2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
# 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres

The men's 60 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 3 March 2018.

## Summary

Fifteen years after his first silver medal, remarkable 43-year-old Kim Collins returned to yet another World Championship, qualifying for the semi-final round, but he did not start. The favorite in the event was Christian Coleman, just two weeks after his second world record in this event this season. While two American athletes qualifying for the final is not uncommon, two Chinese athletes qualifying for the final might be the sign of a new trend.

In the final, Coleman was out fast, but next to him in the center of the track Su Bingtian was out with him. Ján Volko and Emre Zafer Barnes were also out fast, but faded quickly. Giving ground at the beginning, Ronnie Baker hit his top speed mid-race, about the same time as Coleman reached his. Coleman managed a little separation from Su, while Baker was making up lost ground. Su continued to press Coleman to the line, but Coleman finished strongly with a lean for a metre victory. Su barely held off the fast closing Baker to take the first global medal for a Chinese sprinter. Behind the medalists, Zhenye Xie gave China a 2-4 punch as he barely held off the last to fifth explosion by Hassan Taftian.

Coleman's winning time of 6.37 would have been the world record prior to his other efforts this season. Su improved upon his own Asian record, his third consecutive national record at the World Indoor Championships.

## Results

### Heats

The heats were started at 10:15.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Ronnie Baker | United States | 6.57 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | Emre Zafer Barnes | Turkey | 6.58 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Su Bingtian | China | 6.58 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | Chijindu Ujah | Great Britain | 6.59 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | 3 | Abdullah Abkar Mohammed | Saudi Arabia | 6.62 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Xie Zhenye | China | 6.62 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | 7 | Ben Youssef Meïté | Ivory Coast | 6.63 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | Remigiusz Olszewski | Poland | 6.65 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | 8 | Arthur Cissé | Ivory Coast | 6.66 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | 7 | Ján Volko | Slovakia | 6.66 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Sean Safo-Antwi | Ghana | 6.66 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | 4 | Everton Clarke | Jamaica | 6.70 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Warren Fraser | Bahamas | 6.71 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | 4 | Ángel David Rodríguez | Spain | 6.71 | q |
| 15 | 2 | 7 | Kimmari Roach | Jamaica | 6.71 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | 6 | Christian Coleman | United States | 6.71 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Tosin Ogunode | Qatar | 6.72 | q |
| 18 | 4 | 8 | Michael Pohl | Germany | 6.73 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | 3 | Hassan Taftian | Iran | 6.74 | Q |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | Dominik Záleský | Czech Republic | 6.74 | Q |
| 21 | 4 | 6 | Andrew Robertson | Great Britain | 6.74 | q |
| 22 | 1 | 7 | Odain Rose | Sweden | 6.75 | Q |
| 23 | 2 | 6 | Peter Emelieze | Germany | 6.77 | |
| 24 | 1 | 4 | Kim Collins | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.77 | Q |
| 25 | 7 | 7 | Jean-Yann de Grace | Mauritius | 6.78 | Q |
| 26 | 2 | 2 | Keston Bledman | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.79 | |
| 27 | 3 | 4 | Emmanuel Callender | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.80 | SB |
| 28 | 7 | 8 | Eric Cray | Philippines | 6.81 | |
| 29 | 6 | 5 | Dylan Sicobo | Seychelles | 6.82 | NR |
| 30 | 7 | 2 | Sibusiso Matsenjwa | Swaziland | 6.82 | NR |
| 31 | 5 | 3 | Ambdoul Karim Riffayn | Comoros | 6.88 | |
| 32 | 3 | 6 | Sydney Siame | Zambia | 6.88 | |
| 33 | 4 | 5 | Lester Ryan | Montserrat | 6.90 | PB |
| 34 | 5 | 7 | Shaun Gill | Belize | 6.96 | PB |
| 35 | 4 | 1 | Christophe Boulos | Lebanon | 6.99 | |
| 36 | 6 | 2 | Nazmie-Lee Marai | Papua New Guinea | 7.01 | PB |
| 37 | 2 | 5 | Juan Carlos Rodríguez | El Salvador | 7.03 | NR |
| 38 | 1 | 8 | Jonah Harris | Nauru | 7.03 | NR |
| 39 | 6 | 1 | Umar Khayam Hameed | Pakistan | 7.06 | |
| 40 | 5 | 6 | Nick Joseph | Saint Lucia | 7.07 | PB |
| 41 | 6 | 8 | Adel Sesay | Sierra Leone | 7.08 | |
| 42 | 1 | 5 | Jacob El Aida | Malta | 7.09 | |
| 43 | 4 | 3 | Francesco Molinari | San Marino | 7.17 | |
| 44 | 2 | 3 | Holder da Silva | Guinea-Bissau | 7.20 | SB |
| 45 | 4 | 7 | Paul Ma'unikeni | Solomon Islands | 7.32 | PB |
| 46 | 3 | 8 | Alvin Marvin Martin | Federated States of Micronesia | 7.34 | PB |
| 47 | 3 | 5 | Austin Hamilton | Sweden | 7.35 | |
| 48 | 1 | 3 | Zdeněk Stromšík | Czech Republic | 7.41 | |
| 49 | 5 | 2 | Karalo Hepoiteloto Maibuca | Tuvalu | 7.47 | NR |
| | 1 | 2 | Kemar Hyman | Cayman Islands | DQ | 162.8 |
| | 7 | 5 | Andrew Fisher | Bahrain | DNS | |
| | 7 | 6 | Abdur Rouf | Bangladesh | DNS | |

### Semifinal

The semifinals were started at 19:11.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Christian Coleman | United States | 6.45 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | Ronnie Baker | United States | 6.52 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Su Bingtian | China | 6.52 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Xie Zhenye | China | 6.57 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | 8 | Hassan Taftian | Iran | 6.57 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Ján Volko | Slovakia | 6.58 | q |
| 7 | 2 | 4 | Emre Zafer Barnes | Turkey | 6.58 | q |
| 8 | 1 | 8 | Sean Safo-Antwi | Ghana | 6.59 | Q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Arthur Cissé | Ivory Coast | 6.59 | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Ben Youssef Meïté | Ivory Coast | 6.59 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Everton Clarke | Jamaica | 6.63 | |
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Abdullah Abkar Mohammed | Saudi Arabia | 6.63 | |
| 13 | 3 | 1 | Andrew Robertson | Great Britain | 6.63 | |
| 14 | 2 | 7 | Kimmari Roach | Jamaica | 6.65 | |
| 15 | 1 | 5 | Remigiusz Olszewski | Poland | 6.65 | |
| 16 | 3 | 5 | Warren Fraser | Bahamas | 6.66 | SB |
| 17 | 3 | 2 | Dominik Záleský | Czech Republic | 6.67 | |
| 18 | 1 | 2 | Ángel David Rodríguez | Spain | 6.67 | |
| 19 | 3 | 7 | Michael Pohl | Germany | 6.71 | |
| 20 | 2 | 8 | Odain Rose | Sweden | 6.74 | |
| 21 | 2 | 1 | Tosin Ogunode | Qatar | 6.77 | |
| 22 | 1 | 1 | Jean-Yann de Grace | Mauritius | 6.83 | |
| | 1 | 4 | Chijindu Ujah | Great Britain | DQ | 162.8 |
| | 2 | 2 | Kim Collins | Saint Kitts and Nevis | DNS | |

### Final

The final was started at 21:09.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Christian Coleman | United States | 6.37 | CR |
| | 3 | Su Bingtian | China | 6.42 | AIR |
| | 6 | Ronnie Baker | United States | 6.44 | |
| 4 | 5 | Xie Zhenye | China | 6.52 | PB |
| 5 | 7 | Hassan Taftian | Iran | 6.53 | |
| 6 | 1 | Ján Volko | Slovakia | 6.59 | |
| 7 | 8 | Sean Safo-Antwi | Ghana | 6.60 | |
| 8 | 2 | Emre Zafer Barnes | Turkey | 6.64 | |
