1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres explained

The women's 60 metres event at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest on 3 March.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Nelli Cooman	Gwen Torrence	Merlene Ottey

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat (Q) and next 7 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			7.17	Q
2	4			7.22	Q
3	3			7.27	Q
4	1			7.28	q
5	3			7.29	q
6	2			7.30	Q
7	4			7.31	q
7	5			7.31	Q
9	2			7.34	q
10	2			7.39	q
11	3			7.40	q
12	4			7.49	q
13	4			7.50
14	4			7.54
15	5			7.55	NR
16	3			7.59
17	1			7.64	NR
18	5			7.68
19	5			7.79	NR
20	2			7.80
21	1			7.93
22	2			8.18	NR
23	3			8.38

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			7.09	Q
2	2			7.10	Q, AR
3	2			7.13	Q
4	1			7.15	Q, NR
5	1			7.17	Q, NR
6	2			7.24	Q
7	2			7.25	PB
8	2			7.27
9	1			7.28
10	1			7.30
11	1			7.47
12	2			7.57

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			7.05	CR
	3			7.07	AR
	5			7.10	=NR
4	2			7.16
5	6			7.19
6	1			7.29

Notes and References

1. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/2nd-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-14/results/women/60-metres/heats/summary Heats results
2. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/2nd-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-14/results/women/60-metres/semi-final/summary Semifinals results
3. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/2nd-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-14/results/women/60-metres/final/result Final results