50 metres, or 50-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a relatively uncommon non-championship event for indoor track and field, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor athletics competitions it is used in the Special Olympics and a rare distance, at least for senior athletes. It is an alternative to the 60 metres running event. The imperial distance for 50 metres is 54.68 yards.
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World records | |
Men | Donovan Bailey 5.56 A (1996) |
Women | Irina Privalova 5.96 (1995) |
Records and personal bests in the 50 metres are frequently achieved in February and March as these dates coincide with the indoor athletics season.
Indoor results only
+ = en route to a longer distance
A = affected by altitude
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 5.63:
This sports-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021) |
+ = en route to 100m mark. N.B. The Seville marks listed are excluding the athlete's reaction times. Bolt's & Su's times are inclusive.
Rank | Time | Wind (m/s) | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 5.40+ (calculated; add 0.127, or 0.13) | +0.2 | Bruny Surin | Canada | 22 August 1999 | Seville | [3] |
2 | 5.42+ (calculated; add 0.132, or 0.14) | Maurice Greene | United States | ||||
3 | 5.43+ (calculated; add 0.140) | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain | ||||
4 | 5.45+ | +0.9 | Su Bingtian | China | 1 August 2021 | Tokyo | [4] |
5 | 5.46+ (calculated; add 0.136, or 0.14) | +0.2 | Tim Harden | United States | 22 August 1999 | Seville | [5] |
6 | 5.47+ (calculated) | +0.9 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 16 August 2009 | Berlin | [6] |
Note: Angella Issajenko of Canada ran a world record 6.06 in Ottawa on 13 January 1987, this performance was rescinded after Issajenko's admittance of long term drug use at the Dubin Inquiry in 1989.
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 6.11:
+ = en route to 100m mark
Time | Wind (m/s) | Athlete | Nation | Date | Place | Ref |
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5.93+ (calculated) | −0.1 | Marion Jones | United States | 22 August 1999 | Seville |
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