The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first recorded event at the ancient Olympic Games. The 200 m places more emphasis on speed endurance than shorter sprint distances as athletes predominantly rely on anaerobic energy system during the 200 m sprint. Similarly to other sprint distances, the 200 m begins from the starting blocks. When the sprinters adopt the 'set' position in the blocks they are able to adopt a more efficient starting posture and isometrically preload their muscles. This enables them to stride forwards more powerfully when the race begins and start faster.
Dafne Schippers is a Dutch retired track and field athlete who competed in sprinting and the combined events. She holds the European record in the 200 metres with a time of 21.63 seconds, making her the sixth-fastest woman of all time at this distance. She also holds the Dutch records in the 100 metres and long jump, and shares the Dutch records in the 60 metres indoor and 4 × 100 metres relay.
Shaunae Miller-Uibo is a Bahamian track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 and 400 metres. She is a two-time Olympic champion after winning the women's 400 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics and again at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Crystal Emmanuel is a Canadian sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. She is the Canadian champion in both the 100m and 200m as of July 2018. Crystal also holds the 200m record for Canada, having broken a record that stood for 34 years. She competed in this event at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, but was eliminated in the semi-finals. At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, she was eliminated in the heats after being disqualified for a lane infringement.
Tjipekapora Herunga is a Namibian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres. She represented her country at the 2012 Summer Olympics as well as two outdoor and two indoor World Championships.
Justyna Święty-Ersetic is a Polish sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. She was the 2018 European champion and a two-time European Indoor Championship medallist in this event. Święty-Ersetic won many medals at major championships as part of Polish 4 × 400 m relays, including a gold in the mixed relay and a silver in the women's relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Ana Camila Donatella Pirelli Cubas is a Paraguayan track and field athlete who competes in the heptathlon. She is the Paraguayan record holder in the event with a personal best score of 5733 points. Pirelli holds more than a dozen national records in events as varied as the 100 metres hurdles, shot put and the indoor women's pentathlon. Pirelli was the heptathlon silver medallist at the 2013 South American Championships in Athletics. She won the gold medal at the 2013 Bolivarian Games and the 2014 South American Games, breaking games records at both competitions. Pirelli is tied to Paraguay Marathon Club and competes in Paraguay's national competitions under the Federación Paraguaya de Atletismo.
Wendy Seegers is a South African athlete who specialised in the sprinting events. She represented her country at the 1999 Indoor and 1999 Outdoor Championships. Seegers is currently a masters runner in Australia, setting many national W35 sprint records. Ran 55.72 on 17/12/15 for 400m to set national 35-39 Australian record. This adds to her records for 60m of 7.61, 100m of 12.01 and 200m of 24.42. On 3 March 2016 Seegers set a W40 Australian record of 24.52 for the 200m. She followed this with another Australian record of 12.18 for W40 100m. This is only 1 second outside her lifetime best.
Mireille Gigandet-Donders is a retired Swiss athlete who specialised in sprinting events. She represented her country at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics without reaching the second round. She won the bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 2001 Summer Universiade.
Amy Foster is an Irish retired athlete specialising in the sprinting events. She is a two times Summer Universiade finalist, from 2011 and 2013. In addition, she represented Ireland at three European Championships and Northern Ireland at two Commonwealth Games.
Ewa Nikola Swoboda is a Polish track and field sprinter who specialises in the short sprints. She is a three-time European Indoor Championships medallist in the 60 metres, having won the gold medal in 2019 and silvers in 2017 and 2023.
Nadine Visser is a Dutch track and field athlete who competed in the combined events until 2017 and specialises in short hurdling since 2018.
Devynne Ashtyn Charlton is a Bahamian athlete specialising in the 100 metres hurdles.
Charlotte Wingfield is a Maltese sprinter who competes on behalf of the Republic of Malta.
Irene Siragusa is an Italian sprinter, who participated at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 World Athletics Championships. She won two individual medals at the 2017 Summer Universiade. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 4 × 100 m relay.
Marina Filipović is a retired Serbian athlete who competed primarily in the 200 and 400 metres. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She represented FR Yugoslavia at the 1997 World Championships and 1997 World Indoor Championships.
Anita Horvat is a Slovenian sprinter and middle-distance runner. She placed seventh in the 800 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Horvat won the silver medal in the event at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.
Finette Agyapong is an English sprinter competing primarily in the 200 metres. She won a gold medal in the 200 metres at the 2017 European U23 Championships.
Femke Bol is a Dutch track and field athlete who competes in hurdling and sprinting. She specialises in the 400 metres hurdles, where she is the 2023 World Champion, and in the 400 metres, where she is the 2024 World Indoor Champion and the short track world record holder. In the 4 × 400 metres relay, she is the 2023 World Champion and the 2024 World Indoor Champion with the Dutch women's team.
Kamila Ciba is a Polish sprinter who competes in international elite events. She is a silver medalist in the women's 4 × 100 m relay at both the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei City and the European Team Championships in Villeneuve d'Ascq.
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