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Athletics
150 metres
World records
Men Usain Bolt (JAM) 14.35 (2009)
Women Shericka Jackson (JAM) 16.09+ (2023)

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 specially-built tracks allow the event to take place entirely on a straight.

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]

Usain Bolt lining up for his 150 m world best run in Manchester in 2009

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 best.[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.[8][9] 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.[10] 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.[11] 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.[12]

All-time top 25

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  • + = en route to 200 m performance
  • straight = performance on straight track
  • NWI = no wind measurement

Men

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Rank Time Type Wind (m/s) Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 14.35 straight +1.1 Usain Bolt  Jamaica 17 May 2009 Manchester [13]
2 14.41+ straight -0.4 Tyson Gay  United States 16 May 2010 Manchester [14]
14.41 straight +0.3 Noah Lyles  United States 18 May 2024 Atlanta [15]
4 14.65 straight +1.4 Walter Dix  United States 17 September 2011 Gateshead [16]
5 14.66 straight +0.3 Zharnel Hughes  United Kingdom 18 May 2024 Atlanta [17]
6 14.71 straight +1.3 Yohan Blake  Jamaica 17 May 2014 Manchester [18]
7 14.75 straight +0.1 Jereem Richards  Trinidad and Tobago 23 May 2021 Boston [19]
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 [20]
10 14.83+ bend +0.4 Michael Johnson  United States 1 August 1996 Atlanta [21]
11 14.85 straight +0.3 Erriyon Knighton  United States 6 May 2023 Atlanta [22]
12 14.86 straight +0.3 Alexander Ogando  Dominican Republic 18 May 2024 Atlanta [23]
13 14.87 straight +1.4 Marlon Devonish  Great Britain 17 September 2011 Gateshead [24]
-0.1 Wallace Spearmon  United States 20 May 2012 Manchester [25]
+0.6 Reece Prescod  Great Britain 8 September 2018 Gateshead [26]
16 14.88 straight +1.4 Daniel Bailey  Antigua and Barbuda 31 March 2013 Rio de Janeiro [27]
17 14.89 straight +1.0 Chris Royster  United States 6 May 2023 Atlanta [28]
+0.3 Ferdinand Omanyala  Kenya 6 May 2023 Atlanta [29]
+0.3 Josephus Lyles  United States 18 May 2024 Atlanta [30]
20 14.90 straight -1.0 Christophe Lemaitre  France 25 May 2013 Manchester [31]
-0.2 Michael Rodgers  United States 14 September 2013 Newcastle [32]
22 14.91 straight +1.4 Bruno de Barros  Brazil 31 March 2013 Rio de Janeiro [33]
23 14.93+ bend +0.3 John Regis  Great Britain 20 August 1993 Stuttgart [34]
14.93 straight 0.0 Miguel Francis  Antigua and Barbuda 18 June 2016 Somerville [35]
+0.3 Antonio Watson  Jamaica 6 May 2023 Atlanta [36]

Notes

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Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 14.93:

Assisted marks

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Any 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.

Women

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Rank Time Type Wind (m/s) Athlete Nationality Date Place Ref
1 16.09+ bend +0.2 Shericka Jackson  Jamaica 8 September 2023 Brussels [38]
2 16.10+ bend +1.3 Florence Griffith Joyner  United States 29 September 1988 Seoul [39]
3 16.23+ bend +0.6 Inger Miller  United States 27 August 1999 Seville [40]
16.23 straight -0.7 Shaunae Miller-Uibo  Bahamas 20 May 2018 Boston [41]
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 [42]
0.0 Candace Hill  United States 18 May 2024 Atlanta [43]
Favour Ofili  Nigeria 18 May 2024 Atlanta [44]
9 16.33+ bend 0.0 Merlene Ottey  Jamaica 19 August 1993 Stuttgart [45]
10 16.41 bend +1.1 Brianna Rollins-McNeal  United States 20 July 2020 Fort Worth [46]
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 [47]
13 16.44 straight +0.1 Tamari Davis  United States 6 May 2023 Atlanta [48]
0.0 Daryll Neita  Great Britain 18 May 2024 Atlanta [49]
15 16.50 straight +1.5 Carmelita Jeter  United States 17 September 2011 Gateshead [50]
+0.1 Gabrielle Thomas  United States 6 May 2023 Atlanta [51]
17 16.53 straight -1.5 Lynna Irby  United States 23 May 2021 Boston [52]
18 16.54+ bend +0.6 Merlene Frazer  Jamaica 27 August 1999 Seville [53]
16.54 straight +0.1 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie  Bahamas 17 May 2009 Manchester [54]
20 16.56 bend +0.6 Dafne Schippers  Netherlands 8 September 2020 Ostrava [55]
21 16.57+ bend +0.6 Beverly McDonald  Jamaica 27 August 1999 Seville [56]
16.57 straight +1.1 Desiree Henry  Great Britain 10 September 2016 Newcastle [57]
-0.7 Michelle-Lee Ahye  Trinidad and Tobago 20 May 2018 Boston [58]
24 16.58 straight +0.1 Angie Annelus  United States 6 May 2023 Atlanta [59]
25 16.59 straight +1.2 Candyce McGrone  United States 12 September 2015 Newcastle [60]

Notes

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Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 16.59:

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