1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

Events at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m		men		women
3000 m walk				women
5000 m walk		men
60 m hurdles		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women

The women's 60 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 6 and 7 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nelli Fiere-Cooman Netherlands	Anelia Nuneva Bulgaria	Angela Bailey Canada

Note: Angella Issajenko (CAN) originally won silver but was disqualified in 1989 after admitting long-term drug use.

Results

Heats

The first 2 of each heat (Q) and next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Nelli Fiere-Cooman	Netherlands	7.06	Q
2	3	Angella Issajenko	Canada	7.10	DQ
2	4	Anelia Nuneva	Bulgaria	7.16	Q
3	1	Angela Bailey	Canada	7.21	Q
4	3	Merlene Ottey-Page	Jamaica	7.27	q
5	1	Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	7.28	Q
6	4	Els Vader	Netherlands	7.29	Q
7	3	Michelle Finn	United States	7.30	q
8	2	Wendy Hoyte	Great Britain	7.31	Q
9	2	Diane Holden	Australia	7.37	Q
10	1	Rufina Ubah	Nigeria	7.40	q
11	2	Tina Iheagwam	Nigeria	7.54	q
12	4	Martha Grossenbacher-Derby	Switzerland	7.56	q
13	2	Svanhildur Kristjónsdottir	Iceland	7.67	q
14	1	Christa Schumann	Guatemala	7.72	q, NR
15	2	Diane Dunrod	Saint Kitts and Nevis	7.81	q, NR
16	1	Débora Bell	Argentina	7.85	NR
17	4	Martha Soraima	Netherlands Antilles	7.89	NR
18	3	Oliver Acii	Uganda	7.98	NR
19	2	Janet Montas	Dominican Republic	8.07
20	3	Nouha Samaha	Lebanon	8.19
21	3	Rossella Tarolo	Italy	8.43
	1	Paula Dunn	Great Britain	DNS
	1	Ratjai Sripet	Thailand	DNS
	2	Ruth Gallardo	El Salvador	DNS
	3	Selmi Keamel	Algeria	DNS
	4	Regina Nigba	Liberia	DNS
	4	Joyce Odhiambo	Kenya	DNS

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Anelia Nuneva	Bulgaria	7.10	Q
2	1	Nelli Fiere-Cooman	Netherlands	7.11	Q
3	1	Merlene Ottey-Page	Jamaica	7.14	Q, NR
4	2	Angella Issajenko	Canada	7.15	DQ
4	1	Angela Bailey	Canada	7.17	Q
5	1	Michelle Finn	United States	7.21	Q
6	2	Els Vader	Netherlands	7.28	Q
7	2	Diane Holden	Australia	7.32	Q, AR
8	1	Wendy Hoyte	Great Britain	7.33
9	2	Rufina Ubah	Nigeria	7.39
10	2	Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	7.48
11	1	Martha Grossenbacher-Derby	Switzerland	7.54
12	1	Tina Iheagwam	Nigeria	7.62
13	2	Svanhildur Kristjónsdottir	Iceland	7.76
14	2	Christa Schumann	Guatemala	7.79
	1	Diane Dunrod	Saint Kitts and Nevis	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Nelli Fiere-Cooman	Netherlands	7.08	CR
	5	Anelia Nuneva	Bulgaria	7.10
	2	Angela Bailey	Canada	7.12	PB
4	3	Merlene Ottey-Page	Jamaica	7.13	NR
5	1	Michelle Finn	United States	7.19	PB
6	7	Els Vader	Netherlands	7.23
7	8	Diane Holden	Australia	7.43
	6	Angella Issajenko	Canada	7.08	DQ