# 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

The women's 60 metres event at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 8 March.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Irina Sergeyeva Soviet Union | Merlene Ottey Jamaica | Liliana Allen Cuba |

## Results
### Heats

First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 7.16 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Irina Sergeyeva | Soviet Union | 7.19 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 7.20 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 1 | Gwen Torrence | United States | 7.21 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 7.21 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 7.23 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Katrin Krabbe | Germany | 7.25 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Nelli Fiere-Cooman | Netherlands | 7.26 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica | 7.27 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Michelle Finn | United States | 7.27 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Beverly Kinch | Great Britain | 7.28 | q |
| 12 | 1 | Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 7.30 | Q, =AR |
| 13 | 3 | Stephanie Douglas | Great Britain | 7.31 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Lalao Ravaonirina | Madagascar | 7.35 | q |
| 15 | 3 | Andrea Philipp | Germany | 7.38 | q |
| 16 | 4 | Wang Huei-chen | Chinese Taipei | 7.40 | q, NR |
| 17 | 3 | Tian Yumei | China | 7.43 | NR |
| 18 | 2 | Renata Kubalová | Czechoslovakia | 7.43 | |
| 19 | 4 | N'Deye Binta Dia | Senegal | 7.44 | |
| 20 | 4 | Sølvi Olsen | Norway | 7.48 | |
| 21 | 1 | Cristina Castro | Spain | 7.50 | |
| 22 | 1 | Monika Špičková | Czechoslovakia | 7.50 | |
| 23 | 1 | Patricia Foufoué Ziga | Ivory Coast | 7.54 | |
| 24 | 3 | Karen Clarke | Canada | 7.61 | |
| 25 | 3 | María del Carmen García Campero | Spain | 7.62 | |
| 26 | 2 | Trine Rugsveen | Norway | 7.64 | |
| 27 | 1 | Faye Roberts | Canada | 7.65 | |
| 28 | 2 | Ana María Luzio | Bolivia | 7.88 | NR |
| 29 | 3 | Juana Mejía | Dominican Republic | 8.12 | |
| | 4 | Yasmina Azzizi | Algeria | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 7.08 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Irina Sergeyeva | Soviet Union | 7.10 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Gwen Torrence | United States | 7.15 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Katrin Krabbe | Germany | 7.19 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 7.20 | Q, =NR |
| 5 | 2 | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 7.20 | Q, =NR |
| 7 | 2 | Michelle Finn | United States | 7.23 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 7.24 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Beverly Kinch | Great Britain | 7.28 | |
| 9 | 2 | Nelli Fiere-Cooman | Netherlands | 7.28 | |
| 11 | 2 | Juliet Cuthbert | Jamaica | 7.29 | |
| 12 | 1 | Mary Onyali | Nigeria | 7.32 | |
| 12 | 2 | Stephanie Douglas | Great Britain | 7.32 | |
| 14 | 1 | Wang Huei-chen | Chinese Taipei | 7.42 | |
| 15 | 1 | Lalao Ravaonirina | Madagascar | 7.47 | |
| 15 | 2 | Andrea Philipp | Germany | 7.47 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Irina Sergeyeva | Soviet Union | 7.02 | CR |
| | 6 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 7.08 | |
| | 7 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 7.12 | |
| 4 | 3 | Gwen Torrence | United States | 7.13 | |
| 5 | 5 | Pauline Davis | Bahamas | 7.16 | NR |
| 6 | 8 | Katrin Krabbe | Germany | 7.20 | |
| 7 | 2 | Michelle Finn | United States | 7.23 | |
| 8 | 1 | Sisko Hanhijoki | Finland | 7.25 | |