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{{short description|Sprint race}}
{{Infobox athletics event
|event = 50 metres
|image = 
|caption = 
|WRmen = {{nowrap| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Donovan Bailey]] 5.56&nbsp;{{AthAbbr|A}} (1996)}}
|WRwomen = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Irina Privalova]] 5.96 (1995)
}}
'''50 metres''', or '''50-meter dash''', is a [[Sprint (running)|sprint]] event in [[track and field]]. It is a relatively uncommon non-championship event for indoor track and field, normally dominated by the best outdoor [[100 metres]] runners.  At outdoor [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] competitions it is used in the [[Special Olympics]] and a rare distance, at least for senior athletes. It is an alternative to the [[60 metres]] running event. The imperial distance for 50 metres is 54.68 yards.

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

==All-time top 25==
''Indoor results only''
<br>
<small>+ = [[wikt:en route|en route]] to a longer distance</small>
<br>
<small>A = affected by altitude</small>

===Men===
*Updated February 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=All Time Top Lists - Senior Indoor 50 Metres Men |url=https://www.iaaf.org/records/all-time-toplists/sprints/50-metres/indoor/men/senior |website=iaaf.org |publisher=[[IAAF]] |access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Time
!Athlete
!Nation
!Date
!Place
!{{abbr|Ref|Reference(s)}}
|-
!rowspan=2| 1
| 5.56 {{AthAbbr|A}}  {{ref label|Note2|B|B}} || [[Donovan Bailey]] || {{CAN}}  || 9 February 1996 || [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]]
|
|-
| 5.56 || [[Maurice Greene (athlete)|Maurice Greene]] || {{USA}}  || 13 February 1999 || [[Los Angeles]]
|
|-
! 3
| 5.58{{AthAbbr|+}} || [[Leonard Scott (athlete)|Leonard Scott]] || {{USA}}  || 26 February 2005 || [[Liévin]]
| {{Citation needed |reason=Not in All Time Top List, and not in IAAF profile |date=November 2018}}
|-
! 4
| 5.60{{AthAbbr|+}} || [[Michael Green (sprinter)|Michael Green]] || {{JAM}} || 16 February 1997 || [[Liévin]]
|
|-
!rowspan=5| 5
|rowspan=2|5.61 
| [[Manfred Kokot]] || {{GDR}}  || 4 February 1973 || [[Berlin]]
|
|-
| [[James Sanford (athlete)|James Sanford]] || {{USA}}  || 20 February 1981 || [[San Diego]]
|
|-
|rowspan=3|5.61{{AthAbbr|+}}
| [[Deji Aliu]] || {{NGR}}  || 21 February 1999 || [[Liévin]]
|
|-
| [[Freddy Mayola]] || {{CUB}}  || 16 February 2000 || [[Madrid]]
|
|-
| [[Jason Gardener]] || {{GBR}}  || 16 February 2000 || [[Madrid]]
|
|-
!rowspan=4| 10
|rowspan=2|5.62  
| [[Emmit King]] || {{USA}}  || 5 March 1986 || [[Kobe]]
|
|-
| [[Andre Cason]] || {{USA}}  || 15 February 1992 || [[Los Angeles]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|5.62{{AthAbbr|+}}
| [[Eric Nkansah]] || {{GHA}}  || 21 February 1999 || [[Liévin]]
|
|-
| [[Morné Nagel]] || {{RSA}}  || 24 February 2002 || [[Liévin]]
|
|-
! rowspan="5" |14
| 5.63 || [[Stanley Floyd]] || {{USA}} || 20 February 1981 || [[San Diego]]
|
|-
| 5.63&nbsp;{{AthAbbr|A}} || [[Henry Neal (athlete)|Henry Neal]] || {{USA}} || 10 February 1995 || [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]]
|
|-
| 5.63 || [[Jon Drummond]] || {{USA}} || 13 February 1999 || [[Los Angeles]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 5.63{{AthAbbr|+}} || [[Lerone Clarke]] || {{JAM}} || 14 February 2012 || [[Liévin]]
| <ref>{{cite web|title=60 Metres Results|url=http://www.meeting-pasdecalais.com/RESULTATS2012/60M101.pdf|publisher=www.meeting-pasdecalais.com|date=14 February 2012|access-date=14 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720004937/http://www.meeting-pasdecalais.com/RESULTATS2012/60M101.pdf|archive-date=20 July 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
|[[Ronnie Baker (athlete)|Ronnie Baker]]
|{{USA}}
|4 February 2025
|[[Ostrava]]
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=4 February 2025 |title=Czech Indoor Gala – 60m Results |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7208973?eventId=10230285&gender=M|access-date=6 February 2025 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan=10|19
|rowspan=3|5.64
| [[Davidson Ezinwa]] || {{NGR}} || 15 February 1992 || [[Los Angeles]]
|
|-
| [[Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy]] || {{RUS}} || 4 February 1994 || [[Moscow]]
|
|-
| [[Bruny Surin]] || {{CAN}} || 27 January 1995 || [[Moscow]]
|
|-
|rowspan=4| 5.64{{AthAbbr|+}} || [[Donovan Powell]] || {{JAM}} || 21 February 1999 || [[Liévin]]
| {{Citation needed |reason=Not in All Time Top List, and not in IAAF profile |date=November 2018}}
|-
| [[Leonard Myles-Mills]] || {{GHA}} || 13 February 2000 || [[Liévin]]
| {{Citation needed |reason=Not in All Time Top List, and not in IAAF profile |date=November 2018}}
|-
| [[Ato Boldon]] || {{TTO}} || 16 February 2000 || [[Madrid]]
|
|-
| [[Tim Harden]] || {{USA}} || 16 February 2000 || [[Madrid]]
| {{Citation needed |reason=Not in All Time Top List, and not in IAAF profile |date=November 2018}}
|-
|rowspan=3| 5.64 || [[Gerald Williams (athlete)|Gerald Williams]] || {{USA}} || 19 February 2000 || [[Los Angeles]]
|
|-
| [[Jeff Laynes]] || {{USA}} || 20 January 2001 || [[Los Angeles]]
|
|-
| [[Asafa Powell]] || {{JAM}} || 28 January 2012 || [[New York City]]
|
|}

*{{note label|Note2|B|B}}[[Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter)|Ben Johnson]] of Canada ran 5.55 at Ottawa, Canada on 31 January 1987, but this time was rescinded after Johnson admitted to using steroids between 1981 and 1988.

====Notes====
<small>Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 5.63:</small>
*[[Maurice Greene (athlete)|Maurice Greene]] also ran 5.59{{AthAbbr|+}} (1999).
*[[Michael Green (sprinter)|Michael Green]] also ran 5.62{{AthAbbr|+}} (1997).
*[[Donovan Bailey]] also ran 5.62 (1996).
*[[Deji Aliu]] also ran 5.63{{AthAbbr|+}} (1999).
*[[Freddy Mayola]] also ran 5.63{{AthAbbr|+}} (2001).

====Outdoor best performances====
{{inc-sport|date=October 2021}}
<small>+ = [[wikt:en route|en route]] to 100m mark.</small>
<small>N.B. The Seville marks listed are excluding the athlete's reaction times. Bolt's & Su's times are inclusive.</small>

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Time
!Wind (m/s)
!Athlete
!Nation
!Date
!Place
!Ref
|-
!1
|5.40{{AthAbbr|+}} (calculated; add 0.127, or 0.13)
|rowspan="3"| +0.2
|[[Bruny Surin]]
|{{flagu|Canada}}
|rowspan="3"|22 August 1999
|rowspan="3"|[[Seville]]
|rowspan="3"|<ref>{{cite web|title=Biomechanical Analysis of the World Championships in Athletics Seville 1999 |url=https://www.iaaf.org/download/downloadnsa?filename=9e9d0970-6235-41ee-9739-2c9031773f06.pdf&urlslug=biomechanical-research-project-at-the-at-the|work=[[IAAF]]|date=2001|access-date=April 11, 2018|publisher=IAAF}}</ref>
|-
!2
|5.42{{AthAbbr|+}} (calculated; add 0.132, or 0.14)
|[[Maurice Greene (athlete)|Maurice Greene]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|-
!3
|5.43{{AthAbbr|+}} (calculated; add 0.140)
|[[Dwain Chambers]]
|{{flagu|Great Britain}}
|-
!4
|5.45{{AthAbbr|+}}
| +0.9
|[[Su Bingtian]]
|{{flagu|China}}
|1 August 2021
|[[Tokyo]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Analyzing the Olympic 100-meter sprints|url=https://www.hmmrmedia.com/2021/10/tokyo-sprint-analysis/|website=hmmrmedia.com|author=Pierre-Jean Vazel|date=8 October 2021|access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref>
|-
!5
|5.46{{AthAbbr|+}} (calculated; add 0.136, or 0.14)
| +0.2
|[[Tim Harden]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|22 August 1999
|[[Seville]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Biomechanical Analysis of the World Championships in Athletics Seville 1999 |url=https://www.iaaf.org/download/downloadnsa?filename=9e9d0970-6235-41ee-9739-2c9031773f06.pdf&urlslug=biomechanical-research-project-at-the-at-the|work=[[IAAF]]|date=2001|access-date=April 11, 2018|publisher=IAAF}}</ref>
|-
!6
|5.47{{AthAbbr|+}} (calculated)
| +0.9
|[[Usain Bolt]]
|{{flagu|Jamaica}}
|16 August 2009
|[[Berlin]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Biomechanical Analysis 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics |url=http://berlin.iaaf.org/mm/document/development/research/05/31/54/20090817073528_httppostedfile_analysis100mmenfinal_bolt_13666.pdf |publisher=[[IAAF]] |date=17 August 2009 |access-date=30 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514043707/http://berlin.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Development/Research/05/31/54/20090817073528_httppostedfile_Analysis100mMenFinal_Bolt_13666.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2014 }}</ref>
|}

===Women===
*Correct as of February 2025.<ref>{{cite web|title=All-time women's best 50m|url=https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/sprints/50-metres/indoor/women/senior|publisher=IAAF|date=26 January 2017|access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Time
!Athlete
!Nation
!Date
!Place
!Ref
|-
! 1
| 5.96{{AthAbbr|+}}
| [[Irina Privalova]] || {{RUS}}  || 9 February 1995 || [[Madrid]]
|
|-
! 2
| 6.00 || [[Merlene Ottey]] || {{JAM}}  || 4 February 1994 || [[Moscow]]
|
|-
! 3
| 6.02{{AthAbbr|+}} || [[Gail Devers]] || {{USA}}  || 21 February 1999 || [[Liévin]]
|
|-
! 4
| 6.04{{AthAbbr|+}} || [[Chioma Ajunwa]] || {{NGR}}  || 22 February 1998 || [[Liévin]]
|
|-
!rowspan=2| 5
|rowspan=2|6.05{{AthAbbr|+}}
| [[Savatheda Fynes]] || {{BAH}}  || 13 February 2000 || [[Liévin]]
|
|-
| [[Philomena Mensah]] || {{CAN}}  || 13 February 2000 || [[Liévin]]
|
|-
! 7
|6.07 {{AthAbbr|A}} || [[Gwen Torrence]] || {{USA}}  || 9 February 1996 || [[Reno]]
|
|-
!rowspan=2| 8
|6.08{{AthAbbr|+}}
| [[Christy Opara-Thompson]] || {{NGR}}  || 16 February 1997 || [[Liévin]]
|
|-
|6.08
| [[Veronica Campbell-Brown]] || {{JAM}} || 28 January 2012 || [[New York City]]
|
|-
! 10
| 6.09 || [[Zhanna Pintusevich-Block|Zhanna Block]] || {{UKR}}  || 2 February 1993 || [[Moscow]]
|
|-
!rowspan=3|11
|6.11
|[[Marita Koch]]
|{{GDR}}
|2 February 1980
|[[Grenoble]]
|
|-
|rowspan=2|6.11{{AthAbbr|+}}
|[[Liliana Allen]]
|{{MEX}}
|13 February 2000
|[[Liévin]]
|
|-
|[[Christine Arron]]
|{{FRA}}
|26 February 2006
|[[Aubière]]
|
|-
! rowspan="5" |14
|rowspan=3|6.12
|[[Marlies Göhr]]
|{{GDR}}
|2 February 1980
|[[Grenoble]]
|
|-
|[[Silke Möller]]
|{{GDR}}
|19 February 1988
|[[Berlin]]
|
|-
|[[Anelia Nuneva]]
|{{BUL}}
|27 January 1995
|[[Moscow]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |6.12{{AthAbbr|+}}
|[[Ewa Swoboda]]
|{{POL}}
|4 February 2025
|[[Ostrava]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=60m Results|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7208973?eventId=10230286&gender=W|website=World Athletics|access-date=14 February 2025}}</ref>
|-
|[[Patrizia van der Weken]]
|{{LUX}}
|4 February 2025
|[[Ostrava]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=60m Results|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7208973?eventId=10230286&gender=W|website=World Athletics|access-date=14 February 2025}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="5" |19
| rowspan="4" |6.13
|[[Jeanette Bolden]]
|{{USA}}
|21 February 1981
|[[Edmonton]]
|
|-
|[[Michelle Finn-Burrell]]
|{{USA}}
|15 February 1992
|[[Los Angeles]]
|
|-
|[[Natalya Merzlyakova]]
|{{RUS}}
|4 February 1994
|[[Moscow]]
|
|-
|[[Ekaterina Grigorieva]]
|{{RUS}}
|4 February 1994
|[[Moscow]]
|
|-
|6.13{{AthAbbr|+}}
|[[Mercy Nku]]
|{{NGA}}
|25 February 2001
|[[Liévin]]
|
|-
! rowspan="4" |24
| rowspan="4" |6.14{{AthAbbr|+}}
|[[Frédérique Bangué]]
|{{FRA}}
|16 February 1997
|[[Liévin]]
|
|-
|[[Petya Pendareva]]
|{{BUL}}
|21 February 1999
|[[Liévin]]
|
|-
|[[Muriel Hurtis]]
|{{FRA}}
|23 February 2003
|[[Liévin]]
|
|-
|[[LaVerne Jones-Ferrette]]
|{{ISV}}
|24 February 2012
|[[Liévin]]
|
|}

Note: [[Angella Taylor-Issajenko|Angella Issajenko]] of Canada ran a world record 6.06 in Ottawa on 13 January 1987, this performance was rescinded after Issajenko's admittance of long term drug use at the [[Dubin Inquiry]] in 1989.

====Notes====
<small>Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 6.11:</small>

*[[Irina Privalova]] also ran 6.01 (1994), 6.03 (1994), 6.04 (1993), 6.05{{AthAbbr|+}} (1993, 1997), 6.07 (1994), 6.08 (1994), 6.08{{AthAbbr|+}} (1997), 6.09 (1994) and 6.11{{AthAbbr|+}} (1996).
*[[Gail Devers]] also ran 6.03 (1999) and 6.10 (1993).
*[[Merlene Ottey]] also ran 6.06{{AthAbbr|+}} (1999), 6.08{{AthAbbr|+}} (1999) and 6.11{{AthAbbr|+}} (1996).
*[[Savatheda Fynes]] also ran 6.07{{AthAbbr|+}} (1999).
*[[Philomena Mensah]] also ran 6.07{{AthAbbr|+}} (1999).
*[[Christy Opara-Thompson]] also ran 6.11{{AthAbbr|+}} (1997).

====Outdoor best performances====
<small>+ = [[wikt:en route|en route]] to 100m mark</small>

{| class="wikitable"
!Time
!Wind (m/s)
!Athlete
!Nation
!Date
!Place
!Ref
|-
|5.93{{AthAbbr|+}} (calculated)
| −0.1
|[[Marion Jones]]
|{{USA}}
|22 August 1999
|[[Seville]]
|
|}

==Season's bests==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

===Men===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!Year
!Mark
!Athlete
!Place
|-
|1968
|5.70
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Jobst Hirscht]]|FRG}}
|[[Madrid]]
|-	
|1971
|5.79
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Jobst Hirscht]]|FRG}}
|[[Kiel]]
|-
|1972
|5.75
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Valeriy Borzov]]|USSR}}
|[[Grenoble]]
|-	
|1973
|5.61
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Manfred Kokot]]|GDR}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|1974
|5.68
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Wolfgang Lobe]]|GDR}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|1976
|5.75
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Eugen Ray]]|GDR}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|1977
|5.74
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Klaus-Dieter Kurrat]]|GDR}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|1978
|5.77
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Aleksandr Aksinin]]|USSR}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|1979
|5.76
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Houston McTear]]|USA}}
|[[Daly City]]
|-
|1980
|5.72
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ray James (athlete)|Ray James]]|USA}}
|[[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]]
|-
|1981
|5.61
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[James Sanford (athlete)|James Sanford]]|USA}}
|[[San Diego]]
|-
|1982
|5.76
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Emmit King]]|USA}}
|[[Sherbrooke]]
|-
|1983
|5.72
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Stanley Floyd]]|USA}}
|[[Chicago]]
|-
|1984
|5.69
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ron Brown (wide receiver)|Ron Brown]]|USA}}
|[[San Diego]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1985
|rowspan=2|5.73
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[František Ptacnik]]|TCH}}
|[[Prague]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Al Lawrence (sprinter)|Albert Lawrence]]|JAM}}
|[[Kobe]]
|-
|1986
|5.62
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Emmit King]]|USA}}
|[[Kobe]]
|-
|1987
|5.76
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[František Ptacnik]]|TCH}}
|[[Prague]]
|-
|1988
|5.72
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sven Matthes]]|GDR}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|1989
|5.68
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Lee McRae]]|USA}}
|[[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]]
|-
|1990
|5.73
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Michael Marsh (sprinter)|Mike Marsh]]|USA}}
|[[Los Angeles]]
|-
|1991
|5.69
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Andre Cason]]|USA}}
|[[Los Angeles]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1992
|5.62
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Andre Cason]]|USA}}
|[[Los Angeles]]
|-
|5.62+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Eric Nkansah]]|GHA}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|1993
|5.67
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Bruny Surin]]|CAN}}
|[[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]]
|-
|1994
|5.64
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Aleksandr Porkhomovskiy]]|RUS}}
|[[Moscow]]
|-
|1995
|5.63 A
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Henry Neal (athlete)|Henry Neal]]|USA}}
|[[Reno]]
|-
|1996
|5.56 A
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Donovan Bailey]]|CAN}}
|[[Reno]]
|-
|1997
|5.61+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Michael Green (sprinter)|Michael Green]]|JAM}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|1998
|5.65
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Stéphane Cali]]|FRA}}
|[[Eaubonne]]
|-
|1999
|5.56
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Maurice Greene (athlete)|Maurice Greene]]|USA}}
|[[Los Angeles]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|rowspan=2|5.61+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Jason Gardener]]|GBR}}
|[[Madrid]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Freddy Mayola]]|CUB}}
|[[Madrid]]
|-
|2001
|5.63+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Freddy Mayola]]|CUB}}
|[[Madrid]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|rowspan=2|5.62+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Morne Nagel]]|RSA}}
|rowspan=2|[[Liévin]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Morne Nagel]]|RSA}}
|-
|2003
|5.65+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Deji Aliu]]|NGR}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|2004
|5.68+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Freddy Mayola]]|CUB}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|2005
|5.58+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Leonard Scott (athlete)|Leonard Scott]]|USA}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2006
|rowspan=2|5.68+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Freddy Mayola]]|CUB}}
|rowspan=2|[[Liévin]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Freddy Mayola]]|CUB}}
|-
|2007
|5.73+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ronald Pognon]]|FRA}}
|[[Aubière]]
|-
|2008
|5.76
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Nicolas Macrozonaris]]|CAN}}
|[[Saskatoon]]
|-
|2009
|5.70+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Abidemi Omole]]|USA}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|rowspan=4|2010
|5.71
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sam Effah]]|CAN}}
|[[Saskatoon]]
|-
|rowspan=3|5.71+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Lerone Clarke]]|JAM}}
|rowspan=3|[[Liévin]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Christophe Lemaitre]]|FRA}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Harry Aikines-Aryeetey]]|GBR}}
|-
|2011
|5.67
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sam Effah]]|CAN}}
|[[Saskatoon]]
|-
|2012
|5.63+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Lerone Clarke]]|JAM}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|2013
|5.79
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Cordero Gray]]|USA}}
|[[Saskatoon]]
|-
|2014
|5.72
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Marcus Rowland (athlete)|Marcus Rowland]]|USA}}
|[[Saskatoon]]
|-
|2015
|5.83
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Woodrow Randall]]|USA}}
|[[Saskatoon]]
|-
|2016
|
|
|
|-
|2017
|5.76
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Eric Cray]]|PHI}}
|[[Saskatoon]]
|-
|2018
|5.67
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Blake Smith]]|USA}}
|[[Saskatoon]]
|-
|2019
|5.77
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sean McLean]]|USA}}
|[[Saskatoon]]
|}
{{col-2}}

===Women===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!Year
!Mark
!Athlete
!Place
|-
|1968
|6.24
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sylviane Telliez]]|FRA}}
|[[Madrid]]
|-
|1972
|6.25
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Renate Stecher]]|GDR}}
|[[Grenoble]]
|-
|1974
|6.19
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Renate Stecher]]|GDR}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|1976
|6.30
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Christina Brehmer]]|GDR}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1978
|rowspan=2|6.28
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Marita Koch]]|GDR}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Annie Alize]]|FRA}}
|[[Grenoble]]
|-
|1979
|6.28
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Annegret Richter]]|FRG}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|1980
|6.11
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Marita Koch]]|GDR}}
|[[Grenoble]]
|-
|1981
|6.13
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Jeanette Bolden]]|USA}}
|[[Edmonton]]
|-
|1982
|6.20
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Evelyn Ashford]]|USA}}
|[[Daly City]]
|-
|1983
|6.16
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Evelyn Ashford]]|USA}}
|[[Chicago]]
|-
|1984
|6.16
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Angela Bailey]]|CAN}}
|[[Toronto]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1985
|rowspan=2|6.21
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Els Vader]]|NED}}
|[[Zwolle]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Marita Koch]]|GDR}}
|[[Kobe]]
|-
|1986
|6.13
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Silke Möller]]|GDR}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|1987
|6.13
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Marlies Göhr]]|GDR}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|1988
|6.12
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Silke Möller]]|GDR}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|1989
|6.18
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Kerstin Behrendt]]|GDR}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|rowspan=2|1990
|rowspan=2|6.34
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Angela Bailey]]|CAN}}
|[[Los Angeles]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sheila Echols]]|USA}}
|[[Cleveland]]
|-
|1991
|6.15
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Katrin Krabbe]]|GDR}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|1992
|6.13
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Michelle Finn-Burrell]]|USA}}
|[[Los Angeles]]
|-
|1993
|6.09
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Zhanna Block]]|UKR}}
|[[Moscow]]
|-
|1994
|6.00
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Merlene Ottey]]|JAM}}
|[[Moscow]]
|-
|1995
|5.96+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Irina Privalova]]|RUS}}
|[[Madrid]]
|-
|1996
|6.07 A
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Gwen Torrence]]|USA}}
|[[Reno]]
|-
|1997
|6.08+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Christy Opara-Thompson]]|NGR}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|1998
|6.04+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Chioma Ajunwa]]|NGR}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|1999
|6.02+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Gail Devers]]|USA}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|rowspan=2|6.05+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Savatheda Fynes]]|BAH}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Philomena Mensah]]|CAN}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|2001
|6.12+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Savatheda Fynes]]|BAH}}
|[[Madrid]]
|-
|2002
|6.17
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Angela Williams (sprinter born 1980)|Angela Williams]]|USA}}
|[[Los Angeles]]
|-
|2003
|6.14+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Muriel Hurtis]]|FRA}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|2004
|6.12+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Christine Arron]]|FRA}}
|[[Aubière]]
|-
|2005
|6.15+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Christine Arron]]|FRA}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|2006
|6.11+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Christine Arron]]|FRA}}
|[[Aubière]]
|-
|2007
|6.28+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Victoria Jordan]]|USA}}
|[[Landover, Maryland|Landover]]
|-
|2008
|6.23+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Christine Arron]]|FRA}}
|[[Bordeaux]]
|-
|2009
|6.26+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Chandra Sturrup]]|BAH}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|2010
|6.21+
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sheri-Ann Brooks]]|JAM}}
|[[Liévin]]
|-
|2011
|6.27
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yuliya Balykina]]|BLR}}
|[[Minsk]]
|-
|2012
|6.08
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Veronica Campbell-Brown]]|JAM}}
|[[New York City]]
|-
|2013
|6.30
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Brittney Reese]]|USA}}
|[[Saskatoon]]
|-
|2014
|6.34
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Crystal Emmanuel]]|CAN}}
|[[Saskatoon]]
|-
|2015
|6.34
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Crystal Emmanuel]]|CAN}}
|[[Saskatoon]]
|-
|2016
|
|
|
|-
|2017
|6.30
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Erica Alexander]]|USA}}
|[[Saskatoon]]
|-
|2018
|6.30
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Crystal Emmanuel]]|CAN}}
|[[Saskatoon]]
|-
|2019
|6.35
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tawanna Meadows]]|USA}}
|[[Saskatoon]]
|}
{{col-end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Athletics events}}

[[Category:Events in track and field]]
[[Category:Sprint running disciplines]]
[[Category:Indoor track and field]]
[[Category:50 (number)|Metres]]