Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres

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Women's 200 metres
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date6–8 August
Competitors54 from 39 nations
Winning time21.88
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Allyson Felix Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Bronze medal icon.svg Carmelita Jeter Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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The Women's 200 metres competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6–8 August. [1] The winning margin was 0.21 seconds.

The times in the three semi-finals were very close, but while Allyson Felix appeared to put a minimum of effort to hold off Murielle Ahouré in heat two, in heat one Veronica Campbell Brown dipped at the finish to edge Carmelita Jeter and in heat three Sanya Richards-Ross raced Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to the line. Semoy Hackett set the Trinidad and Tobago national record as the first time qualifier, Myriam Soumaré only one hundredth behind as the other time qualifier in 22.56.

In the final Felix took lead through the turn and extended it to the finish. Campbell-Brown was second coming into the straight but was overtaken by Fraser-Pryce and Jeter who took the silver and bronze respectively.

Competition format

The Women's 200m competition consisted of heats (Round 1), semifinals and a Final. [2] The fastest competitors from each race in the heats qualified for the semifinals along with the fastest overall competitors not already qualified that were required to fill the available spaces in the semifinals. A total of eight competitors qualified for the Final from the semifinals. [2]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record Flag of the United States.svg  Florence Griffith Joyner  (USA)21.34 Seoul, Korea 29 September 1988
Olympic record
2012 World leadingFlag of the United States.svg  Allyson Felix  (USA)21.69 Eugene, United States30 June 2012

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Monday, 6 August 201219:20Round 1
Tuesday, 7 August 201220:25Semifinals
Wednesday, 8 August 201221:00Finals

Results

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Heats Official Video

Round 1

Qual. rule: first 3 of each heat (Q) plus the 6 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Wind:
Heat 1: +0.5 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Murielle Ahouré Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 22.55Q
2 Aleksandra Fedoriva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22.61Q
3 Margaret Adeoye Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 22.94Q, PB
4 Allison Peter Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 23.00q
5 Christy Udoh Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 23.19
6 Andreea Ogrăzeanu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 23.46
7 Anna Kiełbasińska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 23.67
8 Hinikissia Albertine Ndikert Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 26.06
Marlena Wesh Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti DNS

Heat 2

Wind:
Heat 2: +1.2 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Allyson Felix Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.71Q
2 Semoy Hackett Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 22.81Q
3 Janelle Redhead Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 23.08Q, SB
4 Anyika Onuora Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23.23
5 Elizabeta Savlinis Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23.23
6 Gloria Hooper Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 23.25
7 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 23.49
8 Vida Anim Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 23.71SB
9 Ndeye Fatou Soumah Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 23.89

Heat 3

Wind:
Heat 3: +0.7 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Carmelita Jeter Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.65Q
2 Abiodun Oyepitan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 22.92Q
3 Sherone Simpson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 22.97Q
4 Maria Belibasaki Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 23.36
5 Ana Claudia Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 23.40
6 Gloria Asumnu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 23.43
7 Chisato Fukushima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 24.14
8 Gretta Taslakian Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 24.49
Cydonie Mothersill Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands DNS

Heat 4

Wind:
Heat 4: +0.3 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Sanya Richards-Ross Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.48Q
2 LaVerne Jones-Ferrette Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 22.64Q, SB
3 Hrystyna Stuy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.66Q, PB
4 Kai Selvon Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 22.85q, PB
5 Ivet Lalova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 23.01q, SB
6 Eleni Artymata Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 23.09q, SB
7 Norma González Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 23.46SB
8 Nercely Soto Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 23.54
9 Vladislava Ovcharenko Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 24.39

Heat 5

Wind:
Heat 5: +1.3 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Mariya Ryemyen Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.58Q, PB
2 Myriam Soumaré Flag of France.svg  France 22.70Q, SB
3 Veronica Campbell Brown Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 22.75Q
4 Léa Sprunger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 23.27
5 Ezinne Okparaebo Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 23.30= NR
6 Natalia Rusakova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 23.40
7 Erika Chávez Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 23.70
8 Kirsten Nieuwendam Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 24.07
9 Chan Seyha Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 26.62

Heat 6

Wind:
Heat 6: +0.8 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 22.71Q
2 Anthonique Strachan Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 22.75Q
3 Elyzaveta Bryzgina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.82Q
4 Evelyn dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 23.07q
5 Crystal Emmanuel Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.10q, SB
6 Marielis Sánchez Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 23.20SB
7 Viktoriya Zyabkina Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 23.49
8 Nelkis Casabona Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 23.82
9 Luan Gabriel Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 24.12

Semi-final

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Semi-final Official Video

Qual. rule: first 2 of each heat (Q) plus the 2 fastest times (q) qualified.

Heat 1

Wind:
Heat 1: +1.0 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Veronica Campbell Brown Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 22.32Q, SB
2 Carmelita Jeter Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.39Q
3 Myriam Soumare Flag of France.svg  France 22.56q, SB
4 Mariya Ryemyen Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.62
5 Anthonique Strachan Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 22.82
6 Ivet Lalova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 22.98SB
7 Margaret Adeoye Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23.28
8 Allison Peter Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 23.35

Heat 2

Wind:
Heat 2: +1.0 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Allyson Felix Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.31Q
2 Murielle Ahouré Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 22.49Q
3 Semoy Hackett Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 22.55q, = NR
4 Laverne Jones-Ferrette Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands 22.62SB
5 Elyzaveta Bryzgina Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.64SB
6 Sherone Simpson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 22.71
7 Evelyn dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 22.82PB
8 Eleni Artymata Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 22.92SB

Heat 3

Wind:
Heat 3: +0.8 m/s

RankAthleteNationTimeNotes
1 Sanya Richards-Ross Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.30Q
2 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 22.34Q
3 Aleksandra Fedoriva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 22.65
4 Hrystyna Stuy Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 22.76
5 Kai Selvon Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 23.04
6 Abiodun Oyepitan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23.14
7 Crystal Emmanuel Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23.28
8 Janelle Redhead Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 23.51

Final

Wind: -0.2 m/s

RankLanesAthleteNationTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg7 Allyson Felix Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21.88
Silver medal icon.svg4 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 22.09PB
Bronze medal icon.svg9 Carmelita Jeter Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.14
45 Veronica Campbell Brown Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 22.38
56 Sanya Richards-Ross Flag of the United States.svg  United States 22.39
68 Murielle Ahouré Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 22.57
72 Myriam Soumaré Flag of France.svg  France 22.63
83 Semoy Hackett Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 22.87

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