1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres

The men's 60 metres event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 March in Vienna.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union	Zenon Nowosz Poland	Jarkko Tapola Finland

Results

Heats

First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	6.7	Q
2	1	Alain Sarteur	France	6.8	Q
3	1	Jarkko Tapola	Finland	6.9	Q
4	1	Josef Čeliš	Czechoslovakia	6.9	Q
5	1	Ivica Karasi	Yugoslavia	6.9
1	2	Horst Schiebe	West Germany	6.8	Q
2	2	Philippe Clerc	Switzerland	6.9	Q
3	2	Dimcho Arnaudov	Bulgaria	6.9	Q
4	2	Aleksandr Kornelyuk	Soviet Union	6.9	Q
5	2	Romain Roels	Belgium	6.9
6	2	Søren Viggo Pedersen	Denmark	7.0
1	3	Juan Carlos Jones	Spain	6.9	Q
2	3	Zenon Nowosz	Poland	6.9	Q
3	3	Philippe Guillet	France	6.9	Q
4	3	Gert Herunter	Austria	6.9	Q
5	3	Luděk Bohman	Czechoslovakia	6.9
6	3	Claudio Cialdi	Italy	7.0

Semifinals

First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	6.7	Q
2	1	Alain Sarteur	France	6.8	Q
3	1	Juan Carlos Jones	Spain	6.8	Q
4	1	Dimcho Arnaudov	Bulgaria	6.9
5	1	Josef Čeliš	Czechoslovakia	6.9
6	1	Gert Herunter	Austria	6.9
1	2	Zenon Nowosz	Poland	6.8	Q
2	2	Jarkko Tapola	Finland	6.8	Q
3	2	Philippe Guillet	France	6.8	Q
4	2	Horst Schiebe	West Germany	6.8
5	2	Aleksandr Kornelyuk	Soviet Union	7.0
	2	Philippe Clerc	Switzerland	DNF

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Valeriy Borzov	Soviet Union	6.6	=WB
	Zenon Nowosz	Poland	6.7
	Jarkko Tapola	Finland	6.7
4	Alain Sarteur	France	6.7
5	Juan Carlos Jones	Spain	6.7
6	Philippe Guillet	France	6.8