1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

The women's 60 metres event at the 1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 12 March in Milan.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Marlies Göhr East Germany	Linda Haglund Sweden	Lyudmila Storozhkova Soviet Union

Results

Heats

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Linda Haglund	Sweden	7.20	Q
2	1	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	7.27	Q
3	3	Lyudmila Storozhkova	Soviet Union	7.29	Q
4	4	Vera Anisimova	Soviet Union	7.32	Q
5	4	Petra Sharp	West Germany	7.35	Q
6	1	Chantal Réga	France	7.36	Q
7	2	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Soviet Union	7.42	Q
8	2	Heather Hunte	Great Britain	7.42	q
9	3	Lea Alaerts	Belgium	7.43	Q
10	4	Annie Alizé	France	7.44	q
11	1	Laura Miano	Italy	7.46	q
12	4	Mariya Sabeva	Bulgaria	7.51	q
13	2	Brigitte Haest	Austria	7.56
14	2	Marisa Masullo	Italy	7.58
14	3	Gisela Grässle	West Germany	7.58
16	3	Laureen Beckles	France	7.62

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Linda Haglund	Sweden	7.18	Q
2	2	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	7.26	Q
3	1	Vera Anisimova	Soviet Union	7.28	Q
3	2	Lyudmila Storozhkova	Soviet Union	7.28	Q
5	1	Petra Sharp	West Germany	7.35	Q
6	1	Heather Hunte	Great Britain	7.35
7	2	Chantal Réga	France	7.37	Q
8	1	Annie Alizé	France	7.39
9	2	Laura Miano	Italy	7.42
10	2	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Soviet Union	7.45
11	2	Lea Alaerts	Belgium	7.46
12	1	Mariya Sabeva	Bulgaria	7.49

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	7.12	WR
	3	Linda Haglund	Sweden	7.13	NR
	6	Lyudmila Storozhkova	Soviet Union	7.27
4	4	Vera Anisimova	Soviet Union	7.30
5	2	Petra Sharp	West Germany	7.35
6	5	Chantal Réga	France	7.38