1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
# 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

The women's 60 metres event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 12 March in Milan.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Marlies Göhr East Germany | Linda Haglund Sweden | Lyudmila Storozhkova Soviet Union |

## Results

### Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Linda Haglund | Sweden | 7.20 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Marlies Göhr | East Germany | 7.27 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Lyudmila Storozhkova | Soviet Union | 7.29 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Vera Anisimova | Soviet Union | 7.32 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Petra Sharp | West Germany | 7.35 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Chantal Réga | France | 7.36 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva | Soviet Union | 7.42 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Heather Hunte | Great Britain | 7.42 | q |
| 9 | 3 | Lea Alaerts | Belgium | 7.43 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Annie Alizé | France | 7.44 | q |
| 11 | 1 | Laura Miano | Italy | 7.46 | q |
| 12 | 4 | Mariya Sabeva | Bulgaria | 7.51 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Brigitte Haest | Austria | 7.56 | |
| 14 | 2 | Marisa Masullo | Italy | 7.58 | |
| 14 | 3 | Gisela Grässle | West Germany | 7.58 | |
| 16 | 3 | Laureen Beckles | France | 7.62 | |

### Semifinals

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Linda Haglund | Sweden | 7.18 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Marlies Göhr | East Germany | 7.26 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Vera Anisimova | Soviet Union | 7.28 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Lyudmila Storozhkova | Soviet Union | 7.28 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Petra Sharp | West Germany | 7.35 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Heather Hunte | Great Britain | 7.35 | |
| 7 | 2 | Chantal Réga | France | 7.37 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Annie Alizé | France | 7.39 | |
| 9 | 2 | Laura Miano | Italy | 7.42 | |
| 10 | 2 | Lyudmila Kondratyeva | Soviet Union | 7.45 | |
| 11 | 2 | Lea Alaerts | Belgium | 7.46 | |
| 12 | 1 | Mariya Sabeva | Bulgaria | 7.49 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Marlies Göhr | East Germany | 7.12 | WR |
| | Linda Haglund | Sweden | 7.13 | NR |
| | Lyudmila Storozhkova | Soviet Union | 7.27 | |
| 4 | Vera Anisimova | Soviet Union | 7.30 | |
| 5 | Petra Sharp | West Germany | 7.35 | |
| 6 | Chantal Réga | France | 7.38 | |
