1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

1996 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Heptathlon	men

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

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	Notes
	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