50 m, women, indoor

What to remember

One straight line, and it is all over in a few seconds: the indoor 50 m works as an alternative to the 60 m, and it draws the best 100 m sprinters. In Madrid on February 9, 1995, Russia's Irina Privalova ran it in 5.96 s, an average of 30.20 km/h (18.76 mph).

The distance is rarely run, and records over it tend to fall in February and March, during the indoor season, and this one was also set in February. For men, the mark quoted is Canada's Donovan Bailey, set in 1996.

A sprinter, Privalova won two medals at the 1992 Olympics: bronze in the 100 m and silver in the 4 × 100 m relay, where she ran the anchor leg. She later switched to the 400 m hurdles and won gold in 2000 in 53.02 s, along with a bronze in the 4 × 400 m relay.