2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

Women's 60 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue	Omnisport Apeldoorn [1]
Location	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates	9 March 2025
←  2023

The women's 60 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to be held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 9 March 2025. This will be the 36th time the event is contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

Background

The women's 60 metres was contested 35 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023), with the exception of 1972 and 1981, when the 50 metres was held instead. ^[2] The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. ^[3] The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024. ^[3]

Irina Privalova of Russia is the world and European record holder with a time of 6.92 s, set in both 1993 and 1995. ^[4] The championship record of 7.00 s was set by Nelli Cooman of the Netherlands in 1986 and equalled by Mujinga Kambundji of Switzerland in 2023.

Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
World record [4]	Irina Privalova  (RUS)	6.92	Madrid, Spain	11 February 1993
European record [4]				9 February 1995
Championship record [5]	Nelli Cooman  (NED)	7.00	Madrid, Spain	23 February 1986
	Mujinga Kambundji  (SUI)		Istanbul, Turkey	3 March 2023
World leading [6]	Jacious Sears  (USA)	7.02	New York City, United States	8 February 2025
European leading [6]	Mujinga Kambundji  (SUI)	7.03	St. Gallen, Switzerland	22 February 2025

Qualification

For the women's 60 metres, the qualification period runs from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025. ^[7] Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standards of 7.20 s indoors or 11.05 s over 100 metres outdoors. Athletes can also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. ^[7] There is a target number of 40 athletes. ^[7]

Rounds

Round 1

Round 1 is scheduled for 9 March, starting at 12:00 (UTC+1) in the afternoon. ^[8]

Results of round 1

Rank	Heat	Athlete	Nationality	Time (s)	Notes	PB
		Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland			6.96 i
		Zaynab Dosso	Italy			7.02 i
		Patrizia Van Der Weken	Luxembourg			7.07 i
		Ewa Swoboda	Poland			6.98 i
		Alexandra Burghardt	Germany			7.13 i
		Maria Isabel Pérez	Spain			7.15 i
		Géraldine Frey	Switzerland			7.11 i
		Delphine Nkansa	Belgium			7.17 i
		Karolína Maňasová	Czech Republic			7.15 i
		Jaël Bestué	Spain			7.18 i
		Amy Hunt	Great Britain			7.18 i
		Emma Van Camp	Switzerland			7.18 i
		Joy Eze	Great Britain			7.19 i
		Bianca Williams	Great Britain			7.19 i
		Rani Rosius	Belgium			7.12 i
		Carolle Zahi	France			7.11 i
		Minke Bisschops	Netherlands			7.20 i
		Lisa Mayer	Germany			7.12 i
		Boglárka Takács	Hungary			7.20 i
		Sophia Junk	Germany			7.22 i
		Lorène Dorcas Bazolo	Portugal			7.17 i
		Polyniki Emmanouilidou	Greece			7.24 i
		Isabel van den Berg	Netherlands			7.24 i
		Viktória Forster	Slovakia			7.26 i
		Julia Henriksson	Sweden			7.22 i
		Olivia Fotopoulou	Cyprus			7.26 i
		Dimitra Tsoukala	Greece			7.30 i
		Arianna De Masi	Italy			7.30 i
		Gloria Hooper	Italy			7.29 i
		Aleksandra Piotrowska	Poland			7.29 i
		Maria Mihalache	Romania			7.30 i
		Ann Marii Kivikas	Estonia			7.31 i
		Rafailia Spanoudaki-Chatziriga	Greece			7.23 i
		Marije Van Hunenstijn	Netherlands			7.31 i
		Maja Mihalinec Zidar	Slovenia			7.21 i
		Magdalena Lindner	Austria			7.32 i
		Diana Honcharenko	Ukraine			7.29 i

Semi-finals

The semi-finals are scheduled for 9 March, starting at 16:05 (UTC+1) in the afternoon. ^[8]

Final

The final is scheduled for 9 March, starting at 18:37 (UTC+1) in the evening. ^[8]

References

1. "Six months until Apeldoorn! New track surface for 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships", European Athletics , 6 September 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
2. András Szabó, "Statistics Handbook", pp. 6 and 322–323, European Athletics . Retrieved 21 November 2024.
3. "Omnisport with renovated track is ready for European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025", European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025, 6 September 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
4. "All time Top lists – Senior – 60 Metres women", World Athletics . Retrieved 25 February 2025.
5. "European Athletics Indoor Championships – 60m Women – Final – Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
6. "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 60 Metres Short Track women", World Athletics , 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
7. "Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics , 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
8. "Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics , 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.