Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metres

These are the official results of the women's 200 metres
Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

event at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

. There were a total number of 47 participating athletes (and three-finishers), with two rounds (six heats in round 1, four heats in round 2), two semifinals and a final.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics.

World Record	21.34	Florence Griffith Joyner	Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S... (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	16 July 1988
Olympic Record	21.34	Florence Griffith Joyner	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... )	29 September 1988

Heats

Top four in each heat and next eight fastest advanced to the quarterfinals.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Time	Lane
1	Carlette Guidry	22.37	5
2	Mary Onyali	22.42	8
3	Melanie Paschke Melanie Paschke Melanie Paschke is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay.Her personal best time in the 100 metres is 11.04 seconds, achieved in June 1995 in Bremen...	22.93	3
4	Patricia Rodríguez	23.13	2
5	Yan Jiankui Yan Jiankui Yan Jiankui is a retired female sprinter from PR China.In 1998 she won both the 100 metres and 200 metres the Asian Championships and as well as a bronze medal in the 200 m at the Asian Games. She was selected to represent Asia at the 1998 World Cup, but finished eighth and last in both events...	23.21	1
6	Myra Mayberry	23.23	7
7	Zlatka Georgieva Zlatka Georgieva Zlatka Georgieva is a retired Bulgarian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...	24.05	4
8	Laure Kuetey	25.57	6

Heat two

Rank	Name	Time	Lane
1	Dannette Young Dannette Young Dannette Louise Young is a former American athlete. Young won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Four years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics, in Barcelona, she won a silver medal....	22.65	2
2	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor Melinda Gainsford-Taylor Melinda Gainsford-Taylor is a retired Australian athlete, who specialised in sprint events.In 1995 Gainsford-Taylor won the World Indoor championship over 200 m...	22.70	7
3	Lucrécia Jardim Lucrécia Jardim Maria Lucrécia Jardim is a retired Portuguese sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...	22.95	5
4	Viktoriya Fomenko Viktoriya Fomenko Viktoriya Fomenko is a retired Ukrainian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.She competed at the 1994 European Championships, the 1995 World Indoor Championships, and the 1996 Olympic Games without reaching the final. In the 4 x 100 metres relay she finished fourth at the 1994 European...	23.18	1
5	Sandy Myers Sandra Myers Sandra Myers is a retired 400 metres sprinter who represented Spain after switching from the United States. She became US champion in 400 metres in 1981, but received Spanish nationality in 1987 and competed for Spain since...	23.18	6
6	Calister Ubah	23.34	3
7	Dora Kyriakou	23.85	4
8	Sylla M'Mah Touré	26.64	8

Heat three

Rank	Name	Time	Lane
1	Juliet Cuthbert Juliet Cuthbert Juliet Cuthbert is a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the sprints ....	23.03	6
2	Irina Privalova Irina Privalova Irina Anatoljewna Privalova is a Russian athlete.She first competed in the sprint events, winning two Olympic medals in the 100 m and 200 m in 1992 whilst representing the Unified Team. Irina Privalova had been a formidable competitor during most of the 1990s but had not yet won an...	23.16	2
3	Cathy Freeman Cathy Freeman Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM is former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.Freeman was the first ever Aboriginal...	23.25	1
4	Sanna Hernesniemi	23.35	7
5	Mireille Donders	23.52	8
6	Maia Azarashvili Maia Azarashvili Maia Azarashvili is a retired Georgian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres, representing the USSR and Georgia .She finished seventh at the 1988 Summer Olympics and fifth at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki. She competed at the World Championships in 1987, 1993 and 1995 without...	23.63	5
7	Felipa Palacios Felipa Palacios Felipa Alicia Palacios Hinestroza is a retired female track and field athlete from Colombia, who competed in the sprint events.She represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996...	24.12	4
8	Lineo Shoai	26.25	3

Heat four

Rank	Name	Time	Lane
1	Merlene Ottey Merlene Ottey Merlene Joyce Ottey , is a Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete. Ottey began her career representing Jamaica, but since 2002, has represented Slovenia, where she now resides...	22.92	7
2	Katharine Merry Katharine Merry Katharine Merry is a former English female sprinter.-Career:A member of the Birchfield Harriers athletics club, Merry won a bronze medal in the 400 metre sprint at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.Merry had a career that spanned 20 years. Aged 12 she topped the UK Under 13 Rankings in...	23.14	1
3	Monika Gachevska	23.30	6
4	Heather Samuel Heather Samuel Heather Barbara Samuel is a retired sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. In 1990 she won two medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games with a silver medal in the 100 metres and a bronze medal in the 200 metres.Samuel was a sprinter/jumper at Murray...	23.34	5
5	Ameerah Bello	23.45	4
6	Du Xiujie	23.69	3
7	Guilhermina da Cruz	24.92	8
8	Marina Trandenkova Marina Trandenkova Marina Evgenevna Trandenkova is a Russian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.She competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the silver medal with her team mates Olga Bogoslovskaya, Galina Malchugina and Irina...	DNS	2

Heat five

Rank	Name	Time	Lane
1	Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina is a retired sprinter from Russia. Competing for the Soviet relay team, she won medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics...	22.63	1
2	Chandra Sturrup Chandra Sturrup Chandra Sturrup is a Bahamian track and field sprint athlete. She is a 100 m specialist and the Bahamian national record holder for the women's 100 meter dash with a personal best of 10.84 seconds set in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 5, 2005...	22.63	7
3	Beverly McDonald Beverly McDonald Beverly McDonald is a Jamaican sprinter. Her accomplishments include winning the silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2000 Olympics and the gold medal in the same event at the 2004 Olympics...	23.04	6
4	Zhanna Pintusevych	23.15	5
5	Simone Jacobs Simone Jacobs Simmone Jacobs is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Simone began her career at Reading Athletic Club, where she was encouraged by two senior members, Kathy Smallwood-Cook and Beverley Goddard.She competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles in...	23.36	2
6	Tara Perry	23.46	3
7	Marina Živković	23.51	4
8	Kaltouma Nadjina Kaltouma Nadjina Kaltouma Nadjina is a Chadian sprinter. Her specialities are the 200 and 400 metres.Born in Bol by a modest family, her sportif career began when she participated in 1993 at Moundou to the National Sport Week...	24.47	8

Heat six

Rank	Name	Time	Lane
1	Marie-José Pérec Marie-José Pérec Marie-José Pérec is a French athlete, specialised in the 200 and 400 m, and a triple Olympic champion....	22.62	5
2	Inger Miller Inger Miller Inger Miller is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States. She is the daughter of Lennox Miller, an Olympic champion runner from Jamaica....	22.74	3
3	Alenka Bikar Alenka Bikar Alenka Bikar is a retired female sprinter from Slovenia who specialised in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:*...	22.88	7
4	Katherina Koffa	23.09	4
5	Nataliya Safronnikova	23.14	8
6	Sevatheda Fynes Sevatheda Fynes Savatheda Fynes is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Bahamas. She is an Olympic gold medalist in the 4 x 100 meter relay race...	23.39	2
7	Georgette N’Koma	23.68	1
8	Lyudmila Dmitriady	24.88	6

Quarterfinals

Top four in each heat advanced to the semifinals.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Time	Lane
1	Carlette Guidry	22.51	3
2	Chandra Sturrup Chandra Sturrup Chandra Sturrup is a Bahamian track and field sprint athlete. She is a 100 m specialist and the Bahamian national record holder for the women's 100 meter dash with a personal best of 10.84 seconds set in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 5, 2005...	22.81	6
3	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor Melinda Gainsford-Taylor Melinda Gainsford-Taylor is a retired Australian athlete, who specialised in sprint events.In 1995 Gainsford-Taylor won the World Indoor championship over 200 m...	22.91	4
4	Nataliya Safronnikova	23.15	2
5	Sanna Hernesniemi	23.38	1
6	Monika Gachevska	23.44	8
7	Ameerah Bello	23.66	7
8	Beverly McDonald Beverly McDonald Beverly McDonald is a Jamaican sprinter. Her accomplishments include winning the silver medal in the 4x100m relay at the 2000 Olympics and the gold medal in the same event at the 2004 Olympics...	DNS	5

Heat two

Rank	Name	Time	Lane
1	Merlene Ottey Merlene Ottey Merlene Joyce Ottey , is a Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete. Ottey began her career representing Jamaica, but since 2002, has represented Slovenia, where she now resides...	22.61	4
2	Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina is a retired sprinter from Russia. Competing for the Soviet relay team, she won medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics...	22.69	3
3	Melanie Paschke Melanie Paschke Melanie Paschke is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay.Her personal best time in the 100 metres is 11.04 seconds, achieved in June 1995 in Bremen...	22.84	5
4	Katerina Koffa	23.04	7
5	Katharine Merry Katharine Merry Katharine Merry is a former English female sprinter.-Career:A member of the Birchfield Harriers athletics club, Merry won a bronze medal in the 400 metre sprint at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.Merry had a career that spanned 20 years. Aged 12 she topped the UK Under 13 Rankings in...	23.17	6
6	Sevatheda Fynes Sevatheda Fynes Savatheda Fynes is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Bahamas. She is an Olympic gold medalist in the 4 x 100 meter relay race...	23.26	8
7	Yan Jiankui Yan Jiankui Yan Jiankui is a retired female sprinter from PR China.In 1998 she won both the 100 metres and 200 metres the Asian Championships and as well as a bronze medal in the 200 m at the Asian Games. She was selected to represent Asia at the 1998 World Cup, but finished eighth and last in both events...	23.30	1
8	Viktoriya Fomenko Viktoriya Fomenko Viktoriya Fomenko is a retired Ukrainian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.She competed at the 1994 European Championships, the 1995 World Indoor Championships, and the 1996 Olympic Games without reaching the final. In the 4 x 100 metres relay she finished fourth at the 1994 European...	23.44	2

Heat three

Rank	Name	Time	Lane
1	Marie-José Pérec Marie-José Pérec Marie-José Pérec is a French athlete, specialised in the 200 and 400 m, and a triple Olympic champion....	22.24	3
2	Mary Onyali	22.37	5
3	Inger Miller Inger Miller Inger Miller is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States. She is the daughter of Lennox Miller, an Olympic champion runner from Jamaica....	22.57	6
4	Cathy Freeman Cathy Freeman Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM is former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.Freeman was the first ever Aboriginal...	22.74	1
5	Lucrécia Jardim Lucrécia Jardim Maria Lucrécia Jardim is a retired Portuguese sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...	22.88	4
6	Simone Jacobs Simone Jacobs Simmone Jacobs is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Simone began her career at Reading Athletic Club, where she was encouraged by two senior members, Kathy Smallwood-Cook and Beverley Goddard.She competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles in...	22.96	7
7	Sandy Myers	23.20	2
8	Heather Samuel Heather Samuel Heather Barbara Samuel is a retired sprinter from Antigua and Barbuda who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. In 1990 she won two medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games with a silver medal in the 100 metres and a bronze medal in the 200 metres.Samuel was a sprinter/jumper at Murray...	23.54	8

Heat four

Rank	Name	Time	Lane
1	Dannette Young Dannette Young Dannette Louise Young is a former American athlete. Young won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Four years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics, in Barcelona, she won a silver medal....	22.53	6
2	Juliet Cuthbert Juliet Cuthbert Juliet Cuthbert is a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the sprints ....	22.62	4
3	Irina Privalova Irina Privalova Irina Anatoljewna Privalova is a Russian athlete.She first competed in the sprint events, winning two Olympic medals in the 100 m and 200 m in 1992 whilst representing the Unified Team. Irina Privalova had been a formidable competitor during most of the 1990s but had not yet won an...	22.82	3
4	AlenkaBikar	22.89	5
5	Myra Mayberry	23.48	8
6	Patricia Rodríguez	23.50	1
7	Calister Ubah	23.62	7
8	Zhanna Pintusevych	23.68	2

Semifinals

Top four from each heat advanced to the finals.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Time	Lane
1	Marie-José Pérec Marie-José Pérec Marie-José Pérec is a French athlete, specialised in the 200 and 400 m, and a triple Olympic champion....	22.07	4
2	Mary Onyali	22.16	3
3	Juliet Cuthhbert	22.24	5
4	Inger Miller Inger Miller Inger Miller is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States. She is the daughter of Lennox Miller, an Olympic champion runner from Jamaica....	22.33	7
5	Dannette Young Dannette Young Dannette Louise Young is a former American athlete. Young won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Four years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics, in Barcelona, she won a silver medal....	22.49	6
6	Cathy Freeman Cathy Freeman Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM is former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame.Freeman was the first ever Aboriginal...	22.78	2
7	Nataliya Safronnikova	22.98	1
8	Irina Privalova Irina Privalova Irina Anatoljewna Privalova is a Russian athlete.She first competed in the sprint events, winning two Olympic medals in the 100 m and 200 m in 1992 whilst representing the Unified Team. Irina Privalova had been a formidable competitor during most of the 1990s but had not yet won an...	DNS	8

Heat two

Rank	Name	Time	Lane
1	Merlene Ottey Merlene Ottey Merlene Joyce Ottey , is a Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete. Ottey began her career representing Jamaica, but since 2002, has represented Slovenia, where she now resides...	22.08	4
2	Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina is a retired sprinter from Russia. Competing for the Soviet relay team, she won medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics...	22.35	6
3	Chandra Sturrup Chandra Sturrup Chandra Sturrup is a Bahamian track and field sprint athlete. She is a 100 m specialist and the Bahamian national record holder for the women's 100 meter dash with a personal best of 10.84 seconds set in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 5, 2005...	22.54	5
4	Carlette Guidry	22.56	3
5	Melinda Gainsford-Taylor Melinda Gainsford-Taylor Melinda Gainsford-Taylor is a retired Australian athlete, who specialised in sprint events.In 1995 Gainsford-Taylor won the World Indoor championship over 200 m...	22.76	2
6	Melanie Paschke Melanie Paschke Melanie Paschke is a retired German sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay.Her personal best time in the 100 metres is 11.04 seconds, achieved in June 1995 in Bremen...	22.81	7
7	Alenka Bikar Alenka Bikar Alenka Bikar is a retired female sprinter from Slovenia who specialised in the 200 metres.-Achievements:-External links:*...	22.82	8
8	Katerina Koffa	23.20	1

Final

Rank	Name	Time	Lane
	Marie-José Pérec Marie-José Pérec Marie-José Pérec is a French athlete, specialised in the 200 and 400 m, and a triple Olympic champion....	22.12	3
	Merlene Ottey Merlene Ottey Merlene Joyce Ottey , is a Jamaican-born Slovenian track athlete. Ottey began her career representing Jamaica, but since 2002, has represented Slovenia, where she now resides...	22.24	5
	Mary Onyali	22.38	4
4	Inger Miller Inger Miller Inger Miller is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for United States. She is the daughter of Lennox Miller, an Olympic champion runner from Jamaica....	22.41	7
5	Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina Galina Malchugina is a retired sprinter from Russia. Competing for the Soviet relay team, she won medals at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics...	22.45	6
6	Chandra Sturrup Chandra Sturrup Chandra Sturrup is a Bahamian track and field sprint athlete. She is a 100 m specialist and the Bahamian national record holder for the women's 100 meter dash with a personal best of 10.84 seconds set in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 5, 2005...	22.54	8
7	Juliet Cuthbert Juliet Cuthbert Juliet Cuthbert is a Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the sprints ....	22.60	1
8	Carlette Guidry	22.61	2

Wind

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in the finals = 0.3 m/s

Metre per second

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Notes: DNS = did not start

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