2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

Women's 200 metres at the 2019 World Championships
The final of the event.
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Dates	30 September (heats) 1 October (semi-final) 2 October (final)
Competitors	45 from 31 nations
Winning time	21.88
Medalists
Dina Asher-Smith    Great Britain   Brittany Brown    United States   Mujinga Kambundji     Switzerland
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The women's 200 metres at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, from 30 September to 2 October 2019. ^[1]

Summary

The season world No. 1 and previous bronze medalist Shaunae Miller-Uibo concentrated on the 400 metres and did not enter. The defending champion and world No. 13 Dafne Schippers and previous silver medalist and world No. 9 Marie-Josée Ta Lou opted not to start in the heats. Olympic champion and world No. 2 Elaine Thompson didn't start in the semi-finals. 2013 bronze medallist and world No. 3 Blessing Okagbare was disqualified in the heats due to a lane infringement. 2013 champion and world No. 7 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce focused on 100m. The only athlete in the field with a personal best below 22 seconds was Dina Asher-Smith, making her the overwhelming favorite going into the Championships.

In the first steps of the final, Asher-Smith took a clear lead, making up the stagger on Dezerea Bryant to her outside just after halfway through the turn. As the stagger resolved coming onto the straight, it revealed Bryant was in second place, slightly ahead of Brittany Brown and Mujinga Kambundji, meaning Asher-Smith had a huge lead. Down the straight, the only athlete looking like she was making any progress cutting down the gap was Brown. ^[2] Asher-Smith didn't let up, crossing the finish line with a clear win by 3 metres, Brown also clearly ahead by another 3 metres over Kambundji. ^[3]

Asher-Smith's 21.88 was a new British national record. Kambundji won the first sprint medal for Switzerland at a global outdoor championship. The closest was Marcel Schelbert who also took a bronze in the 400 hurdles in 1999.

In the semi-finals, winner Asher-Smith returned to the track to assist an injured rival, Anthonique Strachan, a gesture which earned her a nomination for the International Fair Play Award. ^[4]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[5]

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	21.74	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	BAH	29 Aug 2019	Zürich, Switzerland
African	22.04	Blessing Okagbare	NGA	24 Mar 2018	Abilene, United States
Asian	22.01	Li Xuemei	CHN	24 Mar 2018	Shanghai, China
NACAC	21.34	Florence Griffith Joyner	USA	29 Sep 1988	Seoul, South Korea
South American	22.48	Ana Cláudia Lemos	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:

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date
Nigerien	22.58	Aminatou Seyni	NIG	30 Sep 2019
British	21.88	Dina Asher-Smith	GBR	2 Oct 2019

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows: ^[6]

Date	Time	Round
30 September	17:05	Heats
1 October	21:35	Semi-finals
2 October	22:35	Final

Results

Heats

The first three in each heat (Q) and the next six fastest (q) qualify for the semifinal. ^[7]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: +0.2 m/s, Heat 3: +0.7 m/s, Heat 4: +0.4 m/s, Heat 5: +0.8 m/s, Heat 6: -0.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	7	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	22.32	Q
2	3	9	Brittany Brown	United States  (USA)	22.33	Q, PB
3	6	8	Anglerne Annelus	United States  (USA)	22.56	Q
4	4	6	Dezerea Bryant	United States  (USA)	22.56	Q
5	4	5	Tynia Gaither	Bahamas  (BAH)	22.57	Q, SB
6	5	2	Aminatou Seyni	Niger  (NIG)	22.58	Q, NR
7	3	5	Elaine Thompson	Jamaica  (JAM)	22.61	Q
8	5	4	Tatjana Pinto	Germany  (GER)	22.63	Q, PB
9	5	8	Gina Bass	Gambia  (GAM)	22.67	Q
10	3	3	Lisa-Marie Kwayie	Germany  (GER)	22.77	Q, PB
11	3	6	Maja Mihalinec	Slovenia  (SLO)	22.78	q, PB
12	2	7	Ivet Lalova-Collio	Bulgaria  (BUL)	22.79	Q
13	2	5	Jodie Williams	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	22.80	Q
14	2	2	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland  (SUI)	22.81	Q
15	1	2	Anthonique Strachan	Bahamas  (BAH)	22.86	Q
16	2	6	Basant Hemida	Egypt  (EGY)	22.88	q
17	4	3	Jamile Samuel	Netherlands  (NED)	22.90	q, SB
18	6	9	Carolle Zahi	France  (FRA)	22.99	Q
19	4	8	Crystal Emmanuel	Canada  (CAN)	23.00	q
20	3	2	Marileidy Paulino	Dominican Republic  (DOM)	23.04	q, SB
21	1	4	Kamaria Durant	Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	23.08	Q
22	4	4	Jessica-Bianca Wessolly	Germany  (GER)	23.10	q
23	6	3	Beth Dobbin	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	23.14	Q
24	1	3	Shashalee Forbes	Jamaica  (JAM)	23.15	Q
25	5	3	Olga Safronova	Kazakhstan  (KAZ)	23.16
26	6	4	Krystsina Tsimanouskaya	Belarus  (BLR)	23.22
27	6	5	Imke Vervaet	Belgium  (BEL)	23.24	PB
28	2	9	Liang Xiaojing	China  (CHN)	23.27
29	1	6	Sarah Atcho	Switzerland  (SUI)	23.29
30	3	8	Gunta Vaičule	Latvia  (LAT)	23.32
31	2	3	Mauricia Prieto	Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	23.33
32	4	2	Gloria Hooper	Italy  (ITA)	23.33
33	4	9	Gulsumbi Sharifova	Tajikistan  (TJK)	23.45
34	6	7	Rafaéla Spanoudaki-Hatziriga	Greece  (GRE)	23.48
35	6	2	Schillonie Calvert-Powell	Jamaica  (JAM)	23.52
36	2	8	Sindija Bukša	Latvia  (LAT)	23.53
37	1	5	Phil Healy	Ireland  (IRL)	23.56
38	5	6	Lorraine Martins	Brazil  (BRA)	23.56
39	5	5	Zhang Man	China  (CHN)	23.60
40	2	4	Archana Suseendran	India  (IND)	23.65
41	3	7	Vitória Cristina Rosa	Brazil  (BRA)	23.81
42	1	8	Zoe Hobbs	New Zealand  (NZL)	23.94
43	5	7	Shanti Pereira	Singapore  (SIN)	24.00
	5	9	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria  (NGR)	DQ	163.3(a)
	6	6	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi	Congo  (CGO)
	1	7	Marie-Josée Ta Lou	Ivory Coast  (CIV)	DNS
	1	9	Dafne Schippers	Netherlands  (NED)
	3	4	Ketura Ndoye Ti Nzapa	Central African Republic  (CAF)

Semi-finals

The first two in each heat (Q) and the next two fastest (q) qualified for the final. ^[8]

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.4 m/s, Heat 2: +0.4 m/s, Heat 3: +0.5 m/s

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	6	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	22.16	Q
2	2	5	Brittany Brown	United States  (USA)	22.46	Q
3	1	5	Anglerne Annelus	United States  (USA)	22.49	Q
4	1	9	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland  (SUI)	22.49	Q
5	3	4	Dezerea Bryant	United States  (USA)	22.56	Q
6	2	9	Tynia Gaither	Bahamas  (BAH)	22.57	Q, SB
7	2	7	Ivet Lalova-Collio	Bulgaria  (BUL)	22.58	q
8	3	9	Gina Bass	Gambia  (GAM)	22.60	q
9	1	3	Crystal Emmanuel	Canada  (CAN)	22.65	SB
10	1	6	Aminatou Seyni	Niger  (NIG)	22.77
11	1	4	Jodie Williams	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	22.78
12	3	3	Maja Mihalinec	Slovenia  (SLO)	22.81
13	3	8	Lisa-Marie Kwayie	Germany  (GER)	22.83
14	2	2	Basant Hemida	Egypt  (EGY)	22.92
15	1	2	Jamile Samuel	Netherlands  (NED)	23.02
16	2	4	Carolle Zahi	France  (FRA)	23.03
17	3	2	Marileidy Paulino	Dominican Republic  (DOM)	23.03	SB
18	1	7	Tatjana Pinto	Germany  (GER)	23.11
19	2	8	Beth Dobbin	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	23.11
20	1	8	Shashalee Forbes	Jamaica  (JAM)	23.14
21	2	3	Jessica-Bianca Wessolly	Germany  (GER)	23.37
22	3	5	Kamaria Durant	Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	23.44
23	3	7	Anthonique Strachan	Bahamas  (BAH)	25.44
	2	6	Elaine Thompson	Jamaica  (JAM)	DNS

Final

The final was started on 2 October 22:35. ^[9]

Wind: +0.9 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	21.88	NR
	6	Brittany Brown	United States  (USA)	22.22	PB
	4	Mujinga Kambundji	Switzerland  (SUI)	22.51
4	5	Anglerne Annelus	United States  (USA)	22.59
5	8	Dezerea Bryant	United States  (USA)	22.63
6	2	Gina Bass	Gambia  (GAM)	22.71
7	3	Ivet Lalova-Collio	Bulgaria  (BUL)	22.77
8	9	Tynia Gaither	Bahamas  (BAH)	22.90

References

1. Start list
2. "Dina Asher-Smith wins world 200m gold to make history for Great Britain". Guardian. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
3. "Dina Asher-Smith wins 200m gold at World Athletics Championships". BBC Sport. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
4. Shortlist announced for International Fair Play Award. IAAF (2019-10-07). Retrieved 2019-10-19.
5. "200 Metres Women − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 27 September 2019.
6. "Women's 200 Metres − Timetable". IAAF . Retrieved 27 September 2019.
7. "200 Metres Women − Round 1 − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
8. "Semi-finals results" (PDF).
9. "Final results" (PDF).