The women's 200 metres

200 metres

A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

 at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics

2009 World Championships in Athletics

The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg Gate....

 was held at the Olympic Stadium on 19, 20 and 21 August. Allyson Felix of USA won the race.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
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... '	Veronica Campbell-Brown '	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie '

Records

World Record		21.34	Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... , South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...	29 September 1988
Championship Record		21.74	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half... , Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	3 September 1987
World Leading		21.88	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... , Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	31 July 2009
African Record		22.07	Zürich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... , Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	14 August 1996
Asian Record		22.01	Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	22 October 1997
North American record		21.34	Seoul, South Korea	29 September 1988
South American record		22.60	Bogotá Bogotá Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district... , Colombia Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...	26 June 1999
European Record		21.71	Karl-Marx-Stadt Chemnitz Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle... , East Germany	10 June 1979
Oceanian Record		22.23	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	13 July 1997

Qualification standards

A time	B time
23.00	23.30

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 19, 2009	19:45	Heats
August 20, 2009	19:50	Semifinals
August 21, 2009	21:00	Final

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Marshevet Hooker Marshevet Hooker Marshevet Myers is a professional sprinter, competing internationally for the United States and sponsored by adidas...		22.51	Q, SB
	5	Cydonie Mothersille		22.69	Q
	4	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie		22.71	Q
	2	Muna Lee		22.76	Q, SB
	1	Simone Facey Simone Facey Simone Facey is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.Simone attended Vere Technical High School in Clarendon, Jamaica. At the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, she won a silver medal in the 100m by running 11.43. She then came back and anchored Jamaica to a gold medal...		22.83	Q
	4	Eleni Artymata Eleni Artymata Eleni Artymata is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Cyprus.Artymata represented Cyprus at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 200 metres, where she reached the second round. She won two medals, a gold in the 200 m and a bronze in the 100 m at...		22.83	Q, NR Cypriot records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Cyprus maintained by its national athletics federation: The Amateur Athletic Association of Cyprus .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not officially ratified-External links:*...
	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...		22.88	Q
	5	Anneisha McLaughlin Anneisha McLaughlin Anneisha McLaughlin is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		22.91	Q, PB
	3	Monique Williams Monique Williams (athlete) Monique Williams is a New Zealand sprinter from Tokoroa.Williams became the first New Zealand female sprinter to win a gold medal at a major world championship event, when she won the 200 m at the World University Games in Belgrade during 2009.In doing so she became only the second Kiwi...		22.96	Q, NR New Zealand records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in New Zealand maintained by New Zealand's national athletics federation: Athletics New Zealand ....
10	5	LaVerne Jones-Ferrette		22.97	Q
11	2	Kelly-Ann Baptiste Kelly-Ann Baptiste Kelly-Ann Kaylene Baptiste is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago.-Junior:...		23.00	Q
12	6	Veronica Campbell-Brown		23.01	Q
13	4	Yelena Bolsun Yelena Bolsun -Achievements:-References:*...		23.06	q
14	2	Yuliya Gushchina Yuliya Gushchina Yuliya Aleksandrovna Gushchina is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Gushchina represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 4x100 metres relay, together with Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya and Yevgeniya Polyakova. In their first round...		23.07	Q
15	1	ChaRonda Williams		23.08	Q
16	6	Emily Freeman Emily Freeman Emily Kaye Freeman is a British senior female runner. She is currently associated with the Yorkshire / Wakefield Harriers & AC....		23.10	Q
17	6	Olivia Borlée Olivia Borlée Olivia Borlée is a Belgian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. Her personal best time in the individual distance is 22.98 seconds, achieved in July 2006 in Brussels...		23.25	Q
18	3	Tameka Williams		23.27	Q, SB
19	3	Olga Zaytseva Olga Zaytseva Olga Zaytseva is a Russian sprint athlete.Zaytseva won the bronze medal in the 400 m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, as well as a gold medal in the 4 x 400 m relay....		23.28	q
20	1	Johanna Danois		23.29	Q
21	5	Vida Anim Vida Anim Vida Anim is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. Together with Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum and Vida Nsiah she holds the Ghanaian record in 4 x 100 metres relay with 43.19 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.Anim represented Ghana at the...		23.33	q
22	2	Virgil Hodge Virgil Hodge Virgil Hodge is a female sprinter from Saint Kitts and Nevis who specializes in the 200 metres. She was born in Basseterre....		23.34	q
22	3	Roqaya Al-Gassra		23.34	q, SB
24	6	Sheniqua Ferguson Sheniqua Ferguson Sheniqua Ferguson is a Bahamian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. She was born in Nassau....		23.35	q, SB
25	3	Adrienne Power		23.38
26	1	Chisato Fukushima Chisato Fukushima Chisato Fukushima is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Japan. She is the Japanese record holder in the women's 100 metres and 200 metres....		23.40
27	1	Darlenis Obregón		23.42
27	1	Andreea Ograzeanu		23.42
29	2	Carol Rodríguez Carol Rodríguez Carol Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican sprinter.She competed in both 200 and 400 metres at the 2008 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final round....		23.54
30	4	Alena Kievich		23.59
31	4	Ivet Lalova Ivet Lalova Ivet Lalova is a Bulgarian athlete who specialises in the 100 metres and 200 metres sprint events. She is the tenth fastest woman in 100 metres history, the fastest white woman in the world, and finished fourth in the 100 metres and fifth in the 200 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Her career...		23.60	SB
32	3	Momoko Takahashi Momoko Takahashi Momoko Takahashi is a Japanese track and field athlete who specialises in sprinting events. She has represented Japan twice at the World Championships in Athletics and won relay medals at the Asian Games in both 2006 and 2010...		23.61
32	5	Isabel Le Roux Isabel Le Roux Isabel Le Roux is a South African sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.At the 2008 African Championships she won the 200 metres race in a personal best time of 22.69 seconds. She also won a bronze medal in 4x100 metres relay....		23.61
34	6	Guzel Khubbieva Guzel Khubbieva Guzel Khubbieva is an Uzbekistani sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.Khubbieva represented Uzbekistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed third behind Muna Lee and Anita Pistone in a time of 11.44 to advance...		23.61	SB
35	4	Meritzer Williams Meritzer Williams Meritzer Williams is a Saint Kitts and Nevis sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. She was born in Charlestown.Her personal best times are 11.57 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Provo; and 22.96 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in June 2008 in...		23.72
36	2	Sabina Veit		23.77
37	6	Jade Bailey Jade Bailey Jade Bailey is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Barbados.Bailey lives in Barbados and is coached by Keith Thornhill,her agent is Andre Thomas of [Athletes.first Sports Management http://www.athletes-first.de/]She won the bronze medal in 200 metres at the [2006...		23.84
38	5	Makelesi Batimala		24.13	SB
39	5	Oludamola Osayomi Oludamola Osayomi Oludamola Bolanle Osayomi is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is a four-time gold medallist at the African Championships in Athletics and won an Olympic bronze medal with Nigeria in the 4×100 metres relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...		24.24
40	2	Sunayna Wahi		24.74	PB
41	1	Nomvula Dlamini		25.70	PB
42	2	Saria Traboulsi		26.90
43	3	Selloane Tsoaeli		28.34
	1	Munira Saleh			DNF
	6	Elizaveta Bryzhina			DNS

Key: PB = Personal best, Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie		22.24	Q
	1	Veronica Campbell-Brown		22.29	Q, SB
	3	Muna Lee		22.30	Q, SB
	2	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...		22.44	Q
	2	Anneisha McLaughlin Anneisha McLaughlin Anneisha McLaughlin is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		22.55	Q, PB
	3	Simone Facey Simone Facey Simone Facey is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.Simone attended Vere Technical High School in Clarendon, Jamaica. At the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, she won a silver medal in the 100m by running 11.43. She then came back and anchored Jamaica to a gold medal...		22.58	Q, SB
	1	Emily Freeman Emily Freeman Emily Kaye Freeman is a British senior female runner. She is currently associated with the Yorkshire / Wakefield Harriers & AC....		22.64	q, PB
	1	Eleni Artymata Eleni Artymata Eleni Artymata is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Cyprus.Artymata represented Cyprus at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 200 metres, where she reached the second round. She won two medals, a gold in the 200 m and a bronze in the 100 m at...		22.64	q, NR Cypriot records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Cyprus maintained by its national athletics federation: The Amateur Athletic Association of Cyprus .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:ht = hand timing# = not officially ratified-External links:*...
9	2	LaVerne Jones-Ferrette		22.74
10	2	Cydonie Mothersille		22.80
11	2	ChaRonda Williams		22.81
12	3	Monique Williams Monique Williams (athlete) Monique Williams is a New Zealand sprinter from Tokoroa.Williams became the first New Zealand female sprinter to win a gold medal at a major world championship event, when she won the 200 m at the World University Games in Belgrade during 2009.In doing so she became only the second Kiwi...		22.90	NR New Zealand records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in New Zealand maintained by New Zealand's national athletics federation: Athletics New Zealand ....
13	3	Kelly-Ann Baptiste Kelly-Ann Baptiste Kelly-Ann Kaylene Baptiste is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Trinidad and Tobago.-Junior:...		22.96
14	1	Johanna Danois		23.03	PB
15	2	Olga Zaytseva Olga Zaytseva Olga Zaytseva is a Russian sprint athlete.Zaytseva won the bronze medal in the 400 m at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, as well as a gold medal in the 4 x 400 m relay....		23.19
16	3	Virgil Hodge Virgil Hodge Virgil Hodge is a female sprinter from Saint Kitts and Nevis who specializes in the 200 metres. She was born in Basseterre....		23.19	SB
17	3	Yuliya Gushchina Yuliya Gushchina Yuliya Aleksandrovna Gushchina is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.Gushchina represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 4x100 metres relay, together with Aleksandra Fedoriva, Yuliya Chermoshanskaya and Yevgeniya Polyakova. In their first round...		23.24
18	1	Roqaya Al-Gassra		23.26	SB
19	1	Yelena Bolsun Yelena Bolsun -Achievements:-References:*...		23.27
20	3	Vida Anim Vida Anim Vida Anim is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. Together with Mavis Akoto, Monica Twum and Vida Nsiah she holds the Ghanaian record in 4 x 100 metres relay with 43.19 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.Anim represented Ghana at the...		23.36
21	2	Sheniqua Ferguson Sheniqua Ferguson Sheniqua Ferguson is a Bahamian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. She was born in Nassau....		23.40
22	3	Olivia Borlée Olivia Borlée Olivia Borlée is a Belgian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. Her personal best time in the individual distance is 22.98 seconds, achieved in July 2006 in Brussels...		23.42
23	2	Tameka Williams		23.47

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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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...		22.02
	Veronica Campbell-Brown		22.35
	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie		22.41
4	Muna Lee		22.48
5	Anneisha McLaughlin Anneisha McLaughlin Anneisha McLaughlin is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...		22.62
6	Simone Facey Simone Facey Simone Facey is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.Simone attended Vere Technical High School in Clarendon, Jamaica. At the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, she won a silver medal in the 100m by running 11.43. She then came back and anchored Jamaica to a gold medal...		22.80
7	Emily Freeman Emily Freeman Emily Kaye Freeman is a British senior female runner. She is currently associated with the Yorkshire / Wakefield Harriers & AC....		22.98
8	Eleni Artymata Eleni Artymata Eleni Artymata is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Cyprus.Artymata represented Cyprus at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 200 metres, where she reached the second round. She won two medals, a gold in the 200 m and a bronze in the 100 m at...		23.05