2025 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

Women's 200 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue	National Stadium
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	17 September (heats) 18 September (semi-finals) 19 September (final)
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The women's 200 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships will be held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 17, 18 and 19 September 2025. ^[1]

Records

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

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Florence Griffith-Joyner  (USA)	21.34	Seoul, South Korea	29 September 1988
Championship record	Shericka Jackson  (JAM)	21.41	Budapest, Hungary	25 August 2023
World Leading	Julien Alfred  (LCA)	21.71	London, United Kingdom	19 July 2025
African Record	Christine Mboma  (NAM)	21.78	Zürich, Switzerland	9 September 2021
Asian Record	Li Xuemei  (CHN)	22.01	Shanghai, China	22 October 1997
European Record	Dafne Schippers  (NED)	21.63	Beijing, China	28 August 2015
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Florence Griffith-Joyner  (USA)	21.34	Seoul, South Korea	29 September 1988
Oceanian record	Melinda Gainsford  (AUS)	22.23	Stuttgart, Germany	13 July 1997
South American Record	Vitoria Cristina Rosa  (BRA)	22.47	Eugene, United States	19 July 2022

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 22.57. ^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
17 September	19:30	Heats
18 September	21:24	Semi-finals
19 September	22:22	Final

Results

Heats

The heats will take place on 17 September. The first three athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next six fastest ( q ) will qualify to the semi-finals.

Heat 1

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	8	Anavia Battle	United States	22.07	Q
2	3	Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith	Ivory Coast	22.39	Q
3	4	Polyniki Emmanouilidou	Greece	22.92	Q, SB
4	9	Shanti Pereira	Singapore	23.13
5	5	Boglárka Takács	Hungary	23.18
6	2	Jacqueline Madogo	Canada	23.23
7	6	Gabrielle Matthews	Jamaica	23.40
8	7	Fatouma Conde	Guinea	23.42	NR
				Wind: (+0.1 m/s)

Heat 2

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Melissa Jefferson-Wooden	United States	22.24	Q
2	6	Thelma Davies	Liberia	22.76	Q
3	5	Jessika Gbai	Ivory Coast	22.81	Q
4	9	Helene Parisot	France	22.90	q
5	2	Olivia Fotopoulou	Cyprus	22.98	q
6	8	Mia Gross	Australia	23.24
7	3	Jessica-Bianca Wessolly	Germany	23.33
8	4	Maria Carmona  [ de; no ]	Nicaragua	24.14
				Wind: (−0.3 m/s)

Heat 3

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Mckenzie Long	United States	22.51	Q
2	3	Ashanti Moore	Jamaica	22.57	Q
3	5	Sophia Junk	Germany	22.81	Q
4	9	Julia Henriksson	Sweden	22.86	q
5	2	Beyonce Defreitas	British Virgin Islands	23.30
6	6	Kristie Edwards	Australia	23.39
7	8	Alinny Delgadillo Silva	Bolivia	25.13
	4	Liranyi Alonso	Dominican Republic
				Wind: (−0.2 m/s)

Heat 4

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	3	Brittany Brown	United States	22.50	Q
2	4	Anthonique Strachan	Bahamas	22.57	Q, SB
3	5	Daryll Neita	Great Britain & N.I.	22.59	Q
4	9	Léonie Pointet	Switzerland	23.04
5	2	Dalia Kaddari	Italy	23.11
6	8	Leah Bertrand	Trinidad and Tobago	23.33
7	7	Nora Lindahl	Sweden	23.35
8	6	Li Yuting	China	23.64
				Wind: (+0.1 m/s)

Heat 5

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	9	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	22.33	Q
2	5	Amy Hunt	Great Britain & N.I.	22.57	Q
3	6	Imke Vervaet	Belgium	22.74	Q
4	8	Audrey Leduc	Canada	22.82	q
5	4	Abigeirufuka Ido  [ ja ]	Japan	22.98	q
6	7	Lorène Bazolo	Portugal	23.07
7	3	Ann Marii Kivikas  [ de; et; no ]	Estonia	23.14
8	2	Anahí Suárez	Ecuador	23.50
				Wind: (±0.0 m/s)

Heat 6

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain & N.I.	22.40	Q
2	8	Torrie Lewis	Australia	22.56	Q, SB
3	5	Jaël Bestué	Spain	22.74	Q
4	4	Miriam Sánchez	Mexico	23.01	q
5	2	Maboundou Koné	Ivory Coast	23.11
6	6	Marije van Hunenstijn	Netherlands	23.13
7	9	Chen Yujie	China	23.26
8	3	Vittoria Fontana	Italy	23.31
				Wind: (±0.0 m/s)

Semi-finals

The semi-finals took place on 17 September. The first two athletes in each heat ( Q ) and the next two fastest ( q ) qualified for the final.

Heat 1

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	21.99	Q, SB
2	5	Amy Hunt	Great Britain & N.I.	22.08	Q, PB
3	8	Brittany Brown	United States	22.13	q, =SB
4	6	Anthonique Strachan	Bahamas	22.48 [.478]	q, SB
5	4	Jessika Gbai	Ivory Coast	22.56	SB
6	9	Jaël Bestué	Spain	22.80
7	2	Helene Parisot	France	22.87
8	3	Abigeirufuka Ido  [ ja ]	Japan	23.15
				Wind: (−0.1 m/s)

Heat 2

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	7	Melissa Jefferson-Wooden	United States	22.00	Q
2	6	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain & N.I.	22.21	Q
3	4	Ashanti Moore	Jamaica	22.51
4	8	Torrie Lewis	Australia	22.69
5	5	Sophia Junk	Germany	22.71
6	9	Imke Vervaet	Belgium	22.79
7	3	Julia Henriksson	Sweden	22.93
8	2	Olivia Fotopoulou	Cyprus	23.02
				Wind: (+0.1 m/s)

Heat 3

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
1	6	Anavia Battle	United States	22.09	Q
2	7	Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith	Ivory Coast	22.17	Q
3	8	Mckenzie Long	United States	22.48 [.478]	q
4	9	Daryll Neita	Great Britain & N.I.	22.77
5	2	Audrey Leduc	Canada	22.90
6	4	Thelma Davies	Liberia	23.00
7	5	Polyniki Emmanouilidou	Greece	23.04
8	3	Miriam Sánchez	Mexico	23.12
				Wind: (−0.3 m/s)

Final

The final will take place on 19 September.

Place	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Time	Notes
	1	Anthonique Strachan	Bahamas
	2	Mckenzie Long	United States
	3	Brittany Brown	United States
	4	Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith	Ivory Coast
	5	Amy Hunt	Great Britain & N.I.
	6	Melissa Jefferson-Wooden	United States
	7	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica
	8	Anavia Battle	United States
	9	Dina Asher-Smith	Great Britain & N.I.
[4]				Wind: (+ m/s)

References

1. "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - W"omen 200 Metres". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
2. "200 Metres Women − Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
3. "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
4. Start list 200 m W Final