1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles

The women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 14 and 15 March in Vienna.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Karin Balzer East Germany	Lia Khitrina Soviet Union	Teresa Sukniewicz Poland

Results

Heats

Held on 14 March

First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Karin Balzer	East Germany	8.3	Q
2	1	Mary Peters	Great Britain	8.5	Q
3	1	Meta Antenen	Switzerland	8.5	Q
4	1	Ivanka Koshnicharska	Bulgaria	8.7	Q
5	1	Emina Pilav	Yugoslavia	8.7
1	2	Lia Khitrina	Soviet Union	8.2	Q
2	2	Mieke Sterk	Netherlands	8.5	Q
3	2	Teresa Nowak	Poland	8.5	Q
4	2	Milena Piačková	Czechoslovakia	8.6	Q
5	2	Katalin Balogh	Hungary	8.7
1	3	Teresa Sukniewicz	Poland	8.6	Q
2	3	Heide Rosendahl	West Germany	8.6	Q
3	3	Valeria Bufanu	Romania	9.2	Q
4	3	Christa Knöppel	Austria	9.3	Q

Semifinals

Held on 14 March

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Lia Khitrina	Soviet Union	8.3	Q
2	1	Teresa Nowak	Poland	8.5	Q
3	1	Mieke Sterk	Netherlands	8.5	Q
4	1	Mary Peters	Great Britain	8.7
5	1	Valeria Bufanu	Romania	8.9
	1	Heide Rosendahl	West Germany	DNS
1	2	Karin Balzer	East Germany	8.3 (?)	Q
2	2	Teresa Sukniewicz	Poland	8.5	Q
3	2	Ivanka Koshnicharska	Bulgaria	8.7	Q
4	2	Milena Piačková	Czechoslovakia	8.7
5	2	Meta Antenen	Switzerland	8.7
6	2	Christa Knöppel	Austria	9.2

Final

Held on 15 March

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Karin Balzer	East Germany	8.2	WB
	6	Lia Khitrina	Soviet Union	8.2	WB
	5	Teresa Sukniewicz	Poland	8.5
4	2	Teresa Nowak	Poland	8.5
5	3	Mieke Sterk	Netherlands	8.6
6	1	Ivanka Koshnicharska	Bulgaria	8.6