1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres explained

The men's 60 metres event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 8–9 March.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Marc Blume	Jason John	Peter Karlsson

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			6.61	Q
2	3			6.63	Q
3	4			6.69	Q
4	2			6.70	Q
5	3			6.71	Q
6	1			6.72	Q
6	2			6.72	Q
6	3			6.72	q
6	5			6.72	Q
10	2			6.73
11	1			6.74	Q
11	4			6.74
13	4			6.75
14	5			6.76	Q
14	5			6.76	Q
16	3			6.77
17	2			6.78
17	1			6.79
18	1			6.80
18	1			6.80
18	2			6.80
21	5			6.81
22	4			6.82
23	3			6.85
24	5			7.00
25	4			7.13
26	3			7.24
27	2			7.36

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			6.62	Q
2	2			6.64	Q
3	1			6.65	Q
4	1			6.68	Q
5	1			6.69	Q
5	1			6.69
5	2			6.69	Q
8	2			6.70
9	1			6.75
10	2			6.78
11	1			6.79
12	2			6.94

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			6.62
			6.64
			6.64
4			6.65
5			6.67
6			6.72

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/files/eich/EICH2013-statistics.pdf Results
2. Since two athletes in Heat 5 shared the second place guaranteeing automatic qualification, only one athlete was promoted to the semifinals on time.