# 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres

The men's 60 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Justin Gatlin United States | Nesta Carter Jamaica | Dwain Chambers Great Britain |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships :
| World record | Maurice Greene (USA) | 6.39 | Madrid, Spain | 3 February 1998 |
| World record | Maurice Greene (USA) | 6.39 | Atlanta, United States | 3 March 2001 |
| Championship record | Maurice Greene (USA) | 6.42 | Maebashi, Japan | 7 March 1999 |
| World Leading | Trell Kimmons (USA) | 6.45 | Albuquerque, United States | 26 February 2012 |
| African record | Leonard Myles-Mills (GHA) | 6.45 | Colorado Springs, United States | 20 February 1999 |
| Asian record | Talal Mansour (QAT) | 6.51 | Karlsruhe, Germany | 6 March 1993 |
| European record | Dwain Chambers (GBR) | 6.42 | Turin, Italy | 7 March 2009 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Maurice Greene (USA) | 6.39 | Madrid, Spain | 3 February 1998 |
| North and Central American and Caribbean record | Maurice Greene (USA) | 6.39 | Atlanta, United States | 3 March 2001 |
| Oceanian Record | Matt Shirvington (AUS) | 6.52 | Maebashi, Japan | 7 March 1999 |
| South American record | José Carlos Moreira (BRA) | 6.52 | Paris, France | 13 February 2009 |

## Qualification standards

| Indoor | Outdoor |
| 6.67 | 10.20 (100 m) |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| March 9, 2012 | 17:35 | Heats |
| March 10, 2012 | 17:30 | Semifinals |
| March 10, 2012 | 20:00 | Final |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and 8 fastest qualified (q). 59 athletes from 56 countries participated. Two athletes did not start the competition.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Ángel David Rodríguez | Spain | 6.64 | Q |
| 1 | 7 | Justin Gatlin | United States | 6.64 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain | 6.65 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Emmanuel Biron | France | 6.68 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Simone Collio | Italy | 6.68 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Marc Burns | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.69 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | Trell Kimmons | United States | 6.70 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Christian Blum | Germany | 6.74 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Nesta Carter | Jamaica | 6.74 | Q |
| 8 | 8 | Michael LeBlanc | Canada | 6.74 | Q |
| 11 | 5 | Justyn Warner | Canada | 6.75 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Ben Youssef Meité | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.77 | q |
| 13 | 8 | Su Bingtian | China | 6.84 | SB, q |
| 14 | 1 | Peter Emelieze | Nigeria | 6.85 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Gerald Phiri | Zambia | 6.86 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Nilson André | Brazil | 6.86 | PB, q |
| 17 | 6 | Rytis Sakalauskas | Lithuania | 6.87 | Q |
| 17 | 7 | Reza Ghasemi | Iran | 6.87 | Q |
| 19 | 8 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | Egypt | 6.89 | q |
| 20 | 1 | Foo Ee Yeo | Singapore | 6.90 | q |
| 20 | 5 | Jeremy Bascom | Guyana | 6.90 | q |
| 22 | 4 | Aziz Ouhadi | Morocco | 6.91 | SB |
| 22 | 5 | Mateo Edward | Panama | 6.91 | PB |
| 24 | 7 | Holder da Silva | Guinea-Bissau | 6.95 | SB |
| 25 | 2 | Idrissa Adam | Cameroon | 6.96 | PB |
| 26 | 7 | Chun Ho Lai | Hong Kong | 6.97 | |
| 27 | 4 | Hasanain Hasan Zubaiyen | Iraq | 6.98 | NR |
| 28 | 3 | Brijesh Lawrence | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.00 | Q |
| 28 | 7 | Mosito Lehata | Lesotho | 7.00 | NR |
| 30 | 6 | Battulgyn Achitbileg | Mongolia | 7.03 | PB |
| 31 | 1 | Mesbah Ahmmed | Bangladesh | 7.04 | NR |
| 31 | 3 | Sibusiso Matsenjwa | Swaziland | 7.04 | NR |
| 31 | 4 | Keiron Rogers | Anguilla | 7.04 | NR |
| 34 | 3 | Lerone Clarke | Jamaica | 7.05 | |
| 34 | 7 | Jean Thierie Ferdinand | Mauritius | 7.05 | PB |
| 36 | 1 | Cristian Leguizamón | Paraguay | 7.13 | PB |
| 37 | 5 | Roy Ravana | Fiji | 7.17 | NR |
| 38 | 2 | Raihau Maiau | French Polynesia | 7.18 | NR |
| 39 | 2 | Rodman Teltull | Palau | 7.20 | NR |
| 40 | 8 | Imran Khan | Pakistan | 7.21 | PB |
| 41 | 2 | Ibrahim Kabia | Sierra Leone | 7.33 | |
| 41 | 6 | Ahmed Azneem | Maldives | 7.33 | PB |
| 43 | 4 | Courtney Carl Williams | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.35 | PB |
| 44 | 2 | Valeriy Ponomarev | Kyrgyzstan | 7.38 | |
| 45 | 6 | Roman Cress | Marshall Islands | 7.43 | SB |
| 46 | 1 | Chris Meke Walasi | Solomon Islands | 7.47 | PB |
| 47 | 1 | Ghislain Nsimba Mandualika | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7.47 | PB |
| 48 | 8 | Shakyll Lourens | Aruba | 7.49 | PB |
| 49 | 4 | Joshua Jeremiah | Nauru | 7.50 | PB |
| 49 | 7 | Dominic Carroll | Gibraltar | 7.50 | SB |
| 51 | 5 | Mikel de Sa | Andorra | 7.51 | |
| 52 | 3 | Federico Gorrieri | San Marino | 7.54 | SB |
| 53 | 3 | Nooa Takooa | Kiribati | 7.57 | PB |
| 54 | 8 | Tavevele Noa | Tuvalu | 7.61 | NR |
| 55 | 5 | Joseph Andy Lui | Tonga | 7.71 | PB |
| 56 | 3 | Dayne O'Hara | Norfolk Island | 7.75 | PB |
| 57 | 8 | Alhassane Keita | Guinea | 8.12 | PB |
| | 6 | John Howard | Federated States of Micronesia | DSQ | FS |
| | 6 | Tim Abeyie | Ghana | DSQ | FS |
| | 2 | Innocent Bologo | Burkina Faso | DNS | |
| | 5 | Chencho Gyeltshen | Bhutan | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and 2 fastest times (q) qualified. 22 athletes from 21 countries participated. One athlete did not start the competition.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Justin Gatlin | United States | 6.50 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Nesta Carter | Jamaica | 6.56 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Trell Kimmons | United States | 6.61 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain | 6.62 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Marc Burns | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.62 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Emmanuel Biron | France | 6.65 | q |
| 7 | 3 | Justyn Warner | Canada | 6.67 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Aziz Ouhadi | Morocco | 6.68 | NR, Q |
| 9 | 1 | Rytis Sakalauskas | Lithuania | 6.69 | |
| 10 | 1 | Michael LeBlanc | Canada | 6.71 | |
| 10 | 1 | Simone Collio | Italy | 6.71 | |
| 10 | 1 | Ben Youssef Meité | Côte d'Ivoire | 6.71 | |
| 10 | 3 | Ángel David Rodríguez | Spain | 6.71 | |
| 14 | 3 | Su Bingtian | China | 6.74 | SB |
| 15 | 2 | Jeremy Bascom | Guyana | 6.77 | |
| 16 | 2 | Christian Blum | Germany | 6.79 | |
| 17 | 2 | Reza Ghasemi | Iran | 6.79 | |
| 18 | 2 | Brijesh Lawrence | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.80 | |
| 19 | 1 | Peter Emelieze | Nigeria | 6.81 | |
| 20 | 1 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | Egypt | 6.83 | |
| 21 | 3 | Mateo Edward | Panama | 6.91 | PB |
| 22 | 2 | Foo Ee Yeo | Singapore | 6.93 | |
| 22 | 3 | Nilson André | Brazil | 6.93 | |
| | 3 | Gerald Phiri | Zambia | DNS | |

### Final

8 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final began at 20:05.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Justin Gatlin | United States | 6.46 | SB |
| | Nesta Carter | Jamaica | 6.54 | |
| | Dwain Chambers | Great Britain | 6.60 | |
| 4 | Trell Kimmons | United States | 6.60 | |
| 5 | Marc Burns | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.62 | |
| 6 | Emmanuel Biron | France | 6.63 | |
| 7 | Justyn Warner | Canada | 6.65 | |
| 8 | Aziz Ouhadi | Morocco | 6.72 | |