2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres

Women's 200 metres at the 2017 World Championships
The podium.
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	8 August (heats) 10 August (semifinal) 11 August (final)
Competitors	46 from 33 nations
Winning time	22.05
Medalists
Dafne Schippers    Netherlands   Marie-Josée Ta Lou    Ivory Coast   Shaunae Miller-Uibo    Bahamas
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The women's 200 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the London Olympic Stadium on 8 and 10−11 August. ^[1]

Summary

Defending champion Dafne Schippers from the Netherlands competed while some of her main competitors did not. Elaine Thompson, this event's silver medallist at the 2015 World Championships and gold medallist at the 2016 Olympics, did not compete. Also missing was Tori Bowie, the world leader and 100 metres gold medallist at these World Championships. Schippers' strongest challengers of the remaining athletes were considered to be Marie-Josée Ta Lou from the Ivory Coast, who won the silver medal in the 100 metres at these championships; Shaunae Miller-Uibo from the Bahamas, who won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2016 Olympic Games; and the U.S. athletes.^{[ citation needed ]}

In the final, shorter sprinters like Ta Lou and Dina Asher-Smith from Great Britain were out of the blocks faster. By her fourth stride, Schippers was into her running motion and gaining with fewer strides than her shorter competitors. By the end of the turn, Schippers had a metre lead on Ta Lou and more than a two-metre lead on Asher-Smith. Down the stretch, Ta Lou gained ground on the lead, while behind them the tall Miller-Uibo was moving past Asher-Smith. Still, Schippers' lead held up for the win in 22.05 seconds. Ta Lou took the silver medal in a 22.08 second national record, and Miller-Uibo closed even faster for the bronze medal.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[2]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	21.34	Florence Griffith-Joyner	USA	29 Sep 1988	Seoul, South Korea
Championship	21.63	Dafne Schippers	NED	28 Aug 2015	Beijing, China
World leading	21.77	Tori Bowie	USA	27 May 2017	Eugene, United States
African	22.07	Mary Onyali-Omagbemi	NGR	14 Aug 1996	Zürich, Switzerland
Asian	22.01	Li Xuemei	CHN	22 Oct 1997	Shanghai, China
NACAC	21.34	Florence Griffith-Joyner	USA	29 Sep 1988	Seoul, South Korea
South American	22.48	Ana Claudia Silva	BRA	6 Aug 2011	São Paulo, Brazil
European	21.63	Dafne Schippers	NED	28 Aug 2015	Beijing, China
Oceanian	22.23	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	AUS	13 Jul 1997	Stuttgart, Germany

The following records were set at the competition: ^[3]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date
Ivorian	22.08	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	CIV	11 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 23.10. ^[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows: ^[5]

Date	Time	Round
8 August	19:30	Heats
10 August	21:05	Semifinals
11 August	21:50	Final

Results

Heats

The first round took place on 8 August in seven heats as follows: ^[6]

Heat	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Start time	19:29	19:37	19:45	19:53	20:01	20:09	20:17
Wind (m/s)	+0.5	−0.6	+0.1	−0.1	−0.4	+0.1	+0.5
Photo finish	link	link	link	link	link	link	link

The first three in each heat ( Q ) and the next three fastest ( q ) qualified for the semifinals. The overall results were as follows: ^[7]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	6	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands  (NED)	22.64	Q
2	4	5	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas  (BAH)	22.69	Q
3	6	4	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast  (CIV)	22.70	Q
4	5	2	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	22.73	Q, SB
5	2	8	Kimberlyn Duncan	United States  (USA)	22.74	Q
6	2	5	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland  (SUI)	22.86	Q
7	5	7	Crystal Emmanuel	Canada  (CAN)	22.87	Q
8	3	6	Deajah Stevens	United States  (USA)	22.90	Q
9	4	7	Simone Facey	Jamaica  (JAM)	22.98	Q
9	1	7	Tynia Gaither	Bahamas  (BAH)	22.98	Q
11	7	7	Rebekka Haase	Germany  (GER)	22.99	Q
12	3	8	Ivet Lalova-Collio	Bulgaria  (BUL)	23.08	Q
13	6	6	Sarah Atcho	Switzerland  (SUI)	23.09	Q
14	1	4	Maria Belimpasaki	Greece  (GRE)	23.16	Q
15	6	8	Anthonique Strachan	Bahamas  (BAH)	23.23	Q
16	4	2	Edidiong Odiong	Bahrain  (BHR)	23.24	Q
17	2	4	Vitória Cristina Rosa	Brazil  (BRA)	23.26	Q
18	3	2	Sashalee Forbes	Jamaica  (JAM)	23.26	Q
19	1	2	Bianca Williams	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	23.30	q
20	7	5	Rosângela Santos	Brazil  (BRA)	23.34	Q
21	2	3	Justine Palframan	South Africa  (RSA)	23.35	q
22	1	8	Jodean Williams	Jamaica  (JAM)	23.38	q
23	3	7	Shannon Hylton	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	23.39
24	4	8	Yana Kachur	Ukraine  (UKR)	23.47
25	1	3	Anna Kiełbasińska	Poland  (POL)	23.48
26	7	2	Semoy Hackett	Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	23.50	Q
27	7	4	Cornelia Halbheer	Switzerland  (SUI)	23.51
28	7	8	Gloria Hooper	Italy  (ITA)	23.51
29	6	3	Sindija Bukša	Latvia  (LAT)	23.54
30	4	4	Sada Williams	Barbados  (BAR)	23.55
31	7	3	Gina Bass	Gambia  (GAM)	23.56
32	2	6	Viktoriya Zyabkina	Kazakhstan  (KAZ)	23.66
33	5	8	Estelle Raffai	France  (FRA)	23.72	Q
34	6	5	Irene Siragusa	Italy  (ITA)	23.73
35	4	3	Kayelle Clarke	Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	23.75
36	1	5	Riley Day	Australia  (AUS)	23.77
37	5	3	Janet Amponsah	Ghana  (GHA)	23.77
38	3	5	Estela García	Spain  (ESP)	23.78
39	2	7	Lorène Bazolo	Portugal  (POR)	23.85
40	3	4	Mariely Sánchez	Dominican Republic  (DOM)	23.89
41	6	2	Isidora Jiménez	Chile  (CHI)	23.89
42	4	6	Toea Wisil	Papua New Guinea  (PNG)	23.93
43	3	3	Ella Nelson	Australia  (AUS)	24.02
44	5	4	Nediam Vargas	Venezuela  (VEN)	24.35
45	2	2	Ulfa Silpiana	Indonesia  (INA)	25.23
46	5	6	Regine Tugade	Guam  (GUM)	26.22
	7	6	Tori Bowie	United States  (USA)	DNS
	5	5	Michelle-Lee Ahye	Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	DNS
	6	7	Laura Müller	Germany  (GER)	DNS

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on 10 August in three heats as follows: ^[8]

Heat	1	2	3
Start time	21:06	21:14	21:23
Wind (m/s)	−0.2	−0.2	−0.2
Photo finish	link	link	link

The first two in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows: ^[9]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	5	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands  (NED)	22.49	Q
2	2	7	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas  (BAH)	22.49	Q
3	3	5	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast  (CIV)	22.50	Q
4	1	6	Deajah Stevens	United States  (USA)	22.71	Q
5	2	4	Kimberlyn Duncan	United States  (USA)	22.73	Q
6	3	4	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	22.73	Q, SB
7	3	6	Crystal Emmanuel	Canada  (CAN)	22.85	q
8	3	7	Tynia Gaither	Bahamas  (BAH)	22.85	q
9	1	7	Ivet Lalova-Collio	Bulgaria  (BUL)	22.96
10	2	5	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland  (SUI)	23.00
11	2	6	Simone Facey	Jamaica  (JAM)	23.01
12	1	4	Rebekka Haase	Germany  (GER)	23.03
13	1	3	Sashalee Forbes	Jamaica  (JAM)	23.09
14	1	8	Sarah Atcho	Switzerland  (SUI)	23.12
15	1	2	Justine Palframan	South Africa  (RSA)	23.21
16	1	9	Anthonique Strachan	Bahamas  (BAH)	23.21
17	3	8	Maria Belimpasaki	Greece  (GRE)	23.21
18	2	8	Edidiong Odiong	Bahrain  (BHR)	23.24
19	3	9	Vitória Cristina Rosa	Brazil  (BRA)	23.31
20	3	2	Jodean Williams	Jamaica  (JAM)	23.32
21	2	3	Bianca Williams	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	23.40
22	3	3	Estelle Raffai	France  (FRA)	23.45
23	2	2	Semoy Hackett	Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	23.54
	2	9	Rosângela Santos	Brazil  (BRA)	DQ	R 162.7

Final

The final took place on 11 August at 21:50. The wind was +0.8 metres per second and the results were as follows (photo finish): ^[10]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands  (NED)	22.05	SB
	4	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast  (CIV)	22.08	NR
	5	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas  (BAH)	22.15
4	8	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	22.22	SB
5	7	Deajah Stevens	United States  (USA)	22.44
6	9	Kimberlyn Duncan	United States  (USA)	22.59
7	2	Crystal Emmanuel	Canada  (CAN)	22.60
8	3	Tynia Gaither	Bahamas  (BAH)	23.07

References

External videos
Women's 200m Final: IAAF World Championships London 2017 on YouTube

1. Start list
2. "200 Metres Women − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 31 July 2017.
3. "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 14 August 2017.
4. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
5. "200 Metres Women − Timetable". IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
6. "200 Metres Women − Heats − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
7. "200 Metres Women − Heats − Summary" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
8. "200 Metres Women − Semi-Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
9. "200 Metres Women − Semi-Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
10. "200 Metres Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 14 August 2017.