2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles explained

The women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 9 and 10 March 2012.

The winning margin was 0.21 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the women's 60 metres hurdles was won by more than 0.2 seconds at these championships.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Sally Pearson	Tiffany Porter	Alina Talay

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		7.68	Karlsruhe, Germany	10 February 2008
Championship record		7.72	Doha, Qatar	13 March 2010
World Leading		7.83	Albuquerque, United States	26 February 2012
African record		7.82	Madrid, Spain	16 February 1999
Asian record		7.82	Liévin, France	21 February 1999
European record		7.68	Karlsruhe, Germany	10 February 2008
North and Central American and Caribbean record		7.72	Doha, Qatar	13 March 2010
Oceanian Record		7.96	New York City, United States	30 January 2009
South American record		8.08	Moscow, Russia	11 March 2006

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 9, 2012	17:00	Heats
March 10, 2012	17:10	Semifinals
March 10, 2012	19:45	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and 4 fastest times qualified (q)^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			7.85	Q, AR
2	3			8.00	Q
3	1			8.08	Q
4	2			8.11	Q
5	4			8.13	Q
6	1			8.15	Q
7	4			8.16	Q
8	3			8.19	Q
8	1			8.19	q
10	3			8.20	Q
11	3			8.20	q
12	3			8.20	q
13	3			8.21	q
14	4			8.27	Q
15	4			8.28
16	1			8.35
17	1			8.35
18	2			8.37	Q
19	2			8.40	Q
20	4			8.41	NR
21	4			8.46
	2			8.49	Doping
22	2			8.49
23	4			8.67
24	1			8.74
25	3			8.89
26	4			9.00	NR
27	3			9.15	PB
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Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) qualified ^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			7.93	Q
2	2			7.99	Q, SB
3	1			8.03	Q, SB
3	2			8.03	Q
3	2			8.03	Q, NR
6	1			8.07	Q
7	1			8.07	Q, PB
8	2			8.11	Q
9	1			8.12
10	1			8.13	SB
11	2			8.18
12	2			8.18
13	2			8.18	PB
14	1			8.24
15	1			8.26
16	2			8.32

Final

The final began at 19:45.^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			7.73	WL, AR
			7.94
			7.97	SB
4			8.03	NR
5			8.08
6			8.09
7			8.12
8			8.33

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles (heats). Omega Timing. 2012-03-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20120827225612/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-60H-W-h----.RS6.pdf. 2012-08-27. dead.
2. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles (semifinals). Omega Timing. 2012-03-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20120827231103/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-60H-W-sf----.RS6.pdf. 2012-08-27. dead.
3. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles (final) . Omega Timing . 2012-03-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120417091707/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-60H-W-f--1--.RS1.pdf . 2012-04-17 .