60-yard dash

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Athletics
60-yard dash
World records
MenUnited States Herb Washington 5.8 (1972)
WomenUnited States Evelyn Ashford 6.54 (1982)

The 60-yard dash is a sprint covering 60 yards (54.86 m, sometimes recognized as '55-m dash'). It is primarily run to evaluate the speed and acceleration of American Major League Baseball players. It is also sometimes used to evaluate the speed of American football (especially NFL) players (although the 40-yard dash is much more common in football).[1]

In the United States, prior to the adoption of metricized outdoor running tracks, the 60 yard dash was a commonly contested indoor event. Prior to 1983, the 60 yard dash was an event every year at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. The event was also regularly contested at the AAU Indoor Track and Field Championships.

All-time top 25

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Rank Time Athlete Country Year Ref
1 5.8 h Herb Washington File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1972
Mel Pender File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1973
3 5.9 h Bob Hayes File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1964
Charlie Greene File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1966
5 5.99 [a] A Obadele Thompson File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados 1997
6 6.00 [a] Lee McRae File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1986
7 6.0 h Roscoe Cook File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1959
1960
Sam Perry File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1965
Bill Gaines File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1966
1967
1968
John Carlos File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1969
Hasely Crawford File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 1973
1975
Steve Williams File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1976
12 6.02 Carl Lewis File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1983
6.02 [a] Carl Lewis File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1987
6.02 [a] A Leonard Myles-Mills File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 1997
15 6.03 [a] Sam Graddy File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1986
16 6.04 Stanley Floyd File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1981
6.04 Andre Cason File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1990
6.04 [a] A Ato Boldon File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad 1997
19 6.05 Houston McTear File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1978
6.05 [a] Brian Cooper File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1988
21 6.06 [a] Fred Johnson File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1985
Emmit King File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1988
Tim Harden File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1996
6.06 [a] A Keith Williams File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1997
Syan Williams File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 1998
Felix Andam File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 1998
Marcus Brunson File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 1999

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Time for the slightly longer distance of 55 metres

References

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  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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