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).

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

RankTimeAthleteCountryYearRef
15.8 hHerb WashingtonUnited States1972
Mel PenderUnited States1973
35.9 hBob HayesUnited States1964
Charlie GreeneUnited States1966
55.99 AObadele ThompsonBarbados1997
66.00Lee McRaeUnited States1986
76.0 hRoscoe CookUnited States1959
1960
Sam PerryUnited States1965
Bill GainesUnited States1966
1967
1968
John CarlosUnited States1969
Hasely CrawfordTrinidad and Tobago1973
1975
Steve WilliamsUnited States1976
126.02Carl LewisUnited States1983
6.02Carl LewisUnited States1987
6.02 ALeonard Myles-MillsGhana1997
156.03Sam GraddyUnited States1986
166.04Stanley FloydUnited States1981
6.04Andre CasonUnited States1990
6.04 AAto BoldonTrinidad1997
196.05Houston McTearUnited States1978
6.05Brian CooperUnited States1988
216.06Fred JohnsonUnited States1985
Emmit KingUnited States1988
Tim HardenUnited States1996
6.06 AKeith WilliamsUnited States1997
Syan WilliamsJamaica1998
Felix AndamGhana1998
Marcus BrunsonUnited States1999

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