2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres explained

The men's 60 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Justin Gatlin	Nesta Carter	Dwain Chambers

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record	6.39	Madrid, Spain	3 February 1998
World record	6.39	Atlanta, United States	3 March 2001
Championship record	6.42	Maebashi, Japan	7 March 1999
World Leading	6.45	Albuquerque, United States	26 February 2012
African record	6.45	Colorado Springs, United States	20 February 1999
Asian record	6.51	Karlsruhe, Germany	6 March 1993
European record	6.42	Turin, Italy	7 March 2009
North and Central American and Caribbean record	6.39	Madrid, Spain	3 February 1998
North and Central American and Caribbean record	6.39	Atlanta, United States	3 March 2001
Oceanian Record	6.52	Maebashi, Japan	7 March 1999
South American record	6.52	Paris, France	13 February 2009

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 9, 2012	17:35	Heats
March 10, 2012	17:30	Semifinals
March 10, 2012	20:00	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and 8 fastest qualified (q). 59 athletes from 56 countries participated. Two athletes did not start the competition.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
1	4		6.64	Q
1	7		6.64	Q
3	8		6.65	Q
4	2		6.68	Q
4	3		6.68	Q
6	5		6.69	Q
7	6		6.70	Q
8	2		6.74	Q
8	4		6.74	Q
8	8		6.74	Q
11	5		6.75	Q
12	4		6.77	q
13	8		6.84	SB, q
14	1		6.85	Q
15	1		6.86	Q
16	1		6.86	PB, q
17	6		6.87	Q
17	7		6.87	Q
19	8		6.89	q
20	1		6.90	q
20	5		6.90	q
22	4		6.91	SB
22	5		6.91	PB
24	7		6.95	SB
25	2		6.96	PB
26	7		6.97
27	4		6.98	NR
28	3		7.00	Q
28	7		7.00	NR
30	6		7.03	PB
31	1		7.04	NR
31	3		7.04	NR
31	4		7.04	NR
34	3		7.05
34	7		7.05	PB
36	1		7.13	PB
37	5		7.17	NR
38	2		7.18	NR
39	2		7.20	NR
40	8		7.21	PB
41	2		7.33
41	6		7.33	PB
43	4		7.35	PB
44	2		7.38
45	6		7.43	SB
46	1		7.47	PB
47	1		7.47	PB
48	8		7.49	PB
49	4		7.50	PB
49	7		7.50	SB
51	5		7.51
52	3		7.54	SB
53	3		7.57	PB
54	8	Tavevele Noa	7.61	NR
55	5		7.71	PB
56	3		7.75	PB
57	8		8.12	PB
	6			FS
	6			FS
	2
	5

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and 2 fastest times (q) qualified. 22 athletes from 21 countries participated. One athlete did not start the competition.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	1	6.50	Q
2	2	6.56	Q
3	3	6.61	Q
4	2	6.62	Q
4	3	6.62	Q
6	2	6.65	q
7	3	6.67	q
8	1	6.68	NR, Q
9	1	6.69
10	1	6.71
10	1	6.71
10	1	6.71
10	3	6.71
14	3	6.74	SB
15	2	6.77
16	2	6.79
17	2	6.79
18	2	6.80
19	1	6.81
20	1	6.83
21	3	6.91	PB
22	2	6.93
22	3	6.93
	3

Final

8 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final began at 20:05.^[4]

Rank	Time	Notes
	6.46	SB
	6.54
	6.60
4	6.60
5	6.62
6	6.63
7	6.65
8	6.72

Notes and References

Web site: Justin Gatlin wins 1st post-ban gold. 10 March 2012. ESPN. 14 March 2012.
Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres (heats). Omega Timing. 2012-03-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20120316235407/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-60-M-h----.RS6.pdf. 2012-03-16. dead.
Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres (semifinals) . Omega Timing . 2012-03-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120827230818/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-60-M-sf----.RS6.pdf . 2012-08-27 .
Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres (final). Omega Timing. 2012-03-10.