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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 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: 'ready', 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,[1] 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 | Men | Women | ||||
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Time (s) | Athlete | Nation | Time (s) | Athlete | Nation | |
Africa | 6.45 A | Leonard Myles-Mills | ![]() |
6.97 | Murielle Ahouré | ![]() |
Asia | 6.42 | Su Bingtian | ![]() |
7.09 | Susanthika Jayasinghe | ![]() |
Europe | 6.41 | Marcell Jacobs | ![]() |
6.92 | Irina Privalova | ![]() |
North, Central America and Caribbean |
6.34 A | Christian Coleman | ![]() |
6.95 | Gail Devers Marion Jones |
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Oceania | 6.52 | Matthew Shirvington | ![]() |
7.13 | Zoe Hobbs | ![]() |
South America | 6.52 | José Carlos Moreira | ![]() |
7.14 | Vitoria Cristina Rosa | ![]() |
Indoor results only
Updated March 2022.[4]
Note: The following athletes have had their performances annulled because of doping offense:
Time (s) | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
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6.41 | Ben Johnson | ![]() |
7 March 1987 | Indianapolis | [16] |
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 6.47 seconds:
+ = en route to 100m mark
Rank | Time (s) | Wind (m/s) | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 6.29+ (calculated) | +0.9 | Su Bingtian | ![]() |
1 August 2021 | Tokyo | [17] |
2 | 6.31+ (calculated) | +0.9 | Usain Bolt | ![]() |
16 August 2009 | Berlin | [18] |
3 | 6.32+ (calculated) | +0.6 | Christian Coleman | ![]() |
28 September 2019 | Doha | [19] |
Note: The following athletes have had their associated 100 m performances annulled because of doping offense:
Time (s) | Wind (m/s) | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
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6.33+ (calculated) | +1.1 | Ben Johnson | ![]() |
24 September 1988 | Seoul | [20] |
Updated March 2022.[21]
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 7.00 seconds:
+ = en route to 100m mark
Rank | Time (s) | Wind (m/s) | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 6.81+ (calculated) | +0.1 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | ![]() |
29 September 2019 | Doha | [32] |
2 | 6.85+ (calculated) | −0.1 | Marion Jones | ![]() |
22 August 1999 | Seville | |
3 | 6.87+ (calculated) | 0.0 | Florence Griffith-Joyner | ![]() |
16 July 1988 | Indianapolis | [33] |
+0.9 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | ![]() |
21 August 2021 | Eugene | [34] | ||
4 | 6.91+ (calculated) | +0.1 | Dina Asher-Smith | ![]() |
29 September 2019 | Doha | [32] |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1900 Paris |
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1904 St. Louis |
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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.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 9 | 8 | 3 | 20 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (17 nations) | 19 | 20 | 18 | 57 |
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.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | ![]() | 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 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (22 nations) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |