1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Track events
60 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m	men	women
60 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m walk		women
5000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women

The women's 60 metres event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 6 and 7 March.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nelli Fiere-Cooman  Netherlands	Anelia Nuneva  Bulgaria	Angela Bailey  Canada

Note: Angella Issajenko (CAN) originally won silver but was disqualified in 1989 after admitting long-term drug use.

The first 2 of each heat (Q) and next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1][2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Nelli Fiere-Cooman	Netherlands	7.06	Q
2	3	Angella Issajenko	Canada	7.10	DQ
2	4	Anelia Nuneva	Bulgaria	7.16	Q
3	1	Angela Bailey	Canada	7.21	Q
4	3	Merlene Ottey-Page	Jamaica	7.27	q
5	1	Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	7.28	Q
6	4	Els Vader	Netherlands	7.29	Q
7	3	Michelle Finn	United States	7.30	q
8	2	Wendy Hoyte	Great Britain	7.31	Q
9	2	Diane Holden	Australia	7.37	Q
10	1	Rufina Ubah	Nigeria	7.40	q
11	2	Tina Iheagwam	Nigeria	7.54	q
12	4	Martha Grossenbacher-Derby	Switzerland	7.56	q
13	2	Svanhildur Kristjónsdottir	Iceland	7.67	q
14	1	Christa Schumann	Guatemala	7.72	q, NR
15	2	Diane Dunrod	Saint Kitts and Nevis	7.81	q, NR
16	1	Deborah Bell	Argentina	7.85	NR
17	4	Martha Soraima	Netherlands Antilles	7.89	NR
18	3	Oliver Acii	Uganda	7.98	NR
19	2	Janet Montas	Dominican Republic	8.07
20	3	Nouha Samaha	Lebanon	8.19
21	3	Rossella Tarolo	Italy	8.43
	1	Paula Dunn	Great Britain	DNS
	1	Ratjai Sripet	Thailand	DNS
	2	Ruth Gallardo	El Salvador	DNS
	3	Selmi Keamel	Algeria	DNS
	4	Regina Nigba	Liberia	DNS
	4	Joyce Odhiambo	Kenya	DNS

First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.^[3][4]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Anelia Nuneva	Bulgaria	7.10	Q
2	1	Nelli Fiere-Cooman	Netherlands	7.11	Q
3	1	Merlene Ottey-Page	Jamaica	7.14	Q, NR
4	2	Angella Issajenko	Canada	7.15	DQ
4	1	Angela Bailey	Canada	7.17	Q
5	1	Michelle Finn	United States	7.21	Q
6	2	Els Vader	Netherlands	7.28	Q
7	2	Diane Holden	Australia	7.32	Q, AR
8	1	Wendy Hoyte	Great Britain	7.33
9	2	Rufina Ubah	Nigeria	7.39
10	2	Juliet Cuthbert	Jamaica	7.48
11	1	Martha Grossenbacher-Derby	Switzerland	7.54
12	1	Tina Iheagwam	Nigeria	7.62
13	2	Svanhildur Kristjónsdottir	Iceland	7.76
14	2	Christa Schumann	Guatemala	7.79
	1	Diane Dunrod	Saint Kitts and Nevis	DNS

^[5][6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Nelli Fiere-Cooman	Netherlands	7.08	CR
	5	Anelia Nuneva	Bulgaria	7.10
	2	Angela Bailey	Canada	7.12	PB
4	3	Merlene Ottey-Page	Jamaica	7.13	NR
5	1	Michelle Finn	United States	7.19	PB
6	7	Els Vader	Netherlands	7.23
7	8	Diane Holden	Australia	7.43
	6	Angella Issajenko	Canada	7.08	DQ