150 metres

Sprint race over 150 metres

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

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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:

* 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

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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.

* Linford Christie (GBR) ran 14.74 s (+3.9 m/s) on 23 July 1995 in Sheffield[37]
* Donovan Bailey (CAN) ran 14.92 s (+3.9 m/s) on 23 July 1995 in Sheffield.

### Women

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Rank  | 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  | [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:

* 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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