600 metres facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Athletics 600 metres
Men's records
World	Johnny Gray 1:12.81 (1986)
Women's records
World	Caster Semenya 1:21.77 (2017)

The 600 metres is a rarely run middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. It is most often run at high school indoor track and field competitions. It is also run at the Penn Relays.

All-time top 25

• i = indoor performance
• A = affected by altitude
• h = hand timing

Men

• Correct as of March 2023.

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	1:12.81	Johnny Gray	United States	24 May 1986	Santa Monica
2	1:13.10	David Rudisha	Kenya	5 June 2016	Birmingham
3	1:13.21	Pierre-Ambroise Bosse	France	5 June 2016	Birmingham
4	1:13.28	Duane Solomon	United States	1 July 2013	Burnaby
5	1:13.49	Joseph Mutua Mwengi	Kenya	27 August 2002	Liège
6	1:13.77 i	Donavan Brazier	United States	24 February 2019	New York
7	1:13.80	Earl Jones	United States	24 May 1986	Santa Monica
8	1:13.9 h	Raidel Acea	Cuba	20 April 2013	Havana
9	1:13.97	Ryan Sánchez	Puerto Rico	18 March 2023	Carolina
10	1:14.15	David Mack	United States	24 May 1986	Santa Monica
11	1:14.3 h A	Lee Evans	United States	31 August 1968	Echo Summit
12	1:14.33	Charles Jock	United States	24 June 2015	Portland
13	1:14.36	Djamel Sedjati	Algeria	11 March 2023	Potchefstroom
		Michael Cherry	United States	18 March 2023	Carolina
15	1:14.41	Andrea Longo	Italy	30 August 2000	Rovereto
		Matt Scherer	United States	15 June 2008	Eugene
17	1:14.47	Nick Symmonds	United States	15 June 2008	Eugene
18	1:14.48	Trinity Gray	United States	30 August 2000	Rovereto
19	1:14.55	Adam Kszczot	Poland	5 August 2009	Lahti
20	1:14.6 h A	Larry James	United States	31 August 1968	Echo Summit
21	1:14.72	André Bucher	Switzerland	1 September 1999	Bellinzona
		Gary Reed	Canada	2 September 2003	Liège
23	1:14.79 A	António Manuel Reina	Spain	28 July 2012	Avila
		Michael Saruni	Kenya	19 January 2018	Albuquerque
	1:14.79	Mohamed Ali Gouaned	Algeria	26 March 2021	Algiers

Women

• Correct as of January 2023.

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Place	Ref
1	1:21.77	Caster Semenya	South Africa	27 August 2017	Berlin
2	1:22.39	Ajee' Wilson	United States	27 August 2017	Berlin
3	1:22.63	Ana Fidelia Quirot	Cuba	25 July 1997	Guadalajara
4	1:22.74	Athing Mu	United States	30 April 2022	Philadelphia
5	1:22.87	Maria Mutola	Mozambique	27 August 2002	Liège
6	1:23.18	Francine Niyonsaba	Burundi	27 August 2017	Berlin
7	1:23.35	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	5 July 2012	Liège
8	1:23.41 i	Keely Hodgkinson	Great Britain	28 January 2023	Manchester
9	1:23.44 i	Olga Kotlyarova	Russia	1 February 2004	Moscow
10	1:23.5 h A	Doina Melinte	Romania	27 July 1986	Poiana Brașov
11	1:23.57 i	Athing Mu	United States	24 February 2019	New York City
12	1:23.59 i	Alysia Montaño	United States	16 February 2013	New York City
13	1:23.78	Natalya Khrushchelyova	Russia	2 September 2003	Liège
	1:23.78+	Anita Weiß	East Germany	24 July 1976	Montreal
15	1:23.84 i A	Ajee' Wilson	United States	5 March 2017	Albuquerque
16	1:24.00 i A	Courtney Okolo	United States	5 March 2017	Albuquerque
17	1:24.02 i	Yuliya Rusanova	Russia	6 February 2011	Moscow
18	1:24.09	Natoya Goule	Jamaica	30 April 2022	Philadelphia
19	1:24.17	Michelle Ballentine	Jamaica	3 August 2004	Liège
20	1:24.36	Marilyn Okoro	Great Britain	5 July 2012	Liège
21	1:24.4 h	Patrizia Spuri	Italy	29 September 1999	Rieti
22	1:24.56	Martina Kämpfert	East Germany	1 August 1981	Erfurt
23	1:24.62	Assia Raziki	Morocco	19 June 2022	Rabat
24	1:24.65 i	Shamier Little	United States	13 January 2023	Fayetteville
25	1:24.7 h i	Nadiya Olizarenko	Soviet Union	22 February 1987	Moscow