60 metres on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in
b
b
c
All-time men's best 60 metres
from alltime-athletics.com
from alltime-athletics.com {{Portal bar, Athletics Events in track and field Sprint (running) Indoor track and field Discontinued Summer Olympic disciplines in athletics
60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...
. 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
Starting blocks are a device used in the sport of track and field by sprint athletes to brace their feet against at the start of a race so they do not slip as they stride forward at the sound of the starter's pistol. The blocks also enable the s ...
; '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
A starting pistol or starter pistol is a blank handgun that is fired to start track and field races, as well as competitive swimming races at some meets. Starter guns cannot fire real ammunition without first being extensively modified: Blank ...
. 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
Christian Coleman (born March 6, 1996) is an American professional track and field Sprint (running), sprinter who competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the former world champion in the 100 meters. He was a double gold medallist at th ...
currently holds the men's world record in the 60 metres with a time of 6.34 seconds, while Russian Irina Privalova
Irina Anatolyevna Privalova (russian: Ирина Анатольевна Привалова; on 22 November 1968) is a Russian Olympic gold medallist athlete.
Her Summer Olympics debut was in 1992 in the sprint events, where she won two medals� ...
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 records
''Updated 19 March 2022.''All-time top 25
''Indoor results only''Men
Updated June 2022. Note: The following athletes have had their performances annulled due to doping offences:Outdoor best performances
+ =en route
''En route'' may refer to:
* ''En Route'' (novel), an 1895 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans
* ''En Route'' (film), a 2004 German movie directed by Jan Krüger
* En-route chart, in aeronautics
* enRoute (credit card), Air Canada's credit card divisi ...
to 100m mark
Note: The following athletes have had their associated 100 m performances annulled due to doping offences:
Women
Updated June 2022.Outdoor best performances
+ =en route
''En route'' may refer to:
* ''En Route'' (novel), an 1895 novel by Joris-Karl Huysmans
* ''En Route'' (film), a 2004 German movie directed by Jan Krüger
* En-route chart, in aeronautics
* enRoute (credit card), Air Canada's credit card divisi ...
to 100m mark
Olympic medalists
World Indoor Championships medalists
Men
a The event was known as the ''World Indoor Games'' in 1985.b
Ben Johnson Ben, Benjamin or Benny Johnson may refer to:
In sports Association football
* Ben Johnson (footballer, born 2000), English footballer
* Ben Johnson (soccer) (born 1977), American soccer player
Other codes of football
*Ben Johnson (Australian foot ...
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
Angella Taylor-Issajenko, CM ( née Taylor; born September 28, 1958) is a Canadian coach and former sprinter. She won an Olympic silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay in Los Angeles 1984. At the Commonwealth Games she won seven medals, incl ...
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
Zhanna Pintusevich-Block ( uk, Жанна Пінтусевич-Блок; Tarnopolskaya; born 6 July 1972) is a Ukrainian former world champion sprinter who competed in the Olympic Games.
Early life
Zhanna Pintusevich-Block comes from a Jewish ...
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 (at the )
Season's bests
Men
Women
See also
* 2020/21 in 60 metresNotes and references
External links
All-time men's best 60 metres
from alltime-athletics.com
from alltime-athletics.com {{Portal bar, Athletics Events in track and field Sprint (running) Indoor track and field Discontinued Summer Olympic disciplines in athletics