1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

The women's 60 metres event at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 10 March 1995.^[1]

Merlene Ottey's winning margin was 0.13 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the women's 60 metres was won by more than a tenth of a second at these championships.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Merlene Ottey  Jamaica	Melanie Paschke  Germany	Carlette Guidry  United States

Results

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Melanie Paschke	Germany	7.12	Q
1	4	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	7.12	Q
3	4	Lalao Ravaonirina	Madagascar	7.21	Q, NR
4	4	Nelli Fiere-Cooman	Netherlands	7.21	q
5	1	Iryna Pukha	Ukraine	7.22	Q
5	4	Liliana Allen	Cuba	7.22	q
7	1	Christy Opara-Thompson	Nigeria	7.23	q
8	2	Carlette Guidry	United States	7.25	Q
9	3	Yekaterina Leshchova	Russia	7.26	Q
9	4	Sanna Hernesniemi	Finland	7.26	q
11	3	Chryste Gaines	United States	7.28	Q
12	2	Beverly McDonald	Jamaica	7.31	Q
13	2	Stephanie Douglas	Great Britain	7.31	q
14	5	Nadezhda Rashchupkina	Russia	7.33	Q
15	1	Jerneja Perc	Slovenia	7.34	q
16	3	Éva Barati	Hungary	7.35
16	4	Sabine Tröger	Austria	7.35
16	5	Ekaterini Koffa	Greece	7.35	Q
19	5	Wang Huei-Chen	Chinese Taipei	7.37	NR
20	2	Dainelky Pèrez	Cuba	7.38
20	3	Odile Singa	France	7.38
20	5	Anelia Nuneva	Bulgaria	7.38
23	5	Carme Blay	Spain	7.39
24	2	Jacqueline Poelman	Netherlands	7.42
25	3	Karen Clarke	Canada	7.44
25	3	Aileen McGillivary	Great Britain	7.44
25	5	Tarana Perry	Canada	7.44
28	1	Margret Haug	Switzerland	7.45
28	2	N'Deye Binta Dia	Senegal	7.45
28	5	Sara Wüest	Switzerland	7.45
31	3	Denisa Obdržálková	Czech Republic	7.48
32	4	Alenka Bikar	Slovenia	7.50
33	4	Aksel Gürcan	Turkey	7.50
35	1	Rahela Markt	Croatia	7.57
34	5	Antónia Margarete de Jesus	Angola	7.63
36	2	Dagmar Hölbl	Austria	7.65
37	1	Clara Phillip	Saint Lucia	7.82
38	3	Rudina Xhaja	Albania	7.91
	1	Desislava Dimitrova	Bulgaria	DNS

Semifinals

First 4 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	7.04	Q
2	1	Liliana Allen	Cuba	7.13	Q
3	1	Carlette Guidry	United States	7.14	Q
4	2	Melanie Paschke	Germany	7.15	Q
5	1	Nelli Fiere-Cooman	Netherlands	7.20	Q
6	2	Beverly McDonald	Jamaica	7.21	Q
7	2	Chryste Gaines	United States	7.23	Q
8	2	Lalao Ravaonirina	Madagascar	7.24	Q
9	1	Iryna Pukha	Ukraine	7.25
10	2	Yekaterina Leshchova	Russia	7.27
11	2	Christy Opara-Thompson	Nigeria	7.28
12	2	Stephanie Douglas	Great Britain	7.30
13	2	Sanna Hernesniemi	Finland	7.31
14	1	Nadezhda Rashchupkina	Russia	7.35
15	1	Jerneja Perc	Slovenia	7.36
	1	Ekaterini Koffa	Greece	DQ	R162.7[2]

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	6.97
	Melanie Paschke	Germany	7.10
	Carlette Guidry	United States	7.11
4	Liliana Allen	Cuba	7.13
5	Beverly McDonald	Jamaica	7.16
6	Nelli Fiere-Cooman	Netherlands	7.17
7	Chryste Gaines	United States	7.22
8	Lalao Ravaonirina	Madagascar	7.28