# 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

The women's 60 metres event at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 10 March 1995.
Merlene Ottey's winning margin was 0.13 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the women's 60 metres was won by more than a tenth of a second at these championships.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Merlene Ottey Jamaica | Melanie Paschke Germany | Carlette Guidry United States |

## Results
### Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 7.12 | Q |
| 1 | 4 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 7.12 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Lalao Ravaonirina | Madagascar | 7.21 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 4 | Nelli Fiere-Cooman | Netherlands | 7.21 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Iryna Pukha | Ukraine | 7.22 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 7.22 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Christy Opara-Thompson | Nigeria | 7.23 | q |
| 8 | 2 | Carlette Guidry | United States | 7.25 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Yekaterina Leshchova | Russia | 7.26 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 7.26 | q |
| 11 | 3 | Chryste Gaines | United States | 7.28 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica | 7.31 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Stephanie Douglas | Great Britain | 7.31 | q |
| 14 | 5 | Nadezhda Rashchupkina | Russia | 7.33 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Jerneja Perc | Slovenia | 7.34 | q |
| 16 | 3 | Éva Barati | Hungary | 7.35 | |
| 16 | 4 | Sabine Tröger | Austria | 7.35 | |
| 16 | 5 | Ekaterini Koffa | Greece | 7.35 | Q |
| 19 | 5 | Wang Huei-Chen | Chinese Taipei | 7.37 | NR |
| 20 | 2 | Dainelky Pèrez | Cuba | 7.38 | |
| 20 | 3 | Odile Singa | France | 7.38 | |
| 20 | 5 | Anelia Nuneva | Bulgaria | 7.38 | |
| 23 | 5 | Carme Blay | Spain | 7.39 | |
| 24 | 2 | Jacqueline Poelman | Netherlands | 7.42 | |
| 25 | 3 | Karen Clarke | Canada | 7.44 | |
| 25 | 3 | Aileen McGillivary | Great Britain | 7.44 | |
| 25 | 5 | Tarana Perry | Canada | 7.44 | |
| 28 | 1 | Margret Haug | Switzerland | 7.45 | |
| 28 | 2 | N'Deye Binta Dia | Senegal | 7.45 | |
| 28 | 5 | Sara Wüest | Switzerland | 7.45 | |
| 31 | 3 | Denisa Obdržálková | Czech Republic | 7.48 | |
| 32 | 4 | Alenka Bikar | Slovenia | 7.50 | |
| 33 | 4 | Aksel Gürcan | Turkey | 7.50 | |
| 35 | 1 | Rahela Markt | Croatia | 7.57 | |
| 34 | 5 | Antónia Margarete de Jesus | Angola | 7.63 | |
| 36 | 2 | Dagmar Hölbl | Austria | 7.65 | |
| 37 | 1 | Clara Phillip | Saint Lucia | 7.82 | |
| 38 | 3 | Rudina Xhaja | Albania | 7.91 | |
| | 1 | Desislava Dimitrova | Bulgaria | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 4 of each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 7.04 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 7.13 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Carlette Guidry | United States | 7.14 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 7.15 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Nelli Fiere-Cooman | Netherlands | 7.20 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica | 7.21 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Chryste Gaines | United States | 7.23 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Lalao Ravaonirina | Madagascar | 7.24 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Iryna Pukha | Ukraine | 7.25 | |
| 10 | 2 | Yekaterina Leshchova | Russia | 7.27 | |
| 11 | 2 | Christy Opara-Thompson | Nigeria | 7.28 | |
| 12 | 2 | Stephanie Douglas | Great Britain | 7.30 | |
| 13 | 2 | Sanna Hernesniemi | Finland | 7.31 | |
| 14 | 1 | Nadezhda Rashchupkina | Russia | 7.35 | |
| 15 | 1 | Jerneja Perc | Slovenia | 7.36 | |
| | 1 | Ekaterini Koffa | Greece | DQ | R162.7 |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Merlene Ottey | Jamaica | 6.97 |
| | Melanie Paschke | Germany | 7.10 |
| | Carlette Guidry | United States | 7.11 |
| 4 | Liliana Allen | Cuba | 7.13 |
| 5 | Beverly McDonald | Jamaica | 7.16 |
| 6 | Nelli Fiere-Cooman | Netherlands | 7.17 |
| 7 | Chryste Gaines | United States | 7.22 |
| 8 | Lalao Ravaonirina | Madagascar | 7.28 |