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 GoldSilverBronzeSally Pearson Tiffany Porter Alina Talay
Records Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record7.68Karlsruhe, Germany10 February 2008Championship record7.72Doha, Qatar13 March 2010World Leading7.83Albuquerque, United States26 February 2012African record7.82Madrid, Spain16 February 1999Asian record7.82Liévin, France21 February 1999European record7.68Karlsruhe, Germany10 February 2008North and Central American and Caribbean record7.72Doha, Qatar13 March 2010Oceanian Record7.96New York City, United States30 January 2009South American record8.08Moscow, Russia11 March 2006
Qualification standards IndoorOutdoor 8.18 12.95 (100 mH)
Schedule Date Time RoundMarch 9, 2012 17:00 HeatsMarch 10, 2012 17:10 SemifinalsMarch 10, 2012 19:45 Final
Results
Heats Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and 4 fastest times qualified (q) Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Sally Pearson 7.85 Q, AR 2 3 Tiffany Porter 8.00 Q 3 1 Eline Berings 8.08 Q 4 2 Alina Talay 8.11 Q 5 4 Marzia Caravelli 8.13 Q 6 1 Nikkita Holder 8.15 Q 7 4 Beate Schrott 8.16 Q 8 3 Sharona Bakker 8.19 Q 8 1 Derval O'Rourke 8.19 q 10 3 Veronica Borsi 8.20 Q 11 3 Svetlana Topilina 8.20 q 12 3 Lucie Škrobáková 8.20 q 13 3 Seun Adigun 8.21 q 14 4 Sonata Tamošaitytė 8.27 Q 15 4 Vanneisha Ivy 8.28 16 1 Aleesha Barber 8.35 17 1 Cindy Roleder 8.35 18 2 Angela Moroșanu 8.37 Q 19 2 Ekaterina Galitskaya 8.40 Q 20 4 Lee Yeon-Kyung 8.41 NR 21 4 Sun Yawei 8.46 2 Demetra Arachovití 8.49 Doping 22 2 Natalya Ivoninskaya 8.49 23 4 Marina Tomić 8.67 24 1 Rosa Rakotozafy 8.74 25 3 Gorana Cvijetić 8.89 26 4 Dipna Lim Prasad 9.00 NR 27 3 Ghfran Almouhamad 9.15 PB 2 Kristi Castlin 2 Vonette Dixon 1 Natasha Ruddock
Semifinals Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) qualified
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Sally Pearson 7.93 Q 2 2 Alina Talay 7.99 Q, SB 3 1 Eline Berings 8.03 Q, SB 3 2 Tiffany Porter 8.03 Q 3 2 Sonata Tamošaitytė 8.03 Q, NR 6 1 Nikkita Holder 8.07 Q 7 1 Seun Adigun 8.07 Q, PB 8 2 Beate Schrott 8.11 Q 9 1 Marzia Caravelli 8.12 10 1 Derval O'Rourke 8.13 SB 11 2 Lucie Škrobáková 8.18 12 2 Sharona Bakker 8.18 13 2 Veronica Borsi 8.18 PB 14 1 Angela Moroșanu 8.24 15 1 Ekaterina Galitskaya 8.26 16 2 Svetlana Topilina 8.32
Final The final began at 19:45.
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Sally Pearson 7.73 WL, AR Tiffany Porter 7.94 Alina Talay 7.97 SB 4 Sonata Tamošaitytė 8.03 NR 5 Eline Berings 8.08 6 Nikkita Holder 8.09 7 Beate Schrott 8.12 8 Seun Adigun 8.33
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