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. 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.
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| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 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 |
7.9 |
Indoor results only. Updated April 2010.
| Area | Men's | Women's | ||||
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| 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 |
Indoor results only. Updated June 2011.
1 Ben Johnson of Canada ran 6.41 at Indianapolis, United States on 7th March 1987, but this time was rescinded after Johnson admitted to using steroids between 1981 and 1988.
Updated April 2010.[2]
A = affected by altitude
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