1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles

The women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6 March.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kerstin Knabe East Germany	Bettine Gärtz East Germany	Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria

Results

Heats

First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Kerstin Knabe	East Germany	8.09	Q
2	1	Yelena Biserova	Soviet Union	8.11	Q
2	3	Yordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	8.11	Q
4	2	Bettine Gärtz	East Germany	8.14	Q
4	3	Natalya Petrova	Soviet Union	8.14	Q
6	2	Mariya Merchuk	Soviet Union	8.15	Q
7	2	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	8.16	Q
8	3	Sabine Everts	West Germany	8.18	Q
9	3	Lucyna Langer	Poland	8.20	q
10	1	Marie-Noëlle Savigny	France	8.23	Q
11	1	Xénia Siska	Hungary	8.23	q
12	3	Michèle Chardonnet	France	8.24	q
13	2	Laurence Monclar	France	8.24
14	2	Laura Rosati	Italy	8.50
15	1	Petra Prenner	Austria	8.65

Semifinals

First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Bettine Gärtz	East Germany	7.99	Q
2	1	Kerstin Knabe	East Germany	8.01	Q
3	2	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	8.03	Q
4	1	Yordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	8.07	Q
4	2	Mariya Merchuk	Soviet Union	8.07	Q, NR
6	1	Natalya Petrova	Soviet Union	8.09	Q
7	2	Yelena Biserova	Soviet Union	8.10
8	1	Lucyna Langer	Poland	8.13
9	1	Marie-Noëlle Savigny	France	8.15
10	2	Michèle Chardonnet	France	8.17
11	1	Sabine Everts	West Germany	8.18
11	2	Xénia Siska	Hungary	8.18

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kerstin Knabe	East Germany	7.98
	Bettine Gärtz	East Germany	8.00
	Yordanka Donkova	Bulgaria	8.09
4	Natalya Petrova	Soviet Union	8.16
5	Grażyna Rabsztyn	Poland	8.21
6	Mariya Merchuk	Soviet Union	8.64