150 metres is a sprint event in track and field. It is a very rarely contested non-championship and not an IAAF-recognised event. Given the proportion of standard running tracks, the event typically incorporates a bend when held in a track and field stadium, although some especially-built tracks allow the event to take place entirely on a straight.
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The event was given a high-profile outing in 1997 as an intermediate contest between two 1996 Olympic champions: Donovan Bailey (100 metres) and Michael Johnson (200 metres).[1] Johnson pulled up mid-race, allowing Bailey to win the $1 million prize.[2] This race coincided with a period of similar 150 m meetings between Bailey and the 1992 Olympic champion Linford Christie; the pair raced three years running for high cash prizes in Sheffield, England, in 1995, 1996 and 1997, with Christie winning the first two outings and Bailey winning the last.[3][4]
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The Manchester City Games in England – a competition featuring a long, raised track on one of the city's major streets – has provided many of the event's highlights since 2009, including the men's world best of 14.35 seconds, set by Usain Bolt in 2009.[5] Allyson Felix ran the fastest ever 150 m race by a woman in 2013 (16.36 seconds),[6] although faster times have been recorded at intermediate stages of the 200 m event. The Great North City Games (held variously in Newcastle and Gateshead) features a similar setup to the Manchester event and has provided several of the best men's and women's times.[7] The British events typically attracted American, British and Caribbean competitors, and athletes from these places account for nearly all the top 25 best times for men and women. A one-off 150 m race on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro was held in 2013 and Bolt finished in a time close to his own world record.[8]
The 150 m had some significance as a regular indoor event in the 1960s and 1970s as a result of indoor tracks matching that distance. Wales held a national championship over the distance up to 1972 and Finland briefly had a women's national championship in the mid-1960s.[9][10] A relay version of the distance (4 × 150 metres) was contested at the 1967 European Athletics Indoor Championships and was won by the Soviet Union's women's team.[11] The distance attracted the attention of 1980 Olympic 200 m champion Pietro Mennea, whose hand-timed run of 14.8 seconds in Cassino, Italy, in 1983 stood as a world best time for over a quarter of a century.[12] Italy also provided a women's 150 m best that same decade, with Jamaican Merlene Ottey setting a time of 16.46 seconds in Trapani in 1989 – a world best mark which was unbeaten for over two decades.[13]
All-time top 25
edit- + = en route to 200 m performance
- straight = performance on straight track
- NWI = no wind measurement
Men
editRank | Time | Type | Wind (m/s) | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 14.35 | straight | +1.1 | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | 17 May 2009 | Manchester | [14] |
2 | 14.41+ | straight | -0.4 | Tyson Gay | United States | 16 May 2010 | Manchester | [15] |
14.41 | straight | +0.3 | Noah Lyles | United States | 18 May 2024 | Atlanta | [16] | |
4 | 14.65 | straight | +1.4 | Walter Dix | United States | 17 September 2011 | Gateshead | [17] |
5 | 14.66 | straight | +0.3 | Zharnel Hughes | United Kingdom | 18 May 2024 | Atlanta | [18] |
6 | 14.71 | straight | +1.3 | Yohan Blake | Jamaica | 17 May 2014 | Manchester | [19] |
7 | 14.75 | straight | +0.1 | Jereem Richards | Trinidad and Tobago | 23 May 2021 | Boston | [20] |
8 | 14.8 h | bend | NWI | Pietro Mennea | Italy | 3 September 1979 | Cassino | |
9 | 14.81 | straight | +0.2 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | Great Britain | 20 May 2018 | Boston | [21] |
10 | 14.83+ | bend | +0.4 | Michael Johnson | United States | 1 August 1996 | Atlanta | [22] |
11 | 14.85 | straight | +0.3 | Erriyon Knighton | United States | 6 May 2023 | Atlanta | [23] |
12 | 14.86 | straight | +0.3 | Alexander Ogando | Dominican Republic | 18 May 2024 | Atlanta | [24] |
13 | 14.87 | straight | +1.4 | Marlon Devonish | Great Britain | 17 September 2011 | Gateshead | [25] |
-0.1 | Wallace Spearmon | United States | 20 May 2012 | Manchester | [26] | |||
+0.6 | Reece Prescod | Great Britain | 8 September 2018 | Gateshead | [27] | |||
16 | 14.88 | straight | +1.4 | Daniel Bailey | Antigua and Barbuda | 31 March 2013 | Rio de Janeiro | [28] |
17 | 14.89 | straight | +1.0 | Chris Royster | United States | 6 May 2023 | Atlanta | [29] |
+0.3 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Kenya | 6 May 2023 | Atlanta | [30] | |||
+0.3 | Josephus Lyles | United States | 18 May 2024 | Atlanta | [31] | |||
20 | 14.90 | straight | -1.0 | Christophe Lemaitre | France | 25 May 2013 | Manchester | [32] |
-0.2 | Michael Rodgers | United States | 14 September 2013 | Newcastle | [33] | |||
22 | 14.91 | straight | +1.4 | Bruno de Barros | Brazil | 31 March 2013 | Rio de Janeiro | [34] |
23 | 14.93+ | bend | +0.3 | John Regis | Great Britain | 20 August 1993 | Stuttgart | [35] |
14.93 | straight | 0.0 | Miguel Francis | Antigua and Barbuda | 18 June 2016 | Somerville | [36] | |
+0.3 | Antonio Watson | Jamaica | 6 May 2023 | Atlanta | [37] |
Notes
editBelow is a list of other times equal or superior to 14.93:
- Usain Bolt also ran 14.42 straight (2013), 14.44+ (2009), 14.85+ (2007).
- Tyson Gay also ran 14.51 (2011), 14.75+ (2007).
- Noah Lyles also ran 14.56 (2023),14.69 straight (2019), 14.77 (2018).
- Jereem Richards also ran 14.83 straight (2023).
- Marlon Devonish also ran 14.88 straight (2010).
Assisted marks
editAny performance with a following wind of more than 2.0 metres per second is not counted for record purposes. Below is a list of the fastest wind-assisted times (inside 14.92). Only times that are superior to legal bests are shown.
- Linford Christie (GBR) ran 14.74 s (+3.9 m/s) on 23 July 1995 in Sheffield[38]
- Donovan Bailey (CAN) ran 14.92 s (+3.9 m/s) on 23 July 1995 in Sheffield.
Women
editRank | Time | Type | Wind (m/s) | Athlete | Nationality | Date | Place | Ref |
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1 | 16.09+ | bend | +0.2 | Shericka Jackson | Jamaica | 8 September 2023 | Brussels | [39] |
2 | 16.10+ | bend | +1.3 | Florence Griffith Joyner | United States | 29 September 1988 | Seoul | [40] |
3 | 16.23+ | bend | +0.6 | Inger Miller | United States | 27 August 1999 | Seville | [41] |
16.23 | straight | -0.7 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | Bahamas | 20 May 2018 | Boston | [42] | |
5 | 16.28+ | bend | +1.7 | Allyson Felix | United States | 31 August 2007 | Osaka | |
6 | 16.30 | straight | +0.1 | Tori Bowie | United States | 4 June 2017 | Boston | [43] |
0.0 | Candace Hill | United States | 18 May 2024 | Atlanta | [44] | |||
Favour Ofili | Nigeria | 18 May 2024 | Atlanta | [45] | ||||
9 | 16.33+ | bend | 0.0 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 19 August 1993 | Stuttgart | [46] |
10 | 16.41 | bend | +1.1 | Brianna Rollins-McNeal | United States | 20 July 2020 | Fort Worth | [47] |
11 | 16.43+ | bend | +1.7 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | Jamaica | 31 August 2007 | Osaka | |
16.43 | straight | 0.0 | Celera Barnes | United States | 18 May 2024 | Atlanta | [48] | |
13 | 16.44 | straight | +0.1 | Tamari Davis | United States | 6 May 2023 | Atlanta | [49] |
0.0 | Daryll Neita | Great Britain | 18 May 2024 | Atlanta | [50] | |||
15 | 16.50 | straight | +1.5 | Carmelita Jeter | United States | 17 September 2011 | Gateshead | [51] |
+0.1 | Gabrielle Thomas | United States | 6 May 2023 | Atlanta | [52] | |||
17 | 16.53 | straight | -1.5 | Lynna Irby | United States | 23 May 2021 | Boston | [53] |
18 | 16.54+ | bend | +0.6 | Merlene Frazer | Jamaica | 27 August 1999 | Seville | [54] |
16.54 | straight | +0.1 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | Bahamas | 17 May 2009 | Manchester | [55] | |
20 | 16.56 | bend | +0.6 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands | 8 September 2020 | Ostrava | [56] |
21 | 16.57+ | bend | +0.6 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica | 27 August 1999 | Seville | [57] |
16.57 | straight | +1.1 | Desiree Henry | Great Britain | 10 September 2016 | Newcastle | [58] | |
-0.7 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago | 20 May 2018 | Boston | [59] | |||
24 | 16.58 | straight | +0.1 | Angie Annelus | United States | 6 May 2023 | Atlanta | [60] |
25 | 16.59 | straight | +1.2 | Candyce McGrone | United States | 12 September 2015 | Newcastle | [61] |
Notes
editBelow is a list of other times equal or superior to 16.59:
- Allyson Felix also ran 16.36 straight (2013).
- Shaunae Miller-Uibo also ran 16.37 straight (2019).
- Merlene Ottey also ran 16.46 bend (1989).
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