The Women's 60 metres event at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 10 March 2006.
For the first time in the women's 60 metres at these championships, the gold and silver medallists achieved the same time. As of July 2024, this is the only time this has happened at these championships.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeMe'Lisa BarberLauryn WilliamsKim Gevaert
Results
Heats First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Christine Arron 7.16 Q 2 1 Kim Gevaert 7.17 Q 3 5 Me'Lisa Barber 7.18 Q 4 5 Sylvie Mballa Éloundou 7.22 Q 5 5 LaVerne Jones-Ferrette 7.22 Q, NR 6 3 Alena Neumiarzhitskaya 7.23 Q, SB 7 3 Heidi Hannula 7.24 Q, PB 2 Zhanna Block 7.26 Q, Doping 8 3 Mariya Bolikova 7.26 Q 9 4 Lauryn Williams 7.28 Q 10 1 Larisa Kruglova 7.31 Q 11 1 Angela Moroșanu 7.36 Q 11 2 Joice Maduaka 7.36 Q 13 3 Endurance Ojokolo 7.36 Q, SB 14 4 Guzel Khubbieva 7.38 Q 14 5 Emily Maher 7.38 Q 16 1 Tezzhan Naimova 7.39 Q 17 2 Affoué Amandine Allou 7.42 Q 18 4 Fabienne Beret-Martinel 7.43 Q 19 3 Ailis McSweeney 7.44 q 20 3 Lina Grinčikaitė 7.46 q 21 1 Aksel Gürcan 7.63 q, SB 22 5 Lucimar de Moura 7.65 q 23 2 Lin Wen-Wen 7.78 PB 23 5 Valentina Nazarova 7.78 PB 25 5 Auxiliadora Bonilla Lacayo 7.79 PB 26 1 Qin Wangping 7.81 SB 27 2 Aleksandra Vojneska 7.88 28 2 Charlene Attard 7.89 PB 29 4 Loi Ieong 7.94 Q, NR 30 1 Desiree Craggette 8.23 31 4 Montserrat Pujol 8.30 32 3 Gharid Ghrouf 8.42 NR 4 Delphine Atangana 4 Fana Ashby
Semifinals Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Lauryn Williams 7.10 Q, PB 2 2 Christine Arron 7.11 Q 3 3 Me'Lisa Barber 7.12 Q 4 1 Kim Gevaert 7.13 Q, SB 5 2 Mariya Bolikova 7.16 Q 1 Zhanna Block 7.19 q, SB, Doping 6 3 Larisa Kruglova 7.21 Q 7 2 Sylvie Mballa Éloundou 7.23 q 7 3 Alena Neumiarzhitskaya 7.23 SB 9 2 Heidi Hannula 7.26 10 1 LaVerne Jones-Ferrette 7.27 11 2 Angela Moroșanu 7.33 11 3 Guzel Khubbieva 7.33 13 2 Tezzhan Naimova 7.36 14 1 Emily Maher 7.37 14 2 Affoué Amandine Allou 7.37 14 3 Fabienne Beret-Martinel 7.37 17 3 Lina Grinčikaitė 7.38 18 1 Joice Maduaka 7.41 19 3 Ailis McSweeney 7.42 20 3 Endurance Ojokolo 7.53 21 2 Lucimar de Moura 7.72 22 1 Aksel Gürcan 7.78 23 1 Loi Ieong 7.88 NR
Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time React Notes 3 Me'Lisa Barber 7.01 0.158 WL 6 Lauryn Williams 7.01 0.145 WL 5 Kim Gevaert 7.11 0.150 NR 4 4 Christine Arron 7.13 0.147 5 7 Mariya Bolikova 7.17 0.161 1 Zhanna Block 7.19 0.216 Doping 6 2 Larisa Kruglova 7.23 0.143 7 8 Sylvie Mballa Éloundou 7.30 0.127
References
Results