# 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

The women's 60 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 14.
Zhanna Block originally won the gold medal, but she was disqualified in 2011 after her results from 30 November 2002 and onward were deleted as part of a sanction in connection with the BALCO scandal. Angela Williams was instead promoted to 2003 World champion.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Angela Williams United States | Torri Edwards United States | Merlene Ottey Slovenia |

## Results
### Heats

First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| DQ | 5 | Zhanna Block | Ukraine | 7.16 | Q, Doping |
| 1 | 2 | Angela Williams | United States | 7.19 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Merlene Ottey | Slovenia | 7.21 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Torri Edwards | United States | 7.21 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Sylviane Félix | France | 7.21 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | Marina Kislova | Russia | 7.24 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Karin Mayr-Krifka | Austria | 7.25 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 7.25 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Agné Eggerth | Lithuania | 7.26 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Virgen Benavides | Cuba | 7.26 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 7.26 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Natasha Mayers | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.27 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Iryna Kozhemyakina | Ukraine | 7.29 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Mariya Bolikova | Russia | 7.30 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Liliana Allen | Mexico | 7.30 | Q |
| 15 | 4 | Joice Maduaka | Great Britain | 7.32 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Bettina Müller-Weissina | Austria | 7.34 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 7.34 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Philomena Mensah | Canada | 7.34 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Savatheda Fynes | Bahamas | 7.34 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | Heather Samuel | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.36 | q, PB |
| 21 | 1 | Mercy Nku | Nigeria | 7.39 | q |
| 21 | 5 | Makaridja Sanganoko | Ivory Coast | 7.39 | q, PB |
| 23 | 1 | Erica Marchetti | Italy | 7.41 | q |
| 23 | 5 | Qin Wangping | China | 7.41 | |
| 25 | 3 | Yeoryia Kokloni | Greece | 7.42 | |
| 26 | 3 | Kadiatou Camara | Mali | 7.42 | |
| 27 | 4 | Fana Ashby | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.43 | |
| 28 | 5 | Susan Deacon | Great Britain | 7.45 | |
| 29 | 2 | Radmila Vukmirović | Slovenia | 7.49 | |
| 30 | 4 | Lyubov Perepelova | Uzbekistan | 7.66 | |
| 31 | 1 | Silvienne Krosendijk | Aruba | 8.32 | |
| | 3 | Patricia Riesco | Peru | DNS | |
| | 4 | Melocia Clarke | Jamaica | DNS | |

### Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| DQ | 2 | Zhanna Block | Ukraine | 7.08 | Q, WL, Doping |
| 1 | 1 | Merlene Ottey | Slovenia | 7.17 | Q, =NR |
| 2 | 3 | Karin Mayr-Krifka | Austria | 7.18 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Savatheda Fynes | Bahamas | 7.19 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Angela Williams | United States | 7.19 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Joice Maduaka | Great Britain | 7.19 | q, PB |
| 6 | 1 | Torri Edwards | United States | 7.20 | Q, PB |
| 6 | 2 | Marina Kislova | Russia | 7.20 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Natasha Mayers | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.23 | |
| 9 | 1 | Chandra Sturrup | Bahamas | 7.24 | |
| 9 | 2 | Sylviane Félix | France | 7.24 | |
| 11 | 2 | Liliana Allen | Mexico | 7.25 | |
| 12 | 3 | Johanna Manninen | Finland | 7.26 | |
| 13 | 2 | Virgen Benavides | Cuba | 7.28 | |
| 14 | 1 | Heather Samuel | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.30 | NR |
| 15 | 2 | Agné Eggerth | Lithuania | 7.31 | |
| 16 | 3 | Iryna Kozhemyakina | Ukraine | 7.32 | |
| 17 | 3 | Mariya Bolikova | Russia | 7.36 | |
| 18 | 1 | Mercy Nku | Nigeria | 7.37 | |
| 19 | 1 | Philomena Mensah | Canada | 7.39 | |
| 20 | 2 | Bettina Müller-Weissina | Austria | 7.40 | |
| 21 | 2 | Erica Marchetti | Italy | 7.41 | |
| 22 | 1 | Petya Pendareva | Bulgaria | 7.46 | |
| 22 | 3 | Makaridja Sanganoko | Ivory Coast | 7.46 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | React | Notes |
| DQ | 3 | Zhanna Block | Ukraine | 7.04 | 0.148 | WL, NR, Doping |
| | 2 | Angela Williams | United States | 7.16 | 0.198 | SB |
| | 7 | Torri Edwards | United States | 7.17 | 0.146 | PB |
| | 5 | Merlene Ottey | Slovenia | 7.20 | 0.148 | |
| 4 | 6 | Karin Mayr-Krifka | Austria | 7.23 | 0.141 | |
| 5 | 8 | Marina Kislova | Russia | 7.26 | 0.123 | |
| 6 | 1 | Joice Maduaka | Great Britain | 7.34 | 0.193 | |
| | 4 | Savatheda Fynes | Bahamas | DNS | | |