1978 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres

First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Linda Haglund	Sweden	7.20	Q
2	1	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	7.27	Q
3	3	Lyudmila Storozhkova	Soviet Union	7.29	Q
4	4	Vera Anisimova	Soviet Union	7.32	Q
5	4	Petra Sharp	West Germany	7.35	Q
6	1	Chantal Réga	France	7.36	Q
7	2	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Soviet Union	7.42	Q
8	2	Heather Hunte	Great Britain	7.42	q
9	3	Lea Alaerts	Belgium	7.43	Q
10	4	Annie Alizé	France	7.44	q
11	1	Laura Miano	Italy	7.46	q
12	4	Mariya Sabeva	Bulgaria	7.51	q
13	2	Brigitte Haest	Austria	7.56
14	2	Marisa Masullo	Italy	7.58
14	3	Gisela Grässle	West Germany	7.58
16	3	Laureen Beckles	France	7.62

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Linda Haglund	Sweden	7.18	Q
2	2	Marlies Göhr	East Germany	7.26	Q
3	1	Vera Anisimova	Soviet Union	7.28	Q
3	2	Lyudmila Storozhkova	Soviet Union	7.28	Q
5	1	Petra Sharp	West Germany	7.35	Q
6	1	Heather Hunte	Great Britain	7.35
7	2	Chantal Réga	France	7.37	Q
8	1	Annie Alizé	France	7.39
9	2	Laura Miano	Italy	7.42
10	2	Lyudmila Kondratyeva	Soviet Union	7.45
11	2	Lea Alaerts	Belgium	7.46
12	1	Mariya Sabeva	Bulgaria	7.49