1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres explained

The men's 60 metres event at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest on 5 March.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Andrés Simón	John Myles-Mills	Pierfrancesco Pavoni

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			6.62	Q
1	2			6.62	Q
1	3			6.62	Q
4	6			6.63	Q
5	2			6.64	q
5	1			6.64	q
5	5			6.64	Q
5	6			6.64	q
9	4			6.66	Q
10	6			6.69	q
11	4			6.71	q
12	1			6.72	q
13	6			6.73
14	3			6.74
14	4			6.74
16	3			6.76
16	3			6.76
16	4			6.76
19	2			6.77
20	2			6.78
21	4			6.79	NR
22	2			6.80
22	5			6.80
22	5			6.80
25	3			6.81
26	1			6.83
27	5			6.85
28	5			6.86
29	2			6.90
30	4			7.03
31	3			7.08	NR
32	6			7.18	NR
33	6			7.22	NR
	1				^[2]

Semifinals

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			6.54	Q, NR
2	1			6.58	Q, PB
2	2			6.58	Q, NR
2	2			6.58	Q, =NR
2	2			6.58	Q, =PB
6	2			6.59	PB
7	2			6.59
8	1			6.61	Q
8	2			6.61	PB
10	1			6.62
11	1			6.64
12	1			6.72

Final

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			6.52	NR
	4			6.59
	1			6.61
4	4			6.63
5	5			6.64
6	2			6.67

Notes and References

1. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/2nd-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-14/results/men/60-metres/heats/summary Heats results
2. Second false start
3. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/2nd-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-14/results/men/60-metres/semi-final/summary Semifinals results
4. https://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/2nd-iaaf-world-indoor-championships-14/results/men/60-metres/final/result Final results