60 metres
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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 yard
s (54.86 m) race. This is not part of the lineage of the 60 metres, but is the predecessor of the 55 metres
race.
Represents a time set at a high altitude.
1 Ben Johnson of Canada ran 6.41 at Indianapolis, United States on 7th March 1987, but this time was rescinded after Johnson admitted to using steroids between 1981 and 1988.
A = affected by altitude
Sprint (race)
Sprints are short running events in athletics and track and field. Races over short distances are among the oldest running competitions. The first 13 editions of the Ancient Olympic Games featured only one event—the stadion race, which was a race from one end of the stadium to the other...
event in track and field athletics. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...
runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior athletes. The 60 metres was an Olympic event in the 1900
Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics
At the 1900 Summer Olympics, twenty-three athletics events were contested. 117 athletes from 15 nations competed. In many countries, due in part to the conflagration of the Olympic Games and the World's Fair in Paris, the media discussed only the athletics events under the "Olympic" name while...
and 1904
Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics
At the 1904 Summer Olympics, twenty-five athletics events were contested, all for men only.Multi-event competitions, the decathlon and triathlon, were introduced for the first time. The short steeplechase was lengthened slightly, from 2500 to 2590 metres, while the long steeplechase was...
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
Usain Bolt
The Honourable Usain St. Leo Bolt, OJ, C.D. , is a Jamaican sprinter and a five-time World and three-time Olympic gold medalist. He is the world record and Olympic record holder in the 100 metres, the 200 metres and the 4×100 metres relay...
'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 yard
Yard
A yard is a unit of length in several different systems including English units, Imperial units and United States customary units. It is equal to 3 feet or 36 inches...
s (54.86 m) race. This is not part of the lineage of the 60 metres, but is the predecessor of the 55 metres
55 metres
55 metres 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....
race.
Olympic medallists
| 1900 Paris Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics At the 1900 Summer Olympics, twenty-three athletics events were contested. 117 athletes from 15 nations competed. In many countries, due in part to the conflagration of the Olympic Games and the World's Fair in Paris, the media discussed only the athletics events under the "Olympic" name while... |
Alvin Kraenzlein Alvin Kraenzlein Alvin Christian Kraenzlein was an American athlete. He was the first sportsman to win four Olympic titles in a single Olympic Games... USA |
7.0 | Walter Tewksbury USA |
7.1 | Stan Rowley AUS Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
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| 1904 St. Louis Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics At the 1904 Summer Olympics, twenty-five athletics events were contested, all for men only.Multi-event competitions, the decathlon and triathlon, were introduced for the first time. The short steeplechase was lengthened slightly, from 2500 to 2590 metres, while the long steeplechase was... |
Archie Hahn Archie Hahn Charles Archibald "Archie" Hahn was a German-American athlete, and one of the best sprinters in the early 20th century.... USA |
7.0 | William Hogenson William Hogenson William "Bill" P. Hogenson was an American athlete and sprinter who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a silver medal in Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics in the men's 60 metre dash, but was beaten by Archie Hahn who took gold... USA |
7.2 | Fay Moulton Fay Moulton -External links:*... USA |
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Area records
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| Africa Confederation of African Athletics The Confederation of African Athletics is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Africa. It is headquartered in Senegal. It organises the African Championships in Athletics and other continental competitions.-Members:... |
6.45 | Leonard Myles-Mills Leonard Myles-Mills Leonard Myles-Mills is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.He has won a gold medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games, a silver medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games and a bronze medal at the 1998 African Championships. In 1999 he set a new African indoor record in 60 metres with 6.45 seconds... |
7.02 | Christy Opara-Thompson Chioma Ajunwa Chioma Ajunwa Chioma Ajunwa , is a former athlete from Nigeria, who previously played football for the Nigerian women's team. She is the first Nigerian to win an Olympic gold medal as well as the first African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event... |
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| Asia Asian Athletics Association The Asian Athletics Association is the continental governing body for the sport of athletics in Asia. It is headquartered in Singapore. It organises the Asian Championships in Athletics and other continental competitions.... |
6.51 | Talal Mansour Talal Mansour Talal Mansour Al-Rahim is a retired Qatari sprinter who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He holds the Asian indoor record for 60 metres with 6.51 seconds.- Achievements :*1994 Asian Games - gold medal *1994 Asian Games - gold medal... |
7.09 | Susanthika Jayasinghe Susanthika Jayasinghe Susanthika Jayasinghe is a Sri Lankan sprint athlete specializing in the 100 and 200 metres.... |
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| Europe European Athletic Association The European Athletic Association is the European governing body for the sport of athletics.- History :In 1932, during a meeting of the International Amateur Athletic Federation in Los Angeles, a special committee was designated by the Council with the task of reviewing the conditions for the... |
6.42 | Dwain Chambers Dwain Chambers Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English sprinter of Afro-Caribbean descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres sprint, in which he has the second... |
6.92 | Irina Privalova Irina Privalova Irina Anatoljewna Privalova is a Russian athlete.She first competed in the sprint events, winning two Olympic medals in the 100 m and 200 m in 1992 whilst representing the Unified Team. Irina Privalova had been a formidable competitor during most of the 1990s but had not yet won an... |
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6.39 | Maurice Greene Maurice Greene (athlete) Maurice Greene is a retired American track and field sprinter who specialized in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is a former 100 m world record holder with a time of 9.79 seconds. During the height of his career he won four Olympic medals and was a five-time World Champion... |
6.95 | Gail Devers Gail Devers Yolanda Gail Devers is a retired three-time Olympic champion in track and field for the US Olympic Team. Devers was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up near National City, California and graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1984... Marion Jones Marion Jones Marion Lois Jones , also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA... |
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| Oceania | 6.52 | Matthew Shirvington | 7.30 | Sally McLellan Sally McLellan Sally Pearson is an Australian athlete. She is the current World Champion in the 100 metres hurdles with a time of 12.28s. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won the silver medal in the 100 m hurdles with a time of 12.64s.- Athletic career :Pearson was born in Sydney and moved to the Gold Coast... |
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| South America CONSUDATLE CONSUDATLE is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within South America. CONSUDATLE is one of six area associations of the International Amateur Athletic Federation... |
6.52 | José Carlos Moreira José Carlos Moreira José Carlos Moreira is a Brazilian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. His personal best time is 10.16 seconds, achieved in June 2007 in Cochabamba.... |
7.26 | Esmeralda de Jesús Garcia | ||
Represents a time set at a high altitude.
Top all-time male athletes
Indoor results only. Updated June 2011.| Rank | Res. | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place |
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| 1. | 6.39 | Maurice Greene Maurice Greene (athlete) Maurice Greene is a retired American track and field sprinter who specialized in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is a former 100 m world record holder with a time of 9.79 seconds. During the height of his career he won four Olympic medals and was a five-time World Champion... |
3 February 1998 | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... |
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| 2. | 6.41 | Andre Cason Andre Cason Andre Cason is an American former sprinter. He was a member of the US 4 x 100 meters relay team that won the gold medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo with a world record time of 37.50 seconds... 1 |
14 February 1992 | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... |
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| 3. | 6.42 | Dwain Chambers Dwain Chambers Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English sprinter of Afro-Caribbean descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres sprint, in which he has the second... |
7 March 2009 | Turin Turin Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat... |
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| 4. | 6.43 | Tim Harden Tim Harden Tim Harden is a former American athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Tim graduated from Northeast High School in Kansas City, Missouri in 1992... |
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| 5 | 6.45 | Bruny Surin Bruny Surin Bruny Surin is a Canadian athlete, winner of a gold medal in the 4x100 m relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 2008 he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics 4x100 relay team.-Career:... |
13 February 1993 | Liévin Liévin Liévin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Overview:The city of Liévin is an old mining city of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this modest-sized city nevertheless has several nursery schools, schools, colleges, a university, a swimming pool, a city library, a cultural and... |
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| 6.45 A | Leonard Myles-Mills Leonard Myles-Mills Leonard Myles-Mills is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.He has won a gold medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games, a silver medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games and a bronze medal at the 1998 African Championships. In 1999 he set a new African indoor record in 60 metres with 6.45 seconds... |
20 February 1999 | Colorado Springs | ||
| Terrence Trammell Terrence Trammell Terrence R. Trammell is a track and field athlete who won the silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles at both the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as three silver medals at the World Championships.The 1997 Track & Field News Male High School Athlete of the Year attended the University of... |
17 February 2001 | Pocatello Pocatello, Idaho Pocatello is the county seat and largest city of Bannock County, with a small portion on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in neighboring Power County, in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the principal city of the Pocatello metropolitan area, which encompasses all of Bannock... |
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| 6.45 | Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin is an American sprinter. He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He served a four-year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban in 2009, but it was later denied.- Biography :Gatlin attended... |
1 March 2003 | Boston Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had... |
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| Ronald Pognon Ronald Pognon Ronald Pognon is a French sprint athlete. He originally specialized in the 200 metres, but later shifted to the shorter sprint distances... |
13 February 2005 | Karlsruhe Karlsruhe The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states... |
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| 10 | 6.46 | Jon Drummond Jon Drummond Jonathan A. Drummond is an American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics.... |
1 February 1998 | Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... |
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| 6.46 A | Marcus Brunson Marcus Brunson Marcus Brunson is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*60 metres - 6.46 s *100 metres - 9.99 s *200 metres - 20.37 s -External links:... |
30 January 1999 | Flagstaff Flagstaff, Arizona Flagstaff is a city located in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In 2010, the city's population was 65,870. The population of the Metropolitan Statistical Area was at 134,421 in 2010. It is the county seat of Coconino County... |
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| 6.46 | Jason Gardener Jason Gardener Jason Carl Gardener is a retired British sprint athlete, and former World Indoor Champion. Gardener was educated at Beechen Cliff School and the City of Bath College, and went on to graduate from Bath Spa University.-Athletics career:Gardener started his career at the World Junior Championships in... |
7 March 1999 | Maebashi | ||
| Tim Montgomery Tim Montgomery Timothy Montgomery is a former American athlete. In 2005, he was stripped of his records – including a now void 100m world record of 9.78 seconds set in 2002 – after being found guilty of using performance-enhancing drugs... |
11 March 2001 | Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban... |
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| Leonard Scott Leonard Scott Leonard Scott is an American sprinter mainly competing in the 100 meters event. Scott attended the University of Tennessee on a track scholarship and turned professional in 2002. In 2005 he joined the exclusive list of sprinters to run the 100 in less than 10 seconds. A month later he finished... |
26 February 2005 | Liévin Liévin Liévin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Overview:The city of Liévin is an old mining city of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this modest-sized city nevertheless has several nursery schools, schools, colleges, a university, a swimming pool, a city library, a cultural and... |
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| 15 | 6.47 | Linford Christie Linford Christie Linford Cicero Christie OBE is a former sprinter from the United Kingdom. He is the only British man to have won gold medals in the 100 metres at all four major competitions open to British athletes: the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the European Championships and the Commonwealth Games... |
19 February 1995 | Liévin Liévin Liévin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Overview:The city of Liévin is an old mining city of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this modest-sized city nevertheless has several nursery schools, schools, colleges, a university, a swimming pool, a city library, a cultural and... |
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| Shawn Crawford Shawn Crawford Shawn Crawford is an American sprint athlete. He competes in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 meters.... |
28 February 2004 | Boston | |||
| Dwight Phillips Dwight Phillips Dwight Phillips is an American athlete and a four-time world champion in the long jump... |
24 February 2005 | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... |
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| 18 | 6.48 | Leroy Burrell Leroy Burrell Leroy Russel Burrell is a former American athlete who twice set the world record for the 100 meters sprint, setting a time of 9.90 seconds in June 1991. This was broken by Carl Lewis in September at the World Track and Field Championships. In that race, Burrell came in second, yet he... |
13 February 1991 | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... |
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| Deji Aliu Deji Aliu Deji Aliu is a Nigerian sprinter. He won the 100 metres event at the 2003 All-Africa Games. He also took fourth place in the event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.... |
21 February 1999 | Liévin Liévin Liévin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Overview:The city of Liévin is an old mining city of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this modest-sized city nevertheless has several nursery schools, schools, colleges, a university, a swimming pool, a city library, a cultural and... |
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| Morné Nagel Morne Nagel Morné Nagel is a South African sprinter. Together with Corne Du Plessis, Lee-Roy Newton and Matthew Quinn he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics.... |
27 January 2002 | Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union.... |
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| John Capel John Capel John Capel, Jr. is an American track and field athlete who was a world champion sprinter. Capel played college football for the University of Florida, where he was also a member of the Florida Gators track and field team.... |
24 February 2003 | Fayetteville Fayetteville, Arkansas Fayetteville is the county seat of Washington County, and the third largest city in Arkansas. The city is centrally located within the county and is home to the University of Arkansas. Fayetteville is also deep in the Boston Mountains, a subset of The Ozarks... |
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| 6.48 A | Mike Rodgers | 27 February 2011 | Albuquerque Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As... |
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| 23 | 6.49 | Mark McKoy Mark McKoy Mark Anthony McKoy is a former Canadian athlete, winner of 110 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Born in Georgetown, Guyana, Mark McKoy spent his youth in England, before moving to Canada as a teenager... |
6 March 1993 | Karlsruhe Karlsruhe The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states... |
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| Colin Jackson Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson CBE is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. Over his career representing Great Britain and Wales he won an Olympic silver medal, became world champion three times, went undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and... |
11 March 1994 | Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... |
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| Michael Green | 16 February 1997 | Liévin Liévin Liévin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Overview:The city of Liévin is an old mining city of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this modest-sized city nevertheless has several nursery schools, schools, colleges, a university, a swimming pool, a city library, a cultural and... |
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| Ato Boldon Ato Boldon Ato Jabari Boldon is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic medal winner. Only 2 other men in history, Frankie Fredericks and Carl Lewis, have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals. He is the current national record holder in the 50, 60 and 200 metres events... |
23 February 1997 | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
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| Randall Evans | 1 March 1997 | Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in... |
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| Freddy Mayola Freddy Mayola Freddy Santiago Mayola Fernández is a Cuban sprinter who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Sydney 2000... |
16 February 2000 | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... |
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| Coby Miller Coby Miller Coby Miller is an American track and field athlete, who specialises in the sprint events. In his career he recorded a sub-10 second personal best in the 100 meters and a sub-20 second best in the 200 meters. In the latter distance, he won the 1999 Summer Universiade and reached the 2000 Sydney... |
9 February 2003 | Ghent Ghent Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of... |
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| Olusoji Fasuba Olusoji Fasuba Olusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. He is the current African record holder in the event with 9.85 seconds.... |
3 February 2007 | Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... |
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| 6.49 A | Ivory Williams Ivory Williams Ivory Williams is an American sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 meters.Born in Jefferson County, Texas, Williams competed at the 2002 United States Junior Championships, taking bronze in the 200 meters and finishing in fourth place in the 100 m. His first major junior tournament was... |
28 February 2010 | Albuquerque, NM New Mexico New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S... |
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 April 2010.| Rank | Res. | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place |
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| 1. | 6.92 | Irina Privalova Irina Privalova Irina Anatoljewna Privalova is a Russian athlete.She first competed in the sprint events, winning two Olympic medals in the 100 m and 200 m in 1992 whilst representing the Unified Team. Irina Privalova had been a formidable competitor during most of the 1990s but had not yet won an... |
11 February 1993 | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... |
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| 2 | 6.95 | Gail Devers Gail Devers Yolanda Gail Devers is a retired three-time Olympic champion in track and field for the US Olympic Team. Devers was born in Seattle, Washington, and grew up near National City, California and graduated from Sweetwater High School in 1984... |
12 March 1993 | Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... |
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| Marion Jones Marion Jones Marion Lois Jones , also known as Marion Jones-Thompson, is a former world champion track and field athlete, and a former professional basketball player for Tulsa Shock in the WNBA... |
7 March 1998 | Maebashi | |||
| 4 | 6.96 | Merlene Ottey Merlene Ottey Merlene Joyce Ottey , is a Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete. Ottey began her career representing Jamaica, but since 2002, has represented Slovenia, where she now resides... |
14 February 1992 | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... |
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| Ekaterini Thanou | 7 March 1999 | Maebashi | |||
| 6. | 6.97 | Laverne Jones-Ferrette | 6 February 2010 | Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... |
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| 7 | 7.00 | Nelli Cooman Nelli Cooman Cornelli Antoinette Hariëtte Cooman is a former Dutch athlete of Surinamese origin. She was World Champion twice, six times European Champion and nineteen times national Champion of the Netherlands.... |
23 February 1986 | Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan... |
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| Veronica Campbell-Brown | 14 March 2010 | Qatar Doha Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar... |
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| 9 | 7.01 | Savatheda Fynes | 7 March 1999 | Maebashi | |
| Me'Lisa Barber Me'Lisa Barber Me'Lisa Barber is an American track and field sprint athlete.-Career:Barber won her first major international championships gold medal by running the lead leg on Team USA’s winning 4x400 m relay team at the 2003 World Outdoor Championships in Paris.She ran on the 2001 Team USA World University... |
10 March 2006 | Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... |
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| Lauryn Williams Lauryn Williams Lauryn Williams is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for the United States... |
10 March 2006 | Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... |
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| 12 | 7.02 | Gwen Torrence Gwen Torrence Gwen Torrence is a retired American sprinter and Olympic gold medalist. She was born in Decatur, GA. She attended Columbia High School and the University of Georgia.... |
2 February 1996 | New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... |
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| Christy Opara-Thompson | 12 February 1997 | Ghent Ghent Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of... |
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| Chioma Ajunwa Chioma Ajunwa Chioma Ajunwa , is a former athlete from Nigeria, who previously played football for the Nigerian women's team. She is the first Nigerian to win an Olympic gold medal as well as the first African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event... |
22 February 1998 | Liévin Liévin Liévin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Overview:The city of Liévin is an old mining city of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this modest-sized city nevertheless has several nursery schools, schools, colleges, a university, a swimming pool, a city library, a cultural and... |
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| Philomena Mensah Philomena Mensah Philomena Mensah is a Canadian sprinter. Born in Accra, she previously represented Ghana, but emigrated to Canada following the 1994 Commonwealth Games... |
7 March 1999 | Maebashi | |||
| 7.02 A | Carmelita Jeter Carmelita Jeter Carmelita Jeter is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters. She is the 2011 IAAF World Champion in the 100 metres.She won the 100 m bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics and a gold at the World Athletics Final. she won a second World Championship bronze... |
28 February 2010 | Albuquerque Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As... |
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| 17 | 7.03 | Anelia Nuneva Anelia Nuneva Aneliya Vechernikova née Nuneva is a retired sprinter from Bulgaria, she competed mainly in the 100m. In the final of the 100m at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games she was drawn in lane 4 alongside Florence Griffith-Joyner the red hot favorite... |
22 February 1987 | Liévin Liévin Liévin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Overview:The city of Liévin is an old mining city of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this modest-sized city nevertheless has several nursery schools, schools, colleges, a university, a swimming pool, a city library, a cultural and... |
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| 18 | 7.04 | Marita Koch Marita Koch Marita Koch , is a former sprint track and field athlete... |
16 February 1987 | Senftenberg Senftenberg Senftenberg is a town in southern Brandenburg, Germany, capital of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district.-Geography:Senftenberg is located in the southwest of the historic Lower Lusatia region at the border with Saxony... |
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| Silke Gladisch | 6 March 1988 | Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter... |
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| Natallia Safronnikava | 21 February 2001 | Minsk Minsk - Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened... |
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| Petya Pendareva Petya Pendareva Petya Pendareva is a Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.-Achievements:-External links:... |
11 March 2001 | Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban... |
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| Zhanna Block | 14 March 2003 | Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
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| Mariya Bolikova Mariya Bolikova Mariya Bolikova is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.She finished fifth in the 60 metres at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid and fourth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow.Her personal best time over 100 m is 11.20 seconds, achieved in... |
4 February 2006 | Samara Samara, Russia Samara , is the sixth largest city in Russia. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia at the confluence of the Volga and Samara Rivers. Samara is the administrative center of Samara Oblast. Population: . The metropolitan area of Samara-Tolyatti-Syzran within Samara Oblast... |
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| 25 | 7.06 | Katrin Krabbe Katrin Krabbe Katrin Krabbe is a female athlete who competed for the German Democratic Republic and Germany thereafter... |
16 February 1991 | Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union.... |
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| Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova | 26 January 1993 | Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... |
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| Olga Bogoslovskaya Olga Bogoslovskaya Olga Bogoslovskaya is a retired Russian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Today she is a sports journalist.She competed for the Unified Team at the age of 28 in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain in the 4 x 100 metres with her team mates Galina Malchugina, Marina... |
26 February 1994 | Lipetsk Lipetsk Lipetsk is a city and the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Voronezh River in the Don basin, southeast of Moscow.-History:... |
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| Yuliya Tabakova Yuliya Tabakova Yuliya Gennadiyevna Tabakova , is a Russian track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Russia.She won the silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.-External links:... |
17 February 2004 | Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... |
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| Christine Arron | 26 February 2006 | Aubière Aubière Aubière is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.-References:*... |
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| Angela Williams Angela Williams Angela Williams is an American athlete. Williams attended the University of Southern California, graduating in 2002.... |
7 March 2008 | Valencia |
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External links
- All-time men's indoors best 60 metres from alltime-athletics.com