title: 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
text: # 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
  
  The women's 60 metres hurdles event at the 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 6 March.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Kerstin Knabe East Germany | Bettine Gärtz East Germany | Yordanka Donkova Bulgaria |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Heats
  
  First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Kerstin Knabe | East Germany | 8.09 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Yelena Biserova | Soviet Union | 8.11 | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | Yordanka Donkova | Bulgaria | 8.11 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Bettine Gärtz | East Germany | 8.14 | Q |
  | 4 | 3 | Natalya Petrova | Soviet Union | 8.14 | Q |
  | 6 | 2 | Mariya Merchuk | Soviet Union | 8.15 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 8.16 | Q |
  | 8 | 3 | Sabine Everts | West Germany | 8.18 | Q |
  | 9 | 3 | Lucyna Langer | Poland | 8.20 | q |
  | 10 | 1 | Marie-Noëlle Savigny | France | 8.23 | Q |
  | 11 | 1 | Xénia Siska | Hungary | 8.23 | q |
  | 12 | 3 | Michèle Chardonnet | France | 8.24 | q |
  | 13 | 2 | Laurence Monclar | France | 8.24 | |
  | 14 | 2 | Laura Rosati | Italy | 8.50 | |
  | 15 | 1 | Petra Prenner | Austria | 8.65 | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Bettine Gärtz | East Germany | 7.99 | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Kerstin Knabe | East Germany | 8.01 | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 8.03 | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Yordanka Donkova | Bulgaria | 8.07 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Mariya Merchuk | Soviet Union | 8.07 | Q, NR |
  | 6 | 1 | Natalya Petrova | Soviet Union | 8.09 | Q |
  | 7 | 2 | Yelena Biserova | Soviet Union | 8.10 | |
  | 8 | 1 | Lucyna Langer | Poland | 8.13 | |
  | 9 | 1 | Marie-Noëlle Savigny | France | 8.15 | |
  | 10 | 2 | Michèle Chardonnet | France | 8.17 | |
  | 11 | 1 | Sabine Everts | West Germany | 8.18 | |
  | 11 | 2 | Xénia Siska | Hungary | 8.18 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Kerstin Knabe | East Germany | 7.98 |
  | | Bettine Gärtz | East Germany | 8.00 |
  | | Yordanka Donkova | Bulgaria | 8.09 |
  | 4 | Natalya Petrova | Soviet Union | 8.16 |
  | 5 | Grażyna Rabsztyn | Poland | 8.21 |
  | 6 | Mariya Merchuk | Soviet Union | 8.64 |
  