1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

The women's 60 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7.

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
Ekaterini Thanou
  Greece
Gail Devers
  United States
Philomena Mensah
  Canada
  • Inger Miller originally won the bronze but was disqualified for excessive caffeine level.

Results edit

Heats edit

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Ekaterini Thanou   Greece 7.01 Q, NR
2 2 Philomena Mensah   Canada 7.02 Q, NR
3 4 Sevatheda Fynes   Bahamas 7.08 Q
4 2 Joan Uduak Ekah   Nigeria 7.10 Q, WJR
5 3 Endurance Ojokolo   Nigeria 7.12 Q, PB
6 4 Liliana Allen   Mexico 7.14 Q, NR
6 1 Gail Devers   United States 7.14 Q
8 2 Wendy Hartman   South Africa 7.17 q, NR
8 4 Petya Pendareva   Bulgaria 7.17 q
10 2 Andrea Philipp   Germany 7.18 q, PB
11 3 Sandra Citte   France 7.19 q
12 1 Manuela Levorato   Italy 7.25 q, PB
13 1 Alenka Bikar   Slovenia 7.26 q, PB
14 3 Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe   Madagascar 7.27 q, PB
15 1 Anzhelika Shevchuk   Ukraine 7.31
15 3 Zuzanna Radecka   Poland 7.31 q, PB
17 2 Christine Bloomfield   Great Britain 7.32 PB
17 4 Li Xuemei   China 7.32
17 4 Natallia Safronnikava   Belarus 7.32
20 4 Marzena Pawlak   Poland 7.36 PB
21 4 Janine Whitlock   Great Britain 7.39 PB
22 1 Heather Samuel   Antigua and Barbuda 7.41
23 3 Saša Prokofijev   Slovenia 7.43 PB
24 2 Agnė Visockaitė   Lithuania 7.45
25 1 Lyubov Perepelova   Uzbekistan 7.51
26 2 Motoka Arai   Japan 7.54
27 1 Elena Bobrovskaya   Kyrgyzstan 7.64
28 3 Tamara Shanidze   Georgia 7.66
29 3 Monica Jonathan   Papua New Guinea 8.06
30 4 Ruth Babela Walozontsi   Republic of the Congo 8.48
3 Inger Miller   United States DQ
2 Nora Ivanova   Bulgaria DNS

Semifinals edit

First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Ekaterini Thanou   Greece 6.99 Q, NR
2 1 Sevatheda Fynes   Bahamas 7.01 Q, NR
3 1 Gail Devers   United States 7.07 Q
3 2 Philomena Mensah   Canada 7.07 Q
5 2 Endurance Ojokolo   Nigeria 7.08 Q, PB
6 2 Petya Pendareva   Bulgaria 7.08 q, PB
7 1 Joan Uduak Ekah   Nigeria 7.09 q, WJR
8 2 Liliana Allen   Mexico 7.12 NR
9 1 Wendy Hartman   South Africa 7.15 NR
10 2 Andrea Philipp   Germany 7.17 PB
11 1 Manuela Levorato   Italy 7.20 PB
12 1 Sandra Citte   France 7.20
13 2 Alenka Bikar   Slovenia 7.24 PB
14 2 Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe   Madagascar 7.34
15 1 Zuzanna Radecka   Poland 7.37
2 Inger Miller   United States DQ

Final edit

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  6 Ekaterini Thanou   Greece 6.96 WL, NR
  7 Gail Devers   United States 7.02
  5 Philomena Mensah   Canada 7.07
4 4 Sevatheda Fynes   Bahamas 7.09
5 8 Joan Uduak Ekah   Nigeria 7.10
6 2 Petya Pendareva   Bulgaria 7.12
7 1 Endurance Ojokolo   Nigeria 7.19
3 Inger Miller   United States DQ

References edit