1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres explained

The women's 60 metres event at the 1979 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 25 February in Vienna.^{[1] [2]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Marlies Göhr	Marita Koch	Lyudmila Storozhkova

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	4			7.27	Q
2	3			7.28	Q
3	2			7.31	Q
4	1			7.32	Q
4	3			7.32	Q
6	2			7.34	Q
7	3			7.35	q
8	3			7.36	q
9	2			7.38	q, PB
9	2			7.38	q
9	4			7.38	Q, PB
9	4			7.38	q, SB
13	1			7.44	Q
14	4			7.51	SB
15	1			7.53	SB
16	4			7.56	SB
17	1			7.57	PB
18	3			7.64	PB
19	2			7.68	PB

Semifinals

First 2 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			7.19	Q
2	3			7.23	Q
3	2			7.26	Q, SB
4	1			7.27	Q
5	2			7.28	Q
5	3			7.28	Q, SB
7	2			7.35	SB
7	3			7.35
9	2			7.37
10	1			7.38	=SB
11	3			7.42	NJR
12	1			7.44
12	3			7.44

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			7.16	SB
			7.19
			7.22	PB
4			7.26	SB
5			7.28	=SB
6			7.29

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-indoor-championships/history/year=1979/results/index.html Results
2. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/28/07/76/StatisticsHandbookEICH2017_FINAL_Neutral.pdf Results