1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
# 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles

The women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 and 15 March in Vienna.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Karin Balzer East Germany | Lia Khitrina Soviet Union | Teresa Sukniewicz Poland |

## Results

### Heats

Held on 14 March

First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Karin Balzer | East Germany | 8.3 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Mary Peters | Great Britain | 8.5 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Meta Antenen | Switzerland | 8.5 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Ivanka Koshnicharska | Bulgaria | 8.7 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Emina Pilav | Yugoslavia | 8.7 | |
| 1 | 2 | Lia Khitrina | Soviet Union | 8.2 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Mieke Sterk | Netherlands | 8.5 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Teresa Nowak | Poland | 8.5 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Milena Piačková | Czechoslovakia | 8.6 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Katalin Balogh | Hungary | 8.7 | |
| 1 | 3 | Teresa Sukniewicz | Poland | 8.6 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Heide Rosendahl | West Germany | 8.6 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Valeria Bufanu | Romania | 9.2 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Christa Knöppel | Austria | 9.3 | Q |

### Semifinals

Held on 14 March

First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Lia Khitrina | Soviet Union | 8.3 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Teresa Nowak | Poland | 8.5 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Mieke Sterk | Netherlands | 8.5 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Mary Peters | Great Britain | 8.7 | |
| 5 | 1 | Valeria Bufanu | Romania | 8.9 | |
| | 1 | Heide Rosendahl | West Germany | DNS | |
| 1 | 2 | Karin Balzer | East Germany | 8.3 (?) | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Teresa Sukniewicz | Poland | 8.5 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ivanka Koshnicharska | Bulgaria | 8.7 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Milena Piačková | Czechoslovakia | 8.7 | |
| 5 | 2 | Meta Antenen | Switzerland | 8.7 | |
| 6 | 2 | Christa Knöppel | Austria | 9.2 | |

### Final

Held on 15 March

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Karin Balzer | East Germany | 8.2 | WB |
| | Lia Khitrina | Soviet Union | 8.2 | WB |
| | Teresa Sukniewicz | Poland | 8.5 | |
| 4 | Teresa Nowak | Poland | 8.5 | |
| 5 | Mieke Sterk | Netherlands | 8.6 | |
| 6 | Ivanka Koshnicharska | Bulgaria | 8.6 | |
