1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres explained

The men's 60 metres event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 March in Milan.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Nikolay Kolesnikov	Petar Petrov Bulgaria	Aleksandr Aksinin

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			6.71	Q
2	3			6.72	Q
3	1			6.74	Q
3	4			6.74	Q
5	3			6.75	Q
6	2			6.76	Q
6	4			6.76	Q
8	2			6.79	q
9	1			6.83	Q
10	4			6.84	q
11	3			6.85	q
12	2			6.86	q
13	3			6.88
14	4			6.89
15	1			6.91
16	1			6.91
17	1			6.95

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			6.67	Q
2	1			6.69	Q
3	1			6.70	Q
4	1			6.71	Q
5	2			6.74	Q
6	2			6.77	Q
7	1			6.78
7	1			6.78
7	2			6.78
10	2			6.79
11	1			6.80
12	2			6.81

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			6.64
			6.66
			6.73
4			6.75
5			6.76
6			6.84

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-indoor-championships/history/year=1978/results/index.html Results
2. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/07/76/StatisticsHandbookEICH2017_FINAL_Neutral.pdf Results