1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

The women's 60 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 8 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Irina Sergeyeva Soviet Union	Merlene Ottey Jamaica	Liliana Allen Cuba

Results

Heats

First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	7.16	Q
2	2	Irina Sergeyeva	Soviet Union	7.19	Q
3	2	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	7.20	Q, NR
4	1	Gwen Torrence	United States	7.21	Q
4	3	Liliana Allen	Cuba	7.21	Q
6	4	Sisko Hanhijoki	Finland	7.23	Q
7	4	Katrin Krabbe	Germany	7.25	Q
8	3	Nelli Fiere-Cooman	Netherlands	7.26	Q
9	2	Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	7.27	Q
9	4	Michelle Finn	United States	7.27	Q
11	4	Beverly Kinch	Great Britain	7.28	q
12	1	Mary Onyali	Nigeria	7.30	Q, =AR
13	3	Stephanie Douglas	Great Britain	7.31	Q
14	2	Lalao Ravaonirina	Madagascar	7.35	q
15	3	Andrea Philipp	Germany	7.38	q
16	4	Wang Huei-chen	Chinese Taipei	7.40	q, NR
17	3	Tian Yumei	China	7.43	NR
18	2	Renata Kubalová	Czechoslovakia	7.43
19	4	N'Deye Binta Dia	Senegal	7.44
20	4	Sølvi Olsen	Norway	7.48
21	1	Cristina Castro	Spain	7.50
22	1	Monika Špičková	Czechoslovakia	7.50
23	1	Patricia Foufoué Ziga	Ivory Coast	7.54
24	3	Karen Clarke	Canada	7.61
25	3	María del Carmen García Campero	Spain	7.62
26	2	Trine Rugsveen	Norway	7.64
27	1	Faye Roberts	Canada	7.65
28	2	Ana María Luzio	Bolivia	7.88	NR
29	3	Juana Mejía	Dominican Republic	8.12
	4	Yasmina Azzizi	Algeria	DNS

Semifinals

First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	7.08	Q
2	2	Irina Sergeyeva	Soviet Union	7.10	Q
3	1	Gwen Torrence	United States	7.15	Q
4	1	Katrin Krabbe	Germany	7.19	Q
5	1	Sisko Hanhijoki	Finland	7.20	Q, =NR
5	2	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	7.20	Q, =NR
7	2	Michelle Finn	United States	7.23	Q
8	2	Liliana Allen	Cuba	7.24	Q
9	1	Beverly Kinch	Great Britain	7.28
9	2	Nelli Fiere-Cooman	Netherlands	7.28
11	2	Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	7.29
12	1	Mary Onyali	Nigeria	7.32
12	2	Stephanie Douglas	Great Britain	7.32
14	1	Wang Huei-chen	Chinese Taipei	7.42
15	1	Lalao Ravaonirina	Madagascar	7.47
15	2	Andrea Philipp	Germany	7.47

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Irina Sergeyeva	Soviet Union	7.02	CR
	6	Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	7.08
	7	Liliana Allen	Cuba	7.12
4	3	Gwen Torrence	United States	7.13
5	5	Pauline Davis	Bahamas	7.16	NR
6	8	Katrin Krabbe	Germany	7.20
7	2	Michelle Finn	United States	7.23
8	1	Sisko Hanhijoki	Finland	7.25