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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). 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 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.

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 150 m race by a woman 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) features a similar setup to the Manchester event and has provided several of the best men's and women's times. 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.

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

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

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

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

Notes

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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