2025 World Athletics Championships – Women's 200 metres

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Women's 200 metres
at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue National Stadium
Location Tokyo, Japan
Dates17 September (heats)
18 September (semi-finals)
19 September (final)
Winning time21.68 WL
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Melissa Jefferson-Wooden  Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg   Amy Hunt  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg   Shericka Jackson  Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
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The women's 200 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 17, 18 and 19 September 2025. [1]

Contents

Summary

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 Korea29 September 1988
Championship record Flag of Jamaica.svg  Shericka Jackson  (JAM)21.41 Budapest, Hungary25 August 2023
World LeadingFlag of Saint Lucia.svg  Julien Alfred  (LCA)21.71 London, United Kingdom19 July 2025
African Record Flag of Namibia.svg  Christine Mboma  (NAM)21.78 Zürich, Switzerland9 September 2021
Asian Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Xuemei  (CHN)22.01 Shanghai, China22 October 1997
European Record Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Dafne Schippers  (NED)21.63 Beijing, China28 August 2015
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Florence Griffith-Joyner  (USA)21.34 Seoul, South Korea29 September 1988
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Melinda Gainsford  (AUS)22.23 Stuttgart, Germany13 July 1997
South American Record Flag of Brazil.svg  Vitoria Cristina Rosa  (BRA)22.47 Eugene, United States19 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]

DateTimeRound
17 September19:30 Heats
18 September21:24 Semi-finals
19 September22:22 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 ) qualified for the semi-finals.

Heat 1

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
18 Anavia Battle Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.07 Q
23 Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 22.39 Q
34 Polyniki Emmanouilidou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 22.92 Q, SB
49 Shanti Pereira Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 23.13
55 Boglárka Takács Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 23.18
62 Jacqueline Madogo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.23
76 Gabrielle Matthews Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 23.40
87 Fatouma Conde Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 23.42 NR
[4] Wind: (+0.1 m/s)

Heat 2

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
17 Melissa Jefferson-Wooden Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.24 Q
26 Thelma Davies Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 22.76 Q
35 Jessika Gbai Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 22.81 Q
49 Helene Parisot Flag of France.svg  France 22.90 q
52 Olivia Fotopoulou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 22.98 q
68 Mia Gross Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.24
73 Jessica-Bianca Wessolly Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23.33
84 Maria Carmona  [ de; no ]Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 24.14
[4] Wind: (−0.3 m/s)

Heat 3

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
17 Mckenzie Long Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.51 Q
23 Ashanti Moore Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 22.57 Q
35 Sophia Junk Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 22.81 Q
49 Julia Henriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 22.86 q
52 Beyonce Defreitas Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands 23.30
66 Kristie Edwards Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 23.39
78 Alinny Delgadillo Silva Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 25.13
4 Liranyi Alonso Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic DNS
[4] Wind: (−0.2 m/s)

Heat 4

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
13 Brittany Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.50 Q
24 Anthonique Strachan Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 22.57 Q, SB
35 Daryll Neita Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 22.59 Q
49 Léonie Pointet Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 23.04
52 Dalia Kaddari Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 23.11
68 Leah Bertrand Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 23.33
77 Nora Lindahl Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 23.35
86 Li Yuting Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 23.64
[4] Wind: (+0.1 m/s)

Heat 5

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
19 Shericka Jackson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 22.33 Q
25 Amy Hunt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 22.57 Q
36 Imke Vervaet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 22.74 Q
48 Audrey Leduc Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 22.82 q
54 Abigeirufuka Ido  [ ja ]Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 22.98 q
67 Lorène Bazolo Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 23.07
73 Ann Marii Kivikas  [ de; et; no ]Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 23.14
82 Anahí Suárez Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 23.50
[4] Wind: (±0.0 m/s)

Heat 6

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
17 Dina Asher-Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 22.40 Q
28 Torrie Lewis Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.56 Q, PB
35 Jaël Bestué Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 22.74 Q
44 Miriam Sánchez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 23.01 q
52 Maboundou Koné Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 23.11
66 Marije van Hunenstijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 23.13
79 Chen Yujie Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 23.26
83 Vittoria Fontana Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 23.31
[4] 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 three fastest ( q ) qualified for the final. As Anthonique Strachan and Mckenzie Long each finished with the same time to the thousandth of a second, both runners qualified for the final.

Heat 1

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
17 Shericka Jackson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 21.99 Q, SB
25 Amy Hunt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 22.08 Q, PB
38 Brittany Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.13 q, =SB
46 Anthonique Strachan Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 22.48 [.478] q, SB
54 Jessika Gbai Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 22.56 SB
69 Jaël Bestué Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 22.80
72 Helene Parisot Flag of France.svg  France 22.87
83 Abigeirufuka Ido  [ ja ]Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 23.15
[5] Wind: (−0.1 m/s)

Heat 2

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
17 Melissa Jefferson-Wooden Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.00 Q
26 Dina Asher-Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 22.21 Q
34 Ashanti Moore Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 22.51
48 Torrie Lewis Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 22.69
55 Sophia Junk Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 22.71
69 Imke Vervaet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 22.79
73 Julia Henriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 22.93
82 Olivia Fotopoulou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 23.02
[5] Wind: (+0.1 m/s)

Heat 3

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
16 Anavia Battle Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.09 Q
27 Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 22.17 Q, SB
38 Mckenzie Long Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.48 [.478] q
49 Daryll Neita Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 22.77
52 Audrey Leduc Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 22.90
64 Thelma Davies Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 23.00
75 Polyniki Emmanouilidou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 23.04
83 Miriam Sánchez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 23.12
[5] Wind: (−0.3 m/s)

Final

The final took place on 19 September.

PlaceLaneAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg6 Melissa Jefferson-Wooden Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.68 WL
Silver medal icon.svg5 Amy Hunt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 22.14
Bronze medal icon.svg7 Shericka Jackson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 22.18
48 Anavia Battle Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.22
59 Dina Asher-Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. 22.43
63 Brittany Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.54
74 Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 22.62
82 Mckenzie Long Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.78
—1 Anthonique Strachan Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas DQ TR16.8
[6] Wind: (−0.1 m/s)

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Women's 200 metres - Heat results" (PDF). World Athletics. 17 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "Women's 200 metres - Semi-finals results" (PDF). World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Women's 200 metres - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 September 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
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