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The women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 9 and 10 March 2012.

The winning margin was 0.21 seconds which as of July 2024 remains the only time the women's 60 metres hurdles was won by more than 0.2 seconds at these championships.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sally Pearson Australia	Tiffany Porter United Kingdom	Alina Talay Belarus

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record	Susanna Kallur (SWE)	7.68	Karlsruhe, Germany	10 February 2008
Championship record	Lolo Jones (USA)	7.72	Doha, Qatar	13 March 2010
World Leading	Kristi Castlin (USA)	7.83	Albuquerque, United States	26 February 2012
African record	Glory Alozie (NGR)	7.82	Madrid, Spain	16 February 1999
Asian record	Olga Shishigina (KAZ)	7.82	Liévin, France	21 February 1999
European record	Susanna Kallur (SWE)	7.68	Karlsruhe, Germany	10 February 2008
North and Central American and Caribbean record	Lolo Jones (USA)	7.72	Doha, Qatar	13 March 2010
Oceanian Record	Sally McLellan (AUS)	7.96	New York City, United States	30 January 2009
South American record	Maíla Machado (BRA)	8.08	Moscow, Russia	11 March 2006

Qualification standards

Indoor	Outdoor
8.18	12.95 (100 mH)

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 9, 2012	17:00	Heats
March 10, 2012	17:10	Semifinals
March 10, 2012	19:45	Final

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and 4 fastest times qualified (q)^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sally Pearson	Australia	7.85	Q, AR
2	3	Tiffany Porter	Great Britain	8.00	Q
3	1	Eline Berings	Belgium	8.08	Q
4	2	Alina Talay	Belarus	8.11	Q
5	4	Marzia Caravelli	Italy	8.13	Q
6	1	Nikkita Holder	Canada	8.15	Q
7	4	Beate Schrott	Austria	8.16	Q
8	3	Sharona Bakker	Netherlands	8.19	Q
8	1	Derval O'Rourke	Ireland	8.19	q
10	3	Veronica Borsi	Italy	8.20	Q
11	3	Svetlana Topilina	Russia	8.20	q
12	3	Lucie Škrobáková	Czech Republic	8.20	q
13	3	Seun Adigun	Nigeria	8.21	q
14	4	Sonata Tamošaitytė	Lithuania	8.27	Q
15	4	Vanneisha Ivy	United States	8.28
16	1	Aleesha Barber	Trinidad and Tobago	8.35
17	1	Cindy Roleder	Germany	8.35
18	2	Angela Moroșanu	Romania	8.37	Q
19	2	Ekaterina Galitskaya	Russia	8.40	Q
20	4	Lee Yeon-Kyung	South Korea	8.41	NR
21	4	Sun Yawei	China	8.46
DQ	2	Demetra Arachovití	Cyprus	~~8.49~~	Doping
22	2	Natalya Ivoninskaya	Kazakhstan	8.49
23	4	Marina Tomić	Slovenia	8.67
24	1	Rosa Rakotozafy	Madagascar	8.74
25	3	Gorana Cvijetić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.89
26	4	Dipna Lim Prasad	Singapore	9.00	NR
27	3	Ghfran Almouhamad	Syria	9.15	PB
—	2	Kristi Castlin	United States	DNF
—	2	Vonette Dixon	Jamaica	DNF
—	1	Natasha Ruddock	Jamaica	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) qualified ^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sally Pearson	Australia	7.93	Q
2	2	Alina Talay	Belarus	7.99	Q, SB
3	1	Eline Berings	Belgium	8.03	Q, SB
3	2	Tiffany Porter	Great Britain	8.03	Q
3	2	Sonata Tamošaitytė	Lithuania	8.03	Q, NR
6	1	Nikkita Holder	Canada	8.07	Q
7	1	Seun Adigun	Nigeria	8.07	Q, PB
8	2	Beate Schrott	Austria	8.11	Q
9	1	Marzia Caravelli	Italy	8.12
10	1	Derval O'Rourke	Ireland	8.13	SB
11	2	Lucie Škrobáková	Czech Republic	8.18
12	2	Sharona Bakker	Netherlands	8.18
13	2	Veronica Borsi	Italy	8.18	PB
14	1	Angela Moroșanu	Romania	8.24
15	1	Ekaterina Galitskaya	Russia	8.26
16	2	Svetlana Topilina	Russia	8.32

Final

The final began at 19:45.^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sally Pearson	Australia	7.73	WL, AR
	Tiffany Porter	Great Britain	7.94
	Alina Talay	Belarus	7.97	SB
4	Sonata Tamošaitytė	Lithuania	8.03	NR
5	Eline Berings	Belgium	8.08
6	Nikkita Holder	Canada	8.09
7	Beate Schrott	Austria	8.12
8	Seun Adigun	Nigeria	8.33

References

^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2012-03-16.

[1] "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles (heats)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-16.

[2] "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles (semifinals)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-16.

[3] "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2012-03-16.

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2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles