2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles

The women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 9 and 10 March 2012.

The winning margin was 0.21 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the women's 60 metres hurdles was won by more than 0.2 seconds at these championships.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Sally Pearson
  Australia
Tiffany Porter
  United Kingdom
Alina Talay
  Belarus

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record   Susanna Kallur (SWE) 7.68 Karlsruhe, Germany 10 February 2008
Championship record   Lolo Jones (USA) 7.72 Doha, Qatar 13 March 2010
World Leading   Kristi Castlin (USA) 7.83 Albuquerque, United States 26 February 2012
African record   Glory Alozie (NGR) 7.82 Madrid, Spain 16 February 1999
Asian record   Olga Shishigina (KAZ) 7.82 Liévin, France 21 February 1999
European record   Susanna Kallur (SWE) 7.68 Karlsruhe, Germany 10 February 2008
North and Central American
and Caribbean record
  Lolo Jones (USA) 7.72 Doha, Qatar 13 March 2010
Oceanian Record   Sally McLellan (AUS) 7.96 New York City, United States 30 January 2009
South American record   Maíla Machado (BRA) 8.08 Moscow, Russia 11 March 2006

Qualification standards

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Indoor Outdoor
8.18 12.95 (100 mH)

Schedule

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Date Time Round
March 9, 2012 17:00 Heats
March 10, 2012 17:10 Semifinals
March 10, 2012 19:45 Final

Results

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Heats

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Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and 4 fastest times qualified (q)[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Sally Pearson   Australia 7.85 Q, AR
2 3 Tiffany Porter   Great Britain 8.00 Q
3 1 Eline Berings   Belgium 8.08 Q
4 2 Alina Talay   Belarus 8.11 Q
5 4 Marzia Caravelli   Italy 8.13 Q
6 1 Nikkita Holder   Canada 8.15 Q
7 4 Beate Schrott   Austria 8.16 Q
8 3 Sharona Bakker   Netherlands 8.19 Q
8 1 Derval O'Rourke   Ireland 8.19 q
10 3 Veronica Borsi   Italy 8.20 Q
11 3 Svetlana Topilina   Russia 8.20 q
12 3 Lucie Škrobáková   Czech Republic 8.20 q
13 3 Seun Adigun   Nigeria 8.21 q
14 4 Sonata Tamošaitytė   Lithuania 8.27 Q
15 4 Vanneisha Ivy   United States 8.28
16 1 Aleesha Barber   Trinidad and Tobago 8.35
17 1 Cindy Roleder   Germany 8.35
18 2 Angela Moroșanu   Romania 8.37 Q
19 2 Ekaterina Galitskaya   Russia 8.40 Q
20 4 Lee Yeon-Kyung   South Korea 8.41 NR
21 4 Sun Yawei   China 8.46
DQ 2 Demetra Arachovití   Cyprus 8.49 Doping
22 2 Natalya Ivoninskaya   Kazakhstan 8.49
23 4 Marina Tomić   Slovenia 8.67
24 1 Rosa Rakotozafy   Madagascar 8.74
25 3 Gorana Cvijetić   Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.89
26 4 Dipna Lim Prasad   Singapore 9.00 NR
27 3 Ghfran Almouhamad   Syria 9.15 PB
2 Kristi Castlin   United States DNF
2 Vonette Dixon   Jamaica DNF
1 Natasha Ruddock   Jamaica DNS

Semifinals

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Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) qualified [2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Sally Pearson   Australia 7.93 Q
2 2 Alina Talay   Belarus 7.99 Q, SB
3 1 Eline Berings   Belgium 8.03 Q, SB
3 2 Tiffany Porter   Great Britain 8.03 Q
3 2 Sonata Tamošaitytė   Lithuania 8.03 Q, NR
6 1 Nikkita Holder   Canada 8.07 Q
7 1 Seun Adigun   Nigeria 8.07 Q, PB
8 2 Beate Schrott   Austria 8.11 Q
9 1 Marzia Caravelli   Italy 8.12
10 1 Derval O'Rourke   Ireland 8.13 SB
11 2 Lucie Škrobáková   Czech Republic 8.18
12 2 Sharona Bakker   Netherlands 8.18
13 2 Veronica Borsi   Italy 8.18 PB
14 1 Angela Moroșanu   Romania 8.24
15 1 Ekaterina Galitskaya   Russia 8.26
16 2 Svetlana Topilina   Russia 8.32

Final

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The final began at 19:45.[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Sally Pearson   Australia 7.73 WL, AR
  Tiffany Porter   Great Britain 7.94
  Alina Talay   Belarus 7.97 SB
4 Sonata Tamošaitytė   Lithuania 8.03 NR
5 Eline Berings   Belgium 8.08
6 Nikkita Holder   Canada 8.09
7 Beate Schrott   Austria 8.12
8 Seun Adigun   Nigeria 8.33

References

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  1. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  2. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  3. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2012-03-16.