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

References

1. "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Men 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.