1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

The women's 60 metres event at the 1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Stockholm Globe Arena on 8–9 March.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ekaterini Thanou Greece	Odiah Sidibé France	Jerneja Perc Slovenia

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	7.21	Q
2	1	Odiah Sidibé	France	7.24	Q
3	4	Natalya Merzlyakova	Russia	7.32	Q
4	2	Bev Kinch	Great Britain	7.35	Q
4	3	Nadezhda Roshchupkina	Russia	7.35	Q
6	3	Alenka Bikar	Slovenia	7.36	Q
7	3	Maria Tsoni	Greece	7.36	q
8	5	Iryna Pukha	Ukraine	7.37	Q
9	2	Jerneja Perc	Slovenia	7.38	Q
10	5	Éva Barati	Hungary	7.41	Q
11	4	Petya Pendareva	Bulgaria	7.43	Q
12	3	Mireille Donders	Switzerland	7.44	q
13	1	Therese Olofsson	Sweden	7.45
14	2	Carme Blay	Spain	7.46
15	5	Rahela Markt	Croatia	7.50
16	4	Zdenka Mušínská	Czech Republic	7.51
17	4	Geirlaug Geirlaugsdóttir	Iceland	7.54	NR
18	1	Aksel Gürcan	Turkey	7.62
18	4	Carla Tuzzi	Italy	7.62
18	5	Maya Azarashvili	Georgia	7.62
21	5	Rutti Luksepp	Estonia	7.67
22	2	Riina Suhotskaja	Estonia	7.70
23	3	Mercedes Martín	Spain	7.71
24	1	Sunna Gestsdóttír	Iceland	7.79
	2	Katerina Koffa	Greece	DNS	^[2]

First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	7.18	Q
2	1	Jerneja Perc	Slovenia	7.30	Q
3	2	Odiah Sidibé	France	7.31	Q
4	2	Alenka Bikar	Slovenia	7.31	Q
5	2	Natalya Merzlyakova	Russia	7.31	Q
6	1	Éva Barati	Hungary	7.36	Q
6	2	Maria Tsoni	Greece	7.36
6	2	Bev Kinch	Great Britain	7.36
9	1	Iryna Pukha	Ukraine	7.40
10	1	Nadezhda Roshchupkina	Russia	7.41
10	2	Petya Pendareva	Bulgaria	7.41
12	1	Mireille Donders	Switzerland	7.46

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Ekaterini Thanou	Greece	7.15
	Odiah Sidibé	France	7.25
	Jerneja Perc	Slovenia	7.28
4	Natalya Merzlyakova	Russia	7.29
5	Alenka Bikar	Slovenia	7.32
6	Éva Barati	Hungary	7.44