2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
# 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

The women's 60 metres at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on 2 March 2018.

## Summary

Carolle Zahi led the opening heats with her personal best of 7.11. Murielle Ahouré showed her cards in the semi-final round, her 7.01 .06 faster than the top sprinter in the world the last couple of seasons, Elaine Thompson. 7.01 would have been fast enough to win the final.

In the final, Ahouré blasted out of the blocks. With short quick, strides she had opened up a metre lead over Zahi, 20 metres into the race. The rest of the contenders formed a line across the track, only Remona Burchell was beaten at this point. The first to run down Zahi was returning silver medalist Dafne Schippers as Zahi faded. Schippers also faded, the battle in the center of the track was between Mujinga Kambundji and Marie-Josée Ta Lou, with Thompson inches behind. With her pursuers in full flight, Ahouré's lead shrunk slightly, but was insurmountable. Ta Lou and Kambundji crossed the line together, Ta Lou getting the silver by .005 over Kambundji.

It was the first gold medal for the Ivory Coast, made more remarkable by the fact that it was a one-two sweep for the nation.

## Results

### Heats

The heats were started at 10:35.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | 5 | Carolle Zahi | France | 7.11 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | Murielle Ahouré | Ivory Coast | 7.12 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland | 7.15 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast | 7.17 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Asha Philip | Great Britain | 7.18 | Q |
| 6 | 6 | 4 | Tatjana Pinto | Germany | 7.18 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands | 7.19 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 2 | Remona Burchell | Jamaica | 7.19 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Elaine Thompson | Jamaica | 7.20 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | 8 | Ezinne Okparaebo | Norway | 7.22 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 5 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.23 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | 4 | Anna Kiełbasińska | Poland | 7.23 | Q, =PB |
| 13 | 3 | 8 | Carina Horn | South Africa | 7.23 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | 5 | Liang Xiaojing | China | 7.24 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Destiny Carter | United States | 7.24 | Q |
| 16 | 6 | 1 | Ewa Swoboda | Poland | 7.24 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Anna Bongiorni | Italy | 7.24 | q, PB |
| 18 | 6 | 5 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.25 | q, SB |
| 19 | 3 | 4 | Crystal Emmanuel | Canada | 7.26 | q, SB |
| 20 | 1 | 3 | Javianne Oliver | United States | 7.29 | Q |
| 21 | 3 | 7 | Klára Seidlová | Czech Republic | 7.30 | q |
| 22 | 1 | 2 | Bianca Williams | Great Britain | 7.31 | q |
| 23 | 5 | 3 | Ajla Del Ponte | Switzerland | 7.31 | q |
| 24 | 2 | 6 | Rosângela Santos | Brazil | 7.32 | |
| 25 | 4 | 6 | Gayon Evans | Jamaica | 7.33 | Q |
| 26 | 4 | 8 | Jamile Samuel | Netherlands | 7.34 | |
| 27 | 4 | 3 | Hrystyna Stuy | Ukraine | 7.34 | |
| 28 | 1 | 4 | Wei Yongli | China | 7.35 | |
| 29 | 2 | 1 | Amy Foster | Ireland | 7.35 | |
| 30 | 6 | 6 | Andrea Purica | Venezuela | 7.36 | |
| 31 | 1 | 6 | Krystsina Tsimanouskaya | Belarus | 7.37 | |
| 32 | 2 | 3 | Isidora Jiménez | Chile | 7.38 | |
| 33 | 3 | 1 | Lorène Bazolo | Portugal | 7.39 | |
| 34 | 5 | 7 | Vitoria Cristina Rosa | Brazil | 7.39 | |
| 35 | 5 | 2 | Rafailia Spanoudaki-Hatziriga | Greece | 7.40 | |
| 36 | 5 | 4 | Mathilde Kramer | Denmark | 7.43 | PB |
| 37 | 1 | 7 | Ciara Neville | Ireland | 7.47 | |
| 38 | 6 | 7 | Flings Owusu-Agyapong | Ghana | 7.49 | |
| 39 | 4 | 7 | Tahesia Harrigan-Scott | British Virgin Islands | 7.50 | |
| 40 | 2 | 7 | Jolene Jacobs | Namibia | 7.67 | |
| 41 | 4 | 1 | Yasmin Kwadwo | Germany | 7.68 | |
| 42 | 3 | 6 | Loi Im Lan | Macau | 7.69 | NR |
| 43 | 2 | 8 | Mazoon Al-Alawi | Oman | 7.78 | NR |
| 44 | 3 | 2 | Cristina Llovera | Andorra | 7.84 | |
| 45 | 5 | 6 | Patricia Taea | Cook Islands | 7.90 | NR |
| 46 | 4 | 2 | Kendi Rosales | Honduras | 8.18 | PB |
| 47 | 6 | 8 | Zarinae Sapong | Northern Mariana Islands | 8.54 | PB |

### Semifinal

The semifinals were started at 18:50.

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | Murielle Ahouré | Ivory Coast | 7.01 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 6 | Elaine Thompson | Jamaica | 7.07 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast | 7.08 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands | 7.09 | q, SB |
| 5 | 1 | 8 | Javianne Oliver | United States | 7.10 | |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland | 7.10 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 4 | Asha Philip | Great Britain | 7.13 | |
| 8 | 2 | 4 | Remona Burchell | Jamaica | 7.15 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.15 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 3 | 6 | Carolle Zahi | France | 7.17 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | Carina Horn | South Africa | 7.18 | |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | Tatjana Pinto | Germany | 7.18 | |
| 13 | 3 | 5 | Ezinne Okparaebo | Norway | 7.19 | |
| 14 | 1 | 2 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.21 | SB |
| 15 | 3 | 8 | Anna Kiełbasińska | Poland | 7.23 | =PB |
| 16 | 2 | 8 | Ewa Swoboda | Poland | 7.25 | |
| 17 | 3 | 1 | Bianca Williams | Great Britain | 7.26 | PB |
| 18 | 2 | 1 | Crystal Emmanuel | Canada | 7.27 | |
| 19 | 2 | 7 | Destiny Carter | United States | 7.28 | |
| 20 | 3 | 2 | Anna Bongiorni | Italy | 7.30 | |
| 21 | 1 | 7 | Liang Xiaojing | China | 7.30 | |
| 22 | 2 | 2 | Klára Seidlová | Czech Republic | 7.35 | |
| 23 | 1 | 1 | Ajla Del Ponte | Switzerland | 7.40 | |
| | 3 | 7 | Gayon Evans | Jamaica | DNS | |

### Final

The final was started at 21:42.

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Murielle Ahouré | Ivory Coast | 6.97 | WL |
| | 6 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast | 7.05 | PB |
| | 5 | Mujinga Kambundji | Switzerland | 7.05 | |
| 4 | 3 | Elaine Thompson | Jamaica | 7.08 | |
| 5 | 2 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands | 7.10 | |
| 6 | 7 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.13 | SB |
| 7 | 1 | Carolle Zahi | France | 7.19 | |
| 8 | 8 | Remona Burchell | Jamaica | 7.50 | |

**Irish Flag**

When Murielle Ahouré celebrated winning the final, she borrowed an Irish flag from a spectator and reversed it due to the two flag's similarity.

