2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

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Women's 200 metres
at the 2023 World Championships
Venue National Athletics Centre
Dates23 August (heats)
24 August (semi-finals)
25 August (final)
Winning time21.41 CR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  2022
2025  

The women's 200 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest from 23 to 25 August 2022. [1]

Contents

Summary

All the expected finalists qualified. The structure of the semis didn't make it easy. The third semi was loaded with the defending champion, Shericka Jackson, the newly crowned 100 metres champion, Sha'Carri Richardson, and perennial finalist, 2017 silver medalist Marie-Josée Ta Lou. With only two automatic qualifying spots, something had to give. Ta Lou had to get one of the time qualifying spots and was relegated to lane 2 in the final.

In the final, the staggers mostly held true halfway through the turn, then Jackson began to edge forward with Dina Asher-Smith and Gabrielle Thomas showing a slight advantage. As they reached the straightaway, Jackson had a clear 2 metre lead with Thomas just barely ahead of Richardson, Asher-Smith, Julien Alfred and Daryll Neita. Jackson continued to power away, the winner was not going to be in doubt. Thomas separated, with Richardson also moving forward. Jackson let off the gas a couple of steps before the finish line, her time of 21.41 improved her standing as #2 performer of all time, just .07 short of Florence Griffith-Joyner's 35 year old world record. Thomas followed 4 metres later, a step ahead of now double medalist at these championships, Richardson.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of the United States.svg  Florence Griffith-Joyner  (USA)21.34 Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988
Championship record Flag of Jamaica.svg  Shericka Jackson  (JAM)21.45 Eugene, United States 21 July 2022
World Leading Flag of the United States.svg  Gabrielle Thomas  (USA)21.60 Eugene, United States 9 July 2023
African Record Flag of Namibia.svg  Christine Mboma  (NAM)21.78 Zürich, Switzerland 9 September 2021
Asian Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Xuemei  (CHN)22.01 Shanghai, China 22 October 1997
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Florence Griffith-Joyner  (USA)21.34 Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988
South American Record Flag of Brazil.svg  Vitoria Cristina Rosa  (BRA)22.47 Eugene, United States 19 July 2022
European Record Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Dafne Schippers  (NED)21.63 Beijing, China 28 August 2015
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Melinda Gainsford  (AUS)22.23 Stuttgart, Germany 13 July 1997

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 22.60. [3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
23 August11:20 Heats
24 August19:45 Semi-finals
25 August21:40 Final

Results

Heats

The first 3 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the semi-finals. [4]

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.4 m/s, Heat 2: -0.7 m/s, Heat 3: -0.4 m/s, Heat 4: -0.4 m/s, Heat 5: -1.3 m/s, Heat 6: -0.3 m/s

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
12 Sha'Carri Richardson Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)22.16Q
25 Gabrielle Thomas Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)22.26Q
32 Marie-Josée Ta Lou Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast  (CIV)22.26Q, SB
41 Anthonique Strachan Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH)22.31Q
54 Julien Alfred Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia  (LCA)22.31Q
61 Daryll Neita Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)22.39Q
74 Natalliah Whyte Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)22.44Q
86 Dina Asher-Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)22.46Q
95 Kevona Davis Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)22.49Q
103 Shericka Jackson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)22.51Q
116 Maboundou Koné Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast  (CIV)22.55Q
123 Veronica Shanti Pereira Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore  (SIN)22.57Q, NR
131 Jaël Bestué Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)22.58Q
146 Kayla White Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)22.62Q
152 Olivia Fotopoulou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus  (CYP)22.65Q, PB
161 Favour Ofili Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)22.66q
176 Dalia Kaddari Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)22.67q, SB
184 Bianca Williams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)22.67Q
193 Jessika Gbai Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast  (CIV)22.78Q
203 Adaejah Hodge Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands  (IVB)22.82q
216 Krystsina Tsimanouskaya Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)22.88q
225 Tasa Jiya Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)22.97Q
232 Polyniki Emmanoulidou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)23.00q
244 Gina Bass Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia  (GAM)23.02q
252 Ashanti Moore Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)23.12
262 Lorène Dorcas Bazolo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)23.13
271 Léonie Pointet Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)23.16 PB
281 Yunisleidy García Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)23.22
295 Boglárka Takács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)23.24
305 Cecilia Tamayo-Garza Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)23.25
315 Martyna Kotwiła Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)23.34
324 Georgia Hulls Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)23.36
333 Susanne Walli Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)23.38
341 Ana Carolina Azevedo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)23.45
353 Alexa Sulyán Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)23.47
361 Aino Pulkkinen  [ fi ]Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)23.48
376 Remi Tsuruta Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)23.49
383 Nicole Caicedo Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)23.51
392 Anniina Kortetmaa  [ fi ]Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)23.52
404 Julia Henriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)23.55
415 Christine Bjelland Jensen  [ de ]Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)23.62
422 Gorete Semedo Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe  (STP)23.69 SB
436 Rhoda Njobvu Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia  (ZAM)23.82
446 Vitoria Cristina Rosa Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)23.86
4 Ella Connolly Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS) DNS

Semi-finals

The first 2 athletes in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the final. [5]

RankHeatNameNationalityTimeNotes
11 Gabrielle Thomas Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)21.97Q
23 Shericka Jackson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)22.00Q
32 Julien Alfred Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia  (LCA)22.17Q
43 Sha'Carri Richardson Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)22.20Q
52 Daryll Neita Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)22.21Q, PB
63 Marie-Josée Ta Lou Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast  (CIV)22.26q, SB
71 Dina Asher-Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)22.28Q
82 Anthonique Strachan Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH)22.30q
92 Kayla White Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)22.34
102 Kevona Davis Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)22.34
113 Bianca Williams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)22.45 PB
121 Natalliah Whyte Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)22.52
133 Jaël Bestué Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)22.60
141 Tasa Jiya Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)22.67 PB
151 Olivia Fotopoulou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus  (CYP)22.73
161 Dalia Kaddari Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)22.75
173 Veronica Shanti Pereira Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore  (SIN)22.79
183 Favour Ofili Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)22.86
192 Jessika Gbai Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast  (CIV)22.88
202 Adaejah Hodge Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands  (IVB)22.96
213 Gina Bass Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia  (GAM)23.10
221 Polyniki Emmanoulidou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)23.15
232 Krystsina Tsimanouskaya Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)23.34
1 Maboundou Koné Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast  (CIV) DQ TR17.3.1

Final

The final started at 21:42 on 25 August. The results were as follows: [6]

Wind: +0.1 m/s

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg6 Shericka Jackson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)21.41 CR, NR
Silver medal icon.svg8 Gabrielle Thomas Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)21.81
Bronze medal icon.svg9 Sha'Carri Richardson Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)21.92 PB
47 Julien Alfred Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia  (LCA)22.05
55 Daryll Neita Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)22.16 PB
63 Anthonique Strachan Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH)22.29
74 Dina Asher-Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)22.34
82 Marie-Josée Ta Lou Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast  (CIV)22.64

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