The men's 60 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń in Toruń, Poland, on 20 March 2026. This was the 22nd time the event will be contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
Background The men's 60 metres was contested 21 times before 2026, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships. +Records before the 2026 World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDateWorld record 6.34 Albuquerque, United States 18 February 2018Championship record6.37 Birmingham, United Kingdom 3 March 20182026 World Lead6.43 Fayetteville, United States 13 February 2026
Qualification For the men's 60 metres, the qualification period ran from 1 November 2025 until 8 March 2026. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard of 6.59 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 Round 1 Round 1 was held on 20 March, starting at 10:20 (UTC+1) in the morning. First 3 of each heat () plus 3 fastest times () qualify to the semi-finals.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes15Taymir Burnet6.5622Tiaan Whelpton6.5834Samuele Ceccarelli6.62 47Dominik Kopeć6.62 58Eloy Benitez6.62 63Jernej Gumilar6.7376Zaid Rami Naser Nasrawi7.04
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes15Trayvon Bromell6.5228Simon Verherstraeten6.5337Pablo Matéo6.6046Nikola Karamanolov6.6652Imranur Rahman6.7164Travis Campbell6.8173Kossi Médard Nayo6.81
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes13Bryan Levell6.5326Dominik Illovszky6.5834Toluwabori Akinola6.5948Guillem Crespi6.6157Tyrell Davis6.6662Raihau Maiau6.8675Aleksa Kijanović6.98
Heat 4 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes17Jordan Anthony6.5422Yoshiki Kinashi6.57, 35Emmanuel Eseme6.5946Jody Smith6.6554Bryant Álamo6.7068Thomas Caredda6.9873Pau Funes7.20
Heat 5 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes15Kishane Thompson6.5622Ali Al Balushi6.6238Filippo Randazzo6.63 47Gabriel Aparecido Dos Santos6.63 54Riku Illukka6.6461Julian Vargas6.6876Marc Brian Louis6.973Melique García
Heat 6 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes13Jeremiah Azu6.5527Oliwer Wdowik6.6036Yoshihide Kiryū6.6248Chen Wen-Pu6.63 55Hristo Iliev6.63 62Arão Adão Simão6.6574Strahinja Jovančević6.74
Heat 7 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes14Ackeem Blake6.5927Claude Itoungue Bongogne6.6032Erik Cardoso6.6448Anej Čurin Prapotnik6.6556Pais Wisil6.6663Noureddine Hadid6.9475Simon Daniel Tang7.62
Semi-finals The semi-finals were held on 20 March, starting at 20:16 (UTC+1) in the evening.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes13Bryan Levell6.5326Simon Verherstraeten6.56 5Taymir Burnet44Dominik Illovszky6.5958Dominik Kopeć6.6062Ali Al Balushi6.6177Pablo Matéo6.6281Filippo Randazzo6.66
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes13Trayvon Bromell6.42, 25Kishane Thompson6.4731Eloy Benitez6.5744Oliwer Wdowik6.5852Samuele Ceccarelli6.6166Yoshiki Kinashi6.6378Erik Cardoso6.6687Claude Itoungue Bongogne6.66
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes13Jordan Anthony6.43, 24Jeremiah Azu6.45, 32Emmanuel Eseme6.52, 46Ackeem Blake6.5551Guillem Crespi6.5767Toluwabori Akinola6.6075Tiaan Whelpton6.6688Yoshihide Kiryū6.69
Final The final was held on 20 March, starting at 21:22 (UTC+1) in the evening. Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes4Jordan Anthony6.417Kishane Thompson6.45 6Trayvon Bromell6.45 45Jeremiah Azu6.4651Emmanuel Eseme6.5862Taymir Burnet6.6173Bryan Levell7.698Simon Verherstraeten
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