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

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

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Nelli Cooman Netherlands | Gwen Torrence United States | Merlene Ottey Jamaica |

## Results

### Heats

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Nelli Cooman | Netherlands | 7.17 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Gwen Torrence | United States | 7.22 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Nadezhda Roshchupkina | Soviet Union | 7.27 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 7.28 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Michelle Finn | United States | 7.29 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 7.30 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Ulrike Sarvari | West Germany | 7.31 | q |
| 7 | 5 | Laurence Bily | France | 7.31 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 7.34 | q |
| 10 | 2 | Sabine Tröger | Austria | 7.39 | q |
| 11 | 3 | Eusebia Riquelme | Cuba | 7.40 | q |
| 12 | 4 | Paraskevi Patoulidou | Greece | 7.49 | q |
| 13 | 4 | Éva Barati | Hungary | 7.50 | |
| 14 | 4 | Elma Muros | Philippines | 7.54 | |
| 15 | 5 | Lalao Ravaonirina | Madagascar | 7.55 | NR |
| 16 | 3 | Keturah Anderson | Canada | 7.59 | |
| 17 | 1 | Méryem Oumezdi | Morocco | 7.64 | NR |
| 18 | 5 | Eva Hargitai | Hungary | 7.68 | |
| 19 | 5 | Diana Yankey | Ghana | 7.79 | NR |
| 20 | 2 | Orit Kolodni | Israel | 7.80 | |
| 21 | 1 | Sibel Dündar | Turkey | 7.93 | |
| 22 | 2 | Sara Rossini | San Marino | 8.18 | NR |
| 23 | 3 | Kinah Chikontwe | Zambia | 8.38 | |

### Semifinals

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Nelli Cooman | Netherlands | 7.09 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Gwen Torrence | United States | 7.10 | Q, AR |
| 3 | 2 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 7.13 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 7.15 | Q, NR |
| 5 | 1 | Laurence Bily | France | 7.17 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 2 | Ulrike Sarvari | West Germany | 7.24 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Eusebia Riquelme | Cuba | 7.25 | PB |
| 8 | 2 | Nadezhda Roshchupkina | Soviet Union | 7.27 | |
| 9 | 1 | Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 7.28 | |
| 10 | 1 | Michelle Finn | United States | 7.30 | |
| 11 | 1 | Paraskevi Patoulidou | Greece | 7.47 | |
| 12 | 2 | Sabine Tröger | Austria | 7.57 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Nelli Cooman | Netherlands | 7.05 | CR |
| | 3 | Gwen Torrence | United States | 7.07 | AR |
| | 5 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 7.10 | =NR |
| 4 | 2 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 7.16 | |
| 5 | 6 | Laurence Bily | France | 7.19 | |
| 6 | 1 | Ulrike Sarvari | West Germany | 7.29 | |
