elaine Thompson-Herah   Jamaica 21 August 2021 Eugene [49]
5 6.91+ (calculated) +0.1 Dina Asher-Smith   Great Britain 29 September 2019 Doha [47]

World Indoor Championships medalists

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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.

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.

Notes and references

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