# 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

The women's 60 metres competition at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the ASPIRE Dome on 12 and 14 March.
The race was expected to be a duel between LaVerne Jones-Ferrette and Carmelita Jeter who had run some of the fastest times for many seasons at 6.97 and 7.02 seconds, respectively. In the first round of competition Myriam Soumaré was the surprise winner of the first heat, Jones-Ferrette clocked the fastest of the day in her heat with 7.14 seconds, while Veronica Campbell-Brown and Jeter topped their qualifiers comfortably. Ruddy Zang Milama of Gabon was another surprise in the final heat as she beat the more experienced Sheri-Ann Brooks and Mikele Barber.
On the second day of competition, Campbell-Brown placed herself in contention for a medal with a 7.07 second run in the first semi-final, although Jones-Ferrette's time in the second semi was faster still. Brooks ran a personal best to beat Jeter in the last semi-final of the day. Among the other qualifiers, Zang Milama surprised further with 7.13-second national record to become the first Gabonese athlete to reach an indoor final in any event. Barber and reigning European 60 m champion Yevgeniya Polyakova were among the casualties of the round.
In the final, Campbell-Brown ran a personal best of 7.00 seconds – the fastest winning time for 11 year – to upset the pre-race favourites. Finishing just after in 7.03 seconds, Jones-Ferrette settled for silver – the first global athletics medal for the United States Virgin Islands. Jeter rounded out the top three with a run of 7.05 seconds, continuing her bronze medal run from the World Championships in Athletics. Zang Milama and Brooks shared fourth place having made significant career progressions over the distance. Chandra Sturrup's sixth-place finish was notable in that, at the age of 38 years, she was almost a decade older than the next oldest athlete to reach the final (Jeter).
Jones-Ferrette was later disqualified due to a doping infraction and banned for six months. The positions and medals were redistributed, with Jeter receiving the silver and Zang Milama taking the bronze medal.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Veronica Campbell-Brown Jamaica | Carmelita Jeter United States | Ruddy Zang Milama Gabon |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships :
| World record | Irina Privalova (RUS) | 6.92 | Madrid, Spain | 11 February 1993 |
| Championship record | Gail Devers (USA) | 6.95 | Toronto, Canada | 12 March 1993 |
| World Leading | LaVerne Jones-Ferrette (ISV) | 6.97 | Stuttgart, Germany | 6 February 2010 |
| African record | Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR) | 7.02 | Ghent, Belgium | 12 February 1997 |
| African record | Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) | 7.02 | Liévin, France | 22 February 1998 |
| Asian record | Susanthika Jayasinghe (SRI) | 7.09 | Stuttgart, Germany | 17 February 1999 |
| European record | Irina Privalova (RUS) | 6.92 | Madrid, Spain | 11 February 1993 |
| European record | Irina Privalova (RUS) | 6.92 | Madrid, Spain | 9 February 1995 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Gail Devers (USA) | 6.95 | Toronto, Canada | 12 March 1993 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Marion Jones (USA) | 6.95 | Maebashi, Japan | 7 March 1998 |
| Oceanian Record | Sally McLellan (AUS) | 7.30 | Boston, United States | 7 February 2009 |
| South American record | Esmeralda de Jesus Garcia (BRA) | 7.26 | Pocatello, United States | 13 March 1981 |

## Qualification standards

| Indoor | Outdoor |
| 7.37 | 11.25 (100 m) |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| March 12, 2010 | 18:25 | Heats |
| March 14, 2010 | 16:00 | Semifinals |
| March 14, 2010 | 18:10 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | LaVerne Jones-Ferrette | United States Virgin Islands | 7.14 | Q |
| 1 | 2 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | Jamaica | 7.21 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Myriam Soumaré | France | 7.22 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 7.22 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Yevgeniya Polyakova | Russia | 7.26 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Tahesia Harrigan | British Virgin Islands | 7.26 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 3 | Véronique Mang | France | 7.27 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Carmelita Jeter | United States | 7.30 | Q |
| 8 | 5 | Ruddy Zang Milama | Gabon | 7.31 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | Jamaica | 7.32 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Yuliya Katsura | Russia | 7.34 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Olesya Povh | Ukraine | 7.37 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | Mikele Barber | United States | 7.37 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Yasmin Kwadwo | Germany | 7.38 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Digna Luz Murillo | Spain | 7.38 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Lena Berntsson | Sweden | 7.39 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Maria Aurora Salvagno | Italy | 7.41 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | Ivet Lalova | Bulgaria | 7.42 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | Lina Grinčikaitė | Lithuania | 7.42 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Claire Brady | Ireland | 7.43 | q |
| 20 | 4 | Emma Rienas | Sweden | 7.45 | q |
| 21 | 5 | Folake Akinyemi | Norway | 7.45 | q |
| 22 | 1 | Joice Maduaka | Great Britain | 7.46 | Q |
| 23 | 2 | Mariya Ryemyen | Ukraine | 7.46 | q |
| 24 | 2 | Marika Popowicz | Poland | 7.56 | |
| 25 | 1 | Tatjana Mitić | Serbia | 7.57 | |
| 26 | 4 | Virgil Hodge | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.61 | SB |
| 27 | 4 | Gloria Diogo | São Tomé and Príncipe | 7.89 | SB |
| 28 | 2 | Norjannah Hafiszah Jamaludin | Malaysia | 7.90 | NR, PB |
| 29 | 1 | Martina Pretelli | San Marino | 7.94 | |
| 30 | 5 | Yelena Ryabova | Turkmenistan | 8.27 | |
| 31 | 3 | Hawwa Haneefa | Maldives | 8.31 | PB |
| 32 | 5 | Angie Mangion | Malta | 8.33 | PB |
| 33 | 1 | Yvette Bennett | Northern Mariana Islands | 8.68 | PB |
| | 3 | Ahamada Feta | Comoros | DQ | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 2 | LaVerne Jones-Ferrette | United States Virgin Islands | 7.05 | Q |
| 1 | 1 | Veronica Campbell-Brown | Jamaica | 7.07 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 1 | Ruddy Zang Milama | Gabon | 7.13 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 3 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | Jamaica | 7.14 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 3 | Carmelita Jeter | United States | 7.15 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 7.20 | Q, SB |
| 6 | 3 | Myriam Soumaré | France | 7.21 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Tahesia Harrigan | British Virgin Islands | 7.22 | q, SB |
| 8 | 2 | Mikele Barber | United States | 7.24 | |
| 9 | 2 | Yevgeniya Polyakova | Russia | 7.24 | |
| 10 | 1 | Véronique Mang | France | 7.28 | |
| 11 | 3 | Digna Luz Murillo | Spain | 7.33 | |
| 12 | 2 | Lina Grinčikaitė | Lithuania | 7.34 | |
| 13 | 1 | Joice Maduaka | Great Britain | 7.35 | |
| 14 | 3 | Yuliya Katsura | Russia | 7.38 | |
| 15 | 1 | Emma Rienas | Sweden | 7.38 | |
| 16 | 1 | Yasmin Kwadwo | Germany | 7.39 | |
| 17 | 3 | Claire Brady | Ireland | 7.40 | |
| 18 | 2 | Ivet Lalova | Bulgaria | 7.41 | |
| 19 | 3 | Mariya Ryemyen | Ukraine | 7.41 | |
| 20 | 3 | Lena Berntsson | Sweden | 7.41 | |
| 21 | 2 | Olesya Povh | Ukraine | 7.45 | |
| 22 | 2 | Folake Akinyemi | Norway | 7.47 | |
| 23 | 1 | Maria Aurora Salvagno | Italy | 7.49 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Veronica Campbell-Brown | Jamaica | 7.00 | PB |
| DQ | LaVerne Jones-Ferrette | United States Virgin Islands | 7.03 | |
| | Carmelita Jeter | United States | 7.05 | |
| | Ruddy Zang Milama | Gabon | 7.14 | |
| | Sheri-Ann Brooks | Jamaica | 7.14 | PB |
| 5 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 7.16 | SB |
| 6 | Tahesia Harrigan | British Virgin Islands | 7.17 | SB |
| 7 | Myriam Soumaré | France | 7.29 | |