60 metres

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60 metres is a sprint event in 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. At one time this event was commonly contested over 60 yards instead of 60 metres.

60 metres was an Olympic event in the 1900 and 1904 games.

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[edit] Olympic medalists in 60 metres

Year: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
1900 Paris Alvin Kraenzlein
USA		 7.0 John W. Tewksbury
USA		 7.1 Stanley Rowley
AUS		 7.2
1904 St. Louis Archie Hahn
USA		 7.0 William Hogenson
USA		 7.2 Fay Moulton
USA		 7.9

[edit] Top All-time athletes - 60 metres - Men

Indoor results only. Updated January 7, 2008.

Rank Res. Athlete Nation Date Place
1. 6.39 Maurice Greene Flag of the United States United States February 3, 1998 Madrid
2. 6.41 Andre Cason Flag of the United States United States February 14, 1992 Madrid
3. 6.43 Tim Harden Flag of the United States United States March 7, 1999 Maebashi
4 6.45 Bruny Surin Flag of Canada Canada February 13, 1993 Liévin
Leonard Myles-Mills Flag of Ghana Ghana February 20, 1999 Colorado Springs
Terrence Trammell Flag of the United States United States February 17, 2001 Pocatello
Justin Gatlin Flag of the United States United States March 1, 2003 Boston
Ronald Pognon Flag of France France February 13, 2005 Karlsruhe
9 6.46 Jon Drummond Flag of the United States United States February 1, 1998 Stuttgart
Marcus Brunson Flag of the United States United States January 30, 1999 Flagstaff
Jason Gardener Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom March 7, 1999 Maebashi
Tim Montgomery Flag of the United States United States March 11, 2001 Lisbon
Leonard Scott Flag of the United States United States February 26, 2005 Liévin
14 6.47 Linford Christie Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom February 19, 1995 Liévin
Shawn Crawford Flag of the United States United States February 28, 2004 Boston
Dwight Phillips Flag of the United States United States February 24, 2005 Madrid
17 6.48 Leroy Burrell Flag of the United States United States February 13, 1991 Madrid
Deji Aliu Flag of Nigeria Nigeria February 21, 1999 Liévin
Morné Nagel Flag of South Africa South Africa January 27, 2002 Dortmund
John Capel Flag of the United States United States February 24, 2003 Fayetteville
21 6.49 Mark McKoy Flag of Canada Canada March 6, 1993 Karlsruhe
Colin Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom March 11, 1994 Paris
Michael Green Flag of Jamaica Jamaica February 16, 1997 Liévin
Randall Evans Flag of the United States United States March 1, 1997 Atlanta
Freddy Mayola Flag of Cuba Cuba February 16, 2000 Madrid
Olusoji Fasuba Flag of Nigeria Nigeria February 3, 2007 Stuttgart

[edit] Top All-time athletes - 60 metres - Women

Updated January 7, 2008.

Rank Res. Athlete Born Nation Date Place
1. 6.92 Irina Privalova 1968 Flag of Russia Russia February 11, 1993 Madrid
2 6.95 Gail Devers 1966 Flag of the United States United States March 12, 1993 Toronto
Marion Jones 1975 Flag of the United States United States March 7, 1998 Maebashi
4 6.96 Merlene Ottey 1960 Flag of Jamaica Jamaica February 14, 1992 Madrid
Ekaterini Thanou 1975 Flag of Greece Greece March 7, 1999 Maebashi
6. 7.00 Nelli Cooman 1964 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands February 23, 1986 Madrid
7 7.01 Sevatheda Fynes 1974 Flag of the Bahamas Bahamas March 7, 1999 Maebashi
Me'Lisa Barber 1980 Flag of the United States United States March 10, 2006 Moscow
Lauryn Williams 1983 Flag of the United States United States March 10, 2006 Moscow
10 7.02 Gwen Torrence 1965 Flag of the United States United States February 2, 1996 New York
Christy Opara-Thompson 1971 Flag of Nigeria Nigeria February 12, 1997 Ghent
Chioma Ajunwa 1970 Flag of Nigeria Nigeria February 22, 1998 Liévin
Philomena Mensah 1975 Flag of Canada Canada March 7, 1999 Maebashi
14 7.03 Anelia Nuneva 1962 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria February 22, 1987 Liévin
Inger Miller 1972 Flag of the United States United States March 7, 1999 Maebashi
16 7.04 Marita Koch 1957 Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany February 16, 1987 Senftenberg
Silke Gladisch 1964 Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany March 6, 1988 Budapest
Carlette Guidry 1968 Flag of the United States United States March 4, 1995 Atlanta
Petya Pendareva 1971 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria March 11, 2001 Lisbon
Zhanna Block 1972 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine March 14, 2003 Birmingham
Mariya Bolikova 1977 Flag of Russia Russia February 4, 2006 Samara
Veronica Campbell 1982 Flag of Jamaica Jamaica February 10, 2006 Fayetteville
23 7.06 Katrin Krabbe 1969 Flag of Germany Germany February 16, 1991 Dortmund
Natalya Voronova 1965 Flag of Russia Russia January 26, 1993 Moscow
Olga Bogoslovskaya 1964 Flag of Russia Russia February 26, 1994 Lipetsk
Yuliya Tabakova 1980 Flag of Russia Russia February 17, 2004 Moscow
Christine Arron 1973 Flag of France France February 26, 2006 Aubière

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