60-yard dash

Template:Short description Template:Infobox athletics event The 60-yard dash is a sprint covering 60 yards (54.86 m, sometimes recognized as '55-m dash'). It is primarily run to evaluate the speed and acceleration of American Major League Baseball players. It is also sometimes used to evaluate the speed of American football (especially NFL) players (although the 40-yard dash is much more common in football).

In the United States, prior to the adoption of metricized outdoor running tracks, the 60 yard dash was a commonly contested indoor event. Prior to 1983, the 60 yard dash was an event every year at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. The event was also regularly contested at the AAU Indoor Track and Field Championships.

All-time top 25

Rank	Time	Athlete	Country	Year	Ref
1	5.8 Template:AthAbbr	Herb Washington	Template:Flagu	1972
		Mel Pender	Template:Flagu	1973
3	5.9 Template:AthAbbr	Bob Hayes	Template:Flagu	1964
		Charlie Greene	Template:Flagu	1966
5	5.99 Template:Efn Template:AthAbbr	Obadele Thompson	Template:Flagu	1997
6	6.00 Template:Efn	Lee McRae	Template:Flagu	1986
7	6.0 Template:AthAbbr	Roscoe Cook	Template:Flagu	1959
				1960
		Sam Perry	Template:Flagu	1965
		Bill Gaines	Template:Flagu	1966
				1967
				1968
		John Carlos	Template:Flagu	1969
		Hasely Crawford	Template:Flagu	1973
				1975
		Steve Williams	Template:Flagu	1976
12	6.02	Carl Lewis	Template:Flagu	1983
	6.02 Template:Efn	Carl Lewis	Template:Flagu	1987
	6.02 Template:Efn Template:AthAbbr	Leonard Myles-Mills	Template:Flagu	1997
15	6.03 Template:Efn	Sam Graddy	Template:Flagu	1986
16	6.04	Stanley Floyd	Template:Flagu	1981
	6.04	Andre Cason	Template:Flagu	1990
	6.04 Template:Efn Template:AthAbbr	Ato Boldon	Template:Flagu	1997
19	6.05	Houston McTear	Template:Flagu	1978
	6.05 Template:Efn	Brian Cooper	Template:Flagu	1988
21	6.06 Template:Efn	Fred Johnson	Template:Flagu	1985
		Emmit King	Template:Flagu	1988
		Tim Harden	Template:Flagu	1996
	6.06 Template:Efn Template:AthAbbr	Keith Williams	Template:Flagu	1997
		Syan Williams	Template:Flagu	1998
		Felix Andam	Template:Flagu	1998
		Marcus Brunson	Template:Flagu	1999