60 metres
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.
Although Maurice Greene is the men's world record holder with 6.39, split times from Usain Bolt's 100 m world record at the 2009 World Athletics Championships revealed he ran the first 60 m in 6.31 seconds.[1][2] However, records for the 60 m can only be set in that specific event.
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.
Olympic medallists
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Paris |
 Alvin Kraenzlein (USA)
|
7.0 |
Walter Tewksbury (USA)
|
7.1 |
 Stan Rowley (AUS)
|
7.2 |
| 1904 St. Louis |
Archie Hahn (USA)
|
7.0 |
William Hogenson (USA)
|
7.2 |
Fay Moulton (USA)
|
7.2 |
Area records
Indoor results only. Updated February 2012.
| Area | Men's | Women's | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Athlete | Nation | Time | Athlete | Nation | |
| Africa | 6.45[A] | Leonard Myles-Mills |
 Ghana
|
7.02 |
Christy Opara-Thompson Chioma Ajunwa |
 Nigeria Nigeria
|
| Asia | 6.51 | Talal Mansour |
 Qatar
|
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
|
7.26[A] | Esmeralda de Jesús Garcia |
Brazil
|
- A Represents a time set at a high altitude.[3]
Top all-time male athletes
Indoor results only. Updated February 2012.
1 Ben Johnson of Canada ran 6.41 at Indianapolis, United States on 7th March 1987, but this time was rescinded after Johnson admitted to using steroids between 1981 and 1988.
Top all-time female athletes
Updated February 2012.[4]
- A = affected by altitude
References
- ^ Biomechanical analysis of the sprinters splits in the semi-final and final. IAAF (2009). Retrieved on 2012-02-19.
- ^ Statistical analysis of Bolt and Powell's speed in the final. IAAF (2009). Retrieved on 2012-02-19.
- ^ 60 Metres Records. IAAF (2009-04-04). Retrieved on 2009-04-04.
- ^ 60 Metres All Time. IAAF (2010-02-06). Retrieved on 2010-02-07.
External links
- All-time men's indoors best 60 metres from alltime-athletics.com
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