The Women's 200 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships

2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 9th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, UK from 14 March to 16 March 2003. It was the first time the Championships had been held in the UK...

 was held on March 14–15.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Muriel Hurtis-Houairi	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Anastasiya Alexandrovna Kapachinskaya is a sprint athlete.At the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2004 she won the 200 m, but was stripped of the title after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol...	Juliet Campbell Juliet Campbell Juliet Jean Campbell is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres. She also competed on the successful Jamaican team in both 4 x 100 metres relay and 4 x 400 metres relay.-Achievements:...

Note: Michelle Collins of the USA originally won the gold medal but lost it due to a doping case.

Heats

First 2 of each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Muriel Hurtis-Houairi		22.75	Q
	2	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Anastasiya Alexandrovna Kapachinskaya is a sprint athlete.At the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2004 she won the 200 m, but was stripped of the title after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol...		22.80	Q
	5	Juliet Campbell Juliet Campbell Juliet Jean Campbell is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres. She also competed on the successful Jamaican team in both 4 x 100 metres relay and 4 x 400 metres relay.-Achievements:...		23.12	Q
	3	Cydonie Mothersill Cydonie Mothersill Cydonie Camille Mothersille is a female track and field athlete from the Cayman Islands.Mothersille was born in Jamaica in 1978 and moved to Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands at age 7. While in high school, she was discovered by her high school's physical education teacher Evelyn Rockette and began her...		23.16	Q
	4	Natallia Safronnikava		23.26	Q
	2	Maryna Maydanova Maryna Maydanova Maryna Maydanova is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.She won the gold medal at the 2003 European U23 Championships, finished fourth at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and eighth at the 2004 World Athletics Final...		23.30	Q
	3	Allyson Felix Allyson Felix Allyson Felix is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for the United States, primarily in the 200 meters. She also competes at the 100 meters and the 400 meters distances...		23.36	Q
	4	Manuela Levorato Manuela Levorato Manuela Levorato is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. At the 2002 European Championships she won a bronze medal in both these events. She also competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2001 and 2005....		23.46	Q
	6	Ciara Sheehy		23.46	Q
10	4	Lucia Ivanová		23.47	NR
11	5	Yuliya Tabakova Yuliya Tabakova Yuliya Gennadiyevna Tabakova , is a Russian track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Russia.She won the silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.-External links:...		23.58	Q
12	1	Amy Spencer Amy Spencer Amy Spencer is a retired English sprinter.She was born in Wigan, and came to fame as a teenager. In 1998 she won a British U13 best for 80m and the next year won the AAA U15 200m title...	United Kingdom	23.59	Q
13	1	Daniela Graglia		23.66
14	3	Olena Pastushenko-Sinyavina Olena Pastushenko-Sinyavina Olena Pastushenko-Sinyavina is a retired Ukrainian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres and 200 metres.She won the silver medal in the 100 metres at the 1999 European U23 Championships...		23.80
15	6	Solen Désert-Mariller Solen Désert-Mariller Solen Désert-Mariller is a French sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.She was born in Brest. She competed in the 200 metres at the 2003 World Indoor Championships, and then in the 400 metres at the 2003 World Championships, the 2005 World Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the...		23.82
16	5	Céline Pace		25.93

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Alenka Bikar

Alenka Bikar is a retired female sprinter from Slovenia who specialised in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:*...

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Mary Onyali-Omagbemi

Mary Onyali-Omagbemi is a Nigerian sprinter who won the bronze medal in 4x100 metres relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics and in 200 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also won the 1994 Commonwealth Games....

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Gretta Taslakian

Gretta Taslakian is a Lebanese sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. A member of the Lebanese Armenians, she was born in Ghazir.Taslakian won two gold medals for Lebanon in the 2007 Pan Arab Games in Egypt....

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Semifinals

First 2 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Muriel Hurtis-Houairi		22.49	Q, WL, NR French records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in France maintained by France's national athletics federation – Fédération française d'athlétisme .- Men :- Women :- Men :- Women :+ = en route to a longer distance...
	3	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Anastasiya Alexandrovna Kapachinskaya is a sprint athlete.At the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2004 she won the 200 m, but was stripped of the title after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol...		22.76	Q
	2	Juliet Campbell Juliet Campbell Juliet Jean Campbell is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres. She also competed on the successful Jamaican team in both 4 x 100 metres relay and 4 x 400 metres relay.-Achievements:...		22.84	Q, SB
	3	Cydonie Mothersill Cydonie Mothersill Cydonie Camille Mothersille is a female track and field athlete from the Cayman Islands.Mothersille was born in Jamaica in 1978 and moved to Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands at age 7. While in high school, she was discovered by her high school's physical education teacher Evelyn Rockette and began her...		22.85	Q
	1	Natallia Safronnikava		22.91	Q, NR Belarusian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Belarus maintained by Belarus Athletic Federation .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not recognised by federation-External links:* *...
	2	Ciara Sheehy		23.23
	1	Maryna Maydanova Maryna Maydanova Maryna Maydanova is a Ukrainian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.She won the gold medal at the 2003 European U23 Championships, finished fourth at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and eighth at the 2004 World Athletics Final...		23.26	PB
	3	Allyson Felix Allyson Felix Allyson Felix is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for the United States, primarily in the 200 meters. She also competes at the 100 meters and the 400 meters distances...		23.29
	2	Manuela Levorato Manuela Levorato Manuela Levorato is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. At the 2002 European Championships she won a bronze medal in both these events. She also competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2001 and 2005....		23.52
10	1	Yuliya Tabakova Yuliya Tabakova Yuliya Gennadiyevna Tabakova , is a Russian track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Russia.She won the silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.-External links:...		23.64
11	3	Amy Spencer Amy Spencer Amy Spencer is a retired English sprinter.She was born in Wigan, and came to fame as a teenager. In 1998 she won a British U13 best for 80m and the next year won the AAA U15 200m title...	United Kingdom	23.73

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Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	React	Notes
	5	Muriel Hurtis-Houairi		22.54	0.160
	3	Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Anastasiya Kapachinskaya Anastasiya Alexandrovna Kapachinskaya is a sprint athlete.At the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2004 she won the 200 m, but was stripped of the title after testing positive for the banned anabolic steroid stanozolol...		22.80	0.249
	4	Juliet Campbell Juliet Campbell Juliet Jean Campbell is a retired Jamaican sprinter who specialized in the 200 and 400 metres. She also competed on the successful Jamaican team in both 4 x 100 metres relay and 4 x 400 metres relay.-Achievements:...		22.81	0.146	SB
4	2	Cydonie Mothersill Cydonie Mothersill Cydonie Camille Mothersille is a female track and field athlete from the Cayman Islands.Mothersille was born in Jamaica in 1978 and moved to Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands at age 7. While in high school, she was discovered by her high school's physical education teacher Evelyn Rockette and began her...		23.18	0.172
5	1	Natallia Safronnikava		23.61	0.171

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