60 m, men, indoor

What to remember

At the top level, the 60 m is run in under 7 seconds, often ending in mattresses fixed to the wall of the arena. On February 18, 2018, at the USA Championships in Albuquerque, Christian Coleman covered it in 6.34 s, an average of 34.07 km/h.

A championship event indoors, the 60 m stands in for the 100 m where a covered track has no straight long enough. It is run on lanes laid out in the middle of the arena, away from the banked oval that surrounds it. Over such a short distance the margins are tiny, and a good start often decides the race.

Coleman belongs to the 100 m runners who tend to dominate the event: the 2019 world 100 m champion and a 9.76 s runner over that distance, he also won the world indoor 60 m title in 2018 and in 2024. The 60 m was on the Olympic programme in 1900 and 1904.