The men's 60 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 21 March 2025. This was the 21st time the event had been contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
Background The men's 60 metres was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships. +Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDateWorld record 6.34 Albuquerque, United States 18 February 2018Championship record6.37 Birmingham, United Kingdom 3 March 2018World leading6.46 Virginia Beach, United States 14 March 2025
Qualification For the men's 60 metres, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standards of 6.55 s. Athletes could also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. There is a target number of 56 athletes.
Results Heats The heats were held on 21 March, starting at 12:55 (UTC+8) in the morning. First 2 of each heat () plus 8 fastest times () qualified to the semi-finals.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 6 Akani Simbine 6.57 , = 2 3 Deng Xinrui 6.64 3 8 Norris Spike 6.74 4 2 6.86 5 7 Ján Volko 6.87 6 4 7.16 7 5 Andrew Robertson 17.86
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Coby Hilton 6.70 2 2 William Reais 6.70 2 6 Chamod Yodasinghe 6.70 4 1 Joshua Azzopardi 6.70 5 7 Adas Dambrauskas 6.76 6 5 Thiago Prata 6.81 7 4 Luke Haga 7.30 8 8 Joe Sika 7.97
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 8 Rikkoi Brathwaite 6.64 2 5 Guillem Crespí 6.67 3 2 Nishion Ebanks 6.70 4 4 Franco Florio 6.76 5 7 6.87 6 6 Hassan Saaid 7.05 7 3 Stanislaus Kostka 7.43
Heat 4 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Eloy Benitez 6.49 , 2 4 Ali Al-Balushi 6.58 3 3 Naoki Nishioka 6.67 4 6 Marc Brian Louis 6.68 5 7 Yassin Bandaogo 6.74 6 8 6.78 7 2 Reita Kakianako 7.47
Heat 5 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Ronnie Baker 6.56 2 6 Malachi Murray 6.63 3 2 Xie Zhenye 6.64 4 8 Pais Wisil 6.66 5 5 Eino Vuori 6.77 6 7 7.03 7 4 Daniel Tolosa 7.12
Heat 6 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Jeremiah Azu 6.53 2 7 Julian Forde 6.57 , 3 6 Arthur Cissé 6.65 4 2 Emmanuel Wells 6.76 5 3 6.77 6 8 Raihau Maiau 6.85 7 4 Winzar Kakiouea 7.09
Heat 7 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4 Lachlan Kennedy 6.52 2 5 Tiaan Whelpton 6.62 3 8 Stephen Awuah Baffour 6.66 4 1 Ertan Özkan 6.75 5 7 Chan Yat Lok 6.81 6 2 6.94 7 3 Johnny Key 7.04 8 6 Rizan Leo Rara 7.17
Heat 8 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Rohan Watson 6.54 2 2 Yoshiki Kinashi 6.60 , 3 8 Dominik Illovszky 6.63 4 7 Mamadou Fall Sarr 6.67 5 4 Nikola Karamanolov 6.71 6 3 Waisele Inoke 6.94 7 6 Sorsy Phompakdi 7.04
Semi-finals The semi-finals started at 20:05 (UTC+8). First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 4 Jeremiah Azu 6.52 2 6 Rohan Watson 6.58 3 5 Julian Forde 6.59 4 3 Ali Al Balushi 6.61 5 7 Guillem Crespi 6.64 6 1 Stephen Awuah Baffour 6.67 7 2 William Reais 6.72 8 8 Pais Wisil 6.73
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 6 Ronnie Baker 6.51 2 5 Lachlan Kennedy 6.54 3 2 Deng Xinrui 6.61 4 4 Rikkoi Brathwaite 6.63 5 3 Yoshiki Kinashi 6.63 6 8 Arthur Cissé 6.67 7 1 Mamadou Fall Sarr 6.68 8 7 Chamod Yodasinghe 6.70
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Eloy Benitez 6.52 2 3 Akani Simbine 6.53 , 3 1 Xie Zhenye 6.60 , 4 8 Naoki Nishioka 6.62 5 2 Dominik Illovszky 6.63 6 7 Malachi Murray 6.65 7 6 Coby Hilton 6.67 8 4 Tiaan Whelpton 6.70
Final The final was started at 21:25 (UTC+8).
RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes 6 Jeremiah Azu 6.49 = 2 Lachlan Kennedy 6.50 3 Akani Simbine 6.54 4 1 Xie Zhenye 6.58 5 7 Rohan Watson 6.59 6 4 Ronnie Baker 6.59 7 8 Julian Forde 6.64 — 5 Eloy Benitez
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