# 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres

The men's 60 metres at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships is scheduled to be held on the short track of Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on 8 March 2025. This will be the 36th time the event is contested at the European Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.

## Background

The men's 60 metres was contested 35 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the European Athletics Indoor Championships (1970–2023), with the exception of 1972 and 1981, when the 50 metres was held instead. The 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships will be held in Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The removable indoor athletics track was retopped for these championships in September 2024.
Christian Coleman of the United States is the world record holder with a time of 6.34 s, set in 2018. The European record is held by Marcell Jacobs of Italy in 2022. The championship record of 6.42 s was set by Dwain Chambers of Great Britain in 2009.
Records before the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships :
| Record | Athlete (nation) | Time (s) | Location | Date |
| World record | Christian Coleman (USA) | 6.34 | Albuquerque, United States | 18 February 2018 |
| European record | Marcell Jacobs (ITA) | 6.41 | Belgrade, Serbia | 19 March 2022 |
| Championship record | Dwain Chambers (GBR) | 6.42 | Turin, Italy | 7 March 2009 |
| World leading | Lachlan Kennedy (AUS) | 6.43 | Canberra, Australia | 25 January 2025 |
| European leading | Henrik Larsson (SWE) | 6.54 | Düsseldorf, Germany | 9 February 2025 |
| European leading | Abel Jordán (ESP) | 6.54 | Madrid, Spain | 22 February 2025 |

## Qualification

For the men's 60 metres, the qualification period runs from 25 February 2024 until 23 February 2025. Athletes can qualify by achieving the entry standards of 6.60 s indoors or 10.05 s over 100 metres outdoors. Athletes can also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event. There is a target number of 40 athletes.

## Rounds
### Round 1

Round 1 is scheduled for 8 March, starting at 12:00 (UTC+1) in the afternoon. Qualification Rule: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 by time (q) qualify for the semi-finals.
Results of round 1 :
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time (s) | Notes | PB |
| 1 | 4 | Jeremiah Azu | Great Britain | 6.58 | Q | 6.56 |
| 2 | 4 | Dominik Illovszky | Hungary | 6.58 | Q, PB | 6.61 |
| 3 | 3 | Allan Lagui | France | 6.59 | Q | 6.58 |
| 4 | 2 | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | 6.59 | Q | 6.53 |
| 5 | 1 | Andrew Robertson | Great Britain | 6.60 | Q, SB | 6.56 |
| 6 | 3 | Kevin Kranz | Germany | 6.60 | Q | 6.52 |
| 7 | 2 | Carlos Nascimento | Portugal | 6.61 | Q, PB | 6.62 |
| 8 | 5 | Karl Erik Nazarov | Estonia | 6.61 | Q, SB | 6.55 |
| 9 | 3 | Anej Čurin Prapotnik | Slovenia | 6.61 | Q, PB | 6.64 |
| 10 | 1 | Taymir Burnet | Netherlands | 6.62 | Q, =PB | 6.62 |
| 11 | 1 | Robin Ganter | Germany | 6.63 | Q | 6.56 |
| 12 | 2 | Elvis Afrifa | Netherlands | 6.63 | Q | 6.61 |
| 13 | 2 | John Otugade | Great Britain | 6.63 | Q | 6.60 |
| 14 | 1 | Simon Hansen | Denmark | 6.63 | Q, SB | 6.58 |
| 15 | 1 | Oliwer Wdowik | Poland | 6.64 | q, SB | 6.60 |
| 16 | 2 | Stephen Baffour | Italy | 6.65 | q, PB | 6.68 |
| 17 | 4 | Nikola Karamanolov | Bulgaria | 6.66 | Q | 6.63 |
| 18 | 1 | Guillem Crespí | Spain | 6.66 | q | 6.60 |
| 19 | 3 | William Reais | Switzerland | 6.66 | Q | 6.62 |
| 20 | 5 | Toluwabori Akinola | Ireland | 6.66 | Q | 6.61 |
| 21 | 4 | Yannick Wolf | Germany | 6.67 | Q | 6.60 |
| 22 | 5 | Abel Jordán | Spain | 6.67 | Q | 6.54 |
| 23 | 5 | Samuele Ceccarelli | Italy | 6.67 | Q | 6.47 |
| 24 | 2 | Adas Dambrauskas | Lithuania | 6.69 | q | 6.64 |
| 25 | 3 | Eino Vuori | Finland | 6.70 | | 6.62 |
| 26 | 5 | Hristo Iliev | Bulgaria | 6.71 | | 6.70 |
| 27 | 3 | Ján Volko | Slovakia | 6.72 | | 6.55 |
| 28 | 4 | Jean-Christian Zirignon | Sweden | 6.72 | | 6.68 |
| 29 | 2 | Aleksa Kijanović | Serbia | 6.74 | | 6.66 |
| 30 | 5 | Ertan Özkan | Turkey | 6.74 | | 6.60 |
| 31 | 5 | Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos | Greece | 6.74 | PB | 6.78 |
| 32 | 1 | Santeri Örn | Finland | 6.75 | | 6.74 |
| 33 | 4 | Mustafa Kemal Ay | Turkey | 6.77 | | 6.65 |
| 34 | 4 | Sotirios Garaganis | Greece | 6.77 | | 6.72 |
| 35 | 5 | Delvis Santos | Portugal | 6.77 | | 6.70 |
| 36 | 3 | Nsikak Ekpo | Netherlands | 6.78 | | 6.73 |
| 37 | 3 | Vasileios Myrianthopoulos | Greece | 6.79 | | 6.77 |
| 38 | 1 | Francesco Sansovini | San Marino | 6.83 | | 6.68 |
| 39 | 4 | Beppe Grillo | Malta | 6.83 | PB | 6.95 |
| 40 | 2 | Sean Penalver | Gibraltar | 7.38 | PB | 7.45 |

### Semi-finals

The semi-finals are scheduled for 8 March, starting at 19:10 (UTC+1) in the evening. Qualification rule: First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 by time (q) qualify for the final.
Results of the semi-finals :
| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time (s) | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Jeremiah Azu | Great Britain | 6.52 | Q, EL, PB |
| 2 | 1 | Elvis Afrifa | Netherlands | 6.57 | Q, PB |
| 3 | 2 | Andrew Robertson | Great Britain | 6.57 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 2 | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | 6.58 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Kevin Kranz | Germany | 6.58 | q |
| 6 | 3 | Guillem Crespí | Spain | 6.58 | Q, PB |
| 7 | 2 | Taymir Burnet | Netherlands | 6.61 | q, PB |
| 8 | 3 | Carlos Nascimento | Portugal | 6.61 | Q, =PB |
| 9 | 1 | Adas Dambrauskas | Lithuania | 6.62 | =NR |
| 10 | 1 | Oliwer Wdowik | Poland | 6.62 | SB |
| 11 | 2 | Toluwabori Akinola | Ireland | 6.63 | |
| 12 | 2 | Yannick Wolf | Germany | 6.64 | |
| 13 | 1 | Anej Čurin Prapotnik | Slovenia | 6.65 | |
| 14 | 1 | Dominik Illovszky | Hungary | 6.65 | |
| 15 | 3 | Robin Ganter | Germany | 6.65 | |
| 16 | 3 | Karl Erik Nazarov | Estonia | 6.65 | |
| 17 | 2 | Simon Hansen | Denmark | 6.66 | |
| 18 | 2 | Stephen Baffour | Italy | 6.67 | |
| 19 | 3 | John Otugade | Great Britain | 6.67 | |
| 20 | 3 | Samuele Ceccarelli | Italy | 6.68 | |
| 21 | 2 | Abel Jordán | Spain | 6.68 | |
| 22 | 1 | William Reais | Switzerland | 6.70 | |
| 23 | 3 | Allan Lagui | France | 6.72 | |
| 24 | 3 | Nikola Karamanolov | Bulgaria | 6.82 | |

### Final

The final is scheduled for 8 March, starting at 21:40 (UTC+1) in the evening.
Results of the final :
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time (s) | Note |
| | 4 | Jeremiah Azu | Great Britain | 6.49 | EL, PB |
| | 7 | Henrik Larsson | Sweden | 6.52 | NR |
| | 6 | Andrew Robertson | Great Britain | 6.55 | SB |
| 4 | 4 | Elvis Afrifa | Netherlands | 6.55 | NR |
| 5 | 8 | Kevin Kranz | Germany | 6.57 | =SB |
| 6 | 5 | Guillem Crespí | Spain | 6.59 | |
| 7 | 2 | Carlos Nascimento | Portugal | 6.62 | |
| 8 | 1 | Taymir Burnet | Netherlands | 6.66 | |