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Athletics
50 metres
World records
Men Canada Donovan Bailey 5.56 A (1996)
WomenRussia Irina Privalova 5.96 (1995)

50 metres, or 50-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field, featured as an alternative to the 60 metres running event. 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 but otherwise a rare distance. The World Masters Rankings has recorded the event since the 2010s.[1]

Records and personal bests in the 50 metres are frequently achieved in February and March as these dates coincide with the indoor athletics season.

The 50 yards (45.72 m) is the imperial distance analogue to the 50 meters. It was contested at the women's USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships from 1923 to 1932 and the women's USA Indoor Track and Field Championships from 1956 to 1964. It was not contested as a men's event. The championship records were 5.8 seconds by Betty Robinson outdoors and 5.7 seconds by Isabelle Daniels indoors.[2][3]

All-time top 25

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Indoor results only
+ = en route to a longer distance
A = affected by altitude

Men

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  • Updated February 2025.[4]
Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 5.56 A [B]Donovan BaileyImage Canada9 February 1996Reno
5.56Maurice GreeneImage United States13 February 1999Los Angeles
3 5.58+Leonard ScottImage United States26 February 2005Liévin [citation needed]
4 5.60+Michael GreenImage Jamaica16 February 1997Liévin
5 5.61 Manfred KokotImage East Germany4 February 1973Berlin
James SanfordImage United States20 February 1981San Diego
5.61+ Deji AliuImage Nigeria21 February 1999Liévin
Freddy MayolaImage Cuba16 February 2000Madrid
Jason GardenerImage Great Britain
10 5.62 Emmit KingImage United States5 March 1986Kobe
Andre CasonImage United States15 February 1992Los Angeles
5.62+ Eric NkansahImage Ghana21 February 1999Liévin
Morné NagelImage South Africa24 February 2002Liévin
14 5.63Stanley FloydImage United States20 February 1981San Diego
5.63 AHenry NealImage United States10 February 1995Reno
5.63Jon DrummondImage United States13 February 1999Los Angeles
5.63+Lerone ClarkeImage Jamaica14 February 2012Liévin [5]
Ronnie Baker Image United States 4 February 2025 Ostrava [6]
19 5.64 Davidson EzinwaImage Nigeria15 February 1992Los Angeles
Aleksandr PorkhomovskiyImage Russia4 February 1994Moscow
Bruny SurinImage Canada27 January 1995Moscow
5.64+Donovan PowellImage Jamaica21 February 1999Liévin [citation needed]
Leonard Myles-MillsImage Ghana13 February 2000Liévin [citation needed]
Ato BoldonImage Trinidad and Tobago16 February 2000Madrid
Tim HardenImage United States [citation needed]
5.64Gerald WilliamsImage United States19 February 2000Los Angeles
Jeff LaynesImage United States20 January 2001Los Angeles
Asafa PowellImage Jamaica28 January 2012New York City
  • B Ben Johnson of Canada ran 5.55 at Ottawa, Canada on 31 January 1987, but this time was rescinded after Johnson admitted to using steroids between 1981 and 1988.

Notes

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Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 5.63:

Outdoor best performances

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+ = 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.
1 5.40+ (calculated; add 0.127, or 0.13) +0.2 Bruny Surin Image Canada 22 August 1999 Seville [7]
2 5.42+ (calculated; add 0.132, or 0.14) Maurice Greene Image United States
3 5.43+ (calculated; add 0.140) Dwain Chambers Image Great Britain
4 5.45+ +0.9 Su Bingtian Image China 1 August 2021 Tokyo [8]
5 5.46+ (calculated; add 0.136, or 0.14) +0.2 Tim Harden Image United States 22 August 1999 Seville [9]
6 5.47+ (calculated) +0.9 Usain Bolt Image Jamaica 16 August 2009 Berlin [10]

Women

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  • Correct as of February 2026.[11]
Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
1 5.96+ Irina PrivalovaImage Russia9 February 1995Madrid
2 6.00Merlene OtteyImage Jamaica4 February 1994Moscow
3 6.02+Gail DeversImage United States21 February 1999Liévin
4 6.04+Chioma AjunwaImage Nigeria22 February 1998Liévin
5 6.05+ Savatheda FynesImage Bahamas13 February 2000Liévin
Philomena MensahImage Canada
7 6.07 AGwen TorrenceImage United States9 February 1996Reno
8 6.08+ Christy Opara-ThompsonImage Nigeria16 February 1997Liévin
6.08 Veronica Campbell-BrownImage Jamaica28 January 2012New York City
10 6.09Zhanna BlockImage Ukraine2 February 1993Moscow
6.09+ Zaynab Dosso Image Italy 3 February 2026 Ostrava [12]
12 6.11 Marita Koch Image East Germany 2 February 1980 Grenoble
6.11+ Liliana Allen Image Mexico 13 February 2000 Liévin
Christine Arron Image France 26 February 2006 Aubière
15 6.12 Marlies Göhr Image East Germany 2 February 1980 Grenoble
Silke Möller Image East Germany 19 February 1988 Berlin
Anelia Nuneva Image Bulgaria 27 January 1995 Moscow
6.12+ Ewa Swoboda Image Poland 4 February 2025 Ostrava [13]
Patrizia van der Weken Image Luxembourg [14]
20 6.13 Jeanette Bolden Image United States 21 February 1981 Edmonton
Michelle Finn-Burrell Image United States 15 February 1992 Los Angeles
Natalya Merzlyakova Image Russia 4 February 1994 Moscow
Ekaterina Grigorieva Image Russia
6.13+ Mercy Nku Image Nigeria 25 February 2001 Liévin
25 6.14+ Frédérique Bangué Image France 16 February 1997 Liévin
Petya Pendareva Image Bulgaria 21 February 1999 Liévin
Muriel Hurtis Image France 23 February 2003 Liévin
LaVerne Jones-Ferrette Image United States Virgin Islands 24 February 2012 Liévin

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.

Notes

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Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 6.11:

Outdoor best performances

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+ = en route to 100m mark

Time Wind (m/s) Athlete Nation Date Place Ref.
5.93+ (calculated) −0.1 Marion Jones Image United States 22 August 1999 Seville

World leading times

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References

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  1. ↑ "50 Meter Dash Now Ranked!". MastersRankings.com. World Masters Rankings.
  2. ↑ "UNITED STATES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)". gbrathletics.com.
  3. ↑ "UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)". gbrathletics.com.
  4. ↑ "All Time Top Lists - Senior Indoor 50 Metres Men". iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "60 Metres Results" (PDF). www.meeting-pasdecalais.com. 14 February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  6. ↑ "Czech Indoor Gala – 60m Results". World Athletics. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Biomechanical Analysis of the World Championships in Athletics Seville 1999". IAAF. IAAF. 2001. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  8. ↑ Pierre-Jean Vazel (8 October 2021). "Analyzing the Olympic 100-meter sprints". hmmrmedia.com. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Biomechanical Analysis of the World Championships in Athletics Seville 1999". IAAF. IAAF. 2001. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Biomechanical Analysis 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics" (PDF). IAAF. 17 August 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "All-time women's best 50m". IAAF. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "60m Round 1 Heat 2 – 50m Split Times". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  13. ↑ "60m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  14. ↑ "60m Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
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