1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
# 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

The women's 60 metres event at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 12 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Gail Devers United States | Irina Privalova Russia | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya Ukraine |

## Results

### Heats

First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Gail Devers | United States | 7.18 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 7.22 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya | Ukraine | 7.22 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Teresa Neighbors | United States | 7.32 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 7.33 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Beverly Kinch | Great Britain | 7.33 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Nelli Fiere-Cooman | Netherlands | 7.34 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Patricia Girard | France | 7.35 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | Australia | 7.36 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 7.37 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Olga Bogoslovskaya | Russia | 7.37 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Marcia Richardson | Great Britain | 7.38 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Patricia Foufoué Ziga | Ivory Coast | 7.39 | q |
| 13 | 1 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 7.39 | q |
| 13 | 4 | Sabine Tröger | Austria | 7.39 | q |
| 16 | 3 | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 7.42 | |
| 17 | 2 | Karen Clarke | Canada | 7.44 | Q |
| 18 | 2 | Sara Wüest | Switzerland | 7.44 | |
| 19 | 1 | N'Deye Binta Dia | Senegal | 7.46 | |
| 19 | 1 | Jacqueline Poelman | Netherlands | 7.46 | |
| 19 | 2 | Beatrice Utondu | Nigeria | 7.46 | |
| 19 | 4 | Marcel Winkler | South Africa | 7.46 | NR |
| 23 | 3 | Michelle Walsh-Carroll | Ireland | 7.47 | |
| 24 | 2 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 7.48 | |
| 25 | 3 | Wang Huei-Chen | Chinese Taipei | 7.52 | |
| 26 | 4 | Keturah Anderson | Canada | 7.58 | |
| 27 | 1 | Éva Barati | Hungary | 7.63 | |
| 27 | 4 | Chen Zhaojing | China | 7.63 | |
| 29 | 3 | Elvira Dzhabarova | Azerbaijan | 7.68 | NR |
| | 2 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | DNS | |
| | 2 | Gail Prescod | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | DNS | |
| | 4 | Christy Opara-Thompson | Nigeria | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Gail Devers | United States | 7.06 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 7.08 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya | Ukraine | 7.21 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 7.25 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Patricia Foufoué Ziga | Ivory Coast | 7.26 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Teresa Neighbors | United States | 7.26 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Nelli Fiere-Cooman | Netherlands | 7.28 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Olga Bogoslovskaya | Russia | 7.31 | |
| 8 | 2 | Patricia Girard | France | 7.31 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 7.31 | |
| 11 | 1 | Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 7.34 | |
| 11 | 2 | Beverly Kinch | Great Britain | 7.34 | |
| 13 | 2 | Sabine Tröger | Austria | 7.36 | |
| 14 | 1 | Marcia Richardson | Great Britain | 7.41 | |
| 15 | 2 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | Australia | 7.43 | |
| 16 | 2 | Karen Clarke | Canada | 7.53 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Gail Devers | United States | 6.95 | CR |
| | Irina Privalova | Russia | 6.97 | |
| | Zhanna Tarnopolskaya | Ukraine | 7.21 | |
| 4 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 7.22 | |
| 5 | Teresa Neighbors | United States | 7.26 | |
| 6 | Patricia Foufoué Ziga | Ivory Coast | 7.26 | |
| 7 | Nelli Fiere-Cooman | Netherlands | 7.29 | |
| 8 | Patricia Girard | France | 7.31 | |
