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150 metres

Sprint race

Sprint race

FieldValue
event150 metres
WRmenUsain Bolt 14.35 (2009)
WRwomenFavour Ofili 15.85 (2025)

150 metres is a sprint event in track and field. It is a very rarely contested non-championship event, and it is not recognised by World Athletics. 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 it 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). Johnson pulled up mid-race, allowing Bailey to win the $1 million prize. This race coincided with a period of similar 150 m meetings between Bailey and the 1992 Olympic 100 m champion Linford Christie; the pair raced over three years for high cash prizes in Sheffield, England, in 1995, 1996 and 1997, with Christie winning the first two outings and Bailey winning the last.[[File:Manchester City Games 2009 - Men's final 2 (crop2).jpg|thumb|350px|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. Allyson Felix ran the fastest ever female 150 m race in 2013 (16.36 seconds), 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) feature a similar set-up to the Manchester event and have hosted several of the best men's and women's times. The British events typically attract 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.

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. 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. 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. 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.

All-time top 25

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

Men

RankTimeTypeWind (m/s)AthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef1245678910111213141718212324
14.35straight+1.1Usain BoltJamaica17 May 2009Manchester
14.41straight-0.4Tyson GayUnited States16 May 2010Manchester
14.41straight+0.3Noah LylesUnited States18 May 2024Atlanta
14.65straight+1.4Walter DixUnited States17 September 2011Gateshead
14.66straight+0.3Zharnel HughesUnited Kingdom18 May 2024Atlanta
14.70straightFerdinand OmanyalaKenya17 May 2025Atlanta
14.71straight+1.3Yohan BlakeJamaica17 May 2014Manchester
14.75straight+0.1Jereem RichardsTrinidad and Tobago23 May 2021Boston
14.8bendPietro MenneaItaly3 September 1979Cassino
14.81straight+0.2Nethaneel Mitchell-BlakeGreat Britain20 May 2018Boston
14.83bend+0.4Michael JohnsonUnited States1 August 1996Atlanta
14.85straight+0.3Erriyon KnightonUnited States6 May 2023Atlanta
14.86straight+0.3Alexander OgandoDominican Republic18 May 2024Atlanta
14.87straight+1.4Marlon DevonishGreat Britain17 September 2011Gateshead
-0.1Wallace SpearmonUnited States20 May 2012Manchester
+0.6Reece PrescodGreat Britain8 September 2018Gateshead
14.88straight+1.4Daniel BaileyAntigua and Barbuda31 March 2013Rio de Janeiro
14.89straight+1.0Chris RoysterUnited States6 May 2023Atlanta
+0.3Ferdinand OmanyalaKenya6 May 2023Atlanta
+0.3Josephus LylesUnited States18 May 2024Atlanta
14.90straight-1.0Christophe LemaitreFrance25 May 2013Manchester
-0.2Michael RodgersUnited States14 September 2013Newcastle
14.91straight+1.4Bruno de BarrosBrazil31 March 2013Rio de Janeiro
14.93bend+0.3John RegisGreat Britain20 August 1993Stuttgart
14.93straight0.0Miguel FrancisAntigua and Barbuda18 June 2016Somerville
+0.3Antonio WatsonJamaica6 May 2023Atlanta
Terrence JonesBahamas17 May 2025Atlanta

Notes

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

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
  • Donovan Bailey (CAN) ran 14.92 s (+3.9 m/s) on 23 July 1995 in Sheffield.

Women

RankTimeTypeWind (m/s)AthleteNationalityDatePlaceRef123457891112131415171819222325
15.85straightFavour OfiliNigeria17 May 2025Atlanta
16.09bend+0.2Shericka JacksonJamaica8 September 2023Brussels
16.10bend+1.3Florence Griffith JoynerUnited States29 September 1988Seoul
16.14straightTamari DavisUnited States17 May 2025Atlanta
16.23bend+0.6Inger MillerUnited States27 August 1999Seville
16.23straight-0.7Shaunae Miller-UiboBahamas20 May 2018Boston
16.25benddate=19 July 2025title=Women's Diamond - 200 metres resultsurl=https://ath-wdl-archive.azureedge.net/2025/london/ATHW200M----DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73B1_1.0.PDFaccess-date=21 July 2025website=Diamond League}}Julien AlfredSt. Lucia19 July 2025Londondate=19 July 2025title=Race Analysis 200m Womenurl=https://ath-wdl-archive.azureedge.net/2025/london/ATHW200M----DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C77A_1.0.PDFarchive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250831201546/https://ath-wdl-archive.azureedge.net/2025/london/ATHW200M----DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C77A_1.0.PDFarchive-date=31 August 2025access-date=31 August 2025website=ath-wdl-archive.azureedge.net}}
16.28bend+1.7Allyson FelixUnited States31 August 2007Osaka
16.30straight+0.1Tori BowieUnited States4 June 2017Boston
0.0Candace HillUnited States18 May 2024Atlanta
16.33bend0.0Merlene OtteyJamaica19 August 1993Stuttgart
16.39benddate=28 August 2025title=Women's Diamond - 200 metres resultsurl=https://ath-wdl-archive.azureedge.net/2025/zurich/ATHW200M----DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C73B1_1.0.PDFaccess-date=30 August 2025website=Diamond League}}Brittany BrownUnited States28 August 2025Zürichdate=28 August 2025title=Race analysis 200m womenurl=https://ath-wdl-archive.azureedge.net/2025/zurich/ATHW200M----DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C77A_1.0.PDFarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250831202045/https://ath-wdl-archive.azureedge.net/2025/zurich/ATHW200M----DIAMOND---FNL-000100--_C77A_1.0.PDFarchive-date=31 August 2025access-date=31 August 2025website=ath-wdl-archive.azureedge.net}}
16.41bend+1.1Brianna Rollins-McNealUnited States20 July 2020Fort Worth
16.42bend-0.4Dina Asher-SmithGreat Britain28 August 2025Zürich
16.43bend+1.7Veronica Campbell-BrownJamaica31 August 2007Osaka
16.43straight0.0Celera BarnesUnited States18 May 2024Atlanta
16.44straight0.0Daryll NeitaGreat Britain18 May 2024Atlanta
16.45bend-0.6Amy HuntGreat Britain19 July 2025London
16.50straight+1.5Carmelita JeterUnited States17 September 2011Gateshead
+0.1Gabrielle ThomasUnited States6 May 2023Atlanta
Ashanti MooreJamaica17 May 2025Atlanta
16.53straight-1.5Lynna IrbyUnited States23 May 2021Boston
16.54bend+0.6Merlene FrazerJamaica27 August 1999Seville
16.54straight+0.1Debbie Ferguson-McKenzieBahamas17 May 2009Manchester
16.56bend+0.6Dafne SchippersNetherlands8 September 2020Ostrava

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 16.56:

  • Favour Ofili also ran 16.30 straight (2024).
  • Allyson Felix also ran 16.36 straight (2013).
  • Shaunae Miller-Uibo also ran 16.37 straight (2019).
  • Tamari Davis also ran 16.44 straight (2023).
  • Merlene Ottey also ran 16.46 bend (1989).

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