# 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

The women's 60 metres at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 19, 2016.
Coming into these championships, world 200 champion Dafne Schippers and Barbara Pierre shared the fastest time in the world at 7.00. During the heats both ran 7.02, but in the semis, Schippers' slow start made her vulnerable as Elaine Thompson beat her to the line.
In the final, the start proved to be important, Pierre got out well with Thompson, Michelle-Lee Ahye and Asha Philip. The number 4 sprinter in the season Marie Josée Ta Lou was literally left in the blocks, yet 5 steps into the race, she had drawn even with Schippers. After spotting the leaders a step, Schippers got into her superior top end speed and ran down everybody, except Pierre, Thompson losing silver in the last step.

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Barbara Pierre | United States | 7.07 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.09 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 1 | Elaine Thompson | Jamaica | 7.09 | Q, PB |
| 4 | 4 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain | 7.12 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands | 7.13 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Tori Bowie | United States | 7.15 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast | 7.17 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Asha Philip | Great Britain | 7.18 | Q |
| 9 | 5 | Jamile Samuel | Netherlands | 7.19 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Tatjana Pinto | Germany | 7.19 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Simone Facey | Jamaica | 7.20 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.20 | Q, SB |
| 13 | 6 | Rosângela Santos | Brazil | 7.21 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Crystal Emmanuel | Canada | 7.23 | Q, PB |
| 15 | 5 | Ángela Tenorio | Ecuador | 7.24 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | LaVerne Jones-Ferrette | United States Virgin Islands | 7.27 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | Maja Mihalinec | Slovenia | 7.28 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Olesya Povh | Ukraine | 7.29 | q |
| 19 | 4 | Gloria Hooper | Italy | 7.28 | Q, PB |
| 20 | 5 | Tahesia Harrigan-Scott | British Virgin Islands | 7.30 | q |
| 21 | 5 | Dutee Chand | India | 7.30 | q |
| 22 | 2 | Wei Yongli | China | 7.31 | q |
| 23 | 4 | Marika Popowicz-Drapała | Poland | 7.32 | q |
| 24 | 6 | Chantal Butzek | Germany | 7.35 | q |
| 25 | 6 | Carole Zahi | France | 7.36 | |
| 26 | 1 | Flings Owusu-Agyapong | Ghana | 7.36 | |
| 27 | 3 | Ashley Marshall | Barbados | 7.38 | |
| 28 | 4 | Tynia Gaither | Bahamas | 7.41 | |
| 29 | 1 | Agata Forkasiewicz | Poland | 7.45 | |
| 30 | 5 | Anasztázia Nguyen | Hungary | 7.46 | |
| 31 | 4 | Viktoriya Zyabkina | Kazakhstan | 7.47 | |
| 32 | 3 | Yuan Qiqi | China | 7.48 | |
| 33 | 2 | Adeline Gouenon | Ivory Coast | 7.50 | |
| 34 | 6 | Lam On Ki | Hong Kong | 7.54 | |
| 35 | 2 | Phobay Kutu-Akoi | Liberia | 7.56 | |
| 36 | 2 | Charlotte Wingfield | Malta | 7.63 | |
| 37 | 1 | Élodie Embony | Madagascar | 7.65 | PB |
| 38 | 5 | Aziza Sbaity | Lebanon | 7.78 | |
| 39 | 4 | Loi Im Lan | Macau | 7.83 | |
| 40 | 6 | Valentina Meredova | Turkmenistan | 7.89 | |
| 41 | 3 | Patricia Taea | Cook Islands | 7.95 | SB |
| 42 | 1 | Mariana Cress | Marshall Islands | 8.51 | SB |
| 43 | 3 | Zarinae Sapong | Northern Mariana Islands | 8.70 | PB |
| 44 | 4 | Kariman Abuljadayel | Saudi Arabia | 9.48 | NR |
| | 1 | Andrea Ivančević | Croatia | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Elaine Thompson | Jamaica | 7.04 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 1 | Barbara Pierre | United States | 7.06 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands | 7.08 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.09 | Q, =NR |
| 5 | 2 | Tori Bowie | United States | 7.11 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain | 7.11 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 3 | Asha Philip | Great Britain | 7.13 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast | 7.15 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Jamile Samuel | Netherlands | 7.16 | |
| 10 | 1 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.16 | SB |
| 11 | 3 | Rosângela Santos | Brazil | 7.20 | |
| 12 | 3 | Ángela Tenorio | Ecuador | 7.21 | NR |
| 13 | 2 | Simone Facey | Jamaica | 7.21 | |
| 14 | 1 | Tatjana Pinto | Germany | 7.22 | |
| 15 | 2 | Tahesia Harrigan-Scott | British Virgin Islands | 7.23 | |
| 16 | 2 | Crystal Emmanuel | Canada | 7.23 | PB |
| 17 | 1 | Olesya Povh | Ukraine | 7.27 | |
| 18 | 3 | Wei Yongli | China | 7.28 | |
| 19 | 3 | LaVerne Jones-Ferrette | United States Virgin Islands | 7.33 | |
| 20 | 2 | Maja Mihalinec | Slovenia | 7.34 | |
| 21 | 1 | Marika Popowicz-Drapała | Poland | 7.34 | |
| 22 | 2 | Chantal Butzek | Germany | 7.45 | |
| 23 | 3 | Dutee Chand | India | 7.62 | |
| | 1 | Gloria Hooper | Italy | DNS | |

### Final

The final was started at 19:53.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Barbara Pierre | United States | 7.02 |
| | 5 | Dafne Schippers | Netherlands | 7.04 |
| | 3 | Elaine Thompson | Jamaica | 7.06 |
| 4 | 4 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.11 |
| 5 | 1 | Asha Philip | Great Britain | 7.14 |
| 6 | 8 | Tori Bowie | United States | 7.14 |
| 7 | 2 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | Ivory Coast | 7.29 |
| | 7 | Dina Asher-Smith | Great Britain | DNS |