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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 indoor events, the 60 metres is run on lanes set out in the middle of the 'field', as is the hurdles event over the same distance, thus avoiding some of the effects ...
The 60 metres at the Summer Olympics was contested at the multi-sport event in 1900 and 1904. Part of the Olympic athletics programme, it is the shortest sprinting event to have featured at the Olympics. The shortest sprinting event on the current programme is the 100 metres. Only men competed in the two years that the event was held.
Some of the fastest humans reach their maximum speed around the 60-metre mark. 60-meters is often used as an outdoor distance by younger athletes when starting sprint racing. Note: Indoor distances are less standardized, as many facilities run shorter or occasionally longer distances depending on available space. 60 m is the championship distance.
Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running.These are the current world records in various five-year-groups, maintained by WMA, the World Association of Masters Athletes, which is designated by the World Athletics (formerly IAAF) to conduct the worldwide sport of Masters ...
This is a list of the NCAA Division I indoor champions in the 60 meters, 55 meters, or 60 yards.Generally the imperial distance was contested until 1983, the 55 meter dash was held from 1984 to 1999, and the 60 meters was contested thereafter.
Sprint events. 60 meter dash (1999–present) 200 meter dash (1988–present) 400 meter dash (1984–present) Distance events. 800 meter run (1965–present) Mile run (1965–present) 3,000 meter run (1965–present) 5,000 meter run (1989–present) Hurdle Events. 60 meter hurdles (1999–present) Relay events. 1,600 meter relay (1965–present)
The following table shows the world record progression in the men's indoor 60 metres, as recognised by the IAAF. The IAAF have officially ratified world indoor ...
Sprint events. 60 meter dash (1983–present) 200 meter dash (1983–present) 400 meter dash (1983–present) Distance events. 800 meter run (1983–present) Mile run (1965–present) 3,000 meter run (1983–present) 5,000 meter run (1983–present) Hurdle Events. 60 meter hurdles (1983–present) Relay events. 1,600 meter relay (1983–present)