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60 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 track and field athletics. 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. At one time this event was commonly contested over 60 yard

Yard

A yard is a Units of measurement of length in several different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units....
s instead of 60 metres.

60 metres was an Olympic event in the 1900

Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

At the 1900 Summer Olympics, twenty-three track and field athletics events were contested. 117 athletes from 15 nations competed. In many countries, due in part to the conflagration of the Olympic Games and the World's Fair in Paris, the media discussed only the athletics events under the "Olympic" name while ignoring the incredible variety of ot...
and 1904

Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics

At the 1904 Summer Olympics, twenty-five athletics events were contested, all for men only.Multi-event competitions, the decathlon and triathlon, were introduced for the first time....
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Olympic medalists in 60 metres
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Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Alvin Kraenzlein

Alvin Christian Kraenzlein was an United States Athletics . He was the first sportsman to win four Olympic titles in a single Olympic Games. , he is still the only track and field athlete to have done so in individual events only....

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60 metres is a sprint

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Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics

At the 1904 Summer Olympics, twenty-five athletics events were contested, all for men only.Multi-event competitions, the decathlon and triathlon, were introduced for the first time....
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Olympic medalists in 60 metres

Year:	Gold:		Silver:		Bronze:
1900 Paris Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics At the 1900 Summer Olympics, twenty-three track and field athletics events were contested. 117 athletes from 15 nations competed. In many countries, due in part to the conflagration of the Olympic Games and the World's Fair in Paris, the media discussed only the athletics events under the "Olympic" name while ignoring the incredible variety of ot...	Alvin Kraenzlein Alvin Kraenzlein Alvin Christian Kraenzlein was an United States Athletics . He was the first sportsman to win four Olympic titles in a single Olympic Games. , he is still the only track and field athlete to have done so in individual events only.... USA	7.0	John W. Tewksbury USA	7.1	Stanley Rowley Stanley Rowley Stanley Rupert Rowley was an Australian Sprint who won four medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics.He was born in Young, New South Wales and died in Manly, New South Wales.... AUS Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....	7.2
1904 St. Louis Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics At the 1904 Summer Olympics, twenty-five athletics events were contested, all for men only.Multi-event competitions, the decathlon and triathlon, were introduced for the first time....	Archie Hahn Archie Hahn Charles Archibald "Archie" Hahn was a German American Athletics , and one of the best sprinters in the early 20th century.Having won sprint events at the 1903 American and Canadian championships, Hahn - born in Dodgeville, Wisconsin but running for the University of Michigan - was among the favourites at the 1904 Olympic Games in St.... USA	7.0	William Hogenson William Hogenson William "Bill" P. Hogenson was an United States Athletics and sprinting who competed in the early twentieth century. He won a silver medal in Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics in the men's 60 metre dash, but was beaten by Archibald Hahn who took gold.... USA	7.2	Fay Moulton Fay Moulton Fay Moulton was an United States Athletics and sprinting who competed in the early twentieth century. He also was a college football head coach.... USA	7.9

Top All-time athletes - 60 metres - Men

Indoor results only. Updated 7 March 2009.

Rank	Res.	Athlete	Date	Place
1.	6.39	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 ....	3 February 1998	Madrid Madrid Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
2.	6.41	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....	14 February 1992	Madrid Madrid Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
3.	6.42	Dwain Chambers Dwain Chambers Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English Sprint of British African-Caribbean community descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded track and field athletics....	7 March 2009	Turin Turín Tur?n is a municipality in the Ahuachap?n Department Departments of El Salvador of El Salvador....
4.	6.43	Tim Harden Tim Harden Tim Harden is a former United States athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Tim graduated from Northeast High School in Kansas City, Missouri in 1992....	7 March 1999	Maebashi
5	6.45	Bruny Surin Bruny Surin Bruny Surin is a Canada former Athletics , winner of gold medal in 4x100 m Relay race at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Surin was born in Cap-Ha?tien, Ha?ti, and moved to Canada with his family in 1975....	13 February 1993	Liévin Liévin Li?vin is a commune in France in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in northern France....
		Leonard Myles-Mills Leonard Myles-Mills Leonard Myles-Mills is a Ghanaian athlete specializing in the 100 metres.He has won a gold medal at the Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games, a silver medal at the Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games and a bronze medal at the 1998 African Championships in Athletics....	20 February 1999	Colorado Springs
		Terrence Trammell Terrence Trammell Terrence R. Trammell is a track and field Athletics who won the silver medal in the 110 meter hurdles at both the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics....	17 February 2001	Pocatello Pocatello, Idaho Pocatello is the county seat and largest city of Bannock County, Idaho, with a small portion on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in neighboring Power County, Idaho, in the southeastern part of the U.S....
		Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin Justin Gatlin is an American Sprint . He is an Olympic gold medalist, with a 100 m personal best of 9.85 seconds. He is currently serving a four year ban from track and field for testing positive for a banned substance; Gatlin had appealed the ban earlier this year, but it was later denied....	1 March 2003	Boston
		Ronald Pognon Ronald Pognon Ronald Pognon is a France sprint athlete. He originally specialized in the 200 metres, but later shifted to the shorter sprint distances. He is the European record holder for the 60 metres indoors and is the first Frenchman to go under 10 seconds at the 100 metres....	13 February 2005	Karlsruhe Karlsruhe Karlsruhe is a city in the south west of Germany, in the States of Germany Baden-W?rttemberg, located near the France-German border.Founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, the surrounding town became the seat of two of the highest courts in Germany, the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany whose decisions have the force of a law, and the...
10	6.46	Jon Drummond Jon Drummond Jonathan A. Drummond is an United States Athletics , winner of gold medal in 4x100 m Relay race at the 2000 Summer Olympics.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jon Drummond is known for being among the world?s best starters....	1 February 1998	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. The list of cities in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 590,429 while the metropolitan area referred to as Stuttgart Region has a population of 2.7 million ....
		Marcus Brunson Marcus Brunson Marcus Brunson is an United States sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres....	30 January 1999	Flagstaff Flagstaff, Arizona Flagstaff is a city located in northern Arizona, in the southwestern United States. In July 2006, the city's estimated population was 58,213. The population of the Metropolitan Statistical Area was estimated at 127,450 in 2007....
		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....	7 March 1999	Maebashi
		Tim Montgomery Tim Montgomery Timothy Montgomery is a former United States Athletics . He was stripped of his records after being found guilt y of using anabolic steroids. Since retiring from athletics he has been tried and convicted for his part in a New York-based check fraud scheme and for dealing heroin in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia....	11 March 2001	Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...
		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....
15	6.47	Linford Christie Linford Christie Linford Christie Order of the British Empire is a former Athletics who specialised in the 100 metres. He is the only British man to win a gold medal in the 100 m at all four major competitions: the Olympic Games and the World, Commonwealth, and European championships....	19 February 1995	Liévin Liévin Li?vin is a commune in France in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in northern France....
		Shawn Crawford Shawn Crawford Shawn Crawford is an American Sprint Athletics from the United States. He competes over in the 100 metres and 200 metres events. He won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 200 m....	28 February 2004	Boston Boston, Massachusetts Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
		Dwight Phillips Dwight Phillips Dwight Phillips is an United States Athletics who specializes in the long jump. He has also competed in the 60 meters and 100 meters sprints....	24 February 2005	Madrid Madrid Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
18	6.48	Leroy Burrell Leroy Burrell Leroy Russel Burrell is a former United States of America Athletics who twice set the world record for the 100 metres Sprint , setting a time of 9.90 seconds in June 1991....	13 February 1991	Madrid Madrid Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
		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....
		Morné 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....	27 January 2002	Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany, located in the States of Germany of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 587,830 makes it the largest city in the region, 7th-largest in Germany, and 34th-largest in the European Union....
		John Capel John Capel John Capel Jr. is an United States of America Sprint . He is also a retired American football wide receiver for the Chicago Bears and Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League ....	24 February 2003	Fayetteville Fayetteville, Arkansas Fayetteville is a city in Washington County, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States, and is home to the University of Arkansas. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city had a total population of 58,047....
22	6.49	Mark McKoy Mark McKoy Marcus McKoy is a former Canada Athletics , winner of 110 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Born in Georgetown, Guyana, Guyana, Mark McKoy spent his youth in England, before moving to Canada as a teenager....	6 March 1993	Karlsruhe Karlsruhe Karlsruhe is a city in the south west of Germany, in the States of Germany Baden-W?rttemberg, located near the France-German border.Founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, the surrounding town became the seat of two of the highest courts in Germany, the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany whose decisions have the force of a law, and the...
		Colin Jackson Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson Order of the British Empire is a Welsh people former Sprint and hurdling Athletics of Jamaican, Jamaican Maroons, Taino, and Scottish people ancestry, who now works as a Sportscaster for athletics and television presenter predominantly for the BBC....	11 March 1994	Paris Paris Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
		Michael Green Michael Green Michael Green may refer to:...	16 February 1997	Liévin Liévin Li?vin is a commune in France in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in northern France....
		Ato Boldon Ato Boldon Ato Jabari Boldon is a former track and field athletics from Trinidad and Tobago and four-time Olympic Games medal winner. Only 2 other men in history, Frankie Fredericks and Carl Lewis, have won as many Olympic individual event sprint medals....	23 February 1997	Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
		Randall Evans	1 March 1997	Atlanta Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
		Freddy Mayola	16 February 2000	Madrid Madrid Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
		Coby Miller	9 February 2003	Ghent Ghent Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region, Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys River and became in the Middle Ages one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe....
		Olusoji Fasuba Olusoji Fasuba Olusoji Adetokunbo Fasuba is a Nigerian Sprint who specializes in the 100 metres.He was a member of the Nigerian bronze medal winning team in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 100 metres relay....	3 February 2007	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-W?rttemberg in southern Germany. The list of cities in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 590,429 while the metropolitan area referred to as Stuttgart Region has a population of 2.7 million ....

Top All-time athletes - 60 metres - Women

Updated 3 October 2008.

Rank	Res.	Athlete	Date	Place
1.	6.92	Irina Privalova Irina Privalova Irina Anatoljewna Privalova is a Russian athletics .She first competed in the Sprint events, winning two Olympic Games medals in the 100 m and 200 m in 1992 Summer Olympics whilst representing the Unified Team....	11 February 1993	Madrid Madrid Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
2	6.95	Gail Devers Gail Devers Yolanda Gail Devers is a three-time Olympic Games 100 m champion in athletics for the United States Olympic Team. Devers grew up near National City, CA and graduated from Sweetwater High School in National City, CA....	12 March 1993	Toronto Toronto Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
2	6.95	Marion Jones Marion Jones Marion Lois Jones, also known as Marion Jones-Thompson , is an United States former world champion Athletics . She won five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia but has since agreed to forfeit all medals and prizes dating back to September 2000 after admitting that she took performance-enhancing drugs....	7 March 1998	Maebashi
4	6.96	Merlene Ottey Merlene Ottey Merlene Joyce Ottey is a Jamaican-born, Slovenian track and field Athletics . Ottey began her career representing Jamaica, but since 2002, has represented Slovenia, where she now resides....	14 February 1992	Madrid Madrid Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
4	6.96	Ekaterini Thanou Ekaterini Thanou Ekaterini Thanou is a Greece sprinter.Thanou won the silver medal in the women's 100 metres at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. With Marion Jones admitting to steroid use prior to and during the Sydney Olympics and having her gold medal withdrawn by the International Olympic Committee, Thanou may have her silver medal upgraded to gold de...	7 March 1999	Maebashi
6.	7.00	Nelli Cooman Nelli Cooman Cornelli Antoinette Hari?tte Cooman is a former Netherlands Athletics of Surinamese origin. She was IAAF World Championships in Athletics twice, six times European Championships in Athletics and nineteen times national Champion of the Netherlands....	23 February 1986	Madrid Madrid Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
7	7.01	Savatheda Fynes	7 March 1999	Maebashi
		Me'Lisa Barber Me'Lisa Barber Me'Lisa Barber is an American Athletics sprint athlete.Barber won her first major international championships gold medal by running the lead leg on Team USA?s winning 4x400 m relay team at the 2003 World Outdoor Championships in Paris....	10 March 2006	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
		Lauryn Williams Lauryn Williams Lauryn Williams is a athletics sprint athlete, competing internationally for the United States.Williams was born and raised in suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Detroit, Michigan....	10 March 2006	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
10	7.02	Gwen Torrence Gwen Torrence Gwen Torrence is a retired Sprint Athletics , one of the greatest of her generation and an Olympic gold medalist from the United States. She was born in Decatur, Georgia....	2 February 1996	New York New York The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
		Christy Opara-Thompson	12 February 1997	Ghent Ghent Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region, Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys River and became in the Middle Ages one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe....
		Chioma Ajunwa Chioma Ajunwa Chioma Ajunwa , is a former Athletics from Nigeria, who previously played association football for the Nigeria women's national football team. She is the first Nigerian to win an Olympic Games gold medal as well as the first African woman to win an Olympic gold medal in a field event....	22 February 1998	Liévin Liévin Li?vin is a commune in France in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in northern France....
		Philomena Mensah Philomena Mensah Philomena Mensah is a Canadian Sprint . Born in Accra, she previously represented Ghana, but emigrated to Canada following the 1994 Commonwealth Games....	7 March 1999	Maebashi
14	7.03	Anelia Nuneva Anelia Nuneva Anelia Vetchernikova n?e Nuneva is a retired Sprint from Bulgaria, she competed mainly in the 100m. In the final of the 100m at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games she was drawn in lane 4 alongside Florence Griffith-Joyner the red hot favorite....	22 February 1987	Liévin Liévin Li?vin is a commune in France in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in northern France....
14	7.03	Inger Miller Inger Miller Inger Miller is a track and field Sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States. She is the daughter of Lennox Miller, an Olympic champion runner from Jamaica....	7 March 1999	Maebashi
16	7.04	Marita Koch Marita Koch Marita Koch is a former Sprint Athletics ....	16 February 1987	Senftenberg Senftenberg Senftenberg is a town in southern Brandenburg, Germany, capital of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district. It is situated on the river Schwarze Elster, approximately northwest of Hoyerswerda, and southwest of Cottbus....
		Silke Gladisch	6 March 1988	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
		Carlette Guidry	4 March 1995	Atlanta
		Petya Pendareva Petya Pendareva Petya Pendareva is a Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres....	11 March 2001	Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...
		Zhanna Block	14 March 2003	Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
		Mariya Bolikova Mariya Bolikova Mariya Bolikova is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.Weight: 53 kgHeight: 162 cmShe finished fifth in the 60 metres at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid and fourth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow....	4 February 2006	Samara Samara, Russia Samara is list of cities and towns in Russia by population types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia, the Volga Federal District....
		Veronica Campbell-Brown	10 February 2006	Fayetteville Fayetteville, Arkansas Fayetteville is a city in Washington County, Arkansas, Arkansas, United States, and is home to the University of Arkansas. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city had a total population of 58,047....
23	7.06	Katrin Krabbe Katrin Krabbe Katrin Krabbe is a female athlete who competed for the German Democratic Republic and Germany thereafter. She represented the GDR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea....	16 February 1991	Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany, located in the States of Germany of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 587,830 makes it the largest city in the region, 7th-largest in Germany, and 34th-largest in the European Union....
		Natalya Voronova Natalya Voronova Natalya Voronova , n?e Pomoshchnikova is a retired Russian athlete who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres.Voronova trained at Burevestnik in Moscow....	26 January 1993	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
		Olga Bogoslovskaya Olga Bogoslovskaya Olga Bogoslovskaya is a retired Russian Athletics who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Today she serves as a sports journalist.She competed for the Unified Team at the age of 28 in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain in the 4 x 100 metres with her team mates Galina Malchugina, Marina Trandenkova and Irina Privalova who had...	26 February 1994	Lipetsk Lipetsk Lipetsk is a types of settlements in Russia located in the Central Federal District of Russia. It is the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast....
		Yuliya Tabakova Yuliya Tabakova Yuliya Gennadiyevna Tabakova , is a Russian track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Russia.She has won the silver medal in the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....	17 February 2004	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
		Christine Arron Christine Arron \|-Christine Arron is a athletics sprint athlete, competing internationally for France. She has run the third fastest time for the 100m in history, but many consider her the fastest legal runner of all time....	26 February 2006	Aubière Aubière Aubi?re is a Communes of the Puy-de-D?me department in the Puy-de-D?me Departments of France in Auvergne in central France....
		Angela Williams Angela Williams Angela Williams is an United States athlete. Williams attended the University of Southern California, graduating in 2002.Starting for the American national team in 2001, she won a silver medal in the 60 metres competition at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships....	7 March 2008	Valencia

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Top All-time athletes - 60 metres - Men

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