2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
The men's 60 metres at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place March 9 and 10 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.
Medalists
Records
Qualification standards
Schedule
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat and 8 fastest qualified. 59 athletes from 56 countries participated. Two athletes did not start the competition.| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Ángel David Rodríguez | 6.64 | Q | |
| 1 | 7 | Justin Gatlin | 6.64 | Q | |
| 3 | 8 | Dwain Chambers | 6.65 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | Emmanuel Biron | 6.68 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | Simone Collio | 6.68 | Q | |
| 6 | 5 | Marc Burns | 6.69 | Q | |
| 7 | 6 | Trell Kimmons | 6.70 | Q | |
| 8 | 2 | Christian Blum | 6.74 | Q | |
| 8 | 4 | Nesta Carter | 6.74 | Q | |
| 8 | 8 | Michael LeBlanc | 6.74 | Q | |
| 11 | 5 | Justyn Warner | 6.75 | Q | |
| 12 | 4 | Ben Youssef Meité | 6.77 | q | |
| 13 | 8 | Su Bingtian | 6.84 | SB, q | |
| 14 | 1 | Peter Emelieze | 6.85 | Q | |
| 15 | 1 | Gerald Phiri | 6.86 | Q | |
| 16 | 1 | Nilson André | 6.86 | PB, q | |
| 17 | 6 | Rytis Sakalauskas | 6.87 | Q | |
| 17 | 7 | Reza Ghasemi | 6.87 | Q | |
| 19 | 8 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | 6.89 | q | |
| 20 | 1 | Foo Ee Yeo | 6.90 | q | |
| 20 | 5 | Jeremy Bascom | 6.90 | q | |
| 22 | 4 | Aziz Ouhadi | 6.91 | SB | |
| 22 | 5 | Mateo Edward | 6.91 | PB | |
| 24 | 7 | Holder da Silva | 6.95 | SB | |
| 25 | 2 | Idrissa Adam | 6.96 | PB | |
| 26 | 7 | Chun Ho Lai | 6.97 | ||
| 27 | 4 | Hasanain Hasan Zubaiyen | 6.98 | NR | |
| 28 | 3 | Brijesh Lawrence | 7.00 | Q | |
| 28 | 7 | Mosito Lehata | 7.00 | NR | |
| 30 | 6 | Battulgyn Achitbileg | 7.03 | PB | |
| 31 | 1 | Mesbah Ahmmed | 7.04 | NR | |
| 31 | 3 | Sibusiso Matsenjwa | 7.04 | NR | |
| 31 | 4 | Keiron Rogers | 7.04 | NR | |
| 34 | 3 | Lerone Clarke | 7.05 | ||
| 34 | 7 | Jean Thierie Ferdinand | 7.05 | PB | |
| 36 | 1 | Cristian Leguizamón | 7.13 | PB | |
| 37 | 5 | Roy Ravana | 7.17 | NR | |
| 38 | 2 | Raihau Maiau | 7.18 | NR | |
| 39 | 2 | Rodman Teltull | 7.20 | NR | |
| 40 | 8 | Imran Khan | 7.21 | PB | |
| 41 | 2 | Ibrahim Kabia | 7.33 | ||
| 41 | 6 | Ahmed Azneem | 7.33 | PB | |
| 43 | 4 | Courtney Carl Williams | 7.35 | PB | |
| 44 | 2 | Valeriy Ponomarev | 7.38 | ||
| 45 | 6 | Roman Cress | 7.43 | SB | |
| 46 | 1 | Chris Meke Walasi | 7.47 | PB | |
| 47 | 1 | Ghislain Nsimba Mandualika | 7.47 | PB | |
| 48 | 8 | Shakyll Lourens | 7.49 | PB | |
| 49 | 4 | Joshua Jeremiah | 7.50 | PB | |
| 49 | 7 | Dominic Carroll | 7.50 | SB | |
| 51 | 5 | Mikel de Sa | 7.51 | ||
| 52 | 3 | Federico Gorrieri | 7.54 | SB | |
| 53 | 3 | Nooa Takooa | 7.57 | PB | |
| 54 | 8 | Tavevele Noa | 7.61 | NR | |
| 55 | 5 | Joseph Andy Lui | 7.71 | PB | |
| 56 | 3 | Dayne O'Hara | 7.75 | PB | |
| 57 | 8 | Alhassane Keita | 8.12 | PB | |
| 6 | John Howard | FS | |||
| 6 | Tim Abeyie | FS | |||
| 2 | Innocent Bologo | ||||
| 5 | Chencho Gyeltshen |
Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each heat and 2 fastest times qualified. 22 athletes from 21 countries participated. One athlete did not start the competition.| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Justin Gatlin | 6.50 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Nesta Carter | 6.56 | Q | |
| 3 | 3 | Trell Kimmons | 6.61 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | Dwain Chambers | 6.62 | Q | |
| 4 | 3 | Marc Burns | 6.62 | Q | |
| 6 | 2 | Emmanuel Biron | 6.65 | q | |
| 7 | 3 | Justyn Warner | 6.67 | q | |
| 8 | 1 | Aziz Ouhadi | 6.68 | NR, Q | |
| 9 | 1 | Rytis Sakalauskas | 6.69 | ||
| 10 | 1 | Michael LeBlanc | 6.71 | ||
| 10 | 1 | Simone Collio | 6.71 | ||
| 10 | 1 | Ben Youssef Meité | 6.71 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Ángel David Rodríguez | 6.71 | ||
| 14 | 3 | Su Bingtian | 6.74 | SB | |
| 15 | 2 | Jeremy Bascom | 6.77 | ||
| 16 | 2 | Christian Blum | 6.79 | ||
| 17 | 2 | Reza Ghasemi | 6.79 | ||
| 18 | 2 | Brijesh Lawrence | 6.80 | ||
| 19 | 1 | Peter Emelieze | 6.81 | ||
| 20 | 1 | Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud | 6.83 | ||
| 21 | 3 | Mateo Edward | 6.91 | PB | |
| 22 | 2 | Foo Ee Yeo | 6.93 | ||
| 22 | 3 | Nilson André | 6.93 | ||
| 3 | Gerald Phiri |
Final
8 athletes from 7 countries participated. The final began at 20:05.| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| Justin Gatlin | 6.46 | SB | ||
| Nesta Carter | 6.54 | |||
| Dwain Chambers | 6.60 | |||
| 4 | Trell Kimmons | 6.60 | ||
| 5 | Marc Burns | 6.62 | ||
| 6 | Emmanuel Biron | 6.63 | ||
| 7 | Justyn Warner | 6.65 | ||
| 8 | Aziz Ouhadi | 6.72 |