The women's 60 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 22 March 2025. This was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
Background The women's 60 metres was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships. +Records before the 2025 World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDateWorld record"All time Top lists – Senior – 60 Metres women", World Athletics. Retrieved 25 February 2025.6.92Madrid, Spain11 February 19939 February 1995Championship record6.95Toronto, Canada12 March 1993World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 60 Metres Short Track women", World Athletics, 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.7.01Apeldoorn, Netherlands9 March 2025
Qualification For the women's 60 metres, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 to 9 March 2025. The entry standards were 7.15 s indoors or 10.90 s over 100 metres outdoors. Athletes could also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. There was a target number of 56 athletes.
Results Heats The heats were held on 22 March, starting at 11:15 (UTC+8) in the morning. First 3 of each heat () plus 6 fastest times () qualified for the semi-finals.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Zaynab Dosso 7.09 2 2 Kishawna Niles 7.22 3 7 Audrey Leduc 7.25 4 4 Polyniki Emmanouilidou 7.28 5 5 Maria Mihalache 7.34 6 8 Viktória Forster 7.39 — 6 Beatrice Masilingi
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 8 Jodean Williams 7.20 2 2 Patrizia van der Weken 7.21 3 6 Destiny Smith-Barnett 7.21 4 5 Camille Rutherford 7.25 5 4 Chen Yujie 7.34 6 7 7.58 7 3 Valentina Meredova 7.68
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 2 Zoe Hobbs 7.18 2 7 Mikiah Brisco 7.20 3 3 Boglárka Takács 7.24 4 6 Ana Carolina Azevedo 7.31 5 8 Gloria Hooper 7.36 6 5 Maja Mihalinec Zidar 7.40 7 4 7.80
Heat 4 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 6 Mujinga Kambundji 7.20 2 2 Rani Rosius 7.23 3 8 Torrie Lewis 7.25 4 4 Beyoncé Defreitas 7.26 , 5 3 Sade McCreath 7.27 6 5 Maboundou Koné 7.33 7 7 7.43
Heat 5 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 7 Ewa Swoboda 7.16 2 8 Liang Xiaojing 7.17 , 3 5 Natasha Morrison 7.20 4 3 Géraldine Frey 7.26 5 2 Michelle-Lee Ahye 7.28 6 6 7.46 7 4 Natacha Ngoye 7.59
Heat 6 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 6 Joella Lloyd 7.21 2 7 Amy Hunt 7.26 3 2 Julia Henriksson 7.31 4 8 Ella Connolly 7.35 5 4 Ann Marii Kivikas 7.40 6 3 Kristina Marie Knott 7.42 7 5 Leah Sandavene 7.70
Semi-finals The semi-finals started on 22 March, starting at 20:15 (UTC+8). First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
Heat 1 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Zaynab Dosso 7.07 2 4 Amy Hunt 7.15 3 6 Liang Xiaojing 7.17 , 4 5 Joella Lloyd 7.25 5 7 Natasha Morrison 7.25 6 1 Michelle-Lee Ahye 7.31 7 2 Julia Henriksson 7.35 8 8 Camille Rutherford 7.41
Heat 2 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 5 Patrizia van der Weken 7.12 2 3 Mujinga Kambundji 7.12 3 4 Zoe Hobbs 7.12 , 4 2 Torrie Lewis 7.23 5 7 Boglárka Takács 7.25 6 6 Kishawna Niles 7.32 7 1 Polyniki Emmanouilidou 7.33 8 8 Sade McCreath 7.35
Heat 3 Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 1 3 Ewa Swoboda 7.11 2 6 Rani Rosius 7.15 3 4 Mikiah Brisco 7.19 4 5 Jodean Williams 7.22 5 2 Audrey Leduc 7.22 6 8 Géraldine Frey 7.24 7 7 Destiny Smith-Barnett 7.29 8 1 Beyoncé Defreitas 7.38
Final The final was held on 22 March, starting at 21:18 (UTC+8) in the evening.
Place Lane Athlete Nation Time Notes 6 Mujinga Kambundji 7.04 3 Zaynab Dosso 7.06 4 Patrizia van der Weken 7.07 4 5 Ewa Swoboda 7.09 5 7 Amy Hunt 7.11 6 1 Zoe Hobbs 7.13 7 2 Rani Rosius 7.14 8 8 Liang Xiaojing 7.14
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