1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles

The women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Michelle Freeman Jamaica	Gillian Russell Jamaica	Cheryl Dickey United States Patricia Girard France

Results

Heats

The first 2 of each heat (Q) and next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Michelle Freeman	Jamaica	7.88	Q
1	4	Gillian Russell	Jamaica	7.88	Q, PB
3	2	Patricia Girard	France	7.99	Q
4	5	Brigita Bukovec	Slovenia	8.02	Q
5	1	Keturah Anderson	Canada	8.05	Q
5	3	Cheryl Dickey	United States	8.05	Q
7	5	Lidiya Yurkova	Belarus	8.07	Q
8	2	Melissa Morrison	United States	8.08	Q
9	2	Vida Nsiah	Ghana	8.11	q
9	3	Caren Sonn	Germany	8.11	Q
11	3	Monica Grefstad	Norway	8.16	q, SB
12	3	Natalya Grigoryeva	Ukraine	8.17
13	2	Clova Court	Great Britain	8.18	SB
14	4	Yvonne Kanazawa	Japan	8.24	Q
15	5	Svetlana Laukhova	Russia	8.25
16	1	Cécile Aholu	France	8.27
16	4	Olena Ovcharova	Ukraine	8.27
18	4	Aliuska López	Cuba	8.31
19	1	Elke Wölfling	Austria	8.35
19	3	Naoko Kobayashi	Japan	8.35
21	5	Véronique Linster	Luxembourg	8.37
22	2	Zhou Jing	China	8.38
23	5	Maryline Troonen	Belgium	8.41
24	1	Irina Korotya	Russia	8.57
25	4	Hsu Hsiu-Ying	Chinese Taipei	8.62
26	2	Aminata Camara	Mali	9.08
27	4	Zhanna Sokolova	Tajikistan	9.39

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Patricia Girard	France	7.88	Q, SB
2	2	Cheryl Dickey	United States	7.89	Q, PB
3	1	Gillian Russell	Jamaica	7.90	Q
4	1	Melissa Morrison	United States	7.91	Q, PB
5	1	Keturah Anderson	Canada	7.93	Q, NR
5	1	Brigita Bukovec	Slovenia	7.93
7	2	Michelle Freeman	Jamaica	8.01	Q
8	2	Vida Nsiah	Ghana	8.03
9	1	Caren Sonn	Germany	8.15
10	2	Lidiya Yurkova	Belarus	8.17
11	2	Yvonne Kanazawa	Japan	8.30
12	1	Monica Grefstad	Norway	8.31

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Michelle Freeman	Jamaica	7.82	=CR
	Gillian Russell	Jamaica	7.84	PB
	Cheryl Dickey	United States	7.84	PB
	Patricia Girard	France	7.84	SB
5	Melissa Morrison	United States	7.88	PB
6	Keturah Anderson	Canada	8.02