1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

The women's 60 metres event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 8–9 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ekaterini Thanou Greece	Odiah Sidibé France	Jerneja Perc Slovenia

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	7.21	Q
2	1	Odiah Sidibé	France	7.24	Q
3	4	Natalya Merzlyakova	Russia	7.32	Q
4	2	Bev Kinch	Great Britain	7.35	Q
4	3	Nadezhda Roshchupkina	Russia	7.35	Q
6	3	Alenka Bikar	Slovenia	7.36	Q
7	3	Maria Tsoni	Greece	7.36	q
8	5	Iryna Pukha	Ukraine	7.37	Q
9	2	Jerneja Perc	Slovenia	7.38	Q
10	5	Éva Barati	Hungary	7.41	Q
11	4	Petya Pendareva	Bulgaria	7.43	Q
12	3	Mireille Donders	Switzerland	7.44	q
13	1	Therese Olofsson	Sweden	7.45
14	2	Carme Blay	Spain	7.46
15	5	Rahela Markt	Croatia	7.50
16	4	Zdenka Mušínská	Czech Republic	7.51
17	4	Geirlaug Geirlaugsdóttir	Iceland	7.54	NR
18	1	Aksel Gürcan	Turkey	7.62
18	4	Carla Tuzzi	Italy	7.62
18	5	Maya Azarashvili	Georgia	7.62
21	5	Rutti Luksepp	Estonia	7.67
22	2	Riina Suhotskaja	Estonia	7.70
23	3	Mercedes Martín	Spain	7.71
24	1	Sunna Gestsdóttír	Iceland	7.79
	2	Katerina Koffa	Greece	DNS

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	7.18	Q
2	1	Jerneja Perc	Slovenia	7.30	Q
3	2	Odiah Sidibé	France	7.31	Q
4	2	Alenka Bikar	Slovenia	7.31	Q
5	2	Natalya Merzlyakova	Russia	7.31	Q
6	1	Éva Barati	Hungary	7.36	Q
6	2	Maria Tsoni	Greece	7.36
6	2	Bev Kinch	Great Britain	7.36
9	1	Iryna Pukha	Ukraine	7.40
10	1	Nadezhda Roshchupkina	Russia	7.41
10	2	Petya Pendareva	Bulgaria	7.41
12	1	Mireille Donders	Switzerland	7.46

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	7.15
	Odiah Sidibé	France	7.25
	Jerneja Perc	Slovenia	7.28
4	Natalya Merzlyakova	Russia	7.29
5	Alenka Bikar	Slovenia	7.32
6	Éva Barati	Hungary	7.44