# 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres

The men's 60 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 18, 2016.
Asafa Powell has spent a career where he was (until the advent of Usain Bolt), the fastest man in the world, but championships have evaded him. In the opening heats, most athletes try to get to the next round without fully extending themselves. Powell ran his opening heat in 6.44, just .05 off the world record, making him the fifth-fastest athlete in history. More impressive, he noticeably eased up ten meters away from the finish line. It was the Jamaican National Record and the world leading time for 2016. In the semi-final round, Powell repeated the performance with exactly the same time. In the final, that speed wasn't there, instead Trayvon Bromell led from the first step out of the blocks and nobody could catch him. After getting a poor start, Powell made a late rush to capture the silver, still his best individual medal at the world level, edging out Ramon Gittens' national record for bronze.

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Asafa Powell | Jamaica | 6.44 | Q, WL, NR |
| 2 | 5 | Xie Zhenye | China | 6.55 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 1 | Kim Collins | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.56 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Mike Rodgers | United States | 6.57 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Trayvon Bromell | United States | 6.57 | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Marvin Bracy | United States | 6.57 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | Yoshihide Kiryu | Japan | 6.59 | Q, PB |
| 8 | 2 | James Dasaolu | Great Britain | 6.59 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Ramon Gittens | Barbados | 6.61 | Q |
| 10 | 6 | Bruno Hortelano | Spain | 6.63 | Q, PB |
| 11 | 3 | Eric Cray | Philippines | 6.64 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | Rondel Sorrillo | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.64 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Su Bingtian | China | 6.64 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Abdullah Abkar Mohammed | Saudi Arabia | 6.64 | Q, PB |
| 15 | 6 | Hua Wilfried Koffi | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.64 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | Adrian Griffith | Bahamas | 6.65 | Q |
| 16 | 7 | Antoine Adams | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.65 | q |
| 18 | 4 | Andrew Robertson | Great Britain | 6.66 | Q |
| 19 | 1 | Chavaughn Walsh | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.66 | Q |
| 20 | 1 | Kemar Hyman | Cayman Islands | 6.67 | q |
| 21 | 6 | Mobolade Ajomale | Canada | 6.67 | q |
| 22 | 5 | Churandy Martina | Netherlands | 6.67 | |
| 23 | 2 | Gabriel Mvumvure | Zimbabwe | 6.68 | Q |
| 24 | 4 | Odain Rose | Sweden | 6.69 | |
| 25 | 2 | Remigiusz Olszewski | Poland | 6.71 | Q |
| 26 | 4 | Carlos Nascimento | Portugal | 6.71 | |
| 27 | 3 | Hensley Paulina | Netherlands | 6.73 | Q |
| 28 | 7 | Ángel David Rodríguez | Spain | 6.74 | |
| 29 | 1 | Ogho-Oghene Egwero | Nigeria | 6.75 | |
| 30 | 5 | Jeremy Dodson | Samoa | 6.76 | |
| 31 | 4 | Abdul Hamid Abdullah Iswandi | Indonesia | 6.77 | PB |
| 32 | 3 | Darrell Wesh | Haiti | 6.77 | |
| 33 | 4 | Mateo Edward | Panama | 6.78 | SB |
| 34 | 6 | Gérard Kobéané | Burkina Faso | 6.80 | |
| 35 | 1 | Ján Volko | Slovakia | 6.80 | |
| 36 | 5 | Brian Kasinda | Zambia | 6.80 | PB |
| 37 | 5 | Rolando Palacios | Honduras | 6.81 | SB |
| 38 | 7 | Himasha Eashan Waththakankanamge | Sri Lanka | 6.81 | PB |
| 39 | 7 | Adam Harris | Guyana | 6.82 | |
| 40 | 4 | Yancarlos Martínez | Dominican Republic | 6.83 | |
| 41 | 3 | Andy Martínez | Peru | 6.84 | PB |
| 42 | 3 | Julius Morris | Montserrat | 6.85 | |
| 43 | 1 | Rodman Teltull | Palau | 6.94 | |
| 44 | 5 | Sibusiso Matsenjwa | Swaziland | 6.95 | SB |
| 45 | 6 | Shaun Gill | Belize | 6.99 | |
| 46 | 2 | Adel Sesay | Sierra Leone | 7.01 | |
| 47 | 2 | Shinebayar Damdinchimeg | Mongolia | 7.02 | |
| 48 | 6 | Jesús Manuel Cáceres | Paraguay | 7.05 | PB |
| 49 | 1 | Siueni Filimone | Tonga | 7.08 | |
| 50 | 6 | Syed Muhammad Aoun | Pakistan | 7.16 | |
| 51 | 3 | Yanis Dallay | Comoros | 7.29 | |
| 52 | 7 | Emile Condé | Guinea | 7.37 | SB |
| 53 | 3 | Scheyenne Sanitoa | American Samoa | 7.37 | |
| | 2 | Desmond Kitungwa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | DQ | R162.7 |
| | 2 | Sean Safo-Antwi | Ghana | DNS | |
| | 2 | Mohammed Abukhousa | Palestine | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Asafa Powell | Jamaica | 6.44 | Q, =WL, =NR |
| 2 | 2 | Kim Collins | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.49 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Su Bingtian | China | 6.50 | Q, =AR |
| 4 | 2 | Mike Rodgers | United States | 6.51 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Trayvon Bromell | United States | 6.53 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Ramon Gittens | Barbados | 6.53 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Marvin Bracy | United States | 6.54 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Xie Zhenye | China | 6.55 | q, =PB |
| 9 | 1 | Yoshihide Kiryu | Japan | 6.56 | PB |
| 10 | 3 | Mobolade Ajomale | Canada | 6.60 | |
| 11 | 2 | Kemar Hyman | Cayman Islands | 6.61 | |
| 11 | 3 | Andrew Robertson | Great Britain | 6.61 | |
| 13 | 3 | Chavaughn Walsh | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.61 | |
| 14 | 1 | Hua Wilfried Koffi | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.63 | |
| 15 | 2 | Bruno Hortelano | Spain | 6.63 | =PB |
| 16 | 1 | Antoine Adams | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.66 | |
| 17 | 3 | Eric Cray | Philippines | 6.67 | |
| 18 | 3 | Abdullah Abkar Mohammed | Saudi Arabia | 6.68 | |
| 19 | 2 | Gabriel Mvumvure | Zimbabwe | 6.68 | |
| 20 | 1 | Rondel Sorrillo | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.68 | |
| 21 | 2 | Remigiusz Olszewski | Poland | 6.71 | |
| 22 | 2 | Adrian Griffith | Bahamas | 6.71 | |
| 23 | 1 | Hensley Paulina | Netherlands | 6.73 | |
| | 1 | James Dasaolu | Great Britain | DQ | R162.7 |

### Final

The final was started at 20:40.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Trayvon Bromell | United States | 6.47 | PB |
| | 5 | Asafa Powell | Jamaica | 6.50 | |
| | 7 | Ramon Gittens | Barbados | 6.51 | NR |
| 4 | 2 | Xie Zhenye | China | 6.53 | PB |
| 5 | 6 | Su Bingtian | China | 6.54 | |
| 6 | 8 | Mike Rodgers | United States | 6.54 | |
| 7 | 1 | Marvin Bracy | United States | 6.56 | |
| 8 | 4 | Kim Collins | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.56 | |