The women's 60 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 9 March 2025. This was 36th time the event was contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
Background The women's 60 metres was contested 35 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023), with the exception of 1972 and 1981, when the 50 metres was held instead.András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics. Retrieved 21 November 2024. The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024.
Irina Privalova of Russia is the world and European record holder with a time of 6.92 s, set in both 1993 and 1995."All time Top lists – Senior – 60 Metres women", World Athletics. Retrieved 25 February 2025. The championship record of 7.00 s was set by Nelli Cooman of the Netherlands in 1986 and equalled by Mujinga Kambundji of Switzerland in 2023.
+Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation)LocationDateWorld record6.92Madrid, Spain11 February 1993European record9 February 1995Championship record7.00Madrid, Spain23 February 1986Istanbul, Turkey3 March 2023World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 60 Metres Short Track women", World Athletics, 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.7.02New York City, United States8 February 2025European leading7.03St. Gallen, Switzerland22 February 2025
Qualification For the women's 60 metres, the qualification period runs from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025."Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standards of 7.20 s indoors or 11.05 s over 100 metres outdoors. Athletes can also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. There is a target number of 40 athletes.
Rounds Round 1 Round 1 was held on 9 March, starting at 12:00 (UTC+1) in the afternoon."Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics, 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024. First 4 in each heat () and the next 4 by time () qualify for the semi-finals. Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Patrizia Van Der Weken 7.11 2 Bianca Williams 7.20 3 Sophia Junk 7.20 , 4 Minke Bisschops 7.24 5 Emma Van Camp 7.25 6 Maja Mihalinec Zidar 7.27 7 Dimitra Tsoukala 7.39 8 Milana Tirnanić 7.41
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Mujinga Kambundji 7.19 2 Lorène Dorcas Bazolo 7.22 3 Lisa Mayer 7.24 4 Gloria Hooper 7.25 , 5 Delphine Nkansa 7.28 6 Aleksandra Piotrowska 7.30 = 7 Isabel van den Berg 7.32 8 Lika Kharchilava 7.76
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Boglárka Takács 7.15 , 2 Maria Isabel Pérez 7.17 3 Joy Eze 7.20 4 Viktória Forster 7.27 , 5 Alexandra Burghardt 7.31 6 Marije Van Hunenstijn 7.33 7 Olivia Fotopoulou 7.36 8 Diana Honcharenko 7.48
Heat 4 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Zaynab Dosso 7.06 2 Karolína Maňasová 7.14 , 3 Carolle Zahi 7.15 , 4 Amy Hunt 7.17 , 5 Polyniki Emmanouilidou 7.18 , 6 Maria Mihalache 7.26 , 7 Ann Marii Kivikas 7.29 8 Thea Parnis Coleiro 7.61
Heat 5 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Ewa Swoboda 7.14 2 Rani Rosius 7.16 , 3 Géraldine Frey 7.19 4 Jaël Bestué 7.25 5 Julia Henriksson 7.27 , 6 Arianna De Masi 7.31 7 Magdalena Lindner 7.33 8 Rafailia Spanoudaki-Chatziriga 7.41
Semi-finals The semi-finals were held on 9 March, starting at 16:05 (UTC+1) in the afternoon. First 2 in each heat () and the next 2 by time () qualify for the final. Heat 1 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Mujinga Kambundji 7.04 2 Patrizia Van Der Weken 7.06 , 3 Amy Hunt 7.09 , 4 Maria Isabel Pérez 7.17 5 Carolle Zahi 7.19 6 Sophia Junk 7.21 7 Maria Mihalache 7.26 = 8 Viktória Forster 7.28
Heat 2 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Zaynab Dosso 7.03 , = 2 Rani Rosius 7.08 , 3 Karolína Maňasová 7.10 , , 4 Géraldine Frey 7.13 5 Minke Bisschops 7.17 6 Jaël Bestué 7.22 7 Joy Eze 7.25 8 Julia Henriksson 7.26
Heat 3 Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 Boglárka Takács 7.09 , 2 Ewa Swoboda 7.12 3 Bianca Williams 7.17 4 Lorène Dorcas Bazolo 7.21 5 Polyniki Emmanouilidou 7.22 6 Emma Van Camp 7.24 7 Gloria Hooper 7.28 8 Lisa Mayer 7.49
Final The final was held on 9 March, starting at 18:37 (UTC+1) in the evening. Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes Zaynab Dosso 7.01 , Mujinga Kambundji 7.02 Patrizia Van Der Weken 7.06 4 Ewa Swoboda 7.07 5 Rani Rosius 7.10 6 Amy Hunt 7.10 7 Boglárka Takács 7.12 8 Karolína Maňasová 7.14
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