60 metres 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.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, while Russian Irina Privalova holds the women's world record at 6.92.60 yards 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 records Updated 4 January 2019. Top 25 performers Indoor results only Men Updated February 2019Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref 1 6.34 Christian Coleman 18 February 2018 Albuquerque 2 6.39 Maurice Greene 3 February 1998 Madrid 2 6.39 Maurice Greene 3 March 2001 Atlanta 3 6.40 Ronnie Baker 18 February 2018 Albuquerque 4 6.41 Andre Cason 14 February 1992Madrid 5 6.42 Dwain Chambers 7 March 2009 Turin 5 6.42 Su Bingtian 3 March 2018 Birmingham 7 6.43 Tim Harden 7 March 1999 Maebashi 8 6.44 Asafa Powell 18 March 2016 Portland 8 6.44 Asafa Powell 18 March 2016 Portland 9 6.45 Bruny Surin 13 February 1993 Liévin 9 6.45 Leonard Myles-Mills 20 February 1999Colorado Springs 9 6.45 Terrence Trammell 17 February 2001 Pocatello 9 6.45 Justin Gatlin 1 March 2003Boston 9 6.45 Ronald Pognon 13 February 2005 Karlsruhe 9 6.45 Trell Kimmons 26 February 2012 Albuquerque 15 6.46 Jon Drummond 1 February 1998 Stuttgart 15 6.46 Marcus Brunson 30 January 1999 Flagstaff 15 6.46 Jason Gardener 7 March 1999 Maebashi 15 6.46 Tim Montgomery 11 March 2001Lisbon 15 6.46 Leonard Scott 26 February 2005 Liévin 20 6.47 Linford Christie 19 February 1995 Liévin 20 6.47 Shawn Crawford 28 February 2004 Boston 20 6.47 Dwight Phillips 24 February 2005 Madrid 20 6.47 Lerone Clarke 18 February 2012 Birmingham 20 6.47 James Dasaolu 15 February 2014 Birmingham 20 6.47 Kim Collins 17 February 2015 Łódź 20 6.47 Trayvon Bromell 18 March 2016 Portland
Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref 6.41 Ben Johnson 7 March 1987 Indianapolis
Outdoor best performances + = to 100m markRank Time Wind Athlete Nation Date Place Ref 1 6.31+ +0.9 Usain Bolt 16 August 2009 Berlin
Women Updated February 2019.Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref 1 6.92 Irina Privalova 11 February 1993Madrid 1 6.92 Irina Privalova 9 February 1995 Madrid 2 6.95 Gail Devers 12 March 1993Toronto 2 6.95 Marion Jones 7 March 1998 Maebashi 4 6.96 Merlene Ottey 14 February 1992 Madrid 4 6.96 Ekaterini Thanou 7 March 1999 Maebashi 6 6.97 LaVerne Jones-Ferrette 6 February 2010Stuttgart 6 6.97 Murielle Ahouré 2 March 2018 Birmingham 8 6.98 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 9 March 2014 Sopot 8 6.98 Elaine Thompson 18 February 2017 Birmingham 10 7.00 Nelli Cooman 23 February 1986 Madrid 10 7.00 Veronica Campbell-Brown 14 March 2010 Doha 10 7.00 Dafne Schippers 13 February 2016 Berlin 10 7.00 Barbara Pierre 12 March 2016 Portland 14 7.01 Savatheda Fynes 7 March 1999 Maebashi 14 7.01 Me'Lisa Barber 10 March 2006 Moscow 14 7.01 Lauryn Williams 10 March 2006 Moscow 17 7.02 Gwen Torrence 2 February 1996New York City 17 7.02 Christy Opara-Thompson 12 February 1997 Ghent 17 7.02 Chioma Ajunwa 22 February 1998 Liévin 17 7.02 Philomena Mensah 7 March 1999 Maebashi 17 7.02 Carmelita Jeter 28 February 2010 Albuquerque 17 7.02 Tianna Madison 11 February 2012 Fayetteville 17 7.02 Javianne Oliver 18 February 2018 Albuquerque 17 7.02 Marie-Josée Ta Lou 20 February 2019 Düsseldorf 25 7.03 Anelia Nuneva 22 February 1987 Liévin 25 7.03 Mujinga Kambundji 17 February 2018 Magglingen
Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref 7.03 Inger Miller 7 March 1999 Maebashi
Outdoor best performances + = to 100m markRank Time Wind Athlete Nation Date Place Ref 1 6.80+ +0.1 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 29 September 2019 Doha 2 6.85+ −0.1 Marion Jones 22 August 1999 Seville 3 6.87+ 0.0 Florence Griffith-Joyner 16 July 1988 Indianapolis 4 7.02 +1.7 Elaine Thompson 28 January 2017 Kingston
Olympic medalists Men 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.Medal table Women 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.Medal table Season's bests Men Women
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