The men's 60 metres hurdles event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 15–16.
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| Allen Johnson | Anier García | Liu Xiang |
First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7.50 | Q, SB | ||||
| 1 | 7.56 | Q | ||||
| 2 | 7.56 | Q | ||||
| 2 | 7.61 | Q, PB | ||||
| 2 | 7.63 | Q | ||||
| 3 | 7.68 | Q | ||||
| 3 | 7.68 | Q | ||||
| 2 | 7.70 | q, PB | ||||
| 3 | 7.70 | Q, PB | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 7.73 | Q | |||
| 11 | 4 | 7.74 | Q | |||
| 12 | 3 | 7.75 | q | |||
| 13 | 1 | 7.76 | q | |||
| 14 | 4 | 7.77 | Q | |||
| 15 | 1 | 7.79 | q | |||
| 15 | 2 | 7.79 | q | |||
| 17 | 2 | 7.80 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | 7.81 | ||||
| 18 | 4 | 7.81 | Q, SB | |||
| 18 | 4 | 7.81 | ||||
| 21 | 4 | 7.83 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 7.86 | ||||
| 23 | 1 | 7.87 | ||||
| 24 | 1 | 7.90 | ||||
| 25 | 3 | 7.94 | ||||
| 26 | 3 | 7.94 | ||||
| 27 | 4 | 8.03 | ||||
| 28 | 2 | 8.57 | ||||
| 29 | 1 | 8.62 | ||||
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First 4 of each semifinal qualified (Q) directly for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 7.49 | Q | ||||
| 2 | 7.50 | Q, SB | ||||
| 2 | 7.54 | Q | ||||
| 1 | 7.55 | Q | ||||
| 2 | 7.57 | Q | ||||
| 1 | 7.64 | Q | ||||
| 1 | 7.67 | Q | ||||
| 1 | 7.68 | Q | ||||
| 1 | 7.70 | |||||
| 10 | 2 | 7.70 | PB | |||
| 11 | 2 | 7.71 | ||||
| 12 | 2 | 7.72 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | 7.75 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | 7.80 | ||||
| 15 | 2 | 7.81 | SB | |||
| 16 | 2 | 7.81 | ||||
| 17 | 1 | 7.87 |
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | React | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 7.47 | 0.155 | |||||
| 4 | 7.49 | 0.150 | |||||
| 2 | 7.52 | 0.138 | |||||
| 4 | 8 | 7.58 | 0.163 | PB | |||
| 5 | 3 | 7.61 | 0.128 | ||||
| 6 | 5 | 7.62 | 0.147 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 7.67 | 0.140 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 7.67 | 0.116 |