Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres

Women's 200 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date6–8 August
Competitors54 from 39 nations
Winning time21.88
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Allyson Felix  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Carmelita Jeter  United States
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The Women's 200 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6–8 August.

The times in the three semi-finals were very close, but while Allyson Felix appeared to put a minimum of effort to hold off Murielle Ahouré in heat two, in heat one Veronica Campbell Brown dipped at the finish to edge Carmelita Jeter and in heat three Sanya Richards-Ross raced Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to the line. Semoy Hackett set the Trinidad and Tobago national record as the first time qualifier, Myriam Soumaré only one hundredth behind as the other time qualifier in 22.56.

In the final Felix took lead through the turn and extended it to the finish. Campbell-Brown was second coming into the straight but was overtaken by Fraser-Pryce and Jeter who took the silver and bronze respectively.

Competition format

The Women's 200m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), semifinals and a Final. The fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the semifinals along with the fastest overall competitors not already qualified that were required to fill the available spaces in the semifinals. A total of eight competitors qualified for the Final from the semifinals.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Florence Griffith Joyner (USA) 21.34 Seoul, Korea 29 September 1988
Olympic record
2012 World leading  Allyson Felix (USA) 21.69 Eugene, United States 30 June 2012

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Monday, 6 August 2012 19:20 Round 1
Tuesday, 7 August 2012 20:25 Semifinals
Wednesday, 8 August 2012 21:00 Finals

Results

Heats Official Video

Round 1

Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.5 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Murielle Ahouré  Ivory Coast 22.55 Q
2 Aleksandra Fedoriva  Russia 22.61 Q
3 Margaret Adeoye  Great Britain 22.94 Q, PB
4 Allison Peter  Virgin Islands 23.00 q
5 Christy Udoh  Nigeria 23.19
6 Andreea Ogrăzeanu  Romania 23.46
7 Anna Kiełbasińska  Poland 23.67
8 Hinikissia Albertine Ndikert  Chad 26.06
Marlena Wesh  Haiti DNS

Heat 2

Wind:
Heat 2: +1.2 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Allyson Felix  United States 22.71 Q
2 Semoy Hackett  Trinidad and Tobago 22.81 Q
3 Janelle Redhead  Grenada 23.08 Q, SB
4 Anyika Onuora  Great Britain 23.23
5 Elizabeta Savlinis  Russia 23.23
6 Gloria Hooper  Italy 23.25
7 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie  Bahamas 23.49
8 Vida Anim  Ghana 23.71 SB
9 Ndeye Fatou Soumah  Senegal 23.89

Heat 3

Wind:
Heat 3: +0.7 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Carmelita Jeter  United States 22.65 Q
2 Abiodun Oyepitan  Great Britain 22.92 Q
3 Sherone Simpson  Jamaica 22.97 Q
4 Maria Belibasaki  Greece 23.36
5 Ana Claudia Silva  Brazil 23.40
6 Gloria Asumnu  Nigeria 23.43
7 Chisato Fukushima  Japan 24.14
8 Gretta Taslakian  Lebanon 24.49
Cydonie Mothersill  Cayman Islands DNS

Heat 4

Wind:
Heat 4: +0.3 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sanya Richards-Ross  United States 22.48 Q
2 LaVerne Jones-Ferrette  Virgin Islands 22.64 Q, SB
3 Hrystyna Stuy  Ukraine 22.66 Q, PB
4 Kai Selvon  Trinidad and Tobago 22.85 q, PB
5 Ivet Lalova  Bulgaria 23.01 q, SB
6 Eleni Artymata  Cyprus 23.09 q, SB
7 Norma González  Colombia 23.46 SB
8 Nercely Soto  Venezuela 23.54
9 Vladislava Ovcharenko  Tajikistan 24.39

Heat 5

Wind:
Heat 5: +1.3 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Mariya Ryemyen  Ukraine 22.58 Q, PB
2 Myriam Soumaré  France 22.70 Q, SB
3 Veronica Campbell Brown  Jamaica 22.75 Q
4 Léa Sprunger  Switzerland 23.27
5 Ezinne Okparaebo  Norway 23.30 =NR
6 Natalia Rusakova  Russia 23.40
7 Erika Chávez  Ecuador 23.70
8 Kirsten Nieuwendam  Suriname 24.07
9 Chan Seyha  Cambodia 26.62

Heat 6

Wind:
Heat 6: +0.8 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica 22.71 Q
2 Anthonique Strachan  Bahamas 22.75 Q
3 Elyzaveta Bryzgina  Ukraine 22.82 Q
4 Evelyn dos Santos  Brazil 23.07 q
5 Crystal Emmanuel  Canada 23.10 q, SB
6 Marielis Sánchez  Dominican Republic 23.20 SB
7 Viktoriya Zyabkina  Kazakhstan 23.49
8 Nelkis Casabona  Cuba 23.82
9 Luan Gabriel  Dominica 24.12

Semi-final

Semi-final Official Video

Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.0 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Veronica Campbell Brown  Jamaica 22.32 Q, SB
2 Carmelita Jeter  United States 22.39 Q
3 Myriam Soumare  France 22.56 q, SB
4 Mariya Ryemyen  Ukraine 22.62
5 Anthonique Strachan  Bahamas 22.82
6 Ivet Lalova  Bulgaria 22.98 SB
7 Margaret Adeoye  Great Britain 23.28
8 Allison Peter  Virgin Islands 23.35

Heat 2

Wind:
Heat 2: +1.0 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Allyson Felix  United States 22.31 Q
2 Murielle Ahouré  Ivory Coast 22.49 Q
3 Semoy Hackett  Trinidad and Tobago 22.55 q, =NR
4 Laverne Jones-Ferrette  Virgin Islands 22.62 SB
5 Elyzaveta Bryzgina  Ukraine 22.64 SB
6 Sherone Simpson  Jamaica 22.71
7 Evelyn dos Santos  Brazil 22.82 PB
8 Eleni Artymata  Cyprus 22.92 SB

Heat 3

Wind:
Heat 3: +0.8 m/s

Rank Athlete Nation Time Notes
1 Sanya Richards-Ross  United States 22.30 Q
2 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica 22.34 Q
3 Aleksandra Fedoriva  Russia 22.65
4 Hrystyna Stuy  Ukraine 22.76
5 Kai Selvon  Trinidad and Tobago 23.04
6 Abiodun Oyepitan  Great Britain 23.14
7 Crystal Emmanuel  Canada 23.28
8 Janelle Redhead  Grenada 23.51

Final

Wind: -0.2 m/s

Rank Lanes Athlete Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 Allyson Felix  United States 21.88
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce  Jamaica 22.09 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 Carmelita Jeter  United States 22.14
4 5 Veronica Campbell Brown  Jamaica 22.38
5 6 Sanya Richards-Ross  United States 22.39
6 8 Murielle Ahouré  Ivory Coast 22.57
7 2 Myriam Soumaré  France 22.63
8 3 Semoy Hackett  Trinidad and Tobago 22.87

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