| Women's 200 metres at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | July 31 (heats and quarterfinals) August 1 (semifinals and final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 48 from 36 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 22.12 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Athletics at the 1996 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 |
| 5000 m | men | women |
| 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 | women |
| 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 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There were a total number of 47 participating athletes, with two rounds (six heats in round 1, four heats in round 2), two semifinals and a final. [1]
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 21.34 | | Indianapolis, Indiana (USA) | 16 July 1988 |
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| Olympic Record | 21.34 | | Seoul (KOR) | 29 September 1988 |
Top four in each heat and next eight fastest advanced to the quarterfinals.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlette Guidry | 22.37 | 5 | |
| 2 | Mary Onyali | 22.42 | 8 | |
| 3 | Melanie Paschke | 22.93 | 3 | |
| 4 | Patricia Rodríguez | 23.13 | 2 | |
| 5 | Yan Jiankui | 23.21 | 1 | |
| 6 | Myra Mayberry | 23.23 | 7 | |
| 7 | Zlatka Georgieva | 24.05 | 4 | |
| 8 | Laure Kuetey | 25.57 | 6 | |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dannette Young | 22.65 | 2 | |
| 2 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | 22.70 | 7 | |
| 3 | Lucrécia Jardim | 22.95 | 5 | |
| 4 | Viktoriya Fomenko | 23.18 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sandy Myers | 23.18 | 6 | |
| 6 | Calister Ubah | 23.34 | 3 | |
| 7 | Dora Kyriakou | 23.85 | 4 | |
| 8 | Sylla M'Mah Touré | 26.64 | 8 | |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juliet Cuthbert | 23.03 | 6 | |
| 2 | Irina Privalova | 23.16 | 2 | |
| 3 | Cathy Freeman | 23.25 | 1 | |
| 4 | Sanna Hernesniemi | 23.35 | 7 | |
| 5 | Mireille Donders | 23.52 | 8 | |
| 6 | Maia Azarashvili | 23.63 | 5 | |
| 7 | Felipa Palacios | 24.12 | 4 | |
| 8 | Lineo Shoai | 26.25 | 3 | |
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merlene Ottey | 22.92 | 7 | |
| 2 | Katharine Merry | 23.14 | 1 | |
| 3 | Monika Gachevska | 23.30 | 6 | |
| 4 | Heather Samuel | 23.34 | 5 | |
| 5 | Ameerah Bello | 23.45 | 4 | |
| 6 | Du Xiujie | 23.69 | 3 | |
| 7 | Guilhermina da Cruz | 24.92 | 8 | |
| 8 | Marina Trandenkova | DNS | 2 | |
Heat five
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galina Malchugina | 22.63 | 1 | |
| 2 | Chandra Sturrup | 22.63 | 7 | |
| 3 | Beverly McDonald | 23.04 | 6 | |
| 4 | Zhanna Pintusevych | 23.15 | 5 | |
| 5 | Simmone Jacobs | 23.36 | 2 | |
| 6 | Tara Perry | 23.46 | 3 | |
| 7 | Marina Živković | 23.51 | 4 | |
| 8 | Kaltouma Nadjina | 24.47 | 8 | |
Heat six
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie-José Pérec | 22.62 | 5 | |
| 2 | Inger Miller | 22.74 | 3 | |
| 3 | Alenka Bikar | 22.88 | 7 | |
| 4 | Katerina Koffa | 23.09 | 4 | |
| 5 | Natallia Safronnikava | 23.14 | 8 | |
| 6 | Sevatheda Fynes | 23.39 | 2 | |
| 7 | Georgette N’Koma | 23.68 | 1 | |
| 8 | Lyudmila Dmitriady | 24.88 | 6 | |
Top four in each heat advanced to the semifinals.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlette Guidry | 22.51 | 3 | |
| 2 | Chandra Sturrup | 22.81 | 6 | |
| 3 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | 22.91 | 4 | |
| 4 | Natallia Safronnikava | 23.15 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sanna Hernesniemi | 23.38 | 1 | |
| 6 | Monika Gachevska | 23.44 | 8 | |
| 7 | Ameerah Bello | 23.66 | 7 | |
| 8 | Beverly McDonald | DNS | 5 | |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merlene Ottey | 22.61 | 4 | |
| 2 | Galina Malchugina | 22.69 | 3 | |
| 3 | Melanie Paschke | 22.84 | 5 | |
| 4 | Katerina Koffa | 23.04 | 7 | |
| 5 | Katharine Merry | 23.17 | 6 | |
| 6 | Sevatheda Fynes | 23.26 | 8 | |
| 7 | Yan Jiankui | 23.30 | 1 | |
| 8 | Viktoriya Fomenko | 23.44 | 2 | |
Heat three
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie-José Pérec | 22.24 | 3 | |
| 2 | Mary Onyali | 22.37 | 5 | |
| 3 | Inger Miller | 22.57 | 6 | |
| 4 | Cathy Freeman | 22.74 | 1 | |
| 5 | Lucrécia Jardim | 22.88 | 4 | |
| 6 | Simmone Jacobs | 22.96 | 7 | |
| 7 | Sandy Myers | 23.20 | 2 | |
| 8 | Heather Samuel | 23.54 | 8 | |
Heat four
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dannette Young | 22.53 | 6 | |
| 2 | Juliet Cuthbert | 22.62 | 4 | |
| 3 | Irina Privalova | 22.82 | 3 | |
| 4 | Alenka Bikar | 22.89 | 5 | |
| 5 | Myra Mayberry | 23.48 | 8 | |
| 6 | Patricia Rodríguez | 23.50 | 1 | |
| 7 | Calister Ubah | 23.62 | 7 | |
| 8 | Zhanna Pintusevych | 23.68 | 2 | |
Top four from each heat advanced to the finals.
Heat one
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marie-José Pérec | 22.07 | 4 | |
| 2 | Mary Onyali | 22.16 | 3 | |
| 3 | Juliet Cuthbert | 22.24 | 5 | |
| 4 | Inger Miller | 22.33 | 7 | |
| 5 | Dannette Young | 22.49 | 6 | |
| 6 | Cathy Freeman | 22.78 | 2 | |
| 7 | Natallia Safronnikava | 22.98 | 1 | |
| 8 | Irina Privalova | DNS | 8 | |
Heat two
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merlene Ottey | 22.08 | 4 | |
| 2 | Galina Malchugina | 22.35 | 6 | |
| 3 | Chandra Sturrup | 22.54 | 5 | |
| 4 | Carlette Guidry | 22.56 | 3 | |
| 5 | Melinda Gainsford-Taylor | 22.76 | 2 | |
| 6 | Melanie Paschke | 22.81 | 7 | |
| 7 | Alenka Bikar | 22.82 | 8 | |
| 8 | Katerina Koffa | 23.20 | 1 | |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Lane |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marie-José Pérec | 22.12 | 3 | ||
| Merlene Ottey | 22.24 | 5 | ||
| Mary Onyali | 22.38 | 4 | ||
| 4 | Inger Miller | 22.41 | 7 | |
| 5 | Galina Malchugina | 22.45 | 6 | |
| 6 | Chandra Sturrup | 22.54 | 8 | |
| 7 | Juliet Cuthbert | 22.60 | 1 | |
| 8 | Carlette Guidry | 22.61 | 2 | |