| Women's 200 metres at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 3 August 1992 (heats and quarter-finals) 5 August 1992 (semi-finals) 6 August 1992 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 51 from 40 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 21.81 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Track events | ||
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| 800 m | men | women |
| 1500 m | men | women |
| 3000 m | women | |
| 5000 m | men | |
| 10,000 m | men | women |
| 100 m hurdles | women | |
| 110 m hurdles | men | |
| 400 m hurdles | men | women |
| 3000 m steeplechase | men | |
| 4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
| 4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events | ||
| Marathon | men | women |
| 10 km walk | women | |
| 20 km walk | men | |
| 50 km walk | men | |
| Field events | ||
| Long jump | men | women |
| Triple jump | men | |
| High jump | men | women |
| Pole vault | men | |
| Shot put | men | women |
| Discus throw | men | women |
| Javelin throw | men | women |
| Hammer throw | men | |
| Combined events | ||
| Heptathlon | women | |
| Decathlon | men | |
| Wheelchair races | ||
These are the official results of the women's 200 metres event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 52 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats. [1] The winning margin was 0.21 seconds.
| Gold | Gwen Torrence |
| Silver | Juliet Cuthbert |
| Bronze | Merlene Ottey |
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 21.34 | | Seoul (KOR) | September 29, 1988 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 21.34 | | Seoul (KOR) | September 29, 1988 |
| RANK | FINAL | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| | 21.81 | |
| | 22.02 | |
| | 22.09 | |
| 4. | 22.19 | |
| 5. | 22.30 | |
| 6. | 22.58 | |
| 7. | 22.61 | |
| 8. | 22.63 |
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 22.12 | |
| 2. | 22.31 | |
| 3. | 22.44 | |
| 4. | 22.58 | |
| 5. | 22.60 | |
| 6. | 22.61 | |
| 7. | 23.08 | |
| 8. | 23.26 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 21.72 | |
| 2. | 21.75 | |
| 3. | 22.08 | |
| 4. | 22.39 | |
| 5. | 22.60 | |
| 6. | 23.01 | |
| 7. | 23.03 | |
| — | DNS |
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 22.01 | |
| 2. | 22.42 | |
| 3. | 22.44 | |
| 4. | 22.46 | |
| 5. | 22.50 | |
| 6. | 22.93 | |
| 7. | 23.61 | |
| 8. | 23.64 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 22.21 | |
| 2. | 22.59 | |
| 3. | 22.99 | |
| 4. | 23.09 | |
| 5. | 23.09 | |
| 6. | 23.63 | |
| 7. | 23.89 | |
| 8. | 24.06 |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 22.22 | |
| 2. | 22.26 | |
| 3. | 22.62 | |
| 4. | 22.73 | |
| 5. | 23.10 | |
| 6. | 23.75 | |
| 7. | 23.80 | |
| 8. | 24.12 |
| RANK | HEAT 4 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 21.94 | |
| 2. | 22.45 | |
| 3. | 22.60 | |
| 4. | 23.03 | |
| 5. | 23.19 | |
| 6. | 23.41 | |
| 7. | 23.41 | |
| 8. | 24.26 |
| RANK | HEAT 1 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 23.06 | |
| 2. | 23.22 | |
| 3. | 23.26 | |
| 4. | 23.82 | |
| 5. | 23.86 | |
| 6. | 24.19 | |
| 7. | 25.07 |
| RANK | HEAT 2 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 22.95 | |
| 2. | 23.15 | |
| 3. | 23.27 | |
| 4. | 23.37 | |
| 5. | 23.52 | |
| 6. | 24.45 | |
| 7. | 24.64 |
| RANK | HEAT 3 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 22.99 | |
| 2. | 23.14 | |
| 3. | 23.47 | |
| 4. | 24.09 | |
| 5. | 24.15 | |
| 6. | 24.59 | |
| 7. | 24.76 | |
| 8. | 25.28 |
| RANK | HEAT 4 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 22.83 | |
| 2. | 23.00 | |
| 3. | 23.53 | |
| 4. | 23.90 | |
| 5. | 24.50 | |
| 6. | 24.56 | |
| — | DNF |
| RANK | HEAT 5 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 23.08 | |
| 2. | 23.41 | |
| 3. | 23.72 | |
| 4. | 24.17 | |
| 5. | 25.03 | |
| 6. | 26.03 | |
| — | DQ |
| RANK | HEAT 6 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 22.99 | |
| 2. | 23.18 | |
| 3. | 23.32 | |
| 4. | 23.57 | |
| 5. | 23.69 | |
| 6. | 24.15 | |
| 7. | 24.67 | |
| — | DQ |
| RANK | HEAT 7 | TIME |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 22.66 | |
| 2. | 22.72 | |
| 3. | 22.79 | |
| 4. | 23.58 | |
| 5. | 23.83 | |
| 6. | 23.85 | |
| 7. | 27.65 |