# 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

The Women's 60 metres event at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 10 March 2006.
For the first time in the women's 60 metres at these championships, the gold and silver medallists achieved the same time. As of July 2024, this is the only time this has happened at these championships.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Me'Lisa Barber United States | Lauryn Williams United States | Kim Gevaert Belgium |

## Results
### Heats

First 4 of each heat (Q) and next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Christine Arron | France | 7.16 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 7.17 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Me'Lisa Barber | United States | 7.18 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Sylvie Mballa Éloundou | Cameroon | 7.22 | Q |
| 5 | 5 | LaVerne Jones-Ferrette | United States Virgin Islands | 7.22 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 3 | Alena Neumiarzhitskaya | Belarus | 7.23 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 3 | Heidi Hannula | Finland | 7.24 | Q, PB |
| DQ | 2 | Zhanna Block | Ukraine | 7.26 | Q, Doping |
| 8 | 3 | Mariya Bolikova | Russia | 7.26 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Lauryn Williams | United States | 7.28 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Larisa Kruglova | Russia | 7.31 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | Angela Moroșanu | Romania | 7.36 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Joice Maduaka | Great Britain | 7.36 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Endurance Ojokolo | Nigeria | 7.36 | Q, SB |
| 14 | 4 | Guzel Khubbieva | Uzbekistan | 7.38 | Q |
| 14 | 5 | Emily Maher | Ireland | 7.38 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Tezzhan Naimova | Bulgaria | 7.39 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | Affoué Amandine Allou | Ivory Coast | 7.42 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | Fabienne Beret-Martinel | France | 7.43 | Q |
| 19 | 3 | Ailis McSweeney | Ireland | 7.44 | q |
| 20 | 3 | Lina Grinčikaitė | Lithuania | 7.46 | q |
| 21 | 1 | Aksel Gürcan | Turkey | 7.63 | q, SB |
| 22 | 5 | Lucimar de Moura | Brazil | 7.65 | q |
| 23 | 2 | Lin Wen-Wen | Chinese Taipei | 7.78 | PB |
| 23 | 5 | Valentina Nazarova | Turkmenistan | 7.78 | PB |
| 25 | 5 | Auxiliadora Bonilla Lacayo | Nicaragua | 7.79 | PB |
| 26 | 1 | Qin Wangping | China | 7.81 | SB |
| 27 | 2 | Aleksandra Vojneska | Macedonia | 7.88 | |
| 28 | 2 | Charlene Attard | Malta | 7.89 | PB |
| 29 | 4 | Loi Ieong | Macau | 7.94 | Q, NR |
| 30 | 1 | Desiree Craggette | Guam | 8.23 | |
| 31 | 4 | Montserrat Pujol | Andorra | 8.30 | |
| 32 | 3 | Gharid Ghrouf | Palestine | 8.42 | NR |
| | 4 | Delphine Atangana | Cameroon | DNS | |
| | 4 | Fana Ashby | Trinidad and Tobago | DNS | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Lauryn Williams | United States | 7.10 | Q, PB |
| 2 | 2 | Christine Arron | France | 7.11 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Me'Lisa Barber | United States | 7.12 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 7.13 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | Mariya Bolikova | Russia | 7.16 | Q |
| DQ | 1 | Zhanna Block | Ukraine | 7.19 | q, SB, Doping |
| 6 | 3 | Larisa Kruglova | Russia | 7.21 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Sylvie Mballa Éloundou | Cameroon | 7.23 | q |
| 7 | 3 | Alena Neumiarzhitskaya | Belarus | 7.23 | SB |
| 9 | 2 | Heidi Hannula | Finland | 7.26 | |
| 10 | 1 | LaVerne Jones-Ferrette | United States Virgin Islands | 7.27 | |
| 11 | 2 | Angela Moroșanu | Romania | 7.33 | |
| 11 | 3 | Guzel Khubbieva | Uzbekistan | 7.33 | |
| 13 | 2 | Tezzhan Naimova | Bulgaria | 7.36 | |
| 14 | 1 | Emily Maher | Ireland | 7.37 | |
| 14 | 2 | Affoué Amandine Allou | Ivory Coast | 7.37 | |
| 14 | 3 | Fabienne Beret-Martinel | France | 7.37 | |
| 17 | 3 | Lina Grinčikaitė | Lithuania | 7.38 | |
| 18 | 1 | Joice Maduaka | Great Britain | 7.41 | |
| 19 | 3 | Ailis McSweeney | Ireland | 7.42 | |
| 20 | 3 | Endurance Ojokolo | Nigeria | 7.53 | |
| 21 | 2 | Lucimar de Moura | Brazil | 7.72 | |
| 22 | 1 | Aksel Gürcan | Turkey | 7.78 | |
| 23 | 1 | Loi Ieong | Macau | 7.88 | NR |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | React | Notes |
| | 3 | Me'Lisa Barber | United States | 7.01 | 0.158 | WL |
| | 6 | Lauryn Williams | United States | 7.01 | 0.145 | WL |
| | 5 | Kim Gevaert | Belgium | 7.11 | 0.150 | NR |
| 4 | 4 | Christine Arron | France | 7.13 | 0.147 | |
| 5 | 7 | Mariya Bolikova | Russia | 7.17 | 0.161 | |
| DQ | 1 | Zhanna Block | Ukraine | 7.19 | 0.216 | Doping |
| 6 | 2 | Larisa Kruglova | Russia | 7.23 | 0.143 | |
| 7 | 8 | Sylvie Mballa Éloundou | Cameroon | 7.30 | 0.127 | |