2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles

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Women's 60 metres hurdles
at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
Venue Omnisport Apeldoorn [1]
Location Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates6 March 2025 (round 1)
7 March 2025 (semi-finals and final)
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The women's 60 metres hurdles at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to be held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 6 and 7 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.

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Round 1 is scheduled for 6 March during the evening session. The semi-finals are scheduled for 7 March during the morning session. The final is scheduled for 7 March during the evening session.

Background

The women's 60 metres hurdles 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 hurdles were 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]

Devynne Charlton is the world record holder in the event, with a time of 7.65 set in 2024. [4] Susanna Kallur is the European record holder with a time of 7.68, set in 2008. The championship record is held by Lyudmila Narozhilenko with a time of 7.74, set at the 1990 championships.

Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDate
World record [4] Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Devynne Charlton  (BAH)7.65 Glasgow, Great Britain3 March 2024
European record [4] Flag of Sweden.svg  Susanna Kallur  (SWE)7.68 Karlsruhe, Germany10 February 2008
Championship record [5] Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lyudmila Narozhilenko  (URS)7.74 Glasgow, Great Britain4 March 1990
World leading [6] Flag of the United States.svg  Masai Russell  (USA)7.74 New York, United States22 February 2025
European leading [6] Flag of France.svg  Laëticia Bapté  (FRA)7.76 Miramas, France22 February 2025

Qualification

For the women's 3000 metres, the qualification period runs from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025. [7] Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standards of 8.00 s indoors or by running 12.80 s over 100 metres hurdles outdoors. Athletes can also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. [7] There is a target number of 32 athletes. [7]

Rounds

Round 1

Round 1 is scheduled for 6 March, starting at 20:50 (UTC+1) in the evening. [8]

Semi-finals

The semi-finals are scheduled for 7 March, starting at 13:45 (UTC+1) in the afternoon. [9]

Final

The final is scheduled for 7 March, starting at 21:43 (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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 "All time Top lists – Senior – 60 Metres Hurdles women", World Athletics . Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Women's 60m hurdles - Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-05. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  6. 1 2 "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – 60 Metres Hurdles women", World Athletics , 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics , 29 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics , 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Competition schedule – European Athletics Indoor Championships Apeldoorn 2025", European Athletics , 15 February 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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