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

The women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest on 5 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Yelizaveta Chernyshova Soviet Union | Ludmila Narozhilenko Soviet Union | Cornelia Oschkenat East Germany |

## Results

### Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Ludmila Narozhilenko | Soviet Union | 7.87 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Cornelia Oschkenat | East Germany | 7.89 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Marjan Olyslager | Netherlands | 7.89 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | Kim McKenzie | United States | 7.92 | Q, PB |
| 5 | 1 | Mihaela Pogăcean | Romania | 7.97 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Yelizaveta Chernyshova | Soviet Union | 8.04 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Aliuska López | Cuba | 8.08 | NR |
| 8 | 2 | Monique Éwanjé-Épée | France | 8.08 | |
| 9 | 1 | Candy Young | United States | 8.10 | PB |
| 10 | 1 | Sylvia Dethier | Belgium | 8.29 | |
| 11 | 2 | Diana Yankey | Ghana | 8.61 | NR |
| | 1 | Gabriele Lippe | West Germany | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Yelizaveta Chernyshova | Soviet Union | 7.82 | =CR |
| | Ludmila Narozhilenko | Soviet Union | 7.83 | |
| | Cornelia Oschkenat | East Germany | 7.86 | |
| 4 | Kim McKenzie | United States | 7.92 | =PB |
| 5 | Mihaela Pogăcean | Romania | 7.95 | |
| 6 | Marjan Olyslager | Netherlands | 7.95 | |
