Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metres

These are the official results of the women's 200 metres
Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992 to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders were among the contenders...

event at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...

in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 52 participating athletes, with seven qualifying heats.

Medalists

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record	21.34	Florence Griffith-Joyner Florence Griffith-Joyner Florence Griffith-Joyner , also known as Flo-Jo was an American track and field athlete. She is considered the "fastest woman of all time" based on the fact that she still holds the world record for both the 100 metres and 200 metres, both set in 1988 and never seriously challenged...	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... (KOR 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... )	September 29, 1988
Olympic Record	21.34	Florence Griffith-Joyner Florence Griffith-Joyner Florence Griffith-Joyner , also known as Flo-Jo was an American track and field athlete. She is considered the "fastest woman of all time" based on the fact that she still holds the world record for both the 100 metres and 200 metres, both set in 1988 and never seriously challenged...	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... (KOR 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... )	September 29, 1988

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
		21.81
		22.02
		22.09
4.		22.19
5.		22.30
6.		22.58
7.		22.61
8.		22.63

Semifinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		22.12
2.		22.31
3.		22.44
4.		22.58
5.		22.60
6.		22.61
7.		23.08
8.		23.26

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		21.72
2.		21.75
3.		22.08
4.		22.39
5.		22.60
6.		23.01
7.		23.03
—		DNS

Quarterfinals

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		22.01
2.		22.42
3.		22.44
4.		22.46
5.		22.50
6.		22.93
7.		23.61
8.		23.64

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		22.21
2.		22.59
3.		22.99
4.		23.09
5.		23.09
6.		23.63
7.		23.89
8.		24.06

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		22.22
2.		22.26
3.		22.62
4.		22.73
5.		23.10
6.		23.75
7.		23.80
8.		24.12

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		21.94
2.		22.45
3.		22.60
4.		23.03
5.		23.19
6.		23.41
7.		23.41
8.		24.26

Heats

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.		23.06
2.		23.22
3.		23.26
4.		23.82
5.		23.86
6.		24.19
7.		25.07

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.		22.95
2.		23.15
3.		23.27
4.		23.37
5.		23.52
6.		24.45
7.		24.64

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.		22.99
2.		23.14
3.		23.47
4.		24.09
5.		24.15
6.		24.59
7.		24.76
8.		25.28

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.		22.83
2.		23.00
3.		23.53
4.		23.90
5.		24.50
6.		24.56
—		DNF

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.		23.08
2.		23.41
3.		23.72
4.		24.17
5.		25.03
6.		26.03
—		DQ

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.		22.99
2.		23.18
3.		23.32
4.		23.57
5.		23.69
6.		24.15
7.		24.67
—		DQ