1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres

The men's 60 metres event at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest on 5 March.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Andrés Simón
 Cuba
John Myles-Mills
 Ghana
Pierfrancesco Pavoni
 Italy

Results

Heats

The winner of each heat (Q) and next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Andreas Berger  Austria 6.62 Q
1 2 Ricardo Chacón  Cuba 6.62 Q
1 3 Andrés Simón  Cuba 6.62 Q
4 6 Stanley Floyd  United States 6.63 Q
5 2 Antonio Ullo  Italy 6.64 q
5 1 Matthias Schlicht  West Germany 6.64 q
5 5 Michael Rosswess  Great Britain 6.64 Q
5 6 John Myles-Mills  Ghana 6.64 q
9 4 Pierfrancesco Pavoni  Italy 6.66 Q
10 6 Koji Kurihara  Japan 6.69 q
11 4 Desai Williams  Canada 6.71 q
12 1 Bruny Surin  Canada 6.72 q
13 6 Anri Grigorov  Bulgaria 6.73
14 3 Ronald Desruelles  Belgium 6.74
14 4 Attila Kovács  Hungary 6.74
16 3 Jiří Hudec  Czechoslovakia 6.76
16 3 Shinji Aoto  Japan 6.76
16 4 Mike McFarlane  Great Britain 6.76
19 2 Aleksandr Shlychkov  Soviet Union 6.77
20 2 Arnaldo da Silva  Brazil 6.78
21 4 Fabian Whymns  Bahamas 6.79 NR
22 2 Franz Ratzenberger  Austria 6.80
22 5 Wayne Watson  Jamaica 6.80
22 5 István Tatár  Hungary 6.80
25 3 Yiannakis Zisimides  Cyprus 6.81
26 1 Shane Naylor  Australia 6.83
27 5 Emmanuel Tuffour  Ghana 6.85
28 5 Jouni Myllymäki  Finland 6.86
29 2 Luís Cunha  Portugal 6.90
30 4 Ayhan Bodur  Turkey 7.03
31 3 Guillermo Saucedo  Bolivia 7.08 NR
32 6 Clinton Bufuku  Zambia 7.18 NR
33 6 Marco Tamagnini  San Marino 7.22 NR
1 Trevor Davis  Anguilla DQ [2]

Semifinals

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Andrés Simón  Cuba 6.54 Q, NR
2 1 Michael Rosswess  Great Britain 6.58 Q, PB
2 2 John Myles-Mills  Ghana 6.58 Q, NR
2 2 Pierfrancesco Pavoni  Italy 6.58 Q, =NR
2 2 Matthias Schlicht  West Germany 6.58 Q, =PB
6 2 Stanley Floyd  United States 6.59 PB
7 2 Ricardo Chacón  Cuba 6.59
8 1 Antonio Ullo  Italy 6.61 Q
8 2 Bruny Surin  Canada 6.61 PB
10 1 Andreas Berger  Austria 6.62
11 1 Desai Williams  Canada 6.64
12 1 Koji Kurihara  Japan 6.72

Final

[4]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Andrés Simón  Cuba 6.52 NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 John Myles-Mills  Ghana 6.59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 Pierfrancesco Pavoni  Italy 6.61
4 4 Antonio Ullo  Italy 6.63
5 5 Michael Rosswess  Great Britain 6.64
6 2 Matthias Schlicht  West Germany 6.67

References