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

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeJustin GatlinNesta CarterDwain Chambers

Records Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record6.39Madrid, Spain3 February 1998Atlanta, United States3 March 2001Championship record6.42Maebashi, Japan7 March 1999World Leading6.45Albuquerque, United States26 February 2012African record6.45Colorado Springs, United States20 February 1999Asian record6.51Karlsruhe, Germany6 March 1993European record6.42Turin, Italy7 March 2009North and Central American and Caribbean record6.39Madrid, Spain3 February 1998Atlanta, United States3 March 2001Oceanian Record6.52Maebashi, Japan7 March 1999South American record6.52Paris, France13 February 2009

Qualification standards IndoorOutdoor 6.67 10.20 (100 m)

Schedule Date Time RoundMarch 9, 2012 17:35 HeatsMarch 10, 2012 17:30 SemifinalsMarch 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.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 4 Ángel David Rodríguez 6.64 Q 1 7 Justin Gatlin 6.64 Q 3 8 Dwain Chambers 6.65 Q 4 2 Emmanuel Biron 6.68 Q 4 3 Simone Collio 6.68 Q 6 5 Marc Burns 6.69 Q 7 6 Trell Kimmons 6.70 Q 8 2 Christian Blum 6.74 Q 8 4 Nesta Carter 6.74 Q 8 8 Michael LeBlanc 6.74 Q 11 5 Justyn Warner 6.75 Q 12 4 Ben Youssef Meité 6.77 q 13 8 Su Bingtian 6.84 SB, q 14 1 Peter Emelieze 6.85 Q 15 1 Gerald Phiri 6.86 Q 16 1 Nilson André 6.86 PB, q 17 6 Rytis Sakalauskas 6.87 Q 17 7 Reza Ghasemi 6.87 Q 19 8 Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud 6.89 q 20 1 Foo Ee Yeo 6.90 q 20 5 Jeremy Bascom 6.90 q 22 4 Aziz Ouhadi 6.91 SB 22 5 Mateo Edward 6.91 PB 24 7 Holder da Silva 6.95 SB 25 2 Idrissa Adam 6.96 PB 26 7 Chun Ho Lai 6.97 27 4 Hasanain Hasan Zubaiyen 6.98 NR 28 3 Brijesh Lawrence 7.00 Q 28 7 Mosito Lehata 7.00 NR 30 6 Battulgyn Achitbileg 7.03 PB 31 1 Mesbah Ahmmed 7.04 NR 31 3 Sibusiso Matsenjwa 7.04 NR 31 4 Keiron Rogers 7.04 NR 34 3 Lerone Clarke 7.05 34 7 Jean Thierie Ferdinand 7.05 PB 36 1 Cristian Leguizamón 7.13 PB 37 5 Roy Ravana 7.17 NR 38 2 Raihau Maiau 7.18 NR 39 2 Rodman Teltull 7.20 NR 40 8 Imran Khan 7.21 PB 41 2 Ibrahim Kabia 7.33 41 6 Ahmed Azneem 7.33 PB 43 4 Courtney Carl Williams 7.35 PB 44 2 Valeriy Ponomarev 7.38 45 6 Roman Cress 7.43 SB 46 1 Chris Meke Walasi 7.47 PB 47 1 Ghislain Nsimba Mandualika 7.47 PB 48 8 Shakyll Lourens 7.49 PB 49 4 Joshua Jeremiah 7.50 PB 49 7 Dominic Carroll 7.50 SB 51 5 Mikel de Sa 7.51 52 3 Federico Gorrieri 7.54 SB 53 3 Nooa Takooa 7.57 PB 54 8 Tavevele Noa 7.61 NR 55 5 Joseph Andy Lui 7.71 PB 56 3 Dayne O'Hara 7.75 PB 57 8 Alhassane Keita 8.12 PB 6 John Howard FS 6 Tim Abeyie FS 2 Innocent Bologo 5 Chencho Gyeltshen

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.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Justin Gatlin 6.50 Q 2 2 Nesta Carter 6.56 Q 3 3 Trell Kimmons 6.61 Q 4 2 Dwain Chambers 6.62 Q 4 3 Marc Burns 6.62 Q 6 2 Emmanuel Biron 6.65 q 7 3 Justyn Warner 6.67 q 8 1 Aziz Ouhadi 6.68 NR, Q 9 1 Rytis Sakalauskas 6.69 10 1 Michael LeBlanc 6.71 10 1 Simone Collio 6.71 10 1 Ben Youssef Meité 6.71 10 3 Ángel David Rodríguez 6.71 14 3 Su Bingtian 6.74 SB 15 2 Jeremy Bascom 6.77 16 2 Christian Blum 6.79 17 2 Reza Ghasemi 6.79 18 2 Brijesh Lawrence 6.80 19 1 Peter Emelieze 6.81 20 1 Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud 6.83 21 3 Mateo Edward 6.91 PB 22 2 Foo Ee Yeo 6.93 22 3 Nilson André 6.93 3 Gerald Phiri

Final

8 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final began at 20:05.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Justin Gatlin 6.46 SB Nesta Carter 6.54 Dwain Chambers 6.60 4 Trell Kimmons 6.60 5 Marc Burns 6.62 6 Emmanuel Biron 6.63 7 Justyn Warner 6.65 8 Aziz Ouhadi 6.72

References