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50 metres

50 metres is a sprint

Sprint (race)

Sprints are short running races in athletics . They are roughly classified as events in which top runners will not have to "pace themselves", but can run as fast as possible for the entire distance....
event in athletics

Athletics (track and field)

Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres

100 metres

100 m is the shortest outdoor sprint race distance in Athletics . The reigning 100 m Olympic champion is often named "the fastest man/woman in the world", even though the world record for the 200 metres has had a faster average speed in the men's race since the mid 1990s....
runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior athletes. It is an alternative to the 60 metres

60 metres

60 metres is a Sprint event in track and field athletics. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners....
running event.

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

Top All-time athletes - 50 metres - Men
Indoor results only.

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50 metres is a sprint
Sprint (race)

Sprints are short running races in athletics . They are roughly classified as events in which top runners will not have to "pace themselves", but can run as fast as possible for the entire distance....
event in athletics
Athletics (track and field)

Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres
100 metres

100 m is the shortest outdoor sprint race distance in Athletics . The reigning 100 m Olympic champion is often named "the fastest man/woman in the world", even though the world record for the 200 metres has had a faster average speed in the men's race since the mid 1990s....
runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior athletes. It is an alternative to the 60 metres
60 metres

60 metres is a Sprint event in track and field athletics. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners....
running event.

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

Top All-time athletes - 50 metres - Men

Indoor results only. Updated 29 January 2009.

Rank Time Athlete Nation Date Place
1. 5.56 Donovan Bailey
Donovan Bailey

Donovan Bailey is a retired Canadian athletics who once held the world record for the 100 metre race following his gold medal performance in the 1996 Olympic Games....
9 February 1996 Reno
Reno, Nevada

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Maurice Greene
Maurice Greene (athlete)

Maurice Greene now retired, is an United States former Sprint in athletics , who holds several world records and Olympic medalists in athletics ....
13 February 1999 Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

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3. 5.58 Leonard Scott
Leonard Scott

Leonard Scott is also an United States Sprint mainly competing in the 100 meters event. Scott attended the University of Tennessee on a track scholarship and turned professional in 2002....
26 February 2005 Liévin
Liévin

Li?vin is a commune in France in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in northern France....
4 5.61 Manfred Kokot
Manfred Kokot

Manfred Kokot was an East German athlete, who won the silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He did so alongside J?rg Pfeifer, Klaus-Dieter Kurrat and Alexander Thieme....
4 February 1973 Berlin
Berlin

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James Sanford
James Sanford

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20 February 1981 San Diego
Michael Green 16 February 1997 Liévin
Liévin

Li?vin is a commune in France in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in northern France....
Deji Aliu
Deji Aliu

Deji Aliu is a Nigerian sprint . He won the 100m event at the 2003 All African Games, he also placed fourth at the 2002 Commonwealth Games being one of his best result....
21 February 1999 Liévin
Liévin

Li?vin is a commune in France in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in northern France....
Jason Gardener
Jason Gardener

Jason Carl Gardener is a retired United Kingdom Sprint Athletics , and former 2004 World Indoor Championships in Athletics.Gardener was educated at Beechen Cliff School, Bath, where he now has a tutor group named after him....
16 February 2000 Madrid
Madrid

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Freddy Mayola 16 February 2000 Madrid
Madrid

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10 5.62 Emmit King
Emmit King

Emmit King is a retired track and field Sprint from the United States, who twice was a member of the American Relay Team for the Summer Olympics but he didn't compete....
5 March 1986 Kobe
Kobe

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Andre Cason
Andre Cason

Andre Cason is a former American Sprint . He was a member of the US 4 x 100 metres relay team that won the gold medal at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo in world record time of 37.50 sec....
15 February 1992 Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
Eric Nkansah
Eric Nkansah

Eric Nkansah is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.He is one of the current national record holders in 4 x 100 m relay with 38,12 seconds, achieved at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics in Athens where the Ghanaian team finished fifth in the final....
21 February 1999 Liévin
Liévin

Li?vin is a commune in France in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in northern France....
Morne Nagel
Morne Nagel

Morne Nagel is a South African Sprint . Together with Corne Du Plessis, Lee-Roy Newton and Matthew Quinn he won a gold medal in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics....
24 February 2002 Liévin
Liévin

Li?vin is a commune in France in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in northern France....

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