2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
# 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles

The women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 9 and 10 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Sally Pearson Australia | Tiffany Porter United Kingdom | Alina Talay Belarus |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships :

| World record | Susanna Kallur (SWE) | 7.68 | Karlsruhe, Germany | 10 February 2008 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship record | Lolo Jones (USA) | 7.72 | Doha, Qatar | 13 March 2010 |
| World Leading | Kristi Castlin (USA) | 7.83 | Albuquerque, United States | 26 February 2012 |
| African record | Glory Alozie (NGR) | 7.82 | Madrid, Spain | 16 February 1999 |
| Asian record | Olga Shishigina (KAZ) | 7.82 | Liévin, France | 21 February 1999 |
| European record | Susanna Kallur (SWE) | 7.68 | Karlsruhe, Germany | 10 February 2008 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Lolo Jones (USA) | 7.72 | Doha, Qatar | 13 March 2010 |
| Oceanian Record | Sally McLellan (AUS) | 7.96 | New York City, United States | 30 January 2009 |
| South American record | Maíla Machado (BRA) | 8.08 | Moscow, Russia | 11 March 2006 |

## Qualification standards

| Indoor | Outdoor |
| - | - |
| 8.18 | 12.95 (100 mH) |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| March 9, 2012 | 17:00 | Heats |
| March 10, 2012 | 17:10 | Semifinals |
| March 10, 2012 | 19:45 | Final |

## Results

### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and 4 fastest times qualified (q)

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Sally Pearson | Australia | 7.85 | Q, AR |
| 2 | 3 | Tiffany Porter | Great Britain | 8.00 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Eline Berings | Belgium | 8.08 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Alina Talay | Belarus | 8.11 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Marzia Caravelli | Italy | 8.13 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Nikkita Holder | Canada | 8.15 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Beate Schrott | Austria | 8.16 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Sharona Bakker | Netherlands | 8.19 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Derval O'Rourke | Ireland | 8.19 | q |
| 10 | 3 | Veronica Borsi | Italy | 8.20 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Svetlana Topilina | Russia | 8.20 | q |
| 12 | 3 | Lucie Škrobáková | Czech Republic | 8.20 | q |
| 13 | 3 | Seun Adigun | Nigeria | 8.21 | q |
| 14 | 4 | Sonata Tamošaitytė | Lithuania | 8.27 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Vanneisha Ivy | United States | 8.28 | |
| 16 | 1 | Aleesha Barber | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.35 | |
| 17 | 1 | Cindy Roleder | Germany | 8.35 | |
| 18 | 2 | Angela Moroșanu | Romania | 8.37 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Ekaterina Galitskaya | Russia | 8.40 | Q |
| 20 | 4 | Lee Yeon-Kyung | South Korea | 8.41 | NR |
| 21 | 4 | Sun Yawei | China | 8.46 | |
| DQ | 2 | Demetra Arachovití | Cyprus | 8.49 | Doping |
| 22 | 2 | Natalya Ivoninskaya | Kazakhstan | 8.49 | |
| 23 | 4 | Marina Tomić | Slovenia | 8.67 | |
| 24 | 1 | Rosa Rakotozafy | Madagascar | 8.74 | |
| 25 | 3 | Gorana Cvijetić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.89 | |
| 26 | 4 | Dipna Lim Prasad | Singapore | 9.00 | NR |
| 27 | 3 | Ghfran Almouhamad | Syria | 9.15 | PB |
| — | 2 | Kristi Castlin | United States | DNF | |
| — | 2 | Vonette Dixon | Jamaica | DNF | |
| — | 1 | Natasha Ruddock | Jamaica | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) qualified

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Sally Pearson | Australia | 7.93 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Alina Talay | Belarus | 7.99 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 1 | Eline Berings | Belgium | 8.03 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 2 | Tiffany Porter | Great Britain | 8.03 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Sonata Tamošaitytė | Lithuania | 8.03 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 1 | Nikkita Holder | Canada | 8.07 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Seun Adigun | Nigeria | 8.07 | Q, PB |
| 8 | 2 | Beate Schrott | Austria | 8.11 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Marzia Caravelli | Italy | 8.12 | |
| 10 | 1 | Derval O'Rourke | Ireland | 8.13 | SB |
| 11 | 2 | Lucie Škrobáková | Czech Republic | 8.18 | |
| 12 | 2 | Sharona Bakker | Netherlands | 8.18 | |
| 13 | 2 | Veronica Borsi | Italy | 8.18 | PB |
| 14 | 1 | Angela Moroșanu | Romania | 8.24 | |
| 15 | 1 | Ekaterina Galitskaya | Russia | 8.26 | |
| 16 | 2 | Svetlana Topilina | Russia | 8.32 | |

### Final

The final began at 19:45.

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Sally Pearson | Australia | 7.73 | WL, AR |
| | Tiffany Porter | Great Britain | 7.94 | |
| | Alina Talay | Belarus | 7.97 | SB |
| 4 | Sonata Tamošaitytė | Lithuania | 8.03 | NR |
| 5 | Eline Berings | Belgium | 8.08 | |
| 6 | Nikkita Holder | Canada | 8.09 | |
| 7 | Beate Schrott | Austria | 8.12 | |
| 8 | Seun Adigun | Nigeria | 8.33 | |
