# 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

The women's 60 metres event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 7.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Gail Devers United States | Chandra Sturrup Bahamas | Frédérique Bangué France |

## Results
### Heats

First two of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 7.18 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 6 | Gail Devers | United States | 7.21 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Frédérique Bangué | France | 7.24 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Ekaterini Thanou | Greece | 7.27 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 7.27 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Chioma Ajunwa | Nigeria | 7.27 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Odiah Sidibé | France | 7.27 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Marcia Richardson | Great Britain | 7.29 | Q, PB |
| 8 | 6 | Endurance Ojokolo | Nigeria | 7.29 | Q |
| 10 | 7 | Nadezhda Roshchupkina | Russia | 7.30 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | Maria Tsoni | Greece | 7.32 | q, PB |
| 12 | 2 | Jerneja Perc | Slovenia | 7.33 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 7.34 | q |
| 14 | 4 | Aleisha Latimer | United States | 7.38 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Eldece Clarke | Bahamas | 7.39 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe | Madagascar | 7.39 | Q |
| 17 | 7 | Sylvie Mballa Éloundou | Cameroon | 7.41 | q |
| 18 | 3 | Beverly Kinch | Great Britain | 7.42 | q |
| 19 | 1 | Saša Prokofijev | Slovenia | 7.43 | |
| 20 | 5 | Karin Knoll | Austria | 7.44 | |
| 21 | 2 | Anzhela Kravchenko | Ukraine | 7.47 | |
| 21 | 4 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 7.47 | |
| 23 | 6 | Sandrine Hennart | Belgium | 7.51 | |
| 24 | 6 | Elena Sordelli | Italy | 7.57 | |
| 25 | 7 | Ameerah Bello | United States Virgin Islands | 7.60 | |
| 26 | 2 | Tatiana Orcy | Brazil | 7.62 | |
| 27 | 2 | Giada Gallina | Italy | 7.64 | |
| 27 | 6 | Éva Barati | Hungary | 7.64 | |
| 29 | 4 | Elena Bobrovskaya | Kyrgyzstan | 7.66 | |
| 30 | 4 | Christina Schnohr | Denmark | 7.70 | |
| 31 | 3 | Aksel Gürcan | Turkey | 7.71 | |
| 31 | 5 | Laure Kuetey | Benin | 7.71 | |
| 33 | 1 | Elma Posadas | Philippines | 7.73 | |
| 34 | 5 | Deirdre Caruana | Malta | 8.06 | |
| 35 | 7 | Agnes Khafaja | Lebanon | 8.35 | |
| | 1 | Merlene Frazer | Jamaica | DNS | |
| | 3 | Michelle Freeman | Jamaica | DNS | |
| | 3 | Heather Samuel | Antigua and Barbuda | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 7.08 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 7.10 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 3 | Chioma Ajunwa | Nigeria | 7.12 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Gail Devers | United States | 7.15 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Ekaterini Thanou | Greece | 7.15 | =NR |
| 6 | 2 | Frédérique Bangué | France | 7.16 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Odiah Sidibé | France | 7.20 | |
| 8 | 2 | Endurance Ojokolo | Nigeria | 7.24 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Jerneja Perc | Slovenia | 7.28 | |
| 9 | 3 | Hanitriniaina Rakotondrabe | Madagascar | 7.28 | PB |
| 11 | 2 | Nadezhda Roshchupkina | Russia | 7.29 | |
| 12 | 2 | Marcia Richardson | Great Britain | 7.30 | |
| 13 | 2 | Maria Tsoni | Greece | 7.32 | |
| 13 | 3 | Aleisha Latimer | United States | 7.32 | |
| 15 | 2 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 7.39 | |
| 16 | 3 | Beverly Kinch | Great Britain | 7.41 | |
| 17 | 1 | Eldece Clarke | Bahamas | 7.49 | |
| 18 | 1 | Sylvie Mballa Éloundou | Cameroon | 7.50 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 2 | Gail Devers | United States | 7.06 |
| | 4 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 7.15 |
| | 5 | Frédérique Bangué | France | 7.17 |
| 4 | 6 | Chioma Ajunwa | Nigeria | 7.19 |
| 5 | 1 | Endurance Ojokolo | Nigeria | 7.38 |
| 6 | 3 | Irina Privalova | Russia | 7.88 |