1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
# 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

The women's 60 metres event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 8–9 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Ekaterini Thanou Greece | Odiah Sidibé France | Jerneja Perc Slovenia |

## Results

### Heats

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Ekaterini Thanou | Greece | 7.21 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Odiah Sidibé | France | 7.24 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Natalya Merzlyakova | Russia | 7.32 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Bev Kinch | Great Britain | 7.35 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Nadezhda Roshchupkina | Russia | 7.35 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Alenka Bikar | Slovenia | 7.36 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Maria Tsoni | Greece | 7.36 | q |
| 8 | 5 | Iryna Pukha | Ukraine | 7.37 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Jerneja Perc | Slovenia | 7.38 | Q |
| 10 | 5 | Éva Barati | Hungary | 7.41 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 7.43 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Mireille Donders | Switzerland | 7.44 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Therese Olofsson | Sweden | 7.45 | |
| 14 | 2 | Carme Blay | Spain | 7.46 | |
| 15 | 5 | Rahela Markt | Croatia | 7.50 | |
| 16 | 4 | Zdenka Mušínská | Czech Republic | 7.51 | |
| 17 | 4 | Geirlaug Geirlaugsdóttir | Iceland | 7.54 | NR |
| 18 | 1 | Aksel Gürcan | Turkey | 7.62 | |
| 18 | 4 | Carla Tuzzi | Italy | 7.62 | |
| 18 | 5 | Maya Azarashvili | Georgia | 7.62 | |
| 21 | 5 | Rutti Luksepp | Estonia | 7.67 | |
| 22 | 2 | Riina Suhotskaja | Estonia | 7.70 | |
| 23 | 3 | Mercedes Martín | Spain | 7.71 | |
| 24 | 1 | Sunna Gestsdóttír | Iceland | 7.79 | |
| | 2 | Katerina Koffa | Greece | DNS | |

### Semifinals

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Ekaterini Thanou | Greece | 7.18 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Jerneja Perc | Slovenia | 7.30 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Odiah Sidibé | France | 7.31 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Alenka Bikar | Slovenia | 7.31 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Natalya Merzlyakova | Russia | 7.31 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Éva Barati | Hungary | 7.36 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Maria Tsoni | Greece | 7.36 | |
| 6 | 2 | Bev Kinch | Great Britain | 7.36 | |
| 9 | 1 | Iryna Pukha | Ukraine | 7.40 | |
| 10 | 1 | Nadezhda Roshchupkina | Russia | 7.41 | |
| 10 | 2 | Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 7.41 | |
| 12 | 1 | Mireille Donders | Switzerland | 7.46 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ekaterini Thanou | Greece | 7.15 |
| | Odiah Sidibé | France | 7.25 |
| | Jerneja Perc | Slovenia | 7.28 |
| 4 | Natalya Merzlyakova | Russia | 7.29 |
| 5 | Alenka Bikar | Slovenia | 7.32 |
| 6 | Éva Barati | Hungary | 7.44 |
